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“Hey kid. What’s up?”
“Nothing much, I guess. Sorry. I didn't really have a reason for calling you, Sensei.”
“…really. Come on. Out with it, problem child.”
“Haha. I guess… I know you are an underground hero, so you don’t get much press or many fans… no offense! I just, you know, because you are an underground hero, not because you aren’t a good hero-”
“Kid, I know what you meant. Anyway? Press? Fans?”
“Oh yeah… um. I guess. Some of them are just… really invasive? And… they told us at UA to handle any questions you aren’t comfortable with by telling them politely that you don’t want to answer or giving them an answer that steers away from the topic but… sometimes that just doesn’t work. If I try to tell them that I don’t want to answer or whatever, they just insist. And sometimes I can get the conversation to a different topic but a lot of the time they stick with that one question. And some of the fans are really… pushy?”
“Okay. First off, have you told them rudely?”
“ Snort. No? Wouldn’t that make me out to be… well… rude? Kacchan can do that with his hero aesthetic and air but I am seen as the nice sweetheart. I cant just… tell them to fuck off…”
“You can. If their question makes you uncomfortable, tell them it’s none of their fucking business. And about the fans… what do you mean by pushy?”
“I don’t know… I guess just pushy? They have a lot of meet and greets with hugs and signing and stuff and a lot of them get too close for comfort. And they tell me or ask me to do things that make me really uncomfortable. I guess, I can’t really tell them to fuck off either…”
“…kid? What kind of things do they do or say to make you uncomfortable?”
“Oh um… it’s not anything super serious. I’m just kind of over reacting.”
“Kid. What are some of the things they do?”
“Uh… some of my female fans will I guess, when they hug me, they push my face or hands onto their bodies… I try to pull away but I don’t want to hurt them or anything. They try to push my hands or face into their cleavage or… ass. And some of the male fans will push their crotches into my face or hands and both will sometimes grind on me and I don’t like it and I try to lean away but you know… and some of them will touch me in a place I’m not comfortable with but some of them are really pushy. Some hug me which I’m fine with but then they kiss me and force my mouth open. Some of them.. uh. Tell me to.. um.. do things to them or that they want to do stuff to me but it’s-”
“What do they tell you to do?”
“Uh. Um… it’s kinda… god. It’s weird to say to my former teacher!”
“It’s nothing I haven’t heard before, I promise, kid.”
“Um… they tell me to… fuck them or.. suck their dick or eat them out. They say they want to fuck me or eat me out or… um.”
“Or?”
“It’s really uh… kinda creepy… one fan told me they wanted to chain me up and um… fuck me till I was unconscious and couldn’t say no… and I know that all heroes have to deal with this but I just I feel so uncomfortable and I don’t know how to… make myself get used to it?”
“First of all kid, you should not get used to it. What they are doing is sexual assault and harassment. Honestly I’m surprised the police or the commission hasn’t taken care of this. Usually they are good at spotting anything untoward towards heroes and making sure the offending parties get taken care of. They are absolutely in the wrong and you should go to the police with this. Give an interview that says you are uncomfortable with this, please, kid. If this goes on, some of those “fans” will get the idea that you are okay with that and move on to things like stalking or even kidnapping. Kid, please go to the police or the commission with this. There is a hotline for heroes who get harassed for this very reason.”
“Oh… um… I don’t really think it’s harassment or assault , I mean. I’m a guy and a ProHero. It’s not like I’m a teenage girl who is getting catcalled or anything. It’s not that serious… right?”
“Wrong. Think of if those awful things those people were saying to you, were said to Hitoshi. Or Todoroki. Or Uraraka. Would it still be “not serious”?”
“When you say it like that… I just don’t want to be labelled as weak or a prude or the bad guy. The press is always on my ass and if I am anything other than Mr. Perfect nice guy, it makes the headlines… I’m just… scared.”
“Kid, it’s going to be okay. I’m here, Hitoshi’s here, all of your friends are here. It’s okay to be scared. Being harassed and assaulted is traumatic, and it’s okay to be afraid. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t tell someone all the same. Please. Tell the police. And tell your friends and boyfriend too. They can all help. I won’t tell anyone you don’t want me to but please… at least think about it.”
“…okay. Okay. I will. I’ll call Tsukachi in the morning. And I’ll… I’ll tell Hito. Thanks, Sensei.”
“No problem, problem child. I’m always here. Now go to sleep. It’s three thirty in the morning.”
“Hai, Aizawa-Sensei. Thank you.”
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