You didn't want to do it.
But the school board did.
"Control the narrative," Nezu said. "Give them something honest. Grounded. Heroic."
You'd been offered a private, off-the-record interview with Naomasa Tsukauchi — the one Pro Hero reporter known for truth, not scandal.
So you agreed.
You met him in a quiet studio near the west wing, sunlight falling through the glass like stage lighting.
He didn't ask about sex.
He asked about why.
Why you stayed. Why you fought. Why you loved a man like Aizawa.
And you told him the truth.
"Because he saw me when I was just a girl trying to survive.
Because he trained me to be better. Stronger. Smarter.
Because I fell in love with the way he believes in me. Even when I didn't believe in myself."
Tsukauchi said nothing for a long moment.
Then quietly: "I think that'll save you more than it'll damn you."
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The article ran a week later.
No names.
No timeline.
No slander.
Just your words. Unedited.
And the reaction was shockingly... divided.
Some praised you.
Others called it staged.
But one thing was clear—
You weren't ignorable anymore.
You were a threat.
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