Code Name: Phoenix

Chapter 1 - From the Ashes

You grabbed a small snack from the kitchen before heading out the door to go to work.
Your shift starts at 8am but you had to be there early to change into your waitress uniform and get everything ready before the restaurant opens.

After changing to your work clothes you headed to the main area of the restaurant, starting to clean the place a bit before customers were allowed in.

"Y/n you wouldn't believe this!" you heard your co worker yell excitedly behind you. You turned around from the tables to see the other waitress, Yui Akasaki, walking towards you with a wide smile on her face.
She was your closest friend at work, and outside of work. She was really the only friend that you tolerated.

"Yui! What is it?" You asked her, a bit confused about the way she was acting.

"My moms friend was saved from a villain last night!" She blurted out, Yui was one of the biggest hero fans there was. She idolized them, so of course she would be excited about something like that.

"Is she okay? What happened?" You asked, curious and worried that someone close to your friend would be affected by a villain.

"She is fine because of the Phoenix! You know, the vigilante that goes around saving everyone!" Right... You hadn't told her about your secret life outside of work. The less she knew the better, you wanted to keep her safe.
"I don't really agree with her methods but she is so cool! My moms friend told all about how heroic she acted!" Yui was such a fangirl, you really wish she knew about you but this was better.

"Yeah that's cool. The media seems to be split tho, some say she is a hero and some say that she should turn herself in", you said, trying to answer something when Yui stopped talking.

"I hope she doesn't! Who knows what would have happened if Phoenix wasn't there yesterday!" Your friend said, she sounded a bit terrified of the idea of the what if.

The media had nicknamed you Phoenix after you had mentioned that name to one of the people you saved. The person wanted to know who to thank and you came up with that code name on the spot.
You didn't have an actual hero name but that one would have been it.

Both of you went back to work and the restaurant opened soon after.
Everything was normal for the first half of your shift. You had a few rude customers that didn't seem to understand why it wasn't your fault that their order took long to make.

After your lunch break ended something unexpected happened. The current #2 pro hero Hawks walked in through the doors of the restaurant.
You could hear Yui's internal screams escaping her head as she saw the man with wings.

Unfortunately for you, you were the only waitress available at that time so after the hostess had escorted the hero to his table, you had to go serve him.
It wasn't really that big of a deal, there was no way anyone would know about you being a vigilante, aka there was no reason for you to be nervous.

You weren't that fond of heroes so you could definitely manage this better than Yui could, she would most likely faint from being too close.
After you saw him look at the menu for a while you put aside your nervousness and walked over.

"Hey! I'm L/n, I'll be your waitress for today! Have you decided what you'd like?" You asked with happy attitude and the biggest smile on your face. If everything went okay then maybe he would at least tip you good.

"Yeah, I'd like some chicken strips!" The hero says returning the smile after putting down the booklet that had kids menu section open.

"Isn't that bordeline cannibalism?" You asked quietly from yourself, but loud enough for the hero to hear your comment.