This is just me trying my hand at brevity. I'm really good at over explaining and under explaining, so let's see how I do with a limit of five hundred words.

Based on the English translation of Cherish by Ai Otsuka.

I don't own My Hero Academia.

Enjoy.

For such a perky, optimistic girl, Uraraka was oddly scared to truly fall in love.

Maybe it stemmed from being a hero. She knew she could help her friends if they ever got in trouble, and she'd be able to keep a clear head. Would that apply to someone whom she cared about in the same way that her parents cared about each other? Not to mention the fact that she had plenty of friends, hopefully none would be more in danger than the next, but a boyfriend? Any villain who may have a bone to pick with her would have him at the top of their list.

Whenever she caught herself thinking like that, she'd heave a tired sigh and shake her head.

Who could say that he wouldn't be able to bail himself out?

Even if he could, she knew that she'd hate to see him in any situation that spelled danger. What if he were someone as powerful as All Might? No hesitation to dive in and save innocent civilians in the wrong place at the wrong time, and plenty of strength to boot… She'd be so proud of him, but it wouldn't hurt her any less to see him take a bad hit. Just because he might have enough power to reduce the city to cinders didn't mean that she should worry less than she would about someone who couldn't set a paper bag aflame.

That must be it, she'd tell herself over and over. It was a treacherous time to fall in love, even though it would strengthen her resolve as a hero.

"Move it," the class hothead commanded her one day. He shoved her aside on his way to his desk, and despite what anyone might believe, he was gentle about it, his hand lingering for a second on her arm.

The blush that rose to her cheeks when his back was turned alarmed her, and made her feel pleasant at the same time.

Oh yes, she was afraid to fall in love, but she was smarter than to think that it wouldn't ever happen, and that it might have already.

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ChLyRi