(Toshinori's POV)

The woman seemed to flinch upon hearing my voice and she turned around to look at me. I was surprised. I immediately recognized her as that girl from the media this morning.

That same girl who was screaming All Might at the top of her lungs, sounding so passionate and hopeful that it just rose above all the obnoxious noise the media was making. She came back.

Her hair was brown and short, the length of which is just below the level of her chin. She also had pasty skin-almost porcelain like-and her big, hazel eyes were staring right back at me, looking very surprised as well. She was pretty, reminding me of a doll.

"All Might..?" She mumbled.

At the escape of those words, my whole body instantly froze.

H-How does this woman know that I'm All Might even in this form? And she's from the media as well!

My heart was beating so fast and I was breaking into a cold sweat while having arguments with myself.

No. No, that would be impossible for an outsider to know. Calm down, Toshinori! Just play it safe...

"Er, w-what?" I nervously chuckled and asked while trying my best to look very confused.

"That's All Might's costume.." She said while eyeing my costume and looking rather bewildered.

It was at that moment that I realized how badly I fucked up. I wanted to punch my face so hard, thinking how dumb and in a hurry I was in checking the area for villains that I forgot to strip off of my hero costume.

I guess the greatest hero isn't all that great when it comes to making decisions sometimes. Shit. Aizawa's going to kill me!

"O-Oh, well t-this is uh-" I was struggling for words, hoping to come up with a lame excuse to get out of this situation when she suddenly cut me off.

"You must be a fan of All Might as well!" She exclaimed, giving me a wide smile.

"What? O-Oh um... Yeah! I am. I mean, that's why I'm wearing his costume hehe..." I replied, smiling nervously.

Of course she'll see me as just another fan. She ended up creating an excuse for me. See, nothing to worry about!

"Who wouldn't be? He's amazing." She then smiled sweetly and appeared to be lost in thought, as if recalling a pleasing memory. She suddenly seemed so happy.

"Yeah, he is.." I answered. Deciding to steer away the conversation from All Might to avoid getting exposed, I began to ask her my original purpose why I planned to approach her in the first place.

"So um.. What are you doing out here all alone? It's dangerous."

"Well surprisingly, I couldn't book a cab. No one's picking up.. I thought maybe it's because no one's near enough to accept." Looking rather distressed, she glanced back at her phone again.

"I've been standing here for more than five minutes."

"I see. You must live far away from here for you to book for a cab."

"Yeah, probably about 30 minutes. Today has been a really bad day for me." She shrugged.

"Guess I'll wait right here until someone decides to pick up and your cab arrives." I told her. Her face suddenly sprang up to look at me.

"E-Eh? You don't have to do that! Thank you, really, but I'll be fine on my own!" She explained, wearing an apologetic and embarrassed smile.

Still, I decided that I wouldn't leave her until a cab arrives to bring her home to safety.

"Like I said, it's dangerous. Don't worry, you can trust me. I'm not a villain." I told her reassuringly.

"I may not be All Might, but I also wouldn't let anything bad happen to you. I am wearing his costume after all." I then laughed at myself for how silly I sounded.

I noticed a faint blush spreading across her face, giving her cheeks a rosy color. She was cute.

"W-Well if you insist..." She looked away and mumbled shyly.

"M-My name is Chizuru, by the way..." She added, still refusing to look at me as she was probably still embarrassed.

"Yagi, Toshinori." I replied back. It seemed refreshing, still being able to act heroically despite being in this form.

"Right, I should um.. Try booking for a cab again so you wouldn't have to wait long.." She muttered back to her phone she was holding.

"Don't worry about me. It's okay to wait." I responded.

There was a moment of silence between us as Chizuru was waiting patiently for a cab to accept her destination. I suddenly thought about Aizawa who was probably still waiting for me inside the academy.

I guess I should tell him that I did a thorough search outside, so it took me quite long. If I told him that I talked to a civilian outside while still wearing my costume, he'd certainly tell it to the others and it might reach the principal's attention.

"Someone picked up!" Chizuru exclaimed happily all of a sudden, disrupting my thoughts.

"Oh that's good! How far is he?" I asked her.

"5 minutes and the cab will be here. Ah, I'll finally be able to get home! Thank you as well, Yagi-san!" She replied and thanked me, sounding relieved.

I gave her a small grin. "It's no problem."

"Anyway er, Yagi-san..." Chizuru continued a few seconds later.

"Yes?"

"I was just wondering. Why are you wearing a costume of All Might?" She asked me, looking down at the costume with wonder once again.

"Did you buy this? It's beautiful. Plus it just seems so... Real." To my surprise, Chizuru suddenly touched my arm and felt the fabric that the costume was made out of. I flinched at the sudden contact and we both seemed to blush at the same time.

"Oh, I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to..." She quickly apologized, stuttering and not meeting my eyes.

"Ehe.. It's okay, it's okay... I-I was just shocked." I told her, chuckling while scratching the back of my head.

"Actually... The reason I'm out here is because of All Might." Chizuru blurted out. She then pressed her lips, keeping her gaze down on her feet and looking rather sad.

"Why?" My eyes narrowed as I focused my gaze on her. I was eager to know why she came back all alone and why her response came with such a sad expression.

"I actually work as a newspaper editor. Me and my friend, we were out here this morning waiting for him; along with this huge crowd of media also waiting for All Might to come outside U.A. Academy." She began her story.

"I wanted to interview him for an article we were planning on writing, so we waited for about three hours. When he finally came out, we weren't able to get near him.. Everyone got wild and they surrounded him at once."

"I didn't give up though. This may seem a little funny but I persuaded my friend to let her carry me on her back because I wanted to take a photo of All Might at the very least." She ended up giggling afterwards, probably remembering the scene.

In my mind, I was able to recall what she was telling me. One of the reasons she stood out was because she was insanely taller than everyone else. It turns out that she was riding at someone's back-all so she could get my attention.

I chortled. What a silly thing to do, indeed.

"So were you able to take a picture of him?" I pretended to ask her, despite knowing the result.

The shine on Chizuru's eyes returned and she instantly broke out into an animated smile upon hearing my question.

"Yes! After all that shouting, you wouldn't believe it but he looked at me! And not just that... He actually smiled at me! Yagi-san, it was amazing! Perfect, even. I can't help but think that it's going to be one of my most memorable experiences."

As she was telling me her story, Chizuru was looking up at the blank, night sky so wonderfully as if she were daydreaming. It was a chilly kind of night but the way she relayed her experience to me warmed my heart and left me feeling astonished.

It was my first time seeing someone so enthused and excited over me. Well, taking aside my young Midoriya Izuku. I know that boy loved me ever since he was a kid, but he tends to get shy about it when I'm personally around.

It's probably because Chizuru doesn't know that All Might and this random, skinny person she just met on the street is actually the same person. Then again, it always comes out as a shock to me that I'm able to make people feel this way. If anyone asks me what my favorite part of being a hero is, besides saving people and serving them smiles, I'd say that sensational feeling of being one of the reasons why people can wear such beaming smiles on their faces.

"You seem to really love All Might, don't you?" I gave her a teasing smirk. Chizuru blushed instantly. I guess she turns shy pretty fast.

"W-Well of course a lot of people love him. He's the number one hero after all, ehe.." She looked away as she replied, fanning herself with one hand and tittering afterwards.

"Um anyway.. That's why I came back alone. I was hoping maybe I'd catch him this time. I waited for him again but... Heh," She shook her head this time. "No luck again."

I didn't respond. Rather I may have been staring at her while contemplating a few things I had in my mind.

She really waited such long hours for me? And to come back here still waiting up until this hour... It would have been my fault if something bad happened to her while she was waiting out here alone.

"I won't give up though. And it's not just because I have a job to fulfill but... I guess you could say it's my dream to get to talk to him in person someday." Chizuru continued, forming a small and hopeful smile.

Both our heads suddenly turned to the direction of two flashing headlights emitting from a vehicle that was driving from a distance. It was coming to our direction.

"Oh that must be my ride home.." Chizuru stated.

"Yagi-san, t-thank you." She turned to me and said.

"I ended up telling a lot of things to someone I've just met haha.. But thank you. Yagi-san.. You were really nice." She sounded shy while saying this. The cab came in a few seconds later, halting at the side right across me and Chizuru. The cab honked its horn, an indication that she's about to leave now. But I still had some things in mind left unsaid.

"Ch-Chizuru," I managed to say before she could turn around and leave.

"Hmm?"

"I actually know All Might." I stated. Shit. Toshinori, what the hell are you saying?

"Y-You do?" She asked, astounded.

"Yes. He's a close friend of mine and truth is, I also work at U.A. Academy."

Do you even hear yourself right now?

Chizuru was silent. She seemed too shocked to say anything. I didn't even know if she was believing a single thing I was saying.

"I-I can talk to him and set him up for that interview you mentioned if you'd... Like..?"