He wouldn't like me, would he?
Chapter 5: All Might in love?
Author's note: Wow, this story is the most liked out of all my stories. Thank you for all the support still. It shows that you still wanna read it, and I still have fun writing it, with all the support you show me. Once again Thank you for the support.
Just as Sakura needed to talk to someone, All Might felt just the same. He couldn't sleep all night thinking about the woman he met on Monday and has seen throughout the week. He wondered about her interests and hobbies, what she liked and didn't like to eat, what her favorite color was, what flowers she likes, what kind of music makes her going and what kind of movies she likes. What was her sense of humor, is she sarcastic, or didn't she find anything funny, like her brother? Does she have a sweet tooth and if so, what kind of sweets does she like best? There were just so many questions he had about her, making him smile the whole time he thought about her until this one sentence popped up in his head: "You are in love."
All Might shot up in bed. Did he really just think that? Did he really think that he is in love with Shota Aizawa's sister?
"No, I'm not in love. I just like her that's all.", he said to himself, but somehow this lingering feeling of attraction towards that woman was still present. Who wouldn't like her? She had a warm smile, a spunky attitude and an optimistic outlook on life itself. She was like a slightly different version of All Might himself and he loved that about her. There it was again, the word he doesn't like to use as a description of what he felt for her. It wasn't love, he has never fallen in love before, he wouldn't start with that now. He has thought about getting a wife once he retired, but quickly gave up when he had overheard some conversations from girl friends talking about wanting to marry him. They all just talked about how he was such a big and strong man, being so handsome that the lucky woman would have bragging rights for all eternity, as if he was some kind of trophy to be won.
"I don't think she would be like that. She would be much too kind to think that way...", All Might thought, and the word he disliked so much popped up again. He himself didn't know why he didn't like the word "love", it was like the meaning has changed over the years, at least for him. Sakura's kind smile on her face came to his mind again and he just needed to talk to someone about it before he completely lost his mind, but who could he talk to? If he asked Aizawa for help, he would probably just yell at him and demand that All Might leave his sister alone, maybe share a little secret about her but that would be it, Mic would just tell everyone, he couldn't tell Sakura and Midnight would probably advice him to try and seduce the woman of his affection. Principal Nezu would probably tell Aizawa about this and 13 wouldn't be really helpful either, the same thing goes for the other teachers as well. What should he do? All Might got an idea. He send a message to Izuku, asking if they could meet up somewhere and talk. He didn't specify about what he wanted to talk about with his successor, but knowing the young boy he probably thought it was about his quirk. Not even a minute later, Izuku replied: "Sure, you can come over to my place. My mom doesn't come home for the next 3 hours. We have time to talk."
All Might smiled. Izuku was always such a helpful young man, so All Might had no doubt that he would grow up to be the best hero he can be. He stood up and got ready to leave. He felt a bit weird telling a student about this, but he was sure he would keep it a secret.
About 20 minutes later, All Might stood at the door to the Midoriya house-hold. When he rang the doorbell Izuku was already there to let his teacher inside.
"So. What is it you needed to talk to me about?", Izuku asked, as he invited All Might to sit down on the couch. All Might did just that and sighed: "I have a problem."
"What kind of problem?", Izuku was curious.
"You have to promise me to not tell anyone, young Midoriya. Nobody has to know about this, understood?", All Might requested. Izuku nodded and responded: "Like with One for All."
All Might replied with a simple nod and than continued: "I can't stop thinking about this woman. It's like I'm cursed or something."
Izuku looked at him with big surprised eyes. Did he hear that right? All Might couldn't stop thinking about a woman. Izuku knew what that meant. His mom has told him how she met his dad, and it was just like that. So he started to chuckle, which confused All Might.
"That isn't a problem. You just don't really understand the concept, do you?", Izuku asked his favorite Hero.
"The concept? Which concept?", All Might answered. Izuku sighed and sat down next to his hero.
"The concept of falling in love", Izuku started but he was interrupted by All Might: "I am not in love with her."
"I wasn't saying that you are, just that you fall for her. You start with a warm feeling in your chest when you see her or think about her, then she starts occupying your mind and just as you think everything is over, she smiles at you and you know that you love her.", Izuku explained. "It almost always starts with a small crush."
"I'm not in love with her, and I'm not falling for her either. I just really like her, and want to get to know her. Maybe even one day call her a good friend.", All Might stated. Izuku just smiled: "Maybe you should ask her out on a date then."
"Are you insane? She wouldn't even like me!", All Might said under coughs with blood coming up.
"You wouldn't know as long as you don't try it, All Might. Maybe she likes you just as much as you like her.", Izuku grinned. With a face like this, All Might wasn't sure why he gave Izuku his power and not someone else, but then again, Izuku was heroic enough to risk his life to try and save the life of his friend.
"You know, young Midoriya, in some things you are a lot wiser than I am. I never cared much about dating, but I guess I'll have to give it a try.", All Might smiled. Now Izuku was curious again.
"Who is the woman anyway?", Izuku asked with curiosity in his voice. All Might sighed and said: "She said her name is Sakura Aizawa."
"Aizawa-sensei has a sister? Wait, Sakura Aizawa….I know that name!", Izuku exclaimed happily. All Might looked confused as Izuku ran into a different room and got one of his Notebooks. He opened it and looked for something. When he found it, he showed it to All Might.
"Sakura Aizawa, also known as the winged Heroine Nightwing. She already saved countless lives before she retired as a pro hero and started to work as a cashier, but then she was fired and now she works at U.A as Head of Security.", Izuku said. He had a really good drawing of her in that notebook. All Might was impressed, not just by the drawing but also about how Izuku was so much smarter in romantic stuff than he himself was. All Might smiled, stood up from the couch and started to leave. Before he was out the door, he turned around and said: "I'm going to ask her next chance I get, but that doesn't proof anything, young Midoriya."
All Might walked home with a smile on his face and a slight blush creeping up on his cheeks. The next chance he got to talk to her he would ask her out on a date, though he would call it, a day to get to know each other or something like that. He knew that he liked her, he just wouldn't call it love or even attraction, just interest. Nothing more, nothing less, just interest in her and her hobbies. Little did he know that the woman that was on his mind, had to ask him out too.
Author's Note: Phew, my longest chapter so far, hope you still enjoy it. I still have fun writing it. I kinda love those silly little things in movies where they are clearly falling in love but keep denying it until the end, it's pretty cute, but having only one character in denial is also pretty funny