He wouldn't like me, would he?
Chapter 6: "What did you call me?"
After that not really relaxing weekend, All Might and Sakura went back to school, like all the other teachers and students. While Sakura's job wasn't as big of a deal as All Might's, given that the two of them had different specialties while working as heroes, Sakura liked checking on the students personally, like they were her children. So it was no surprise that she could find small little details in expressions people have, even when they themselves don't notice. When Izuku entered the school building, it was one of those incidents, where she could tell that something was on his mind, probably had been over the weekend. So she asked: "Izuku, is everything alright?"
Being taken aback by that he just blushed and responded with a simple "Yes". It didn't convince Sakura at all, but she decided to let it slide, maybe it was something that Izuku himself wasn't comfortable with, though letting it slide was probably making it worse, still if Izuku had an issue, he would probably tell someone, most likely All Might.
Sakura retreated into her office once all the students and teachers were where they had to be, making sure she didn't run into All Might on her way to the office. It wasn't like Sakura didn't like All Might, but because she had to ask him out. Present Mic had dared her to do that, since she obviously still had a crush on the number 1 hero. For one and a half decade now, she had swoon over All Might in private, not letting anyone notice her immense crush. Only her brothers, Shota Aizawa and Hizashi Yamada, knew about it and it was embarrassing for her. When her parents were still alive, she had gotten an All Might action Figure, it was and still is her most prized possession since she didn't have a lot of money redecorating her room. Most of the savings the Aizawa siblings had were spend on groceries and clothing, leaving very little to buy a new lamp or even just a new decoration, but Sakura loved her life. She had everything she could wish for: She was a talented pro Hero, had her brother by her side who always supports her, had an amazing job and even great friends, the only thing she lacked was a boyfriend, but that wasn't really a concern for her, until All Might entered the picture. As a child, she had soon come to realize that she might actually never get to marry All Might at all, though she held on to that tiniest shred of hope that she could maybe, one day claim that All Might was her husband. Now that All Might and her were on a first name basis, she saw the tiniest chance again that he might actually fall for her as well, but to know for sure, she had to invite him to trashy horror movie night. It started as a little prank Mic wanted to pull on her, claiming they would watch a romantic movie but instead he took her to a horror movie. To say it was bad would be an understatement, the movie had thrown every known cliche at them you could think of and because of that, it was more fun than it was actually terrifying, so they started watching a trashy horror movie once a month, usually at the second weekend in the month. It first started out as just a little family gathering, with snacks and drinks, it soon became funnier when Midnight joined the mix, listening to Midnight's lewd comments about the characters. Now that Sakura also had to invite All Might, it would probably become a disaster. Knowing Midnight, she will hold on to the tiniest thread of evidence that Sakura liked All Might and vice versa, she would make it into a big deal, and that's not what she wanted. Sure, Sakura really liked All Might and would even tell him so, but she knew that if the Media would find out, neither she nor her brother would be safe from villain attacks, that's also the reason she retreated out of the spotlight when she became a pro hero.
While Sakura was trying really hard to avoid All Might, All Might actually wanted to seek her out and talk to her. He didn't know why he liked her voice so much, but it brought a smile to his face knowing that her voice was one of the few things he liked about her before he even saw her face. It sounded so carefree yet somehow stern, so fragile yet somehow strong, so enchanting yet somehow down to earth. He wanted to hear her voice again, wanted to feel the warmth in his chest again that came with the mere thought of her. It wasn't love, he was sure of that, but was Izuku right in calling it a crush? All Might knew he liked her, but love was something that reached far deeper than just liking someone. A friend once told him that love wasn't just liking each other or worshiping the ground the other walks on (the latter one being more of an infatuation than really love), love meant understanding each other and trying to better each other so you can be the best version of yourself. Love meant understanding the other's struggles and being there to lend a helping hand or a crying shoulder, love meant looking out for each other because you wouldn't wanna lose them. Love was something that made even the worst villain a good person, that made the most confident hero an insecure human-being who tries to better themselves just so that they deserve the love they are given. All Might liked to watch romantic movies, he thought of them as funny and irrational because no one could fall in love in only a week, or even in a shorter time span. Recently he liked watching them and imagined himself and Sakura in those situations. It made him blush just thinking about it, if anyone other than Izuku knew about his crush, he'd be finished, or at least he would have to make sure the media doesn't find out. If the media knew about the crush he has, she wouldn't be safe and if she isn't safe, Aizawa will make him pay for it. All Might knew how it felt to be adored, a lot of women over the years have had crushes on him, but now that he had a crush on someone he kinda felt lost, and didn't know what to make of it. All the romantic feelings he had for women before he had just ignored, wanting to protect those women from villains, now having a crush on a pro hero, he still wanted to protect her, even though he knew that she could defend herself. Having a crush was weird, one moment you feel incredible and the next you feel awful, thinking that the person of your affection deserves someone way better than yourself.
After school has ended, All Might could catch Sakura trying to leave the building as fast as she could.
"Stop right there, Sakura Aizawa.", All Might said and grabbed the wrist of her left arm. Sakura blushed a deep red, hiding her face from All Might. He was closer to her than she would have liked, feeling his warmth on her wrist was enough to make her heartbeat increase.
"Let go of me, All Might", Sakura just mumbled, loud enough for the man to hear her. He only tightened his grip around her wrist.
"Why have you been avoiding me all day today?", All might asked. Sakura clenched her fist and tried freeing herself from All Might's grip, but to no avail.
"I said, Let go of me Toshinori!", she yelled, freed herself from his grip and turned around to see his face. His expression wasn't angry or sad, it was…surprised. Sakura had thought he might be angry with her for avoiding him, but after he heard her say his name, he stood there in surprise.
"What did you call me?", he asked in shock. Realizing her mistake, she quickly replied: "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to call you by your real name. I'll go back..."
But he interrupted her: "No, it's fine. You can call me Toshinori if you want. In fact, I like it when you say my name with that beautiful voice of yours. And it's only fair, since I call you by your first name."
She didn't expect that. All Might, no Toshinori Yagi, thought her voice was beautiful and that he likes the sound of his name spoken by her voice. Her cheeks started burning again and she turned her back to him again.
"T-thanks for thinking my voice is beautiful. A-anyway, s-since you're here, w-would you join Shota, Mic, Midnight and m-me for t-trashy horror m-movie night?", she stumbled over the words. All Might just smiled and said: "Sure I'd love to."
"It's okay if you…..wait, you'll join us?", Sakura was caught by surprise, so she turned around to face him again. Seeing his genuine smile was so nice to see, so she smiled herself.
"Mic will give you all the information you'll need. Thanks, for joining us, Toshinori. It's nice having someone new join in.", Sakura said with a genuine smile on her face. Just as All Might was about to reply to her, Shota Aizawa let the building and pulled Sakura along. She just shrugged it of and waved good-bye to the blonde man.
"So, when do you have your first date?", Izuku asked, making All Might jump up in surprise and spit out a bit of blood.
"One day, you'll be the death of me, young Midoriya.", is all that All Might replied.
Author's note: Yeah next chapter done. I'm so sorry that it's mostly just random thoughts and drabbles, but I thought it would give them more of a personality.