He wouldn't like me, would he?
Chapter 8: Getting to know one another
Aizawa was looking for All Might to talk to him about All Might's crush on his sister. He had first noticed it on the weekend when they were just genuinely happy to be in each others company, like they were friends, but knowing Sakura, he knew that she had put up a facade to not make All Might uncomfortable and not draw attention to herself. Shota knew about her crush on All Might, why wouldn't he know, he was her older brother, always there for her to talk and stuff like that. He knew that she would be embarrassed if anyone else would find out.
"There you are, All Might. I've been looking for you.", he said as he finally found the number 1 hero. All Might turned to him with a nervous smile on his face.
"What is it, Aizawa?", he wondered. Shota just gestured that he should follow him and the two walked to an area in the school where they wouldn't be interrupted.
"I know about your crush on my sister, All Might." Shota stated, making the blonde man blush.
"How did you find out?", All Might chuckled nervously. Shota just sighed.
"I've been living with Sakura for her entire life. I know what a crush looks like, and you, Sir, you obviously have a crush on my sister.", Shota explained, smiling ever so slightly. It was embarrassing for All Might having been found out, but with someone as analytic as Shota you couldn't hide secrets from him that long.
"I guess I can't hide something like that from you. She is really smart and nice and wonderful. Honestly, it's a wonder she doesn't have a boyfriend.", All Might replied. Shota just used his quirk on All Might making him jump up a bit in fear.
"I ask this of you only once, All Might: Keep her safe! I don't wanna risk losing another family member because of a villain attack, or worse.", Shota explained to All Might and deactivated his quirk. All Might just stood there and responded: "Right, your parents...I'll do my best in protecting her."
Shota just nodded as if to indicate that he understood and put Sakura's life in the hands of the number 1 hero. The two went on their separate ways for the rest of the day after that conversation.
Sakura was out scouting the surrounding areas of the school when she got a message on her phone.
"What is it now, Mic?", she wondered and checked her phone only to see that it wasn't Present Mic who had send her a message, it was All Might.
"Do you have a minute?", was all the message said. Sakura was a bit confused, but sure, she had time.
"Sure, what's up, Toshi?", she replied. She liked her conversations with All Might, they were always filled with smiles, though it was always kinda awkward for her. She was never really alone with All Might, it may be better though, still she felt it was kinda unfair. Sakura hoped she could have a nice date with All Might without everyone clawing at him and asking for autographs.
"Well, I was hoping to talk to you about something, Sakura.", All Might said, catching Sakura by surprise.
"How did you get here so fast, Toshi?", she looked around frantically as if he came out of nowhere.
"Relax. I'm sorry if I startled you, I didn't mean to.", All Might smiled nervously. Sakura just smiled back: "So what's up, Toshi? Is there something you need help with?"
"Would you grab a coffee with me someday? I mean, only if you want to.", All Might asked. Sakura just grinned at him: "Sure. I'd love to."
"Really? How about this afternoon?", All Might wondered. Sakura just nodded and the two went on their separate ways, at least until the school was over.
All Might waited for Sakura to leave the building so they could have a relaxing rest of the day together. They walked through town talking and smiling.
"Really? Aizawa does that?", All Might was a bit surprised.
"He really does that. It's quite a pain in the ass cleaning the house after that.", Sakura giggled. It was such a cute sound to All Might that his cheeks turned slightly red.
"You're cute, Sakura.", All Might thought out loud, catching Sakura by surprise.
"Thank you.", Sakura replied, blushing ever so slightly herself. The two of them were silent for a minute before Sakura asked: "So, is this a date?"
"No. Well technically yes, but I wouldn't call it a date. More like getting to know each other.", All Might responded.
"That's alright. Did I tell you something embarrassing when I was drunk on the weekend?", Sakura wanted to know. All Might noticed that if he told her the truth, that she told him she loved him, she probably couldn't look at him anymore, which would be sad, he liked her face. It was so gentle and feminine but not like it looked fragile.
"You said you liked me. Though I already knew that much.", All Might chuckled. Sakura smiled at him and said: "I'm glad."
The two went to a cafe where they sat down and ordered coffee. All Might liked looking in Sakura's face, it was angelic to him.
"When I was younger I would have given anything to have the same Quirk as Shota. The older I got the more I liked my Quirk. You wouldn't know how incredible it feels to just fly through the sky.", Sakura stated, looking at the sky.
"I can imagine. It's just such a liberating feeling.", All Might replied. The waiter brought them their coffees and the two took a sip of it.
"It's more than just liberating. Nothing can hurt me when I'm high up in the sky.", she said rubbing her arm a little.
"You have been hurt in the past, haven't you, Sakura?", All Might added, without really thinking. Sakura just nodded.
"I would never hurt you. I think you're more beautiful with your sunny attitude and your warm smile.", All Might tried cheering her up and it worked, Sakura smiled again. How he loved that smile, that warm, beautiful and loving smile.
"Say, Toshi, why me?", Sakura wanted to know. All Might was surprised about this question. He liked her, that was the only reason he asked her out, but he figured that wasn't the answer she wanted.
"What do you mean? I like you, that's why...", All Might started, but Sakura cut him of.
"Why settle with me when you have so many other fans who are far better for you than I am?", she wanted to know.
"Because we are very alike. We both bury something in us that we don't want others to see. I can see my pathetic lonely self in you, Sakura, and maybe, with enough love and care, we are able to be whole again.", All Might answered truthfully. It shocked Sakura a bit. It was such a truthful answer that she couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.
"That's really nice of you to say, Toshi. Maybe we can become whole together.", she said to him, smiling and crying little tears of joy. All Might just replied: "I hope so, Sakura."
They sat together in silence after that, had drunken their coffee and started walking around town again. They talked and laughed and enjoyed each others company. Sakura told all Might about her hobbies and All Might told her about his. She answered questions All Might had for her like what kind of flower she liked best and why or what sweets she liked.
"And you're sure that roses aren't your favorite?", All Might asked again, not quite believing what she had answered him.
"Roses are nice to look at but they are not my favorite. I like Tulips and Carnations a bit more but my favorite has to be the Lilly.", Sakura explained with a smile.
"And why the Lilly out of all the flowers?", All Might was curious. Sakura looked to the floor with a blush on her cheeks: "Because it's a symbol of true love and I like to think that everyone can find true love."
All Might was fascinated by Sakura. She always saw good in everything, even when there wasn't really anything good to see there. She liked to believe that everyone can find true love and true happiness. It was just like him, that was the reason he became the symbol of peace, so everyone could be truly happy without any fear.
"You amaze me, Sakura. You amaze me.", All Might mumbled and the two fell into silence again. When they arrived at the door to the Aizawa household they said good bye.
"Thanks, that was a nice day.", Sakura stated and gave All Might a kiss on the cheek. After that Sakura went inside and All Might started walking home to his place.
Author's note: I really struggled with this one but I'm really happy how it turned out. I'll sprinkle in more little details in later chapters, hopefully making it like a cute little falling in love montage. Hope you still like it.