He wouldn't like me, would he?
Chapter 17: "There will be a wedding!?"
Sakura and All Might had a lot of stress after it became public knowledge that the two have 'broken up' due to a small argument they had. Sakura wasn't the jealous type, there isn't much to be jealous about when people always wear you down like a pair of slippers, but praise your boyfriend like he is a god. Yes, that is a thing, insulting her in front of All Might and then praise him to the heavens. Why would she be jealous of that? Sakura thought about speaking up but decided not to, due to not wanting to cause a scene. She knew better than doing that, she knew better than causing a scene and making her look like the bad guy. A lot of people started laughing at her when she was out in town getting groceries or meeting friends (which to be fair she didn't have a lot of) and those people said that it was the best decision the two could have made. Now that All Might was 'single' again he could find someone far more suitable for him than Sakura was. She had heard everything in the book: "If you really love him, you shouldn't keep him from someone he is better suited for.", "Really darling, All Might just pitied you, you shouldn't keep up his time and attention more than you need to." and "Why would he settle with an ugly face like you? Sure, he says you're beautiful but he doesn't really mean that."
Sakura knew enough about All Might to know that he was a bad liar, a very bad liar. It was pretty much against his moral code to lie, so he wasn't very good at it. Sakura on the other hand could lie in a way not everyone noticed at first. She had to keep a smile and tell scared kids that everything is fine even when it was clear to them that it wasn't. She found lying was a useful skill once in a while as a hero. Yes, once in a while you have to tell the truth to make people trust you for you to be able to save them. Sakura was sitting in her favorite cafe she likes to visit with All Might, but he knew better than confronting her again, at least for the next few days. Sakura was looking through her phone when a woman pushed her phone to the table as she sat down across from her.
"You know, a frown doesn't fit you, Sakura.", the woman said with a smile on her lips. Sakura looked up from the table and looked into purple eyes and already knew who was sitting across from her.
"Ikuko, nice to see you too.", Sakura said smiling sadly. Ikuko was Sakura's best girl friend, they have met in a book store when Sakura accidentally ran her over. Ikuko is 22 years old and the daughter of a rich couple owning an electric gadgets factory, but you wouldn't notice it by the way she dresses. Sakura didn't know that at first either until she was 16 and was invited to one of those fancy dinner parties Ikuko's parents organized. She had to admit that they were boring that's why Ikuko liked clubbing a lot. Sakura liked Ikuko, because she was the first person who was not family to tell her how cool her quirk was and Ikuko liked Sakura, because she didn't make fun of her for being quirk-less. Heck, as far as Sakura was concerned, A quirk didn't make you a better person. The majority of the world's population has quirks, being quirk-less was something relatively rare. Sakura was sure that Izuku used to be quirk-less but somehow got a quirk. She wasn't sure how exactly, but something wasn't quite adding up with that boy, and not just because he seems to be All Might's favorite student.
"I heard what happened between you and All Might. What a shame, I thought you two would be perfect for each other, since you are practically his biggest fan-girl.", Ikuko stated, brushing some purple locks out of her face. Sakura envied Ikuko for how beautiful and young she was.
"He has done something that I don't know how to deal with. Because of this, I practically have to avoid him now, but it's really hard. I just wanna kiss his stupid face again, but if I do that, everyone I know and love will get hurt.", Sakura explained. It sounded like getting death threats from people who wanted All Might for their own.
"That's tough, sweetie….Tell you what, this weekend, we're going clubbing. Getting that boy drama out of your head, maybe flirt with some guys your age, you'll see.", Ikuko meant well, and Sakura knew that, after all, she was raised sheltered so she couldn't blame the younger woman to like to party. Sakura sighed: "Alright. I know better than to argue with you about this. Let's get me a relatively fancy dress."
Ikuko smiled brightly, Sakura could hardly refuse anything from her friend. Both had a relatively hard childhood, Ikuko due to being isolated and quirk-less and Sakura due to people calling her stupid and lame. Sakura had paid for her coffee and left with Ikuko to a clothing store. Ikuko knew what Sakura liked, she was a fan of bright colder colors like a light blue even though her hero costume was black. The reason Sakura designed her hero costume to be black is to better blend in with the shadows at night, when she is usually out patrolling. Besides, Sakura didn't like a lot to stand out, she was more specialized in support and helping from the background than actually fighting head on, just like her brother was. Other than that, Sakura really didn't like drawing attention to herself, it made her feel a bit uncomfortable but with All Might as boyfriend, getting attention was expected.
As Sakura left the changing room in a light blue knee-length dress with one strap and glitter on the upper and lower rim of the dress. She felt a bit uncomfortable but liked the dress.
"That is really beautiful. It really fits you, Sakura. It really brings out your beauty.", Ikuko said and Sakura smiled. Ikuko was the only person, other than All Might and her brothers to tell Sakura she was beautiful. Sakura certainly felt beautiful in that dress, so Ikuko and Sakura bought it.
"Don't worry, I have shoes that fit perfectly with the dress.", Sakura smiled at her friend and the two made up a time and place to meet to go clubbing.
As the friends went into the club, Sakura felt a bit weird. First of, she was going out with a friend after she had 'broken up' with her first ever boyfriend, and second of, she didn't wanna flirt with anybody. People just didn't really appreciate her, it was normal for her, still, somehow she felt like even rejecting someone would make it even worse. The rumor that Sakura was actually engaged to someone else was still around and it bothered her immensely. Ikuko liked partying, she also was relatively well known in the clubbing scene so Sakura and Ikuko had no problem getting into the club. Sakura just seated herself at the bar, simply ordering a Bloody Mary and watching her friend dance. Sakura wasn't the dancing type, not that she couldn't do it, she just doesn't like doing it, unless she has to. As long as she doesn't have to, she wouldn't move a muscle to dance. She liked observing people, which was part of her whole hero shtick. Sakura was specialized in search and rescue after all, sometimes she even helped out the Pussycats. Sometimes you could see a bit better from up high, that's what her dad always said.
"Always assure yourself of the situation before rushing in.", that's what she was always told during her time at U.A. She always was kinda reckless, but she learned to control her reckless behavior when she was at U.A.
Some time has passed since Ikuko and Sakura first came to the club and Sakura and her friend already had a few drinks. Sakura felt a bit tipsy, but she wasn't drunk at this point, she could still win in a fight if it would come to it. People started to flirt with Sakura, but most of them left her alone when she said that she wasn't interested. And then there was this one guy.
"Hey sexy, I lost my number, can I get yours?", the man asked. He was obviously drunk, so Sakura rolled her eyes at this guy and just answered with: "Get lost. I'm not interested."
The guy wouldn't have any of this and raged: "Hey, what gives? Do you think you can be picky now that you know that you could have All Might? You should feel lucky that a guy is interested in you, with that lame quirk of yours, Nightwing."
"All Might and I have had an argument, but that doesn't mean we are broken up. Now scram, I'm not interested in you or anyone.", Sakura said and turned her back to the man, who wouldn't have any of that.
"What the fuck is your fucking problem? Do you think only All Might is worth talking to? I think you have been spoiled ever since you started hanging out with All Might.", the man wanted to turn her to him again but was than pinned to the floor in a matter of moments. Sakura had pinned the man down, holding him in place.
"Don't you dare talk about him that way. All Might is a true hero, that's the reason that made me fall for him. He would never be as creepy and shady as you, you moron. Now get lost!", Sakura explained and the man stumbled out of the club once Sakura stood up from him. She sat down at the bar again and it was quiet again until the current TV program was interrupted by none other than Drac, who had an announcement to make. Sakura asked the barkeeper to turn the volume up a bit, which he did. And the words that were spoken shocked everyone in the room: "Until the end of the week, I will be married to none other than Nightwing. This'll be a big event, but not everyone is invited. I feel generous though, Nightwing is allowed to have her brother at the ceremony. This'll be the only way to prevent tragedy, so don't keep me waiting love.", he ended the interruption with a kiss and then the TV turned to the previous program again.
"We knew it! You just used All Might! What a shame, he is such a good catch.", some women started berating Sakura because of the news. She tried defending herself with saying: "I didn't know about this myself! I didn't think that freak would actually do that!"
Of course, nobody believed her, everyone berated her because of what she did to All Might, that she deserved to die and all that stuff. Sakura had enough and left the club, leaving even her friend Ikuko, who was certain that Sakura could never betray All Might or anyone she loved, behind.
When Sakura came home, she just broke out into tears. In order to stop all this before it starts she would have to marry someone she doesn't even love, making this whole ordeal a huge shit show, now that everyone in Japan knew about the wedding she doesn't even want to be a part of.
During that whole thing, All Might was video chatting with an old friend of his. He liked to have a bit of background noise so he usually turns on the TV whenever he is video chatting. He doesn't now why he likes the background noise, it just kinda reminded him of America.
"So you and her had an argument because you looked through her phone?", the friend asked while fiddling with some kind of gadget he seems to repair.
"The thing is, I was worried and wanted to know what she was hiding. I know it wasn't the best thing to do, but I care a lot about her, Dave. It's just like with you and your wife.", All Might responded to his friend, who just chuckled: "Well, the only difference there is, that I've known her for a long time, even before I went to college, Toshi."
"True. Sometimes I'm quite jealous not just of you but also jealous of Endeavor. The both of you are married and have children.", All Might stated.
"That's one thing he has that you don't have, Toshi.", Dave replied. Then the announcement for the wedding came up which made All Might listen closely. All Dave could hear was wedding. Assuming it was All Might who made the announcement, he congratulated his friend.
"That is not my voice.", was all All Might could say before the connection broke. All Might knew pretty well who was behind this wedding announcement.
Author's Note: A shorter and a bit weird chapter, but hey, another chapter done. Please leave a review with constructive criticism. Hope you still enjoy.