Chapter Nine

Stirring the Waters

"So, why is Aizawa going again?" Fable hummed softly as she ran her fingers through her lover's sun kissed hair. At the moment the man was sitting between her legs as Fable pulled his unruly hair into a ponytail. Tilting his head back slightly before planting a tender kiss on his forehead.

"He just wants dinner later" Toshi replied before standing up, he held out his hand to help Fable up. Who just bat it away and lifted herself up, "I wish you could come" his voice held regret in it.

"It's fine…All Might stuff, remember" she stretched slightly popping her spine in the process, "Besides, Hachiko and Kaito want to spend the day with me"

"I'll see you when I get home then" the older man smiled picking up a duffle bag and flung it on to his shoulders, and headed to the door since Yamada was waiting for him down stairs, "you'll be missed, darling"

"U-uh" Fable's face flushed as the man gave her small smile before exiting the apartment leaving her alone in shock. The young woman fell back down on the couch in pure shock, he gave her a pet name. And it was 'darling' of all things! Fable used one of the plushies littering the couch to muffle her squeal of excitement. Okay, she needs to contain herself and get ready for her evening with her dear friends. Getting up the young woman rushed to take a quick shower and be ready by the time her friends arrived.

"Darling? That's so cheesy." Kaito mocked as the trio sat in a booth at an upscale restaurant.

"I think it's very Yagi-san like." Hachiko took a sip of her glass of beer with a small smile as she leaned back into her seat, "It's adorable~"

Fable shifted in her seat slightly, the young woman's cheeks flushed lightly for the pass month or so it felt like all of this was a dream bubble. It felt too good to be true as if this was a dream she didn't want to wake up from. Her hand ghosted over her growing bump.

"He had to attend an interview with All Might." The young woman swirled around her drink before gingerly sipping it.

"Blah, he has a beautiful wife waiting for him at home." Kaito rolled his green eyes before leaning against his hand, "He's putting work before you"

"O-One! I'm not his wife." Fable turned up her nose at her friend before looking down at her phone, "And two, he is not…he's just doing his damn job."

"Miller-san, would you like some wine?" their waitress returned with one of Fable's favorite bottle in hand. The dark-haired woman jumped slightly before shaking her head and held her hand out slightly.

"No, I can't have alcohol right now" Fable smiled sweetly, "I'm pregnant…I'll just stick with my juice."

"Oh! Congratulations Miller-san!" The waitress smiled before taking out her notepad to collect the group's order. The young lady left the group once they placed their order. Fable noticed a couple of businessmen at the bar joking and laughing. She'd been to this restaurant many times, enough to see the regulars and for the staff to know her preference.

"TURN ON THE TV! ALL MIGHT IS ON!" One of the patrons shouted out, who clearly had a little too much to drink. The bartender merely nodded and turned on the TV and turning the volume up so everyone could listen. It was one of those talk shows, nothing serious like the news. Fable pulled at one of her curls and faced her friends, with the TV becoming background noise. She saw no use in listening at this, the hosts were probably going to ask stupid questions.

"So, Hachi how's the studio?" The young woman leaned over the table with her hands clasped together.

"Fantastic! They got me an interview with Present Mic!" The dual-haired woman grinned ear to ear. Everyone at the table knew how much Hachiko looks up to the blonde man and everything that he accomplishes in his career. Holding down a teaching job, his radio morning show, and being a Pro-Hero he's everything that she wants to be in life.

"Yo, tell us when you're on!" Kaito slammed his hands down on the table causing it to shake, "Cotton-chan and I would def listen to it."

"Oh, yeah we will." Fable clenched her hands in fist giving her friend a determined face, anything these two will do. She, Fable Miller, will have their backs no matter what. Hachiko's pale face turned pink as she laughed at her friends.

"They still want to sign you on, Fable." The Idol glanced at her friend with a hopeful look in her eyes.

"Nah." Fable shook her head. "I'm a teacher, becoming a mother soon, and I have the sweetest man I could ever want…I'm perfectly happy right now." The young woman was beaming with joy.

"Ew…you've gone mushy on us." Kaito gagged before laughing, "Oh thank you." He smiled as the waitress returned and lined their table with the food they ordered. The three decided to stop talking and watch the interview. It was rather boring until they reached his teaching job:

"So, All Might I know it's old news about Yuuei." The male host smiled brightly at the camera, "But you gotta tell us, how is it?"

"It's a great opportunity, to get to shape the minds of the next hero generation." The large man laughed.

"How about your co-workers, do you get along with them?" They asked. Fable rolled her eyes, of course, he gets along with them, everyone likes All Might.

"Of course, there will be a few bumps in the road, but my co-workers and I get along swimmingly."

"What about your newest co-worker?" The female co-host interjected blinking innocently, "our sources said she's from America…is that difficult?"

DIFFICULT!

Fable felt something inside of her as she looked over at her friends. These people were calling her difficult because she's from America! How did they even know about her, fucking shit. A deep frown set on her features as she glared down at her half empty glass. Hachiko reached over and rubbed her shoulder in comfort, they don't even know her.

"Where did you get that from? Miller-san is one of the easiest people Present Mic and I had ever worked with…she assists us in our classes." The Pro-hero crossed his arms, giving the female host a disappointed look. Who gulped leaned into her seat, seeing that she just made a mistake...

"Aw, All Might likes you." Kaito teased with a smug look on his face.

"All Might is my co-worker and him protecting my honor is just amazing." Fable placed her hand on her chest with warm smile, "He's a kind man with a big heart...he saved me from a horde of reporters on my first day as a teacher at Yuuei." She began eating her meal before it went cold. "Speaking of co-workers, they say dating in the workplace is very common…has anyone caught your interest, All Might?" The male co-host asked, crossing his legs.

"That would be highly unprofessional, even though Miller-san is a very attractive young woma-" the hero stopped and tried to back track his answer.

"All Might has a thing for you." Hachiko covered her mouth in disbelief as Kaito dropped his chopstick jaw slacked. Fable shook her head at her two friends, that slip up didn't mean anything, did it?

"He could mean something else…like just giving me a compliment." Fable, bit the inside of her cheek, is this why Toshi had asked about All Might. He knew that his boss held feelings for her, and was he worried that she'll leave him for the Hero. Shit, everything makes so much sense now.

"Pfft" Kaito rolled his eyes then finished off his drink and ordered another from the waitress, she nodded and went to get him one, "Context, Cotton-chan"

"Oh, no no" Fable shook her head as she buried it in her hands with a groan. This needs to be smoothed out, this has to be ironed out. With a pained sigh she looked at her friends from between her fingers, now people think she's dating All Might. At least no one knows what she looks like, and he could straighten things out with the media later.

"All Might would never date a gaijin." The group heard the voice behind them, "I don't know why the good men always go after these pesky gaijin girls."

"I know? He should get a nice Japanese girl instead." Her friend agreed with a laugh. Hachiko's eyes darken at the pair's insults to her close friend. Even not knowing that the exact person that they were talking about was in earshot.

"Can I fuck them up?" The idol whispered over to her pregnant friend, who shook her head.

"That's not fair." Kaito gritted his teeth, "Those bitches can't just talk about you like that!"

"It's fine." Fable said weakly as tears gathered at the corners of her eyes, looking down at her food, it seems that she will be taking it home tonight after all. The night continued on, with Hachiko and Kaito angrily drinking.

During dinner her two friends decided it would be a great idea, to drink off Fable's problems for her. That was a stupid idea, and she told them and now she has a pair of drunk schmucks on her couch.

Which she must take care of now.

"Girl, get yourself a threesome," Hachiko said, slurring some of her words, she had half her body on the couch.

"Nah." Fable places a glass of water against her friend's lips, "Drink, bird girl" using her other hand. The dark-haired woman leaned the idol's head back slightly to allow the cool water to enter the drunk's mouth. With the glass half finished, she petted her friend's head, violet eyes scanned over to Kaito who was knocked out. Getting up the young woman returned to the kitchen with said glass and placed it in the sink.

"Fa…Fabllleee…Fa..Fable." Hachiko called out from the living room in her weakened state. The oldest of the trio prays that the idol wasn't about to release the contents of their stomach on the floor…again.

"Coming." The woman shook her head and decided to rinse out the glass before returning to the living room.

The padding of Pumpkin's paws against the hardwood floor was the tell-tale sign that someone was coming home. When the door open, she heard her cat's mews as the person, entered the apartment. Drying her hands, she went to meet Toshi in the living room, but he wasn't alone both Aizawa and Yamada was with him. They were looking at her two drunk friends on the couch, causing Fable's cheeks to flare up.

"People are here." Hachiko's voice was muffled by a plushie, muttering something else before seemly drifting off to sleep.

"W-welcome home, Toshi." The violet-eyed woman said in a small voice, she swiftly moved to Hachiko and to pull her body fully on the couch. The idol won't like it if this was her first impression on Present Mic. "did you have a nice outing?"

"Uh…yes" the blonde nodded tearing his eyes away from the two in his living room, "I assume the same for the three of you."

"NO!" Kaito shot up, eyes barely opened as he made a fist causing Fable to jump, "I wanted to smash someone…ugh not in a sexy way…smash them into the ground."

"They insulted me personally." Hachiko started to weep on to the plushie, "and it cut me deeply"

"They didn't say jack about you." Fable placed her hands on her hips and rolled her eyes at her friends, "Go back to sleep, I called your father and he's sending someone to pick you up."

"They talked shit about you…a-and…you're an extension of me…like…like…Kaito help me here."

"Like a strap-on." The man gave his fellow drunk a thumbs up, he passed back on the couch.

"Yeah, what he said." Hachiko agreed on the pink haired man

"I'm not your fucking strap-on, that's like saying you use me to fuck with people." Fable groaned face palming herself. Why the hell is she talking to these idiots especially with them like this, "Kiss my neck ribs, yuh fools." Fable slipped into her mother tongue with an accent and all. The room went so silent that the sound of her jaw popping from clenching her teeth could be heard clearly. Her phone starting to ring, the woman quickly answered it.

"Oh! You're here…okay, I'll send them down." Fable summon her aqua men to escort the two drunks down the awaiting car.

"WE SHOULD DO THIS AGAIN!" Hachiko called out as she was being guided out the apartment, "HOW'S NEXT WEEK SOUND?"

"Uh…" Fable made a face of displeasure she'd rather stay home then go out again, "I'll think about it". Closing the door behind the young woman let out a sigh, shoulders immediately relaxing her head hit the hardwood door with a clunk, "my god"

"You're okay there, Miller-san" Aizawa placed his hand on her shoulder causing her to jump slightly.

"Oh…yeah." Fable looked over to her side slightly, "Sometimes…my friends are draining…but tonight was okay."Turning she walked over to the couch to straighten it up, before sitting down, Pumpkin jumped into her lap purring loudly.

"We were going to have a nightcap here…but you seem to need some rest Miller-san." The dark-haired man said.

"Oh, don't let me stop you." Fable got up causing them cat to jump off, "I'll leave you guys be…if you'll excuse me." She gave a bow. Before returning to Toshi and her shared room, striping down to just her panties and slipping on one of her baggy shirts before drifting off.

The woman stirred awake when the other side of the bed dipped, yawning she rolled on to her side to the outline of her lover. Muttering she scooted closer to him and wrapped her arms around his waist and using his back at a pillow. Not a very comfortable position but it was good enough for her, and the body heat coming off him was nice.

"Darling, we can't sleep like this." The man side as he shifted her into a better sleeping position. He climbed into bed and gently curled around the smaller form in the bed, in turn, Fable snuggled into the larger figure with a sleepy smile.

The next few days went by like blur, soon she'll have to return to school, god she missed them. All her students' happy smiling faces, the stuffy smell of the classroom and her co-workers. It'll be so nice to see them again soon. She already had a lesson planned, all she had to do was run it by Yamada and get it approved. But heading back to Yuuei also means, she'll have to be working with All Might again. She may not carry any romantic feelings for the man, but he was criminally handsome, he probably had so many women and men throw themselves at him. He must think everyone wants him, she has to set things straight.

Fable sat on the couch sipping a glass of ice tea, her hair was pulled up into a pineapple to keep it off her neck. She was wearing the lightest clothes she had, normally she would be walking around in her underwear. But she doesn't leave by herself anymore and it would be just planning rude to do that in front of a gentleman like Toshi. Hearing his office door open, Fable faced her whole body towards him.

"Toshi." She called out in a small voice, he must know how All Might felt…he was there at the interview "Can we talk?"

"Hmm…of course, my darling." He shuffled over to the woman and sat next to her, "what's on your mind"

"I've been thinking about that interview…that one when All Might kinda sorta confessed." Fable glanced over to the still empty fish tank, "And I want you to know that I'll never leave you for him."

If she could see the man's expressions she would see the whirlwind of emotions playing across his face. Toshi's heart fluttered inside of his chest if he wasn't All Might himself. The man would feel a wave of relief wash over him, but instead, it was guilt. He was building a family with this woman and for years he kept this from her. Toshi can't do this any longer, now that she has a target on her head because of his loose lips. On top of that if the villains found out that she was also carrying his child…they could end both Fable's and their unborn baby's life. Hurting him more than anything else, he would be being pleading to die at that point if that ever happened.

"Darling…I have something to tell you." He said in a somber tone, as smoke began to bellow around him.

"T-Toshi!" Fable coughed slightly as she fanned the smoke away, "What's happening?"

Once the fog had cleared, she could see the number one hero sitting next to her. All muscle with that trademark grin. Her brows furrowed together trying to piece everything together. Just a moment ago her adorable string bean was sitting next to her, and now there was the beefiest of cakes she had ever seen.

"I'm All Might."