Chapter 5: Getting to Know You.

Later that night, after a delicious meal made by Inko, you are helping Izuku with his math homework when your phone goes off. You pull it out of your right pocket and see that you have a new text from an unknown number. You unlock your phone and open your messages. Hi. It's Toshinori. I just wanted to send you a message so that you will have my number.

You grin and save Toshinori's number to your contacts. You then send him a reply, Well, hellooo, handsome. Thanks for thinking about me. I needed a little pick me up after doing all of this math.

Toshinori's reply comes a few seconds later, Math?

Yeah. I'm helping Izuku with his math homework.

A reply comes seconds later, I'm guessing that you do not like math.

It's mostly the word problems that I hate. Like this one that Izuku is working on: 'Mary loves eating fruit. She buys 64 watermelons at...' and that's as far as I got because now all I can think about is, 'why does Mary need 64 frickin watermelons?' She couldn't possibly eat all that watermelon before it goes bad.

His response takes a little longer this time, Maybe she was dating Gallagher?

You burst into laughter. "What's so funny, aunt (Y/N)?" You show your nephew the texts and he only looks confused. "I...I don't get it. Who's Gallagher?"

You get your laughter under control before answering Izuku. "He's an American comedian known for smashing watermelons as part of his act."

You return your attention to your phone. I'm surprised that you know who Gallagher is.

As I said earlier, I'm an old man.

You frown slightly, Stop talking nonsense, handsome. Since you know what I'm doing right now, can I ask what you're doing?

After a few moments he replies, Watching a movie.

What movie are you watching?

A small pause, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

Ah, a classic American Western. Hey, I got to get back to helping Izuku. I will see you tomorrow.

His next text comes almost immediately, What time will you be joining us at the beach?

I'm not sure. Most likely sometime in the afternoon.

Oh. Well, see you then (Y/N).

You chuckle slightly before texting, Goodnight, Toshinori. I can't wait to see your handsome face again. Don't forget to bring extra tissues tomorrow. You put your phone away and go back to helping Izuku with his homework.

You wake up around nine the next morning and impulsively send Toshinori a text. Good morning, handsome. You stand up from your bed before making it and picking out your outfit for the day: a black button up shirt, green panties, and a pair of bright blue pants with green and brown palm trees on them. You take your clothes and your hygiene products into the bathroom and take a shower.

-*-*-*-TOSHINORI*-*-*-*

Toshinori is out doing an early morning patrol as All Might looking for any villains. Suddenly, his sensitive hearing picks up someone yelling for help. He jumps through the air in the direction of the yell. He sees a woman with leopard like fur covering her entire body holding a teenage girl hostage as she's trying to escape from the police. All Might lands behind the cat like villainess with a loud thud. Startled the villainess whips around, accidentally releasing her hostage in the process. Her slitted cat like pupils dilate in fear when she sees All Might. "I will give you one chance to give yourself up." He says with his usual bright smile on his face.

"Y...you wouldn't...hit a w...woman w...would you, Symbol of Peace?" The leopard villainess says, scared half to death by the huge male in front of her, but raising her hands in front of her and extending her fingernails into claws.

"HAHAHA! Unfortunately for you, I'm an equal opportunity crime fighter!" He pulls his arm back before shouting, "Texas Smash!" and throwing a punch at the villainess.

After capturing the villainess and talking to the media for a moment, All Might manages to make his escape. Knowing that he needs to save some time in his All Might form for training Midoriya, he transforms back to his weaker form. He sighs and looks down at his large, boney hand. He feels slightly depressed because of how limited he is now due to his failing health. He walks out of the alley that he hid in to transform when his phone goes off. 'A MESSAGE IS HERE! A MESSAGE IS HERE!' He pulls out his large red phone and unlocks it. He sees he has a new message from you and eagerly opens it, Good morning, handsome.

A light blush appears on his face. He still can't believe that a woman as beautiful as you finds him to be handsome. He's basically a walking skeleton in this form, how can anybody find him attractive? He starts to reply to your text, at first typing in Good morning, beautiful, but he loses his nerve and changes beautiful to (Y/N). Changing his mind again he changes it back before losing his courage again. 'Why is this so hard?' He thinks to himself, 'I've faced some of the worst villains the world has ever seen without flinching, so why is it that this woman makes my hands tremble so badly that I can barely hold my phone?' He sends the message without really looking at the final draft.

-*-*-*BACK TO YOU*-*-*-*

After your shower, you go back into your room to throw your dirty pajamas into your hamper and to grab your phone. You see that you have a missed text from Toshinori, Good morning, b (Y/N). You're slightly confused about the b in front of your name, but figure it's probably just a typo. You walk into the kitchen to make yourself some coffee and breakfast. Since Izuku has already left for school and Inko for work, you decide to make something simple for breakfast.

After you finish your coffee and scrambled eggs, you put on your coat, adjusting the left sleeve, and leave the apartment. You make your way across town to the Hero Public Safety Commission building to make sure that they have all of your hero information on file. Even though you are officially retired from being a hero, you are still required to provide the local government with all of your hero information. While you're there you plan on finding out what you need to do to become certified to teach at UA.

It's almost 3:30 by the time you're through at the Hero Public Safety Commission. You had to enroll in a four month teaching course at a local community college in order to be certified to teach. Luckily, you can take the classes online so that will help out a lot and since it only takes four months, you should get your certificate just in time for classes to start at UA.

You make it to Dagobah Municipal Beach Park at 4:30 and see that Izuku is already training hard. You see Toshinori sitting on top of a broken down washer; the same one that you were sitting on yesterday; as Izuku pulls it across the beach to a dumpster. His progress is slow, but at least he's making it. You take off your coat then sit down on a broken metal lawn chair to watch your nephew train.

After about 40 minutes, Toshinori walks over and sits down next to you. "Hello, (Y/N). So how was your day?"

You give him a big open mouth smile, "Much better now that you're here." You wink at him and he starts coughing up blood. Once he stops you tell him, "My day was okay actually. I found out that I have to take a teaching course for the next four months in order to get my teaching license, but I can take the classes online so it won't be too bad. How was your day, handsome?" You ghost your hand over his accidentally on purpose.

A light blush appears on his face, "It was good. Your nephew is making excellent progress with his training."

The two of you sit in a comfortable silence for a couple of minutes watching as Izuku moves junk from one side of the beach to the other. "So other than westerns what kind of movies do you like, Toshinori?"

"I enjoy all kinds of movies really. What about you?"

"Monster movies. Especially the old Godzilla movies."

He chuckles at your answer. "Why did you want to become a hero?"

You grin, "To make a difference in the world by bringing people hope in their darkest hour. Are you a hero too or do you just work for All Might?"

Toshinori rubs the back of his head nervously, "Uh, well...I can't really do much because of my health issues, so I do what I can...you know around the office..."

The poor man looks like he's about to have a heart attack so you decide to change the subject for his sake. "What's your favorite color?"

He blinks a couple of times before sighing in relief at the sudden change of topic. "Red. Yours?"

You give him a mischievous smile, "Well...I'm beginning to grow very fond of the color yellow." You reach over and twirl some of his hair around your finger.

Blood spurts from Toshinori's mouth from his shock. "Aunt (Y/N)!!" Izuku suddenly shouts causing you to look over at him. "Please stop trying to kill my mentor! He still needs to train me!"

"Dahahaha!" You laugh loudly.

Wiping his mouth with a tissue, Toshinori waves his right hand dismissively at Izuku. "It's okay. I'm fine. Get back to your training, young Midoriya."

For the next thirty minutes, you and Toshinori talk about your likes and dislikes: your favorite food, music, books, etcetera. As it turns out, the two of you have very similar tastes. While the two of you talk, Izuku will occasionally look over at you and Toshinori talking, laughing, and; at least in your case; flirting. For the first time since Izuku met All Might, the older man doesn't seem to be so lonely. He grins to himself as he imagines what it would be like to have All Might as an uncle.