The Strict Teacher

Chapter 4: Realisation

Aizawa loosened his tie and set his hair free from the elastic band wrapped around it as he sloughed into the sofa, sulking a bit. Hizashi sat on the end of the couch leaning his arm on the backrest. "What's up, mopey man?"

Aizawa looked away trying to hide his emotions from his best friend. "Nothing. I'm fine."

"Well that doesn't look fine to me." Yamada pointed out.

"Ugh. You're just gonna bother me until I tell you, right?" Aizawa asked.

"Correct, my man!" Hizashi replied.

Shota let out and annoyed sigh. "All Might said something today which has been bothering me all day and I don't know why. It's irritating and rational." He admitted, furrowing his eyebrows.

"Well, what is it he said?" Present Mic asked, concerned.

"I said to him that anyone else would've seen today's outings as a date to which he responded saying that it was only to get my mind off work and that it was nothing of the sort." Aizawa started feeling that mild sharp pain in his chest again. "When he said that, I got this mild sharp pain in my chest. It felt as if my heart sank. I don't understand what this feeling is." Aizawa gripped his chest as he felt a tear starting to form in his eye.

"Sounds like he broke your heart." Mic said in a stern voice.

"Heart broken? But why would it cause that?" Aizawa looked over at him annoyed.

"Well, do you feel different around him then you do everyone else?" Hizashi asked, wondering if he even realises himself.

"Maybe. Ughh, I don't know." Shota slumped his arms by his sides as he sloughed back on the backrest, leaning his head back on frustration.

"Heart raises slightly, flustered, hands start trembling, weird urges, feeling like he's the only person in the room sometimes, the only person bugging your mind?" Hizashi listed symptoms of having a crush.

"Yeah.. sometimes I forget your in the room which leads to you making me jump out of my skin." Aizawa admits.

Mic chuckled. "Never fails me laugh." He remembers the amount of times he made Sho jump because he was to busy staring at Toshinori. It happened so often he lost count. "That sounds like love, my friend."

"L-Love?! Don't be ridiculous!" Aizawa said pissed off.

"I'm serious, Sho! All those are signs that you have a crush on someone." Hizashi replied chuckling. "Looks like All Mighty isn't the only one with a crush" he mumbled to himself.

"Hmm.." Aizawa looked back on those moments which game him a wave of realisation. He shot up, sitting up straight, and snapped his head to Mic. "Oh my god.."

"Took you long enough to realise." Hizashi said relieved. "Glad to have helped you out." He stood up, stretching. "Right, time to get some shut eye!" The voice hero said as he walked into his room.

Aizawa was left on his own with his thoughts. "Love, huh?" Aizawa sighed as he leant back, putting his head in his hands.

"You alright, Aizawa?" Toshinori sat as he walked out of the bathroom only wearing a towel around his waist which made Aizawa choke on his saliva.

"Y-yes, I'm fine." Aizawa quickly looked away, blushing. "I'm uhh.. I'm going to rest for tonight." Aizawa said, awkwardly walking to his room as he locked the door behind him.

Toshinori walked back to his room to get his pjs on and walked back to the kitchen to make himself some tea. His mind was racing to much to be able to sleep. "A date, huh?" He thought to himself. "Well I could be seen that way seeing as I took him to a restaurant before hand." The hero put his hand to his chin as he was lost in thought. "I guess thinking of it as a date wouldn't be that bad, would it? Ughh! Feelings are complicated" Toshi sighed in annoyance as he finished making his tea and sat down on the couch as he grabbed his phone and scrolled through the latest news.

All Might almost choked on his tea when he read the a headline which stated 'All Might and Eraserhead dating?' Which showed a picture of both of them at the festival beneath it. The hero blushed as he read further. 'The famous hero was seen at the recent festival with the eraser hero Eraserhead. They both looked at each other in awe as they walked through the festival. Could this be a love forming? Or are they secretly dating?' "Fucking stupid media" He thought to himself. However, his eyes were drawn to that one sentence. 'They both looked at each other in awe'.

"Was he really looking at me like that?" He scrolled back up to the image they look and zoomed in on Aizawa to look at the expression on his face. To his surprise, Aizawa was looking at him with a happy, calm expression on his face. In fact, that was probably the first time he saw him smile like that. He felt a warm in his heart as he smiled at the image. "I'm glad he enjoyed himself." He thought to himself.

He continues to scroll through the news, to no surprise, that event was all the media was talking about now. Before he knew it, the time read 2:30am. "Crap, I should be getting some sleep!" He thought as he headed to his room to retire for the night.