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It was just a normal day at the police station. Tsukauchi Naomasa was writing some reports about recent cases. His work was interrupted by a phone call. "Toshi?" he asked, answering the call from his friend. Toshinori usually didn't call without a reason, mostly the reason wasn't so good. Could it be a villain attack? "Naomasa, you won't belive this!" his friend chanted from the other side of the phone call, "I found a successor!" he spilled the good news. It almost seemed as if he was jumping from happiness. "That's great news! What's their name?" Tsukauchi stood up quickly from excitement and curiosity. "You aren't going to look into his file, are you?" Toshinori asked, the excitement in his tone slowly overtaken by concern. "Well uh n-not if you're against it. I would've asked if you would let me look into him." Naomasa explained nervously. He would never invade another person's privacy without a reason.
"Don't stress yourself, Naomasa! I do want you to look into something." Toshinori calmed him," Could you look into his school? His name is Izuku Midoriya and he's quirkless, so I want to know if there isn't any discrimination going on." Toshi's voice changed into concern and seriousness. "I'll look into it don't worry." the detective reassured. "Than you, Naomasa! You're such a life saver." Toshi sighed in relief.
" All Might-" Naomasa stopped his friend before he hung up, "-We should c-celebrate. Are y-you free tonight?" his nervousness crept up again. Why am I so nervous with him? "Yeah! Where are we going to go?" the hero questioned. Café? Restaurant? Take out? Why am I worried? He doesn't really care- "Naomasa?" his friends voice brought him out of thoughts. "M-movies?" the detective suggested, "I-I know y-you're a movie n-nerd." Why the hell am I stuttering? Is it because of too much stress? "Ha! You know me too well Naomasa! Meet you at 8? You're finished by then, right?" All Might asked cheerfully. "Yeah I'm free by then. See you later, Toshi!" the detective said. After getting a goodbye from his best friend, Naomasa hung up but still felt a bit tense or even confused. What the fuck is going on with me? Is it the lack of sleep? Why am I acting so weird?
Continuing to overthink his weird antiques of the day Naomasa finished all his work. He left the police station at 7:04 pm and went home to get ready. After a warm shower he put on some casual clothes. Why did I even suggest this?
Walking to the park where they usually met for occasions like these, Naomasa still hadn't stopped overthinking. His feet were leading him while he just drowned in thoughts. He hadn't even noticed his best friend waiting, sitting on a bench. "You're acting weird, Naomasa! What's the matter?" Toshinori asked in concern. The detective jumped but relaxed realizing who it was. "I-I'm sorry, Toshinori!" he apologized. His friend had stood up to walk closer. Putting a hand on Naomasas shoulder he looked into his eyes, "You have nothing to apologize for. What's going on?" Naomasa calmed down and smiled, "Nothing. Probably the lack of sleep." Toshinori smiled but continued being concern for his friend.
In the movie theatre they realized there aren't many interesting choices. A romcom, 2 anime movies and a thriller. "I'm so sorry, Toshinori! I didn't check the movies beforehand. " Naomasa apologized. The hero smiled in a kindly way and patted his friend on the back for comfort.
"Are you really ok with this movie?" Naomasa asked while picking up a medium box of sweet popcorn. "It's really ok! I like all kinds of genres." Toshinori reassured their choice. They had picked the romcom. Naomasas favorite genre is, well, romance. All Might is fine with almost everything. Thought they did want to go for the thriller, turns out it was all bought out and the next session was in an hour( they were impatient).
Everything was going good!
After the movie Naomasa was happy while Toshinori still cried about the ending. "I didn't know you are such a softy Toshi." the black haired teased. "You won't tell anyone!" the tall softy chuckled. Both of them left the building, laughing. "Are you hungry?" Toshinori asked after calming down. "Not gonna lie. I'm starving! The popcorn was just a small snack for me." the detective whined. "Let's grab a bite somewhere. You want something quick or anything else? " Toshinori questioned. Naomasa thought for a moment before suggesting, "I-Is it ok i-if we go to a place I know? It's not that far from here." nervousness had returned in the detectives voice. Why am I nervous again? I really should get more sleep.
Naomasa led his friend to the place. It was a nice and quiet café with a calming atmosphere. Feeling a bit relaxed, Naomasa walked to the cashier." Good evening! What can I get for you?" the employee asked noticing the two. "Can I get 2 lime cheesecake pieces, green tea and some takoyaki? Naomasa ordered. his friend looked shocked at this order. "Alright! Anything for you sir?" the employee asked Toshinori. "A-ah a cappuccino and uh strawberry chocolate cake." he answered. "That`ll be 1500yen (10.40 eur, 11.33 usd)" the cashier said. "Here!" Toshinori gave the money. Naomasa gave him a nervous smile.
They took their food to a table by the window. "You`ve got a sweet tooth today." Toshinori pointed out trying to make small talk. Naomasa finished eating a peace of cake before chuckling, "I always have a sweet tooth, I just don`t show it much." "You learn something new everyday." the blonde man stated. "Wait. You didn`t know I like sweets even after all these years?" Naomasas jaw dropped. Toshinori smiled nervously, "Yeah?" he confessed carefully. Naomasa chuckled and just shook it off.
Continuing the little chat they talked about all kinds of stuff. From news to work and etc. Toshinori got a coughing session so they decided to leave for fresh air. Naomasa walked Toshinori all the way to the park. "Thank you, Naomasa! I really shouldn`t overdo myself." the blonde sighed. "It`s fine. Please do take care of yourself." he calmly said. They walked until Naomasa noticed trash and all kinds of old things. They sat at the beach just rusting away. Naomasa frowned, "I remember this place when it was clean." he quietly and sadly said. Toshinori looked at him with sympathetic eyes. "People just continue dumping things here. No one even dares to do anything about it." he continued and looked down.
After the walk in the park they returned into the streets. They exchanged a few laughs and stories. "This really was something I needed." Toshinori declared when they were by Naomasas apartment building. "Thank you Naomasa!" the tall man smiled. Naomasa suddenly felt strange. His face became hot and his heart beat faster. Am I sick? "N-no problem Toshi! I feel the same way." he stuttered out, "B-bye!" Naomasa barely got the words out. "Bye bye Nao!" his friend said when he had entered the building.
After getting in his apartment Naomasa breathed out. Today was weird. He walked into the living room and plopped down on the couch. As he started drifting off to sleep a ring interrupted his relaxation. "Hi `sis." he greeted tiredly. "Did I wake you up? Sorry, I thought it wasn`t that late!" Makoto apologized. "No it`s not late. I just feel tired." Naomasa explained. "Why aren`t you sleeping properly? Never mind. You`re a busy person blah blah. How are you actually? " she asked. "Good but today was just weird." he answered as he made his way into the bedroom. Makoto started talking about America. How it`s going there and other stuff. "You aren`t listening, are you? " she sternly asked. "I am. Just can`t process anything right now." he explained. "Alright, alright. I`ve already held you up after your bed time" Makoto laughed. "Not funny. " the brother scolded. "Bye!" she said and hung up. As soon as that happened Naomasa jumped right into his bed and met sleep.
After the nice evening Toshinori went home. He couldn't get one picture out of his mind. The beautiful smile and sparkling eyes of Naomasa. Stop it Toshinori! He's a friend. He'll never love me. He isn't gay. Having an inner argument with himself the man sighed. "Why can't I just find a woman? Why do I have to be gay?" he scolded.
Truth be told, he hated himself for this reason. Growing up he always noticed how homosexual people were discriminated against. Japanese law had allowed same sex dating and marriage when Toshinori had returned from America, at the age of 23. But discrimination and bullying about this never stopped.
All Might had tried bringing up these things to make awareness and maybe save a life in the process. But who listened? No one. So he stopped trying, though he continued saving. He saved people on his own. When All might came across someone who was bullied he tried saving them. Though it wasn't so often he came across a person like that. Last time was 6 months ago, when he stopped a teenager from committing suicide because he was bullied of his quirk.
All of this was never made public. No one knew the #1 hero was going around saving people from suicide, even if it was a form of heroics. But when I say no one I'm kind of lying. The one and only Naomasa Tsukauchi knew of his good deeds and helped him. But it wasn't a big thing. Mostly All Might did this all alone. Knowing how it is to be bullied because of a quirk. He sympathizes with people similar to him. And that's what makes him more of a hero.
But the question might come. Why does he hate being gay? It's because he feels out of place and different. He listens to everyones words and takes them into tought. Would the words be bad or good he always listened. So when someone said "Gay people are weird." he would take that to heart. That's how he was raised. "Everyone around you is right. You're wrong." was a sentence he always had in his mind. That's why he can't make super big decisions, someone has to help him.
Toshinori sat on his couch and looked around his empty house. It is scary sometimes being all alone but he's gotten used to it." Well I should go to sleep." he decided. Too tired to change and go to his bedroom he laid on the couch. "You're comin here." he said and grabbed a plaid. Sleep didn't come to Toshinori so quickly but slowly he fell asleep.