aizawaismyspiritanimal Answer:
Dude I gotchu. Hope you don’t mind, Reader works at a coffee shop.
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Thankfully when All Might had asked you, it had been slow.
There were maybe only two other customers sitting with their laptops and there
was only one of your coworkers, a nice girl named Ren, for that time of day.
All Might had come in, as he tended to do during his workdays, and was sweating
bullets. “Miss ______, would you—”
“Ah, All Might-san,” you smiled at the hero warmly and
entered his usual order, a plain black coffee. “The usual, right? To go?”
“Ahahaha,” The muscular hero let out a laugh. “Yes, of
course.”
“That’ll be 216 yen,” you recited, holding out your hand.
Your co-worker was already pouring the coffee into a to-go cup. They handed it
to you and you held it out to the hero as he fiddled with his wallet.
“Would you be interested in going to lunch with me on your
next day off?” Ren let out a small gasp and you instinctively pulled your
hand towards yourself, the coffee sloshing and a small bit falling onto your
hand which caused you to hiss and drop the cup. Your co-worker reacted quickly
though, making a finger gun and aiming at the cup and shouting out a quick “Bang!”,
shooting it a meter away from you and just out of range when the hot beverage
spilled onto the floor.
You spun towards your co-worker with wide eyes. “Ren, I’m so
sorry—” spinning back towards All Might, you flustered and stammered while he
apologized repeatedly for startling you. The customers were watching now, jaws
dropped, and with a quiet “…Yes, All Might. I’ll just… one minute please!” you pulled
out the marker usually reserved for busier times. Ren was humming to herself,
already mopping up the coffee while you jotted your number on the cup and
poured fresh coffee for the hero. He thanked you, a big warm smile on his face,
took his coffee and left.
“Yo, ________, congrats!” one of your remaining customers, a
regular, called over to you. Ren continued to hum, stopping briefly to
apologize for reacting when All Might asked you, then proceeded to act as if
nothing had happened while you calmed yourself down.
“Hey, _________?” Ren eventually piped up when the café was
empty. “Did you even want to say yes?” You didn’t know. Maybe you did, maybe
you didn’t. All you did know was that it was a surprise and you told Ren as
such. “I mean, I get it if you didn’t,” the girl awkwardly continued. “I don’t
think that I’d say yes to a popular hero. Fans be cray.”
Later on in the day, about a half hour before your shift was
supposed to end another one of your regulars came in. A tall, lanky blonde man
that never really spoke much. You knew his name though, from the one time he
had come at a busy time: Toshinori. He ordered his usual, a herbal tea blend with
a touch of honey to sweeten it. Ren had finished a bit before and had switched
to her casual clothes, chattering to another employee who had started their
shift. When you handed him his tea, his glanced down at you hand and spoke. “…Your
hand, it looks a bit burnt,” he commented. Inspecting your hand, you let out an
awkward laugh.
“Ah, don’t worry about it Toshinori-san. One of the results
of working in a coffee shop I suppose,” you shrugged your shoulders and Ren
took the opportunity to jump in.
“I was her hero!” she boasted, posing dramatically. “Don’t
tell our boss, but I used my quirk to make sure that the coffee wouldn’t spill
on her!”
The man chuckled at your co-worker while you tried and
failed to hide your smile. “It’s good that you were here, then,” the blonde
told Ren earnestly before looking back at you. “Ah, I think…” he looked away
awkwardly and dug into his bag before pulling out some burn cream. “Here, I’m surprised
that you guys don’t have this on hand.” You tried to assure him that it was
fine, you would just treat it at home, it didn’t even hurt really. But he just
smiled, the corners of his eyes crinkling in a way that warmed his skeletal
face, and pushed your hand away gently with the cream. “Please take it, I
insist. Thank you for the tea.”
“Guys just like you, huh _______?” Ren teased after he left. You scolded
the girl while she ran out of the shop with a skip in her step. All Might had texted you to arrange a day and time, and over
the next few days he would come into the shop in the morning for his coffee and
in the afternoon Toshinori would come in for his tea. And you felt a bit bad
about it, but they were the two customers that you couldn’t help but compare.
They were both very nice, but there was just something… different about
Toshinori. He seemed more relaxed, more on your level. When the day for your
date with All Might came around you couldn’t help but feel guilty when he complimented
you at the restaurant.. He was polite, held the door open for you and seemed genuinely
interested in learning more about you. But there were just… so many eyes on the
both of you. Other than that, you were having fun. All Might was so
endearingly awkward, he was funny and nice like Toshinori. And by the end of
the date you realized something.
It was so unfair for you to compare Toshinori
and All Might. Unfair for them, and unfair to you. So when your meal was coming
to an end and he asked if the two of you could try going on another date you
smiled softly, not wanting to hurt the man’s feelings.
“All Might-san, you are a very nice man and I really enjoyed
today,” you told him gently. “I have to be honest though, I’m not… sure if I
like you the same way that you like me. I think I might have feelings for
someone else, and I don’t want to lead you on.”
It was almost like the hero had been punched, his smile
faltering slightly. “A-ah… Thank you, Miss _________, for being honest with me.”
You reached out and took his hand, feeling awful. “Please
don’t think it’s because of you, because I do
like you. I just…”
All Might shook his head, his other hand resting over yours
and hiding it completely. “Do not worry, Miss _________. Thank you for spending
time with me today.”
The next day you weren’t surprised when All Might didn’t
come in for his morning coffee. And Toshinori not coming for his tea had to be
a coincidence. You figured that your shift change must have been the reason why
you stopped seeing either of them for a little while, but not seeing them every
day made it easier for you to sort out your feelings. It was small, just a bloom
of emotion, but you liked Toshinori. And you made the decision that next time
you saw him, you’d ask if he wanted to go on a date. You let Ren (the only one
of your co-workers that you could trust with the information) know about your
plan, and she clapped her hands together in excitement. “Toshinori-san is a very nice customer,” she agreed. “He
usually comes in closer to closing now. If you can’t trade shifts, why don’t
you just come in around then?”
You stared at her blankly. “But I don’t work closings.”
Ren scoffed. “There are plenty of reasons for employees to
come in when they aren’t working, _______-chan. Paycheck pick up, checking the schedule…” She had a point, so you laughed and asked when she would be
working her next closing shift.
A couple more days passed and you walked into
the shop. Toshinori was at the counter, ordering his usual while Ren nodded
along and noticed you. “Oh, ______-chan!” she called out, grinning at you
impishly. “Welcome, welcome!”
“Hi Ren,” you greeted, walking towards the counter while
Toshinori smiled at you awkwardly. “Toshinori-san, it’s been awhile!”
“E-er, yes. Good evening __________-san,” the blonde looked
a bit surprised to see you, and you quickly moved behind the counter.
“Would it be okay if I made the tea today, Ren?” you asked
your co-worker seriously. “It’s been awhile since I got to make anything for
Toshinori-san.” Ren gestured towards the workspace and you got to work, trying hard
to keep your hands from shaking as you wrote on the cup. Toshinori-san, would you go on a date with me? You wrote onto it,
feeling your face begin to flush as you put in the honey, tea, and hot water.
Completely flustered, you kept your eyes looking down as you handed him the tea
and stood anxiously on the spot. Toshinori looked a bit confused, read the cup,
and let out an audible gasp. Glancing up, you saw that the man looked just as embarrassed
as you, but pleased.
“_______-san, do you have any plans tonight?”
