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“the things i did, just so i could call you mine”
dabi had gotten himself caught up with heroes.
this was all hawks had learned as he flew as fast as he could to their location. hopefully, if he was fast enough, he could beat endeavor there.
because if endeavor got there first, hawks wasn’t sure what would happen.
the crowd of people and heroes surrounding the scene was overwhelming. hawks had never seen this amount of people gathered in a place before. maybe it was because a member of the league of villains and endeavor’s son was moments away from being captured.
hawks didn’t land very swiftly due to the way his heart was pounding. he surveyed the scene and found mostly heroes on the inside of the crowd. and in the middle, there was dabi: on his back and barely conscious.
“it’s hawks!” he heard a few people shout, but the ringing in hawks’s ears was enough to make him ignore it.
hawks’s breathing was shallow and his eyes were wide. he didn’t know what to do; if they got ahold of dabi he would either die or hawks would never see him again. but was it worth stepping in and risking his reputation by saving dabi?
but it seemed hawks’s heart was taking the lead rather than his mind was, and he started to head towards dabi before he could stop himself.
but a hand on his shoulder did.
hawks turned around and glared at the person holding him back: it was edgeshot.
“we should wait for endeavor… dabi seems immobile at the moment.”
hawks snatched his shoulder away. “i’ll handle this.”
edgeshot looked shocked, but didn’t try to stop hawks again when he started to head towards dabi’s direction.
hawks tried to act casual as if he wasn’t on his way to save one of japan’s most wanted criminals, but he found himself speeding up for his fear for dabi’s safety was stronger than anything at the moment.
hawks finally approached dabi and dropped to his knees, forgetting the fact that nearly all of japan was watching him right now. he noticed that dabi was shirtless, for he had surely burnt off most of his clothes in the upper regions.
“hey, dabi?” hawks whispered, shaking his shoulder in an attempt to wake him up. “dabi?”
and before hawks could stop it, he felt himself starting to tear up.
that’s when hawks realized how stupid he really was for falling in love with a villain.
“touya!” hawks’s voice cracked and he bit the inside of his cheek in an attempt to stop himself from crying. “touya, you have to wake up! they’re gonna take you away!”
hawks let out a sigh of relief when dabi’s eyes just barely fluttered open. dabi’s chest was moving slowly and he turned his head to the side to see them surrounded by heroes and civilians.
hawks couldn’t help the way his face cracked open a smile and he sobbed quietly. “you have to go,” he croaked, his voice almost refusing to cooperate with him.
dabi had obviously worked himself to the near point of death. he was going to die soon and hawks would be the one holding onto his lifeless body if he didn’t act quickly. the heroes and civilians were shouting at him, probably telling him to get away and that dabi was dangerous.
but all coherent thought left hawks’s mind as dabi’s hand came up to cup hawks’s jaw. particularly, the scar that dabi had given him that started at his jaw and ran down his neck.
hawks’s hand came over dabi’s to hold his hand in place. hawks didn’t even realize tears were beginning to fall until the tears dropped from his eyes and onto dabi’s face.
dabi took a shaky breath and sighed. “go, keigo.” his voice was rough and scratchy, hawks almost didn’t recognize it.
“no.” hawks held onto dabi’s hand that was caressing his face tighter. “no, i won’t.”
dabi looked defeated and ultimately, tired. for a man who seemingly didn’t care about anyone, he surely was worried for hawks. dabi didn’t protest any further, and hawks watched as his eyes slowly closed again.
the hand hawks was holding onto went limp and his heart stopped. dabi wasn’t dead yet, but we was minutes away from that point.
hawks didn’t even realize it started raining until he wasn’t able to recognize the drops on his face as tears or rain drops. everyone around him was shouting at this point, but there was one among all the others that stood out the most.
“hawks!”
hawks’s head snapped up and his eyes widened when he realized who it was. a shudder went through his body and he gripped onto dabi’s hand tighter. endeavor.
hawks couldn’t waste anymore time. he picked dabi up swiftly so that he could hold dabi close to his chest. his eyes were blurry and he could hardly recognize any faces in the crowd due to the pouring rain. hawks started to sprint and nearly stumbled before he spread his wings and took to the skies.
the shouts got louder as hawks flew away. a few heroes with flying quirks or quirks that helped them fly started chasing after him. but no one could outfly hawks. he was too fast for his own good.
hawks sniffled and looked down at dabi. his eyes were closed and rain drops were sliding down his face and onto his chest. the wind was blowing through his hair and covering up some of his face. hawks held onto dabi closer as he rose higher into the sky in an attempt to lose the heroes following him.
“you’re gonna be okay,” hawks reassured an unconscious dabi. “we’re okay.”
“the things you did, well i hope i was your favorite crime”