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Dear Google, is my girlfriend a vampire?

Summary:

Ochako's friends are suspicious of her online girlfriend. For all they know Himiko could be a villain, a serial killer or even a vampire.


Here's the Spotify playlist.

Notes:

So my TogaChako brainrot has spiraled. So here's yet another WIP XD

I'd like to thank the TDDK's Apartment Server for enabling me and the Clouds server for helping me with nicknames.

(See the end of the work for other works inspired by this one.)

Chapter 1: Is it possible to be allergic to garlic?

Chapter Text

We survived the entrance exam!

 

eat the rich

Does anyone know how common garlic allergies are?

 

now u see me

OMG poor Ochie 😭

 

AcidTrip

rip no more precious garlic bread

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

at least you can still have fromage

 

eat the rich

I'm not allergic you guys!

well to pollen yeah

but not garlic

 

AcidTrip

phew what a relief

though i guess eating my folks’ famous garlic bread out of the question

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

vraiment! though I much prefer French cuisine

 

now u see me

ofc u do Aoyama XD

 

AcidTrip

mood

tho tbh garlic bread tastes leagues better than baguettes

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

FAKE NEWS 

 

AcidTrip

NO, YOUR BAGUETTES ARE A LIE

 

Feel_The_Noize

that doesn't even make sense

 

AcidTrip

u don't make sense jirou

 

Feel_The_Noize

what are you five?

But seriously the two of you are biased about food anyways

 

AcidTrip

true true 😞

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

whatever do you mean? I'm not biased in the slightest

 

now u see me

Aoyama you troll 😂

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

it's my sworn duty, mon ami

 

Kero-sene

But seriously Ochako. Why ask such a random question about garlic?

 

eat the rich

uh well no reason

 

Kero-sene

Uh-huh

 

now u see me

girl, we don’t even a lie detector quirk to know that you’re keeping sth from us

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Spill the tea!!

 

eat the rich

What tea?

 

AcidTrip

Hey! Don’t play dumb

I might not be the brightest color in the crayon box…

 

eat the rich

But?

 

AcidTrip

there is not ‘but’ lol

pls tell us tho

the anticipation is killing me

btw y’all are invited to my funeral if I die bc of that

 

now u see me

lmao MINA

I’m dead 💀

 

AcidTrip

i guess that makes 2 of us then

in that case maybe we should make a big event out of a double funeral

maybe even hire a dj

 

now u see me

lowkey i LOVE that

can we pls do that if we die tragic deaths as pro heroes?

 

Feel_The_Noize

No one of us are dying tragic deaths as pro heroes

 

AcidTrip

Aww, Jirou you party pooper. Ruining all of our elaborate funeral plans

 

now u see me

still luv u anyways Jirou

 

Feel_The_Noize

Thanks, though why I engage with any of you still baffles me

 

AcidTrip

But back on topic

Spill the tea about the garlic @eat the rich

 

eat the rich

Well, I’m not the one with the garlic allergy

A close friend I met online has one

 

Feel_the_Noize

Fair enough

 

now u see me

i dunno online friends seem kinda… sus

 

eat the rich

Toru, we ARE online friends

 

now u see me

tbf we did meet in person before the group chat

 

Feel_The_Noize

I don’t get what the fuss is.

I met my gf online on a music server.

 

now u see me

Hold up? YOU HAVE A GF?

 

AcidTrip

add her to the chat!

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

s’il te-plait add her to the chat

 

now u see me

ADD HER TO THE CHAT

 

Feel_The_Noize

*sighs* you all are such gremlins

But fine i’ll add her

Just please don't scare Momo way, okay?

 

AcidTrip

awww u must love her a lot

 

Feel_The_Noise

yes so don’t traumatize her

 

AcidTrip

dw we got u boo

 

Kero-sene

I’ll see whether I can reign them in Jirou

 

Feel_The_Noize

Tsu you are my last string of sanity

 

Kero-sene

Happy to help

 

Feel_The_Noize

though in the grand scheme of things I guess I can’t keep Momo from the group chat’s shenanigans forever

Since she also applied to UA’s hero course

 

AcidTrip

omg OMG omg

Was she at the entrance exam?

Did we see her?

Was she HOT?

Feel_The_Noize

You couldn’t have seen her. Because she’s a recommendation student.

 

AcidTrip

You got yourself a smart gf?! You’re an inspiration to bi disasters everywhere! 

Girl, u are so blessed

 

Feel_The_Noise

yeah, i guess i am

 

now u see me

true love we stan

 

eat the rich

So happy for you Jirou :) 

 

Feel_The_Noize

Thanks, Ochako

You know what, i’m letting you join Tsu as one of my last strings of sanity

 

eat the rich

tysm for that great honor

 

now u see me

No fair! Why don’t I get that honor?

 

Feel_The_Noize

You know why *rolls eyes*

 

AcidTrip

speaking of online pals thank you for starting this lovely group chat Ochako

 

eat the rich

Oh it’s no trouble at all. I just thought it’d be a good idea for us examinees to get to know each other better in case we end up in the same class at UA. Though I totally bombed the exam so I doubt I’m going to pass

 

Feel_The_Noize

None of that self-deprecating talk. I’m sure you did great. 

Besides the most important part is that we survived the entrance exam

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Oui! That zero pointer made me feel so faint

 

AcidTrip

Speaking of the zero pointer, why isn’t that cute boy who saved your ass in the group chat?

 

eat the rich

Ah, he ran off pretty quickly so I didn’t manage to get his contact details

 

now u see me

No worries! I’m sure he passed the exam with flying colors! You’re def gonna see him again

 

AcidTrip

And who knows maybe sparks will even fly between you *smirk*

 

eat the rich

haha, I’m not interested in finding a boyfriend

like at all

EVER

 

Kero-sene

That's alright too

 

Feel_The_Noize

Yes, and if boyfriends aren’t your thing, I’m certain that someone as sweet as you will find an amazing gf someday if that’s what you want

 

AcidTrip

Well, looks like your odds are good since literally the only one of us who's dating is giving you an endorsement 

 


 

Himi <3

 

Ochie

I’m sorry

 

Himi <3

abt what, babe?

Omg are you breaking up with me? 😭😭😭

Pls no

Ochie I love you

There’s no girl out there as cute as you

I’ll NEVER recover from this heartache

 

Ochie

wait no Himi

I love you so much

I’m not breaking up with you

 

Himi <3

Do you love me more than money?

 

Ochie

Himi, you aren’t going to like the answer to that question

 

Himi <3

i’m just messing with u Ochie (◠‿◕)

besides we all know that knives are first place in my heart

 

Ochie

indeed XD

but as long as your love for knives doesn’t mean I get stabbed we’re all good

 

Himi <3

And as long as you don’t abandon me for a rich old man I understand

Heck, I’d understand even if you did leave me for one

 

Ochie

Do I look like someone who’d get a sugar daddy?

 

Himi <3

No clue, cutie

But I respect the hustle

 

Ochie

omg Himi that sent me

I love you ❤️

 

Himi <3

Love u too ❤️❤️❤️

 

Ochie

are you trying to one up me with the hearts?

 

Himi <3 

Mayhaps? (◕ᴗ◕✿)

 

Ochie

well two can play at that game

❤️❤️❤️❤️

 

Himi <3

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

 

Ochie

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

 

Himi <3

But seriously Ochie well why did you say you’re sorry?

 

Ochie

well I mentioned garlic allergies in a group chat

then one thing led to another and I told my friends that you’re my friend I met online and not my gf

I promise I’m not ashamed of you, but I know what it looks like. So I’m sorry.

 

Himi <3

Well, I forgive you, babe. I mean we all hear the same fear-mongering mumbo-jumbo from adults about dating people we met online. So I’m not mad at you at all, Ochie 

 

Ochie

Thanks Himi you’re the best

I’m pretty sure if they found out I had a gf I met online there’d be no end to mother-henning

They’d probably warn me that you could be villain or serial killer or sth

 

Himi <3

yup haha

That would definitely be weird

Anyways, I know you’re not ashamed of me

Btw i gotta go to bed

Big day tomorrow

Definitely doesn’t involve stabbing or weird serial killer stuff.

Gn, cutie! 😘

 

Ochie

Goodnight, Himi! 💗

Chapter 2: What's the best way to remove blood from fabric?

Summary:

Himiko asks Ochako for cleaning advice, and the group chat finds out about Himiko.

Notes:

A third of this was written when I was half-sleep and too lazy to get out of bed. The rest was written at a baseball game. Cheers! :3

Was planning to update on Monday but alas I have no patience XD

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Himi <3

 

Himi <3

Ochie, how do u clean out blood?

 

Ochie

Himi, are you okay???

 

Himi <3

Oh yeah I'm all good

Just that time of the month where human nature kicks in and yk things get a little bloody

Mostly just upset abt how the bloodstains messed up my new skirt. And my usual stain remover isn't doing the trick

 

Ochie

poor Himi

I hope cramps aren't too bad

 

Himi <3

uh I guess my hand is a little stiff but that's about it

 

Ochie

so your abdomen is fine 😳

Wow I'm jealous

 

Himi <3

lmao Ochie

Anyways I think the factory changed the formula for the stain remover or sth 😭😭

Should I go to the CEO and threaten to stab them so the stain remover gets changed back?

 

Ochie

Himi OMG XD

I'm literally rolling on the floor w laughter

 

Himi <3

awww I wish I was there

I'm sure your laugh is totes adorbs

 

Ochie

you flatterer!

But seriously you don't even need the stain remover to get the blood out

Just use h202 or coke

 

Himi <3

hmm I think I can snag some coke from Dabi if he hasn't snorted it all yet

 

Ochie

uh Himi I meant the soda

 

Himi <3

ohh 

That's way more convenient (◡ ω ◡)

Thanks so much you are a savior, my goddess, my love, light of my life 

 

Ochie

well we got to stick together when the rich won't let us have nice things like stain remover ;)

 

Himi <3

MOOD 

I'm gonna buy you all the nice things someday

 

Ochie

No I'm gonna buy YOU all the nice things

I mean there's a reason I picked a career path where I'll be raking in that dough

 

Himi <3

YES ✨

get yourself that cash Ochie

U deserve it

 

Ochie

Also um Himi I realized that I was being silly the other day

I mean Jirou met her gf online too

So maybe my friends won't be weird abt it

 

Himi <3

Yayyyy :D :D I'm sure they'll be chill

In the meantime I'm gonna go and gush abt u to Dabi until his ears fall off

Well what he has left of his ears that is

 

Ochie

What happened to Dabi?

 

Himi <3

No clue 🤷 Everything abt him is a mystery and an enigma 

Still his crappy apartment beats being homeless

 

Ochie

Stay safe! ❤️

 

Himi <3

Anything 4 u babe 💗🔪

 


 

EndeavorSux

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Dabi DABI DABIIIII

I have sth urgent to tell you

 

EndeavorSux

What brat? Need help hiding a body again or sth?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Nope 

I'm a big girl dabs (◍•ᴗ•◍) I can hide bodies all by myself now

 

EndeavorSux

Thank God you know that I don't usually cremate for free

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ofc ofc, tysm Dabs 💗💗💗🔪

 

EndeavorSux

Whatever, don't make a big deal out of it brat

Now what's this important crap you 'need' 2 tell me about

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

My pretty and beautiful and gorgeous GIRLFRIEND

 

EndeavorSux

kill me now. Not AGAIN

Also you know that all those words mean the same thing, right?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Tehehehe 😏

Also yes AGAIN 

 

EndeavorSux

Gonna mute my phone now

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

don't u dare i won't hesitate to stab u

plus I listen to ur endeavor rants ALL THE TIME

 

EndeavorSux

fine u get 5 minutes 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Okay okay ty dabs u r the best

Anyways so u know how it's that time of the month where I go on a murder spree? Well Ochie was super sweet and gave me advice for how to get the blood out of my clothes 

Ochie was even worried abt my cramps

She thought I got them in my abdomen. But no worries I'm a pro. I don't get punched there when I stab victims. I am a PROFESSIONAL after all

Though I guess my hand is a little sore from gripping the knife too hard

 

EndeavorSux

umm I think you and your gf had a misunderstanding

Does she know you're a criminal? Is she okay with that?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I'd think she'd be. I mean she's a drug dealer 

 

EndeavorSux 

What??? Why?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Well she knows what coke stands for

 (◠‿・)—☆

 

EndeavorSux

Everyone knows that, brat

How on earth did you jump to the conclusion that your gf is a drug dealer?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

babe's gotta make that money

can't think of a more efficient way tbh

plus she said she picked a career path that'd make her rich

 

EndeavorSux

jfc toga

for all you know this girl could be some sort of hero brat

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

No way Dabi! You're just being paranoid for no reason!

Or maybe you're just JEALOUS that I have a cute gf and you don't (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*.✧

 

EndeavorSux

ewww I'm too gay for that bs

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

true u only have eyes for your chicken man 🍗

but hey at least I have someone to go to pride w thanks 2 u

 

EndeavorSux

Your 5 minutes are up

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Meanie :(((

 


 

We survived the entrance exam!

 

[Feel_The_Noize added Yaomomo to We survived the entrance exam!]

 

[Feel_The_Noize changed Yaomomo's name to 3D_Printer]

 

3D_Printer

Why the name change darling?

 

Feel_The_Noize 

Because no one has a normal nickname here

gotta think out of the box or something like that

 

3D_Printer 

I suppose. I ought to love your edge lord ways dear

 

AcidTrip

huh, why is Jirou silent?

 

Kero-sene

She's probably busy blushing

 

now u see me

AWW aren't you two adorable

 

Twilight ✨ sparkle ✨

Ah Momo. I have une question

 

3D_Printer 

Of course! I'd be more than happy to answer. Or at least I will try to. I'm hardly an expert in most areas

 

Feel_The_Noize

Momo what did we say about talking down on yourself

 

3D_Printer 

Not to do it

 

Feel_The_Noize 

Exactly because you are a smart and capable girl with an encyclopedia's worth of information in your brain

 

3D_Printer 

If you say so dear

 

Feel_The_Noize

Honey, I know so

 

now u see me

OMG this is like a romcom irl

I'm dying I'm deceased I love this

Farewell k dramas I'm gonna spend the rest of my days watching jirou and momo being cute instead 😊

 

eat the rich

A bit off topic, but I have something important I haven't told you yet

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

👀

 

now u see me 

Tell us!!

 

eat the rich

um you know that friend with the garlic allergy. I was actually talking about my online girlfriend

 

AcidTrip 

ahhhhh what if she's catfish or a serial killer?

 

eat the rich

Mina why are you trolling now? You didn't pull this with Jirou yesterday 

 

AcidTrip 

sry bestie I'm in a dramatic mood rn :3

and well is she gonna be a hero student? The fact that momo is makes her a more reassuring Internet stranger

 

eat the rich

come on just bc she's not an aspiring hero doesn't make her a danger

If anything you and Aoyama are probably bigger menaces to society

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Excusez-moi?!

 

AcidTrip 

lies lies lies

Tell us what your gf does tho 🌚

 

eat the rich

Well aren't you nosy?

 

now u see me

tbf i think it'd be reassuring to know that she isn't up to anything crazy

 

Kero-sene 

I agree

 

Feel_The_Noize

Yeah we just want to make sure that you're safe

 

3D_Printer 

Not that it in any way means we perceive your girlfriend as a bad person. I'm certain she is lovely.

 

now u see me 

What does she do?

 

eat the rich

well she cosplays

 

AcidTrip

Sweet! As what?

 

eat the rich

usually magical girls

I saw her cosplay insta and commented

Then she saw some of my sailor moon art, we started chatting over dms and everything snowballed from there

 

now u see me

low-key totally cute. u have to send us photos ✨

 

AcidTrip

oh hold up hold up

Where does she go to school?

 

eat the rich

Himiko doesn't go to school

 

AcidTrip

OMFG JFC that means Ochie's girlfriend is old as fuck

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

NON NON NON

 

Kero-sene 

She could be a pedophile

 

now u see me 

ahhhhhhhhhh

 

3D_Printer 

I implore you to be careful Ochako

 

Feel_The_Noize 

Hard agree

 

eat the rich

no my girlfriend isn't a pedo she's like 17

Himiko just stopped going to school when she was homeless

 

now u see me

OCHAKO you almost gave me a heart attack

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Mon dieu! So glad that she is not an adult

 

Kero-sene 

still the fact that she's been homeless is concerning in other ways

 

eat the rich

well she's doing better now and is rooming with a friend

Honestly he seems a bit sketchy but he's only into men so Himi probably doesn't need to worry abt you know…

 

3D_Printer 

That is only marginally reassuring 

 

Kero-sene

But reassuring nonetheless 

 

eat the rich 

Yeah I'm glad she's doing better now

Himi understands what it means to be at the bottom of the financial barrel

I think she gets me better than anyone else does

 

AcidTrip

ngl that's wholesome as hell

 

now u see me

FOR REAL

 

eat the rich

ooh Himi sent me a new photo from her knife collection

 

AcidTrip

KNIFE COLLECTION?!! 😱

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Knives in French!!

 

now u see me

why didn't u say the French word for knives?

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

j'ai oublié 😭😭😭

 

now u see me

validd

But omg does Ochie's gf use the knives to MURDER people?!

 

Kero-sene

Perhaps her knife addiction led her to her life on the streets 

 

Feel_The_Noize

Tsu please don't encourage them

 

Kero-sene

Just suggesting a possible theory. Not that it has any merit with how little there is to go off of

 

AcidTrip

Maybe the knives give her a sense of safety after life on the streets 

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

That does seem like how the mindset of the poor might work

 

3D_Printer 

I believe that you might be onto something 

 

Feel_The_Noize

Oh no Momo

 

3D_Printer

Did I agree with sth insensitive again?

 

Feel_The_Noize

I'll explain it to you later. Sorry Ochako 

 

eat the rich

Ah I'm not offended so no worries

But everyone, don't psychoanalyze my gf

I'm sure that collecting knives is a perfectly normal harmless hobby

 



 

OMAKE: Toga's Name 

EndeavorSux

Hey brat what's up with the name?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

u don't know THE CRAYON SONG???

 

EndeavorSux

My old man was a stickler abt internet access not my fault that i don't know every shitty song

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

poor dabi so so deprived 😭😭😭

but here's the link 😘

https://youtu.be/9VH8lvZ-Z1g

 

EndeavorSux

Like hell I'm clicking that

It's probably a rickroll

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

i would NEVER

 

EndeavorSux

don't believe you

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

you're the worst 😡

anyways I like the crayon song bc the black crayon says "blood blood blood blood blood" during the red crayon's verse

 

EndeavorSux

why am I even surprised 

Notes:

Hope that the omake was fun - haven't done one before but I thought "f it we ball" since I'm already trying out so many new things with this fic already.

Thanks for all the comments, kudos and bookmarks! Seriously, I'm squealing with joy. I haven't had this many kudos for the first chapter of a multichap since I was just starting out on ao3 with shindeku.

Anyways, if you're like me and need to scratch that TogaChako itch, here are some recs:

Sick of Losing Soulmates (TogaChako Hanahaki)

Keep Me Your Secret (TogaChako role reversal)

Toga Himiko's Guide to Time Travel and Convincing Your Friends and Crushes to Join the League of Villains (Time-Travel Fix-It subversion, IzuTogaChako)

The Pink Pearl (Pirate TogaChako)

Like a Riptide (Surfer Vampire AU, yes this is shameless self-promotion XD)

Chapter 3: Which celebrities drink blood?

Summary:

Himiko wants to ask the person she loves most a very important question.

Notes:

Uh prolly shouldn't burn through my buffer chapters so fast but I got super bummed out today and need a pick me up

Anyways escapism is great and togachako brings me joy so *shrug*

Chapter Text

EndeavorSux 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

DABBBIIIIII

where r u???

 

EndeavorSux 

Damnit kid, it's 3 am go to sleep

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

But Himiko is so so sad so so alone has thoughts on her mind and cannot sleep

 

EndeavorSux

Jesus, why the fuck are you talking in 3rd person

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Himiko will talk in 1st person again if u tell her where u r (◔‿◔)

 

EndeavorSux

God you're worse than my siblings

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Siblings you say? 🙃

 

EndeavorSux

I didn't say shit

Anyways I'm with birdbrain 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Trying to use one uncomfy thing to distract me from another I see what you did there ;)

So how many siblings do you have? Are they all angry little emos

 

EndeavorSux

Dafuq!? Wdym little

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Sry dabs u just ain't tall

 

EndeavorSux

Like you're one talk

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I AM one to talk cause I'm still growing 

(人*´∀`)。*゚+

 

EndeavorSux

What's this actually about, kid?

You never text for no reason 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

You got me there :3

 

EndeavorSux

Just spit out already so I can go back to sleep brat

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

So you know how I want to become the people I love? Do you think I could convince my gf to send me some of her blood?

 

EndeavorSux

Want the honest answer or the kind answer?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Honest pls

 

EndeavorSux

Good. I didn't have a kind answer anyhow

Your gf seems normal. You know a plain lower middle class gal with loving parents. The kind who studies hard. The kind who likes going to school and hanging out with her friends after class

Her life is the exact opposite of yours. So I don't know whether you can or should pull her into your weirdness

Heaven knows how many people I've cut off bc of this sorta life

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Fuck you Dabi! You're wrong! Ochako's not like my parents. She's fine with my knife collection. She isn't going to force me to be normal

 

EndeavorSux

Do you really want to test that theory?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Well you managed to win over chicken man even though he knows abt all YOUR weirdness. How did you do that?

 

EndeavorSux

Dunno. Go ask him yourself

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

(◕ᴗ◕✿)

 

EndeavorSux

Fuck. I never even gave you his number. I use burner phones. How do you have it

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I have my ways (◠‿◕)

 

EndeavorSux

Jfc and here I thought I was actually going to get some sleep for once

But with you texting birdbrain I'm probably going to be kept up ALL DAMN NIGHT

 


 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

hellooo chicken man

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Who is this?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Only Dabi's bestest friend in the whole wide world (。•̀ᴗ-)✧

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

i take it you're the roommate

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

guilty as charged 

And I bet my fav knife dabs has even more friends

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Hot stuff having more friends? Really?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yup! Feel free to ask him all abt it

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

I'd try but he stormed off and decided to sleep in the bathtub instead

I lost my human teddy bear :(

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Wahhh literally no one calls him that

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

You don't get it he's very warm and nice to hug as soon as you get over the staples

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ooh that actually makes sense

I'm gonna hug him when he gets back!!

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

He's going to burn you alive

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Nah he loves me too much 

Speaking of love why do you love Dabi? ◉‿◉

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Hang on!! That's a big accusation. He's just my occasional hookup that's it!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Sure 😏

But moving on, why do you put up with all his weirdness?

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

because he's hot

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ew no he looks like a raccoon

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Hey! Don't yuck my yums

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yeah yeah sure thing birdman

Guess you'll be no help at all with answers to my question

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Excuse me! I'm a hero helping is literally MY JOB. hit me w your question and I'll see what I can do 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Okie dokie (✿^‿^)

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

You sure are a little gremlin

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

And PROUD of it

Anywho, do u know how to convince my gf to send me her blood?

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

I mean like some celebrities drink their partner's blood or keep it in a vial

Heck I'm a celebrity. Maybe hot stuff would go for it if I asked. Prolly fits his ✨aesthetic✨ or whatnot

You know what fletching I say just go for it

Tell her that you wanna be all trendy like the famous people and who knows she could be into it

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

That's genius!! 

OMG TYSM chicken man 

I'm low-key tempted to trade you for Dabi as my bff

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

aww thank you complete stranger

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Anytime (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*.✧

 


 

Ochie 

 

Himi <3

 

Hey babe can u send me some of your blood pls. Then we can be like all of those celebrities ❤️

 


 

Ochie

 

Ochie

Momo I need help 

 

Yaomomo

Of course I will grab my credit card and we'll have your financial woes solved in no time 

 

Ochie

Oh not that kind of help

Not that I don't appreciate you offering

I just don't want to be a charity case and would like to pull my own weight whenever I can

 

Yaomomo

That's perfectly respectable, but know that I'm right here should you ever need that sort of assistance

 

Ochie

Ty Yaomomo

 

Yaomomo

What seems to be the trouble?

 

Ochie

Well I wanted to ask for some relationship advice and jirou can be a bit judgemental no offense

 

Yaomomo

None taken. Besides I think she generally has good judgement. I will do my best to give you helpful input on your troubles

 

Ochie

Thank you so much

Well the thing is last night my gf asked me if I could send her my blood and I don't really know what to make of it

 

Yaomomo

My oh my, I suppose that is a tad strange

 

Ochie

I know. Himi could b trolling but I'm worried that she's not and that if I say she is I'll hurt her feelings

I am she could genuinely want me to send her my blood, right? It could be a natural extension of her love of knives. I have to idea what on earth to do

 

Yaomomo

Relax Uraraka. Everything is going to be fine

 

Ochie

You're right breathe in breathe out

I got this. Even though waking up to a request for my blood is a very iffy way to start my day 

 

Yaomomo

Sometimes you have a weird day. And while I cannot say I have dealt with your situation before I would suggest a diplomatic response. Perhaps you could tell Himiko that you wouldn't want your blood to get stolen in the mail.

After all, that is also true

 

Ochie

That's a great idea. Thank you Momo. You've been super helpful

 

Yaomomo

Oh you flatter me

 


 

Himi <3

 

Ochie

Sorry Himi. I don't want to send you my blood. What if it got stolen I'm the mail?

 

Himi <3

Aww that's too bad I bet your blood is really pretty 

Anyways luv u Ochie ❤️❤️❤️

 

Ochie

Me too.

Chapter 4: How do you lie convincingly?

Summary:

Ochako wants to know about Himiko's quirk.

Notes:

Hello friends! I bring you another chapter before uni inevitably throws a wrench into my writing rhythm XD

Also, heads up abt certain chapters (like chapter 8). There'll be scenes where I break from the chat fic format bc I thought it would nice to have some direct introspection for important events like Himi amd Ochie meeting irl for the first time.

Chapter Text

 

We survived the entrance exam!

 

eat the rich

so um the other day I asked @3D_Printer for some relationship advice

Speaking of which it’s time for a name change

 

[eat the rich changed their name to eat the rich (except momo)]

 

eat the rich (except momo)

But now things have kind of spiraled and I don't think there's a textbook solution for this new development

 

AcidTrip

HEY why didn't you ask me for help??

 

now u see me

yeah why? I give amazing advice. Am I really that invisible to you?

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Do u truly wish for Ochako to respond to that, mon ami?

 

now u see me

u understand NOTHING Aoyama. u are flashy as hell and have NO IDEA what it means not to be seen

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

It's not my fault that I can't stop twinkling

 

Feel_The_Noize

Don't rub salt into the wound Aoyama

Go apologize

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Pardon @now u see me

 

now u see me

it's alright. sry abt freaking out. quirks are a struggle sometimes

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Oui! My stomach is a testament to that

 

Feel_The_Noize

I swear sometimes it's like a zoo in here

 

AcidTrip

No way, that's not true

 

Kero-sene

You're right. It's more like herding preschoolers

Anyways don't you realize that Ochako didn't ask you for relationship advice of all things because you are chronically single?

 

AcidTrip

WELL why didn't she ask jirou?

 

Kero-sene

Preschooler theory confirmed

 

Feel_The_Noize

Hang on Mina has a point. Care to explain yourself Ochako?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Nope

 

AcidTrip

Too bad that jirou is the chat's admin

 

3D_Printer

Surely you wouldn't abuse your administrative rights, dear

 

Feel_The_Noize

Sorry, I'm not above that

 

3D_Printer

Could you turn a blind eye for me?

 

Feel_The_Noize

Fine

But I consider this emotional manipulation. You know I can't say no to you

 

3D_Printer

I am aware darling

 

AcidTrip

Okay enough of your tooth rotting cuteness

what happened ochie?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

well u see the thing is

himiko asked me if I'd send her my blood. And when I told her no she said it was too bad bc my blood would've been pretty

what on earth do i even make of that comment?!!

 

now u see me

BLood ahHh eww

 

Feel_The_Noize

Okay, maybe she IS a serial killer

 

Kero-sene

It's not as unlikely as I would've liked

 

AcidTrip

Noooooo. Ochie PLEASE DON'T DIE

 

3D_Printer

Calm down everyone. Let's not jump to conclusions. After all Himiko didn't seem to pressure Ochako into giving her blood

 

Kero-sene

True, but then how do we explain the situation?

 

Feel_The_Noize

A quirk thing?

 

AcidTrip

OH YEAH. That'd make sense

 

Kero-sene

Exactly. It could be similar to my inherent fondness for flies

@eat the rich (except momo) what is your girlfriend's quirk?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

*crickets*

 

Feel_The_Noize

You don't know do you?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Well Himiko hasn't been dealt the best deck of cards. I didn't want to pressure her with questions abt her quirk so she doesn't get uncomfy

 

AcidTrip

But u have talked w her abt a lot of personal things 

 

now u see me

mhm so i think you're at a relationship stage where u could ask abt her quirk 

 

eat the rich (except momo)

I suppose you have a point. Guess it can't hurt to ask

Bc rn I'm more confused than anything else 

 


 

Himi <3

 

Ochie

No need to answer but I've just been wondering what your quirk is

 


 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

CHICKEN MAN

I need u to tell me your ways

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

With what? I have many talents kid 🙃

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

pls teach me how to lie

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

WAIT WHAT? Do I look like a liar to you??

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

well yeah

aren't you a spy from the commission? ʘ‿ʘ

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

I will NOT stand for these wrongful accusations

on an unrelated note what makes u think i'm a spy

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

bc most people would need to be paid to spend as much time as u do around dabi

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

I'll have you know that the commission doesn't pay me!!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

So u ARE a spy ಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Nope never no way

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

are u lying to me or yourself?

but it's okay dabi's gonna keep u around even if you are a big fat liar

I mean the man has *needs*

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Are you physically incapable of not getting on people's nerves?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yep. It's a debilitating medical condition ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Well at least you're funny

But why do even want me to teach you how to lie?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

My gf asked what my quirk is but I can't tell her bc it needs to stay secret for my stabbing hobby

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

An arsonist and a serial killer. Is this really what my life has come to?

Is a bunny with homicidal tendencies really the most normal person I interact with?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Mayhaps but stop acting like that's a bad thing

normal is boringgggggg

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

ugh fair enough 

what's your quirk anyway?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

(✷‿✷)

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

What? I need to know to know so i can help you

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I told u it's a SECRET

u sneaky sneaky spy

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

well I can't help it

It's my job

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ha!! U admitted it! Dabi needs to see this!!

 


 

Lying101

 

[TheCrayonSong🖍️ created Lying101]

 

[TheCrayonSong🖍️ added EndeavorSux]

 

[TheCrayonSong🖍️ added some like it hot 🔥🍗]

 

EndeavorSux

Wtf little shit?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

U r the meanest

Time 2 be punished ( ꈍᴗꈍ)

 

[TheCrayonSong🖍️ changed EndeavorSux's name to LittleShit]

 

LittleShit

Oh f off

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

NEVER EVER!

 

[TheCrayonSong🖍️ changed some like it hot 🔥🍗's name to CHICKEN MAN 🐔]

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

Guess I'll only ever be chicken 2 u

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yuppers!

Anyways dabs u should give me a nice little gift for what I'm abt to send u

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

Don'tttttttt

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I have all the POWAH and I'm not afraid to use it

 

[TheCrayonSong 🖍️shared Screenshot17654.jpeg]

 

LittleShit

Time to disown my entire family! You're my only sibling now brat

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

But you're already estranged from your entire family

 

LittleShit

Pah details 

But still brat I'm getting you some girly ass hair clips for this

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

aww dabi (◍•ᴗ•◍)

u practically said 'ty'

I'm so touched 

 

LittleShit

don't be. I just have more money than I know what to do with

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

Then why do you look like u just crawled out of a dumpster?

 

LittleShit

as if you're one to talk you overstuffed chicken

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

The only time I'm stuffed is when I've got your 🍆 in me

 

LittleShit

JFC! why do I even associate with you? There is a LITERAL child here

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

it's okay dabs I know abt ALL THE THINGS

 

LittleShit

No you don't! Forget that you do. Even with all your murders you can retain at least some of your innocence 

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

How heartwarming now u r acting like a real big brother hot stuff

 

LittleShit

Shut up or I'll turn you into barbequed meat

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

damn, you really do know how to turn me on 😂

 

LittleShit

both of you are impossible

I'm out

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Pls don't go

I need to figure out how to lie

 

LittleShit

why the HELL r u asking me?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

bc I know your greatest lie of all

your hair isn't actually black. no, u are actually a natural blonde 

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

🤣🤣🤣

 

LittleShit

fuck off and die birdie

I'm not a damn blonde

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I know. I was practicing lying

Did i do good? (◍•ᴗ•◍)

 

LittleShit

time 2 go fake my death again

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

Buttt hot stuff u got 2 tell the kid how to lie to her gf abt her quirk

 

LittleShit

are pro heroes supposed to encourage lying?

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

u ain't the boss of me 😜

 

LittleShit

You know what FINE have your damn advice brat

Tell your girlfriend some half truth like that your quirk is drinking blood

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

That's horrible advice!

 

LittleShit

too bad

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

i take that hot stuff just up and left

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

seems so

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

So r u gonna do as he suggested? 👀

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

it's not like I have a better idea 🤷

 


 

Ochie

 

Himi <3

Hey babe sry it took so long to reply

I was busy drinking blood which is also my quirk :-)

 

Ochie

Thank you for sharing!

 


 

We survived the entrance exam!

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Okay I got a response

 

AcidTrip

WHAT DID SHE SAY?!

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

le suspense 😱

 

now u see me

i'm abt 2 fall off the edge of my seat

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Himiko's quirk is drinking blood

 

AcidTrip

???

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Quoi?

 

now u see me

^^^

 

3D_Printer

Well I wasn't expecting that

 

Kero-sene

I was

 

now u see me

okay that's kinda rude know-it-all

 

Feel_The_Noize

Agreed. Though I guess between the garlic and blood there is a clear theme here

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Sacre bleu!! une vampire

 

now u see me

poor ochie is gonna die a tragic sapphic vampire death

 

AcidTrip

A smexy smexy vampire death?

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Perhaps 🧛✨

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Come on that's just insane. Himiko's just eccentric. She's not a vampire

 

AcidTrip

Her BLOODLUST would beg to differ 

 

eat the rich (except momo)

What? Are u the expert on vampires and outlandish conspiracy theories

 

3D_Printer

I know someone who is. Kyouka, may I have administrative privileges?

 

Feel_The_Noize

Of course, hun. Anything for you

 

now u see me

no fairrrr i wanna b admin

 

AcidTrip

Now this is just nepotism at its finest!

 

Feel_The_Noize

Deal with it

 

[3D_Printer added Soba4L1F3 to chat]

 

Soba4L1F3

Hello, Shoto here. I heard you have a theory for me.

Chapter 5: Are the vampires from Twilight real?

Summary:

Ochako's classmates speculations about Himiko snowball.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

We survived the entrance exam!

 

Soba4L1F3 

What do you really think of my name?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

I think the name is nice

 

Kero-sene 

It seems like you really like soba @Soba4L1F3

 

Soba4L1F3

I do

 

Feel_The_Noize

Good 4 u?

 

Soba4L1F3

I have an even better name in mind.

 

[Soba4L1F3 changed their name to EndeavorSux]

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

C'est une grande déclaration 😮

 

now u see me 

WOW u must really hate Endeavor 

 

Kero-sene

What did he do to you?

 

AcidTrip

have a stick up his ass?

dude looks like he's perpetually grumpy

 

Feel_The_Noize

Admittedly the name isn't all the original though. I'd imagine that a lot haters use some variation of 'endeavor sucks' as a name

 

EndeavorSux 

Well, how many of them are Endeavor's son?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Huhhhhhh?

 

now u see me 

say what?? 🤯

 

AcidTrip

WOAH that's a lot to unpack there

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

le monde has been turned upside down for moi

 

Feel_The_Noize

mind explaining what's up with your buddy, Momo?

 

3D_Printer

I don't think I will darling. Once you get Shoto started on his backstory he can't stop

 

EndeavorSux

Guilty as charged. Anyways, what's the theory you need my help with?

 

3D_Printer

Hmm how do I phrase this?

 

AcidTrip

OCHAKO'S GIRLFRIEND IS A VAMPIRE!!

 

eat the rich (except momo)

No she isn't. stop spreading fake news mina

 

now u see me 

but ochie just look at the evidence objectively. ur gf drinks blood and can't have garlic

what other proof do u need?

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

besides, in une ère of quirks are vampires truly so out of the question?

 

EndeavorSux

Sounds like a textbook example of vampirism. Sorry to inform you Ochako but it looks like there is no other explanation

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Himiko is NOT a vampire, okay?

I even have PROOF

 

[eat the rich (except momo) shared IMG15234.jpeg]

 

AcidTrip

Omg is she dressed as sailor Mars???

 

now u see me 

low-key her cosplay slaps

 

Kero-sene

It sure does

 

eat the rich (except momo)

And look she's out in the sun. So clearly she isn't a vampire

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

What about Twilight vampires? ✨✨✨

 

EndeavorSux

What is this Twilight?

 

now u see me 

WHAT? You've never heard of it??

 

3D_Printer

I'm afraid Shoto is very sheltered

But perhaps we can indulge in a movie marathon once we're at UA

 

AcidTrip

Wait Shoto's at UA?

 

3D_Printer

He will be since he took the recommendation exam with me

 

now u see me 

slayy y'all are so smart

 

EndeavorSux

No, it was just nepotism on my end.

 

Feel_The_Noize

Well at least we can give u points for acknowledging it

 

EndeavorSux

Thank you.

 

AcidTrip

but in a nutshell twilight vampires don't burn up in the sun

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

They can't stop twinkling!!

 

EndeavorSux

I'm sorry. I don't understand what that means.

 

Kero-sene

Aoyama is trying to say that the vampires stay out of the sun because it makes them sparkle

 

now u see me 

yup that's what gives them away as inhuman

 

EndeavorSux

Ah, I see, interesting…

 

[Twilight ✨sparkle✨ changed their name to Twilight ✨theory✨]

 

eat the rich (except momo)

You all are crazy. Himiko isn't a vampire from Twilight. Life isn't a YA novel

 

AcidTrip

that's people said abt comic books and look where we are now

 

EndeavorSux

The theory indeed seem to have validity considering the sparkles in the photo

 

eat the rich (except momo)

that's just a filter for the magical girl aesthetic

 

AcidTrip

A likely theory!

 

eat the rich (except momo)

it's literally insta. why wouldn't she use a filter?

 

EndeavorSux

No matter. It's not like an aversion to sunlight is the only vampire criteria.

Does your girlfriend have a reflection?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

probably?

 

AcidTrip

what kind of answer is that?!

 

eat the rich (except momo)

well I haven't met her irl so i can't know for sure

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Mon ami, what kind of person doesn't have a reflection other than a vampire?

 

now u see me 

excuse me aoyama?!!

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Oh non! my apologies hagakure

 

now u see me 

u know at this point i'm going to need a stamp card every time u prod my invisibility 

 

AcidTrip

still having two quirks isn't exactly a thing so maybe himiko's lack of a reflection is bc of vampirism

 

EndeavorSux

Well actually, I have two quirks. Fire and ice.

 

AcidTrip

Then shit! we're back at square one

 

eat the rich (except momo)

We never made ANY progress. You just decided to assume that Himiko has no reflection

 

Feel_The_Noize

Ochako might actually have a point. I mean like just think abt how cameras work

cameras have mirrors so Himiko wouldn't have photos if she were a vampire, right?

 

EndeavorSux

Photoshop exists.

 

eat the rich (except momo)

why are you all so insistent that there's some crazy conspiracy behind the fact that my gf drinks blood?

 

EndeavorSux

Because it's fun.

 

eat the rich (except momo)

well at least you're honest

 

3D_Printer

Oh Kyouka dear digital cameras like the ones in photos aren't mirrored. So that wouldn't disprove vampirism 

 

Feel_The_Noize

crap I didn't know

 

3D_Printer

It's alright dear. We can't know everything. We're only human.

 

AcidTrip

unlike ochie's gf

 

eat the rich (except momo)

gahhhhhhhhh

 

now u see me 

well what should we do now?

 

AcidTrip

I dunno have Ochie Google whether or not her gf is a vampire

 

Feel_The_Noize

apparently Google is the new knowing

 

EndeavorSux

I still think the Twilight theory is the best.

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

absolutement!!!

 

Kero-sene

have you considered that Ochako's gf is most likely a serial killer whose calling card is blood?

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Non, that would be absurd!

 

AcidTrip

yeah I think the vampire thing makes more sense considering what we know

 

eat the rich (except momo)

u know what I'm going to ask Himi whether she's a vampire or not

 

now u see me 

Noooooo don'tttt

 

EndeavorSux

I doubt that a real vampire would tell you the truth

 

Kero-sene

While I don't think vampires exist, Shoto makes a good point

 

eat the rich (except momo)

well i for one value open communication in a relationship 

 

now u see me 

But we need proof!

 

eat the rich (except momo)

fine have it your way 

 


 

Himi <3

 

Ochie

Hey Himi

if u were a vampire

you'd tell me right?

 

Himi <3

ofc ochie! But why the question?? (ㆁωㆁ)

 

Ochie

Uh my friends wanted me to confirm that you aren't a vampire 

do u think you could take a photo of yourself in a church?

 

Himi <3

Sure thing Ochie ❤️

 


 

We survived the entrance exam!

 

[eat the rich (except momo) shared IMG3246.jpeg]

 

Feel_The_Noize

huh, guess there's not much room for debate if she's standing in front of an altar and stained glass windows 

 

EndeavorSux

I only have one thing to say…

Green screen 

 

Feel_The_Noize

Are those fangs?

 

AcidTrip 

Ha! They are!

 

now u see me 

And no cosplay! So they're REAL 😨

 

eat the rich (except momo)

well fangs don't necessarily make her a vampire

 

AcidTrip 

Are u trying to convince us or yourself? 🧐

 

now u see me

weren't u just pointing out how honesty is the best policy yada yada?

 

Kero-sene 

Radio silence?

 

3D_Printer

Uraraka are you alright?

 

EndeavorSux

I theorize that she died of shock.

 

AcidTrip

from what? our sass?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

i'm fine. just thinking 

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

about what?? 👀

 

eat the rich (except momo)

the fact Himiko being a vampire maybe isn't entirely impossible

 



 

OMAKE: Meanwhile, on a conspiracy forum

 

F_His_Fire

You stole my username.

 

EndeavorSux

no i picked it fair and square

besides can’t u just go w ‘EndeavorSucks’?

 

F_His_Fire

You don’t understand. The one thing Endeavor hates more than crude language is misspellings

 

EndeavorSux

tough luck. That’s not my fucking problem

 

F_His_Fire

Do you have a monopoly on hating Endeavor?

 

EndeavorSux

eh prolly

no one out there hates the flame bastard more than me

 

F_His_Fire

I’d beg to differ. I hate him so much that I refuse to use my fire quirk

 

EndeavorSux

well that’s just effin stupid. fire quirks are damn cool

clearly u are an idiot

no wonder i came up with this brilliant username first

 

F_His_Fire

I am not an idiot.

Do you have any secret love child theories to your name?

 

IBelieveInAlienz

Can u both STOP spamming the forum? It’s supposed to be 4 determining whether vampires are real

 


 

OMAKE: Shoto's alternate theory  

 

EndeavorSux 

Uraraka I am happy to inform you that your girlfriend is most definitely not a vampire

 

eat the rich (except momo)

oh thank god finally someone has sense here

 

AcidTrip 

noooooo Whyyy did you betray us Sho?

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Our theory was brilliant 😭😭😭

 

EndeavorSux 

Well your theory wasn't bad. I just had a better one.

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

👀

 

3D_Printer

Pray tell

 

EndeavorSux 

Himiko is Stain and Vlad king's secret love child

 

now u see me 

but she doesn't look anything like them

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Sacre bleu toru. Have an open mind!

 

now u see me 

alright

I guess w quirks these days anything is possible

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Umm Shoto your theory might be just a teensy bit off the rails

 

EndeavorSux 

Oh please this isn't even my wildest theory. In Author-chan's Shinkami fic I claimed stain was wash's secret love child

 

Kero-sene 

Well at least you aren't a flat earther

 

EndeavorSux 

Actually in Author-chan's DfO series...

 

Feel_The_Noize

And there goes my faith in humanity ☠️

Notes:

ty DAKAREULAUXSU for inspiring the second omake.

Chapter 6: How do I get someone to join the dark side?

Summary:

Himiko tries to get Ochako to change career paths.

Notes:

Hello, my lovelies! I'm back at uni and god I forgot what it feels like to be tired all the time XD

But homework and work haven't hit me like a freight train yet, so here's another chappy. No omake this time since I'm a bit worn out - but I plan on including one in chapter 7 :D

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Himi <3

 

Ochie

HIMIIII

omg Omg omg

 

Himi <3

What's going on Ochie?

Did sth bad happen?!

 

Ochie

no not at all

sth AMAZING happened

 

Himi <3

Hurray 🎉🎉🎉

that's great news babe

um what exactly happened

 

Ochie

I made it into UA!!!

 

Himi <3

 

Ochie

whoops I guess I left u speechless

sry Himi :(

 

Himi <3

oh I'm fine 

U picked the support course right?

So u can learn all about making special chemicals

 

Ochie

nope I've never been great at chemistry

 

Himi <3

business so u can learn how to make deals?

 

Ochie

nah that's not my cup of tea either

I got into the HERO COURSE 

 

Himi <3

That's great ochie so happy so overjoyed for u definitely am not some sort of criminal w conflicting interests and a very complicated relationship toward heroes

yep definitely not me

so glad you'll be hunting down serial killers for a living someday. who knows maybe you'll even find one and bring them down before u r even a pro

i'm sure you'll do amazing

 

Ochie

aww ty himi 🥰

 

Himi <3

ofc ofc ochie

 

Ochie

anyways himi I wanted to ask you a question about transformation

 

Himi <3

Whoops look at the time

Gotta go stuff came up with dabi or whatever tfuhsegjwwzd

Ttyl cutie love you so much 😘❤️❤️💗💗💗🔪🔪🔪

 

Ochie

Love you too ❤️

And those texts were a bit chaotic - so pls stay safe

 


 

Lying101

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Dabiiiiii chicken MannNnn

Everything sucks the world is ending I just want to crawl in a hole and die or drown in a sea of blood

What did I do to deserve this AGONYY?

 

LittleShit 

murder. Like a lot of it

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

well I guess you're not wrong 😔

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

but srsly what's going on fletching??

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

my beautiful perfect kind smart flawless gf ISN'T a drug dealer 😭😭

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

aren't most people happy about that sort of thing?

 

LittleShit

The brat isn't most people birdbrain 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

i'm really not

anyways all my plans are ruined

I thought ochie and I would be a criminal power couple with a whole Bonnie and Clyde but sapphic dealio

Now that's IMPOSSIBLE :(((

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

So… you're going to break up with her?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

No never that'd be crazy

I love Ochie even if she is a hero

 

LittleShit

Kid shouldn't u have seen this coming from a mile away though? Isn't your gf's whole thing trying 2 provide a good life 4 her parents?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I know but can u blame me for the occasional lapse in judgement when I never completed middle school?

 

LittleShit

well neither did I and look who still has functioning brain cells

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

I'd beg to differ since u made the choice to fuck me

 

LittleShit

Shut the hell up unless you want to sleep in a goddamn empty bed again!!

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

ooh you're so hot when u yell

 

LittleShit

guess we're having fried chicken for dinner!!

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

mhm feel free to eat me as much as u want 😉

 

LittleShit

Don't scar the brat for life u horny motherfucker. I effin hate you!!

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

Care abt u too dabi 😚

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

enough of your flirting!! Some of us are having a CRISIS 

 

LittleShit

fine fine but didn't u know your gf had applied for UA already

which course did u think she signed up for?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

well the support course or business course seem like they would've given her drug making and selling skills

(◕ᴗ◕✿)

 

LittleShit

and THIS is proof that I'm surrounded by idiots 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

such a drama queen

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

u seem like someone who likes drama

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

yuppers that's why i think dabi is fun 

。◕‿◕。

 

LittleShit

whatever little shit

also change my damn name back to something tasteful

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

no can do

 

LittleShit

goddamnit

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

it's your own fault for basically adopting the fletching

 

LittleShit

just pile that onto my mountain of regrets 

Anyways brat, just stab your gf and you won't have to deal w her being a hero

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

it's not ochie wanting to be a hero is all bad. I mean her being so caring is one of the things I love most abt her

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

Her being on the other side just makes everything more complicated?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yeah 😓

 

LittleShit

ugh enough of your whining

Convince her to change career paths or whatever. aren't most people especially gf in heroics for the money anyhow?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

OMG DABI U R S GENIUS 💗💗💗🔪

 

LittleShit

duh

 


 

Ochie

Ochie 

Hey himi could u answer my question from earlier pls

 

Himi <3

ofc ofc there's just sth very important I need 2 talk abt first

what do u think abt outer space?

 

Ochie

I guess it's pretty cool tho my quirk does make me a bit biased

heck when i was little i wanted to be an astronaut

 

Himi <3

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA Ochie ❤️

forget being a hero you'd be the cutest astronaut in the whole world

 

Ochie

thanks 4 the vote of confidence himi but I shelved the astronaut idea when i found out… what the bathroom situation is like

 

Himi <3

oof totally understandable

 

Ochie

anyways himi can u tell me if hypothetically u can transform into say a bat

 

Himi <3

ooh bats are so CUTE

speaking of cute I think you'd be cute even if u weren't flying the rocket

you'd prolly make even more money than u would as a hero if u used your quirk to send satellites into space bc the space programs could save on costs

 

Ochie

um I guess hypothetically sure

But like space programs haven't even been a thing since the dawn of quirks so that seems like a no go

 

Himi <3

dang what a bummer 😭😭😭

 

Ochie

I'll live plus there's a ton of money in heroics anyways 

 

Himi <3

u know what else gets u a lot of money?

selling meth

 

Ochie

you're joking right?

 

Himi <3

hahaha ofc 

just me being a silly little thing

totally not being a bad influence and trying 2 to convince u to join the dark side

yep nuh-uh

 

Ochie

good 2 know

Are u ok himi you're acting pretty weird

 

Himi <3

ah I'm just tired. brain be going on autopilot and acting a little funky

 

Ochie

gotcha pls make sure to get good rest himi

 

Himi <3

Will do cutie 🥰

 

Ochie

Off topic, have you ever felt inclined to turn into say mist or a wolf?

 

Himi <3

Oh wolves!! You just reminded me of sth. Wolfsbane's is the name of Dabi's fav liquor. U sure can make a pretty penny off of moonshine

 

Ochie

eh too bad chemistry isn't my forte. Plus moonshine is also illegal and all

 

Himi <3

Ugh what a drag. But I guess it is what is when u are a law-abiding citizen who totes wouldn't do anything forbidden

 


 

 

We survived the entrance exam!

 

EndeavorSux 

Did you find out whether your girlfriend can turn into a bat or the like?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

she never answered my questions

 

Kero-sene

Well that's an answer unto itself 

 

eat the rich (except momo)

No she wasn't being evasive himi seemed distracted

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Expliques s'il te plait

 

eat the rich (except momo)

uh she was saying that drugs and space travel were better ways to make money than heroics

 

now u see me

and she brought this up out of nowhere??

 

eat the rich (except momo)

pretty much

 

EndeavorSux 

Hmm, the plot thickens.

 

AcidTrip 

Anyways forget abt Ochie's strange gf for once. I MADE IT INTO THE FUCKING HERO COURSE

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Moi aussi 🎉🎉🎉

 

now u see me 

Ditto!!

 

3D_Printer

Likewise

 

Feel_The_Noize

Same here!!

 

EndeavorSux 

There was no doubt me getting in.

 

Kero-sene

I'm not surprised

Regardless i also got in

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Me too

Ahh I hope we all end up in the same class

 

now u see me 

fingers crosse 🤞

 

AcidTrip 

But hey whether or not we're in the same class won't stop us from celebrating

 

EndeavorSux 

Well… my father will be away for the weekend.

 

AcidTrip 

PARTY at Endeavor's house. Jfc this will be wild!!

 


 

Lying101

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

So I take it u had no luck with convincing your gf to quit heroics?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

mhm :(

 

LittleShit 

as I always say

Once a hero brat always a hero brat

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

Hot stuff you literally haven't said that once

 

LittleShit 

Details details. Besides your tiny little bird brain is probably misremembering stuff anyhow

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

I have a normal human sized brain

 

LittleShit 

yeah keep telling yourself that

But on another note are you okay kid?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I think so. I mean it's no surprise that ochie wants to say in heroics. Even if she claims her motivations are selfish she really isn't

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

I mean putting her family first is pretty heroic

 

LittleShit 

yeah I guess. everyone in this chat probably wants their parents to burn in hell so she def has a lack of that going for her

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

HEY not everyone here wants to commit patricide

 

LittleShit 

Are u just saying bc u are a fanboy of my old man?!

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

How DARE you accuse me of that?? I threw away all his merch when you told me abt him! And that was YEARS before we got married

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

(ʘᴗʘ✿)

 

LittleShit 

you stupid bird

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

Whoops 😬

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Oh POOR poor himiko

so sad she didn't get invited

She would've been the best flower girl ever

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

what's up w the 3rd person talk?

 

LittleShit

if only I knew

But brat we didn't even have a ceremony w me being legally dead and all so you being a flower girl is out of the question

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

but why didn't you tell me you were married 🥺

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

Fletching, it's not bc of sth u did, kay? We just don't like to parade around the full extent of our relationship considering our career paths and all

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Oh okay. That makes sense.

 

LittleShit 

hey brat

thanks for understanding

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Sure thing dabs (◍•ᴗ•◍)

But how do make it work even though Hawks is a hero and you're the opposite?

 

LittleShit 

We had fucked up childhoods. Plus when u grow up as the commissions puppets together those are the sorts of bonds u can't break

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

???

 

LittleShit 

He knew me before I was a villain

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I guess that doesn't apply to ochie and me

 

LittleShit 

Yeah kid

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

You seem to trust Hawks a lot

 

LittleShit 

more than I should. No idea whether vows are enough to stop him from turning me in someday

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

I would never hot stuff

Though I am a little disappointed that your so called trust isn't enough for you to tell me more abt your friends

 

LittleShit 

the brat isn't my friend

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I'm heartbroken 😭💔

 

LittleShit 

deal with it

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Uh dabi why do you live w me and not w Hawks?

 

LittleShit 

the commission keeps that idiot bird on a fucking tight leash

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

Yeah that

Also I think he just wanted to be able to keep an eye on u and make sure you're safe fletching

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

he said it was better to have a roommate bc rent was insane 

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

Classic hot stuff

Allergic to admitting he cares

 

LittleShit 

as if

You fuckers don't mean squat to me

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

Totally believe that

but hey kid maybe your relationship isn't hopeless. I mean enemies to lovers is a popular trope 4 a reason 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

enemies to lovers vibes are a mood so… slay?

yeah u know what this should work out just fine

 

LittleShit 

as long as your gf doesn't find out you're a villain

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Exactly!!!

Anyhow was getting all worked up abt the spy thing previously just for show?

 

CHICKEN MAN 🐔

mayhaps

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

huh you 2 must be into some very intense role play

 

LittleShit

🖕

Notes:

So married DabiHawks wasn't planned but I read too many married DabiHawks fics recently and it seems like that influenced my writing LOL

Anyways, I have 2 one-shots coming out before the end of the month so keep your eyes peeled open if u want to read something short and sweet from me <3

Chapter 7: Can my vampire-girlfriend transform?

Summary:

Himiko has doubts about villainy.

Notes:

Calc is slowly draining my will to do anything *cries*
but at least this fic brings me joy :D

Chapter Text

EndeavorSux

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

dabs do u ever regret being a villain

 

EndeavorSux

that’s a bit of a strong word brat

i prefer ‘self-employed arsonist’

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

funny as always dabs  (⌒▽⌒)☆

 

EndeavorSux

Yeah whatever it’s hardly any sweat off my back

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

But back to the question? If you had the chance not to be a villain – rather a civilian, a hero, a vigilante… well anything else – would you?

 

EndeavorSux

eh never had a choice kid

no point in bringing up the what-ifs

What brought this sort of thinking on anyways?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

it’s nothing 

Just in the sewers rn

maybe the fumes are getting to my head

 

EndeavorSux

Dafuq r u doing in the sewers?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I told u that I can get rid of bodies all by myself now 🙂

 

EndeavorSux

Dammit kid

do u at least wear gloves to cover your fingertips?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

nahhh :3

 

EndeavorSux

jesus

I swear at this rate you’ll make my hair fall out

do u have any fuckin clue how easy it is to trace the murders back 2 u?

Are u just feelin iffy abt villainy bc u think you’ll get caught?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

no i’m an expert

There’s no way i’ll get caught

 

EndeavorSux

fuck looks like some of my cockiness rubbed off on u

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

What can i say? you’re an inspiration dabs

 

EndeavorSux

but seriously kid just spit it out

if you’re going to force me to be your defacto therapist at least be quick about it

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

it’s just villainy feels kind like a mask u know

like a role pushed on me bc i stabbed 1 guy

and not even w a real knife

i only used a box cutter

 

EndeavorSux

wow what a huge difference

but kid don’t u like getting away from folks?

You know… the people who tried to get your fangs surgically removed

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

i mean i guess

life now sure beats middle school even if showers weren’t a regular dealio for a hot minute

It’s just i never chose this life 

 

EndeavorSux

Well eh i guess on the bright side you can stab as many people as you want now

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

YEAH! 🔪 and their blood is soo pretty

 

EndeavorSux

but?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

It’s not the same as blood given freely

eh you probably think i’m being crazy

 

EndeavorSux

do i look like a sane person to you?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yep!

 

EndeavorSux

No sarcasm? Dang i love u kid

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

thanks dabs

 

EndeavorSux

so you've really fallen for your hero girl huh

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I do and there’s always a part of me that wants to be her. To be like the person i love most

But she already said she can’t give me her blood

And i shouldn’t prod more otherwise it’ll be the same sitch w my parents all over again

It was all ‘you’re so creepy, Himiko’ when i only wanted to show how much i loved them

 

EndeavorSux

Just so you know my arson services are free if you want me to ash them

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

thanks dabs

But u don’t have to

 

EndeavorSux

Is your gf raving abt how horrible villains are and bringin on all these doubts?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

no 

I suppose she’s been acting a teensy bit off

But nothing like that

 

EndeavorSux

then wtf started this crisis?!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

you’d be a shitty therapist  😠

 

EndeavorSux

Hey you’re the one who decided to vent to me

and it’s not like i have a high school diploma let alone a therapist license

what shit even triggered these thoughts anyways?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I saw my reflection in the sewage water and kept on seeing that uniform. that mask of a girl pretending to be normal. and i dunno maybe i’m still wearing a mask

 

EndeavorSux

then drop the uniform or whatever

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

but where else will i find an outfit this CUTE?

 

EndeavorSux

dang. U really are a little lost, huh?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I’m not lost, Dabi! I swear!

 

EndeavorSux

Brat i didn’t mean that shit literally

Wait are you actually lost?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I might have taken a wrong turn in the sewers 😏

 

EndeavorSux

Jfc brat

I’ll come pick u up

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

You’re the best dabs

 

EndeavorSux

course i am

And brat just so u quit spouting bs at me, i think you’re real. So stop saying that you’re fake, wearing a mask or any of that crap

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Okie dokes

Thank u dabs <3 <3 <3

and ur pseudo-therapy skills weren’t half bad

Though maybe i’ll go to chicken man next time

Your hubby cusses less

 

EndeavorSux

Screw you brat 🖕

And are u ever going to give the marriage thing a rest

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

NEVERRRR!

You tied the knot with birdman and now you’re in loOOOoove and will have a million spicy chicken sandwich babies

 

EndeavorSux

That doesn’t make any damn sense 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

does too!!!! 👿👿👹

 

EndeavorSux

that last face is fuckin ugly

you’d better watch your back when i pick you up from the sewers

because at this rate i won’t hesitate to drown you

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yippee! Murder is my fav

 

EndeavorSux

uggh i set myself up for that one

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

u sure did  (。•̀ᴗ-)✧

 


 

Himi <3

 

Ochie

Himi are u alright?

U kept popping on and offline

 

Himi <3

Sry abt worrying u ochie

I got lost while running errands

But don’t worry my room mate helped me get back

Speaking of which want me to spill the tea on him??

 

Ochie

Sure

 

Himi <3

HE’S MARRIED!

and his husband is my best friend

well we haven’t made our best-friendship official but we’re besties at heart 💖

 

Ochie

oh do you live with him and his husband?

 

Himi <3

Nah dabi’s husband lives in a completely different city bc of work yada yada

But anyways is husband is like a transformer irl

It’s all bam – wings. Bam – no wings

 

Ochie

speaking of transforming

I asked u a question the other day and u never really answered it

 

Himi <3

HUH?!!! I didn’t. Omg i’m so sorry ochie my beloved. I shall repent for 3 millennia

 

Ochie

It’s fine himi XD

It wasn’t an urgent question anyhow

 

Himi <3

Well ask away so i can atone, cutie 🥰❤️💗❤️

Ochie

Alrighty then

Guess i’ll just go for it

Can u transform?

 

Himi <3

like dabi’s hubby?

 

Ochie

Like kinda. Can you by any chance grow wings?

 

Himi <3

Hmm… under special circumstances yes :D

 

Ochie

Ooh okay thanks for telling me

And you by any chance turn into other stuff…

Like smoke

 

Himi <3

Ewww what no way that’d be so weird

 

Ochie

How about a wolf?

 

Himi <3

I suppose it’s possible. I mean i have seen a kid w a wolf quirk before

 

Ochie

Huh i see

Thanks for answering all the questions himi <3

 

Himi <3

Ofc! Now i have a question for you

 

Ochie

Oh. ask way

 

Himi <3

do u know who the cutest girl in the world is?

 

Ochie

Himi it’s obviously you

 

Himi <3

No silly, you’re the cutest girl the whole world

 

Ochie

Nope you’re wrong

 

Himi <3:

Agree to disagree?

 

Ochie

fine, cutest girl in the world

 


 

We survived the entrance exam!

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Okay so i got some contradictory answers? 

Himi can turn into a bat, not smoke and she seems pretty sure she could hypothetically turn into a wolf

 

AcidTrip 

2/3 sounds like pretty solid confirmation to me

 

Feel_The_Noize

Still classic dracula vampires can turn into all 3

 

EndeavorSux 

Classic vampires don’t matter. Does Himiko shine like Edward? Did she go to the vatican naked?

 

now u see me 

Shoto? U watched twilight

 

Twilight ✨ theory ✨

in only a few jours after finding out it existed. Oh my, you put my love for all that twinkles to shame

 

EndeavorSux 

Of course, I watched Twilight. It’s great for research. Uraraka, does your girlfriend eat mountain lions?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

No!! Where would she even find one?

 

EndeavorSux 

By getting to their natural habitats quickly with her enhanced vampire speed

 

3D_Printer

Shoto, while it is nice to see you so passionate about this theory some of the leaps in logic are impossible to ignore

 

EndeavorSux 

Momo, you disappoint me. I thought you would be inclined to think outside the box more because your quirk

 

Feel_The_Noize

Don’t you dare dunk on my gf! There is a difference between being creative and being batshit

 

Kero-sene 

Everyone calm down. Fighting won’t get us anywhere

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Thank you, Tsu

And if my gf is a vampire which she IS NOT she’s definitely not the twilight variety

 

now u see me

keep telling yourself that

 

Twilight ✨ theory ✨

One day u shall see THE TRUTH, mon ami

 

Feel_The_Noize

But srsly some cold hard evidence wouldn’t hurt

 

now u see me

Maybe ochako could meet her gf irl??

Then it’ll be easier to tell if she’s a vampire or not

 

Kero-sene 

That is a surefire way to end up dead in a ditch

 

EndeavorSux 

I suppose it is possible that a vampire could drain the entirety of Uraraka’s blood. That would be unfortunate.

 

Feel_The_Noize

Well, it’d be a different story if Ochako met her gf in a public setting

 

now u see me 

Like a house party!!!

 

AcidTrip 

Invite her to Shoto’s!



eat the rich (except momo)

Oh yes sure okay will do

it would be nice to meet himiko face to face

She’s always so upbeat online and i’d love to see that in person

 

AcidTrip 

Awww get yourself irl quality time w your weird gf

 

now u see me 

Hell yeah!! Our questions will finally get definitive answers

 

EndeavorSux 

And once that conspiracy is solved I can go back to devoting all my time to secret love child theories

 

Kero-sene 

Pardon?

 

EndeavorSux 

It’s important work. I think this local villain with blue flames is the secret love child of my father’s sidekick Burnin’

 

Feel_The_Noize

I don’t think she’s old enough to have a secret love child

 

EndeavorSux 

Then he must be her long lost brother.

 

AcidTrip 

Couldn’t he be your long-lost brother? Bc you know your family has firequirks

 

EndeavorSux 

Oh please. Fire quirks are hardly rare.

Plus, look. Green flames. Blue flames. Practically the same color

The family resemblance is uncanny

 

Kero-sene 

If you say so 

 



 

OMAKE: DabiHawks Proposal

Snuggled in bed, Keigo curled against Touya, reveling in how warmth radiated from him like a hearth. At the same time, his touch was as icy as stone. An unusual juxtaposition. The glint of staples in the moonlight drew Keigo in. After all, birds tended to have a fondness for shiny things. He could still hear the agonized cries from the training room in the HPSC's basement. The way the handlers would reel with disgust at the sight of purple burn scars littering skin. A testament to how Touya was nothing but a failed prototype to everyone but Keigo.

Five years. A lifetime of longing for the faint scent of ashes. A desire the hold Touya so close that Keigo could see the tufts of red at the roots of his hair. Keigo had always thought a part of him had died on Sekoto peak. His last fraction of humanity had simmered way - leaving a perfect emotionless puppet behind for the Commission. Keigo hadn't expected to find those crystal blue eyes again. But five years after the funeral, he found that unmistakable piercing gaze again while chasing a villain in an alleyway.

Raking a hand through, Touya's hair that smelled of cheap dye, Keigo sighed deeply and knew that he was never letting go. The words slipped out of his mouth before he fully processed them.

"Hey, hot stuff. Let's get married."

The staples on Touya's face pulled taunt as he laughed. The raspy breathless kind of snickering. Touya gently knocked a fist against Keigo's forehead. "How would that even work? Neither of us have legal identities."

"Well, we could still have a ceremony or something."

Sitting upright and leaning against the backrest of the cheap motel bed. "This is a new level of stupidity even for you. Who would we even invite? I mean our families are basically dead to us."

Keigo elbowed Touya in the side. "Not everyone's as antisocial as you. I for one have friends."

"Friends plural? Bold thing of you to see when the only friend you have is that rabbit."

While Keigo opened his mouth to protest, Touya held a finger in front of his lips. "Come on, birdbrain. Rumi already doesn't approve of your mystery hookup. Do you really think she'd be on board for a ceremony?"

Cursing himself internally for letting a stupid impulsive desire slip out, Keigo buried his face in his hands. "Yeah, yeah. I know. Wanting to take the next step in our relationship was a stupid idea." Just gotta be satisfied with our childhood friends/ occasional hookup status.

Long pianist fingers picked at staples while Touya evaded direct eye contact. "Well, I wouldn't say that. We could just get married for us. Like married in theory or whatever. No documents. No witness. Just us."

Keigo scratched behind his ear as his heart gradually warmed up at the revelation that Touya wasn't completely opposed to being linked. "But do you think it'll be real if it isn't official?"

Rolling his eyes, Touya ruffled Keigo's hair. "Keigo, I'm the product of a quirk marriage. Your parents were as garbage as mine. Do you really think convention is the best fit for us?"

"Yeah, it isn't."

Taking Touya's hands, Keigo let the warmth from the person who meant the world to him consume him. Gold eyes drilled into Touya like there wasn't another flame quite as bright in existence. Cupping Touya's face, Keigo pulled him close and his organs melted as his soft lips brushed against dry ones. Keigo envisioned an imaginary blush crawling across Touya's cheeks instead of scar tissue as he broke away from the kiss. Pressing Touya's palm, Keigo grinned from ear to ear.

"I guess we're married now, huh?"

Touya sighed in false annoyance. "Mhm. Guess I'm stuck with the good old-fashioned ball and chain."

 


 

OMAKE: Twilight!Toga

Chapter 8: How do I bake brownies?

Summary:

Himi is a good party guest so of course she brings brownies.

Notes:

I was coughing like crazy while writing most of this so I hope the chapter reads okay. I'll clean up typos when my head feels less loopy :3
This one is longer than usual bc of the non-dialogue scenes <3

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Lying 101

 

[TheCrayonSong🖍️ changed the chat name to my familyyy 🔪❤️🔪]

 

[TheCrayonSong🖍️ changed CHICKEN MAN 🐔’s name to Pop-eyes]

 

[TheCrayonSong🖍️ changed Little Shit’s name to Dad-bi]

 

Dad-bi

Brat. why? just why?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

U r my dad-bi and hawks is my pop-eyes

Bc we are a FAMILYYY

 

Pop-eyes

Hurray i always wanted kids

 

Dad-bi

Well i fuckin didn’t

i was a little shit as a kid - kudos to ‘that fucker’ for forgetting to raise me

like hell i’d want to deal w rampant spawn

 

Pop-eyes

But HOT STUFF himiko’s such a sweetie pie

 

Dad-bi

did u hit your head? Since when is the brat synonymous w sweet

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Heyy! I’m cute

(◕ᴗ◕✿)

 

Pop-eyes

Damn right

Who else could get away w your rampant use of kaomojis?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

nobody! (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*.✧

 

Dad-bi

dammit what did i do to deserve this bs?

 

Pop-eyes

arson, murder, vandalism, grand larceny, jaywalking, manslaughter… need I go on?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

huh? I thought manslaughter and murder were the same thing

 

Pop-eyes

See hot stuff ! this sweet summer child still has so much to learn

do you really want to abandon her and have her fend for herself

 

Dad-bi

like i give a shit

 

Pop-eyes

aww fletchling it sounds like he practically said he’ll gladly adopt you

 

Dad-bi

Did not

 

Pop-eyes

Eh did too

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yippee 

Anyways my dearest fathers

Dad and pops

Papa and baba 

Daddy and

 

Dad-bi

Shut the HELL up kid!!!

We don’t use that sort of language in this household

 

Pop-eyes

That’s not what u said last night

 

Dad-bi

for the final fucking time birdbrain stop being a perv

There is a goddamn child here

 

Pop-eyes

Not my fault that you’re smoking

 

Dad-bi

Great! Flippin fantastic! Love my life

now i’m surrounded by 2 dumbasses and their terrible puns

 

Pop-eyes

it was time to accept my role and bring on the dad jokes

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

speaking of which chicken man

i was wondering if u have any fatherly advice 4 me

。◕‿◕。

 

Pop-eyes

Go for it fletchling

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

ochie invited me to her friend’s party

And it’s the first time we’re meeting in person

I wanna make a good 1st impression

but i don’t know what normal person bring to parties let alone hero students

😞😞

 

Pop-eyes

Well lucky for you i’m an expert when it comes to parties

 

Dad-bi

Jfc you aren’t 

those stuffy useless hero galas don’t count

 

Pop-eyes

you’re just jealous that i get to go and u don’t

 

Dad-bi

As if. I spent way too much of my childhood wasting away at those glorified pageants. Like i’d want to waste my adulthood like that too

 

Pop-eyes

darn. I was really looking forward to parading u around as my hot trophy husband

 

Dad-bi

Good grief!!

U are going to put me into an early grave

 

Pop-eyes

Eh would it really be my fault though? your health was in shambles long before we reconnected

 

Dad-bi

I am the pinnacle of health

doctors frickin love me

 

Pop-eyes

The creepy one that patched u up doesn't count

 

Dad-bi

I can’t help it if i’m perfect eugenics specimen

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

????

 

Pop-eyes

it’s probably better not to open that can of worms fletchling

hot stuff is touchy abt his past

 

Dad-bi

Lies.

The mystery is just part of my brand

 

Pop-eyes

yeah yeah

I guess you got to edgelord your way through life somehow

 

Dad-bi

F U

 

Pop-eyes

Yesss please

 

Dad-bi

Jesus not this crap again

 

Pop-eyes

Never gonna stop

You’re shackled to me for life babe

 

Dad-bi

Don’t i know it

And regret it

 

Pop-eyes

No you don’t

But back on topic

Just bring your most photogenic smile to the party and it should be smooth sailing from there kiddo

 

Dad-bi

it isn’t a FUCKING hero gala

You should bring vodka or like ecstasy if u really wanna party kid

 

Pop-eyes

SAY NO TO DRUGS!

 

Dad-bi

Hell no. drugs are a fuckin delight. 

i’m not letting my kid miss out on the joy of being as high as a kite

just bc you are a damn stick in the mud

 

Pop-eyes

Ha u said she’s your kid!!!!

dad-bi confirmed

 

Dad-bi

fuck it

say whatever you want to

Not like anyone’s gonna buy your crap

 

Pop-eyes

my hero merch sales say otherwise

 

Dad-bi

One day i’m going to burn every fuckin hawks plushie to the ground

 

Pop-eyes

Awww but i thought you love the body pillow i gave you

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

A body pillow?

(. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)

 

Pop-eyes

well hot stuff needs sth to hold when i’m not around

 

Dad-bi

Fake news. I’d rather lick endeavor’s shoes than own a body pillow of you

 

Pop-eyes

Check his closet if you’re curious kid

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

On it!!!!

 

Dad-bi

No damn way

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Tehehe like you can stop me while you’re all the way in kamino talking to that informant

 

Dad-bi

Hey the pay for that one gig is decent

the villains seem kinda incompetent though so i’ll wait

Maybe check on what magne, compress etc think

 

Pop-eyes

Villain group you say?

Well as an excellent HPSC spy i’m gonna forget absolutely everything you said

 

Dad-bi

thanks birdbrain

But kid i dunno bring chocolate, flowers or sth

Those are usually a safe bet

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I don’t wanna though

My folks always brought that kinda stuff to parties

But maybe i could bake sth

 

Pop-eyes

Yeah something from the heart sounds great!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Mhm. my folks didn’t really do homemade stuff. They always had the chef do everything. So this way i won’t be like them

 

Dad-bi

Sounds like a plan or whatever

But do you even know 2 bake?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Not yet but i can learn anything from youtube

I bet brownies are super-easy lemon-squeezy

 

Dad-bi

Have fun in denial-land i guess

do you know which nobody’s house this party is at?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Someone called Shoto

 

Pop-eyes

oh shit

 

Dad-bi

Well i have a special ingredient you absolutely HAVE to put in your brownies

 


 

The exhaust trailed behind Dabi's motorcycle like a dragon's smoke while he held out a middle finger toward the traditional architecture. Himiko furrowed her brows as Dabi sent the house a piercing glare as if that would make the building spontaneously ignite. Passing Himiko a round plastic container that had the same odd aroma as his room, Dabi smirked devilishly.

"Give them hell, brat."

Pouting, Himiko snatched the container of brownies. "No, Dabi! I'm trying to be a good guest."

Gripping the motorcycle handles, Dabi rolled his eyes. "Yeah yeah. If you're so set on hospitality and all that, make sure that everyone gets a brownie."

Himiko saluted. "You got it!"

Laughing almost manically, Dabi ruffled Himiko's hair. As much as she disliked how he was making her messy buns look more disheveled than effortless, she didn't push him away. Because Dabi wasn't like her parents who pretended they cared by sending Himiko to an expensive private middle school for all to see. No, Dabi expressed the fact that he liked having Himiko around in little silent ways.

Not that Himiko expected him to ever admit it out loud. But she supposed that she must have been doing something right considering how Dabi hadn't reduced her to a pile of ashes. Getting cremated alive would have been such a shame. How was Himiko supposed to kiss Ochie if she was nothing but dust?

Himiko's face grew hot as she grounded herself in the present and pictured Ochie's soft rosy lips. Months of dating and late-night conversations without standing in the same room even once. Luminescent brown hair gleamed in Himiko's mental image of Ochako.

Soon she would be close enough to touch. Close enough to kiss. Himiko's permanent blush deepened by several shades.

Behind his tattered coat, Dabi's chest puffed up like he was almost… proud. His expression morphed and Dabi raised a skeptic brow.

"Don't stab your girlfriend like you did with your middle school crush."

"Aww. No fair. Stabbing is the best."

"But good citizens don't stab. Plus, if you love her you wouldn't want to see her hurt." Dabi's voice grew weirdly pitchy – like he was trying to imitate Chicken Man. Not that talking higher made much sense because while Chicken Man didn't sound as raspy as Dabi, his voice was still pretty deep.

"Ugh, fine." With a grieved sigh, Himiko unstrapped the knife bound to her thigh and slipped it into Dabi's jacket pocket.

"If you really want to let out your violent tendencies, bust a wall in that house or something. I'm sure that whichever rich bastard owns the place can afford to repair it."

Himiko beamed. "Ruining rich people's houses sounds fun. Do you think we can do that to my parents someday?"

Dabi shrugged. "Only if I have nothing better to do."

Himiko giggled at what was basically Dabi's convoluted way of saying yes. With a skip in her step, Himiko headed for the doorway. Behind her, the motorcycle engine rumbled as Dabi sped away.

She clutched onto the container of brownies until her knuckles turned white and her index finger hovered over the doorbell. Why did one small button make her feel like the sky was closing in on her? Himiko almost laughed at how ridiculous the sudden racing in her chest was. Because the doorbell shouldn’t be terrifying when she knew she had the capability of taking down a man twice her size with little more than a Swiss army knife.

Taking a deep breath, Himiko smoothed out her pleated skirt and smoothed out the bomber jacket she’d borrowed from Dabi. She pouted at the memory of how he insisted that he wouldn’t let her wear her go-to school uniform getup to the party because it would be “totally lame”.  On instinct, she almost sprinted down the street and away from the smooth wood door in front of her. After all, she wasn’t wearing her cutest outfit. What if Ochako accused her of being a catfish because she wasn’t that pretty in real life?

Himiko dug her fangs into her lower lip and grounded herself in reality. Everything was going to be fine. Ochako had seen Himiko’s photos countless times and knew of her affinity for knives. In spite of Himiko not being normal Ochako was still there. Unlike Mother, unlike Father.

So Himiko took that leap of faith and pressed on button. Seconds after the bell echoed throughout the traditional building that made Himiko’s childhood home pale in comparison, the door tore open. Black sclera stared back at Himiko, and a pink girl let out an ungodly shriek. Himiko giggled at the realization of why Dabi claimed that she was a menace to society whenever she got too excited.

“Oh my god! Ochako’s girlfriend.”

As she tried to remember Chicken Man’s advice on making a good first impression, Himiko grinned widely and held out her free hand that wasn’t clutching the container with brownies. Gasping, the pink girl remained fixated on Himiko’s smile.

“Wow, you really do have fangs!” Then the pink girl clasped her hand in front of her mouth like she hadn’t meant to spit out that comment.

Himiko couldn’t help but snicker at the thought. Because if anything the girl seemed more surprised at the fangs than anything else. Not like she was inclined to file Himiko’s fangs down to a pulp because they were an eyesore. Plus, with the pink girl’s mutations, Himiko doubted that someone who’d likely experienced quirk discrimination would condemn her too harshly for the ways her quirk had manifested physically.

The lamps overhead refracted off an invisible figure like a kaleidoscope. A pink shirt and a pair of pastel shorts hovered in midair as unseen hands clasped together. An invisible palm reached out to shake Himiko’s hand.

“Hi! I’m Toru. I’ve heard so much about you.”

“From Ochako? Yay!” Himiko tucked a loose strand of hair back into her bun. She had to look perfect when Ochako finally saw her in person. “Glad to see that I’m not the only one constantly talking about her girlfriend.”

Toru chuckled slightly and Himiko imagined that the invisible girl was nodding. From the corner of her eye, Himiko spotted Toru fishing a hand-held mirror out of her pocket. But before Himiko could get a clear view of it, the pink girl firmly elbowed Toru in the side and the compact went flying beneath a shelf.

Himiko hadn’t yet fully processed the strange interaction when she noticed a set of piercing eyes staring back at her. One of them was the same crystal blue as Dabi’s. The boy seemed to be glaring into Himiko’s soul, dissecting her like she was some complex puzzle piece. Tapping a finger against her chin, Himiko tried to figure out what on Earth was up with him.

Oh! He must’ve been that “weird-ass peppermint motherfucker with a dead look in his eyes” that Dabi mentioned. Himiko tilted her head to the side and examined Shoto’s strong jawline. Weird Dabi had made it sound like Shoto would be far from a sight for sore eyes – but in actuality, he was super cute. Not as cute as Ochako of course.

Priding herself on being a good guest, Himiko stepped closer to Shoto and shoved the container in his face. “I brought brownies.”

“Thank you,” Shoto responded in a monotone voice. He stared back at her blankly enough that Himiko wondered whether he was even capable of blinking. But Himiko didn’t take his lack of emotiveness to heart since she was well aware of how she was a tad bit more animated than the average person.

A lightbulb went off over Himiko’s head as she remembered a request Dabi had made. She rummaged through the pocket of her borrowed jacket and held out a sticky note for Shoto. “Ugh, I got a message my roommate said to pass along to you.”

Dark eyes gleamed like black holes determined to suck in any gossip as the pink girl stared over Shoto’s shoulder while he accepted the paper and unfolded it. “What does it say?”

Shoto furrowed his brows. “‘Stop putting fish on Touya’s shrine.’

“Ooh, who’s Touya? Spill the tea,” the pink girl said.

“He’s my dead brother.”

A silence sharp enough to rival Himiko’s knives cut through the air. Wincing, Himiko wondered how common dead siblings were. As Shoto’s eyes had turned glassy and the pink girl stared at her feet, Himiko settled on the fact that dead siblings were a major bummer. She could only hope that Shoto’s older brother had pulled the same move as Dabi apparently had and only faked his death.

Along with a tall girl with dark hair and another who had earphone jacks Ochako entered the hallway. The space grew oddly crowded with so many bodies huddled together. And Shoto’s revelation still weighed heavily on all those who had been there to witness it. Still, Himiko only had eyes for how Ochako’s hair glistened amber in the lamplight. With the rush of blood pumping all the way to her ears, Himiko could only imagine how the sound of Ochie’s voice would set her heart aflutter.

Locking eyes with Himiko, Ochako smiled fondly. Then she tensed up as the awkwardness in the hallway dawned on her. While Shoto absent-mindedly lifted the container lid, Ochako started to shoo her friends away.

“Go enjoy the brownies! Play charades! We don’t need a whole entourage of third wheels.”

The girl with earphone jacks raised a brow. “Do I count as a third wheel if I’m dating Momo?”

Ochako stepped closer to Himiko, allowing her to her the faint blush veiled behind brown hair. Wrapping her palm in Himiko’s and turning Himiko’s organs into a puddle, Ochako spoke up. “Guess not. But you’ve already met your girlfriend in real life. Can’t I have my moment in peace now, Jirou?”

Jirou raised her hands in defeat. “Fine, I’ll move along. Listening to the playlist Tsu and Aoyama set up probably beats watching you and Himiko swooning over each other anyhow.”

As everyone winded out of the hallway, the pink girl winked at Ochako. “Still, you better count on it that we’ll chit-chat with Himiko later.”

Ochako rolled her eyes and nudged the pink girl toward the living. “Yeah, sure. Now get going.”

Soon enough, it was just Himiko and Ochako. Noting how Ochako kept stealing glances at the leather material of Himiko’s fur-lined jacket, Himiko concluded that Dabi had made the right call with the fashion choice after all. Himiko beamed from ear to ear as she grabbed Ochako’s other hand and stared at her directly. Every little detail about Ochako was so perfect. Like how her eyes shone like honey. Or the way she kept biting on the corner of her lip. A camera lens couldn’t quite capture all these tiny intricacies.

“Hey, cutie!” Himiko said.

“Hi.” Ochako shone like the sun as she smiled. “Guess I’ve only been sort of catfished.”

Shell-shocked, Himiko blinked frantically. “Huh? What? Why? Do you think I’m ugly?”

Ochako’s breath hitched. “No! Not at all! You’re even prettier in real life! You look nothing like you're photos because you're more beautiful.”

Sinking into Ochako’s embrace, Himiko let out a sigh of relief. “Thank God! Ochie, you scared me.”

“Sorry, everything sounded better in my head,” Ochako muttered.

“It’s okay. I forgive you.”

A few beats of quiet passed between them. Ochako didn’t let the quiet linger long though and she gestured toward the greenery looming outside the window. “Want to go outside? I heard that Shouto’s family garden is pretty nice.”

“Anywhere is perfect as long as I’m with you.”

And Himiko would’ve been a liar if she didn’t admit how satisfied she was that her comment sent a series of panicked blushes across Ochako’s cheeks.

 


 

Nightingales chirped from trees trimmed to perfection. Red tiles hung over a pavilion with a roof that stretched toward the heavens. The city lights washed out all the stars but the sky was still an immaculate shade of navy blue. Water ran over a manufactured creak that raced past polished black stones. A lush green lawn shone in the moonlight.

In the pavilion of Shoto’s family garden, Himiko leaned back and rested her head in Ochako’s lap. She half-expected to be pushed away, but instead, Ochako caressed Himiko’s face and pulled her closer. What had Himiko done to deserve the cutest girl in the world? Savoring the touch of Ochako’s porcelain skin, Himiko decided not to question fate.

“Wouldn’t it be great to have a place like this someday?” Himiko mused.

“Hm, but doesn’t money rot people’s personality?”

“I don’t know your friend Shoto seems pretty nice.” Himiko paused. “Though I guess he does have that dead brother so I suppose the high life isn’t all glitz and glamour.”

Ochako breathed in carefully like she was meticulously considering Himiko’s every word. And maybe she too was thinking about the fact that the trauma of a dead sibling might tie into Shoto’s lack of emotiveness. Dabi had said he was a good kid though. Huh, funny. Himiko’s roommate acted like he practically knew Ochako’s future classmate.

“Yeah, money doesn’t buy happiness is what people say. Though that doesn’t change the fact that I want more of it.”

“Same here.” Himiko prodded her pleated skirt. “Like imagine if I didn’t have to thrift as much as I do for cosplay. I’d have all the sailor scout’s outfits!”

Ochako brushed a hand through Himiko’s hair in a way that made electricity jolt through her body. “Well, once I’m a rich hero I’ll fund all your cosplay needs.”

“Have I ever told you how much I love you, Ochie?”

Chuckling, Ochako twirled a strand of Himiko’s hair around her finger. “Yes, many times.”

Yet the couple’s moment was somewhat disrupted by screaming from inside the outside. From the kitchen, Toru’s upbeat voice belted out ‘so addictive’. Himiko’s chest swelled with satisfaction. She could only assume that Dabi’s brownie recipe was working its magic. Pressing her lips together, Himiko made a mental reminder to ask him what exactly his secret ingredient had been.

Bang! The sound of collapsing rubble echoed from the opposite side of the house. As Himiko shot upright, she and Ochako gave each other a double-take to confirm that they weren’t imagining things.

“Was that an explosion?” Himiko asked.

“I think so? I don’t really want to check though in case I get accidentally fined for it.”

“Totally fair. And wow your friends sure are interesting.”

Ochako shrugged. “Hero students are just built different I guess.”

 With a wistful sigh, Himiko leaned against Ochako’s shoulder.

“I’m so glad we could meet like this.”

For a moment, Ochako paused. Almost hesitant. Yet the uncertainty lingering in her brows faded away the longer she stared at the warmth in Himiko’s eyes. “Me too,” Ochako whispered softly.

Placing her hand on top of Ochako, Himiko wrapped her borrowed jacket around both their shoulders to keep the chilly April breeze out. Ochako’s breath was so close that Himiko could feel it against her neck. Basking in Ochako’s presence was as nice as Himiko pictured transforming into her would be.

Ochako’s friends kept shouting from inside the house, which had Himiko thinking that no matter how much she and Ochako were in sync they remained in completely different worlds. Craning her neck toward the night sky, Himiko wondered whether she was willing to step outside of her prescribed role for Ochako. Or even for herself. Sure, heroism was never going to be in the cards for Himiko. But maybe she could turn into nothing similar. Someone who didn’t fit in neatly in a black-and-white reality.

Closing her eyes, Himiko envisioned herself trying her hand at vigilantism and punching a mugger in the face. A step out of her comfort zone. A chance to get one step closer to becoming like the girl she loved. To become the sort of girl her parents had never thought she could be.

 


 

EndeavorSux

 

EndeavorSux

God that brat is literal hellspawn

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

What did she do this time?

 

EndeavorSux

say that she wants to take down a drug ring

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Seems like a regular Tuesday to me

 

EndeavorSux

shut the fuck up

I just think her gf is getting to her

The brat sounds like she isn't sold on villainy anymore

Sure taking down a drug ring is technically vigilantism and still illegal which is like the kid's whole brand

but that crap is so close to heroics

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Is that really such a bad thing?

 

EndeavorSux

yes it is birdbrain

the brat's setting herself up for disappointment if she thinks she can ever be seen as sth more in this shit show society

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

so are u going to stop her?

 

EndeavorSux

Do you really think anyone can hold that unhinged brat back from what she wants?

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

point taken

So are you gonna accompany the kid on her

✨ vigilante adventures✨

 

EndeavorSux

jfc don't call it that

And I'm only going to tag along bc I'm bored

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

aww so tsundere

 

EndeavorSux

time to warm up my barbeque grill up

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

When did you become such a dick? You weren't this bad when we were kids

 

EndeavorSux

I was worse as a kid. U just had rose colored glasses on

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Eh I guess you're not the worst jackass out there

 

EndeavorSux

take that back! I'm proud of pissing everyone off

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

😂😂😂

Anyways want to do date night tmr?

 

EndeavorSux

Only if we don't eat fish

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

I'd never poison you with your least favorite food

 

EndeavorSux

wow. No poisoning? I'm so impressed by how you do the bare minimum

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Love you too babe

 


 

Zero-Gravity-Free Zone

 

now u see me

Okay so did anyone manage to check whether Ochie's gf had a reflection or not?

 

AcidTrip

mgtthnokngdfuh

 

Kero-sene

Mina?

 

AcidTrip

sry typing b hard. I feel like 

I think sth might have been in those brownies

 

3D_Printer

Well, that would certainly speak poorly of Himiko's character.

 

now u see me

forget abt her personality. We need to find out whether the gf is even HUMAN

So who has the deets?

 

AcidTrip

 

Kero-sene

Umm… ribbit

 

now u see me

does no one have anything to say?

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Well what were you doing mon ami ?

 

now u see me

oh yeah put the one person with no reflection in charge of checking whether or not someone else has a reflection

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Non ! You are twisting my words. I can see through your excuses this time

 

now u see me

okay fine! my head was feeling super trippy out of nowhere so i went to chillax in a massage chair i found in the back room.

r u happy now?!!

 

EndeavorSux

So you broke the massage chair.

 

AcidTrip

Lol u are in deep shit toru

 

EndeavorSux

No, I appreciate it. My father loved that chair. I will treasure this minor inconvenience brought to his life forever

 

now u see me

You're welcome?

But srsly what was everyone up to

 

3D_Printer

Oh nothing important

There was just never a good time to check whether or not Himiko had a reflection or not.

 

EndeavorSux

Yes, because Momo and I were busy building a bomb.

 

Feel_The_Noize

What?

 

3D_Printer

Sorry darling. I don't know what got into me. Before I knew it I was standing in the Todoroki's kitchen with a grenade in hand

 

EndeavorSux

It was a team effort. I lit the fuse

 

Feel_the_Noize

I suppose I can't judge you too harshly for it. I'm ninety percent sure those brownies had weed

 

AcidTrip

Yk that'd make sense. I don't know why else I spent ninety minutes trying to glue tsu to the ceiling w her tongue

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

That would explain all the vases I shattered bc I thought they were shinier than me. Which is ridicule bc nothing shines brighter than me

 

3D_Printer

I suppose the vampire situation remains inconclusive

 

AcidTrip

Yep though I guess odds are pointing to how Himiko might be a drug dealer

 

3D_Printer

That would align with what Ochako has mentioned previously

 

EndeavorSux

Hmm… vampire drug dealer?

That's a theory worthy of being posted on my blog.

 



 

OMAKE: Spotify

 

EndeavorSux

hey brat u have been glued to your phone all damn day

what have you been doing 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

listening to this :3

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ZPUzEJzGS80sUNmgxq2Pv?si=8923cf84e9774b06

 

EndeavorSux

that better not be a damn rickroll again

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

ofc it's not you silly

it's the spotify playlist for this fic

 

EndeavorSux

ugh it's a bunch of pop songs

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

not my fault you don't have any music taste

 

EndeavorSux

and WTF does a fic that's still well below 20k have a playlist that's over 2 fucking hours long

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

it's one of the mysteries of the universe

 

EndeavorSux

bleh whatever

and how dare you insult my music taste

i am a person of CULTURE

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

ohoho if you're a person of culture do u know tumblr?

 

EndeavorSux

the hell is that shit?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

EndeavorSux

JESUS that's worse than the hamilton one

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

ha i knew you got your emo phase from somewhere

 

EndeavorSux

it's not a fucking phase brat

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

tru tru

your hubby would dump you if you weren't full of shiny things

Notes:

This fic is horrible for my ego; now I've convinced myself that I'm a fuckin' comedian /lh /hj

Anyways, I already know that's going to take me ages to post chapter 9.
I got a nasty cold, and exam season as well as my 2 jobs are kicking into full gear, so please be patient with me.

But to hold you over for the wait, here are some miscellaneous one-shots I've posted recently:

Stardust (Summer Camp Ghost AU IzuTogaChako one-shot)
Until Dawn  (Wanna watch an ace writer flail her way through writing smut? Well, then this is the TogaChako fic for you!)
His Fire (TDDK DfO wholesome goodness)

Chapter 9: Is murder okay if you're killing drug dealers?

Summary:

Himiko enters her vigilante era.

Notes:

Okay, I'm done with exams for the month so here's a new chapter. Calc 3 is getting worse by the day tho so updates are going to remain slow indefinitely. Anyways, here's my new DabiHawks one-shot (it's a childhood friends AU) for this month's PBHNA exchange: Moth to the Flame (he was holding the matches)

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Himiko clutched her knife and was ready to skip through the alleyways only for Dabi to grab her by the shoulder and frown sternly. Apparently, he thought she’d trip and fall onto her own knife in the process. Which was ridiculous. Himiko was a knife expert – as if she’d make that sort of amateur mistake.

As Dabi’s combat boots echoed through the streets, Himiko craned her neck toward the night sky. Her memories of the days she used to wander frigid streets on her own were as vivid as ever. The years when satiating her hunger let alone her thirst for blood were impossible. She remembered that broken little girl sitting under a bridge while wearing a manic smile.

Her hobbies hadn’t been much better than watching grass grow or water boil. Each day hours went by as Himiko gawked at her wristwatch, hoping that at any moment her parents would appear. That they would ask her to return home.

That she’d get some sort of proof that someone still loved her. Even though she was a monster by nature.

With a wistful sigh, Himiko stared at the blade in her hands. It was coated in the blood of several drug dealers whose throats she had slit that night. Clutching the handle, she wondered whether the dried blood was a sign that she was proving her parents wrong. Maybe she was a little bit sadistic for reveling in the screams of her dying victims – but at least this time the people who died likely deserved it.

Plus, it felt a little nice to slash back at the world that was desperately trying to give her a death by a thousand cuts.

Himiko stared at the gray pavement coated in puddles that drenched her shoes. Red was and forever would be Himiko’s favorite color – with pink being a close second courtesy to Ochako. But Himiko was starting to take a liking to gray – a symbol of how her actions were neither entirely good nor bad.

Hands in his pocket, Dabi grunted like he couldn’t be bothered to be out at night. Like he’d much rather be curled up atop a mattress in their rundown apartment than following Himiko across town. Still, she’d caught him grinning a few times while having men with pockets lined with heroin burst into flames. He’d said that was simply fulfilling Stain’s ideology. And if anyone understood trying to bring Mr. Stainy’s goal to fruition it was Himiko.

Yet something about the embers blazing in Dabi’s eyes felt more unrestrained. The fire burned so blue it looked nearly while – bordering on the brightness of a flash bomb. Yeah, something about taking down dealers was personal for Dabi.

Moonlight flickered on a dumpster lid, illuminating a broad figure in a trench coat. Across from the man a teenage girl sat on the doorstep. Deep red slashes dug into her skin, mutilating the bottom half of her face. Most days, Himiko would’ve found her blood pretty – yet the sight of the tears pouring down the girl’s face burned like acid. Because all she could see was a middle schooler huddled in the cold as she pulled a school uniform around herself even though she hadn’t entered a school building in years.

Crossing her fingers, Himiko prayed that the girl would have someone approach her like Dabi did when she was huddling by a creek in late December. The flame Dabi offered finally let the bluish tint fade from Himiko’s freezing fingers. And thank God for that. It would’ve been much harder to stab people with missing digits.

But maybe that other girl would be lucky like Himiko. Maybe she would find someone like Dabi who cared about Himiko and who’d never admit it out loud even if he got threatened with the destruction of the entirety of his favorite brand of hair dye’s supplies.

Then, the figure across from the girl retrieved a syringe. Deep brown fluid that looked amber in starlight sloshed in the syringe as the man it to her. Besides, Himiko heard Dabi’s breath hitch. Calm and collected Dabi who never got phased by anything.

From the corner of her eye, she spotted him run his fingers along the scar tissue along his hands. Dabi’s gaze grew both glassy and alert all at once – as if he didn’t quite know how to process suddenly being hit by a weird sense of déjà vu.

Without even asking for confirmation, Himiko twirled her blade in her hand in sprinted forward. Her gold eyes twitched in the direction of a girl who had red scars far too similar to Dabi’s purple ones. A lost soul trying to drown out the ache of ruined skin with constant delirium.

Squelch. Himiko grinned as she dug the knife into the man’s throat and twisted it deeper. He didn’t even manage to scream as he gagged on the blood cascading along his tattered vocal cords. Based on the empty look in his eyes, Himiko knew the dealer was already dying, but she kept stabbing him in the liver, kidney, eyes – every organ she’d learned about when she still had biology class.

Because the dealer had to succumb in the most painful way possible.

He had to pay.

Cackling, Himiko wadded in the man’s blood. For once, the red didn’t feel like just the marks of her sins, a sign that she was less than human because her quirk demanded death. No, this time the crooked angle of a broken neck felt like victory.

Like some sort of compensation for the cold sweats Dabi would break into when he tried to ween off his vices. Now, he tried to subtle about the nights he’d stay awake late. Never spoke above a whisper. Yet Himiko still heard him flushing bags of white powder down the toilets late at night and caught him picking at his scars until they went bloody the next morning. Then, two days later she’d spot his newest purchases huddled on his nightstand. And the cycle would start over again.

Setting her knife aside, Himiko walked over to her roommate who was still staring off blankly. “Dabs, are you okay?”

“Yeah, that just brought back a lot of unpleasant memories.” Dabi snapped out of his dissociation and walked up to the corpse. He barely gave the scarred girl a glance as he set the dealer ablaze. Smoke rose from his flames like a warning signal for how broken society was.

Crossing his arms, he walked away from the limbs flaking away in the fire and reached out to ruffle Himiko’s hair only to backtrack amid the realization that his skin was still excruciatingly warm from his quirk. Instead, he settled for a half-smile.

“You did good, brat.”

“Thanks, Dabs.” Himiko beamed brightly as she wiped the remnants of blood off her knife. After all, she wanted to keep her favorite blade in pristine condition.

Dabi let out a wry laugh at Himiko’s fixation on the matter and without another word, the two of them left behind the alleyway and wound back in the direction of their apartment on the outskirts of town. Crystal blue eyes lingered on the thin scars lining pale skin. A completely different texture than his marred purple flesh.

Himiko gulped deeply. She knew Dabi hated talking about his past. Despised mentions of what exactly left him in a body that was tearing at the seams. But maybe just this once Himiko could allude to how she’d read between the lines.

That she saw every ache and pain. That she cared for Dabi as much as he did for the night that he’d offered a fire that stopped her from freezing to death.

Toning down the voice to a dull whisper, Himiko said, “I would’ve intervened if I’d been there when you were a kid.”

“I know. You might be a knife-obsessed freak but you do care about people.” Dabi stared at Himiko sharply as if he was about to give her sage advice he expected her to listen to. “Be careful though because that might bite you in the ass.”

“Like you have room to talk with how head-over-heels you are for your hubby,” Himiko laughed.

“Fuck off.”

Shoving her knife into her pocket, Himiko gave Dabi a shit-eating grin. “Anyways, do you think I should tell Ochie that it’ll be super-easy for her to be a drug dealer now that she won’t have as much competition?”

Behind Dabi’s eye-roll, Himiko spotted a fond smile. “Do whatever you want.”

 


 

Ochie

Himi <3

so ochie
i heard that all the drug dealers
in your neighborhood have been eliminated

 

Ochie

Omg that’s such a relief that’s such a relief

 

Himi <3

Ikr? Now there’s no more competition

 

Ochie

Wait? What? Are u a drug dealer

 

Himi <3

no. why would u say that?

 

Ochie

well you did bring weed brownies to Shoto’s party

 

Himi <3

ooh
So that was dabi’s secret ingredient

 

Ochie

Eh i guess you’re not a drug dealer then
if you can’t even tell there were drugs in the food

 

Himi <3

alas knives are my speciality not drugs

 

Ochie

Speaking of knives i got a buy one get one free deal on a set
Want me to mail it to you?

 

Himi <3

OMG YES
KNIVES ARE MY LOVE LANGUAGE
OCHIE I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
TIME TO FIND A RING TO PROPOSE

 

Ochie

LMAO HIMI XD
I love you too though

 

Himi <3

Would you love me if i were a worm?

 

Ochie

yep bc you’d be the cutest worm
Would you love me if i were the bluntest knife?

 

Himi <3

Yes you’d still be my fav even if you weren’t good at cutting things

 

Ochie

Aww himi <3 <3<3

 

Himi <3

Would you still love me if i committed crimes?

 

Ochie

depends on the crime
i’m fine with you stealing my heart

 

Himi <3

i mean different crimes like punching drug dealers

 

Ochie

oh! U mean vigilantism
Ofc i would i respect vigilantes especially since hero school is expensive
and not everyone to can afford to go.
I think there’s beauty in bending the rules a little to make society a better place

so vigilantes if it means anything i think they’re pretty great

 

Himi <3

Yeah i think so too
My fav is stendhal though he doesn’t go by that name anymore

 

Ochie

i’ve never heard of him so i’ll have to look him up

 

Himi <3

I just think he’s cool bc his quirk is so much like mine
well not a ton but like a little

 

Ochie

hey it’s cool you look up to someone with a similar quirk
I mean i like 13 a lot

 

Himi <3

Hell yeah! You totes got the same cute space vibes down as them

 

Ochie

aww thanks himi
Srsly that means the world

 

Himi <3

fingers crossed that u get an internship w 13

 

Ochie

Absolutely! And classes start tmr 
i’m so excited but also kind of terrified

 

Himi <3

You’ll do great ochie! Even if you never become a drug dealer!

 

Ochie

hang on did you watch breaking bad recently?

 

Himi <3

Mhm dabs and i have been binging it these last few days

 

Ochie

Sounds fun! Anyways i’m gonna go to sleep so i’m all set for tmr

 

Himi <3

Nini!

 

Ochie

Goodnight Himi!

 


 

EndeavorSux

EndeavorSux

so what did your gf say abt whatever crap you wanted to talk to her abt?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

well she seems on board w vigilantes
so i guess that’s sth i can stick w for now
it’s nice to actually choose sth for once

 

EndeavorSux

Works 4 me brat
As long as you use any cash you snag from drug dealers
2 pay your half of the rent

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

can’t your rich husband pay for our rent?

 

EndeavorSux

i’m his hot trophy husband. find your own rich partner

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Meanie! Ochako’s so broke

 

EndeavorSux

Too bad deal w it

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

anyways ochie didn’t see that excited abt 
there being no more competition w drug dealers
Maybe she likes the challenge?

 

EndeavorSux

Well i could give a shot at selling coke
Not kids tho ‘cause f that shit

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

thanks dad-bi you’re the best

 

EndeavorSux

ofc i am

 


 

We survived the entrance exam!

 

eat the rich (except momo)

so i have a theory

 

EndeavorSux

A theory? Yes, finally. Another one joins us.

 

AcidTrip

CONSPIRACIES SLAY

 

now u see me

No joke they do

 

Kero-sene

What did u find out ochako?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

I think Himiko might be a vigilante.

 

Feel_The_Noize

How come? This seems a little bit out of the blue

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Well she asked me if i’d still love her if she committed crimes like vigilantism

 

3D_Printer

Honestly that speaks for itself

 

eat the rich (except momo)

She also mentioned looking up to some vigilante called Stendhal
bc he has a quirk kind of like hers

 

FeelTheNoize

hmm guess it might be worthwhile to look into him then

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

There goes our drug dealer theory. C’est triste

 

EndeavorSux

Don’t worry. She can be a vigilante, a vampire and a drug dealer.
Those things aren’t mutually exclusively

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Actually i don’t think she’s a drug dealer
It just sounds like she watched too much breaking bad

 

AcidTrip

That’s all the more proof! Where do u think she got the inspo from for her drug dealing ways?

 

EndeavorSux

You. Are. A. Genius.

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Good grief. I’m going to sleep

 

AcidTrip

Bye ochako! Have fun knowing that your gf sells drugs

Also i’m so hyped to see all of y’all at ua tmr
I hope we’ll be in the same class

Notes:

To those who listen to the playlist: sorry about how ridiculously long it's gotten. Let's just say Olivia dropped a new album and things spiraled from there.

But welp time 4 sleep so I don't bomb my weekly math quiz again.

Chapter 10: Do I belong in heroics?

Summary:

The group chat is dreading Aizawa's expulsion rate becoming their reality, and Himiko finds out about Dabi's identity.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

 

We survived the entrance exam!

 

AcidTrip

Rumor has it ochako’s girlfriend has a cookbook

 

3D_Printer

What for?

 

AcidTrip

Weed brownies

 

Kero-sene

That wasn’t your best work with jokes

 

AcidTrip

i know 🙁

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Actually himiko never put the weed in the brownies

Her roommate did

 

now u see me

Yk that actually makes a lot of sense

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Oui, he sounds quite suspicious

 

EndeavorSux

I don’t know quite what to think of him just yet

But i feel like he’s someone’s secret lovechild

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

A new conspiracy? I’m excited to see what becomes of it, mon ami

 

EndeavorSux

Thank you, Aoyama

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Mais oui, todoroki!

 

AcidTrip

Speaking of rumors etc

Have you all heard abt aizawa’s expulsion rate?

 

FeelTheNoize

I heard he expelled his entire class last year

 

eat the rich (except momo)

yikes looks like we’re screwed

 

3D_Printer

Well said.

 


 

my familyyy 🔪❤️🔪

 

Pop-eyes

babe, what r we watchin for movie night?

Barbie? Oppenheimer?

It's your choice

 

Dad-bi

Like I give a shit abt that mainstream garbage

 

Pop-eyes

You know what

We should just watch both

It's like fire and ice

Can't have one without the other

 

Dad-bi

You. Are. Such. An. Idiot.

Birdbrain don't make me tell the brat about your embarrassing teen photos

 

Pop-eyes

Okay okay I surrender hot stuff

Always so intense lol

But that's what I love abt you 💗

 

Dad-bi

don't get all mushy gushy

That shit's fucking disgusting

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Can we please watch my fav movie

(●♡∀♡)

 

Pop-eyes

I don't see why not

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

HURRAY! Time for human centipede

 

Pop-eyes

Touya? Is our kid broken?

 

Dad-bi

Nah, she's right

The movie's a masterpiece of art

 

Pop-eyes

I'm surrounded by heathens 😭

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I pinkie promise you'll love it

Costuming was a highlight

💗🍑👄🍑👄

 

Dad-bi

Ahhh my eyes

You should go to jail for those emojis

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Oh please

We all know there's a whole bunch of reasons why I should get arrested 

 

Pop-eyes

Well don’t talk about your crimes around me

Bc yk arresting villains is technically my job

 

Dad-bi

hence why you’re shit at your job

 

Pop-eyes

I am the NUMBER 3 hero ty very much

 

Dad-bi

like the bar for the top 10 is even that high if my old man made the cut

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

(◕‿◕)

 

Pop-eyes

rip

u dug your own grave w that hot stuff

 

Dad-bi

still gonna blame you though

 

Pop-eyes

i know

but i’ll manage

No clue what i’d do without you lol

 

Dad-bi

Yeah you’re hopeless

Can’t even boil water

 

Pop-eyes

can too!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Silly chicken man

Even i can boil water

 

Dad-bi

Eh no need to dunk on him too much, brat

The commission didn’t bother teaching him basic life skills

 

Pop-eyes

Yup they did like a 1/10 job raising me

 

Dad-bi

Not a 0/10?

 

Pop-eyes

well if not for the commission i would’ve never met you

 

Dad-bi

ew so fucking cheesy

I wanna gag

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Enough of your weird flirting!
So dabs your dad is a hero?

 

Dad-bi

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

And your name is touya?

 

Dad-bi

I don’t need to tell you shit

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Hang on oMG Omg esyiujlicjvbp

 

Pop-eyes

LMAO your cover is blown 😂

 

Dad-bi

Shut up!!!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Don’t worry dabs i won’t tell your bio fam that you’re still kicking

I know a thing or two abt not liking the family you originally got stuck with

And I’m so glad that i got to choose you and hawks as my family instead

 

Dad-bi

Huh

Thanks kid 

 

Pop-eyes

AWWWWW FLETCHING

 

Dad-bi

Great look what you did, brat

Now he’s sobbing all over my favorite trenchcoat

 

Pop-eyes

Hot stuff it needs a washing anyways

I stinks like hell 

 

Dad-bi

Not my fault laundry is so expensive

 

Pop-eyes

You literally don’t have to be a cheapskate

I have plenty of money

 

Dad-bi

I’m more than your sugar baby okay

I can make my own money

 

Pop-eyes

Yeah yeah you’re so good at burning bodies

But fletching i’m so glad that you see me as your family

 

Dad-bi

Like the chat name didn’t make it obvious enough?

 

Pop-eyes

Ha i know you’re secretly happy abt it too hot stuff

But fletching please call me keigo

Only if you want to of course

No pressure or anything like that

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

No i’d like to call you keigo

Or better yet Pa

 

Pop-eyes

HOT STUFFF can we keep her?

 

Dad-bi

Like there was ever any other option

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Teehee :3

Oop i gotta go

Ochie texted me

 

Pop-eyes

Kids

They grow up so fast

When it comes to gfs they forget all abt their poor aging parents

 

Dad-bi

Hawks you aren’t poor or old

 

Pop-eyes

Ah time is relative

So technically i’m old

 

Dad-bi

Then i must be even more ancient

 

Pop-eyes

Yep hence why your skin’s all crusty like a dinosaur’s

But you are my favorite crusty dinosaur

 

Dad-bi

That’s probably the weirdest compliment you’ve given me

 

Pop-eyes

There’s more where that came from hot stuff <3 <3

 


 

Himi <3

 

Ochie

Himiko, do you think I have what it takes to become a hero?

 

Himi <3

Ofc Ochie!!

You’ll be a great hero

I mean I’m sure you’d be an even better drug dealer

But you'll do amazing with heroics too

 

Ochie

Ahh i’m not so sure abt that

 

Himi <3

The drugs part?

 

Ochie

That’s a hard no actually

I’m no walter white

 

Himi <3

So… you don’t think you’ll have what it takes to become a hero?

 

Ochie

Yeah

My teacher has a high expulsion rate and i probably won’t make the cut

Especially bc i’m in heroics for selfish reasons

 

Himi <3

Ochie, stop.

U are the least selfish person i know

You want to become a hero to help your parents

Not for the fame, not for the glory

You are the furthest thing from a corrupt hero

 

Ochie

Thanks himi

Do you think i’ll pass the quirk apprehension test 

that starts in a few minutes?

 

Himi <3

I don’t just think so. I know it

 

Ochie

Thanks, you’re the best himi 💗

 

Himi <3

So are you (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧

 




EndeavorSux

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Do you ever wonder whether mr. stainy is wrong abt heroes?

 

EndeavorSux

Why r u asking?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I dunno ochako and her friends don’t sound like fakes

That one kid saved her from getting crushed by a giant robot at the entrance exam

So maybe heroes aren’t all like my parents

Yk obsessed w their image above all else

 

EndeavorSux

where are you getting at w this kid?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Well since your dad’s a hero and he sucks 

I wanted your 2 cents

 

EndeavorSux

Heroes suck. Period.

At least most of the pros.

I’m sure that plenty of heroes knew abt was going on behind closed doors

But no one did anything no matter how much i sat on my knees and begged

That was so fucking humiliating and pointless

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Sorry dabs

 

EndeavorSux

Ain’t your fault brat

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

So do you think ochako and her friends 

would leave someone who’s hurting out to dry?

 

EndeavorSux

Maybe not

A lot of heroes go into their careers bright-eyed and kind-hearted…

But that fades over time

Just ask keigo abt the things he’s had to do

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

As tempting as it is

Maybe I should give him his privacy :3

 

EndeavorSux

Not being a snoop for once? Maybe birdbrain’s right

You really are growing up, brat

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Guess so

but dabs do u think i could be like heroes

Make people smile back at me instead of running away?

 

EndeavorSux

Only one way to find out

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ooh are we taking down more drug dealers?

 

EndeavorSux

Not like we have any better shit to do

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

YAY CRIMES THAT HELP PEOPLE

 

EndeavorSux

Guess vigilantism is kinda fine

We’re still mostly breaking the jaw

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ikr? Not committing crimes is sooo lame

 


 

We survived the entrance exam!

 

[AcidTrip changed the chat name to Logical Ruse Victims]

 

 

eat the rich (except momo)

You have no idea how relieved i am abt the logical ruse

 

AcidTrip

Same i was worried i’d be a goner

Sure having quirks permitted was great and all

But i’d been skipping leg day a little too much lately

 

now u see me

Tell me abt it 

Invisibility wasn’t doing me any favors for the tests

 

AcidTrip

Rip sry girlie

 

now u see me

It’s okay

 

eat the rich (except momo)

I guess himiko was right abt there being nothing to worry abt after all

 

now u see me

Aww she comforted you

That’s super sweet

 

eat the rich (except momo)

So you’re coming around to my ‘strange’ gf after all?

 

now u see me

Well it’s a lot easier to do now that i know she didn’t put the weed in the brownies

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Fair point

 

[SparkySparkyBoomMan entered the chat]

 

[manliestman entered the chat]

 

[IidaTenya entered the chat]

 

[Premium_DuctTape entered the chat]

 

[DisneyPrincess entered the chat]

 

[Tentacles the chat]



now u see me

AHHH THE CHAT’S BEING INVADED

 

[revelry in the dark entered the chat]

 

[C6H12O6 entered the chat]

 

[chasing my tail entered the chat]



Twilight ✨theory✨

Rapide!! We must save our precious theories from the invaders

 

[No.1 entered the chat]

 

[Number1AllMightFan entered the chat]



AcidTrip

Relax everyone. I just sent the rest of the class the link to the chat

It’s too much effort to make an entirely new class chat from scratch

 

FeelTheNoize

Eh fair enough

I definitely wouldn’t bother

 

3D_Printer

Well, I find it splendid that we now have a space for the entire class to interact.

 

AcidTrip

Damn momo you are giving off major class prez vibes

 

3D_Printer

Oh, I doubt I would be suited for such a role.

 

FeelTheNoize

Momo there’s literally no one better suited than you. And I’m not saying that just bc you’re my girlfriend. U have calming presence that’s nice to be around

 

3D_Printer

Aww, Kyouka. You are such a sweetheart.

 

IidaTenya

I agree with Jirou, Yaoyorozu. You would make an excellent class president.

 

3D_Printer

Thank you, Iida.

 

IidaTenya

You are welcome.

On another note, I find all this talk of vampires in the chatlog absolutely scandalous.

Talk of superstition has no place in an academic setting.

 

AcidTrip

Oh really

Looks like someone’s never heard of school ghosts

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Nah i think iida has a point

Why are y’all talking so much abt twilight?

 

No.1

STOP BLOWING UP MY PHONE WITH NOTIFICATIONS

I’m trying to sleep you fucking extras!

 

manliestman

Sorry, Bakubro

Do you want help w silencing your phone

 

No.1

I can do it myself shitty hair

Of course i know how to press the goddamn do not disturb button

 

AcidTrip

Who even goes to sleep at 8 pm tho?

 

No.1

Shut THE HELL up!

 

now u see me

Well, Bakugo sure is intense

 

Kero-sene

That’s an understatement

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

But back to the blood thing

Wassup w that?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Oh it’s just that my gf has a blood based quirk

And some people think that she’s a vampire instead

 

Number1AllMightFan

A blood quirk? Interesting

Tell me all abt it

 

EndeavorSux

Don’t steal my conspiracy theorist job!!!

I was here first 😠

Notes:

Midterm season is kicking my ass (there's a reason i stress-wrote this chapter)
Anyways, I got free lunch today so that was nice.
and both my jobs are going well so that's good
And lol my brain's been funky bc I've had tom cardy's red flags stuck in my head for the last 20 hours
it does give tgchk core tho so i can live with that

anyways check out dabi's cookbook if you want more dear-google adjacent crack.
i also posted several F/F oneshots recently that are olivia rodrigo inspired in this series: GUTS

Chapter 11: How does rivals to lovers happen IRL?

Summary:

The twilight theory is in grave danger.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Logical Ruse Victims

 

Number1AllMightFan

I’m not trying to steal your role i swear

quirks are just so cool especially blood quirks since they are fairly rare

Though ofc what makes them the most interesting is how they typically affect either the user’s body or other people’s but rarely both

Vlad king’s blood manipulation is probably what comes to mind as my 1st thought

Naturally based on the fact that vlad king has fangs it wouldn’t be out of the question for someone with a blood-based quirk to strongly excuse vampire qualities

Though with the complexities of fictional vampires powers it is unlikely for one person’s quirk to correspond 1 to 1 w vampires abilities

 

AcidTrip

Wow! Midoriya you sure know a LOT abt quirks

 

now u see me

Yeah like damn that was practically an essay

 

EndeavorSux

It was more like a poorly written essay seeing how it was practically one run on sentence.

 

IidaTenya

Todoroki, it is convention with texting and chatting to not necessarily stick to conventional grammar rules so I do not believe Midoriya has done anything wrong.

 

DisneyPrincess

It’s kind of admirable that Midoriya is already engaging so much here.

 

Tentacles 

Very true, Kouda. I mostly just lurk in group chats.

 

AcidTrip

Ah don’t worry your pretty little heads off

Shoto’s probably just scared about having competition

 

Kero-sene

Maybe he’s worried that someone will come up with a better theory than his twilight one

 

Feel_The_Noize

it’s not like Shoto set the bar very high

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Excusez-moi!!! Twilight theory is REAL!

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

I mean Robert Pattinson is hot and all

but as much as i want vampires as smoking as Edward Cullen to be a thing

i don’t think that glittery vampires would actually be a thing

 

manliestman

Have an open mind bro

Just because you haven’t seen something doesn’t mean it isn’t real

 

Premium_DuctTape

yeah, like who knows? Maybe even the quirk thief is super legit

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Well i can’t argue w kiri’s logic

 

EndeavorSux

Uraraka’s gf likes blood and can go in the sun

Twilight is the only explanation

also , Midoriya no one cares abt your quirk facts

Any of us could find that online

 

Kero-sene

Shoto, that’s just rude

 

now u see me

Yeah! Shame on you! We not nearly that mean abt your twilight fixation

 

Number1AllMightFan

Todoroki has a point the things i know abt quirks really aren’t anything special

 

eat the rich (except momo)

well i for one think it’s cool that midoriya knows so much abt quirks

 

Number1AllMightFan

Thank you

I’m not doing anything phenomenal though

Just a bunch of silly scribbles

 

No.1

stop being such a dumbass, deku

Don’t be fucking stupid and act like you haven’t poured your entire existence into those ugly quirk notebooks

 

AcidTrip

Aren’t you supposed to be asleep, Bakugo?

 

No.1

I could sense that deku was acting like a shitty nerd

And that was keeping me awake

Nothing stupider than him acting like he’s not practically a quirk expert

 

Number1AllMightFan

AWWWWW KACCHANNN

 

No.1

Shut up nerd

I don’t want you to even get started w those damn waterfalls of tears

 

Number1AllMightFan

But you called me a quirk expert

 

No.1

I said practically an expert

that’s not the same thing

 

Premium_DuctTape

Behold the wild tsundere!

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

watch how he acts like he doesn’t care in his natural habitat

 

No.1

you fucking extras are givin me a headache

Back to fucking sleep

 

IidaTenya

Bakugo, is it truly necessary for you to constantly use such vulgar language?

 

No.1

I’m the fucking best

I can do whatever i want 

Who are you to tell me what to do you pretentious prick?

Good FUCKING night losers!!!

 

AcidTrip

nini!

 

manliestman

Get good rest, bro!

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

heaven knows he needs his beauty sleep

 

Premium_DuctTape

sure does considering how much of an uggo he is

 

now u see me

hey bakugo is pretty when isn’t scowling

 

AcidTrip

I think he’s pretty even when he’s scowling

 

3D_Printer

To each their own

 

AcidTrip

hey i like the bad boys

It’s a vibe y’all

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

i must agree that there is sth enticing abt roguish charm

 

Feel_The_Noize

Eh i think we’re too gay to understand that bad boy stuff, Momo

 

3D_Printer

That would make sense, Kyouka. I will only ever have eyes for you

 

eat the rich (except momo)

can i join the club of not getting bad boys, momo and jirou?

 

now u see me

nah

Just bc you don’t like boys doesn’t make you exempt

 

AcidTrip

i mean it does kinda seem like you might have fallen for the bad girl if u know what i’m getting at :3

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Exactly! Ochako has fallen for a hypnotizing vampire femme fatale !

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Can we talk abt something other than vampires?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Yes please! Would you mind telling me what you already know abt your gf’s quirk

Only if u want ofc no pressure

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Ah i guess there’s no harm in that

Not like the theorizing can derail even more at this rate anyhow

um she asked if she can drink my blood?

She says her quirk is sort of like some vigilante called stendhal

And she can transform under specific circumstances

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Circumstances like it being nighttime?

 

Premium_DuctTape

OOooooo the vampire thing actually makes a lot of sense

 

AcidTrip

ikr? Ochako’s gf even has fangs

 

manliestman

Uh i dunno if that’s much of an indicator

i mean i have sharp teeth too

 

eat the rich (except momo)

See sharp teeth don’t make himi a vampire

As I have said time and time again

It’s just her quirk, right, Midoriya?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Honestly the transforming under certain circumstances 

Seems to be the dead giveaway

I suspect she can transform by drinking blood

 

EndeavorSux

Obviously. Because she's a vampire. Vampires get their powers to transform into bats by drinking blood.

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

I think you're onto sth man 🤔

 

AcidTrip

Sry to break the news to you shoto but vampire theory is starting to make less sense by comparison

Like the wing thing makes more sense with midoriya’s quirk idea

 

EndeavorSux

Maybe himiko has wings under certain circumstances because she is hawks secret love child

 

eat the rich (except momo)

how would that even work?

Hawks is in his early 20s

Himiko is a teenager

 

EndeavorSux

Don’t question secret love child theories

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

I shall not! There is no other explanation for why someone would have a bird quirk other than being related to hawks

 

revelry in the dark

The dark shadows of prejudice lurk here

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

whoops

Bonjour tokoyami

 

revelry in the dark

I wanted to bask in the chaos of this revelry

Only to discover accusations spiraling and unfounded claims that there is only one person with an avian quirk

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Ha ha i shall make my exit

 

revelry in the dark

No matter how far you run the shadows will always follow you



SparkySparkyBoomMan

so…

that was ominous

anyways moving on

as fun as it is i don’t think that himiko is a vampire

I guess i’m not jumping onto the bandwagon after all

 

EndeavorSux

You're all traitors abandoning vampire theory in it's moment of need

(ノ`⌒´)ノ┫:・┻┻

 

Premium_DuctTape

Wow Todoroki be flippin tables

 

now u see me

it gets wild in this chat 😂

 

Number1AllMightFan

Todoroki's theory isn't completely baseless

Now I don't think vampires are real but himiko's quirk does seem to mirror vampiric traits

 

EndeavorSux

So you admit I'm right!

 

Feel_The_Noize

He didn't shouto

Midoriya just gets how you jumped to conclusions

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Same difference mon ami

 

Kero-sene

Not u too yuga

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

I must support my fellow twilight theorist 

(ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*.✧

 

revelry in the dark

The darkness couldn’t keep him at bay for long

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

My light is just too blinding

 

AcidTrip

enough abt twilight theory

Midoriya tell us more about what you think abt himiko's quirk

 

now u see me

OCHAKO TELL HIM THE SCOOP!!

 

eat the rich (except momo)

well she said she can grow wings under certain circumstances and that she can't turn into a bat or fog

Also there's still the stendhal things

 

Number1AllMightFan

hmm well the fact that she can't turn into sth inanimate kind of cements that she can only transform into things that have blood

The fact that she can still get wings but can't become a bat might rule out mammals and mean she can transform into birds among other things… but I'm not quite sure about that

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Ooh this is getting interesting 👀

 

Number1AllMightFan

So I'm thinking that she can transform into people who have wings

 

3D_Printer

Then you're implying that she can transform into people and take on their quirks

 

Number1AllMightFan

Yes, but this might all be completely off the mark

 

IidaTenya

As far as conjecture goes I believe that you have argued your case fairly well.

 

Number1AllMightFan

Thank you dhjdrg bdrsyfb I didn't do anything special

 

Feel_The_Noize

Well you've done more than claim than Himiko glitters in the sunlight

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

mais Himiko was twinkling in the picture

 

EndeavorSux

Exactly. And as soon as we find out that she plays baseball twilight theory will be 100% confirmed

 

IidaTenya

I do not see what baseball has to do with any of this

 

Kero-sene

just roll with it Iida

 

EndeavorSux

Well I bet Midoriya doesn't have any ideas abt stendhal

That vigilante is clearly a vampire too which is why himiko feels such a kinship w him

 

Number1AllMightFan

I've heard of stendhal before

But he went off the radar several years ago

There's no telling whether he's dead or alive

His quirk has always been a mystery

I guess transform is plausible though

That would help with stealth and would tie in w how we know so little abt stendhal

 

Tbh I kinda drawing a blank on this

 

manliestman

No worries, man

I think your thoughts were pretty cool

 

EndeavorSux

Ha, Midoriya! Looks like you don’t know everything.

Who’s the better theorist now?

 

3D_Printer

Shoto, I’m afraid you haven't made much progress with quirk theories.

As much as I value you as a friend and conspiracy theorist, 

I believe Izuku outmatched out this time

 

manliestman

A+ for effort, Todobroki

 

EndeavorSux

Well Midoriya doesn’t know abt stendhal

 

Kero-sene

Neither do you

 

EndeavorSux

Just u wait

I’ll get my laptop and before you know it  i’ll know everything abt stain

Including whose secret love child he is

 

AcidTrip

And he's gone

 

Number1AllMightFan

Oh no I messed up big time

I didn't mean to make Todoroki upset

 

3D_Printer

I don't fret Midoriya

I've known him for years

Conspiracy theories are his coping mechanism

 

manliestman

Well it's super manly that Todoroki has a way to deal with stress

 

IidaTenya

On another note,

have you considered that Uraraka’s girlfriend could be a vigilante seeing how she admires one?

 

Feel_The_Noize

That would explain why she needs a knife collection

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Um excuse me?!

A knife collection?!!

 

eat the rich (except momo)

It's not that weird

Everyone has their hobbies

 

Premium_DuctTape

But not everyone's hobby is stabbing people

 

Number1AllMightFan

Well if the stabbing is too help people as a vigilante I don't think it's that wrong

 

IidaTenya

No absolutely not! I cannot endorse illegal activities

 

AcidTrip

not even piracy?

 

IidaTenya

Heavens no, I buy all my movies full price

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Some of us are broke and can't afford to do that, Iida

 

chasing my tail

Well you're not wrong

I've pirated more martial arts movies than I'd like to admit

 

Feel_The_Noize

same w me and albums

As much as I'd like to support the artists my wallet is in a pretty depressing state

 

3D_Printer

Then please tell me which albums you'd like darling and I'll get them for you

 

Feel_The_Noize

Momo u don't need to go out of your way to do things for me

 

3D_Printer

But I will

Because nothing brings me greater joy

 

now u see me

Aww you 2 are so cute 🥰

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Low-key relationship goals

 

IidaTenya

Pardon to everyone regarding my unsavory statement

I was not considering how everyone has a different economic standing

 

3D_Printer

That's alright. I forget too sometimes, Iida

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Don't worry we won't reenact the French revolution if you say sth in poor taste like that we should eat cake

 

3D_Printer

I'd only say that if I were providing the cake. I do love a good tea party.

 

EndeavorSux

Same

But only if you there aren't any tea kettles

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

What's wrong with tea kettles?

 

revelry in the dark

great traumatic depths lurk within their shrill whistle 

 

3D_Printer

Uhh… let's move away from sensitive topics

 

EndeavorSux

Yes. Because I have new information that will blow Midoriya's silly quirk theories out of the water

 

Premium_DuctTape

Man, why are you so obsessed with being better than Midoriya 

 

AcidTrip

Oh I know why

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Moi aussi

 

now u see me

Shoto has a crush!!!

 

DisneyPrincess

^^^

 

eat the rich (except momo)

YES I can see it

 

Feel_The_Noize

same here

 

3D_Printer

It doesn't seem unprecedented

 

AcidTrip

Well if everyone who is in a relationship agrees than it must be true

 

EndeavorSux

I don't have a crush

 

now u see me

but rivals to lovers!

 

manliestman

That's my favorite tag!

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

And you have great taste my dude

 

AcidTrip

i'm more of an enemies to lovers kinda gal

 

Number1AllMightFan

What?! A crush no way ha ha

I bet Todoroki and I don't even have a rivalry

 

AcidTrip

Anyways speaking of the conspiracy rivalry I bet Shoto is back because he found sth out abt stendhal

 

EndeavorSux

Yes, he's Stain

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

As in a spot of dirt?

 

Number1AllMightFan

No like the serial killer

 

IidaTenya

So Himiko must be a serial killer too then.

 

eat the rich (except momo)

SHE is NOT a serial killer

himiko was just homeless for a while

Because her parents kicked her out

She's not a bad person, okay?

 

AcidTrip

Oh Ochako

 

IidaTenya

I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions

 

eat the rich (except momo)

No it's okay

It's just himiko's parents probably kicked her out because of her quirk

Because of a "villain" quirk

so u can see why that topic is a little touchy

 

IidaTenya

still you have my sincerest apologies

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Thank you Iida

And I think that your vigilante theory might not be entirely off the mark 

 

AcidTrip

Ooh why is that?!!

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Umm Himiko talks about drugs a lot

And drug dealers

… in the area where she lives several drug rings and the like have been taken down

But I don't know whether that's causation or correlation

 

Kero-sene

Low-key there might be sth there

 

IidaTenya

Well as much as I appreciate my line of thought being endorsed we should call it a night so that we are all prepared for school tomorrow.

 

Kero-sene

In that case good night

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

gn

 

manliestman

Sleep well

 

revelry in the dark

Embrace the darkness of night

 

now u see me

Don't let the bed bugs bite

 

manliestman

Good night!

 

AcidTrip

Oh I just realized sth

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

👀

 

AcidTrip

i forgot to add mineta

 

IidaTenya

It would be rude to exclude a classmate.

 

3D_Printer

Tenya, makes a fair point.

 

[GotAnyGrapes? has been added to the chat]

 

GotAnyGrapes?

*whistles*

why hello beautiful ladies

 

EndeavorSux

i am not a beautiful lady

Notes:

Sorry that I haven't responded to all your lovely comments yet - I've been feeling a little too anxious to address my AO3 inbox this past week. Anyways, know that I read and appreciate every comment. I'm so grateful for how genuinely sweet you all are. Thank you for showing this fic so much love <3

Chapter 12: Why are there so many assholes out there?

Summary:

Bakugo and Mineta express some questionable behavior.

Notes:

Thank you for helping check the vibes of this chapter, Ghost <3

CW for Mineta being a perv.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Logical Ruse Victims

 

GotAnyGrapes?

Beautiful lady?

Eww not you of course

I’m pretty sure if you were a lady you’d be a total uggo anyhow

W that nasty scar of yours

 

EndeavorSux

You’re right my left side is hideous

 

eat the rich (except momo)

No todoroki you’re pretty

I’m not even biased since I’m into girls

 

EndeavorSux

I don’t need you to try and spare my feelings Uraraka

The scar is ugly

 

Number1AllMightFan

No it isn’t Todoroki

If it means anything I think you’re scar is really cool

It shows how resilient you are

 

EndeavorSux

I don’t need your pity Midoriya

You already gave me enough of that when trying to humor my theories

 

GotAnyGrapes?

Exactly Midoriya is totally lying in your face todoroki

I bet if you were a girl you’d be as flat as a washboard

 

AcidTrip

What the FUCK Mineta?

Jealous much?

Todoroki is the most gorgeous guy in our class. Full stop!

Like have you seen those gorgeous heterochromatic eyes?

 

EndeavorSux

Ashido please I don’t need you’re pity too

The eyes and hair just make me look like a patchwork of my parents

 

Number1AllMightFan

Well your dad’s endeavor right?

You don’t look anything like him

Your features are less rough around the edges

and i bet you don’t look quite like your mom either

 

3D_Printer

I have in fact met Shoto’s parents

And can say with certainty that he is his own unique person with his own unique looks

 

EndeavorSux

Yaoyorozu…

 

GotAnyGrapes?

What does that even matter?

Ofc todoroki isn’t a beautiful lady

Anyone w eyes can see that

But yaoyorozu on the other hand

Damn. those curves are centerfold material

 

3D_Printer

Pardon??

 

GotAnyGrapes?

You heard me right. I bet those milk-white breasts feel real soft, huh?

 

IidaTenya

Such language is completely uncalled for!

How can you call yourself a student of UA?!

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Mineta you can’t just say those kinda things

Apologize to Momo

GotAnyGrapes?

What for? I only speak the truth

Are you sad i’m not complimenting you?

Tbh your face is kinda plain…

But your body is just the kind of thing I would want to hang on my wall

 

eat the rich (except momo)

What?!!

 

AcidTrip

Mineta stop being a perv or i’m going to melt you into nothing with my acid

 

GotAnyGrapes?

Oh, so you want to dominate me? Wouldn’t have taken you for that type

Your figure ain’t half bad either Ashido

But i’m not big into alien chicks

Unless you’ve got tentacles that is

 

AcidTrip

That’s none of your damn business grape boy!

 

GotAnyGrapes?

Don’t worry i won’t tell anyone

It’ll be our little secret

 

IidaTenya

How vulgar!! I urge you to stop at once

 

GotAnyGrapes?

Like i’d listen to someone who’s calves look like melons

 

No.1

CAN YOU SHUT THE HELL UP?

What is a dumbass fucker like you doing in the hero course?

 

GotAnyGrapes?

Getting the ladies of course ;)

 

No.1

Tch, congratulations extra you’ve won the award for stupidest motherfucker

You won’t last a day on patrol if you even manage to graduate UA

 

GotAnyGrapes?

Excuse me! I can guarantee that i’ll graduate

 

No.1

And i can guarantee you won’t 

Extras like you don’t deserve the light of day

I’m gonna fucking kill you if you don’t stop spamming the chat

 

GotAnyGrapes?

You wouldn’t

 

No.1

Don’t fucking test me

 

AcidTrip

Is Mineta gone?

 

3D_Printer

I think so

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Thanks for helping Bakugo

 

No.1

I didn’t do it for you. The fucker just wouldn’t shut up

 

AcidTrip

Awww aren’t you a big old softie

You woke up from your precious beauty sleep just to tell that perv off for us

 

No.1

Oh fuck off

 

AcidTrip

On another sorry about adding Mineta to the chat

 

EndeavorSux

It’s alright I understand wanting to include everyone

 

AcidTrip

Removing him rn 

we don’t need to hear his bs outside of class

 

3D_Printer

I fear doing that might be a catalyst for more hostility

 

AcidTrip

Hmm then I guess I’ll find a way to make this right 

 


AlienQueen

 

AlienQueen

hey ochako’s gf

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Who dis?

 

AlienQueen

Ashido

Ochako’s pink friend

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ahh the cute one

Yes i remember you

Wassup?

 

AlienQueen

Uh i just wanted some help with knocking some sense into a certain classmate

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Oooooo sounds v interesting :3

Also how did u get my number?

like as much as i respect stalker tendencies

How?

 

AlienQueen

ahh 

ochako wanted help w changing her ringtone for u

Honestly she prolly should asked someone a little less trusting

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

eh mayhaps

But since you’re in the know what did she change my ringtone to

 

AlienQueen

Wouldn’t you like to know?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Pleasssseeee i beg of u

I’ll ever give you a shiny new knife if you tell me

 

AlienQueen

But i don’t want a knife

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Then i’ll only NOT give u a knife if you tell

 

AlienQueen

fine lol

U got me beat

the ringtone is taylor’s Red

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ahhhhhhh

I didn’t think is was possible to love ochako even

But apparently it is



AlienQueen

so now that i’ve done you a little favor

Would u be down to wreck a classmate

With me?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Why though?

I wouldn’t have taken you for someone w a major vendetta

 

AlienQueen

It’s just some grape perv has been obsessed w the girls in 1A

Like for the love of God dude won’t shut up abt Momo and Ochako’s boobs

and his diaper outfit ain’t doing him any favors

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

 

AlienQueen

Himiko?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

So you’re telling me he’s been harassing Ochako?

 

AlienQueen

Yeah

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️
Well, you wouldn’t have even needed to tell me abt the ringtone to convince me to give him a piece of my mind

 


Ochie

Himi <3

Ochie, ashido just told me abt your pervy classmate

 

Ochie

Crap you weren’t supposed to find out

 

Himi <3

Huh? You weren’t planning on telling me?

Ochie

well i didn’t want to be a burden and you have enough of your own problems to deal with

 

Himi <3

Ochie why would you ever be a burden

I love you, I want to be there for you

 

Ochie

That doesn't change the fact that I'm a drain on resources

My parents love me too but that doesn't change the fact that I've costed them a pretty penny by having them raise me

 

Himi <3

Ochie I promise on my fav knife that you're rents don't see as a burden

When parents resent their kids there isn't any room for doubt 

They make it clear as day

 

Ochie

Sry himi

I prolly shouldn't be venting and stuff w my parents after what happened between you and your parents

 

Himi <3

Pah those dummies aren't my real parents anyhow

I picked much better ones

 

Ochie

Your roommate and his husband?

 

Himi <3

YEAH ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧

 

Ochie

I’m glad you found dads who see just how amazing you are 

 

Himi <3

Damn right

I deserve the world

And for the record I want to listen to you vent

I want you to trust me in that way 

 

Ochie

I don't deserve that

… Not when I've broken your trust

 

Himi<3

What do you mean?

 

Ochie

I've talked to my classmates some more abt you

And one of them deducted what your quirk is

 

Himi <3

Shit crap I'm sorry

I didn't mean to have such a creepy power

I promise I'll never use transform again

Pls just don't hate me for being a monster 

 

Ochie

Himiko you're not a monster

You didn't choose to have your quirk and it doesn't make you a bad person

 

Himi <3

Transform literally makes me capable of identity theft

WHAT about that makes me not a horrible person

 

Ochie

Well you can use your quirk to do good things, right?

Like being a vigilante mayhaps

 

Himi <3

I'm… not a vigilante

 

Ochie

Okay I'll give you plausible deniability himi

But I know for a fact you'd never hurt or at least never kill someone thanks to your quirk

 

Himi <3

Ha ha you definitely got that right 😬

But moving on to other topics who figured out my quirk?

 

Ochie

Midoriya

He's really smart and loves quirks

God you wouldn't believe how much he rambles

It's so cute

He pretty much pieced your quirk together based on the blood and transformation aspects alone

Sometimes I wonder whether people like me deserve to be at UA when I pale in comparison to Midoriya

 

Himi <3

Oh hush ochie

You passed that entrance exam fair and square and are more than worthy of being at that school

 

Ochie

Thanks himi 💗

 

Himi <3

Anytime 😊

Though the way you were rambling abt Midoriya makes me wonder if you were crushing on him (◕ᴗ◕✿)

 

Ochie

you know you're the only one I think abt like that, right?

 

Himi <3

I know but it's just nice to listen to you remind me (◡ ω ◡)

But maybe in another life where you weren't head over heels for me you'd be into me

 

Ochie

Yeah in another life

Imagine how embarrassing that would be though

Back when we first started chatting I kept accidentally floating toward the ceiling because I kept nervously pressing my fingers together

 

Himi <3

Omg ochie u are everything ❤️

 

Ochie

Himi stop 😂😭

I love you too 💗

Srsly though crushing on someone in my class would have been so embarrassing

Mina prolly would have bullied me so hard

 

Himi <3

Then it's a good thing we found each other before UA ;)

 

Ochie

I wouldn't have had it any other way 

 


Logical Ruse Victims

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Dang i can’t believe the chat’s been dead for so long

 

now u see me

What can I say? Mineta kind of killed the mood

 

manliestman

Yeah, what he did wasn’t manly at all. Let’s report him to Aizawa so he can get expelled

 

3D_Printer

I already conversed with Aizawa. Mineta’s father is on the board of directors which means Mineta is exempt from expulsion unless the school wants its robot funding pulled

 

No.1

No wonder that shitty extra made it in with his weird ass quirk!

 

AcidTrip

Mhm

But i guess aside from Mineta i’ve also been a bit worn out from battle trials

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

damn those battle trials today we’re sth else

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Yeah i’m kaputt even days later

 

now u see me

same

the whole fake bomb shebang was leagues more difficult that quizzes back in middle school

 

3D_Printer

I suppose that means we’re all grown up now, huh?

 

Feel_The_Noize

All my muscles feel like jell-o now

 

manliestman

Mine would too if not for my quirk

 

3D_Printer

Perhaps we could get some ice cream to relax

I know an excellent gelato place

 

IidaTenya

What a fine idea for a class bonding activity

 

No.1

I ain’t got time for that activity

Time for a rematch, Deku!

 

Number1AllMightFan

but kacchan school is over

 

No.1

What you think you’re too good to fight me?

 

EndeavorSux

He is likely still recovering from what u did with your gauntlets

 

manliestman

Deadly force really wasn’t manly

 

Number1AllMightFan

It’s fine everyone

I bounced back just okay

 

eat the rich (except momo)

but what if you hadn’t?

U could have gotten srsly injured it’s no joke

 

No.1

So what?! Am i supposed to give less than my fucking best

 

Feel_The_Noize

For a low stakes school exercise yes

 

Number1AllMightFan

Everybody it’s okay

Kacchan we can have that rematch another day

 

No.1
So are you saying you’re too scared for a rematch because that win was a fluke?

ha i knew i should have won

 

Kero-sene

Bakugo you should get that inferiority complex addressed

 

No.1

What did you say you fucking extra?!

 

Kero-sene

You heard me. 

Not everyone thinks they’re better than you and is trying to sabotage you.

 

No.1

Are you trying to psychoanalyze me you fucker?

 

Feel_The_Noize

Well, if you don’t bother to self reflect someone has to do it for you

also don’t call tsu a fucker

 

Premium_DuctTape

yeah like sure her bluntness might be a bit rude

But bruh cussing her out is a little bit overboard

 

No.1

i can say whatever the fuck i want to that fuckface!

Ever heard of goddamn free speech?!

 

IidaTenya

Now that sort of language is simply uncalled for!

 

Kero-sene

Calm down everyone

I can take getting called a fuckface

Believe it or not my little brother is even more of a menace

besides we’ve cursed in this chat plenty before

No need to start police tame swearwords like “fuck”

 

3D_Printer

I suppose that makes sense

 

Kero-sene

Bakugo, it was one school activity

It does not mark who has more potential as a hero and who has less 

We’re all still learning

 

No.1

we’ll i’m supposed several fucking steps of you damn extras

I’m not some useless background character

 

Number1AllMightFan

You will be number one someday

one test isn’t everything

 

No.1

WON’T YOU JUST SHUT UP ALREADY

You don’t fucking understand, Deku

you don’t get what it means to be useless

 

Number1AllMightFan

You literally have been calling me useless for the last decade.

What do you mean i don’t understand

 

No.1

you have those shitty notebooks

you have that dumb smile everyone trusts

Heck now you even have a godlike quirk

i only have explosion nothing else

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Monsieur Bakugo. You are un idiot

 

AcidTrip

couldn’t have said it better myself

 

Number1AllMightFan

Kacchan you have plenty going for you aside from your quirk

 

No.1

Liar

you only ever saw a cool new entry for your notebook in me

 

EndeavorSux

Bakugo. That’s bullshit.

 

No.1

Fuck you icyhot!

 

EndeavorSux

No thank you

 

No.1

What the fuck is wrong with you?!

 

EndeavorSux

Daddy issues

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

damnn

 

EndeavorSux

Anyways moving on

I have a new theory…

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Ooh please share

 

EndeavorSux

bakugo you are delusional

Sure midoriya is walking around stomping on precious vampire theories and waving his fancy notebooks in everyone’s faces

but he’s not a liar

 

No.1

but back then Deku looked down on me when i fell in the river!

 

Number1AllMightFan

The river?! The RIVER?!!

THAT is why you made years of my life a living hell?

Kacchan i wasn’t looking down on you

… well in a literal sense bc you had fallen down but not in a figurative one

I wasn’t thinking that you couldn’t get up by yourself

I wanted to show you that i’m there for you as a friend

 

No.1

shit

Deku

Izuku

I’m

arghhh

 

eat the rich (except momo)

So that was… a lot

 

3D_Printer

Maybe i would be for the best to set the ice cream trip aside

And instead help Bakugo and Midoriya set up appointments with hound dog to address the situation

 

No.1

i don’t need a fucking shrink

 

Kero-sene

Clearly you aren’t handling the situation very well on your own

 

No.1

Fine, i’ll do if gets me closer to being better

To being number one

 

Number1AllMightFan

See Kacchan that’s what i mean by you having more than just explosion

You’ve got ambition

You’ve been deadset on your goal since day 1

and i admire that

 

No.1

Whatever rows your boat, nerd

 


ZeroGravityFreeZone

 

[eat the rich (except momo) was added to the chat]

 

[Number1AllMightFan was added to the chat]

 

AcidTrip

and with that we have 2 new members added to the private chat

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Hang on u made a chat without me?
Mina!!

 

now u see me

we just needed a place to talk abt your gf behind your back

And now we can use it to talk behind bakugo’s back instead

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Unbelievable!

 

3D_Printer

Would a box of macaroons persuade you to forgive us?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

bribes really? What makes u think that will work

 

Kero-sene

Because food is delicious

 

eat the rich

Well you’re not wrong

Get me mochi instead of macaroons and all will be forgiven

 

now u see me

Yayyy! Ty ochako we’ll never let u down again

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Mes amis we should address the bigger issue at hand

Midoriya and Bakugo

 

EndeavorSux

Do we have to?

I already have to deal with Midoriya shoving his theories in my face

 

3D_Printer

Shoto be polite

You know what it’s like not to have others not listen about the person who hurt you

 

EndeavorSux

Alright

I suppose we can unpack Midoriya’s mess of a relationship with Bakugo

 

Number1AllMightFan

No you don’t have to do that!! I swear that everything’s fine

 

Feel_The_Noize

No, it isn’t. You’re a horrible liar

 

now u see me

Damn right, now spill Izuku

Why did Bakugo can you useless?

Do we need to give him a piece of our minds?

 

Number1AllMightFan

No i’m fine everything’s fine

Bakugo and i are best buddies

The best of childhood friends

 

AcidTrip

bruh you literally yelled at him in that

Obviously you have beef with him for a good reason

 

Number1AllMightFan

It’s not his fault he’s the way he is the way he is, okay?

 

AcidTrip

So what? He’s accidentally an asshole

 

Number1AllMightFan

no it’s just he always had the perfect quirk

Everyone praised him 4 that and nothing else

The teachers let him do whatever he wanted
But it’s not entirely his fault he picked on weaker kids

No one told him it was wrong

He didn’t know better

 

eat the rich (except momo)

That doesn’t give him a right to call you useless

 

Number1AllMightFan

But he wasn’t even wrong

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

But mon ami you are far from useless

Your quirk is tres magnifique

 

Number1AllMightFan

yep my quirk is

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Are you trying to imply that you aren’t? Midoriya you saved me from getting crushed by a giant robot. You are more than just your quirk

 

now u see me

Besides, isn’t that also what you told bakugo?

 

Number1AllMightFan

I guess but my case is a little different

i was a late bloomer

the entrance exam was the 1st time my quirk kicked in

 

AcidTrip

Oh shit

 

Number1AllMightFan

yeah 

the world isn’t exactly kind to the quirkless

 

AcidTrip

Crap midoriya i’m so sorry

 

Number1AllMightFan

For what? You’re not in control of my dna

 

AvidTrip

Then i’m going to beat bakugo’s ass! Being quirkist isn’t okay

 

Number1AllMightFan

Please don’t

Violence isn’t the answer

 

Kero-sene

Midoriya we’re at a hero school

Violence is always the answer

 

Number1AllMightFan

No you don’t have to

I have a quirk now

Things are different

 

Feel_The_Noize

He still calls you Deku

 

Number1AllMightFan

What can i say? Old habits die hard

 

EndeavorSux

Bakugo is Endeavor

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Huh? Nice analogy shoto?

Sry i don’t know what you’re going for

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

ooO i believe Shoto is insulting bakugo in a roundabout way

bc he wants to be the number 1 hero and Shoto’s calling him the number 2 hero

 

AcidTrip

Woah! Good burn mad respect

 

now u see me

Mina, don’t say good burn to Todoroki

It’s disrespectful to his scar

 

AcidTrip

Whoops sorry todoroki

 

EndeavorSux

No worries. I don’t quite understand what you meant anyways

 

3D_Printer

It was slang, Shoto. We can look through urban dictionary together later

It is a resource i consult frequently to comprehend colloquialisms used by more common folk

 

EndeavorSux

Oh okay.

Thank you Yaoyorozu.

Anyways, I meant that Bakugo was Endeavor in the sense that he wants nothing but power and that he’ll do anything to get it. Even if it burns people along the way

 

Number1AllMightFan

Kacchan didn’t give me any burn scars tho

 

Feel_The_Noize

But he clearly gave you emotional scars

 

EndeavorSux

Agreed and just like endeavor bakugo deserves to have all his ambitions torn away from him

 

AcidTrip

Hell yeah!! Let’s get high on weed again and wreck his house too

 

Number1AllMightFan

No, I don’t want Bakugo to be punished like that for what he did

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Well, we can get payback a different way. I’m open to suggestions

 

Number1AllMightFan

No i don’t want payback at all

 

EndeavorSux

But why? How could you possibly move on from what he did



Number1AllMightFan

maybe kacchan doesn’t deserve my forgiveness

but i dunno i’m just tired of the cycle hatred continuing

If i tried to get my comeuppance maybe i could even get him booted out of UA

It wouldn’t be worth it

Bakugo would become a prime candidate for villainy and the people he could have saved as a hero wouldn’t get rescued
I don’t want that on my conscience

 

eat the rich (except momo)

But it wouldn’t be your fault - it’d be his

 

Number1AllMightFan

I mean logically i know that

But yk an eye for an eye makes the world go blind

 

EndeavorSux

Why are people taking eyes?

 

3D_Printer

it’s an idiom, Shoto

I’ll explain it to you later

 

Number1AllMightFan

Yeah i think kacchan can still be a good person, a good hero someday

We’re all victims of our circumstances, right?

So maybe now that kacchan isn’t a big fish in a small pond anymore things can change

 

AcidTrip

I don’t quite like taking that route

But i guess you know bakugo better than we do

 

Kero-sene

We respect your judgment

But if Bakugo starts talking down to you the way he used to

you need to let us know

 

Number1AllMightFan

I will

 

eat the rich (except momo)

good, midoriya

 

Number1AllMightFan

Thank you everyone trying to look out for me

 

Kero-sene

Ofc

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

And for what’s worth, Midoriya

Quirk or no quirk there was never anything wrong with you being différent

 

Number1AllMightFan

thanks, that means a lot aoyama

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Mais oui!!

Notes:

I think I'll make next chapter dabi's POV, we'll see what happens. Fingers crossed the blorbos don't derail the story even more (this fic was supposed to only be 16 chapters but whoopsiedoodle it got away from me and welp I predict the fic will be 20-30 chapters total).

Also for clarification, this fic will not have bkdk. Alas, I'm not very good at writing bakugo. (There will be some minor tddk tho.)

Chapter 13: Is making grape juice difficult?

Summary:

Himiko pays Mineta a visit.

Notes:

I was worried I'd gotten into a writing slump with Dear Google but Dabi POV makes brain go brrr :D

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

my familyyy 🔪❤️🔪

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Pa, please please I need help!

 

Pop-eyes

With what fletchling?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I wanna teach a perv who's been harassing my precious ochie a lesson 🔪🔪🔪🔪

 

Pop-eyes

gotcha i’ll be right there 👍

 

Dad-bi

birdbrain, do u really think it’s a good idea to slack on your job for the kiddo?

 

Pop-eyes

Hell yeah, it is! 

 

Dad-bi

so you totally aren’t thinking abt the commission finding your absence suspicious

 

Pop-eyes

Oh don’t worry your pretty little head off, hot stuff

i’ve juggled my visits to u for all these years without the commission suspecting a thing

I’ve got this!!

 

Dad-bi

if u say so

just lmk if the commission catches wind of anything and you need me to cremate that dumbass president

 

Pop-eyes

Aww, you’d burn someone alive for me?

i’m touched

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

yeah it’s so super sweet!

mayhaps murder is this family’s love language

 

Pop-eyes

Haha as a hero i don’t condone killing in the slightest

 

Dad-bi

Pah like you haven’t murdered anyone for the commission yet

 

Pop-eyes

I’ve done no such thing!! Heroes are supposed to handle conflicts peacefully

How dare you accuse a perfectly well-behaved good little hero like me of such a heinous crime

 

Dad-bi

the HPSC’s PR department sure taught you well, huh?

 

Pop-eyes

I will neither confirm or deny that

… anyways while murder isn’t my go to

I’m more than onboard with teaching a pervert a lesson

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Hurrayyyy!! This is going to be the most fun stabbies family bonding ever (人*´∀`)。*゚+

 

Dad-bi

i guess i’ll join in to make sure the 2 of of u get into deep shit being stupid

 

Pop-eyes

hmm it sounds like you just don’t want to be excluded

 

Dad-bi

Shut up!


The night air bit into Touya’s staples as the wind roared past his face. Skulking he crossed his arms as one of Keigo’s feathers hooked to the back of his trenchcoat held him suspended in the air. Meanwhile, the brat lay snuggly in Keigo’s arms while he soared over the neat rows of suburban houses. He couldn’t feel like the brat was weaseling her way into Touya’s life deeper every day. After all, Keigo normally carried Touya while flying instead of dangling along by a few feathers.

Yet as the brat let out delighted laughter and held out her arms as if they were wings, Touya’s scowl softened. Her fangs flashed beneath the moonlight in a bright smile. The opposite of the sullen middle school photos he had seen of her. Pictures where she had curled the corners of her lips ever so slightly to hide her sharp teeth.

Craning his head back, Touya took a deep sigh. He supposed he wasn’t that pissed that the brat had taken over his coveted spot in Keigo’s arms. 

Touya ran his fingers through his hair as cars that looked like they were the size of ants swerved along the road below. He pictured the locks of his hair staining his palms in black dye and leaving pale tresses behind. How many times had he told himself that the boy in Sekoto was gone? That he didn’t care about what his father thought anymore. That he didn’t give a shit about the family who didn’t look at him enough to make him feel like he was worth the time of day.

Still, he kept clinging to the ashes of his past self in an urn without some dark corner of his heart. He couldn’t call himself Dabi in his own head because his organs melted at the memory of Keigo calling him “Touya” in that chirping sing-song voice of his just like he had back when they were trainees at the commission. He dug through the ashes of his past self when he spotted a girl shivering under a bridge – her eyes just as manic as Touya’s had been when he had tugged on Endeawhore’s sleeve, begging him to follow Touya to Sekoto.

So yeah, maybe Touya hadn’t completely gone up in flames that day – but who knows maybe it was for the best. Flicking his fingers like a lighter, Touya let a small controlled blue spark dance across his hand. Because if he didn’t hang onto the fragments of his history, Touya was certain that no one else in the godforsaken bio family of his would have the gumption to give Endeavor his comeuppance.

But did Fuyumi deserve to have her peace shattered when she had tried to move on from the past and uphold some semblance of normalcy? Did Mom deserve to become the subject of pity once her farce of a marriage? Maybe Mom did. Touya bitterly gritted his teeth as he recalled how she would remain glued to the TV for hours but only ever frown when she looked towards him.

Sometimes Touya wondered whether Mom had only mistaken Shouto’s face for Endeavor’s the day she splashed a tea kettle at him. Had she seen Touya on Shouto's left side too? A reminder of the first chain that irrevocably linked her fate to Endeavor’s.

Good grief, Touya’s brain was too fried to think about that shit. It was probably high time to snort some coke when he got back home to drown out those sorts of pointless thoughts. Touya dragged a hand across his face forcefully enough for Keigo to turn around mid-flight. His brows furrowed with concern as his gold eyes zeroed in on Touya.

“You okay, hot stuff?”

“Don’t ask stupid questions. I’m just fucking pissed that flying to that perv’s house is taking forever. Aren’t you supposed to be too fast for your own good?”

Shaking his head, Hawks sighed. “Well, you know that you could technically use your quirk to fly if you’re so convinced that you could do a better job.”

“Are you sure you want me to get burnt even more to a crisp?”

“Hmm, guess not. I suppose I’d like to keep you around,” Keigo squawked.

Facing Touya, the brat made her lip quiver enough to give Keigo’s puppy dog eyes a run for their money. “Please don’t do it, Dabs. How is a pile of ashes supposed to be my dad?”

Touya rolled his eyes with feigned annoyance and held his hands up in defeat. “Fine! I won’t try to fly with my quirk. Jesus, you’re both so demanding.”

The brat was fucking ridiculous. Touya? A dad? As if coddling a kid could possibly be in his repertoire. And if he just so happened to research recipes for the brat’s favorite foods he was certain it was only because he thought her pouting was annoying. He totally didn’t do it because she was more than a “villain’s quirk” and deserved to have a parent cook her a warm meal as much as any other kid did.

Still, Touya found himself silently rolling his tongue over the word dad. Maybe it wasn’t the worst possible label he could have gotten stuck with. At the very least, Touya knew he could do better than Endeavor. Thanks for setting the bar so low, old man.

At last, Keigo came to a halt hovering over a small mansion at the edge of town. It paled in comparison to the home of tea fanatic Shouto used to have play dates at but the row of Volvos and Volkswagen in front of the house alluded to the fact the house’s probably thought they were a cut above the rest of people. Part of Touya wanted to cast a ball of fire at the expensive cars to teach the owner a lesson, but he curled his hand into a fist instead. After all, he knew what effect inhaling particles from molten metal would have on the brat.

Touya fell onto the pavement less than elegantly when Keigo dropped him half a foot above. Blood stains coated the sidewalk as Touya’s knees scraped against it. As Touya sent Keigo a half-hearted death glare he buried his face in the collar of his thick coat. While Touya rose to his feet the brat leaped out of Keigo’s arms and stormed over to where the bloodstains were splattered across the ground. Mouth agape, Touya considered pointing out how unsanitary that probably was. Then again, maybe the germs on the ground would boost the kid’s immune system.

Besides, if the kid was happy Touya supposed that he was happy enough too. Especially since consuming blood was how she expressed her affection or whatever.

Tiptoeing along the fence of the house, Keigo cloaked one of the security cameras with his feathers while Himiko was beside him. Moments later, the brat gestured toward a window on the first floor. Nodding confidently, Keigo pried at the latch only to find it jammed on matter how much he clawed at it with his talons. With wide eyes, Keigo and the brat blinked their eyes and Touya pleadingly. Sighing, Touya fished a lockpick out of his pocket and the second the window gave away Keigo pressed the sort of kiss on Touya’s cheek that made his face run hotter than usual. (For once he was grateful for his scarring since it concealed any possible trace of his blushing.)

With her eyes glowing in the dark almost identical to Keigo, the brat slipped through the window while clutching onto a knife. This knife had a gimmicky Hello Kitty keychain on the handle that Keigo had given her. Although Touya thought there were much better things his husband could have spent his money on than a cheesy trinket he supposed that splurging on the kid wasn’t a complete waste. Leaning against the windowsill with Keigo, Touya couldn’t help but grin as the brat approached the bed of some short kid with bulbous purple hair and held a knife to his throat.

The boy’s eyes fluttered awake and his trembling voice went up by an octave or two. “Ahhhhhh, a villain! You can’t do this. I’ll have you know that –”

Cutting his whining short, the brat pressed her blade more firmly against his throat all while trading in the blunt edge for the sharp edge. “Your dad is on UA’s school board? Yeah, I know that and frankly, I couldn’t care any less.”

As Touya nodded in approval over the brat’s cutthroat expression, he couldn’t help but notice the sudden sharp stench filling the air. Touya wrinkled his nose with disgust. Did that perv just piss himself?

Holding onto the brat’s arm like an anchor, the boy pleaded, “Please, I’ll give you anything you want. Money. My exclusive Midnight figurine. My entire porno collection.”

“Ooh, what kind of pornos are we talking about?” Himiko’s eyes lit up at the prospect and an involuntary groan escaped Touya’s lips because was that really her priority?

Pulling a second knife out of her pocket, the brat waved it teasingly in Touya’s direction. “What, Dad? I thought you’d be more sex-positive with how much you and Pa fuck.”

Touya heard his knuckles crackle as the brat called him out. Just because he went to Keigo’s apartment for “sleepovers” most days of the week didn’t mean that he was at all inclined to be physically present while a teenage girl was buying pornos.

Feathers fluttering nervously, Keigo placed a steadying hand on Touya’s shoulder and spoke to the brat softly. “Hey, fletching, could you please not spill the details of our sex life to a virtual stranger.”

Clicking his tongue, Touya tapped his fingers against the windowsill. “Goddammit it, brat. Just focus on the task at hand and threaten the guy.”

“Whoops my bad,” the brat said though she hardly seemed remorseful in the slightest. Whipping her head around sharply like a hawk, the brat turned toward her victim and gave him a death glare. “So yeah, anyways the only payment I want from you is blood.”

“AHHH –”

Letting one knife clatter to the ground, the brat firmly covered his mouth with her palm, muffling out any sound. “Nuh-uh. No screaming. I could slit your throat before anyone even enters the hallway, got it? So you’re going to be a good little hero student and do exactly as I say.”

Mineta nodded frantically, slicing the top layer of skin against the blade in the process. Giggling to herself, the brat looked as if she would have clapped her hands together had she not been holding a knife. “Perfect, was complying that hard?”

Cupping a hand around his mouth, Keigo whisper-yelled. “Touya, our kid is a natural.”

Touya scoffed over how his husband wasn’t discrete in the slightest. “What did you expect? Knives are her hobby.”

Keigo nudged Touya in the side but was courteous enough to make sure his elbow didn’t jab Touya’s staples deeper into his skin. “Come on, you have to be at least a little proud, hot stuff.”

Tapping her foot against the ground, Himiko called out. “Dad. Pa. Please be quiet. I’m trying to concentrate.”

Flushing red, Keigo nodded. “Of course, fletchling.”

Not missing a beat, the brat picked her other knife off the ground and pressed it against her victim’s throat as well. “So, Mineta, was it? You were saying some really unsavory things about my girlfriend and her classmates. They’re nice girls. So nice I’d even want to be them. And they don’t deserve to have some pig like you drooling over them. Understand?”

“Yes,” the boy whispered.

“Good.” Himiko beamed. “Now, let’s practice some basic phrases. Say women are better than men .” 

“W-women are better than men.”

Himiko bobbed her head up and down in approval. “Mhm. Now say women should be paid more than men .”

“Women should be paid more than men.”

“Alright. Say it’s okay to hit men but not women .”

“It’s o-okay to hit men but not women.”

At the last statement, Keigo’s brows furrowed deeper and he leaned in toward Touya conspiratorially. “Should we really encourage her to promote the idea of women being better? I mean wouldn’t true feminism involve thinking that women and men are equal?”

“Eh, you’re probably right. But also this is kinda fun to watch.”

“You’re not wrong.”

Seeing how Keigo’s knees continued to shake anxiously as he stood beneath the moonlight, Touya offered. “But if you’re really worried you can look into giving the brat therapy through your health insurance.”

“Could you get her some fake IDs and papers?”

Touya placed a firm hand against Keigo’s shoulders. “I’ll go do some favors for Giran and I’m sure he’ll be able to set that sort of thing into motion.”

Smiling ear to ear, Keigo wrapped Touya in a chase hug. Touya reveled in how cool Keigo’s body temperature felt against his forever searing hot skin. The words you’re a pretty good dad went unspoken between them.

Finally stepped away from the boy, Himiko slipped away from the boy and graced him with a curt bow. “Remember to say all those pretty little phrases, okay? Because I will find you if you spout any more of your crap and drool of your classmates’ boobs one more time.”

“I’ll tell my father that you snuck in,” the boy spat out.

The brat’s eyes flickered as mischievous as a cat’s as she cackled and slipped out of the boy’s bedroom window. “And who’d believe you that a girl of all people bothered to sneak into your room?”

Outside once Touya, Keigo and Himiko had enough distance between themselves and the house, Keigo summoned the feathers that had been covering the security cameras back to his wings. Tension weighed heavily in the humid night air as Keigo cleared his throat.

“Uh kid, why didn’t you stab him, fletching?”

Himiko snickered, “Because it’s so much more terrifying for grape boy if I don’t stab him but leave him knowing that I could change my mind at any given moment.”

“Not bad, brat,” Touya whistled.

“Did I do a good thing?” the brat cooed as she batted her eyes.

“I think so? I mean you’ve probably stopped several sexual harassment cases,” Keigo said.

Pumping a fist in the air, the brat spun across the sidewalk. “Yay, being a vigilante is so much more fun than just being a serial killer.”

Smiling to himself, Touya decided he could afford to indulge the brat with a blatant compliment. “Yeah, you’re getting decent enough at this whole vigilante spiel.”

“Thank you!” Himiko clasped her hands together, leaning in toward Keigo and Touya expectantly. “Do I get a fun activity as a reward?”

“But wasn’t this fun, fletchling?” Keigo sputtered.

“Yep, but now I want to do all the fun things!”

Shaking his head, Touya scanned his mind for various activities and decided that drug rings were likely out of the question since Himiko had already taken out most of the ones in their area already. 

“I guess we can go vandalize an Endeavor billboard.”

Himiko skipped up and down. “Yippee! Let’s get the fanciest spray paint with Pa’s credit card.”

Keigo gasped. “Is that all you see me as? A credit card?”

“Of course not. I also see you as a chicken,” the brat said.

Touya snickered. “You know what they say, birdbrain. You are what you eat.”

“I know. But can you make fried chicken when we get back home?”

“Eh, sure. It’s not like I had any other meals in mind.”

Keigo placed a cheek on Touya’s forehead and the brat squealed over the gesture. “That’s why you’re my favorite husband.”

“I’m your only husband.”

With a wink, Keigo stuck his tongue out at Touya. “For now.”

In reaction, Touya facepalmed but smiled beneath his hand. Sure, birdbrain was annoying as fuck but Touya also couldn’t picture himself wanting anyone else the way he yearned for Keigo to remain by his side forever. Through sickness and in health. Touya planned on holding Keigo to that.


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Ty himiko!

u are a godsend

 

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i know :3

 

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so sry me and my friends accused u of being a vampire

u are clearly v nice and i'm happy ochako has u 

 

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yep! that's me

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Right...

Notes:

So status update, my outline for next chapter has a Dabihawks couple's quarrel and an interaction between Dabi and Bakugo so stay tuned for that.

I've been a bit stressed lately with finals, traveling home to Europe (the airport lost my suitcase but it finally got returned today), I got rejected from a tgchk zine (not a huge deal it was very competitive) and made the difficult choice of abandoning my first attempt at a longfic following a 7 month hiatus. But anyways, I'm back home now with my family who I love and I have good food. Hopefully, I'll be able to recover in spite of the coursework I have over break (it's just a gen ed requirement).

Anyways, I got an A in calc 3 yay! Up until the final by grade was on a trajectory toward a B- or C+ so that was a pleasant turn of events. I'd like to thank the tddk and tgchk communities who have been a major source of support during this stressful semester. Seriously, togachakos, you rock and thank you for reading this fic!! I appreciate you.

Depending on how busy I am this might be my last Dear Google update of 2023... but it's not my last tgchk thing of the year because *drumroll please* I'm a mod for "In Another Life: A Togachako New Year's Zine". The zine is free and digital and it will be available on our Twitter page as of January first. For my contribution to the zine, I cooked up lots of yummy goodies (a tgchk new year's playlist, song cover, a hunger games AU fic and a fluffy proposal chatfic that has Dear Google's vibes). Oh and if you're 18+ and would like to contribute to the zine please let the mod team know through the zine's Twitter DMs. All applicants are accepted and submissions are due on the 23rd.

So happy holidays in advance, everyone! If you have a winter break, I hope it's relaxing. Remember to hydrate and I wish you many festive foods!

Chapter 14: Isn't vengeance basically a human right?

Summary:

Himiko's dads fight about patricide.

Notes:

Thank you for betaing this chapter, Stariana <3

So I was planning on posting this chapter on the 14th as part of my new regular update schedule (tentatively expect a Dear Google update on the 14th and 28th of every month) but I'm posting early because I'm too excited. Plus, my excuse is that it's already Sunday somewhere in the world. I mean not where I live but it's already the 14th in Japan (where the fic is set) so I rest my case XD

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

The artificial smell of paint hung in the night air as Touya swung a spray can in a masterful arc. Or perhaps not so masterful. With roof tiles creaking behind him, Touya heard Keigo retch slightly as Touya gracefully spun his arm in front of the billboard. It wasn’t even a full-on dance move – so seriously, Keigo had no reason to be so revolted.

Still, Touya ground his rhythmic moves to a halt. After all, it just wouldn’t do if his dancing made Keigo barf again. Sighing, Touya leaned against the billboard that showcased Endeavor advertising shaving cream. He could only hope that his dear old man would even be half as disgusted as Keigo was when the time came to perform his dramatic dance routine right before he set that bastard ablaze like a New Year’s sparkler.

Turning to his right, Touya realized he had been leaning against the paint on the billboard. He cursed under his breath and stared at the blue stains staining his precious trench coat. Flames sparked to life upon his palms, Touya more than prepared to reduce the ruined coat to ashes. The sparks only died out once he realized that inhaling fumes from burnt leather and paint couldn’t be good for anyone’s health.

Not that he was going to make a huge fuss out of his own health – after all, he was already a patchwork of a person. Sighing, Touya turned to his left as the kid rocked back and forth on the edge of some scaffolding, emphatically wielding a red spray paint can of her own. Yeah, he didn’t want her hacking and coughing over the paint fumes.

Craning his neck, Touya turned toward the dick he had spray painted onto Endeavor’s forehead. Satisfied, he snickered to himself – for all of the Commission’s attempts at cover-up, at least everyone who drove past the billboard could see how ridiculous Endeavor was.

Touya shut his eyes, envisioning himself bowing in front of a camera, blue flames dancing from fingers that were closed around Shouto’s throat while tears streamed from Endeavor’s eyes as he watched. Proof that he was a performer of a parent, only pretending to care when his perfect son was at death’s door. Biting at the inside of his mouth until the skin broke and he tasted iron, Touya balled his fingers into fists at the memory of how his old man hadn’t even looked his way when Touya had tugged on his sleeve, begging him to follow him to Sekoto Peak.

A red paint can clattered to the ground as the brat let out a groan and scratched her hairline. Rocking on the balls of her feet, she collapsed onto the rooftop and stared up at the night sky. “Ouch, my scalp hurts,” she whined. 

“Having those damn space buns is probably too tight and making your head sore. Just wear your hair down,” Touya sighed, recalling the many times he had massaged Fuyumi’s scalp after her hair had been pulled up into a too-tight ponytail all day.

“No way! My hairstyle is totally cute.”

Rolling his eyes, Touya decided that maybe he’d have to insult the kid so she’d give a shit about her wellbeing. “Nah, it makes you look like fucking Mickey Mouse.”

Chirping, Keigo sent out a feather to chastisingly tap Touya on the shoulder. “Hey! Her hair is adorable and don’t you dare say otherwise.”

Touya turned and shot Keigo a wide grin, staring into his gold eyes. Sharp and defensive. Avian instincts to protect his fledgling kicking in. Touya couldn’t imagine wanting to be stuck raising a kid with anyone else. Sticking his hands in his pockets, Touya briefly turned away from the billboard.

“Fine. It’s cute… or whatever. But not so much that you should suffer for that ‘pain is beauty’ spiel.”

“It’s just that I can’t wear my hair down.” Tears formed in the corners of Himiko’s eyes as she sniffled. “Not like I did back in middle school. It’s just another mask.”

Suddenly, Touya was transported back to that night in the apartment when he got texts from the brat while she was lost in the sewers. Words spelling out that she was still wearing a mask. How that school uniform tethered her like both a lifeline and a chain. Standing taller, Touya ran a hand across the back of his scarred neck. Maybe a change in hairstyle would be enough for the brat to even minutely detach from the previous chapter of her life.

“Well, you don’t have to wear your hair completely down,” Touya said before turning toward his husband. “Birdbrain, can you braid her hair?”

Red feathers fluttered nervously from the opposite of the rooftop. “I haven’t tried before but… hey, most stuff comes naturally to me.”

Chuckling, Touya lifted his spray paint can and started running it over the billboard again. “Damn, your ego is something else, birdbrain. But at least you usually can back it up.”

The brat grinned ear to ear as she skipped over to Keigo. As she plopped herself in front of his feet, Keigo leaned forward and pressed his lips together. While Keigo lifted Himiko’s hair, Touya gave his full attention to vandalism once again.

Hands on his hips, Touya grinned at the image of Endeavor’s face, admiring his new paint job. Right now it was just a billboard. But next time it could be an entire stock of Endeavor merch, or even his agency. And who knew — maybe in a year, a month, or even a week’s time, Touya could finally reduce Endeavor’s legacy, his masterpiece, to ashes. Then that bastard would finally get a taste of his own fucking medicine and know what it was like to lose everything.

(Just like that little pale boy who left molten footprints in the snow had.)

Taking a deep breath, Touya tried to repeat the same mantra over and over again. Dabi. Dabi. Dabi. That boy was cremated. He was gone. Nothing but a mistake Endeavor wanted buried. Completely scraped from the Commission’s trainee program’s records and the archives of the schools Touya once attended. Existence wholly erased, wiped from the memory of all but perhaps the select few who truly knew him and truly cared. 

Touya wasn’t real, and never would be, no matter how many times Keigo whispered that name in bed. Dabi was someone new, something stronger. Not that pathetic little kid who would crumble in the training room. Still, Dabi could recall baby Shouto sitting on the living room carpet, waving a rattle while he muttered one of his earliest words. Tou-ya.

Gripping the spray paint can, Dabi focused on adding ridiculous swirly eyebrows onto the billboard in front of him. Anything to forget the blank face of an innocent infant who had stumbled over the syllables of his name.

He didn’t want Shouto to look at him with those expressionless eyes – sullen like he didn’t even care that Dad thought he was the only one worth the time of day. Or have Mom ruffle his hair again like she used to before red hair and blue eyes had become an unwelcome sight. Or have Natsu and Yumi knock at the door, begging him to play ball.

Touya had birdbrain, had the brat – that messed-up little family of murderers and a spy of his own creation. He didn’t need that other messed-up family resulting from a quirk marriage forced onto him, just like he had never asked for Endeavor to think that surpassing All Might was the only reason to start a family.

There was not a cell in Touya’s decaying body that even remotely wanted to care about the Todorokis. Still, he fucking cared. For their well-being and lack thereof. He wanted Endeavor to lie powerless and lose everything — but also hoped that he’d stop chasing after an unattainable goal for everyone’s sake. He laughed at the idea of Shouto fearing whistling tea kettles — but also hoped that the kid would realize that he didn’t have to be a hero. That he was so much more fucking powerful than their geezer of an old man and could chose his own path if he wanted to.

Picking at his staples, Touya found himself wishing that his brain had gotten fried just a little more up on Sekoto. So he wouldn’t have to remember that house. So that he wouldn’t see Fuyumi’s soft smile, hear Natsuo’s roaring laughter… or even feel the way Shouto had clutched onto Touya’s finger like it was an anchor back when he was a toddler.

Why didn’t Touya get the luxury of forgetting?

The phantom of the kid he once was still lurked around in every corner. There was a little part of him that hoped Shouto would start reading between the lines of the note he’d had Himiko deliver to him at their childhood home. That finally someone would dare to look for him rather than deem a charred jawbone enough to declare him dead.

“Hey, Dad. I think Pa ruined my hair,” the brat called out from the opposite side of the rooftop.

Tugged out of his train of thought, Touya dropped his paint can and approached the brat. Frowning, he observed how matted together her hair was. Her locks were so teased from over-brushing with Keigo’s fingers that it resembled felt.

Shaking his head, Touya prepared to call Keigo out for his mediocre braiding skills. But then he noticed Keigo was wearing his gloves. The gloves he wore to hide how the Commission clipped away the talons at his fingertips. With how damaged Touya’s nerves were he couldn’t even fathom how much that procedure fucking hurt.

Wordlessly, Touya walked over to Himiko and knelt behind her. He methodically ran his fingers through the strands – slowly so that his staples wouldn’t get caught. Her blonde locks were as soft as freshly fallen snow. As Touya wound Himiko’s hair into loose braids he could suddenly smell the scent of firewood that always lingered in the Todoroki household and hear the memory of Yumi laughing.

“Touya-ni, why can’t you learn more braiding styles? I want Dutch braids,” Fuyumi had pleaded.

With a grieved sigh, Touya had pulled a hair elastic around the end of her hair. “Fine, I’ll watch a YouTube tutorial on Dutch braids. Happy now?”

“Yes!” Fuyumi cried as he wrapped her arms around Touya. Her cool touch somewhat stilled the inferno constantly running through his veins. “You’re the best oldest brother ever.”

Snapping out of the memory, Touya shot up straight. He focused on tying an elastic around Himiko’s hair – anything to distract him from remembering how Fuyumi used to stare at him wide-eyed behind her glasses. He wasn’t ready to return to that household. To the home that stood as a testament that he was born without purpose. Without reason. Nothing but a failed experiment.

“Hey, Touya.” Biting his lower lip, Keigo tapped him on the shoulder.

“What, birdie?”

At this close proximity, Touya got a front row seat to see how frantically Keigo’s feathers were vibrating. Keigo stared at the vandalized Endeavor billboard and inhaled deeply before daring to look Touya directly in the eye. “Is vengeance really what you want?”

Touya backed away from Keigo as if he had been burned, digging his fingernails into his skin grafts hard enough to form crescents on his palm. “Of course it is! You know I’ve been wanting to murder Endeavor for the past decade.”

Keigo cleared his throat but did not avert his gaze from Touya. A bird of prey set on standing his ground. “I know you’ve said that, but life is pretty good now. Do you really want to derail everything?”

Touya fumed. Just because he’d gone on a few vigilante outings with his kid didn’t change anything. Didn’t erase the burn scars Endeavor had burdened Touya with. Didn’t change how Endeavor had shipped Touya off to the Commission so he could be their problem and so he wouldn’t have to constantly be reminded of his greatest failure.

Gritting his teeth, Touya glared at Keigo. “We already made that fucking stupid compromise that I don’t kill Shouto to get back at Endeavor. What more do you want? Are you still some sicko fanboy of his?”

Sputtering, Keigo rose a couple of feet in the air. “No, of course not. Not after what he did.”

“As if I’d buy that, Keigo. You still have that crappy Endeavor plushie!”

“You know that was the only thing my mother gave to me.” Keigo clutched the fabric of his jacket. “I can’t just throw it away.”

“Why not? She said that she wished you were never born. Why do you even still financially support her?”

“Well, without the choice she made I still would have been on the streets –”

“She sold you, Keigo. How can you not want her dead?” 

Touya asked with his voice cracking. He knew that Keigo stuck to a stricter moral code… but all these years he’d thought Keigo fully understood what it meant to have less than stellar parents. He remembered how Keigo would bandage his burn wounds while they sat in their HPSC trainee cots and Keigo talked about how his mother regretted him.

“She hated you, Keigo. You were just a kid. Why can’t you just hate her back?”

“Because… I’m a hero.”

As Touya gestured toward the Endeavor billboard, the corners of his eyes pulled taunt. A reminder of how he couldn’t cry ever since the Sekoto fire had seared his tear ducts shut. “We all know that heroes aren’t what they’re cracked up to be.”

“Yeah, because vigilantes are way cooler! ” Himiko shouted.

“Sure, kid.” Touya paled at the sudden realization that the kid was there. But he couldn’t back down from the fight now. Not when he could instead try to make his husband understand. “Dammit, Keigo. Just think a bit okay. If you had the chance to kill your old man, you would, right? Don’t you get it?”

Choking up, Keigo’s shoulders slumped over and seemed to collapse in on himself. “Touya, I wouldn’t. That chapter of my life is closed… I just want to move on.”

“Well, I’m not going to forget about my shitty-ass childhood or what he did no matter how much I want to. Got it?!”

“Still, Touya, this whole revenge thing isn’t healthy –”

Touya pulled away as Keigo reached out toward him. The pity swelling from Keigo’s eyes was hard to miss. And it was so disturbingly similar to Endeavor’s expression when he told his eldest son to give up on what he had been trained, groomed, to do his entire life. Didn’t Keigo get how long Touya had been scheming his revenge? Why couldn’t he understand that dreaming of Endeavor’s corpse was the only thing that had kept Touya standing as a teenager residing in abandoned alleyways while he tried to drown out the ache of his injuries with cocaine?

“Fuck, why did I even marry an idiot like you?!” Touya screamed.

Keigo’s chest puffed up. “We’re not even legally married, you know! Neither of our legal identities exist! You can just fucking leave if you want me out of your life… if vengeance is so much more important to you.”

“Maybe I will leave!”

“Wait, Dad. Please, don’t… go,” Himiko cried. 

Tears brimmed in her eyes as she sniffed. Eyes the same gold as Keigo’s. Looking up at Keigo, Touya noted the tension that lingered in his brows following the shouting match. Staring back down at his clenched fists, Touya noted the steam rising from his skin. 

Shit, maybe Mom was right to be scared of me. Like father, like son.

“I’ll be back. Just need to cool off a bit.”

Sticking his hands in his pockets, Touya headed for the rooftop exit. Maybe backtracking on losing his temper was out of the question, but at least he could attempt doing what his father struggled to do and clear his head before trying to patch up what he had burned.


OMAKE: Extended Family

 

Soba4Life

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Hello!! Uncle shouto

 

Soba4Life

Huh? Since when am I an uncle?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

A couple of weeks.

 

Soba4Life

How can someone who is a couple of weeks old chat online?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I’m not a baby, you goof

i was adopted by your brother recently

 

Soba4Life

but natsuo doesn’t have kids

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

i’m not talking about natsuo ;)

 

Soba4Life

Oh, then that can only mean one thing.

Endeavor has a secret love child!!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I mean,,, you’re not 100% wrong, uncle shouto

do secretly alive siblings count as secret love children?

 

Soba4Life

A brother who faked his death? No that would be impossible

My dead brother Touya wasn’t nearly smart enough to pull something like that off

No, your father must be a secret love child whom I have never even met

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Whatever rows your boat

At least your wacky conspiracies make u fun

You’ve been upgraded to my fav uncle

 

Soba4Life

An honor indeed


OMAKE: Death of the Author **

 

samthehyena

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

hey author!

i brought my sharpest kitchen knife just for you

 

samthehyena

No please don’t stab me!!

I beg of you, Himiko, my precious beloved blorbo.

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

but i need to teach u a lesson for making my dads fight

and leaving this chapter on a cliffhanger

will they make up? Will they split up?

I need to know

 

samthehyena

Okay okay

They make up the chapter after next

I promise!!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Very good :3

And you’d better promise 

that this is the last of the relationship drama you will include in this fic

or it will be stabbies time (◠‿◕)

 

samthehyena

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Author-chan???

 

samthehyena

jfc i’m so dead

 

**No authors were killed in the making of this omake. Fic updates will continue as usual. The author was only lightly stabbed by Toga. And honestly the author probably deserved it for trying to make up for the angst in this chapter with funny omakes.

Notes:

Recent Reads - Togachako Recs:

the first one to stay (togachako medusa AU, lyrical prose, fabulous hurt/comfort)
Revolutionary Girl Ochako (a fantastic RGUxMHA crossover - my brainrot for this fic is so bad I'm adding references to it Dear Google chapter 17)
all this love (i've got to keep to myself) (togachako soulmates AU ft. their unconditional love)


My Recent Updates - Togachako Edition:

It's Nice To Have A Friend (Or Several) (togachako proposal chatfic)
Are you coming to the tree? (togachako hunger games au - they both live i promise)
Baked With Love (And A Little Something Extra) (togachako cannibalism fic - mind the tags)
Friendship Is A Felony (my other togachako multichap - it's an AU where Ochako, Himiko and friends become a band of thieves)


Togachako Mischellanous:

My friend Hesandi has a togachako server that you can join if you are 18+ years old.
"In Another Life: A Togachako New Year's Zine" is available for free download. Click here for the Google folder.
For more fic recs (they're all one shots) visit my Togachako webpage. I update it occasionally.

Chapter 15: Can I move on from wanting to commit patricide?

Summary:

Dabi and Bakugo have a bonding moment ✨

Notes:

Thank you for betaing this chapter, Stariana <3

I'm back!! I got hit with a nasty cold for the past couple of weeks so I didn't work on this fic at all since the last update - thank goodness for my buffer chapters. My chapter 17 draft is moving along and I should be all set for updates every two weeks in February. I might take a hiatus from this fic in March - some of the canon divergence choices I made will have ripple effects on the summer training camp and Kamino so I need to rework my outline to avoid getting stuck with funky plot holes.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Twirling a cigarette between his fingers, Touya let smoke trail out from between his lips. Puddles formed by water that had dripped from cooling units sloshed around Touya’s boots as he stomped through a winding alleyway. With a deep sigh, Touya extinguished the cigarette by casting it into a puddle and paused to stare at his reflection. Cold crystal-blue eyes. A permanent scowl. So much like the kind of person he refused to be.

Maybe I will leave

The very words he had callously thrown at Keigo echoed through Touya’s head like a taunt. Clutching his scalp, Touya shook his head. No, he couldn’t leave Keigo behind again – not like he had when he went down in a blaze on Sekoto. Besides, the way Keigo hummed softly at the very sight of Touya made him feel wanted .

Something he hadn’t thought possible until Endeavor shoved Touya onto the Commission’s doorstep over a decade ago and he found a boy with red feathers waving back at him. A perfect stranger who decided to greet Touya just because .

Too bad that birdbrain just didn’t see how much he needed Endeavor to pay – how much that fucking bastard needed to die. What was the point of being basically resurrected in a lab if Touya failed to complete that one villainous act?

Still, when Touya closed his eyes he couldn’t stop himself from seeing a wiry teenager kneeling on the tiles of a training room. 

He hadn’t been reduced to a patchwork of staples and skin grafts quite yet. The handler’s voice echoed through the training room, yelling at Inferno – not Touya – to get back up again. Smoke rose from Touya’s charred arm as Keigo got up from the training bench and approached him.

“You’re hurt. Please don’t push yourself too far –”

“Shut up,” Touya spat out. Sulfur caught in his red-white hair. “I need to push myself further, okay? Not everyone has it easy like you. Not everyone has everything handed to them onto a silver platter because they’re the Commission’s darling.”

Keigo had reached out toward Touya, and even though his nose scrunched up at Touya’s searing hot touch he didn’t pull away. “Being the favorite has a price. Plus, you can’t prove yourself if you die in training from overdoing it.”

Intense gold eyes drilled into Touya. For the first time, he felt seen. And as he noted the constant shuddering amongst red feathers he wondered if being the favorite – if being in Shouto’s position – was really as great as he had made it out to be.

Slumping over, Touya let the fire die out and untangled himself from Keigo’s grip. He headed to the training benches and uncapped a bottle of water. “Fine, I’ll take five.”

No one was ever going to get the things that Touya had been through the way Keigo did. So why couldn’t Kei look past his moral compass for once and see how necessary vengeance was?

Grinding to a halt, Touya stopped by a set of dumpsters that had a doorstep from an abandoned restaurant nestled between them. Aside from the putrid stench of rotten fish, it had been a suitable sleeping spot during his teenage years. Pulling a spray can out of his trench coat pockets, Touya approached a brick wall at the end of an alleyway that he’d coated in graffiti over the past decade. And here birdbrain wouldn’t be around to nag Touya about shitting on Endeavor thanks to some good old-fashioned vandalism.

Too bad that the hiss of an uncapped spray can was already echoing through the alleyway as some blonde figure crouched in front of Touya’s brick wall of choice.

Scowling, the boy flipped around. The crinkle in his brows was so severe Touya would bet five yen that the boy had visible angry lines even when sleeping. Ruby eyes flickered manically. Touya could have sworn he heard a crackle from the boy’s arm. Taking in how the boy gritted his teeth and spat at on the pavement as if Touya were dirt, Touya wondered whether his old man had resembled this boy in his youth.

Touya snapped out of his stupor and shoved his hands in his pockets as he leisurely approached the kid. As if he’d let himself be shown up by some twerp who couldn’t even hold a spray can steadily.

“Get away from my wall, you damn punk.”

Eyebrows narrowing to knives, the kid practically hissed at Touya. “Go die, you fugly raccoon! I was here first.”

With complete disregard of how spikey his own hair was, Touya stomped up to the kid. “As if, you spiky-haired bastard! See that tag, that’s mine. So get the hell out of my turf.”

“Tch, you call that a tag?” The kid pointed to a spot on the bricks the Touya had decorated last month. “ ‘Endeavor Sux’ ain’t fucking original.”

“Doesn’t need to be original if it's the damn truth.” Crossing his arms, Touya scowled at mini-Endeavor and wondered if reducing him to ashes would be worthwhile. After all, Touya was already the culprit behind a dozen missing person cases. What was one more? “Besides, I bet you couldn’t make something even a quarter as good to save your pathetic-ass life.”

“Are you looking down at me?”

“You make it easy by being short as hell.”

Touya sent the kid a devilish grin. He couldn’t be more than a foot shorter than Touya, but thanks to Keigo his combat boots had enough of a platform than Touya could kinda-sorta crane his head downward while looking mini-Endeavor in the eyes.

“Pah, give it a few years and I’ll be towering over extras like you. Bet you ain’t growing anymore your creep.”

Smoke rose from mini-Endeavor’s palms, making Touya certain that the kid had a quirk just as volatile as his own or the number two hero’s quirk. 

“Well, it ain’t like a goddamn growth spurt will suddenly make you an amazing artist.”

Clutching a spray can hard enough for the metal to creak, the kid stomped over to the wall. The kid rolled up his sleeve and shook his spray can as he scoffed at Touya. “Wanna bet, you ugly-ass extra?”

“It’s ain’t even gonna be much of a competition,” Touya chuckled.

Paint flew as Touya and mini-Endeavor aimed their cans at the bricks. The heavy aroma of acrylic enveloped the alley. Sweat seemed to billow off the kid in waves while Touya barely stopped blue sparks from flying off his skin. Twisting the can between his fingers, Touya started to sketch the outline of Endeavor with a dick for a head.

The fire roaring in his chest – the force that had wanted Endeavor dead on a spike wasn’t nearly as loud as it used to be. The image of his throat crumbling away to ash didn’t fill Touya’s bones with the icy touch of satisfaction. Biting the inside of his mouth, Touya cast those thoughts aside and started to spell out Endeawhore in all caps.

Keigo was probably just getting to him. Killing Endeavor was Touya’s whole brand. If he wasn’t the Todoroki to surpass All Might, if he wasn’t the corpse who’d rise from the dead to commit patricide, who even was he?

A father? A husband? A brother?

But were those mundane roles really going to be enough for him? Enough after a childhood where he had been poised for greatness since birth. Enough after an adolescence where he’d been convinced that his strong quirk would give him vengeance.

Bang! The dust settling after an explosion ripped Touya out of his thoughts. The sweet scent of nitroglycerin drifted around the boy who’d left the wall in a collapsed heep of rumble. The boy cast aside the shrapnel left by an exploded can and his skull T-shirt was drenched with red paint and sweat.

Touya barely repressed a snicker as the boy stared at his failure with a snarl. So determined to prove himself, so set on showing that he was the best – damn the consequences. And behind the scowl in the kid’s brows Touya saw something a little more than Enji: a boy admiring the fire on his palms and hoping that it’d give him a way to justify his existence.

Shrugging off the abrupt end to the impromptu competition, Touya elbowed the explodey kid. “Overheated?”

He swatted Touya away. “Nah, fucking dehydrated.”

With a huff, Touya fetched a dented disposable plastic bottle out of his trench coat pocket and held it out toward the kid. “Here, have a water. Can’t have a pathetic pipsqueak like you dying on my watch. There’d be no end to the lecturing from my husband.”

“Dafuq? Who’d marry an ugly bastard like you?”

“Who are you calling ugly?” Sure, Touya looked kinda decrepit with how his body was being held together, but hey, his bird liked shiny things so the staples had worked out and Touya fucking knew it.

“Besides, at least I have someone who packs me water bottles. Only someone out of their goddamn minds would date you. Heck, a bastard like you might not even have sorry-ass school friends.”

“Fuck off. Bet your husband lives in fucking Canada.” The kid glared at Touya as he snatched the water bottle out of Touya’s hand. But as soon as he took a long swig, the boy spat the water back out and drenched the rubble that remained of the alleyway. 

“Jesus FUCKING Christ, why is this water so goddamn hot?!”

Touya clicked his tongue at how fumes practically rose out of the kid’s ears. So what, the brat was upset that Touya had heated up the water bottle to spite him? Good grief, that brat was so high maintenance. 

Then again, Touya could say the same for his younger self. The type of kid who’d challenge every HPSC trainee to a duel and judge the quality of the water that Keigo would bring him after every match.

“What are you, some princess who wants ice cold water served on a platter to you?” Touya quipped.

Practically hissing, the boy picked up the bottle he’d dropped on the ground and took a long wistful gulp. As he settled onto the rubble, Touya sat down beside him and stretched out his arms. Every tendon ached and each muscle groaned. God, Touya felt so fucking old. How on Earth was he supposed to be in his mid-twenties? Sighing, Touya resigned himself to the fact that he’d have to use a fuckton of Icy-Hot TM to ease his pain once he got back home.

Staring down at his sneakers, the kid broke the silence. “Did you mean that bullshit?”

“What bullshit?” Touya snorted.

“The stuff you said literally moments ago.” Staring daggers, the kid snarled at Touya. “Are you saying that you don’t fucking remember?”

Touya raised his hands up in mock-surrender. “My body is literally falling apart at the seams. I’m high all the time. Why would you think I’d remember insignificant crap?”

Small pops crackled upon the kid’s palms. “Well, claiming I don’t have friends doesn’t seem insignificant, you bastard.”

“And do you have friends?”

“Are you doubting me?”

Crossing his arms, Touya rolled his eyes. Even Touya’s pain of a youngest brother hadn’t been as much of a nuisance as this brat. “Yeah. You ain’t dropping any names.”

“There’s Deku.”

“Useless?” So similar to how Endeavor had perceived Touya. “Huh, it doesn’t sound like you consider him much of a friend.”

The kid simply let out a grunt and turned away from Touya. The parallels were so similar it was almost funny. As rubbled crunched beneath the kid’s feet while his expression grew stern, Touya couldn’t help but think of how Endeavor would hide in his office wearing a stony expression whenever someone pointed out his pitfalls.

“You’re just like Endeavor. You’ll never be more than number two,” Touya said.

The kid’s head snapped around. “The hell did you say?! I am going to be the number one hero and there’s no goddamn doubt about it. I’m nothing like that flame bastard.”

“Oh really? Want a list of the similarities? Short temper, inflated ego, a cocktail of an inferiority and superiority complex. Need I go on? I know your type – you’re not that special.”

“You’ve got some nerve if you think you can read me like an open book.” The kid held out his explosive hand in Touya’s direction but Touya didn’t even flinch. After surviving both his old man and the Commission’s training, handling a puny punk was practically a walk in the park.

“It’s not my fault you make it so easy. And do you know what the most damning thing is that makes you like the flame bastard?” 

Touya recalled the kid’s heavy footsteps and his I-don’t-give-a-damn-about-anyone attitude. He remembered how Endeavor hardly acknowledged Touya no matter how much he idolized him. No matter how much Touya saw his father as his whole world back then.

“It looks a hell of a lot like you push everyone who even remotely gives a shit about you away,” Touya spat out.

Shell-shocked, the kid turned and stared off into the distance. Touya let out a whistle. Wow, I must’ve really hit a nail on the head. Society must be fucked up beyond repair if everyone with a powerful flashy quirk ends up acting kinda like my old man.

Gawking at his palms as if they were grenades about to go off, the kid slowly choked out his next sentence. “The idiot extras in my class say I should get therapy.”

“I guess that wouldn’t be a total waste of time. Might make you tolerable to be around. Now wouldn’t that be an outright miracle?”

“Fuck off.”

Touya scooted closer. He even ruffled his spiky hair – because, heck, taking that kid down another peg sure wouldn’t hurt. 

“It gets lonely at the top, kid. You’re better off not being up there alone. Besides, do you really think people like All Might make it to that number one spot without family, friends, etcetera rooting for them?”

The kid kicked aside some rubble and gave pause for the better half of a minute. “Maybe… apologizing to Deku wouldn’t be the worst idea.”

“Well, I can tell you one thing. Apologizing is something the Endeavor that I know would never do.”

“Like hell he wouldn’t.” Grinning wildly once again, the kid curled his fingers into fists. “I’m gonna be so much better than that bastard stuck at number two.”

Rising up from his perch atop the rubble, Touya headed for the alleyway’s exit and smiled. “We’ll see if you got what it takes, kid.”

That kid had a raging forest fire in his eyes. A sense of ambition, fury and drive to brute force his way to the top, to his end goal, no matter what. That kid had it. Touya didn’t. And as he marched past the mouth of the alleyway it fully dawned on Touya that the fury that had kept him moving forward for years was little more than an ember of what it once was.

And maybe that was okay.

Turning on his burner phone, Touya glanced at the picture of Keigo and Touya using snapchat filters that he’d saved as his lock screen. He glanced at the time and decided that he’d better get back to his purpose in life that had pushed his vendetta against Endeavor to the sidelines.


Number1AllMightFan

 

No.1

Hey deku

I mean Izuku

 

Number1AllMightFan

Huh that name sounds weird coming from you

 

No.1

Well it is your name

 

Number1AllMightFan

It didn’t seem so when i was around you

 

No.1

I guess I could call you nerd or whatever as a compromise

 

Number1AllMightFan

Well that’s definitely better than you calling me useless

Or by my first name

But why are you writing to me kacchan? You never do

If you want to rub it in my face that i don’t deserve to UA please save it for another time

I don’t want to hear it right now

 

No.1

No nerd

I wanted to say that

I’m sorry

For all that bs i did over the years

I guess you were never really looking down at me at the river

You were just being that same kinda heroic idiot 

Like you back at the slime villain attack

 

Number1AllMightFan

Kacchannnn

 

No.1

I’m not done yet, nerd

I shouldn’t have told you that swan dive thing either

Because as dumb as your muttering and notebooks are 

You did save round cheeks…

And i guess that means something or some shit

You aren’t useless or whatever

 

Number1AllMightFan

What brought this on?

Is someone holding a gun to your head and forcing you to apologize, kacchan?

 

No.1

Fuck no!! As if i’d let any extra force me to do some bs i didn’t want to do

It just seemed idiotic to wreck everything 

when you’ve thought i could be number 1 even before i had explosion

 

Number1AllMightFan

That’s very mature of you kacchan 

Thank you

 

No.1

Tch, don’t waste your thanks, nerd

I just don’t want to end up like that flame bastard Endeavor

 

Number1AllMightFan

I think Shouto would appreciate that

 

No.1

Tch, Icyhot better!

 



OMAKE: Dabi Memes

Notes:


Recent Reads - Togachako Recs:

never not for you (fluffy togachako established relationship oneshot with gorgeous poetic prose)
When She Loved Me (a childhood friend au that packs a punch with some excellent hurt/comfort)
Who is VampirePrincess? (toga writes fanfic abt her and Ochako - I liked the chatfic elements in this oneshot)

Chapter 16: Is eating raw chicken okay?

Summary:

Dabi reconciles with Hawks.

Notes:

So yeah... it's not the 14th but my laptop broke so I'm posting Dear Google to cope. I don't think I'll have another chapter out this month because of the laptop situation; chapter 16 is the last of my buffer. I'll hopefully see y'all in April for an April Fools chapter and normal updates because fingers crossed that I'll have a permanent laptop replacement by then.

Thanks to Stariana for betaing <3 <3 <3

Chapter Text

Ochie

 

Himi <3

The world is ending everything sucks and i wanna drown in a puddle of blood

 

Ochie

Wait! No! Don’t die himiko

 

Himi <3

but a puddle of blood would be such a yummy way to go out

 

Ochie

fair enough

i suppose i wouldn’t mind suffocating beneath a pile of mochi

 

Himi <3

Exactly! U get it

also imagine how funny the epitaph would be afterwards

“she died as she lived surrounded by her fav food”

 

Ochie

Omg OMG omg himi

Who gave u the right to be so funny

 

Himi <3

Prolly bc i’m god’s favorite

 

Ochie

What makes you think you’re God’s favorite

 

Himi <3

It’s the best explanation for why life lead me to an angle like you

*angel like you

Ahhhhh stupid autocorrect why can’t you just let me be romantic?

 

Ochie

for what it’s worth i thought it was pretty romantic despite autocorrect’s meddling

 

Himi <3

Awwww ochie ily SO MUCH

and i guess autocorrect isn’t completely off the mark

yk bc u are an aCUTE ANGLE

 

Ochie

OMG HIMI
I’m dead XD

i guess you’ve picked up some dad jokes from your dads, huh?

But yeah i love u 2

But srsly himi what’s wrong?

 

Himi <3

My dads had a big fight

 

Ochie

Chicken man and the fire one?

 

Himi <3

Yeah and dabi stormed off and he said he’d be back after calming down but i don’t know if he will

i don’t want them to be mad at each other

I’ve never had adults who actually cared abt me before and i don’t want to lose either of them bc they’re on bad terms

 

Ochie

I’m sorry himiko

*hugs*

You deserve to be loved by parents okay

You are more worthy of love than you know

 

Himi <3

Thanks, ochako

 

Ochie

Is there anything else i can do?

 

Himi <3

u being here is enough

i know that’d you’d never abandon me

 

Ochie

I wouldn’t 

And if you want to vent more i’ll still be right here


Logical Ruse Victims

 

eat the rich (except momo)

feeling kinda down rn

Himiko’s going through… a lot

 

EndeavorSux

I see. Did she perhaps run out of a suitable blood source?

Perhaps she could drink the blood of cows instead of humans for a change.

After all, rare beef is fairly bloody.

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Shouto, Himiko is NOT a vampire

Midoriya literally found out what her quirk was and Himiko confirmed it

She transforms into the people whose blood she drinks

 

EndeavorSux

hmm that sounds like exactly the kind of lie a vampire would tell

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Agreed, it does sound awfully convenience especially since vampires can also transform

 

Number1AllMightFan

Not into people through

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Details details

We still don’t have definitive preuve that Twilight theory isn’t real

Therefore it still stands

 

No.1

Give it a rest already with that shitty vampire talk, you damn extras!

The nerd made a damn good case and you need to stop acting like goddamn conspiracy lunatics

What are you idiots gonna do next? That snake people secretly rule the world or some bs?!!

 

Number1AllMightFan

Kachannnn, you like my theory???

😭😭😭

 

No.1

Ugh stop crying

It was halfway decent quirk analysis

Know your fucking worth

 

AcidTrip

Did bakugo just give Midoriya a backhanded compliment ?

 

manliestman

Woah, bakubro 

That’s so wild

I think i was the only other person who got one of those from u

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

What did he say?

 

manliestman

that my hair looked slightly less shitty than usual

 

Premium_DuctTape

Damn, dude

that is impressive

 

IidaTenya

I find backhanded compliments identical to insults in every conceivable way.

I urge you to cease such passive aggressive behavior.

 

AcidTrip

sry iida not also of us are as talked at being outright aggressive like you with those hand chops

 

IidaTenya

Ashido, how rude! I need my hand chops to emphasize my words

 

3D_Printer

We know, Iida. And I in the very least appreciate how animated you are

 

AcidTrip

yeah, we like your weird personality ticks

sry for pulling your leg dude

 

IidaTenya

Apology accepted.

I suppose I could also be a little less harsh regarding backhanded compliments.

 

now u see me

Perfect, great – anyways time to move on and get back to what’s most important

we might know what himiko’s quirk is but there’s nothing that says she can’t have a quirk and also be a vampire

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Dude you’re so right

 

Feel_The_Noize

Because it would be so logical for someone to be a serial killer/ vigilante/ vampire/ drug dealer/ person with a quirk

 

3D_Printer

Admittedly, the last item on the list is the least mutually exclusive. It isn’t entirely out of the question that Himiko isn’t a vampire.

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Guys! My gf is a perfectly ordinary girl w a few issues

sure she’s had to deal w quirk discrimination and has shitty bio parents

but i mean don’t things like that make her just as human as the rest of us?

 

Kero-sene

well-phrased Ochako

 

AcidTrip

but y’all idk abt the vampire dealio

i mean yeah himiko’s got fangs and all

But my money’s on that she’s a villain or sth

 

SparkySparkyBoomBoomMan

Are u just saying that bc u just want ochako and her gf to enemies to lovers vibes as a hero/villain couple?

 

AcidTrip

No, it’s just she seems like the kinda gal who’d be down to do not entirely legal stuff

Just a totally… random hunch

So guess she could technically be a vigilante like ochako said

though i think villainy is more likely

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Oh is it bc she has a “villainous” quirk?

Seriously mina

A blood quirk doesn’t make her a bad person

 

AcidTrip

Crap, sorry, Ochako

I didn’t mean to a imply that Himiko’s bad person

I mean i’ve met the gal - i think you two are good for each other

still i guess it’s not impossible to imagine a nice person turning to villainy yk

Like in another life where i’d let comments over “not looking human” get the best of me

idk i guess i’d want to murder people and burn down buildings

and be totally down to threaten pervy high schoolers with knives

 

Feel_The_Noize

that last one was oddly specific

But damn, having a mutant quirk is rough

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Sorry you’ve had to go through that, mina

 

manliestman

Yeah!! And anyone who made fun of your looks is wrong!

You look so manly, i mean cool, Ashido

 

GotAnyGrapes?

U probably don’t want to hear it from me but i think your pink skin looks nice

 

AcidTrip

You know what, mineta

For once i don’t mind you making comments abt my appearance, so thanks i guess

Just you don’t dare pull any creepy shit again or i won’t hesitate to turn u into a puddle w my acid

 

GotAnyGrapes?

… yes ma’am 

 

now u see me

u might have a point mina but that doesn’t change that we still we don’t know for sure if himiko is a vampire or not 

Bc we don’t know if she has a reflection since we got distracted by the special ingredient in the brownies at Shouto’s party

 

3D_Printer

I suppose we could arrange another in-person meeting to investigate

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Yk that might not be the worst idea

an in-person meeting might be the perfect way to cheer her up

 

Feel_The_Noize

well she likes cosplay, right?

maybe we can go to a convention

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Yes! Omg u are a genius, jirou!

 

3D_Printer

Indeed she is

 

GotAnyGrapes?

For costumes at the convention, I believe all the women there should be able to wear whatever they feel comfortable in without feeling objectified.

 

AcidTrip

Are you just saying that bc you want to ogle at smexy clothes?

 

GotAnyGrapes?

No of course not! I would never not in a thousand years! Going forward I will always ask for written consent before ogling etc… wouldn’t wanna get stabbed over that haha

 

now u see me

Uh okay

That sure is a 180

 

Kero-sene

Yup

 

3D_Printer

Want to forget about that and think of some cosplay ideas instead?

 

Feel_The_Noize

Hell yeah, babe


Himi <3

 

Ochie

Hey himi i was wondering if you’d want to go on a double date to a cosplay convention with Momo and Jirou

 

Himi <3

Ahhhhh YES a thousand times yes

We can wear the cutest couple’s costumes EVER

just the cutest girls in the world looking so adorable

 

Ochie

so i’m guessing you’d want to do sth w magical girls?

 

Himi <3

Duh

We can be anthy and utena

 

Ochie

Huh? I was kinda expecting that you’d say sailor moon

 

Himi <3

What can i say? I really want to see you in pants and w a sword

But on another note what brought on asking to meet up in person again tho?

 

Ochie

3 things really

I wanna see you,

My friends want to confirm that u aren’t a vampire by checking that you have a reflection

And i thought this might be a good distraction from your dads fighting

 

Himi <3

LMAO i can already imagine their shocked faces when they do realize i have a reflection

But seriously ochie so glad that you’re thinking of ways to cheer me up

 

Ochie

Anytime himi <3

 

Himi <3

Anyways going 2 sleep now

Who knows?

Maybe dabs will be back when i wake up

 

Ochie

Fingers crossed


By the time Touya reached the rooftop with the Endeavor billboard, the embers of dawn were stretching across the horizon. Baby blues and pinks mingled together – the exact same kind of hues as the hair clips Keigo wanted to spoil their kid with.

Keigo was swinging his feet over the edge of the roof as he frowned at the martyred billboard like it was spoiled milk. Himiko had her head nestled on his lap and Keigo had detached all the crimson feathers on his back to cover her with them like a blanket.

Tossing his dented spray can off the roof, Touya let it fall into the nearest alleyway, clattering on the ground. He sheepishly ran his fingers through his hair as Keigo whipped his head in Touya’s direction. Staring at the stains of cheap box dye left on his hands, Touya wondered if it was finally time to go with his natural color again.

To shatter the chains of the past. To move on from it and finally heal. Back when he’d been surrounded by the stench of charred flesh on a mountaintop, Touya thought that happiness would forever be out of reach. But now with Keigo widening his eyes and looking Touya’s way as the kid’s snoring resounded, it dawned on him that maybe all he had to do to get that domestic bliss that had always been out of the cards for the Todorokis was to jump out and take that chance.

Touya’s insides churned and liquified with every step he took closer toward Keigo. Who was he without the grand schemes of patricide? Could he still be a villain without that grand ambition? Good grief, it was so fucking terrifying to not know exactly what kind of person he’d be going forward.

Still, no matter how much of an asshole Touya had been, Keigo had stayed – even if Touya’s return hadn’t been a guarantee. 

Touya waved softly. “Hey, Kei.”

As he craned his neck to face Touya completely, Keigo’s eyes lit up like lanterns. “Yeah?”

“I’m sorry.” 

The words tasted acidic in Touya’s mouth. So stilted from lack of use. But he knew that speaking those words was worthwhile as soon as he got close enough for Keigo to envelop him in a tight embrace. Keigo’s cool touch eased the coals simmering in Touya’s chest, reminding him that it was okay to just exist .

“I know,” Keigo whispered into Touya’s shoulder. “And I'm sorry too.”

Weaving his fingers through the kid’s hair as she drooled in her sleep, Touya dramatically held his free hand in front of his forehead. “Will fried chicken sweeten the pot for making you forgive me?”

Untangling himself from Touya, Keigo pursed his lips and thoughtfully tapped a finger against his chin. “Yeah, though you might need to add some makeup sex to have me thoroughly convinced.”

“Don’t say that in front of the kid,” Touya groaned.

“You brought this upon yourself, hot stuff.” Keigo nudged Touya in the side. “Besides, Himiko’s asleep.”

Blinking her eyes open, Himiko murmured, “Did someone say my name?”

Touya popped his lips. “Nope.”

“Nah, you did.” Stirring in Keigo’s lap, Himiko shook off the feathers and shot upright. Clasping her hands together she leaned in closer toward Touya. “Also, did you make up? Yes! Yay! All is right in the world again!”

Sighing, Touya rolled his eyes and offered up a shoulder to Himiko. As the frosty early morning breeze sent goosebumps across everyone’s skin except for Touya’s, she nuzzled between her two parents. Refastening the hair clip that had come loose in her sleep, Touya let all the lingering tension in his frame dissipate.

Touya cleared his throat. “Kei… I don’t think I want to kill Endeavor anymore. I don’t think I have for a while. I guess it just kinda became routine or whatever.”

Keigo wrapped his hand around Touya’s, his touch like an anchor to reassure Touya that he was worth something. A feathery kiss brushed against Touya’s forehead as Keigo muttered, “That’s… good.”

“Guess so. Your goody-two-shoes hero ways really have corrupted me, huh?”

Red feathers drifted across the roof and reattached themselves to Keigo’s back as he winked at Touya. “What can I say? I’m just that charming.”

As Touya snorted, Keigo tapped his shoulder, his eyes wide and inquisitive. “Gonna expose all of your old man’s crimes to the world, hot stuff?”

“Kei, you know I don’t know how to do that without arson, killing and an improv dance number involved.”

“But you could still… I don’t know… tell the public what he did.”

“Maybe. My shitty bio fam’s always been on the private side so I don’t think they’d want me airing out their dirty laundry.” Inhaling deeply, Touya leaned back and collapsed against the cement. “I guess there’s no rush on making that judgment call, though.”

“Take all the time you need,” Keigo said.

“But I’m still burning the Commission down to the ground one of these days.” Sighing, Touya reached out to brush over the part of Keigo’s eyebrows where his handlers had forcibly plucked out the feathers that naturally grew.

“Ha, I don’t think I can stop you from that. But please wait, okay?” In turn, Keigo swept Touya’s hair out of his eyes. “I’m not ready for them to get taken down yet, hot stuff.”

“Well, I guess if I’d be capable of waiting for anyone’s sake, it would be for you, birdie.”

Giggling, Himiko pounced on top of Touya and started to pout and bat her eyelashes. “You know watching you two fight was super traumatizing. I think you should get me an apology present… like a sibling!”

Keigo turned as red as a stop sign. “Um… we’ll think about it,” he said through clenched teeth, sounding strained. 

“Nope, trust me, brat. Siblings are overrated. I’m speaking from experience,” Touya groaned as he recalled the number of times Natsuo had swiped underwear from his drawer. What a menace to society. So fucking disgusting.

“But life as an only child is so so lonely !” Himiko whined.

“Too bad.” Shoving Himiko off his stomach, Touya stood up and brushed the dust off his trench coat. “Anyways, let’s go home. I’m making fried chicken.”

“Oh, Dad! Can I have my chicken raw please? I’d like it to be nice and bloody.”

“Jesus fucking Christ, do you want salmonella?!”

Himijo shrugged. “A little bit of bacteria never killed nobody.”

“Raw chicken isn’t even fried chicken anyways.” Shaking his head, Touya swatted at the air dismissively. “You know what. I’ll just make you raw beef instead.”

Pumping a fist in the air, Himiko hummed to herself as she skipped to the rooftop exit. “Yippee! Blood, blood, blood!”

Mentally, Touya was already walking through the recipe’s steps on seasoning beef and chicken. Honestly, cooking for those idiots who couldn’t make toast without burning it was kind of a pain. But for his idiots, Touya supposed that the hassle was worthwhile.


not a clone, i swear

 

not a clone, i swear

Hello! i saw on reddit that you were looking for a sibling

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

OMG! totally am

Srsly being an only child is so so sad

Yk when you’re out and abt and want to use the restroom

but u don’t want to bring your purse full of knives inside the stall with you?

Well a sibling would be able to hold your knives and you could take turns

 

not a clone, i swear

I wouldn’t know; I’m also an only child

I have dozens of siblings!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ah you get it yay!!

i also want a sibling i can watch the trolls trilogy with

 

not a clone, i swear

A masterpiece of cinema!!

those movies are garbage!!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

well we could watch them together to find out for sure

Ahhh it seems like you’d be so much fun to watch trolls with

tell you what, i think you’ve got what it takes to be my sibling

i just need to ask u some basic questions before I introduce you to my dads

 

not a clone, i swear

Bring it on! I ain’t talking

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Tehehehe u are so funny :3

Okie dokie big question time

Are you a villain?

 

not a clone, i swear

Hell yeah! What makes you think that?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Hurray!! Dabs is gonna love u

Anyways, what are your thoughts on chicken?

 

not a clone, i swear

Dino nuggies >>>>>

I’d never even touch chicken

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Hmm my papa prefers fried chicken but i think he likes nugs too

But okay… last question… have u ever been homeless???

 

not a clone, i swear

For years and years. Not a day in my life!!!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️
ONE OF US ONE OF US

Me and my dads have all been homeless too

Welcome to the family!!

 

not a clone, i swear

Hurray! Oh darn

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

adding u to the family group chat ASAP

or well maybe not rn

My dads prolly need some time after their fight

But SOON :)))



OMAKE: An Encounter With Canon Dabi

 

EndeavorSux

 

EndeavorSux

What the FUCK is wrong with you?!

Where is your murderous rage?

The patricide? The fratricide?

You loved those kinds of murder

 

Dad-bi

i mean i do still like homicide

but you saying i loved patricide and fratricide is just weird

i mean i can’t know for sure that i enjoy a type of murder if i haven’t committed it yet

 

EndeavorSux

That’s not even the worst of it

why do you want to give up hairdye?

 

Dad-bi

Bc the edginess ain’t worth it, dumbass

using that shitty cheap hair dye is why i have a baldspot

I’m twenty-fucking-four

I shouldn’t have a fucking baldspot

 

EndeavorSux

Well it’s not like goddamn white hair will make you look any less ancient

WTF happened to you????

 

Dad-bi

what can i say?

Fatherhood changes a person

 

EndeavorSux

Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Chapter 17: Can vampires yank swords out of their chests?

Summary:

Himiko, Ochako, Momo and Jirou go to a cosplay convention. Also, 1A selects a class president.

Notes:

Hello babes! I'm back with a random update. Throwing my update schedule out the window bc I'm too excited to share what I've been drafting. Also yay I replaced my broken laptop :D
And I just wrote an exam so I'm treating myself to an update.

In this chapter, there's a small nod to How can I tell if my gaydar is broken?, but you don't have to read it for context.

Thank you, Stariana, for being a top-notch beta for this chapter! <3

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Logical Ruse Victims

Premium_DuctTape

so y’all that break in…

are you guys sure that this is really the number 1 hero school?

bc if u ask me the security is p shoddy

 

IidaTenya

How dare you insinuate that UA is not the best of the best!

 

Premium_DuctTape

I do dare tho

bc come on dude

we have a genius rat/dog/bear

that kind of alarm shouldn’t have been a thing yk 

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Yuppers

It was a thing

A thing that happened

 

Feel_The_Noize

wow so eloquent, kaminari

 

3D_Printer

oh kyouka be nice

 

Feel_The_Noize

fine i’ll cut back on the sarcasm just this once for u hun

 

3D_Printer

I also appreciate how you are willing to go out of your comfort zone for me, darling.

 

now u see me

enough of your flirting

We’ve got more pressing things to worry about

 

revelry in the dark

like how eventually all the stars in the universe will go out leaving us with nothing but darkness

 

Kero-sene

Thank you for being so blunt, Tokoyami.

 

revelry in the dark

but ofc

it is my responsibility as a creature of the dark abyss to shine light on issues no one wishes to acknowledge

 

Tentacles

Every day i lurk in this chat and every day i get more confused

 

DisneyPrincess

same here

 

AcidTrip

Quiet lurkers!

We have priorities

 

now u see me

Yeah like choosing what outfits are getting picked for the cosplay double date

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

I vote catradora!!

 

manliestman

Ooh someone should dress up as black widow

She’s so manly

 

Feel_The_Noize

So we don’t get free will?

 

AcidTrip

Nope!! Bc u have many friends who will help u make difficult decisions

 

No.1

Goddamit you extras

The only person worth dressing up as is number one

 

AcidTrip

So u want people to dress up as u?

 

No.1

Tch as if i want 2 deal w fucking copycats

 

Number1AllMightFan

You’ve got it all wrong

Kacchan means that all might cosplay is the best kind

He used to wear his all might onesie so much when we were kids

 

No.1

That didn’t happen

 

Number1AllMightFan

Oh really? 

It’s not like our moms didn’t take a ton of photos

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Partagez-le!!

 

AcidTrip

SHARE IT

 

now u see me

If u don’t share it i’ll die of the suspense

 

No.1

DON’T U DARE SHARE IT, NERD!!!

 

Number1AllMightFan

I won’t I promise

 

No.1

I dON’T

tch, nevermind

 

3D_Printer

Bakugo, you stopped pretty abruptly there. Is everything alright?

 

No.1

Pah i’m fine, Ponytail

It just ain’t worth getting worked up over useless bs

Can’t be no. 1 if i can’t fuckin prioritize

 

now u see me

Speaking of priorities we should get back 2 cosplays 2 the double date!!!

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Oui! ✨ fashion is my passion ✨

 

AcidTrip

As it should be 

Plus the opportunities are basically limitless

since yaomomo can just make any cosplay at the snap of a hat

 

3D_Printer

No, I insist on purchasing the costumes.

I simply cannot do a disservice to the economy.

 

eat the rich (except momo)

well then it’s a good thing that momo can also buy anything at the drop of a hat

 

EndeavorSux

Credit cards sure are nice

Especially if it helps you bleed Endeavor’s bank account dry

 

Feel_The_Noize

hmm. we can definitely all relate to that

Whoops being sarcastic again

 

3D_Printer

No worries, darling.

It is a part of your charm.

On another note, I do quite appreciate having financial flexibility.

And Ochako if you want any help funding your cosplay, I am happy to help.

Any excuse for more shopping is a welcome one

 

eat the rich (except momo)

I appreciate it but there’s no need

Himiko says she has plenty of money for cosplay now

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Because she is une vampire with centuries of wealth 

 

eat the rich (except momo)

no it’s just that one of her adoptive dads is financially stable

 

Premium_DuctTape

doubt 

 

EndeavorSux

Or maybe she has a bunch of money from her vampire-drug-deals now

 

eat the rich (except momo)

everyone

Himiko is just a perfectly normal girl

You’ll see at the convention that she’s just a normal gal with a normal reflection

 

AcidTrip

Let’s vote on costumes!!

 

eat the rich (except momo)

We’re not voting 

Himiko and i are going as anthy and utena

 

now u see me

Okay that’s a v nice couples costume

forget the vote we can’t improve on perfection

 

IidaTenya

Since we are pushing less pressing votes aside

I implore that we focus on the most important vote of all

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Uh voting for the US president?

 

manliestman

Kaminari, you can’t even vote for the US president

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

aww man

 

IidaTenya

No, I meant voting for class president of course.

We did not complete it in class because of the break-in.

 

Premium_DuctTape

Damn, dude

u r so right

i can’t believe we got so distracted

 

Kero-sene

I can believe it

 

Feel_The_Noize

same here

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Does anyone still have the ballots w the votes?

 

AcidTrip

I DO!!

lemme count

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

wonder how long it’s gonna take

 

AcidTrip

Don’t rush me, kaminari
It isn’t like you’re the best at counting

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Ouch that hurt

 

AcidTrip

Okay i’m sry i’m sry

But pls everyone in the chat quiet down 4 a hot minute

y’all have conversations that are too interesting

and i need to concentrate

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

le suspense

 

now u see me

who do u think is gonna win, yuga?

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Moi!! For no one shines quite as bright

 

Premium_DuctTape

Never change, aoyama

never change

 

AcidTrip

‘Kay so the votes are in

drumroll please…

 

manliestman

*drumroll*

 

Number1AllMightFan

*drumroll*

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

*drumrool*

Ahhh not a typo 😭😭

can the oh so gracious mod erase my mistake?

 

Feel_The_Noize

no can do

perish

u can’t just erase your mistakes

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Why cruel world??

why must i bear this fate

 

AcidTrip

Okay anyways

Typos yada yada

Our new class prez is

… Midoriya

who won by one point

 

eat the rich (except momo)

OMG congrats, Izuku!

 

now u see me

you’ll be a great class rep

 

No.1

you might have won this time, nerd

but next time i’ll be number 1

 

Number1AllMightFan

Ha ha so funny thing

i kinda sorta don’t wanna be class prez

 

GotAnyGrapes?

Why wouldn’t you want to be class prez?

Don’t the ladies… i mean people in general like that

 

Number1AllMightFan

It’s just w only winning by one point

I don’t deserve to be class prez

 

EndeavorSux

No you’d be an alright class representative

After all, you figured out what Himiko’s quirk was

 

AcidTrip

Tru tru we do want a smort class prez

 

Feel_The_Noize

All of u are forgetting that my gf is smart too

 

manliestman

So is iida

And that move he pulled during the mob was super manly

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Mina how abt u share the voting results

 

AcidTrip

Uh well so the thing is most people voted for themselves

So there’s hardly anyone w more than one point

Momo and iida have 2 and midoriya was 3

 

now u see me

Yk what forget democracy

Let’s decide class prez randomly

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

le hasard

 

revelry in the dark

let us embrace the revelry of chaos

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Woo! Randomness

 

IidaTenya

Alas, I suppose it has been decided.

Perhaps Midoriya can select a random number and whoever guesses correctly can be class representative.

 

AcidTrip

Slayyy love that

Pick a number between 1 and 1 million

 

No.1

i’m gonna be number one at guessing just you extras wait

 

Number1AllMightFan

Okay, i got a number

 

now u see me

Time 2 guess

I pick 16

 

Kero-sene

Your seat number?

That isn’t very creative

 

now u see me

Eh

 

No.1

1!

 

Feel_The_Noize

ofc you were going to pick that

 

IidaTenya

I shall select 42 for that is the meaning of life

 

revelry in the dark

666

 

AcidTrip

omg tokoyami

I’m dead

 

3D_Printer

I suppose 6023 will be my selection

 

Number1AllMightFan

Momo…

You guessed correctly

And the exact number too

 

AcidTrip
AHHH CONGRATS

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Woah!! How did u do that?

 

3D_Printer

Well, it seemed logical considering how 6023 are the first few digits of avogadro’s number

 

Feel_The_Noize

Momo, I am so proud of you

 

3D_Printer

But it was simply lucky.

 

Feel_The_Noize

It isn’t a crime to proud of u regardless tho

 

3D_Printer

I suppose you are right. 

Um.. so with that important decision out of the way, would you like to go shopping for costumes?

 

Feel_The_Noize

Ofc!

 


 

Background Characters – and proud of it!

 

Tentacles

Do any of you understand what’s going on in that class chat?

 

C6H12O6

No, I’ve tried to backread and I’m so lost

 

chasing my tail

Ngl me too, sato

I think they’re going to a cosplay convention to stake a vampire? 

 

Tentacles

Idk that doesn’t sound right

 

DisneyPrincess

I can go check again…

But that chat is big

And kinda scary

 

Tentacles

agreed it def is kinda overwhelming

 

DisneyPrincess

what if we left the chat?

 

chasing my tail

Wouldn’t that be rude?

 

DisneyPrincess

yes oijiro, but i don’t know how much longer i can take those message pings

 

Tentacles

you could just mute the chat, koda

 

DisneyPrincess

but what if I miss important news like study groups or sth

 

Tentacles

Has there been anything important so far tho?

 

DisneyPrincess

no

 

chasing my tail

then how abt we leave the class group chat and make our own study group as needed?

 

Tentacles

sounds like a plan

 

chasing my tail

Done

 

C6H12O6

Done

 

DisneyPrincess

same

 

Tentacles

It’s probably for the best

I didn’t understand the messages from this morning at all

What’s a catradora? Some type of soda?

 

chasing my tail

No idea

 


Ochako tugged at her shirt sleeves, hating how the fabric clung too tightly to her shoulders. Still, she was enamored by how the pale tassels on her shoulders swayed with every step and the bright green stone fastened at the base of her neck. Flushing scarlet, Ochako noticed a pair of gold eyes lingering on her chest. Gripping onto a prop sword with a handle that the convention’s security had encased in tape, Ochako gulped.

Maybe it was a good thing that the costume was so tight-fitting after all. Himiko at least seemed to be enamored by how it accentuated Ochako’s curves.

Deep red layers of fabric billowed around Himiko as she twirled. A gold diadem flashed atop her blonde hair shaped into perfectly styled curls. Yet, her bangs flashed beneath the fluorescent lights of the convention center in as much disarray as ever. Messy and perfect. Unquestionably Himiko.

As Ochako held out an arm, Himiko’s cheeks blushed so much the rouge dashed across her face got overshadowed.

Leaning against Ochako’s shoulder, Himiko hummed to herself. “Do you think you can make a sword part of your hero costume?”

“I don’t think it’d suit my quirk very well,” Ochako chuckled as she intertwined her finger’s with Himiko’s. 

Skin soft to the touch save for the ridges connected her palm and fingers. Calluses there spoke of hands gripping on the hilt of a blade for who knows how many hours. Acidity stung the inside of Ochako’s mouth as her stomach somersaulted. What if there was more to Himiko being a fan of Stain? Of a serial killer. Did that make Himiko just as prone to sliding a knife between victims’ rib cages?

Shaking her head, Ochako bit her lower lip and basked in Himiko’s adoring smile. All the little nicknames echoed through her head. Cutie. Ochie. She recalled all the photos of Himiko glittering from social media filters, posing in the pleated skirts of sailor scouts.

No, Himiko was a good person. She had to be a good person. A vigilante perhaps but never a villain, never a killer. Looking at Himiko’s dress as dark as the blood her quirk relied on, Ochako recalled the villainous label that followed Himiko all her life.

Ochako pressed Himiko’s hand firmly. She’s more than her quirk. It doesn’t make her a villain.

Swallowing down the thoughts flooding in, Ochako asked, “Why are you asking if I could add a sword to my costume?”

Lighting up like a chandelier, Himiko skipped closer to the main convention hall’s entrance. “Because swords are basically just giant knives which therefore makes them awesome.”

“If you say so,” Ochako laughed.  A fluttering sensation danced on her skin and at the notion of how wide Himiko would smile over such a costume change. “I don’t think I’ll add a sword per say but maybe I’ll ask for some costume adjustments after the field trip to the USJ next week.”

“Ooh, you’re going to Universal Studios Japan! That’s so cool.”

“Ah, no, I’m not.” Loosely holding onto her prop sword, Ochako scratched the back of her head with her free hand. “The abbreviation stands for something else that’s just as cool. The Unforeseen Simulation Joint. It’s a hero training facility.”

Himiko beamed. “Well, I’m sure you’ll have a great time there, Ochie.”

As Himiko took Ochako by the hand, a voice called out. “Hey, Ochako! Ochako’s girlfriend!” a soft voice called out.

By the entrance to the main call, Kyouka waved curtedly in Ochako’s direction. A gold headband rested beneath Kyouka’s dark hair as she stood in a sailor scout outfit and a yellow skirt. Beside her, Momo stood tall – all prim and proper – with a handheld mirror nestled between her fingertips and green ballet slipper ribbons curled around her ankles.

Tugging Ochako along with her, Himiko hurried over toward the couple and squealed, “Love the costumes! So cute. After all, Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus were such good besties .”

“Uh-huh there was definitely nothing romantic there,” Kyouka snorted dryly. “Glad to see you two had the same idea. Because we all know Anthy and Utena were just really good friends.”

Wrapping her arm around the small of Himiko’s back, Ochako clicked her tongue. “Just gals being pals.”

“Yep, just like how the word ‘girlfriends’ didn’t get switched out with ‘cousins’ in the sailor moon dub,” Himiko snickered.

Crossing her arms, Kyouka let sarcasm drip off her every word. “Mhm, and Anthy and Utena’s kiss in one of the ending credits never got cut out.”

Himiko held a hand to her chest and gasped dramatically. “Excuse me, they kissed in the movie! Utenathy is canon and I will die on that hill. Not to mention all the subtext .”

Warmth spilled into Ochako as Kyouka’s cold expression melted away. Ochako barely resisted the urge to clap her palms together with glee. If all went well maybe this double date wouldn’t be the last.

“Eh, you’re not wrong,” Kyouka said. “Now that I think about it, Utena was probably my gay awakening.”

Tilting her head to the side, Momo tapped Kyouka on the shoulder. “What is a gay awakening, dear?”

“Umm, sometimes it’s like I dunno you’re watching a TV show as a kid and then you see a character… all the pieces click together… and it’s like… women …” Kyouka fumbled.

Disregarding how Kyouka had stumbled over her words, Ochako noted the bright red hue consuming Momo’s expression. “Why are you blushing, Momo?”

“Aww, I bet it’s because her lesbian awakening was super embarrassing,” Himiko giggled.

“It was not. My gay awakening was incredibly sophisticated,” Momo protested.

“You don’t say?” Himiko winked. “Then spill, who was your first crush?”

“Utena…”

I don’t believe you ,” Himiko answered in a sing-song voice.

Sighing, Kyouka patted Momo and the shoulder. “Hun, there’s nothing to be embarrassed about. I’m sure your first crush was as perfect as the rest of you.”

Momo bit her lip and avoided direct eye contact. “You don’t get it, Kyouka. My gay awakening wasn’t because of a cartoon like with you. It needs to be based on fictional characters, correct? Otherwise, I would be breaking the rules.”

“Yaomomo, there are no rules,” Ochako said. “Your first lesbian crush can be on literally anyone. Real or fictional. I think mine was Thirteen.”

Toying with some of the threads on Ochako’s shoulder, Himiko crooned. “Why Thirteen, cutie?”

“Mostly because of the mystery of whatever Thirteen looks like without the mask,” Ochako admitted.

A mischievous grin stretched across Himiko’s face and Ochako could picture the beginnings of a scheme to transform into Thirteen cooking up in Himiko’s mind.

But before Ochako could explicitly tell Himiko not to steal Thirteen’s blood, a swarm of people spilled into the convention center and the four girls let the crowd pull them in. Dancing around the flood of people, the two couples escaped to a little nook near a stand selling handmade bracelets and necklaces.

Picking up where the conversation left off, Momo sighed. “Well, that is quite the relief. Is it required for real people to be alive to count as a first crush?”

“Nope. It’s cool beans if they’re dead. Even better actually. So much pretty blood,” Himiko said wistfully.

“Right…” Kyouka said.

Ochako wearily picked at her cuticles. God, she hoped that comment wasn’t feeding into the theory about Himiko being a serial killer. After all, the fondness for blood was simply a part of her quirk. Heck, Vlad King was a hero and had plenty of blood on stock. So all things considering wanting to have blood on hand was perfectly normal, right? 

Himiko leaned in toward Momo. “What’s your first crush, Momo? Spill!”

“Why don’t you share your first crush, Himi?” Ochako asked.

“Ochie, I don’t even remember at this point. Too many people are so pretty.” Himiko reached out to twirl a strand of Ochako’s hair around her index finger. “Not as pretty as you though.”

“So corny,” Kyouka snickered.

Himiko perched both hands beneath her chin and batted her eyelashes innocently. “And that’s just one of the many things that makes me so lovable.”

Staring down at her slippers, making the air weigh heavy in anticipation, Momo finally spoke up. “My first crush was… Marie Curie.”

“Who’s that?” Himiko asked. As Kyouka sent her a baffled look, Himiko shrugged. “What? I dropped out of middle school. There’s a lot of stuff I don’t know.”

Momo’s face practically illuminated over the chance to elaborate. “Marie Curie won not one but two nobel prizes. She pioneered the field of radioactivity! I wish to be even half the chemist she was.” She bashfully coughed into her fist. “Also, her hair poof was quite lovely.”

“Hmm, if you like hair poofs so much, we could have gone as Catradora,” Kyouka said.

“I suppose.” Momo let her eyes drift toward the blue stone fastened to a yellow bow. “Although I do like how you look in your current attire quite a bit.”

“I still don’t really get who Marie Curie was… but great first crush.” Himiko held a thumbs up. In the blink of an eye, her attention drifted away from Momo and Himiko focused on something in the distance. Himiko clapped her hands together feverishly in a way that made Ochako’s head go fuzzy with euphoria.

“A photo booth! Let’s go and take the cutest pictures!”

“Sounds good!” Ochako laughed as Himiko pulled her toward the photo booth without missing a beat.

Once nestled inside the photo booth with Himiko, Kyouka and Momo, the warmth of bodies huddled so close together made Ochako’s dark costume glue to her skin. She thanked her lucky stars that Utena at least didn’t wear pants. As Momo crawled over to the bench, she practically drowned in Himiko skirt and petticoats that were practically eating away at all the space in the photo booth. Kyouka held out a hand toward Momo, pulling her onto the bench and saving her from a fate of drawing in fabrics.

As Himiko and Ochako made peace signs while the camera flashed, Ochako caught Kyouka looking at Himiko with Momo’s handheld mirror. Ochako grinned in satisfaction over the sight of Himiko’s reflection. Ha, her girlfriend wasn’t a vampire… though Ochako wouldn’t have loved Himiko any less if she were a vampire… even if she was the variety who glittered in the sun. After all, it wasn’t like the Cullens from Twilight really went out of their way to kill people – they are mountain lions etcetera instead for a reason.

Grinning mischievously, Himiko reached out for Ochako’s prop sword. Catching on, Ochako positioned the sword so it looked like it was bursting out of Himiko’s chest and held on to the small of her back.

After adding emojis and digital stickers to the photos, Himiko quickly shuffled out of the photo booth to grab the photo strips printing outside. In the process, Ochako nearly choked on the petticoats smothering her face. Though she supposed dying while looking at Himiko’s gorgeous cosplay wouldn’t have been the worst way to go.

Emerging breathless from the photo booth, Ochako smiled at Himiko who was gradually spinning in the direction of the vendor tables.

“I’m going to make copies and hang them up everywhere,” Himiko cackled. “Tehehe, Dad will probably get annoyed and claim he’ll burn them down but he’s a big softie so he wouldn't actually do it. Maybe he’d even get all sentimental and keep a photo.” 

“So I take it your dads made up after their fight?”

“Yeah, thank God.”

“What a relief. I mean after all you went through it can hurt to have a stable family unit.”

Folding the photos, Himiko sighed as she stowed the pictures away in the folds of her dress. “Tell me about it.”


Stepping further away from the photo booth as Himiko and Ochako wound through the labyrinth of vendors, Kyouka ran a thumb over one of the photos with four girls crowded inside that tiny room. Her heart pounded as she took in the sight of Momo’s reserved smile. The way her curled hair fell loosely over her shoulders.

As her organs liquified into a gooey mess, Kyouka considered getting the girl who had everything a curled iron. Or maybe some headbands. Because although Momo looked like a goddess to Kyouka no matter what… wow, seeing Momo with her hair down sure was sending sparks flying through Kyouka’s chest.

Trying not to let her gaze linger too long on delicate legs peeking out from beneath a green miniskirt, Kyouka passed Momo back her handheld mirror.

While the gold handle flashed beneath the fluorescent lights, Kyouka nodded in Himiko’s direction. “She definitely has a reflection.”

“Oh dear, poor Shouto is going to be crushed over this hurdle in his theory,” Momo sighed.

Kyouka snorted. “Do you really think that will stop him from cooking up some sort of excuse?”

“No, I suppose not.” Momo shook her head slightly, making her hair ripple over her shoulders like waves – making Kyouka thank her lucky stars that she’d fallen for someone so perfect.

As Momo reached for Kyouka’s hand to look at the photo strip she was hold, electricity seemly crackled through Kyouka’s nerves. It didn’t matter how much time Kyouka spent with Momo at school – every time they stood beside each other, every time they touched Kyouka found herself falling in love all over again.

“The photos truly did turn out quite lovely,” Momo said.

Kyouka’s gaze lingered on one photo where Himiko and Ochako had positioned the prop sword just right. Save for the lack of a flash of light, it looked like the blade was in fact emerging from between Himiko’s ribs.

Playfully elbowing Momo in the side, Kyouka smirked. “Bet you a new encyclopedia that Shouto will claim pulling a sword out of your chest is a secret vampire power.”

“You have no intention of winning the bet, do you? You are simply looking for an excuse to acquire a gift for me.”

Simmering away at the sight of Momo’s flushed expression, Kyouka raised her hands up in false defeat. “Hey, I’m innocent until proven guilty.”

Standing on her tiptoes, Kyouka leaned her head against Momo’s shoulder. As she marveled over how Momo’s hair was softer than any pillow she spotted a couple familiar silhouettes perched by a stage on the opposite side of the convention hall. A girl with short reddish hair strode by in calm wide strokes as she readjusted her headband with cat ears. Half a meter behind her a girl with blue hair toyed her fake cat tail. Kyouka let out an impressive whistle as he realized that Yuyu wasn’t wearing shoes and really had committed to the bit with her Catra cosplay.

Kyouka chuckled as she noticed Neijire’s gaze linger on Yuyu’s tight-fitted red and maroon costume. Swinging a bulky plastic sword off her shoulder, Neijire flared out her red She-Ra cape and giggled as she wrapped herself and Yuyu in it.

As Kyouka clasped her hand around Momo’s, she smiled fondly at the couple. She’d have to head over to Neijire eventually and thank her for helping confess to Momo. It was only fair to give credit where credit was due in terms of her fellow music server mod’s wealth of sapphic dating advice.

Also, thank God Momo and I didn’t go as Catradora after all. Would’ve been hella awkward.

Voice as soothing as chamomile tea, Momo tapped a finger against Kyouka’s gold headpiece. “Kyouka… you know, I would technically be able to pull a sword out of my chest.”

“Does that mean my girlfriend is a vampire?”

“Heaven knows. But would that be such a bad thing?” Momo asked.

“Not if it’s you, babe.” 

Planting a kiss on Momo’s cheek, Kyouka grounded herself in the weight of the photo strip resting in her palm.

For all of Himiko’s peculiarities… and a downright concerning fondness for knives, maybe, just maybe, Himiko was more than a walking talking red flag. Glancing over her shoulder at Himiko and Ochako crouching in front of a bin of plushies, Kyouka failed to suppress a smile. 

Those two really fit together like puzzle pieces, huh?

Notes:

Thank you all for your comments, bookmarks, kudos and for simply reading this story! Whether you're a silent reader or comment regularly, I treasure every single one of you! I really adore the togachako community and how much y'all adore these gals and their unconditional affection for each other <3

Special shoutout to Ghost for the idea to vote on the class prez by picking random numbers. Thank you Ice for always being there to enable me with all things femslash. And thank you Eroda for being a certified cutie pie and a fellow married!dabihawks enthusiast

Also, togachako's cosplay was heavily inspired by Revolutionary Girl Ochako which is such an amazing fic that was recently completed. The final chapter still has me shook to my core (I love it so much) and Revolutionary Girl Ochako is definitely up there with Kiss Her Knife's Edge as one of my all-time favorite togachako fics.

EDIT: I'm temporarily removing the title cards for this fic because the links for my image embeds have been acting up for weeks.

Chapter 18: May I please have a big brother?

Summary:

Big brother Twice joins the family group chat.

Notes:

I know it's only been a few days since i last posted but i love this chapter so much i just couldn't wait any longer to share it

Thank you for betaing this chapter and inspiring the omakes, Stariana <3

And thanks to my baby bro for inspiring one of Himiko's invasive questions.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

my familyyy 🔪❤️🔪

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Eeeeeeeeep

Look at my photos

Aren't I the cutest? Isn't my sweet sweet ochie the CUTEST 🩷💗🩷

 

[TheCrayonSong🖍️ shared IMG167789.jpeg]

 

Pop-eyes

Aww you 2 are the most adorable things in the world 😊

I'd hang this photo up everywhere in my agency if the commission weren't so against me having friends and family

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Boo the commission sounds like a bunch of meanies 👎

 

Dad-bi

tell me abt it

those bastards won't let fucking birdbrain be his weird bird self and have a goddamn nest

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

I don't like that one bit

We're making a nest in our apartment for when papa visits, right dad?

 

Pop-eyes

Awww fletching 😭

 

Dad-bi

I have better things to do with my time

 

Pop-eyes

hmm I think you're just a coward who's too scared to try new things in the bedroom… like a nest 😉

 

Dad-bi

Oh fuck off

I'm not making u fried chicken if you're gonna be a fucking dumbass

 

Pop-eyes

Nooooo pls hot stuff

I need my chimkin 🍗🍗🍗

 

Dad-bi

u can live without it

 

Pop-eyes

but it'll be a MISERABLE life

 

Dad-bi

so I'm not enough to make u happy?

 

Pop-eyes

only if you make yummy food ❤️

 

Dad-bi

jfc this is what I get for picking an idiot who can't cook to save his life

 

Pop-eyes

hey! I have plenty of other skills 

Anyhow did you have fun on your double date fletching?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

The MOST fun

 

Dad-bi

Who are those other hero brats in the photo?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ochako’s friends momo and jirou

They're dressed as sailor Neptune and sailor Uranus

 

Pop-eyes

Sailors? Who?

 

Dad-bi

Lmao ofc u don't know

 

Pop-eyes

What? The commission didn't let me engage with a lot of pop culture

 

Dad-bi

damn sometimes I forget your shitty childhood gives mine a run for its money

 

Pop-eyes

Well you know what the commission was like

 

Dad-bi

Yeah but I was only there for like what… 2 years?

I'd say nearly burning alive beats living under a rock

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Wait dad you watched sailor moon 👀

 

Dad-bi

don't give me that damn look

I have a younger sister so there was no escape

 

Pop-eyes

can someone please explain what sailor moon is?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

How about we watch some episodes next time you visit Papa?

 

Pop-eyes

Thanks fletching

I'll just need to be careful bc the handlers get suspicions when I spend too much time out of my apartment

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

want me to stab them?

 

Dad-bi

I can burn the commission down or whatever

 

Pop-eyes

NO CRIMES PLEASE

 

Dad-bi

ugh you're so boring birdbrain 

 

Pop-eyes

Well someone needs to try and keep this household’s kill count at a minimum 

 

Dad-bi

murder is overrated anyways

You’ve do it once, you’ve done it 1000 times

Burning ppl alive isn’t as exciting as you’d think

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

That’s bc you’re not doing murder right

Stabbing ppl is wayyy more fun

 

Pop-eyes

umm maybe that’s enough of discussing murder methods in front of a literal pro hero

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Party pooper

 

Pop-eyes

What? I thought i was the fun parent

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

not if you keep saying that murder is a no no

 

Dad-bi

i guess birdbrain has a point on murder tho

Guess it might be shitty for my fucked up mental health or whatever

and if i’m not gonna drag my ass over to a shrink i guess the least i can do is cut back and commit fewer murders

 

Pop-eyes

Aww you’re giving up patricide and cutting back on homicide for me?

You really do love me

 

Dad-bi

in your dreams

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Hmm i take it that your makeup sex after your fight was just that good? :3

 

Pop-eyes

You bet ;)

 

Dad-bi

WTF KEIGO?! That’s our kid – you can’t go around saying crap like that

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Well if you don’t wanna answer that question dad…

I have another very important question for you (◕ᴗ◕✿)

 

Dad-bi

then ask already

I don't have all day brat

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Okie dokie ✨

so which one of u is the top and who's the bottom?

 

Pop-eyes

LMAO fletching XD

 

Dad-bi

Damn u brat

I'll have u know I tried to burn my stupid brother alive and I won't hesitate to do the same to you

 

Pop-eyes

what? you're admitting to a *failed* murder

and I thought u were good at being an arsonist

shame on you!

 

Dad-bi

good grief

I want a divorce

 

Pop-eyes

Joke's on you

We're not legally married 😂

 

Dad-bi

and yet I'm never getting rid of you, huh?

 

Pop-eyes

That's right! Love you hot stuff 😘

 

Dad-bi

You're tolerable I guess

When you're not being a damn pain

 

Pop-eyes

I'll treasure that complement forever babe

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Tehehe

The smexy times question wasn't my real question :3

I just thought it'd make you less shocked by my real question by comparison

 

Pop-eyes

ooh psychological manipulation?

color me impressed

 

Dad-bi

you're both making my hair go white

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

No we're not! You just stopped using your hair dye

 

Dad-bi

you have no proof brat

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

okay okay soooo

I dear dads 

May I please have a brother?

 

Dad-bi

Absolutely not!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Too late

I already found one (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*.✧

 

[TheCrayonSong🖍️ added not a clone, i swear to the chat]

 

[TheCrayonSong🖍️ changed not a clone, i swear’s name to vote twice for big brother!]

 

vote twice for big brother!

Hey! Twice at your service – lovely to meet you

Fuck off and die

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yayyyy big brother!!

Dads please give him a warm welcome

 

Dad-bi

Dafuq? I never agreed on adopting another kid

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

So? It’s not like you planned on adopting me either

 

Pop-eyes

she’s got you there, hot stuff

 

Dad-bi

No she does NOT

 

Pop-eyes

so you’re saying you were planning on adopting her?

 

Dad-bi

Hmm looks like i’m cooking barbeque chicken tonight

 

Pop-eyes

Oh i thought you weren’t making me chicken anymore :3

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Hurray!! Dad’s letting papa being sort of cannibalistic again

 

vote twice for big brother!

Ahhh cannibalism is scary

So normal – it’s a chicken eat chicken world out there

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

It really is

Nothing beats human blood tho

Oooh twice would you share your blood with me

if you became my big brother?

 

vote twice for big brother!

Ofc! Wherever, whenever my blood will be there

Please don’t put needles in me and take my blood :((

 

Dad-bi

For the record u are not getting fried chicken, birdbrain

Your chicken privileges are REVOKED

 

Pop-eyes

How dare you

Chicken is like 70% of my personality

Who even am i without it?

 

Dad-bi

serves you right for giving me an identity crisis

Like who even am I without patricide?

 

Pop-eyes

Touche

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Okay okay

Twice please tell my dads about all your marketable skills

and they should accept you for the position of my big brother

 

Pop-eyes

Can you make fried chicken, twice?

My husband’s being a meanie and says he’s giving up on chef duty

 

Dad-bi

Not my fault you can’t even boil water properly birdbrain

need i remind you of the potato incident

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

the potato incident?

 

Pop-eyes

It was ONE TIME, hot stuff

 

Dad-bi

well, potatoes aren’t supposed to fucking explode, birdbrain

 

vote twice for big brother!

Sorry, i can’t cook to save my life

I’m a gourmet chef! Ofc I can make fried chicken

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Well i’m sure you have other skills, big brother

 

vote twice for big brother!

I can make doubles with my quirk!

I have no marketable skills.

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

See dads? That’s pretty useful, right?

 

Dad-bi

Reducing someone’s usefulness to just their quirk?

No thanks

 

vote twice for big brother!

I give great commentary on movies! Especially in the trolls franchise! Those are masterpieces of cinema

I wanna barf whenever i see those movies

 

Dad-bi

How old is this guy?

 

Pop-eyes

Hey! The trolls franchise is great for all ages dabi! Don’t shame ppl who like cartoons

 

vote twice for big brother!

You can’t just demand my personal information. You’re an internet stranger. What if I get doxxed?

I’m 30 :)

 

Dad-bi

Wait? You’re older than me

Does adopting someone who’s older even make sense?

 

Pop-eyes

I dunno

But i wouldn’t be complaining if someone adopting me at my age

A stable parental figure? Yes please!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

besides, think abt it dads

You already adopted a kid who’s only like 7 years younger than you – and we all know that’s far from conventional

So why not just roll w it and adopt a 30 year old?

 

Dad-bi

i did not cut off my stupid bio fam to get stuck with yet another family

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

but daBiiii you love being a dad

 

Dad-bi

that’s bullshit

 

Pop-eyes

idk, you seemed to enjoy braiding himiko’s hair

 

Dad-bi

I only did it bc you sucked so much at it

 

vote twice for big brother!

I can braid hair so well!

What even is hair?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

hear that, dad?

If twice gets to be my big brother you won’t need to be the one braiding my hair all the time

 

Pop-eyes

Now don’t say that fletching

Our big old tsundere loves braiding your hair even if he doesn’t want to admit it

 

Dad-bi

I’m not a tsundere

 

Pop-eyes

Yeah, and i don’t like fried chicken

 

Dad-bi

Good grief

How about i cut you a deal birdbrain…

i start making you fried chicken again and then no more adopting ppl?

 

Pop-eyes

Hmm fried chicken is my favorite…

 

vote twice for big brother!

Fine by me, i never wanted to be a part of your stupid family anyways

Aww darn i’m going to be homeless again

 

Pop-eyes

Wait you’re homeless?

 

vote twice for big brother!

Yep, have been since i got fired from the job i got after my folks died when i was in middle school

All because some dumb client jumped into the road with no warning

Nah, i live in a mansion with a big family! Haven’t had to work a day in my life. Everything is awesome! Everything is cool when you’re part of a team

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Omg did you just quote the lego movie?

Well now you HAVE to be my big brother

 

Pop-eyes

Hot stuff can we pleaseeeee

 

Dad-bi

No

 

Pop-eyes

Does homeless solidarity mean nothing to you?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Come on, everyone in this household has been homeless as a kid

Let twice join – it’s destiny (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*.✧

 

[vote twice for big brother! changed their name to homeless solidarity]

 

Dad-bi

I’m just trying to give you the luxury i never i had of being an only child

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Eww being an only child is boring

Plus i bet having siblings is what made you so cool

 

Dad-bi

Hmm i guess birdbrain was an only child and did turn out kind of lame

 

Pop-eyes

Hey! I’m not lame!

I’m a super cool pro hero

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Umm… sry papa you’re not my fav pro

 

Pop-eyes

Wait then who is?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ochako of course!

 

Pop-eyes

But she doesn’t even have her license yet

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

She does in my heart <3

Anywayssss dad what do you say to your extraordinary applicant for the position of my big brother?

 

Dad-bi

You’re not gonna cut it out until i give you what you want, are you?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Nope! 🙂

 

Dad-bi

Fine

You and twice can watch that dumb trolls movie if u want while i’m out running errands and shit

I gotta head over to Giran and turn down that dumb USJ job

It sounds like a suicide mission if u ask me

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Wait.

Did you say USJ?????

 


OMAKE: #GiveKeigoHisNest2024

EndeavorSux

hello brother in law

sign my petition

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

What? But Shouto you don't know that touya is alive yet in this fanfic

 

EndeavorSux

I will find out soon enough.

A faked death conspiracy is practically calling my name

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

What's this petition even for?

 

EndeavorSux

#GiveKeigoHisNest2024

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

whatttt?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Oh yeah hey papa

I told Uncle Shouto abt how nest deprived you've been

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

wow fletching 

u didn't need to go out of your way for me

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

What can I say?

You're one of my fav parents 

 

EndeavorSux

Any legal fees will be on me

Or rather endeavor's credit card

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yayyy grandpa's bank account is the best

 


OMAKE: Pop-eyes

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMdI_fozMYg

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

what's that fletchling?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

watch the video and find out

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

hmm no thanks

hot stuff warned me that you rickrolled him before

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

now why would i do that to you?

doing the same joke in an omake again wouldn't be funny

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

yeah i'm not clicking on that, fletchling

not taking my chances

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

your loss 

it's not like it was a rickroll anyways

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

oh you don't say?

was it that whistle meme

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

noooo

it was sth completely different

it was the pop eye theme song

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

pop-eyes has a theme song?

why doesn't kfc have one?

i want my fav fried chicken chain to stay ahead of the game

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

no, not the chicken chain

i mean pop eye the sailor man

yk from that old cartoon

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

fletching you know i didn't get a lot to watch a lot of tv growing up

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

rightt

anyways i just thought it was kinda funny that yk your family group chat name i kinda like pop eye the sailor

and you haven't watched sailor moon

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

hmm i still don't quite get it

guess that's one more thing to add to our family tv/movie marathons, huh?

 

Notes:

Togachako Recs:

Catastrophic Reds And Autumn Skies (I'm only few chapters into this fic and i'm loving it so far. It's scratching my itch for post-war togachako.)

Sidewalk Chalk (the descriptions in this one shot were chef's kiss)

(Dabihawks) Fics That Inspired Dear Google:

Are You Still A Spy If Your Husband's In On It? (the fic that got me obsessed with married!dabihawks)

A Guide About Converting To Villainy For Your Boyfriend (with early dear google chapters I usually thought of this fic when writing himiko's dabihawks-related interactions)

The Todoroki In-Laws (my favorite chatfic. it showed me how much fun chatfics can be and i def used it as a point of reference while writing dear google which is my first chatfic)

area cryptid upset no bothered to inform him of his tragic backstory (absolutely a direct inspiration for the dabihawks backstory i've alluded to in dear google. and if memory serves himiko's frequent use of kaomojis in early chapters was inspired by this fic. 

Mischellanous:

the league of social experiments, or how Toga Himiko managed to form a cult of Class 1-A students through Tumblr shitposting (if you like dear google you'll probably like this. it's toga social media au shenanigans. the title speaks for itself)

 

Chapter 19: Why do people celebrate April Fools?

Summary:

This is a very normal chapter. Definitely not an April fools prank. Totally canon to the rest of the fic.

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

rationale Täuschungen Opfer 

 

ist mir (blut)wurst 🩸

April April

 

bin pleite 🚀

was? Himiko was machst du denn hier

Du solltest doch gar nicht in diesen Chat sein

 

ist mir (blut)wurst 🩸

Naja die Autorin dachte sie gönnt sich heute nen kleinen Scherz, ochie

 

kurzschluss expert ⚡

echt? Mensch, was für eine blöde Kuh

Jetzt müssen alle Google Übersetzer verwenden

und dieses Kapitel ist nicht Mal handlungsrelevant

 

zimsalabim! bin unsichtbar 🫥

aber immerhin passt der Google Teil iwie mit dem Titel dieses Fics

 

E.T. 2.0 👽

Mensch toru verwende nicht Internet Abkürzungung

KA ob Leute das checken

 

zimsalabim! bin unsichtbar 🫥

Mina du Heuchlerin! Du und von wegen keine Abkürzungen

 

E.T. 2.0 👽

Oops

 

Tipp-ex 📼

chillt eure Eier Leute

 

E.T. 2.0 👽

Nicht alle hier haben Eier, Sero

 

Tipp-ex 📼

Na dann eben chillt eure Eier*stöcke

 

ist mir (blut)wurst 🩸

Boah wie inklusiv

Du wirkst nett

Kann ich dein Blut trinken?

 

bin pleite 🚀

Nein! Trink mein blut stattdessen!

 

ist mir (blut)wurst 🩸

Ach bist du neidisch, Schatzi?

 

bin pleite 🚀

ein wenig

ich mein du trinkst ja das Blut von Menschen die du liebst

 

ist mir (blut)wurst 🩸

Mach dir keinen Kopf, meine Liebe

Ich hab nur Augen für dich

 

✨Biss zum Morgengrauen stan ✨

Aww. Wie romantisch

 

Quak! 🐸

Ich glaube wir hätten nicht so skeptisch über die Beziehung sein sollen

 

✨Biss zum Morgengrauen stan ✨

Oui! Die beiden sind wie füreinander gemacht 

 

immer am flexen 💪

Vielleicht ist dieser Aprilscherz doch was gutes

Das heißt doch dass alles was wir jetzt machen nicht canon ist

 

stolzer querdenker 🔥❄️

Ich küss dann Midoriya

 

E.T. 2.0 👽

HA! Ich wusste dass du in ihn verknallt bist

 

stolzer querdenker 🔥❄️

Bin ich nicht

 

ist mir (blut)wurst 🩸

Hmm wir sind voll überzeugt Dabi's Bruder

 

stolzer querdenker 🔥❄️

Ich heiße nicht Dabi's Bruder

Mein Name ist Shoto 

Wie auch immer ich geh jetzt Midoriya küssen

 

AUX-Kabel 🎶

Aber warum?

 

stolzer querdenker 🔥❄️

Weil ich kann

 

verreck, endeavor!🕺🔥

Nein nein nein das tust du nicht du Hurensohn

 

stolzer querdenker 🔥❄️

Warum nennst du mich Hurensohn? Wir haben dieselbe Mutter, Touya 

 

verreck, endeavor!🕺🔥

Mit Hure mein ich natürlich Endeavor

 

stolzer querdenker 🔥❄️

Ach das macht Sinn

 

verreck, endeavor!🕺🔥

Aber wenn du mit Midoriya rumknutscht bring ich dich um

Du bist zu jung für ne Beziehung

 

stolzer querdenker 🔥❄️

Als ob nicht mit Hawks verheiratet warst seitdem du 20 wurdest, touya

 

verreck, endeavor!🕺🔥

DAS ist KOMPLETT anders du Mistkerl!

Hawks und ich sind nicht Mal legal verheiratet

 

stolzer querdenker 🔥❄️

Oh. Lad mich zu der Hochzeit ein falls ihr das jemals macht

 

verreck, endeavor!🕺🔥

Niemals!

 

stolzer querdenker 🔥❄️

Ok. Ab geht's in Midoriyas Zimmer

 

verreck, endeavor!🕺🔥

Gott dieses Kind gibt mir so viele Migränen

 

ist mir (blut)wurst 🩸

Hey Vati, weil nichts was wir jetzt in diesem Kapitel tun Konsequenzen hat, könnten wir BITTE meine Bioeltern töten

 

verreck, endeavor! 🕺🔥

Meinetwegen

Ist sowieso nicht canon für den fic

Ich hab nichts besseres zu tun

 

bin pleite 🚀

Und ich komm mit!

 

ist mir (blut)wurst 🩸

Hurra! Ich hab dich doch auf die dunkle Seite gebracht 😊

Notes:

Here's the translation I made: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17cg-4J1Vdd8cGHdjGIkp6OGaZkTjS_YzyB9vlF2YfXM/edit?usp=sharing

I'm working on drafting/revising chapters 20 and 21
Tentatively I plan on posting normal chapters later this month (but first, I'm trying to recover from uni burnout rn)

Anyways, some clarification the German variants of the nicknames:

ist mir (blut)wurst (himiko): Play on the idiom "ist mir wurst" which literal means "it's sausage to me". essentially it's a way of saying "i don't care".
bin pleite (ochako): "am broke"
kurzschluss expert (kaminari): shortcircuit expert
E.T. 2.0 (mina): it's self-explanatory. the german title of the movie is also more or less the same as the english one
zimsalabim! bin unsichtbar (toru): "abracadabra! i'm invisible"
Tipp-ex (sero): german brand of correction tape. it's like white-out
Biss zum Morgengrauen stan (yuga): "Biss zum Morgengrauen" is the German title of Twilight. It means "Until Dawn" and it's also a pun because "Biss" means bite whereas "bis" means "til"
Quak! (tsu): the sound a frog makes in German
immer am flexen (kiri): "always flexing"
AUX Kabel(jirou): "AUX cord"
stolzer querdenker (shouto): "proud lateral thinker". the word "querdenker" has connotations with conspiracy theorists
verreck, endeavor! (dabi): "verreck" essentially is a slang word for "die". "verrecken" basically is equivalent to "to croak" in english

Chapter 20: How do you become less of a pervert?

Summary:

The author tries to give Mineta a tiny bit of character development.
And Shouto figures out that Touya's very much not dead.

Notes:

So I'm reaching the end of the semester and y'all know what that means... the eyeliner's popping but the mental health is dropping :3
anyways that's why this chapter is unedited XD it's def not on par with the quality of the cosplay chapter but whatever i'm posting it
chapter 21 is gonna take me a while because i decided i want to add some twice pov before i hopefully FINALLY get to the usj in chapter 22
wish me luck on my differential equations exam tomorrow - that class is giving me hell and the dabihawks bachelorette au I've been reading is the only thing keeping my sanity intact

Chapter Text

Logical Ruse Victims

 

AcidTrip

soooo how did the double date go 👀

 

3D_Printer

Splendidly! We had an engaging discussion about sailor moon and gay awakenings

 

eat the rich (expect momo)

Yeah it was really nice to himiko in person again

 

AcidTrip

Can’t get enough of handholding huh?

 

eat the rich (expect momo)

Not when it’s himiko

 

now u see me

Awww you’re so head over heels it’s sickeningly sweet

 

EndeavorSux

Onwards to the most important aspect though

Does Ochako’s girlfriend have a reflection?

 

Feel_The_Noize

sure does

so she’s no vampire

or at least not the classic dracula kind

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

si je me souviens bien

the vampires in twilight had reflections

 

EndeavorSux

Twilight theory lives

 

Kero-sene

I would not have expected anything else from shouto

 

eat the rich (expect momo)

Is there anything that will convince you that twilight theory isn’t real shouto?

 

EndeavorSux

Ignore the glaring reality of twilight theory right in front of me?

Never

 

eat the rich (expect momo)

Why would a vampire even want to date me specifically?

 

3D_Printer

Perhaps because you have a particularly appetizing blood type

 

EndeavorSux

No, obviously you are special like Bella Swan and vampire powers do not work on you

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

twilight sure is sth else it sounds like ehmm

 

manliestman

Anyways, what did you think of Himiko as a person?

Was she the chivalrous type?

 

Feel_The_Noize

lowkey ochako’s fit was giving off the chivalrous vibes if anything

bc of the utena outfit

 

now u see me

Omg OMG

do you have photos?

Pleaseeee sharee

 

3D_printer

Why certainly

 

[3D_Printer sent IMG7865.jpeg]

 

manliestman

Wow!! You all look awesome!!

 

revelry in the dark

I rarely reach toward colors so bright

But just this once I will acknowledge the beauty beyond revelry in the dark

 

Premium_DuctTape

Heck yeah to whatever that means!

 

now u see me

So CUTEEE

 

AcidTrip

Absolutely iconic

 

Kero-sene

Good poses

Lmk where you got the costumes

My siblings already started thinking abt halloween costumes

 

Number1AllMightFan

Those cosplays are so accurate!

I know that these were store bought but do you buy any chance know what kind of stitching was used

Or what fabric blends were used

I’m curious how the manufacturing compares to all might cosplays

 

No.1

nerd , no ain’t the time to go on a tangent, ‘kay?

Just say they outfits aren’t half bad and move on so the extras can get back to focussing on their weird conspiracies

 

Number1AllMightFan

Okay sorry for derailing the conversation

 

EndeavorSux

It happens regularly Midoriya

Now back to Twilight theory

Ochako’s girlfriend is pulling a sword out of her chest

Clearly that is a Twilight vampire power

 

Feel_The_Noize

Called it

 

3D_Printer

Indeed you did, dear

I do not associate pulling a sword out of one’s chest as being a vampire ability

That being said Himiko was a tad unusual – I suppose she does have a morbid fascination with death

 

now u see me

Oh is she a true crime girlie?

 

3D_Printer

That would not be outside the realm of reason.

Whatever the case, Himiko seems like quite a nice girl.

And if she is in fact a serial killer she appears to be quite a friendly one.

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Aren’t a lot of serial killers that way tho?

Yk that’s how they reel their victims in etc etc

 

eat the rich (expect momo)

For the last time my gf is not a serial killer!

 

Feel_The_Noize

himiko seemed earnest

Sure made for a better in person impression than when she brought her roommate’s weed brownies

 

eat the rich (expect momo)

Well u mean her dad

Since he basically adopted her

Though I guess technically they live together which would make them roommates I guess?

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

parents = roommates

Seems legit to me

 

Kero-sene

Whoever her dad is sure sounds like a character

 

EndeavorSux

Yes. Ochako's girlfriend did bring a note from him that said to stop putting fish on my dead brother’s shrine

He does not understand. If I sully Touya's memory with his least favorite food perhaps I'll annoy him into rising from the dead

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Yup yup yup

Much logic. Very smort

 

AcidTrip

sure is definitely something

 

No.1

Why did you fuckers tell me to get GODDAMN therapy and not icy hot when he clearly needs it more?

 

Number1AllMightFan

so you've been going to hound dog?

Wow that's so amazing, kacchan!

 

No.1

Ofc it is, nerd

Everything i do is amazing

 

manliestman

Congrats, bro!

Therapy is so manly

 

EndeavorSux

I suppose I could consider therapy. That might make me feel closer to my mother

Because she is in the mental hospital

 

now u see me

errr shouto that's kind of a heavy topic

are you sure you're, okay?

 

EndeavorSux

Yes. Why wouldn't I be?

Twilight theory has been proven correct.

I am overjoyed.

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Moi aussi!

oh and shouto would you like to borrow my DVD of breaking dawn part II?

u simply must see what an adorable bébé renesme is

 

Feel_The_Noize

u have an interesting definition of cute

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Oh so you've watched twilight

Tehehe

 

Feel_The_Noize

So what, Kaminari?

It might not be peak cinema or anything but those movies were fun

Ugh I'm sick of ppl shitting on practical everything with a teenage girl audience

 

AcidTrip

Preach don't yuck our yum 🙌

 

now u see me

for real

and like a lot of the side characters backstories were OMG so cool

 

GotAnyGrapes

Women have superior taste and all media should be targeted toward a female audience first and foremost.

 

eat the rich (expect momo)

i don't think that's quite right. there should be sth out there for everyone

 

Kero-sene

Also what's with the radical feminism, Mineta?

 

Premium_DuctTape

Yeah it's almost as if someone sent you a respect women or else death threat

 

AcidTrip

but that would be ridiculous

Ha ha I bet Mineta here just had some personal growth on his own. Isn't that, right?

 

GotAnyGrapes

Yes

It

Is 

Very true

 

manliestman

huh you're typing kinda funky?

Everything ok?

 

GotAnyGrapes

couldn't be better

my quirk just made my phone stick to my hands

tricky to type

 

Feel_The_Noize

srsly though Mineta

you don't need to say women are superior and such

just don't be a perv for fuck’s sake

 

GotAnyGrapes

I was just trying to show how great I think girls are

 

AcidTrip

By making us uncomfortable! That wasn't okay

 

GotAnyGrapes

That's what everyone's been saying

But I'm just not the kinda guy girls would go for

I mean just long at me

Doesn't matter how smart I am

My hair and my stutter aren't exactly attractive

Ppl would only ever be interested if I had sth like fame to balance that out

It'll be ages until I'm a hero

So the best I can hope for is admiring over the ladies even if I don't get those same kind of feelings

 

Premium_DuctTape

uuh maybe you need to go to therapy too

 

eat the rich (except momo)

the way you look isn't the problem

 

AcidTrip

yep you gotta fix yourself on the inside

because that's what's ugly rn

 

Feel_The_Noize

I have a feminist book rec for you mineta

I'll dm it

all this patriarchal shit isn't sth you can fix in one day

but it should be a good starting point

 

GotAnyGrapes

does this mean I need to throw out my magazines?

 

now u see me

Ahhhhh TMI 😭

 

Feel_The_Noize

no you don't have to mineta

 

manliestman

Yep magazines are just a normal part of being a teenager

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

What kind do have, Kiri?

 

manliestman

The manliest kind!

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

great for you dude 👍

 

IidaTenya

Could we bring the conversation back to a more appropriate subject matter?

 

AcidTrip

sure thing, I just want to give my two cents first 

Mineta doesn't need to throw out the magazines 

unless it's the kind that's you know… illegal

 

GotAnyGrapes

Oh I should be good then

 

now u see me

huh that's surprising

 

3D_Printer

I must admit I am a tad shocked as well.

 

GotAnyGrapes

heyYy I might be a perv

but there are lines even I wouldn't cross

don't want stuff like that derailing my hero career

 

Feel_The_Noize

Thank god you're smart at least

maybe that means you can be saved

 

IidaTenya

Anyways back to another topic. Any topic please.

 

EndeavorSux

Uraraka, could you please elaborate on your girlfriend’s father?

My secret lovechild senses are tingling 

 

eat the rich (expect momo)

He has a fire quirk

And I guess he likes weed

And that he'd be the kind of person to threaten to burn sentimental photos

 

EndeavorSux

hmm I see

 

AcidTrip

Shouto are you gonna say this guy is related to burnin’ like that blue flame villain you mentioned

 

EndeavorSux

no I have sth even more shocking in mind

 

now u see me

Well don't leave us hanging

 

EndeavorSux

I will have to do so.

I need to confirm whether this theory is true or not first

Because it could change everything

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

As long as it does not overshadow twilight theory mon ami all is well 

 

EndeavorSux

It will not

I will not rest until we confirm that Himiko does in fact glow in the sun

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Hourra !

 

EndeavorSux

Hmm I just realized

You know how the vampires in twilight have special individual powers?

What if transformation and pulling a sword out of her chest are Himiko's special power?

 

eat the rich (expect momo)

For the last time Shouto we just angled the sword to look like it was coming out of Himiko's chest

 

EndeavorSux

That's what the nanobots in the water supply want you to think 

 

PremiumDuctTape

I have a feeling that isn't even close to ‘Roki’s wildest theory

Got any more conspiracies?

 

EndeavorSux

Of course! Like the one abt all might’s hair actually being a wig

 

Number1AllMightFan

Lalala I can't hear u

 

EndeavorSux

Just look at those hair tufts

They defy gravity they can't possibly be real

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

✨It's time to try defying gravity

I think I'll try defying gravity✨

 

Number1AllMightFan

All might’s hair is NOT a wig!!

I ate a strand, it's real

 

Premium_DuctTape

Dude that's a little too far with the fanboy behavior even for you

 

manliestman

Yeah idk if eating ppl’s hair is a manly thing to do

 

Number1AllMightFan

uh does it help if I had consent?

 

revelry in the dark

The most innocent faces conceal the darkest habits 😔

 

No.1

Damnit u extras the nerd isn't a fucking stalker

He has a reason that's not creepy as hell to eat that hair

He's a normal amount of damn weird or whatever 

 

Number1AllMightFan

Awwww kacchannnn

 

No.1

Don’t read into nerd

 

now u see me

Got any more theories shouto?

 

EndeavorSux

Yes

The usj is a money laundering scheme

 

IidaTenya

An institution as sophisticated as UA would do no such thing!

 

AcidTrip

LMAO

 

now u see me

Are you all hyped for the USJ?

 

manliestman

Hell yeah, bro!

 

Kero-sene

It will be good training

Especially for an aquatic environment

 

now u see me

Many dangers loom within the shadows if learning…or in this case a field trip

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Ha ha

Oui

 


 

Number1AllMightFan

 

Soba4L1fe

Hello Midoriya.

 

Number1AllMightFan

Um hi shouto

What are you doing in my dms?

 

Soba4L1fe

As much as I dislike how you’ve threatened twilight theory

I cannot deny that you are intelligent

 

Number1AllMightFan

You think i’m smart?

Ah you think too highly of me

I’m not all that

 

Soba4L1fe

After you deducted himiko’s quirk almost immediately?

Hardly

Plus i respect your commitment to proving the all might hair conspiracy wrong

By the way, how did it taste?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Ummmm… ah… well hair doesn’t necessarily have a taste

I suppose the follicle has oils so…

 

Soba4L1fe

Interesting

We can discuss this more later

If you ever wish to eat more pro hero hair let me know

That will provide an excellent excuse to shave off all endeavor’s hair

 

Number1AllMightFan

What is u dming me really abt?

 

Soba4L1fe

I think my dead brother Touya is actually alive

 

Number1AllMightFan

Why?

 

Soba4L1fe

There being a villain on the loose with blue flames wasn’t a red flag

I mean plenty of other ppl have different colored flames

Like burning

So someone having fire like touya’s wasn’t outside the realm of possibility

Then there was the note abt not putting fish on his shrine

though natsuo talks abt touya a lot so someone with a vendetta against the todorokis could have found that out

 

Number1AllMightFan

Those were a lot of clues

And a secretly alive brother seems like a conspiracy right up your alley

I would’ve expected you to practically jump at the idea

 

Soba4L1fe

didn’t want to get my hopes for nothing

Sure finding out that vampires that don’t sparkle in the sunlight weren’t real would hurt

But the thought of going through losing the brother i never knew all over again

I don’t know

I’ve lost enough ppl enough times

 

Number1AllMightFan

Do they not let you visit your mom?

 

Soba4L1fe

I suppose the staff would let me

But why would i

Who do you think is the reason she’s in that hospital?

 

Number1AllMightFan

I’m sure she’d love to see you again

 

Soba4L1fe

Me? I doubt it

But Touya i’m certain she would

 

Number1AllMightFan

So what made you think Touya’s alive?

 

Soba4L1fe

Well Himiko’s fire-quirked father/roommate wants to burn pictures of a family member

I can’t think of anything more Touya

 

Number1AllMightFan

Well, you’d know you’re own brother better than I do

But why are you reaching out to me?

 

Soba4L1fe

I need to find out what exactly happened to Touya

He supposedly burned alive a decade ago

But clearly he’s still kicking

I think you’re the only person with enough analysis expertise to help me find out what happened

 

Number1AllMightFan

Shouto, i’ll do my best

Plus ultra!

 

Soba4L1fe

Always an All might fanboy

 

Number1AllMightFan

Ha ha sorry

 

Soba4L1fe

Don’t be

I like all might too

Now if you were an endeavor fanboy then i’d be concerned

Chapter 21: How do I know if I'm even real?

Summary:

Compress and Magne join the family group chat.
Dabi, Himiko and Twice plan to join the USJ attack.
Twice has an existential crisis.

Notes:

I'm back, my lovelies <3

i have no clue when my next update will be since I'll be joining nwa's fic fight this june. And next month I also want to focus on some miscellaneous sapphic event pieces I've been working on. I am currently drafting the usj aftermath tho so I've been making slow but steady progress with the plot (I'm hoping to maybe have shiggy, kurogiri and spinner join the family group chat by chapter 25 but low-key it depends on the subplots).

And I guess the fact I've been dealing with a power outage for a week has been making it harder to progress with new Dear Google chapters - but it's alright. Every summer something happens and a tornado knocking out the power for a week sure beats the two-month-long ear infection I had last summer XD

Anyways, thank you for beta-ing Stariana <3 <3 <3

Also, thank you lovely readers for all your comments/kudos/bookmarks. they make me really happy and helped me maintain motivation to keep working on this fic! :D
I hope y'all enjoy this chapter - I had a lot of fun with Jin's POV!

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

my familyyy 🔪❤️🔪

 

Dad-bi

Yeah i said usj

What of it brat?

 

Pop-eyes

Aww fledgling must just want to go to universal studios japan, right?

we should go hot stuff 

It’d be a great family outing

 

homeless solidarity

Family outing! Family outing!!

as if i’d want to be seen in public w any of you

 

Pop-eyes

what do villains want to do at a theme park anyways?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Oh dad meant the theme park that’s a relief

Idk papa maybe it’s more of a vigilante dealio abt trying to convince a corporation to charge cheaper ticket prices

I want in!

Crimes that help ppl are the most funsies

 

Dad-bi

it’s not the fucking theme park

just a hero brat training facility w a tacky name

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

No no no no

Dad pretty please with a cherry on top be lying 

Please say it isn’t true

 

Dad-bi

No can do, brat

 

Pop-eyes

Baby bird, what’s wrong?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ochako’s class is going to the usj training facility

 

Dad-bi

Fuck

 

Pop-eyes

What’s the plan for the usj job?

Why are you saying it’s a suicide mission?

 

Dad-bi

Because the group attacking the usj is planning on killing all might

You know the newest member of the hellhole of a school’s staff

 

homeless solidarity

Easy peasy barely an inconvenience

Killing all might? Have they lost their marbles

 

Dad-bi

I doubt they had marbles to begin w considering compress isn’t enough of an idiot to do this sort of gig

 

Pop-eyes

Who’s compress? Some secret lover i need to be jealous of?

 

Dad-bi

Relax birdbrain as if i’d be into magicians

Besides he has a mask on idk know what he looks like

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

but omg what if he’s like super hot behind the mask?!!

 

Pop-eyes

yeah! Explain yourself, hot stuff

How do you know this guy?

 

Dad-bi

he’s just some thief, okay?

Helped me steal a shipment of limited edition endeavor plushies 2 years ago and then i set it on fire

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

yep. That does sound like sth you’d do

 

Pop-eyes

Hold on a minute. It didn’t happen to be the limited edition plushies of endeavor without his mustache, right?

 

Dad-bi

does it matter?

Mustache or no mustache he’s still a flaming hot cheeto gone bad

 

Pop-eyes

Answer the question touya

 

Dad-bi

Fine, it was the mustache-free plushies

 

Pop-eyes

ahhhhhhh

Do u have any idea how long i sat in front of my computer waiting until midnight so i could place my order as soon as they went live? do you know how difficult it was to get one before they sold out?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

but papa aren’t you known for being fast

 

Pop-eyes

Believe me, fledgling

Hero fans on the hunt for merch even give me a run for my money

 

Dad-bi

besides don’t you have assistants who could have ordered the plushies for you?

 

Pop-eyes

excuse me!

i don’t have my employees work at unreasonable hours

 

Dad-bi

Alright alright

How abt we call a truce?

I’ll stay up late the next time u want to order limited edition merch, okay?

 

Pop-eyes

deal

And it won’t be endeavor merch next time

Can’t say i’m much of fan of him knowing… well, everything

It’s just…

 

Dad-bi

He saved you

i get it

I just wish that bastard could have saved me too

 

homeless solidarity

Should i be up to date about all this drama?

as if i care about any of your lives

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Aww love u too big brother

I’ll get you up to date w all the scoop on dad and papa eventually

But first things first –

we need to tell someone abt the usj attack!

 

Dad-bi

Like who brat

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Idk but papa’s a hero

He can do sth, right?

Warn ppl

Let the commission know

 

Pop-eyes

And have them ask where i got the information from?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Then just lie!

a little white lie never killed anyone, right?

 

Dad-bi

You’re just invested bc of your gf

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I mean yeah she’s the root of it but not the only reason

these kids are good ppl

No matter how pretty their blood is i don’t think they deserve to get hurt

 

Dad-bi

They’re hero brats

They know what they’ve signed up for

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

But they're not heroes yet

and they really don't deserve to get hurt badly

Jirou knows so much abt sapphic shows

Momo is a massive science nerd in like a super cute way

and uncle shouto well he’s just silly goofy based on what ochie says abt him

 

Dad-bi

not how i’d describe him

That kid is a menace

Also why the FUCK are you calling him uncle?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Because he’s your dear brother, dad

 

Dad-bi

Oh fuck off

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

But for real we’ve got to do sth

I mean we’ve taken on drug rings,

Threatened a pervert

And committed several murders

Saving some teenagers can’t be out of the question, right?

Maybe if papa can’t warn the authorities you can dad

 

Dad-bi

And turn whatever powerful backer the usj attackers have against me?

yeah right

i’m not fucking stupid

 

homeless solidarity

Boo screw that powerful backer, we can do whatever we want

Uh yeah attacking a hero training facility sounds scary

 

Dad-bi

wow. You said sth sensible for once

never expected that to happen w the 30-year-old the knife brat is trying to convince me to adopt

Which doesn’t make sense btw since i’m in my mid-fucking-twenties

 

homeless solidarity

What? A 23-year-old can totally have a 30-year-old son

You’re right it makes no sense, i’ll see myself out



TheCrayonSong🖍️

Dad be nice!!

 

Dad-bi

When i have i ever been nice

 

Pop-eyes

Several times, hot stuff

You just don’t wanna admit it because being an asshole is like your whole personality :3

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Wait!! dad DAD! I have an idea

What if i went to the usj to make sure that ochako and the hero students i like don’t get hurt?

 

Dad-bi

Sounds foolhardy

A surefire way to get in the crossfire of an attempted murder on all might

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Well you can’t stop me

 

Dad-bi

Fucking fine

Then you’re grounded

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

hmm you’re weirdly confident that i won’t find some way to sneak out of the house

 

homeless solidarity

I got you. I’ll make copies of your house keys!

Stay locked away forever

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Tysm big brother! and if it doesn’t work i can always use my hairpins

 

Pop-eyes

Do u even still use hairpins?

Hot stuff’s been braiding your hair and all

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Just bc i’m not rocking the space buns look anymore doesn’t mean i threw out all my bobby pins

Plus, they make for fantastic lock picks

 

Dad-bi

ugh fine i guess you can go to the usj

Not like i can stop u anyways, brat

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

YAYYYYY

Ochie ain’t getting hurt on my watch

 

Dad-bi

But you can only go under 2 conditions

I’m going with you

And we’re gathering more intel first

 

Pop-eyes

Aww you’re such a softie for the kid, hot stuff

I doubt the commission will let me join the usj as a chaperone

But it can’t hurt to ask and frame it as getting more info on the next gen of heroes

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

So who are you gonna get intel from, dad?

 

Dad-bi

not Giran, he doesn't need more dirt on me

Maybe magne and compress tho

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Already on it! (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*.✧

 

[TheCrayonSong🖍️ added Magnetic_Personality and marble-ous to the chat]

 

Dad-bi

Brat, u need to stop inviting ppl to the family group chat

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

so u admit we're family?

 

Dad-bi

only bc you're marginally better than my bio fam

 

Pop-eyes

classic hot stuff

always cooking up some tsundere excuses

 

Magnetic_Personality

Not sure what I'm doing here but finding out that Dabi is a family man is def interesting

 

Dad-bi

Am not

You just don’t have the context

 

Pop-eyes

The context being that you and I are married 

 

Magnetic_Personality

yup def a family man

 

marble-ous

Might I inquire as to why I have been invited here?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Heya!

Compress it's a lot to explain ngl

 

marble-ous

In that case, let the backread commence!

 

Magnetic_Personality

Nah there's too much text

No way I'll read that

 

marble-ous

On second thought, I will not either. The amount you've written is far too immense

 

homeless solidarity

What it's hardly anything?

This chat history is practically as long as lord of the rings

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Eh I'll fill you in on the basics

I'm dating a hero student

 

Dad-bi

Which is fucking stupid

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Like you're one to talk (◠‿・)—☆

 

Pop-eyes

she's got you there

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

That I do!

Anyways yada yada my gf is going to be at the USJ prolly when the attack happens since all might is her heroics teacher and such

And I'm joining the attack to make sure she doesn't get hurt

 

marble-ous

Oh how romantic!

 

Magnetic_Personality

So you're like a kid, right?

Are you sure going to usj is safe…

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Himiko! Sorry forgot to introduce myself

(I stole your contacts for dabs’ phone tehehe)

Anyways I'll be fine considering that I'm a bonafied serial killer

And tbh I think that's pretty impressive for a super cute girl my age

 

Magnetic_Personality

Oh nice!

Always happy to run into a fellow serial killer 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Likewise! Your work is totes impressive!

so much beautiful blood

 

marble-ous

Um… this talk of blood is interesting to say the least

But why exactly did you want to speak with us

 

Dad-bi

To get more info on that shit show of a usj attack

Who's involved, what are their quirks? You get the gist 

 

Magnetic_Personality

Dunno much ngl

They have a warper though

Brought me in for an interview regarding possibly joining them

I wasn't feeling it though

The vibe was… off

 

homeless solidarity

Oh were there not enough knives?

 

Magnetic_Personality

Not exactly

The boss just seemed kind of strange I guess

 

marble-ous

Agreed

There seems to be a great deal of showmanship with the usj attack with wanting to kill All Might and all but there appears to be a lack of purpose behind the glamour

 

Dad-bi

Yeah yeah

Anyone w 2 brain cells can tell that the scheme is half baked at best

But what's the leader’s damn quirk

 

Magnetic_Personality

Some sort of five point quirk

 

marble-ous

Yeah he was avoiding touching things w all five fingers

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Okie dokie

We'll just stay away from the fingies

 

Magnetic_Personality

And that guy wore a hand on his face

And arms

Just a bunch of disembodied hands

 

Pop-eyes

Yikes 😬

Were those real hands?

 

marble-ous

That would be my guess

 

Magnetic_Personality

Idk maybe that dude is wearing fake hands for his ‘aesthetic’ or sth

 

marble-ous

Oh dear

What a crime against fashion

 

Dad-bi

Like you're one to talk, magician

 

marble-ous

Excuse me, my top hat is very sophisticated

Tell him, magne

 

Magnetic_Personality

No can do

 

marble-ous

Pardon? Do you think my fashion sense is bad?

 

Magnetic_Personality

It's just a little too eccentric for my taste

 

Dad-bi

And calling whatever you're wearing ‘fashion’ is way to generous

 

marble-ous

At the very least, I do not look as if I just walked out of a hot topic

 

Magnetic_Personality

Damn

Sick burn

 

Pop-eyes

Ooh that's a good pun

I'm gonna add that to my list of dad jokes to use

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yayyyy dad jokes >>>>>>

 

Pop-eyes

What can I say?

I love being a dad

 

Dad-bi

This conversation makes me want to set myself on fire and fake my death all over again

 

Pop-eyes

Oh come on, hot stuff

Socializing is good for you

 

Dad-bi

Fuck no

It's disgusting

Anyways we have the info we needed

 

[Dad-bi removed Magnetic_Personality and marble-ous from chat]

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Dadddddd

You can't just yeet ppl out of the chat

 

Dad-bi

Need I remind you that this is supposed to be the PRIVATE family group chat

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

eh fair enough 

 

homeless solidarity

Bring ‘em back pls. The more the merrier

Bleh, good riddance 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Hey big bro

Where do you think the hands guy got his hands from?

 

homeless solidarity

The hands store?

Like I would know

 

Pop-eyes

Maybe someone tried to throw hands with him and well…

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Lmao dad XD

 

Pop-eyes

Are you sure that this whole USJ thing is going to be safe tho?

 

Dad-bi

Hell no

It's a fucking villain attack

 

Pop-eyes

Yeah I figured 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Welp guess it's time to start sharpening my knives for the USJ

 

homeless solidarity

And I can help!

You're on your own w that

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Aww ty

You're the sweetest 

 

homeless solidarity

Fuck! my paper bag!

Everything’s fine. Totally not feeling like I'm tearing in half. Definitely didn't trip or anything 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Oh no! Big brother are you okay?

 

Pop-eyes

Are you alright, twice?

 

Dad-bi

u better not be hurt

That would be so annoying

 

homeless solidarity

It's okay don't worry about me my mask is ruined and I'm going to split and my copies will be coming to get me Are they even copies though? Am I even real? Maybe I'm the copy

 

Pop-eyes

Hang in there, twice!

We'll get you a new mask everything is going to be okay

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yeah! Just send us your address big bro

You're going to be okay 

 

homeless solidarity

Please I don't want to be alone again

Go away I don't need anyone

 


 

Magnetic_Personality

 

marble-ous

Who do you think dabi's husband is?

 

Magnetic_Personality

Some hero

 

marble-ous

Evidently

I feel like he'd be into blondes

 

Magnetic_Personality

How come?

 

marble-ous

Just a hunch

 

Magnetic_Personality

Fair enough

Gotta admit that picturing him with Best Jeanist is fun

 

marble-ous

Best Jeanist?

I thought he'd be more into present mic

 

Magnetic_Personality

Huh? Why?

 

marble-ous

Because he has showmanship and Dabi gives former theater kid energy

 

Magnetic_Personality

Hmm guess you have a point

At least we can both agree that dabi's mystery husband prolly isn't Hawks

 

marble-ous

Agreed

Isn't he a major endeavor fan?

As far as I am aware Dabi quite dislikes that particular hero

 

Magnetic_Personality

Exactly

 


 

my familyyy 🔪❤️🔪

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Do you have a mask dad?

 

Dad-bi

Just a fuck ton of medical masks so I can go out in public without being gawked at

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Darn, that's not going to cut it

How abt u papa?

 

Pop-eyes

Sry fletching only medical masks for me too

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ughhhh do none of you have a super cute full face mask

 

Dad-bi

Do you brat?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Nope

Wouldn't want to hide my adorable face you know

My cuteness is my gift to the world after all ✨

 

Dad-bi

gross

your confidence makes me wanna barf

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Then barf (✿^‿^)

Anyways I don't really need masks to begin with since w my quirk and all disguises are a piece of cake!

 

Dad-bi

Yeah whatever

Let's find a damn ski mask for that twice bastard so he stops acting like that fucking sky is falling

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Nah not a ski mask

I don't want my big bro looking like a criminal

 

Dad-bi

We literally are criminals

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I mean yeah but a ski mask would be a dead giveaway

 

Pop-eyes

You're not wrong

If I saw someone w a ski mask I wouldn't necessarily arrest them right away but they'd def be on my radar yk

 

Dad-bi

Well what do you want then, kid?

One of compress’ weird masks?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

OMG YES

That's perfect!

Ty for the great idea dad ( ˘ ³˘)♥

 

Dad-bi

Is it too late to disown you?

 

Pop-eyes
YES, hot stuff

Srsly u can’t just disown your family members every time they annoy u

 

Dad-bi

says who?

 

Pop-eyes

your beloved husband ofc

 

Dad-bi

idk… beloved is kind of a strong word

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

enough of your flirting, dads

time is of the essence

 

[TheCrayonSong🖍️ added Magnetic_Personality and marble-ous to the chat]

 

Dad-bi

Goddammit kid

the chat name doesn’t even work if you just keep inviting randos

 

marble-ous

Excuse me but I simply do not perceive myself as “some rando”

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Agreed!

Compress isn’t just some rando 

he’s “some rando magician”

 

marble-ous

Uhh if you are to use such rhetoric i’d prefer it if you didn’t defend me at all

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

No can do

I need to get on your good side so you’ll help big brother Twice

First things first tho

It’s time for a little update

 

[TheCrayonSong🖍️ renamed the chat to my extended familyyy 🔪❤️🔪]

 

Dad-bi

Eh i guess this chat name is slightly less of an unfitting dumpster fire

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yayyyyy u approveee

 

Magnetic_Personality

What’s wrong with Twice?

 

Pop-eyes

His mask ripped and he ran off

I suppose i’d be able to find him but i don’t have a mask

 

Magnetic_Personality

Can’t you just buy one

 

Pop-eyes

Not with how my handlers

Uh i mean

my bank account gets monitored

Buying sth like a ski mask would instantly get flagged

 

Magnetic_Personality

Gets that makes sense if you’re jeanist

 

Pop-eyes

HUHHH? Why would you think i’m tsunagu?

 

Magnetic_Personality

No need to act coy

I know it’s you

Blondes seem like dabi’s type

 

Dad-bi
LIES
What on earth abt me screams attracted to excessive denim?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️
EVERYONE FOCUS
Papa isn’t Jeanist and yes Dad is into blondes but that’s not the point

We need to focus on helping my big brother

 

Dad-bi

Don’t get ahead of yourself, it’s not like i’ve adopted him yet

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

But you will ;)

Compress could you spare a mask?

 

marble-ous

I do have plenty

So yes I can

Besides, Twice does have a certain flair to him that i admire

 

Magnetic_Personality

And we can help you find him

Heaven knows that with the villain alter egos and all compress and i have also had days where we didn’t know who we were

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Hurrrayyyyy family outing

And if you think abt it finding twice is kind of like a game of hide and seek

Great family bonding!

 

Pop-eyes

Sure fledgling


A persistent pressure abounded behind Jin’s eardrums as if his thoughts were on the verge of bursting out. Pulling the collar of his shirt over his face, he curled up on the factory floor. But it didn’t matter that the loose fabric concealed his face — he still felt like he was being ripped apart along the seams.

Tracing circles in the dust covering the corner, Jin contemplated rummaging through a dumpster to find a new paper bag. A chance to finally be whole again. But what if glass shards cut his skin leaving him dissolving into a pile of goo, revealing that he was nothing but a clone?

Just bite the bullet already and accept you’re a copy. Sooner or later you’ll be taken out – all it would take is one nasty fall on the sidewalk and you’d be a goner from the pain.

Digging his teeth into his lips — the sensation so much like ripping stitches — Jin shook his head. What if he’d made himself miserable all these years over nothing? What if he’d been the original all along? He’d made it through the massacre for a reason, right? Surely, the angry scar tissue on his forehead was a sign that he had some sort of pain tolerance – that a single broken bone wouldn’t reduce him to nothingness.

Don’t be ridiculous. You know for a fact life is meaningless. That’s why your parents died. They were good people — they didn’t deserve it. The only reason you outlived the other versions of yourself was pure dumb luck.

Patting his pockets, Jin considered pulling out a pack of cigarettes. Anything to subdue the thoughts swirlingin his skull. Then again, he’d have to expose most of his face for that. Not worth the trouble. Closing his eyes, Jin imagined the smoke pooling into his lungs, not quieting the voices, per se, no, they were as loud as ever… but the haze would at least make that nagging little voice bother Jin a little less.

Trying to tune me out, huh? Tough luck. I’m here to stay.

Clawing at his hair, Jin tried to anchor himself in the draft, whisking through the warehouse. The sound of cars honking in the distance. The smell of mold festering in the walls. So what if he wasn’t real? He felt real. That had to count for something.

Keep telling yourself that .

Holding the collar of his shirt in front of his face, Jin started to pace back and forth across the warehouse. He recalled a name flashing across a Reddit thread. Exchanges in DMs about how catchy jukebox musicals were. Which Velvet and Veneer song from the Trolls franchise was the catchiest ( Watch Me Work was number one in Jin’s book). And most of all, he thought of how light his chest had become when Himiko said it was her favorite too.

Liar. You like Sweet Dreams better. You just say Watch Me Work is your favorite because you couldn’t find Sweet Dreams on Spotify.

“Shut up!” Jin screamed, his voice echoing through the warehouse. It sounded almost like a dozen voices were hollering back at him. Just like on that day in his run-down apartment when a blade had sliced his skull.

Settling on the floor again, Jin tried to steady his breathing. No need for a sad man’s parade. He wasn’t alone anymore — well, in the warehouse he physically was, but at least not in a metaphorical sense. For whatever reason he hadn’t been booted out of the group chat yet — hurray for homeless solidarity. Otherwise, Dabi might have cast him aside for sure. Jin suspected he could see right through the paper bag that had been on Jin’s head and that the truth was clear as day. Namely that Jin was a waste of space that wasn’t worth anyone’s time.

After all, who was to blame for his situation aside from himself? What good would faulting the client who’d gotten him fired do? Since the law hadn’t been on his side, Jin had probably been in the wrong.

That’s right. You could’ve been driving slower. Who cares that the client wasn’t paying attention to pedestrian rules. You should’ve known better. If I had one wish, I would’ve never messed around.

Huh? Was his brain quoting Jojo Siwa’s Karma of all things?

What of it? It’s catchy. Better than those Trolls songs you like so much.

No way! The Trolls trilogy was peak art. And come hell or high water he’d prove it to that dumb persistent part of his brain. As soon as he got around to binging Trolls with Himiko, that little voice would be enlightened. He was sure of it.

Curling in on himself in a futile attempt to keep the risk of ripping in half at bay, Jin found himself smiling ever so slightly. Right. He had a sibling now. Or at least someone who called him her big brother. God, Jin couldn’t even remember what having a family was like anymore — it had been ages.

Squeezing his lips together, Jin recalled how his mom had made Western-style pancakes in the kitchen. He recalled him and his dad laughing about how the pancakes had tasted like cardboard. But as dry as the batter had been, the secret ingredient was impossible to miss: love. So what if that’s a cheesy thing to say? These days Jin would kill for a loving home-cooked meal. Well, maybe not kill — that was  a tad extreme, even for him. Jin had more than enough of his fill of murder after all the Jin-copies had attacked each other, thank you very much.

But yeah, he figured gouging on buckets of fried chicken with Himiko and her dads would allow him to regain some semblance of the childhood he’d lost all those years ago. A chance to finally erase the temptation to copy himself just so he wouldn’t be alone anymore.

Keep dreaming. As if Dabi would ever accept you into Himiko’s little family.

No, that wasn’t true. Himiko said that Dabi was a little rough around the edges. It just took him a bit to warm up to people. That was all.

And you really believe Himiko? Does she have any idea how detestable you are? So what if Dabi warms up to most people? You aren’t most people. If anyone were to be the exception, it would be you.

From the corner of his eye, Jin spotted a red feather flutter into the warehouse. He felt his breath, trying to extinguish any false hope. There was no way anyone would actually come looking for him, right?

But there was no mistaking the voices outside.

“Chillax, hot stuff. There’s no denying they were right about blondes being your type.”

“Oh my, I should have guessed that your partner was the notorious Hawks,” a theatrical voice belted.

“Yeah, I’m no Tsunagu,” Hawks chirped.

Before Jin had the chance to slither away, the double doors to the warehouse flew open. Gold eyes shone in the dark. Not missing a beat, Himiko made a beeline for Jin.

“Big brother! We’ve been looking everywhere for you! Are you hurt?”

“Nope, I’m all good. I’m terribly injured. I don’t think I’ll ever recover .”

“Oh no! Well let’s watch Trolls Band Together to cheer you up then before it’s USJ time. Brozone is always a great pick-me up.”

“Ew, gross. I can’t stand boy bands.” Jin abruptly changed his tune and started snapping his fingers. “ I don’t mind if the world spins faster…

“.. .The music’s louder. The waves are getting stronger ,” Himiko chimed in.

Humming along with Himiko, Magne hunched over her broad shoulders and held out a black-and-white mask to Jin. In the back of the warehouse, Compress crossed his arms and frowned beneath his baklava as if mourning the loss of a prized possession. But the second Magne flashed Compress a dirty look, Compress’ expression went neutral.

Placing the mask over his face, Jin finally felt whole and could breathe again. He turned toward Magne. “Thanks, ma'am.”

“Ma'am. Damn, that makes me sound old. How about Big Sis instead?” Magne chuckled.

Grinning widely beneath the warehouse’s fluorescent lights, Himiko “Yay another sibling!”

Dabi spluttered, nearly choking on his lit cigarette in the process. “For the love of God, brat. Please stop collecting family members like they’re Pokemon.” 

“But you don’t understand- I gotta catch them all,” Himiko laughed.

As Himiko swung an arm around Jin’s shoulders and flashed him a fond smile, Jin felt some of the tension in his chest subside.

Who cared if the little voice in the back of his head thought it was impossible to become a part of Himiko’s family? All Jin had to do was prove himself. Easy peasy. Especially with the USJ as a golden opportunity. Then even Dabi would realize that Jin could be worth the space he took up.


Number1AllMightFan

 

EndeavorSux

So midoriya any progress on finding records on touya?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Not exactly

 

EndeavorSux

I understand if you haven’t started researching touya yet

I’m sure that this must be a daunting task for even someone with a brain as big and beautiful as yours

 

Number1AllMightFan

Can brains even be beautiful?

 

EndeavorSux

I’m sure that if anyone could make an organ that looks like a pile of noodles look good it’d be good it’d be you

 

Number1AllMightFan

You flatter me too much, I'm not all that 

And uhh shouto

It’s not like i haven’t started up with digging info up on touya

It’s that i haven’t found anything

 

EndeavorSux

What? A name like Todoroki Touya is kind of hard to miss

 

Number1AllMightFan

Shouto

It's like touya never even existed

There are no records of him. At all.

 

EndeavorSux

No that can’t be

Touya was all over the media when he was little

My father took him to so many hero galas

 

Number1AllMightFan

I’m sorry shouto but there aren’t any photos

No records of him being enrolled in school

Nothing

 

EndeavorSux

How?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Well this might lean a little into conspiracy territory

but i think someone purposely wanted to erase your brother

 

EndeavorSux

That does sound like sth endeavor would do

Pretend like touya didn’t even exist bc he was a “disappointment”

But he wasn’t a disappointment, he was my brother

That’s all he ever needed to be. He was enough

 

Number1AllMightFan

I understand, Shouto

But i think erasing touya from existence is even beyond endeavor’s capabilities

No i think sth bigger wanted to get rid of your brother

Notes:

Recent Togachako Recs:
Right Where You Left Me (Absolutely gut-wrenching hurt/comfort with parallels between togachako and dabihawks. I think it's one of the best togachako fics I've read in a while)
The light in darkness (angel/demon au with really nice tension and exquisite prose. Ice's togachako fics are always top-notch so I def recommend checking out her other fics if you like this one)
On Monsters and Lesbians and the Inevitable Overlap Between the Two (I haven't read this one yet - it's been on my TBR for a hot minute - but my friends have been raving about how good this togachako fic is. It has greek mythology elements)

My Recent Togachako Updates:
Knife On My Sleeve (college au chatfic)
smiles hide what secrets keep (hurt/comfort soulmates au)
Eye For An Eye (hazbin hotel fusion au with togachako as chaggie)
Red Wine Supernova (ochako as a magician. this one shot is the consequence of my Chappell Roan obsession)

Togachako Mischellaneous:
I noticed that the Discord invite link to the 18+ togachako server that I embedded in a previous chapter has expired. The togachako haven server does have an official Twitter (@togachakohaven) account now though which I help run so just send a DM to the Twitter account for a Discord invite.

Chapter 22: Do I look like my dad now?

Summary:

There are three Dabis at the USJ.

Notes:

Thank you so much for betaing, stari!!!!

Anyways, yeah here's an update as a little treat bc life has been going well lately. Summer research is fun, I went to my first ever concert and I made some new friends.

See y'all after fic fight ends! I'll prolly post again for Dear Google sometime in July - but with how sporadic my updates are it could be sooner idk

Also btw I recently cleaned up Dear Google's tags a little bc they were a bit of a mess. (Dabihawks shouldn't have been one the last relationships listed though tbf when I started the fic I wasn't planning to have dabihawks. They just snuck their way in bc of my dabihawks brainrot XD )

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Taking a deep breath, Himiko fidgeted with a charm fastened on her belt. The acrylic keychain flickered in the light, making Utena’s rosy hair glow. Himiko smiled to herself – she’d been shocked that Ochako had bought it for her at the cosplay convention considering how expensive merch was… but Ochako had waved it off, insisting no cost was too high for Himiko. 

She’s so perfect.

Practically swooning, Himiko almost crashed into Dad, who stood only a couple feet from her. The air in the bar, which was crowded with mercenaries and criminals alike, had gotten incredibly musky. At Himiko’s side, Twice’s eyes twitched back and forth beneath a fabric mask he’d gotten from the broker working with the guy heralding the USJ attack.

Following her big brother’s gaze, Himiko’s eyes locked on a guy with guns for fingertips. Gripping the knives in her pockets with determination, Himiko swung her braids over her shoulder and pursed her lips as she mentally drew a diagram of the human body, recalling the most efficient place to sever a finger. She wasn’t taking any chances. Not when Ochako’s safety was at stake. Not when the girl who loved Himiko, quirk and all, was about to be ambushed by villains dead set on attacking students and teachers alike.

Gold eyes illuminated in the dark, Himiko surveyed her surroundings. Some pale guy in a hoodie kept scratching at his throat. 

This is supposed to be the leader, huh?  

Tilting her head to the side, Himiko tried to picture him at the helm of an attack, but she just couldn’t see it. Then again, appearances had a habit of being deceiving. Plus, Himiko couldn’t deny that he had taste – ‘the League of Villains’ had a ring to it, and Himiko didn’t care that Dad thought it was a “fucking stupid reference to a video game.” 

Himiko tapped her chin. What was his name again, anyways? Shimuraki Tempura? No, that didn’t sound right. Shigmura Tomko? Nope, that wasn’t it either. Ah, he looked like a Shiggy; that was probably close enough.

Smoke swirled a few feet away from Shiggy. As a misty-looking bartender wiped down glasses at the counter, Himiko mused over how much his glowing yellow eyes resembled her own.

Licking her lips, Himiko wondered what it would be like to become him. Although, did Mist Man even have actual blood? Beginning to skip across the hall, Himiko giggled to herself. There was only one way to find out.

Himiko hadn’t even made it two feet in the bartender’s direction when Dad grabbed her wrist, pulling her back. “Brat, this guy can literally turn you to dust.”

“And why should I be worried?” Himiko raised a brow. “Aren’t you perfectly capable of turning him to ashes?”

“Obviously. But I’m not really keen on getting burnt to a crisp.”

Darn, Dad’s flames would’ve looked really pretty and Himiko couldn’t help but wonder if Shiggy’s skin would’ve made funny crackling sounds because it was so dry. Alas, it would have to remain a mystery for the time being. Besides, Dad’s fire would’ve made the bar a little warm. And it wasn’t like Himiko was keen on getting Dad sent to the ER, especially since the doctors undoubtedly would ask a lot of uncomfortable questions, with Dad being legally dead and all..

“Aww, your quirk drawback is such a bummer.”

Sighing, Dad ruffled Himiko’s hair. “Yeah, it is, brat. So don’t do anything stupid out there.”

“I’ll be fine. After all, I’ve got you for backup.”

As a portal of swirling smoke began to open at one end of the bar and Shiggy ushered villains toward the entrance, Himiko directed finger guns toward Twice. 

“Big brother, do your thing.”

As Twice fumbled with his measuring tape, Himiko imagined him going bright red with embarrassment since she couldn’t see his face beneath his spandex suit. That broker Dad had gotten in contact with on short notice had really outdone himself – there was no way Twice would feel like he was about to split down the middle with such a tight outfit holding him together.

Seconds after Twice held the measuring tape against Dad’s feet, an exact replica of a scarred man in a trenchcoat formed. Crossing his arms, Dad side-eyed his double. “Creepy bastard.”

“Like you’re one to talk, ugly,” Dad’s double snorted.

“Oh please, you’re just a cheap knockoff of the real deal.”

“Doesn’t make you any less of a disappointment to your old man.”

Sparks flashed in Dad’s eyes as he let a blue flame flicker on his palm. Grinning maniacally, the double copied the gesture. 

Eyes going wide, Himiko stepped between the two of them in the knick of time. “Save the fighting for the USJ, drug dealers, or literally anyone other than yourself.” She flashed a wide-toothed smile that she knew would make Dad agree not necessarily to her every whim, but at least a couple of them. “Okie dokie?”

“Fine,” Dad grumbled, closing his palm and extinguishing the flame. The double followed suit. Rolling up the sleeve of his trenchcoat, Dad held out his wrist toward Himiko.

Himiko clapped her hands together as she zeroed in on Dad’s skin, making sure she didn’t accidentally get her fangs stuck in the staples. “Yummy! I’ve been dying to drink your blood, Dad.”

“Yeah, yeah. Hurry up already.”

“Tehehe. You really do care about me.”

Sinking her teeth into Dad’s flesh, Himiko reveled in the iron taste of blood melting on her tongue. She could taste undercurrents of charcoal and cigarettes as her jawline warped into Dad’s, the bottom of her face beginning to throb  from the staples stretched across her skin. Spinning around in an exact copy of Dad’s coat, Himiko grinned wide enough to nearly pop a staple. Where her bio parents had hounded her for massacring a sparrow, Dad had given her the one thing she’d never expected.

A chance to become one of the people she loved.

Dad rolled his eyes as he nudged Himiko and his double toward the swirling entrance of the misty portal – but Himiko didn’t miss Dad’s ghost of a smile.

Stepping out through the other end of the portal, Himiko found herself staring at the domed ceiling that seemed to stretch on infinitely. A fountain bubbled a handful of meters away from Himiko. A makeshift city stood tall in the distance. Himiko eyed the boat gliding across a gigantic pool of water and let out a whistle. UA sure was something else. Ochako was really living it up, huh?

Through the crowd of villains in front of her, Himiko tried to get a glimpse of the students in the distance, to no avail. If only Dad’s body were a little bit taller, then maybe she’d have had a chance to glimpse Ochako’s hero costume. She’d heard it was pink – just like Ochako’s adorable rosy cheeks.

Instead of getting to marvel over how cute Ochako was, Himiko was stuck listening to Shiggy giving some boring speech. Blah, blah, blah destroying everything. Blah, blah, blah killing All Might. Himiko wished that he’d get on with it already so she could do something fun like stab someone.

Then, Shiggy said some keywords that made Himiko light up. Cupping a hand around her mouth, Himiko leaned in toward Dad and giggled,

“Ooh does he want to take down hero society? That’s totes cute! Vigilantism, stabbing, et cetera are more my cup of tea but I see the vision. Do you think he’s a big fan of Mr. Stainy too?”

As if on cue, Shiggy’s head flipped around toward Himiko. “The FUCK?!”

Shiggy reached out to retaliate, but before he could do anything, Dad stepped in front of Himiko and stared daggers at Shiggy. Spotting the smoke rising from Dad’s seams, Shiggy grumbled and faced the students again to continue his half-baked villain monologue.

“Brat, talk any louder like that and you’ll blow your cover,” Dad hissed.

“Whoopsie.”

Dad let out an aggrieved sigh. “I don’t fucking say whoopsie.”

The staples in Himiko’s face pulled taunt as she flashed a grin in Dad’s direction. Just then, the scent of nitroglycerin filled the air. Dad gawked at some redhead and blonde kid torpedoing toward the wall of villains when purple smoke swirled around the hired fights, swallowing them whole.

Himiko’s stomach somersaulted as the mist faded, and her head hit the gravel as she tumbled onto a dark room that reeked of moldy concrete. A staple had snagged on a large slab of rubble protruding out of the ground.

“Darn it,” Himiko cursed.

Wait, darn it wasn’t the kind of thing Dad would say – pressing together the lips that had warped into Dad’s singed ones Himiko decided to at least try to be a little more in character. 

“God fucking dammit!” Himiko screamed at the top of her lungs as she shook out the rubble from Dad’s cheaply dyed hair. Squinting through a dark hallway, Himiko wished that she’d retained at least a little of her night vision post-transformation – but oh well, couldn’t have it all.

Heavy footsteps sounded as the scent of nitroglycerin filled the air again. Reaching for her knives on instinct, Himiko barely sidestepped the burst of fire and smoke hurled in her direction. Seconds later the support beam that had been behind her crumbled. Close one. Himiko’s chest beat so loudly she could hear the blood rushing to her ears. If only Dad had a bit of heat resistance, then maybe Himiko wouldn’t have needed to worry so much. But she doubted heat resistance would’ve done much against the force of the blast.

Deep red eyes shone through the dark, as Blasty snarled at Himiko as a red-haired kid took a step in front of Blasty, mimicking a shield.

Staring at the redhead with skin turned into some material akin to stone, Hiimiko frowned as she pictured her blades potentially shattering on impact.

Gritting her teeth, Himiko slid her knives back into her trench coat pockets. Ochako’s classmates knew enough about Himiko… and possibly even her quirk… that the butterfly knives would’ve been a dead giveaway. Plus, what if she cut up Blasty and it turned out his blood was super pretty! Himiko couldn’t risk being distracted from Ochako’s beauty in the slightest.

Another explosion cascaded toward Himiko and she sidestepped it with the grace of a cat. She winced at how Dad’s scarred skin tugged at even the slightest motion. No wonder Dad loved coke so much. Sure, Himiko knew that being old came with some pain – and being twenty-something was pretty ancient in Himiko’s humble opinion – but she was pretty sure that simply breathing wasn’t supposed to go hand in hand with an agonizing pressure.

Tapping her chin as she ducked beneath the red-haired boy’s fist, Himiko decided that she’d go track down a drug kingpin so she could get Dad a nice gift for Father’s Day. Too bad Dad refused to tell Himiko when his birthday was, depriving her of a perfectly good excuse to get more coke.

“Why aren’t you using your quirk, you bastard?! Think I’m too fucking weak?!!!” Blasty screamed.

Holding up her hands innocently, Himiko tried to imitate Dad’s nonchalant drawl. “No, it’s just hurting kids is totally lame or whatever.”

Pops echoed on Blasty’s palms. “Oh so you’re looking down on me because I’m just a kid?! Is that it?!!! Well, screw you!!!”

Sprinting behind a collapsed wall as rubble burst around her and the red-haired kid swung a fist in her direction, Himiko gasped, “Wow. You sure give Da – I mean, my – temper a run for its money.”

“Di– Eat shit!” Blasty screamed. “I can’t fucking believe I took advice from a villain. Half-decent advice – but from a fucking villain?!!”

Scratching her head, Himiko stared back at Blasty. Blasty knew Dad? Had Dad made other friends while Himiko wasn’t looking? Coughing up dust as she raced away from the explosions, Himiko grinned in satisfaction. Good for him – Dad could really use someone on the same wavelength in terms of his abrasive personality.

Winding her way down a hallway, Himiko tried to keep her footsteps light enough that Blasty couldn’t hear her. At last, she spotted a cavity in a wall – a perfect hiding spot to catch her breath for a minute. But it was occupied already by a lithe scarred figure curled up in the opening. The lack of white roots peeking out from black dye served as a dead giveaway to Himiko that this wasn’t the original.

Himiko waved at the double. “Hey, Dad 2.0. Mind doing me a solid?”

“Hell no. I’m not taking the fall with Blasty for you.”

Batting Dad’s surprisingly long eyelashes, Himiko clasped her hands and pouted at the double pleadingly. “But puh-lease. Don’t you love me? I know you’re just a double and all but you’ve still got to love your own kid, right?”

Dad’s shoulders slumped over slightly like they always did when he relented to Himiko. Pretty much a perfect copy. “Fucking fine.”

Giving the double a brief hug, Himiko raced over to a crumbling windowsill and started scaling the wall outside it. Arms held wide open Dad’s double stepped into the hallway. Biting down on her lip, Himiko averted her gaze because who wanted to see their dad turn into a pile of muck?

Explosions echoed as Blasty sped toward the hallway followed by his companion. Mere moments later a loud squelch sounded.

“What the fuck?!!”

“Bakubro… I don’t think that was really him.”

“Yeah, seems like some cheapass knockoff,” Blasty hissed. “I’m going to give the real deal a piece of my mind the next time I see that asshole.”

Himiko snickered as she dug her nails into the crevices of the wall, making her slow descent. Dad sure had picked out an interesting kid to associate with. But onward to more important priorities – namely, finding where Ochako was.

Notes:

Uh here's my Tumblr and Dreamwidth if you want to find me there for whatever reason. I'm also in a lot of BNHA servers so if you happen to spot someone with the same pfp as my ao3 account that's probably me.

But yeah thank you all so much for reading this story!!! seeing all the comments/kudos/bookmarks brings me so much joy. I'm feeling a little too shy right now to respond to comments (i'll try to get around to replying to stuff before the end of the month) but pls know that i read every single comment and treasure and appreciate them!!

Also, I have a togachako fic rec for y'all. Just a date is a super cute matchmaking gone wrong one shot - I highly recommend it!!

And I recently posted a togachako oneshot called (Online Love) that has Dear Google vibes.

Chapter 23: Can you please look at me?

Summary:

The USJ continues, Mineta has character development and Yuga and Toru make a shocking discovery.

Notes:

Yes, it's 4 AM. Yes, I'm posting a new chapter at this hour. I overcaffeinated on boba and am in a goofy headspace because of staying up past 3 playing mafia and catan. So why not post an update? Anyways love y'all, enjoy the chappy <3
I'll work on catching typos at a normal hour of the day (⁠。⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

Chapter Text

Himiko’s sides ached as she sprinted out of the makeshift cityscape. Ribs cinching together, Himiko winched but sped forward regardless. It really wouldn’t hurt Dad to do cardio every once in a blue moon. Besides, with how motion sick Dad got in cars and such, it could only be beneficial if he managed to get around just a little bit faster on foot.

Yet, as toward the water zone her head grew dizzy from the overexertion. World spinning in circles around her, Himiko tried to keep the sweat pooling down her back in check as the blood in Dad’s veins boiled uncomfortably hot.

But as she reached the edge of the pool with the ship floating atop its side, goo oozed down Himiko’s face, gathering in the staples and blurring her vision. Breath hitching, Himiko rummaged through liquifying trench coat pockets for vials of blood only to be left empty handed. Shit. They must have fallen out at the ruins zone.

As layers of pale goo washed away scar tissue, Himiko scrambled behind a boulder – not so much because she dreaded being buttnaked in public – but because she couldn’t be caught dead in the USJ. Being a suspected vampire was one thing, but being a confirmed villain was another can of worms entirely. Plus, she wanted her body to be for Ochako’s eyes only if she had a say in the matter.

But as the last layers of goop peeled away from her gold eyes, a short boy with purple hair emerged from the water for sure. Paling, Himiko scrambled behind the boulder and let her hair done in hopes that it would cover up something. Baring her fangs, she hissed at Mineta in hopes that it would scare him away.

And by the looks of how his frame shuddered, it looked like it was working. Until he stepped forward, gulping as he averted his gaze from Himiko’s bare chest.

Surprising. Himiko thought the perv would be gawking at her, not sparing so much as a shred of basic human decency.

“T-toga!” Mineta called.

“What now?” Himiko sighed.

This was it. Himiko was one-hundred percent a goner. Sure Ochako was sweet and all considering how she’d accepted Himiko even though her quirk literally involved drinking blood. But how far would that acceptance go? Would it stop at villainy? Or the number of times Himiko had slid her blades through pulsing hearts. The fact that Himiko had reaped more lives than she could count while Ochako had sworn to save people.

Swallowing hard, Himiko bit down on her lower lip. Unconditional love was a myth. Everyone had their limits. Okay, Papa had accepted Dad in spite of all the arson and homicide… but they had history. Years of growing up together that Himiko and Ochako lacked. Papa loving Dad despite everything was an exception to the rule. Not the norm.

“I wanted to thank you. For scaring me shitless,” Mineta blurted out.

Mouth agape, Himiko blinked back at him. Was this for real? “You mean pissless. You pissed yourself, you didn’t shit yourself.”

“Right…”

Baffled, Himiko scratched her. “Why do you even want to thank me? Even I know that’s a little weird.”

Laughing awkwardly, Mineta stared down at his feet still damp from the artificial lake. “Ha ha, maybe it is. But I think that was the warning call I needed. To be less of…”

“A perv?”

“Yeah…”

“Well, good. And I’ll have you know that if you ever make Ochako feel uncomfortable again that I will skin you alive,” Himiko said in a sing-song voice as she peeled her knives from the spot on the ground where Dad’s trench coat had fully dissolved.

“Got it.” Mineta gulped. “And Toga you’re not actually here to hurt anyone, are you?”

“Ooh. The benefit of doubt? Pretty interesting considering that I literally broke into your house.”

“Well, rumor has it that you’re a vigilante – or a vampire – there are a lot of rumors to be honest.” Mineta’s teeth chattered – though admittedly that could’ve been because he had just stepped out of freezing water. “But attacking a bunch of hero students out in the open doesn’t seem like your style.”

Surveying the water zone in hopes of spotting Ochako, Himiko nodded slowly. “ Mhm . I just heard about this little USJ thingy and wanted to make sure Ochako made it out alright.”

Slinking past the boulder, Himiko spotted a collapsed villain lying on the edge of the water. Grinning, she eyed his sweater and jogging pants. The wool looked soggy but was still better than nothing Himiko supposed. Snatching the sweater, Himiko pulled it over her head and rolled up the sleeves so that she could continue looking for Ochako.

If having her crimes revealed was the cost of ensuring her girlfriend’s safety, so be it.

Mineta cleared his throat. “Don’t you need another disguise?”

“Ah. I’ll figure it out.”

Silence weighed heavily in the air when Mineta abruptly held out his arm. “Take… my blood!”

Scrunching her nose together, Himiko wondered whether his blood tasted like rotten grapes or something – but beggars can’t be choosers. “Really? Are you sure?”

“Well, no one would bat an eye if they saw you looking like me staring at Ochako weirdly intensely.”

With cliffs and buildings crashing in the distance, Himiko bit down on her tongue, mulling over what choice to make. But time was of the essence; she couldn’t afford to angst over the possible pros and cons for eternity.

“I’ll take you up on that offer.”


Cowering in a corner just outside the conflagration zone bordering the flood zone, Toru stared at a lithe blonde girl, warping and adopting Mineta’s stout form. Heart pounding, Toru found herself gasping for air. Invisible needles pricked her skull, filling her brain with a haze as the reality right in front of her sank in.

Turning toward Yuga although he couldn’t make out where her body let alone her face was since she’d cast her gloves aside on the opposite side of the USJ.

“Holy shit. So Ochako’s girlfriend is a villain.”

Scrambling to her feet, Toru whipped her head around in hopes of spotting more classmates. Sure, she’d hadn’t been able to hear Mineta and Himiko’s conversation but considering just who was attacking the USJ she was perfectly capable of filling in her blanks.

Toru took a deep breath as she dug the tips of her fingernails into her skull. Was she really ready to ruin a perfectly good relationship? In those photos from the convention Ochako had been practically glowing while looking at Himiko? And from the sounds of it, Himiko had been dealt a bad deck of cards? With a quirk like hers were there any viable career opportunities beyond villainy?

But Himiko must have chosen to partake in the USJ. How could it have been possible to stumble into a large-scale attack on accident. And at the end of the day, people had 

Besides, for how long could Himiko keep her status as a villain out of sight anyways. Even things you couldn’t see had a way of coming to light eventually. Or at least that was Toru’s philosophy.

As Toru’s footsteps sounded, Aoyama reached out to grab her, missing by half a meter. “ Mon ami , wait!”

“But we need to hurry. This life and death info. We have to tell someone .”

“That is exactly why we must not tell anyone.” For the first time since Toru had met him, any sparkle or shine faded from Aoyama’s expression. “Because that could put Himiko in danger.”

“And why should she be our priority? Ochako’s girlfriend literally attacked our class.”

“But did she actually lay a finger on anybody? I did not seem as if she wanted to harm anyone.” Sighing deeply, Aoyama ran a hand across his navel. “I believe something sinistre is afoot.”

“What are you saying, Aoyama?”

“I am saying that Himiko wouldn’t be the first kid forced to work for the man behind that Nomu.” Looking up at Toru grimly, Aoyama pulled his hand away from his own stomach. “I promets I will explain more once we get out of here. When there are fewer prying yeux .”

Toru spared a glance at Himiko without having to duck below rubble like Aoyama. She stared at Himiko while the other girl looked right through her and took in the worry woven through Himiko’s furrowed brows. Could there really be a deeper reason as to why she was here? A reason that explained why Mineta had held out his arm to her, offering blood.

“You’d better fill me in later, Aoyama.”


Smoke spilling into his lungs, all Touya could hear was the crackling of flames. Fire licked away at his arms as he struggled to lift his eyelids which had gotten as heavy as iron. Was he back on Sekoto again? Was he really going to wither away into nothingness this time?

He pictured figures in gas masks standing behind the flaming trees, pouring alcohol onto the ground so the fire would roar even louder. Biting his flaking lips, Touya envisioned his old handler’s lips tugging into a smile. The Commission was probably counting their lucky stars that the last remaining ashes of their failure, Endeavor’s failure were finally subsiding.

Yet when he opened his eyes Touya was greeted by orange flames rather than blue. Rolling his eyes, Touya spat at the ground he was lying on. Pretty pathetic he was sweating his way into a heat stroke when the pathetic little embers surrounding him were nowhere on par with his own flames.

A flaming wooden pyre pinned Touya to the ground as he struggled to move beneath the weight. Fuck. Maybe he should’ve listened to his idiot husband and joined him for his gym workouts after all. Then again, maybe Touya would rather die than set foot on a treadmill.

Uncurling his palm, Touya considered turning the fire around him blue. Then, he’d at least go out in a blaze of glory. Though he supposed Birdbrain would give his ghost a piece of his mind if Touya ended up on death’s door the same way all over again.

Suddenly, hands covered in spandex reached through the blaze, shoving the pyre off of Touya. Grunting Twice slung Touya’s lithe figure over his shoulder. Hacking and coughing, Twice pressed forward through the blaze before finally falling on his knees after opening the double doors at the exit of the fire zone.

Tumbling off of Twice’s shoulders, Touya hit his skull on the ground hard. Some of the molten rubber sizzled against Twice’s skin. Touya gritted his teeth. What a damn idiot? Couldn’t he see Touya’s scars? Obviously he’d seen worse. He could handle a bit of fucking fire. No reason for Twice to go get himself burned.

“Why would you do something so stupid, Twice?” Touya grumbled.

“You were burning alive! I was bored .”

“Wouldn’t be the first time. Besides, I made it out of the fire last time just fine.” Staring at the burn marks on Twice’s knuckles, Touya swallowed hard. It was bad enough Touya had never lived up to his potential – but to have someone sacrifice themselves for a useless shit like him… that was an entirely different level of disappointment.

“Couldn’t you have just sent in a double?”

Oh, I didn’t think of that . They would have gone up in flames.”

“Ah,” Touya said. Right. The doubles weren’t all that resilient. Maybe it was for the best though. Imagine if the doubles were indestructible. Then, Touya would be stuck with an uncanny copy of himself for who knows how long.

Wincing as he peeled the molten rubber off his palms, Twice sent Touya a hopeful glance. “Are you proud of me now? I don’t give shit about your opinion .”

“Why the hell do you care about what I think?”

Beneath his mask, Twice’s face warped into a manic expression. “Well, I needed to be helpful to be a part of your family. You see me now, right? Who am I kidding? I’m still a waste of space. You have every right to disapprove.

The air was still heavy with the scent of smoke, all Touya could see was a kid with red-white hair and tears in his crystal blue eyes. It didn’t matter that Twice was thirty – all Touya could hear was that silent plea that had echoed inside his own head for so many years.  

Look at me .

Touya’s stomach churned at the thought of every disapproving glance he’d sent Twice’s way. Every curl of the lip when he’d said making Twice a part of the family was completely ridiculous. Which was stupid. When had normal been in the cards for him anyways?

Dragging his hands across his face, Touya wondered when everything had changed, when he had transformed into his shithead of a father. The type of man who had broken people storming into a fire just for a shred of approval.

Taking a deep breath, Touya set a firm hand on Twice’s shoulder. “I guess you did good. Let’s go find your sister now. Kay?”

Twice nodded. After a few minutes, he gestured toward the closed off entrance of the USJ where a grotesque corpse pounded its fist into the ground. Bile crawled up Touya’s throat as he stared at the beak for a little too long, recalling that his face had almost ended up even more disfigured than it already was. His gaze pulled away from the Nomu as Twice gestured toward a girl with a brown bob standing on the staircase.

With Twice by his side, Touya sprinted toward the steps – every labored breath singing his lungs. A little bit of regular cardio probably wouldn’t have killed him. But with a powerful quirk did Touya even really need exercise? Well, save for moments like these – not that Touya was planning on joining a suicide mission of a villain attack ever again.

White tendrils flailed through the air as Eraserhead battled the Nomu pressing his face into the ground. Touya’s stomach turned at the sight. Eraserhead was a menace to practically every villain who primarily relied on their quirks – but that didn’t mean Touya wanted the guy’s skull to be reduced to shards.

As Touya and Twice got closer, Ochako flexed all five fingers and raced toward the Nomu. Touya’s eyes widened. Fuck. The brat was going to skin him alive if the Nomu killed her girlfriend on Touya’s watch.

Pulling his arm back, Touya sent out a gust of blue flames between Ochako and the Nomu, forcing the hero student to grind to an abrupt halt. “Maybe step away from the giant monster.”

Ochako curled her hands into fists as she scowled at Touya. “But I can’t just stand here and do nothing.”

“You aren’t – stay alive. That’ll be enough. Can’t help anyone if that thing crushes your skull.”

Ochako’s jaw dropped. Like she couldn’t quite fathom why one of the villains attacking her class was concerned about her safety. Still, without uncurling her fists, she stepped away from the Nomu battling Eraserhead.

Moments later, the Nomu peeled away from Eraserhead, leaving Ochako and the rest of the hero brats gathered by the staircase scrambling toward the injured hero.

“Thank God that creepyass thing is gone.” Touya sighed. “Can’t believe I’d almost been one of those.”

Twice froze as he stared at Eraserhead’s limp form. “Crap. He’s bleeding. Yummy blood!

Touya had to hold back a snort at that last comment. Clearly, Twice had been spending a little too much time around Himiko. He sure hoped that didn’t mean he’d have yet another person back at his apartment constantly clamoring for blood dishes. Still, any laughter froze in his throat as he stared at the blood pooling out of the cavity in Eraserhead’s abdomen. Sighing, Touya approached the collapsed hero. Better to help the guy than have Himiko’s hero brat girlfriend end up with a new homeroom teacher that’s a corrupt hero.

“Not much of a medic but I can at least cauterize the wound,” Touya said.

Black sclera flashed toward Touya as a pink girl stared him down. “And why would we trust you to do that?”

“Well, I might not be a big fan of heroes… but fighting to protect some punkass kids. That I can respect.”

Kneeling down, Touya held his palm against the wound, holding back his instinct to gag at the smell of simmering flesh. Even after all the burnt corpses he had left in his wake, the smell never got any easier to endure. Not baring the hero brats another glance, Touya stepped away from the cauterized wound. But with the scattered state Eraserhead’s ribs were in, Touya suspected that a lengthy stay at the hospital awaited him even if he did make it out of the USJ alive.

But the second Touya had stepped away from the cluster of students, a hand with flaking skin zeroed in on him. Before Shigaraki or whatever his name was had the chance to touch Touya with all five fingers, Touya blocked him off with a veil of blue flames.

“Why were you helping the damn heroes?”

Touya flashed a nonchalant grin. “Hey, I hate heroes as much as the next guy. Just don’t feel like putting a bunch of kids in the grave right now. Could change my mind tomorrow if hero brats piss me off enough.”

Shigaraki opened his mouth to retort, only to have his attention drawn away by green lightning flashing around some hero brat. “You better not pull this crap again.” 

Biting his lip as he dashed in the direction of the Nomu, Shigaraki muttered to himself so quietly Touya had barely been able to hear it. “But Eraserhead is pretty cool. Guess it’s okay to not have him bleeding out.”

A sudden gust of wind burst through the dome as All Might emerged from a hole in the scattered dome. Touya whipped his head around so fast he’d almost snapped his neck in the process. Sure, technically it probably wasn’t All Might’s fault that Endeavor had gotten so fixated on eugenics… but that sure as hell didn’t mean that Touya had to like the guy.

Touya and Twice ducked behind the fountain because getting caught up in a fight between a reanimated corpse and the number one hero hadn’t been on their to-do list that morning. Touya almost fell flat on his ass when he found that pervy kid Himiko had taught a lesson to waiting behind the fountain.

“Dad!” The grape kid rushed forward to wrap Touya up in a hug.

“Gah, what happened to you?”

“Blood ran out and I had to improvise.” Himiko’s brows furrowed – and Touya couldn’t help but find it a little uncanny that Himiko still had a slyness to her expression even while wearing someone else’s face. “Is Ochako safe?”

“Sure is – but let’s get out of here.” Touya pointed toward the whirlwind of fists in the distance. “I’m not interested in being Delaware Smashed.”

“Or rather you’d only want to be smashed by Papa.”

Touya gently smacked Himiko on the back of her head. “Get your head out of the gutter!”

As All Might’s fist impacted the Nomu’s skull, a swirling portal of smoke opened in the distance. Himiko gave Touya a knowing nod. Alongside Twice and Himiko, Touya made a mad dash toward the opening and the three of them just barely made it through after Shiggy had entered the portal and the smoke had swirled shut.

Shigaraki glared daggers at the trio. “That portal wasn’t for you.”

Whoops, our bad. Did you really want to lose duplication, transformation and fire quirk?”

Grunting, Shigaraki scratched the side of his face. He reached toward Twice with all five fingers. But before he even had the chance to lay a finger on Twice he retreated once that misty bartender standing behind the counter with blood on his vest looked at Shigaraki sternly.

“Clean up the stains on the floor,” Shigaraki hissed at Twice.

Shuddering from how close a call he’d had, Twice knelt down and pulled off a scrap of his own costume to wipe away at the floor with. 

As Touya rolled up his sleeves and marched toward the exit to the bar before Shigaraki changed his mind and reeled his ugly temper again, his world started to tilt. The constant heat beneath Touya’s skin rose by several degrees. With the adrenaline from battle gone, Touya crumbled onto the ground, gasping for air as a burning sensation ate away at his lungs.

“Dad! Are you okay?” Breathing heavily, still in that pervy kid’s form, Himiko waved a hand in front of Touya’s face. “How many fingers am I holding?” 

“Do you really need to ask such stupid questions?”

“Just answer, Dad.”

“Four.”

“Oh no! Dad, hang in there. You didn’t get hurt from the Nomu, did you?”

“No, just from my bitchass quirk.”

As his world faded to black, Touya couldn’t help but wonder if his idiot father maybe had made a decent point after all. Would Touya ever have had a chance at heroics if he was on the verge of hospitalization after hardly even fighting in a thirty-minute battle?

Chapter 24: How do you buy a quirk?

Summary:

Some League members hang out post-USJ.
Toru learns more about Yuga's situation.
Izuku and Shouto find out about what happened to Touya.

Notes:

A big thank you to Stari for betaing!

Also the one and only Linky made some lovely art for this fic and I feel so honored by this amazing doodle

 

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

 

now u see me

okay aoyama

i want answers

What did you mean by himiko not being the only kid wrapped up in all that usj stuff?

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Um well would you be able to keep un secret

 

now u see me

Idk depends on what it is

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

well there is un homme with the power to give and take quirks

 

now u see me

that’s just an urban legend, aoyama

How on earth is that supposed to be a big secret

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Because that story is vraiment

 

now u see me

no way – you’ve got to be pulling my leg

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Mais non

 

now u see me

And why should i believe u?

god if i’d known you’d been cooking up yet another conspiracy – and one’s that’s less fun than vampire theory at that – i would NOT have never kept quiet abt himiko

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Please écoutez-moi

I know that All For One is real bc i met him

He gave me my quirk

 

now u see me

Yeah right

I mean your quirk is nice and flashy and all and i’d probably kill to be in the spotlight like that

but it doesn’t seem like the kind of quirk you’d handpick

not with that tummy ache drawback

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

That’s why there’s the quirk drawback

Because my body was not built for my quirk

I was born quirkless

 

now u see me

Yeah right

Send me pictures of your feet then

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Mon dieu! How scandalous

Do you have some sort of foot fetish?

 

now u see me

What?! No! I’m not some sort of perv like mineta

I just wanted to check if you have a double toe joint

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

My oh my

How forward of you

Ask me out first before you request photos

 

now u see me

you’re not helping your case w convincing me to stay quiet abt himiko being a villain

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Alright here

 

[Twilight ✨sparkle✨ sent 14514367.jpeg]

 

now u see me

shit you weren’t kidding

Couldn’t it just be some sort of mutation though?

Like one where you were born with a quirk and a double toe joint

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

highly peu probable

the number of quirkless ppl is miniscule

and the number of ppl who have quirk but still express that gene even more so

 

now u see me

so it really is possible to buy a quirk?

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Oui! But it comes at a cost

The man who gave me my quirk is very powerful

And if i don’t keep giving him information on ua he’ll kill my parents

 

now u see me

Surely that isn’t possible

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

He is capable of so much, toru

did u know that at the entrance exam i deliberately didn’t destroy enough robots so i couldn’t be his pion ?

 

now u see me

And he pulled the strings so you’d get in anyways?

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Oui . and he said that act of resistance would be my final warning

 

now u see me

Crap

And you think himiko is being threatened by all for one into doing villain stuff too

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

exactement

 

now u see me

So you were the one who informed the villains about the usj

They couldn’t have known unless someone ratted us out

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Your guess is correcte

 

now u see me

And you don’t want to keep being all for one’s mole?

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

non , i don’t want to keep betraying ua

 

now u see me

then we’ll just have to be subtle abt giving him false information

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Do you think that will work?

 

now u see me

There’s no way of knowing for sure

But if it helps at all I’ve had a lifetime of practice when it comes to stealth

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Merci

Truly i appreciate it

 

now u see me

And aoyama why did you decide to trust me with this information?

i’m sure part of all for one’s blackmail arrangement includes not telling ppl abt it

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

well i suppose w my flair for the dramatics i’ve never been able to bottle tout up 

Besides you are my amie. You know what is at stake, my family could die

 

now u see me

So you trust me to do what a hero does best and protect their lives?

But what abt everyone else you’re putting in danger?

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Well, perhaps between the deux of us we can find a way to go plus ultra and save everyone


Number1AllMightFan

 

Soba4L1F3

midoriya did that fire guy at the usj seem familiar to you?

 

Number1AllMightFan

why? 

Oh do you have a secret love child theory bc of him having a fire quirk?

 

Soba4L1F3

Pretty much

Though secret sibling theory might be the more appropriate term in this case

 

Number1AllMightFan

Oh you think he’s touya

 

Soba4L1F3

Becoming a villain would be in character for him

You know to piss off my old man

 

Number1AllMightFan

Well i didn’t get a good look at the guy

But apparently he did cauterize aizawa’s wound

 

Soba4L1F3

touya did learn first aid once upon a time

Or rather my brother natsuo did to help touya with his wounds from training

Touya probably picked up a thing or two from him

 

Number1AllMightFan

How aggressive was this training?

 

Soba4L1F3

enough for touya to constantly be covered in bruises

and me too

started as soon as our quirks kicked in

 

Number1AllMightFan

but why?

 

Soba4L1F3

well it was the whole reason i was born

Touya was born

To surpass all might

Hence the training

 

Number1AllMightFan

You realize that’s messed up, right?

 

Soba4L1F3

from what the tone of your message implies i assume it is in fact ‘messed up’

 

Number1AllMightFan

Um yeah

Anyways i’ll go talk to kacchan

I heard he and kirishima 

Fought your brother…

Or the flame villain that is

 



No.1

 

Number1AllMightFan

Hey kacchan!

 

No.1

What is it this time nerd?

 

Number1AllMightFan

I heard u fought that flame villain

and that you know him from somewhere else

 

No.1

that was just some fucking copy

Not even the real deal

Melted into a pile of mud as soon as i threw one punch

 

Number1AllMightFan

A copy quirk?

And one that copies someone with their quirk that 

So many implications

Would the copy quirk user be able to constantly copy themselves to the point they have any entire army in minutes?

how many copies can be made?

 

No.1

can you save your shitty rambling from the group chat?

I’d rather not have my dms spammed with how amazing some villain’s quirk was

 

Number1AllMightFan

Right. Of course

So that fire villain… you know him from somewhere?

 

No.1

yeah, i met him while i was – you don’t need to know the details

 

Number1AllMightFan

What? Were you being a delinquent and spray painting or something?

 

No.1

I’m not some damn delinquent

 

Number1AllMightFan

I know :3

That’s why you go to bed at 8 pm

 

No.1

Fuck off

But yeah that bastard told me to be less like endeavor

which wasn’t entirely shitty advice i guess

 

Number1AllMightFan

you just feel kind of betrayed bc the advice came from a villain?

 

No.1

Screw you! Don’t tell me how i feel

I’m gonna kick that extra’s ass the next time i see him

 

Number1AllMightFan

And knowing you you’ll win

 

No.1

you bet, nerd

 


Soba4L1F3

 

Number1AllMight

According to bakugo the fire villain at the usj definitely dislikes endeavor

 

Soba4L1F3

That has to be touya then!

It’s his main personality trait

 

Number1AllMightFan

so himiko’s dad, your brother, and the fire villain are all the same person?

 

Soba4L1F3

indeed

 

Number1AllMightFan

based on how touya helped ochako and aizawa-sensei, odds are that he wasn’t at the usj to hurt ppl

 

Soba4L1F3

are you saying that he might have been at the usj to look out for someone?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Yeah

 

Soba4L1F3

I can’t believe it. I’d heard so many stories abt how touya tried to murder me as a baby but to hear he actually cares changes everything

I can see why fuyumi misses him so much

someone who joins a villain attack to protect his least-favorite brother must be a good person

 

Number1AllMightFan

Wait? What?! He tried to murder you?!

 

Soba4L1F3

It’s no big deal

Don’t all ppl get mad at their siblings and try to kill them sometimes?

 

Number1AllMightFan

I don’t think so

But also i’m an only child so I wouldn't know

 

Soba4L1F3

Maybe i’ll ask asui

She has siblings

I can ask if she ever tried to murder them

 

Number1AllMightFan

I’m not sure how she’d react to that question

 

Soba4L1F3

Well first things first

We need to find out how touya’s not-actual death got covered up

Considering how i never looked for him after he ‘died’ it’s the least i owe him

 

Number1AllMightFan

You couldn’t have known he was still alive

 

Soba4L1F3

But i should have

It was so suspicious that all that was left was his jawbone while the rest of him was supposedly cremated

Shouldn’t the jawbone have been just as susceptible to the heat as the rest of him?

 

Number1AllMightFan

You make a good point

 

Soba4L1F3

To think he came out of hiding after all these years at the usj…

Makes me regret not going quite as plus ultra as everyone else when fighting the villains

 

Number1AllMightFan

What do you mean?

 

Soba4L1F3

I didn’t use fire – maybe aizawa wouldn’t have been as hurt if i hadn’t held back

If i had cauterized his wound

But i can’t use my father’s fire

I can’t be like him

There’s a reason my mother hated my left side

A reason i swore an oath to only use my mother’s ice

 

Number1AllMightFan

Well i think that oath is pretty stupid

 

Soba4L1F3

Excuse me?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Shouto, it’s your quirk

Not your father’s, not your mother’s- it’s yours

The quirks kids get aren’t a carbon copy of their parents’

Are endeavor’s flames blue like touya’s?

 

Soba4L1F3

No

I think i only ever saw him manage a blue spark once

 

Number1AllMightFan

See! It’s your power not his

And even if your quirk were exactly the same as endeavor’s that doesn’t make you the same person

It’s all in how you use your power!

 

Soba4L1F3

I don’t know

 

Number1AllMightFan

Just think it over, okay?

But i for one think your left side is beautiful

 

Soba4L1F3

even the scar?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Especially the scar

Shows how strong you are

That even after all that training, after everything you’ve been through you still want to be a hero, still want to help people

 

Soba4L1F3

but what if that’s just bc heroics has been drilled into me from day one?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Well we can find out together then

And for the record, whatever happens, i think you’re pretty cool

Especially your conspiracies

 

Soba4L1F3

Same goes for your analysis work

 

Number1AllMightFan

Thank you!!

Anyways I don't think I'll be able to access touya’s information on my computer 

 

Soba4L1F3

Then I’ll dig up the book my father keeps all his passwords in 

He has access to hero servers 

Classified information included 

 


Blinking through his lashes, Touya felt the musty smell of his apartment waft toward him. His skull weighed heavily on his shoulders as if it had turned to lead. And the persistent pounding through his temple did nothing to dispel the fog swirling in his head.

Touya’s ribs ached as he heaved himself upright on the couch. Half empty buckets of fried chicken littered the carpet he had just vacuumed. And Himiko sat crouched in front of the small crevice between the weathered coffee table and the television with Twice, Magne and Compress sitting clustered beside her. 

Bright colors so glaring Touya could’ve sworn they had fried his retina flickered on the screen. The small crowd gathered in the living room remained fixated on the images of trolls spinning around in some sort of gems while snapping his fingers. Shaking his head, Touya sighed. Those movies the brat liked so much sure were a trip and a half. Still, he supposed that the way her face had lit up when he had handed her a stolen boxed set had been fulfilling or whatever.

Eyeing Himiko, Touya noticed countless strands escaping her braids. One of the braids was barely bound by its hair tie anymore. Had the brat not rebraided her hair since the last time Touya had styled it? Touya dragged a hand across his face and groaned about how sentimental the kid was. He’d probably been knocked out for a couple of days – and yet Himiko still insisted that no one other than Touya was allowed to style her hair.

Tracing his fingers along the new burn scars he’d gotten at the USJ, Touya shook his head. He figured it wasn’t too surprising Himiko didn’t trust anyone else with her hair, considering how much Keigo had botched his last attempt.

Red feathers brushed against Touya’s back as Keigo perched himself on the couch’s armrest. Running his fingers through the patches of hair where the dye was fading, Keigo croaked, “Hey, hot stuff. You alive?”

Summoning what little strength he could muster, Touya elbowed Keigo in the side. “Nope. I’m a living corpse and you know that.”

Keigo reached out to cradle Touya’s face and traced the lines of staples. His gold eyes shone bright in the darkened room. Keigo looked at him like he was his whole world – no pity, no sign that Touya was a disappointment in his eyes. For whatever reason, Keigo kept holding Touya close no matter how many times his own quirk backfired on him – no matter how many times Touya failed to be what he was made for.

“Guess you are. You’re my favorite corpse though.”

As Keigo ruffled Touya’s hair, earning himself a glare, Touya noticed an unfamiliar figure standing a couple meters away from the TV. Light from the screen reflected off green scales. Groaning, Touya dragged a hand across his face. Having a crowd in a tiny-ass apartment was bad enough – but a stranger? Now, that was a totally different can of worms.

“What’s that fucker doing in my apartment?”

“Our apartment, Dad.”

Fine, technically he wasn’t the only one paying rent. After all, given how many drug rings Himiko had taken down she’d earned herself a pretty penny by looting the pockets of the people she had stabbed.

“Yeah, yeah. Whatever. What the hell is a complete stranger doing here?”

“Relax, hot stuff. Apparently Magne and Compress knew a guy who used to be a paramedic. So we thought it couldn;t hurt to have Spinner see what state you were in.”

Touya found himself sending a death glare in the stranger’s direction anyway. But as Spinner flinched and tried to hide his face behind purple hair, guilt cinched in Dabi’s staples. His eyes drifted toward the burn cream coating his arms. Spinner’s scales were impossible to overlook – and Touya was more than well aware of how puzzle pieces that didn’t quite fit into the rest of society’s framework were treated. How on Earth Spinner had been able to show a fraction of kindness in spite of it all was beyond Touya.

“As if that was even necessary. I’ve survived worse.” His graze drilled into the mask wrapped around Spinner’s face. And it dawned on Touya that with Twice and Compress there were a lot of people wearing masks present. Had his living room turned into some sort of weird mask convention?  

“And what do you mean by used to be a paramedic?” Touya asked.

“It’s hard to hold a job for long looking like this.” Spinner grunted and crossed his arms. “Never takes employees too long to find someone ‘more qualified’.”

“Well, that’s complete bullshit,” Touya said.

“Yeah, it is. This whole society is. That’s why Stain has a point about reshaping it.”

As if on cue, Himiko’s head instantly flipped around toward Spinner. “OMG! You’re a Stain fan too!”

Grinning from ear to ear, Spinner gestured toward a pile of swords leaning against the door to the living room that Touya hadn’t noticed until that point. “Yes! I am! That’s why I have all my swords – he inspired me!”

“I love swords!” Himiko agreed enthusiastically. “They are totes cute!” Skipping over to the couch, Himiko batted her eyes at Keigo. “Papa, can you pretty please get me a sword?”

“Uh… I don’t know whether that would be responsible parenting.”

“Come on . Swords are basically just giant knives – and I have plenty of those. So why draw the line at swords?”

Lighting up, Twice nodded. “Give her a katana! No more pointy things for Himiko!”

Gasping in shock, Himiko held a hand to her chest and collapsed onto the carpet. So dramatic. Probably because she took after Touya. “But big brother, I love sharp things! Without them I’d die of despair,” she lamented from her spot on the floor. 

Touya snorted. “Isn’t your floaty girlfriend worth living for?” 

Sighing wistfully, Himiko sat upright again. “Fine, I’d find the will to live for Ochako.”

Reaching over to one of the knocked over buckets of fried chicken, Keigo fished out a drumstick and passed it to Touya. Against his instincts, a fond smile stretched across Touya’s face. Drumsticks had always been Keigo’s favorite – so it meant a hell of a lot that he’d save one for Touya rather than pawning off a thigh piece to him. 

As upbeat pop music and the crunching of fried chicken filled the room, Spinner cleared his throat. “Are you sure it’s a good idea to have a bunch of villains in the same room as a top ten hero?”

“Birdbrain is harmless when he’s off the clock. Besides, even if he did pull some shit I could just threaten to stop making him fried chicken.”

Keigo’s eyes went wide as he pulled away from Touya a little. “You wouldn’t?!”

“I would.”

Laughing, Magne pulled down her glasses and nodded toward an empty KFC bucket. “Isn’t Hawks eating fried chicken technically cannibalism?”

“Yes! That’s the best part,” Himiko giggled.

Touya nodded. “What the kid said.”

“Hot stuff, you know that’s not true. I have a red-tailed hawk mutation, not a chicken mutation.”

Shrugging, Touya poked one of Keigo’s feathers. “Aren’t hawks basically chickens that can fly a little better?”

From his spot by the TV, Compress shrugged apologetically and barely caught his hat that had slipped off his head in the process. “I’m afraid I have to agree with Dabi.”

Dumbfounded, Spinner raised a brow at Touya. “Dabi can’t possibly be your real name.” 

Touya rolled his eyes. “And Spinner is your real name?”

“Touche.”

Lying down on her stomach, Himiko rested her chin on her hands and sighed. “I don’t know why you all bother with aliases – they aren’t even that cute.”

“Because, brat, some of us aren’t idiotic enough to use our goddamn government names when we commit crimes.”

Touya suppressed a fond chuckle and settled on shaking his head a little, only stopping when a searing pain shot through his temple. The kid was really reckless, huh? Still legally alive. No alter identity to fall back on to stop her from getting caught, only the mask of a sharp smile she wore as she yearned to become the people she loved. Pensively, Touya stared at Himiko’s beloved braids, hoping that maybe the new hairstyle was a sign that the mask she’d put on as a defense against the world was slipping just a little. Because he sure as hell didn’t want his kid to be stuck with a childhood that was shitty from start to finish. That at least within the confines of the cheap apartment that she’d feel like she’d have a right to just exist with no strings attached.

Compress interrupted Touya’s train of thought as he stood up and bowed. “I simply like to maintain an air of mystery.”

“It’s just easier to be someone else,” Spinner muttered.

“A mask?” Himiko’s bright expression faded as if a light switch had been flipped. “I see.”

Touya bit back a comment about how three people in his living room were wearing masks and that Himiko’s observation wasn’t particularly astute. Still, he knew that there was something more to the pensive curl of Himiko’s lip.

Spinner turned toward Touya, snapping him back to the present. “Anyways, take it easy and try to get some rest. You’ve got a nasty concussion and some quirk exhaustion from overuse.”

“Yeah, I figured. Not like I wanted to stay awake and watch that dumbass movie anyways.”

Himiko’s blank expression shifted. Her pitying expression looked too theatrical – almost plastered on – but it was a million times better than her staring off into the distance all glassy-eyed. “Aww, poor Dad. He doesn’t understand a true masterpiece when he sees it. Trolls 3 is my favorite movie for a reason.”

Keigo blinked back in confusion. “I thought it was Human Centipede?”

“I can have multiple favorites, Papa.”

Noting the smile stretching across Himiko’s face, Touya shut his eyes again. The strained undercurrents of his kid’s voice still haunted him – but that was a problem for later. There’d be no fucking way that he’d help anyone if he didn’t get some damn rest.


Soba4L1F3

 

Number1AllMightFan

Shouto I looked through the servers and I found out what exactly happened to your brother

 

Soba4L1F3

Is it bad?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Ummm…

 

Soba4L1F3

I figured

He did burn alive after all so there is so beating around the bush

 

Number1AllMightFan

Okay ah where do i start?

 

Soba4L1F3

Wherever is easier

I don’t care how painful the truth is

I know it’s going to hurt no matter what

I just have to find out what happened

Maybe i never really knew touya

But he was trained like me – so i feel like we’re alike

I just want to understand him better like the way i was never given the chance to

 

Number1AllMightFan

The hpsc used to have a rigorous trainee program

They trained hawks – actually turns out his parents sold him to the commission but that’s another can of worms

Anyways trainees’ quirks were pushed to their limits

So they could climb up the hero rankings with ease

 

Soba4L1F3

Sounds like the sort of program my father would endorse

I take it my father sent him there

 

Number1AllMightFan

He did

Still even knowing abt the program that literally erased one of its trainees’ legal identities didn’t explain why Touya disappeared

And surely there had to be commission trainees other than touya and hawks

But where did they go?

Back to their normal lives?

But i don’t think they went into heroics 

 

Soba4L1F3

Because hawks is the only hero known to have his extent of the commission backing him?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Exactly

Anyways even endeavor’s access to the trainee program’s files was extremely limited

 

Soba4L1F3

Why? What could be so bad that even the number 2 hero doesn’t get to know?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Something absolutely horrifying

Are you absolutely sure you want to know, Shouto?

 

Soba4L1F3

Yes. No one paid attention to Touya before he “died”

No one looked at him

I think I owe him this much at least

Bc at the end of the day i’m the reason he got ignored

 

Number1AllMightFan

You were just a kid Shouto

There was nothing you could have done

And it wasn’t your fault

Also you were hurt too

 

Soba4L1F3

I’m not sure i entirely agree

But Touya deserves that someone cares abt him

That ppl stop acting like he never existed

Because he mattered

He still matters

 

Number1AllMightFan

Alright

Well, the hpsc left no evidence of their failures

There is a reason they only have one trainee left from their program

 

Soba4L1F3

So they killed the others

 

Number1AllMightFan

Worse than that

They repurposed them

 

Soba4L1F3

How did you even get your hands on all this information?

 

Number1AllMightFan

I was a late bloomer

So i picked up a little hacking because i thought i’d never stand a chance in conventional heroics

And well with some computer skills maybe i’d still be an asset at an hero agency even without a quirk

Ofc haha i got a quirk so that kind of changed everything

it’s nice that my back-up plan is still coming in handy tho

 

Soba4L1F3

still even if your hacking skills are above average the HPSC must have extreme security measures beyond even your skillset

 

Number1AllMightFan

Yeah, i wasn’t expecting to get in

But I suspect that maybe we have someone in our corner

Who knows maybe Nezu is watching us all amused from the sidelines and helped me get in

 

Soba4L1F3

That sounds a lot like a conspiracy theory

 

Number1AllMightFan

Maybe you’re rubbing off on me?

 

Soba4L1F3

Perhaps

Or your hacking skills could just be better than you expected

 

Number1AllMightFan

You think too highly of me

 

Soba4L1F3

Are you saying that my judgment skills are bad?

 

Number1AllMightFan

WHAT? No not at all!!!

 

Soba4L1F3

I am just messing with you

But please elaborate

How did the HPSC repurpose the trainees that didn’t make it through?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Do you remember the Nomu at the USJ?

 

Soba4L1F3

The reanimated corpses?

So you’re saying that’s what Touya almost became

 

Number1AllMightFan

Yes, your brother’s accident wasn’t ever an accident

 

Soba4L1F3

But would Endeavor allow for that? I know how horrible he can be but to arrange for Touya’s death…

 

Number1AllMightFan

Well considering how he doesn’t have access to the information to what happened to the failed trainees I suspect he didn’t know

Or didn’t care enough to know

But based on touya’s file it looks like he pulled touya out of the program when he didn’t make the cut

 

Soba4L1F3

But at the end of the day his position as number 2 didn’t matter?

 

Number1AllMightFan

No

Because from the looks of the hpsc couldn’t have failed trainees

Even if one of them was a top hero’s son

 

Soba4L1F3

My father had to know though, right?

Didn’t he realize how suspicious it was for my brother to die so soon after being pulled out of the trainee program?

He’s trained to stop crimes, investigate crimes –

He’s saved so many people. Why didn’t he care enough to save Touya?

 

Number1AllMightFan

I don’t know

But for what it’s worth touya managed to escape whatever lab he’d been carted off to

He saved himself

 

Soba4L1F3

But I wish Touya didn’t have to save himself

 

Number1AllMightFan

I know

And… I have more bad news

 

Soba4L1F3

What is it?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Touya isn’t the only cover up I stumbled upon

 

Soba4L1F3

What do you mean?

 

Number1AllMightFan

You know… the conspiracy theories abt Ochako’s girlfriend?

There might be a little more truth to them that we’d expected

 

Soba4L1F3

So she is a twilight vampire!

 

Number1AllMightFan

No, she isn’t 

Not that i know of at least

 

Soba4L1F3

Well, if she isn’t a vampire what theory got confirmed?

 

Number1AllMightFan

That there’s sth more to her love of knives.

She killed someone in middle school

Notes:

My friend Ice and I wrote a togachako time loop au that we think turned out pretty well ✨: your beauty never ever scared me

Chapter 25: I got bored at my internship and let someone who knows nothing about BNHA write a shit post chapter.

Summary:

The chapter is exactly what it says on the tin. Anyways, see you on August 1 for an actual Dear Google chapter.

Chapter Text

Spinner, Dabi, John and Steve skillfully entered the room. John pulled a hip flask from his hip and opened it sensually. John put the hip flask to his lips and took a swig of the contents. He quickly spat it out with a “blugh”. Someone had replaced his alcohol with eggnog. Probably Spinner. Spinner was a little freak. John gave Spinner a side-eye. Spinner let out a low whistle, turning on his heels to inspect the picture on the shelf. It was a picture of a pear. Man. Spinner loved pears. He licked the picture but unfortunately, it tasted like glossy print, rather than pear. Drat, Spinner thought. Maybe the kitchen has a pear. 

Dabi looked at Spinner lick that picture, lust in his eyes. There was just something about the way he didn’t know what the fuck was going on that just set Dabi aflame. Unfortunately, Spinner was engaged to a lemur. There isn’t time to get into it, you all just have to accept that’s the way it is. 

Steve jumped. He jumped so high his hair grazed the ceiling. It didn’t hurt that he was 7 feet tall. Thus, he didn’t have to jump very far. When he landed on the floor again, it gave out. But only on the left leg. All four feet of his left leg fell into the basement, where rats began to nibble on his toenails. He pulled it back up, dusted it off, and ate a rat still attached. Steve was hungry, he really needed that. The four got into a huddle. They all put their hands in the center and whispered a quiet “let’s go evildoers!”

Chapter 26: What do I do if my girlfriend killed a guy?

Summary:

Himiko goes on a killing spree and offers Ochako comfort. Ochako and the rest of 1A find out about what Himiko did in middle school.

Notes:

Thank you for betaing, Stariana! <3

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

[EndeavorSux created parenting is a pain]

 

[EndeavorSux added some like it hot 🔥🍗, TheCrayonSong🖍️ and not a clone, i swear to parenting is a pain]

 

EndeavorSux

brat where are you???

It’s goddamn 2 am in the morning

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Hot stuff, why are you texting?

You really shouldn’t be staring at a screen with your concussion

 

EndeavorSux

oh fuck off

i know my limits

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Your burn scars say otherwise :3

 

EndeavorSux

Don’t make me roast you alive, you oversized chicken

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

awww you want to turn me into my favorite food?

how sweet of you

 

EndeavorSux

Oh so now you agree that red-tailed hawks are basically just chickens that can fly a little better?

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Wait!!! That’s not what i meant at all, hot stuff

 

EndeavorSux

Yeah right

But on a serious note why isn’t the kid back yet?

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

idk maybe she’s on a killing spree?

 

EndeavorSux

at this hour?

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

well there are the fewest suspects around to witness killings around this time of the b

 

EndeavorSux

True. I should know, given… well… all the burnt corpses

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

But you won’t do any more of that, right?

Could you swear off of murder for little old me?

 

EndeavorSux

Yeah sure whatever

Murder isn’t half as fun if i’m not practicing to kill my old man anyways

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Did i win you over from the dark side with the power of LoOOoveee?

 

EndeavorSux

jfc the brat is rubbing off on you

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

You say that like it’s a bad thing, hot stuff ;)

 

EndeavorSux

Should we go looking for the kid? Like, idk, track down police reports abt any murder sprees that happened tonight

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

you know i was half-joking, hot stuff

Hasn’t fledging moved on past senseless killing?

I mean you remember how excited she got abt crimes that helped ppl

 

EndeavorSux

what if she’s killing ppl right now bc she thinks it’s the right thing to do or some goody-two-shoes shit like that?

 

not a clone, i swear

Ahhh murder how scary! Good for Himiko

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

You added twice to the immediate family chat?

 

EndeavorSux

What of it, birdbrain?

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Nothing

I think it’s just a change for you. A good change

 

EndeavorSux

Well i didn’t want to pull the same crap as my old man and exclude ppl or whatever

 

not a clone, i swear

What if Himiko got kidnapped and that’s why she isn’t home yet? She’s probably fine

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

What abt me getting kidnapped? I’d always thought that i’d be the kidnapper. Not the kidnappee. yk?

 

EndeavorSux

Is kidnappee even a real word?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

idk i never finished middle school

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

And i never went to middle school!

 

not a clone, i swear

But didn’t whoever raised you teach you? I bet both of you are lying and DID graduate middle school

 

EndeavorSux

Yeah right

As if the commission would ever focus on teaching trainees sth as “trivial” as vocabulary

All that ever mattered was stupid shit like obedience and quirks that actually fucking work

Anyways where the hell were you, brat?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ooh you were worried abt me? :3

 

EndeavorSux

Ofc i was fucking worried?!!

Why on earth would you think i’d want to be a neglectful-ass parent???

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Okay okay i get it, dad

I wasn’t doing anything crazy tho

Just a teeny-tiny killing spree

 

not a clone, i swear

What a fun hobby! Can killing sprees even be tiny?

 

EndeavorSux

Who were you even killing?

Didn’t we kill all the weak-ass drug dealing punks in the area

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗
doubtful

Considering how we still have a stash of coke in the bathroom cabinet

 

EndeavorSux

where i get my drugs from is on a need to know basis

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

But what abt say no to drugs?

 

EndeavorSux

have you seen all the fucking wounds i’m stuck with?

can you really blame me for wanting to be a little high

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

You’re gonna guilt-trip me abt having endeavor merch if i say no aren’t you?

 

EndeavorSux

Duh, birdbrain

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

fine keep your coke

But don’t you dare overdose!

I don’t want to see you die a second time

 

EndeavorSux

aww you’re that attached to me, birdbrain? Who’d have thought?

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

why else did you think I married an asshole like you? (I mean yeah technically we aren't legally married but you know what I mean)

 

EndeavorSux

because i’m just that hot

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Was that a dad joke?

 

EndeavorSux

Not in your wildest dreams

I’m not half as lame as you

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Yeah yeah

We all know you secretly love my puns, hot stuff

But serious, fledgling

Why the killing spree out of nowhere?

 

not a clone, i swear

Is it really out of character though? Himiko wouldn’t hurt a fly

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

It’s just I was you know useless at the usj

I didn’t manage to do anything to help ochako

So I thought that a little killing spree would be a way to fix that

If I kill other villains, other criminals that could hurt her, maybe I can make up for my mistake 

I need to do that to protect her from ppl like me!

Make up for being a waste of space

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

It’s okay that you couldn't step in at the usj, fledgling

She made it out safe

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Still!! Dad did way more than me to actually save her

I just got in the way and got chased down by hero students

Heck, I even untransformed and needed to use some blood from that grape kid

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Well, it’s not like anyone expects you to be good at saving ppl from the get go

Except the commission

But you’re not an hpsc trainee so you don’t need to worry abt their stupid standards

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

but i was still useless! I couldn’t do anything to save ochako the way she saved me

The way she showed that i could be loved in spite of how i’m the furthest thing from a normal girl

Honestly standing beside all the villains at the usj really just helped remind me of my place 

 

not a clone, i swear

You’re not a bad person! Yeah, you suck

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I guess i do suck

and not just blood - i mean the other kind of sucking

It doesn’t matter how hard i try

Bc i’m still causing nothing but trouble

Maybe a villain is all i’m meant to be

All i will ever be

 

EndeavorSux

Well for starters you could become a vigilante or some other shit, brat

And weren't you basically a vigilante when we were taking down those damn dealers anyways?

Villainy isn’t the end all be all no matter how “villainous” your damn quirk supposedly is

And maybe cut it out with the killing sprees

Your floaty gf probably would be traumatized if she found out you killed ppl for her

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

right…

I don’t think most ppl would knowingly want to date a serial killer

Is it selfish to date her when i’m the kind of person she’d probably hate if she knew everything i’ve done

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

Well you don’t know for sure until u ask

Besides, isn’t honesty the best policy?

 

EndeavorSux

FUCK NO

Not everyone has our sort of history, birdbrain

Ochako didn’t know himiko before the middle school incident

Do you really think that goody two shoes would be able to look past all the homicide the way you did?

Not everyone gets blinded by shiny things the way you do

 

some like it hot 🔥🍗

It’s not my fault shiny things are so pretty

But still won’t everything blow up if ochako finds out the truth?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

she won’t find out

if i have to i’ll become the sort of person who deserves her

Swear off killing if need be

But i can’t risk losing her

Not when she was the first person in years to treat me like an ordinary girl

 


 

Himi <3

 

Ochie

hi himiko

sorry i was offline for a couple of days

life has just been a lot lately

 

Himi <3

Because of the villain attack on the usj?

 

Ochie

Yeah

How did you know about that?

 

Himi <3

Uh bc of the news

I def didn’t know abt the attack in advance or anything

 

Ochie

Right, i forgot abt all the press abt the attack

Guess the news hasn’t really been the main thing on my mind

 

Himi <3

I wish I could’ve helped

 

Ochie

Aww that’s sweet of you himiko

I appreciate the sentiment

But dw there wasn’t anything you could done since the usj was a UA-exclusive field trip and all

 

Himi <3

Are you okay though? Like i mean not just physically

Bc the last thing we need is for you to go crazy in addition to me

 

Ochie

You’re not crazy, himiko

 

Himi <3

I literally have a knife collection

And believe me based on my dad’s comments abt it i know that’s not normal

 

Ochie

well, it’s not like you’re stabbing anyone so it’s a perfectly harmless hobby

 

Himi <3

Yup! No stabbies for me haha no way

How are you holding up though, ochie?

Ochie

Okay i guess? Or as okay as i can be considering the circumstances

Just seeing pro heroes get injured… that was a lot

 

Himi <3

I can imagine

My dad got injured recently so i get it

 

Ochie

Oh dear! I hope he’s alright

 

Himi <3

Just a concussion, he’ll recover

 

Ochie

Well, tell him that i hope he has a swift recovery

But yeah seeing aizawa lay his life on the line for us made me really think abt whether or not i have what it takes to be a hero

I mean- you know that i’m in it for the money

I don’t think I can be selfless like that or go plus ultra like that

 

Himi <3

Well i think you can!! Not that i want you to end up horribly injured defending ppl or anything

It’s just that you’re one of the most selfless ppl i know 

You wanting to help your parents i think that’s pretty heroic

 

Ochie

But they’re the ppl closest to me

So it makes sense that i’d want to support them

Wouldn’t it be way more heroic if i focused more on helping virtual strangers?

 

Himi <3

Well I think there’s nothing more beautiful than doing whatever it takes for the ppl we love 

 

Ochie

Thanks himiko

You always have the right things to say

I’m glad that i can spill my guts to you

 

Himi <3

Ochie, I have something to tell you

 

Ochie

What is it? You can tell me anything

 

Himi <3

Oh

Uh

Nevermind it’s not important

 

Ochie

pls u can tell me

Nothing is insignificant to me when it’s abt you

 

Himi <3

I just wanted to say that you’re the cutest

 

Ochie

Liar!

 

Himi <3

Wait? What? Why? I’m not hiding anything from you i swear

 

Ochie

Oh really?

Well, I think you’re a liar bc you’re the cutest

 

Himi <3

Aww ochie

Ilysm 

You’re gonna make me melt into a puddle of blood or sth

 

Ochie

Why blood of all things?
I mean aside from you liking blood

 

Himi <3

I suppose I just like to think that the red means i love u

 

Ochie

Omggg that’s so cute

 

Himi <3

And i guess that the pink in your cheeks is why i like you so much

Bc pink is basically just a lighter shade of red

 

Ochie

Aww himi <3

You’re the best

I’ll love you forever and always

 

Himi <3

I’ll always love u too, cutie <3 <3 <3

 


Logical Ruse Victims

 

AcidTrip

y’all i still can’t stop thinking abt the usj

 

[AcidTrip changed the chat name to I was at the usj and all I got was this villain attack]

 

now u see me

Fitting

And tbh it's on my mind a lot too

And it totally isn’t bc i found out anyone’s secret or anything

 

GotAnyGrapes?

Neither did i

No secrets discovered here

 

Premium_DuctTape

Okay, is it just me or are Ashido and Mineta being really weird?

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Can you blame them? The usj was terrifying

Honestly i’m kinda glad i fried my brain and didn’t end up traumatized from having to watch everything

 

No.1

The usj was bs

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Are you traumatisé too, bakugo?

 

No.1

Hell no, sparkles

As if i’m some weakass coward like the rest of how extras

That flame villain was fucking weird

 

manliestman

You said you knew that guy – right, bakubro?

 

AcidTrip

👀

Bakugo is friends with villains?

What a twist!!!

 

No.1

As if i’d be friends with that burnt piece of shit

 

FeelTheNoize

Mhm totally

It’s definitely not like you wouldn’t admit to being friends with anyone

 

revelry in the dark

Right???

I bet he’s besties with that flame villain

 

Kero-sene

Bakugo being best friends with a villain seems unlikely

 

No.1

It’s goddamn impossible!!

That was just some asshole stranger who gave some half-decent advice

I had no fucking clue that loser was a villain

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Well i guess you would have blasted him if you knew

 

No.1

Damn right

 

AcidTrip

Aww darn i was hoping bakugo would have some juicy secret

 

EndeavorSux

I have a secret

 

3D_Printer

I must inquire whether it is another secret love child theory

 

FeelTheNoize

Knowing shouto it probably is, hun

 

EndeavorSux

I do have one of those… 

though maybe secret sibling confirmation would be a more accurate description

But that’s a reveal for another time

I have more pressing news to share 

News pertaining to Uraraka

 

eat the rich (except momo)

What abt me?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Umm Shouto and I accidentally stumbled across information abt your girlfriend

And it’s not anything

 

eat the rich (except momo)

Well, i’m sure it can’t be that bad

Himiko’s always been an open book with me

And i know it wasn’t easy for her to talk abt how her parents made her suppress her quirk

 

Number1AllMightFan

I don’t think you know abt this

It’s something bad. Objectively bad

And it’s been covered up by her parents

Ugh sorry maybe we should talk abt this in dms

 

eat the rich (except momo)

No, here is alright

If whatever Himiko did is as bad as you – which I kind of doubt no offense –

I’ll probably need all the outside input I can get

 

EndeavorSux

Himiko murdered a classmate in middle school

 

Number1AllMightFan

That was a little blunt, Shouto

 

EndeavorSux

Sorry

 

Number1AllMightFan

No, I guess it was alright to get to the point

Dragging things out would have made everything even worse

 

AcidTrip

So she IS a serial killer!!

 

now u see me

I mean it’s only one murder 

That doesn’t necessarily mean there were other ppl she killed

I mean what are the odds that himiko is actually a villain?

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Oui! After all she most likely is not secretly a killer working for an urban légende

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

Woah that’s weirdly specific

 

Premium_DuctTape

well aoyama does say a lot of strange stuff

maybe what he said makes more sense in french?

either way maybe hagakure has a point

just bc himiko is a murderer doesn’t necessarily mean that she’s a serial killer

 

IidaTenya

One murder or a dozen – both are wrong!

Do you hear how ridiculous it is to say ‘only’ one murder?

How dare you downplay such a thing?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

no, it can’t be true

himiko wouldn’t

 

EndeavorSux
Would we lie to you?

 

eat the rich (except momo)

maybe it’s just another theory, another misunderstanding

Himiko means well, she wants to help people

I know she’s a little weird – I know most people think that having a knife collection isn’t normal

Or they think that her quirk makes her a villain

But to me she’s a normal girl

I don’t want to think that’s she’s a bad person

 

Kero-sene

even good people can do horrific things

 

AcidTrip

I’m sry Ochako but… it really doesn’t seem out of the question

Like when i asked himiko to threaten Mineta

 

GotAnyGrapes?

You put a hit on me????!!

I mean it got me to get my act together – but still!

 

AcidTrip

Relax ofc i wouldn’t a put a hit on you

For one murder’s not my cup of tea

and even if it was i don’t think that even my decent allowance could afford a hitman

Maybe iida’s, shouto’s and momo’s allowances could tho

 

IidaTenya

As if I would ever stoop so low as to directly fund heinous acts such as the likes of murder!

 

eat the rich (except momo)

maybe himiko had no choice but to kill her classmate

maybe she did it bc she needed the money

it’s not like the job market is kind toward someone with a blood quirk

 

SparkySparkyBoomMan

i guess one could say that the gravity of this situation is pretty bad

 

3D_Printer

I do not know whether now is the appropriate time for a joke

 

AcidTrip

Sry to veto u class prez but it’s always a good time for a pun

 

[AcidTrip changed eat the rich (except momo)’s name to gravity of the situation]

 

gravity of the situation

Ugghh i want to hate that nickname but it does sorta fit i guess

 

FeelTheNoize

if himiko killed someone in middle school she wasn’t homeless back then, right? Was she broke back then? And if not why would she need the money for a hit on someone? Besides who would even put a hit on a random middle schooler?

 

No.1

Goddamit, she killed someone and that makes her a villain

It’s as simple as that

Stop trying to make things more complicated than they are

 

manliestman

But what if things are more complicated than they seem?

I don’t know if seeing everything as black and white is the manly thing to do

I mean wasn’t that villain we met at the usj someone who gave you good life advice

 

Number1AllMightFan

Wait a minute? Is that villain the reason why you’ve changed lately?

Is he why you stopped calling me deku?

 

EndeavorSux

Why would anyone call midoriya useless?

He is quite useful. Great at solving theories and mysteries

 

Number1AllMightFan

Thank you, Shouto

But i can’t come close to how out of the box your ideas are

And i wouldn’t have been able to find out about what Himiko did without without your help

 

EndeavorSux

I suppose this is a scenario where ashido would say “teamwork makes the dream work”

AcidTrip

That does sound like sth i would say

 

No.1

Whatever pinky

But yeah nerd the villain at the usj is why i stopped calling you deku

I’ve got to stop pulling dumb middle school crap if i want to be number one

 

Premium_DuctTape

I mean at least middle school crap like calling someone useless is better than murdering a classmate for no reason

 

gravity of the situation

But there had to be a reason why himiko killed her classmate!

I just can’t believe that she’d hurt someone just because

 

now u see me

This mad banquet of darkness continues to get more crazed with each passing fortnight

 

AcidTrip

Ochako, i know that when you’ve got rose colored glasses on it’s hard to see the worst in people

But please even you have to admit that murder is objectively wrong

 

gravity of the situation

I know it is

But i also know himiko

 

Premium_DuctTape

Dude, are you excusing murder?

 

gravity of the situation

Ofc i don’t excuse murder!

I’m literally going into a career path to save lives

It’s just I know who Himiko is – she’s earnest, she’s caring

And some of you have seen that side of her too

 

3D_Printer

Well, I suppose she was quite kind at the convention

 

FeelTheNoize

But just bc someone seems kind doesn’t change whether or not they murdered someone

 

gravity of the situation

It’s just there are two sides to every story so I just wanted to hear her out

 

now u see me

Pls be careful!!!! We don’t want you to die too

 

gravity of the situation

I’ll be safe dw

I could ask Himiko to meet me at a cafe

Somewhere public with witnesses 

 

FeelTheNoize

momo and I are coming with you

It doesn’t matter how much of the benefit of the doubt you want to give her

We’re not taking any chances of you ending up like her classmate

 

gravity of the situation

Alright, but don’t do anything extreme okay?

 

3D_Printer

We will try not to

After all, part of being a hero is knowing when not to attack

 

revelry in the dark

I guess that it’s worthwhile to hear what himiko has to say

I might not have a “villainous” quirk but well… not everyone has taken kindly to Dark Shadow

Because sentient quirks are sth they don’t fully understand

And I’m just saying that i can empathize with how someone how is constantly being told that they don’t have a right to exist would snap

 

gravity of the situation

I’m sorry, Tokoyami

 

revelry in the dark

It’s alright, it’s not your fault

You were not the cause of my darkest days

 

gravity of the situation

I suppose that quirk discrimination would contextualize what himiko did

She didn’t have the easiest upbringing

 

EndeavorSux

We are all the products of our environment

That explains why I am horrible

 

Number1AllMightFan

You’re not horrible, Shouto

 

EndeavorSux

Even if my upbringing was?

 

Number1AllMightFan

We might be the products of our upbringing

But it doesn’t destine us to continue the cycle

It just makes it harder to be kind

 

EndeavorSux

I suppose that’s true

I would like to be kind though

And maybe I will start by showing a little compassion toward Ochako’s girlfriend…

So i have a theory everyone

 

3D_Printer

Pray tell what it is

 

EndeavorSux

Himiko needs blood for her quirk, right?

What if she was deprived of blood… and well the hunger took over?

 

AcidTrip

Wait… are you essentially saying that she’s a vampire?

 

EndeavorSux

Of course I am!

A twilight vampire to be precise

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Twilight theory lives!

Himiko is most definitely a vampire

Most certainly not a murderous villain of any sorts

 

gravity of the situation

Well, I guess there is only one way to find out whether your theory is true, Shouto

Notes:

Wow! Can y'all believe that it's Dear Google is 1 year old as of today? I've always struggled with maintaining interest in my ongoing longfic WIPs so every day I am so greatly that I remain passionate about Dear Google and telling this story. And I wouldn't have been able to do that without all of your support for this silly goofy story.

Really I am so grateful for the outpour of support y'all have shown toward this story and I am so happy that I've been able to get more people to connect to my favorite ship thanks to this fic. Starting Dear Google was an impulsive decision I made late at night to have a way of easily writing on my phone during a road trip and I never could have foreseen this fic resonating with so many people - especially since at times it can be tricky for femslash fics to gain traction.

Thank you so much for taking a chance on Dear Google. I know it's a little out there with all the writing decisions from choosing to go with a chatfic medium to giving Mineta of all people a mini redemption arc subplot. I really appreciate y'all sticking along for the ride and all the surprises and curveballs this story has had - like I have gotten surprised by the direction this fic has taken so many times. Thank you for having faith that all the shenanigans in this fic will come together in the end :D

Anyways, to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Dear Google I got some art commissioned from the one and only Linky and she did an AMAZING JOB!!!! Live, laugh, love twilight theory and twilight!togachako!!

 

Chapter 27: If I were a monster, would you love me anyways?

Summary:

Ochako and Himiko talk about what Himiko did in middle school.

Notes:

First things first, thank you so much for beating, Stari!!! You are a gem <3 <3 <3

Also, secondly, I'm going on a bit of a hiatus from this fic for a few reasons but I'll probably be back sometime in September/October. Life is just in a trippy place right now because I made really close friends over the summer (closer than I expected) and it's been super sad saying goodbye because we've all had to go back to our home states so I've been in a funky mood. I've also been bummed out by chapter 428 so it's been really hard writing crackfic since I've been in angst mood which is super unfortunate since I'm way better at writing humor than serious stuff XD
I think I might also just be burnt out from writing a lot of togachako (I have dozens of fics tagged togachako) so I think I just need a little break. And I know, I know togachako is my fav ship but I gotta do what I do for my mental health

Anyways, once I'm settled into my dorm again with my new (lovely) roommate, adjust to my job promotion, physics coursework and miscellaneous research stuff I'll be back. I just wanted to post this bc leaving y'all on such a big cliffhanger for weeks on end would be a little mean XD
Enjoy the chapter!!!!

And I'll respond to comments eventually! Pls know that I read and treasure every single one! I've just been feeling a little shy lately

(Also, if any of my IRLs are snooping through this fic again... y'all know how unhinged I am in-person. Idk why there's any reason to be surprised abt how bananas (/pos) my writing is).

Chapter Text

Park swings swayed in the breeze as Ochako wove past a playground sandbox. Crumbling sandcastles lay beside chipped buckets and pails kids had abandoned. As the breeze hit Ochako’s arms, raising goosebumps, she wondered whether in another lifetime she and Himiko would’ve played in that sandbox together. It’d have be an easier world. One in which Himiko hadn’t had to run away from home. One in which she maybe hadn’t stabbed her classmate.

Momo and Kyouka sat on a nearby bench, furrowing their eyebrows warily as Ochako approached the playground. A bit of the tension from Ochako’s shoulders subsided under their watchful gazes. Because some part of her was relieved that they were around as witnesses should Himiko go as far as to randomly stab Ochako.

Swallowing hard, Ochako buried that stray thought into the deepest darkest corner of her mind. She dragged her hands across her face as she sat down on a swing latched to the red railing. Sighing, she craned her neck and stared at the embers of the setting sun. 

She knew Himiko was a good person.

She’d never hurt Ochako, right?

Ochako clutched onto the chains holding the swings in suspension. Was being overly cautious a sign that Ochako was just as bad as she could only assume Himiko’s bio parents were? Of course, murder was bad – there was no way around it. She hated how she kept picturing Himiko setting a box cutter’s blade against the side of her neck – as if she was seeing Himiko as nothing more than her quirk.

Not the girl who swirled around in glittering cosplays. Not the girl who helped Ochako calm down after the USJ. Not the girl who called Ochako cute at every turn.

As branches cracked beneath footsteps, a petite girl with blonde braided hair stepped out from between the trees. No space buns in sight with wispy strands resembling spider lilies. Ochako couldn’t put her finger on why – but Himiko looked more at peace with her new hairstyle.

A red Pro Hero Hawks shirt shone beneath the sunlight trickling through the tree branches as Himiko sat down on a swing right next to her girlfriend. Ochako raised a brow. She hadn’t ever taken Himiko to be a hero fangirl. Then again maybe she and Himiko hadn’t really known each other as well as Ochako had thought, if she didn’t even know that Himiko had literally murdered a classmate.

Their last in-person meeting felt like a lifetime ago. Now, there was some sort of unspoken weight in the air between them. But even though she knew about the red that stained Himiko’s hands, Ochako still couldn’t imagine anything prettier than the way that the golden rays of the setting sun fell upon Himiko’s hair. 

Swinging her feet back and forth, Himiko kicked at some wood chips and cleared her throat. “You said you wanted to meet because there’s something important you wanted to talk about.”

Ochako stared down at her own sneakers. “Yeah, that’s right.”

While Ochako nodded solemnly, Himiko’s gaze drifted past the playground toward the benches lining the winding path of the park. Her eyes lit up – completely oblivious to how tense both Momo and Kyouka’s posture had gotten.

“What are those cuties doing here? Are we going on another double date?”

“No, that’s not it. They just wanted to be here to support me.”

Going pale, Himiko reached out toward Ochako. “Oh no! Ochie, are you hurt? Are you sick? Are you dying? I promise I’ll be by your side no matter what – I love you so much.”

“Don’t worry, I’m not hurt. At least not physically.”

From the park bench, Momo nodded toward Ochako. A signal to bite the bullet and just spit it out. And Ochako figured maybe she had a point. Himiko’s dark past from middle school had remained unearthed for long enough.

Ochako cleared her throat. “Himiko, would you lie to me?”

Any traces of a smile left on Himiko’s face slipped off like a mask. “You found out about something I did, didn’t you?”

“Yes. I know what you did in middle school.”

The late spring air went from the sweet aroma of cherry blossoms to something more bitter. Dropping her head in defeat, Himiko started picking at her nail beds.

“So I take it you want to break up with me? Because I’m a murderous liar.” Her mouth fell agape as she looked toward Momo and Kyouka like it had clicked for her why they were present. “Thanks for breaking up with me in person at least instead of over text. I appreciate it.”

Ochako shook her head hard enough to almost give herself whiplash. “Well, I wasn’t going to do anything rash without hearing your side of the story first.”

“What is there to say? I’m a horrible person – end of story.”

“No, I know there’s more to it. I know you, Himiko. And I don’t think that one action – however horrible it may be – defines you.”

“Telling you my sob story won’t bring him back.”

“No, it won’t.” Ochako set a hand on Himiko’s shoulder. “But maybe it’ll make stuff hurt a little less.”

Without pushing Ochako away, Himiko gravitated toward her braids and undid the hair ties. As her braids unraveled and her hair cascaded over her shoulder, Himiko hid behind her hair like it was some sort of veil that could shield her from the rest of the world.

“Well, I guess everything started when my quirk first started showing. I found a sparrow in the garden. The poor thing looked so dainty and cute. But there was this thirst always boiling beneath the surface that I had never been able to quench no matter how much water I drank.”

Ochako’s gaze lingered on Himiko’s sharp teeth and how they were as sharp as knives. 

Put her canine teeth in the side of my neck.  

Ochako kind of wanted to mentally slap herself. Now was not the time for her brain to have random stray thoughts or play Chappell Roan on repeat. Then again, Ochako couldn’t help but blush at the thought of Himiko’s warm breath against her throat before biting.

“Did you drink the bird’s blood?” Ochako asked.

“Yeah. I sank my fangs right into the side of its neck. Killed the poor thing.”

So what if animal abuse as a child was typical for serial killers? It was just the result of Himiko’s quirk. It wasn’t like she could help craving blood. Just because Himiko had drained a bird dry didn’t necessarily mean that she indulged in killing sprees. It just made her a murderer aparentally. But there had to be a reason for the killing. She couldn’t possibly go around killing people for fun, right?

“You didn’t know better. Drinking blood is just a part of your quirk.”

“That didn’t matter. My bio parents used to put me in cute clothes and give me all the toys I could possibly ask for. But then it all suddenly stopped when I couldn’t be the perfect pretty doll for them to show off.”

“I’m sorry, Himiko –”

“Don’t be. It’s not your fault. And it wasn’t theirs either. They hadn’t asked for me to end up with some weird gross blood quirk mutation.”

“Your quirk isn’t gross.”

“Is too. I know that the way I love is sick,” Himiko said.

Ochako bit down on her lip hard. She recalled how perplexed she’d been when Himiko had expressed wanting Ochako to send her blood via mail. But the bloodlust had never been ugly, Ochako just hadn’t understood Himiko’s quirk yet. Besides, Ochako figured that there was something beautiful about Himiko wanting to become closer to the people she loves by drinking their blood.

And nothing could compare to the way Himiko looked at Ochako like she was her whole world.

“Your love isn’t sick though. There’s no one I’d rather be loved by than by you.”

“Thanks, Ochie. I love you too.” Himiko entangled her fingers in her hair. “I tried so hard to be normal. I didn’t touch a drop of blood after that bird. Because I really wanted them to look at me again. To finally act like I existed.”

“So what changed?”

“Well, after a few years they started treating me like a normal girl again. But their smiles would falter every time I even let a word slip about blood.”

Himiko’s shoulders slumped and Ochako’s stomach churned at how sorrow dripped her face. No one deserved that. Cravings for blood didn’t change the fact that Himiko was a person. It didn’t make her any less worthy of receiving parental affection.

“I was always wearing that stupid mask. The plastered sort of smile that always left my face feeling stiff. And then I saw Saito in the hallway and he was so cute. I really wanted to be him, express how much I loved him – and well, before I knew it the bloodthirst had taken over and there was a box cutter in his throat.”

Momo and Kyouka got up from their park bench and sat down one further away. Still able to see Ochako but not close enough to clearly hear the very personal conversation with Himiko. Ochako’s throat was as raw as sandpaper. Time for the million dollar question.

“Do you regret it?”

“Every day. That day is what made me a monster.”

“You’re not a monster, Himiko.” Hopping off the swing, Ochako stepped forward to wrap Himiko in a warm embrace. And she couldn’t help but wonder for how many years Himiko had been deprived of hugs. “You didn’t deserve to have your quirk repressed. What your bio parents did to you wasn’t okay.”

“Well, what were they supposed to do? Go to a blood bank and demand blood so I wouldn’t go crazy?”

“I guess they could have done that.” Sighing, Ochako rolled up the sleeve of her sweater and revealed the pulsing vein along her wrist.  “Or they could have let you love the way you love.”

Maybe Himiko had spent a lifetime resenting the way her heart beat, the way she expressed her affection. But not any more if Ochako had any say in the matter.

Himiko licked her lips in hunger before her eyes widened and she pulled away. “Ochie, you don’t need to offer me your blood.”

“But I want to, Himi.” Ochako gently grabbed Himiko’s hand and placed it on her wrist. “Because you are not defined by your worst mistake. And the fact that you regret snapping after the world had beaten you down tells me that you’re a good person.”

Shy as a cat stepping into a new apartment, Himiko leaned toward Ochako’s wrist. Light off the swings’ railing refracted onto her Hello Kitty hair clips. A slight satisfying pinch punctured Ochako’s skin as Himiko sank her teeth in. A soothing pressure rippled across Ochako’s skin as Himiko sipped on her blood.

Ochako’s eyes widened with amazement as Himiko’s face warped into hers. Gold eyes melted away, turning brown. But even with Ochako lips, Himiko's wide grin was still all her own. The cutest smile in the world.

Grinning ear to ear, Himiko placed a kiss that tasted of iron onto Ochako lips. As she fell back onto the swing, Himiko cupped her hands around her mouth and let out a euphoric scream.

“Fuck my bio parents.”

“Yeah! They can burn in hell!” Ochako pumped a fist in the air and sat back down on a swing. “But for what it’s worth at least you have good dads now.”

“Mhm. I’m lucky.” Himiko nodded fondly. Her gaze grew pensive for a minute before she finally spoke up again. “Would you maybe like to meet them over family dinner?”

“Of course.”

Ochako beamed at Himiko like she was daylight chasing away every doubt or worry. With the shadow of secrecy retreating, Ochako could only hope that her meeting with Himiko in the park had made the bonds of their love all the more stronger.


my extended familyyy 🔪❤️🔪

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Mayday mayday!!!!

We’ve got a BIG problem

 

Pop-eyes

Oh no! Did you meet up with your gf not go well

 

Dad-bi

if she did anything to hurt u physically or emotionally

I won’t hesitate to burn her alive

 

homeless solidarity

If there’s trouble I can make it double

Let’s just try to avoid any conflict

 

Magnetic_Personality

heh good one

 

[Magnetic_Personality changed homeless solidarity’s name to make it double]

 

Dad-bi

Why the FUCK don’t i get admin priviledges???

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Sucks to suck dad

 

marble-ous

I also have an idea!

 

[Compress added GEICO to my extended familyyy 🔪❤️🔪]

 

Dad-bi

why the FUCK did add spinner here????

This was supposed to be a private family group chat

 

make it double

sry dad ig times change

 

marble-ous

Besides I was thinking that Spinner could perhaps help with whatever dilemma Himiko is having

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yeah i def will need help

 

GEICO

idk if i can help much but i will try

 

Dad-bi

My arson offer is still on the table

 

Pop-eyes
but hot stuff, u said that you’d stop murdering ppl

 

Dad-bi

Hey just bc i burn someone alive doesn’t necessarily mean that they’ll die in the process

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

No please do NOT burn ochako

She’s literally the sweetest

She found out abt me killing a classmate in middle school

But when i told her abt my bio parents and such she understood

She accepted me anyways

 

GEICO

So what’s the problem?

If she accepts you murder and all that sounds like a win

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

she’s a hero in the making

she’s someone who wants to save lives

even if she can forgive one murder do you think that she can forgive dozens?

 

GEICO

well idk murder isn’t that bad

 

marble-ous

Besides perhaps your girlfriend wishes to become a corrupt hero

In that scenario serial killing is not necessarily a deal breaker

 

Pop-eyes

Woah woah WOAH

I’m a corrupt hero and i’m not okay with serial killings

 

Dad-bi

Speak for yourself hot stuff

I for one would love to have a hero brat around who isn’t as much of a goody two shoes as u are

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ochako wouldn’t be okay with murder!

And she wouldn’t become a corrupt hero either

Her parents are good people, she’s a good person, she’s surrounded by good ppl (excluding me ofc)

So i can’t see her falling down the same rabbit hole as papa

 

make it double

you’re not a bad person

I hate you! Worst person ever

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yeah I AM the worst

 

Dad-bi

What abt your vigilante era?

Your killed a bunch of fugly drug dealers

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I mean like yeah i did

But just bc i committed a few crimes that help ppl doesn’t change how many lives i’ve cut short

Hence why ochako can’t ever find out abt it

 

make it double

I’m sure she’ll accept you serial murders and all

Keep it a secret, i love being in on secrets

 

Dad-bi

So how were you planning on keeping it under the rug?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I invited her to family dinner ofc!!!

 

marble-ous

And why did you choose such an action might I ask?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Bc if Ochako sees that one of my dads is a hero then there’s no way that she could possibly think that i’m a villain

 

Dad-bi

jfc! that’s the dumbest fucking idea i’ve ever heard

 

Pop-eyes

Umm fledgling i hate to break it to you

But there’s a little flaw in your plan

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Wdym????

 

Magnetic_Personality

That your other old man was a villain your gf saw at the usj

Chapter 28: Will you be the imposter, please?

Summary:

The League needs to resolve the family dinner issue. Also Shouto messages Himiko about Touya. Mischellanous typical shenanigans ensue. (It's 12 AM idk what else to do for this chapter summary)

Notes:

Sorry that this chapter isn't betaed or proofread y'all (I'll try to edit later when I have the spoons for it) - life has just been rough since school started up again and I need to post something to feel a little less shitty. My dad is in the hospital, I fucked up some administrative work-related stuff and I'm back in academic hell (i hate my classical mechanics class so much - the mathematical methods in physics course and linear algebra course weren't prerequisites for this course so i wish my prof would stop expecting us to magically know all that information. physics is painful enough don't make it harder). On a positive note I would've never started writing and posting fanfic if it weren't for the fact that math/physics stress made me need a low stakes creative outlet

So anyways enjoy the chapter! It's a longer one with lots of LOV stuff :DDD
I guess I'll do the family dinner next chapter? idk that's a later problem, i'll figure it out
See y'all whenever I have time to write again - it's going to be a busy semester (sometimes it'll be a good kind of busy just not this week)

Also, I'll try to respond to all the comments in my AO3 inbox by the end the month! Sorry I've gotten so backlogged. Know that I treasure your kind words and support and that every comment is read with joy :))))))

Chapter Text

my extended familyyy 🔪❤️🔪

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Anyways so, spinner

I have a teensy tiny little question for u

 

GEICO

What is it?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

how comfortable are u with the idea of being set on fire?

 

Pop-eyes

Fledgling, you can’t just set ppl on fire

 

Dad-bi

get over yourself, birdbrain

the brat just takes after me and that’s that

 

GEICO

i don’t care who toga takes after

i am NOT comfortable being set on fire

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Aww darn

Are u sure?

 

GEICO

Yes! I am very sure

 

Dad-bi

Huh, what a shame

I really wanted to find out if fried geckos taste like fried chicken

 

Magnetic_Personality

Maybe idk i heard that frog legs taste like chicken

So maybe other things do too

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ooh speaking of frogs my sweet sweet ochie has a friend w a frog quirk

Do you think she tastes like chicken?

 

make it double

No way! Frogs and chicken aren’t similar at all

There’s only one way to find out. Chomp, chomp.

 

marble-ous

Let us perhaps not theorize about what people taste like

 

Pop-eyes

Agreed

And fledgling why on earth do you want to set spinner on fire

 

Dad-bi

Yeah, brat

Arson is my thing

Find your own gimmick

 

Pop-eyes

But isn’t imitation that highest form of flattery?

 

Dad-bi

Imitation can kiss my ass

 

Pop-eyes

Aww now i’m jealous

After all you have a very fine ass and i don’t want to share

 

Magnetic_Personality

TMI

 

GEICO

Yeah, go get a room or sth

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Oh come on

I think their flirting is kinda cute

Anyways i was thinking that spinner could pretend to be Dad

And setting him on fire would be so it looks like he has a fire quirk

 

marble-ous

Does having a fire quirk not involve being able to put out the flames?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

nah

I mean look at Dad’s burn scars

clearly he’s not great at putting out his own flames

 

Magnetic_Personality

eh fair enough

i guess i can see it

 

Dad-bi

Well i sure fucking don’t

I have goddamn fantastic control of my quirk thank you very much

I can even turn my husband into burnt chicken to prove it

 

Pop-eyes

aww u really do know me

how did u know that death threats turn me on?

 

make it double

Ah stop talking enough of the innuendo

Ooh i want to know everything

 

GEICO

Could we just outright ban innuendo from this group chat?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Nope, i think it’s super cute that my dads are in love

 

GEICO

Well can you at least say why you wanted me of all ppl to impersonate dabi

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ochako wouldn’t recognize you from the usj

Plus you know what Dad acts like

I think you’d be a great imposter

 

GEICO

Uh yeah thanks for the vote of confidence but I can’t pull of a dabi impression

My stain impression isn’t half bad though

 

Dad-bi

Yeah you would be a pretty good replica of a shit- stain

 

GEICO

Screw you, you know what kind of Stain i meant

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Live laugh love stain

His ideals are top notch

 

Dad-bi

Pah yeah right

He's just using them as a means to an end

Who's he to say whether ppl are true heroes or not?

I'm calling bs

 

Pop-eyes

Huh I would've expected you to be a fan

Yk since you'd be down with knocking hero society down a peg

 

Dad-bi

Yeah yeah 

But what does stain even want to replace society with. Okay he wants to get rid of false heroes and then what?

Maybe in another lifetime I'd like his farce of an ideology 

But in this lifetime I'm over his crap

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Booo you're so boring dad

Anyways spinner where did u get your stain merch?

 

GEICO

I made it myself 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

OMG I love a good diy project 

 

make it double

Let's all make arts and crafts together!

Making stuff is stupid, just buy things premade 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ahhh that's an awesome idea big brother!

But first things first we need to address the family dinner issue

Compress what do you look like under your mask? Are you hiding burn scars? Could you impersonate Dabi?

 

marble-ous

I am afraid not

Dabi and I do not look alike in the slightest 

 

Magnetic_Personality

I don't think anyone in this chat could successfully impersonate Dabi

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Well I could just have one of you fill in without showing off a fire quirk

I could come up with some sort of excuse as to why my dad isn't using his quirk

 

Magnetic_Personality

How about the fact that his own quirk burns him?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

OMG YES

Great idea! You're a genius 

 

Dad-bi

You have a pretty damn low bar of what a genius is 

Especially since I'm wearing the literal proof of how shitty my quirk is on my body

 

Pop-eyes

Your smoking hot body

 

make it double

Not another dad joke!

That was the funniest thing I ever heard 

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Tehehehe

Good one, Papa

 

Pop-eyes

What can I say?

Dad jokes are my purpose in life

 

Dad-bi

More like being the bane of my existence is your purpose in life 

 

Pop-eyes

Nah u love me!

Anyways fledgling maybe you should take back the family dinner invite

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Wait no! I have an idea

There’s someone who kinda has Dad’s vibes

He was also at the usj though! He just wasn’t showing his face

 

Dad-bi

Hell no! That bastard is a crusty pain in the ass

 

Magnetic_Personality

I doubt shigaraki would want to sub in for dabi

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

He won’t have to, big sis :3

Big brother twice what info do you need to make a copy

 


 

DustToDust

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Hey shiggy 🙂

 

DustToDust

That’s not my damn name

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Nope it sure is

I thought that u were in need of a super cute nickname

 

DustToDust

What the fuck are you doing in my dms?

Get the hell out of here

You messed up the usj badly enough

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Did not!! Dad, twice and I were the only ppl u hired who made it out

If anything you fucked up

 

DustToDust

Are you asking to be dusted?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Tehehehe

Good luck dusting me

My dads would eat you alive

 

DustToDust

Well i’m not afraid to take my chances

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Omg teehee i was right

You are a lot like him

 

DustToDust

What the fuck is that even supposed to mean?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Dw about

Anyways onward to more important things

What’s your shoe size?

 

DustToDust

Why the hell would I tell you?

Do you have some foot fetish or sth?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I’m not into feet

I like blood

 

DustToDust

Gross

I didn’t need to know that

And there’s no way in hell that i’d tell you my shoe size

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Guess i’ll just have to figure it out the hard way

 

DustToDust

Dafuq!!!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Oop sry gotta go some random stranger just messaged me

 


 

Soba4L1FE

 

Soba4L1FE

So you killed a guy?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Excuse me! I’m innocent until proven guilty

Who even are you?

 

Soba4L1FE

I’m shouto

From your Uraraka Ochako’s class

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Omg Shouto! It’s great to finally meet you as my uncle

Shit i probably shouldn’t have said that

 

Soba4L1FE

I think it was good that you said that

It confirms what I know about your dad

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

So you know that Dabi is…

 

Soba4L1FE

Yes

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

How?

 

Soba4L1FE

A friend of mine went digging

And that’s how we found out about what happened to Touya

And about what you did in middle school

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Oh. i bet you all hate me now

 

Soba4L1FE

Not at all

After getting back from the playground Ochako explained why you killed

And i can’t speak for everyone, but I can understand a thing or two about a terrible childhood

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

So you really don’t hate me?

 

Soba4L1FE

No. besides it’s not like haven’t ever considered homicide before

Patricide to be specific

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I guess it runs in the family then :3

 

Soba4L1FE

Perhaps it does

Besides i think it would be pretty cool to have a vampire as a niece

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

So you think I’m a vampire?

 

Soba4L1FE

Yes, a twilight vampire to be precise

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Omg HELL YEAH!!

Those are the best kind

So shiny

That takes me back to when i used to read bellice fanfic

 

Soba4L1FE

That is indeed quite a nice ship to read

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

AHHH YOU’RE A BELLICE FAN TOO????

You’re my fav uncle now

Also btw how did you even stumble into twilight fanfic?

 

Soba4L1FE

I needed to do research to fully flesh out twilight theory

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Fair enough uncle shouto

 

Soba4L1FE

I have a question, himiko

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Hit me with it

 

Soba4L1FE

Do you think that maybe I could meet Touya?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Idk uncle shouto

I guess he’s in a better place now

But i don’t know if he’s ready to reconnect with you just yet

 

Soba4L1FE

That’s alright

I understand. He and i were never that close anyways

But could you at least tell me one thing?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ofc uncle shouto!

 

Soba4L1FE

Is Touya happy?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yes!! He doesn’t smile much but i think he’s happy now

 

Soba4L1FE

I’m glad

 


Marching down the street, covered in bandages and antibiotic ointment, Touya wound through dark streets with Birdbrain, the brat, Twice and everyone else who had been roped into what was originally supposed to be a private family group chat. 

Sighing, Touya begrudgingly walked around a glass bottle shattered on the pavement. Because he was pretty sure that if he even got the smallest cut Keigo would fuss over him and insist he go back to bed rest (or rather couch rest given the extremely limited budget of Touya’s apartment). Hell, Birdbrain had barely even let Touya join on Himiko’s newest hairbrained scheme. Why couldn’t Keigo be more of an enabler and just let Touya be self-destructive without nagging him?

Spinner knocked other trash can, making echoes resound through whatever godforsaken alleyway in Kamino they were passing through. Touya facepalmed as Spinner backed away from the fallen trash can. What a stupid motherfucker.

Okay, Spinner wasn’t horrible or anything – but Touya really wasn’t a big fan about how many new guests his apartment had gotten even with how Spinner had helped patch him up after the USJ. It was just getting crowded and for crying out loud Touya was very much not a people person.

Touya tapped his chin. Spinner. Same root word as to spin. Made it ironic that he was pacing around in circles. Or maybe it was just that Spinner was a little off his rockers. Why else would he have latched on to a band of burnt out, patched up misfits? And Touya supposed it was fitting in a way since in German Spinner’s name essentially meant “crazy person”.

Yes, Touya knew the occasional useless fact like that. But it wasn’t like he was a nerd or anything lame like that. It wasn't his fault that as a kid Fuyumi kept spewing random anecdotes and fun facts to drown out Endeavor’s yelling while the Todoroki siblings huddled in her room. Minus Shouto of course – which was probably for the best

But Touya knew that the real reason wasn’t that simple.

That shithead of an old man probably didn’t want to “infect” Shouto with the failures that were his siblings. Because it didn’t matter that Natsuo knew how to calm Shouto down from a panic attack. Or that Fuyumi would make little ice cubes from Shouto to stack as building blocks.

All of it was useless in Endeavor’s eyes.

Fuyumi, little Natsu and for God’s sake Touya probably most of all didn’t matter. Touya couldn’t help but wonder whether his old man had been glad when he’d died. Because that meant he didn’t need to look his greatest mistake in the eyes every single day.

And yes, Touya knew that there was a shrine. And some idiotic wishful childish part of him wanted so badly that it meant Endeavor regretted putting the weight of heroism on his oldest son’s shoulders only to violently tear it away.

But if Endeavor was actually grieving Touya, why didn’t he ever go looking for him? After all, no one ever found a body. Maybe Endeavor just hadn’t cared enough. 

Or perhaps he preferred a dead son over a mutilated one.

Himiko’s lithe calloused hand gripped Touya, anchoring him back to reality. Resurfacing from the sea of thoughts that left him feeling like he was withering away, he focused on the little details around him. Like how Magne was snorting at how Twice was singing a duet with himself. Or how blood red nail polish covered Himiko’s fingernails courtesy of Compress.

It was definitely a step up from birdbrain’s attempts at painting Twice and Himiko’s nails. And for as much of a fashion disaster Compress was, Dabi could give credit where credit was due for having a couple tricks up his sleeve.

He stared down as Keigo grabbed his other hand. Touya gazed at where Keigo’s talons had been shaved down by handlers. Biting the inside of his mouth, Dabi fumed. Because his pretty bird was supposed to fly free – not forever be trapped in the Commission’s gilded cage. Touya would make sure of it – someday when Keigo was ready.

And maybe they could finally do all that crap that normal couples did. Like going on dates in public. Or for fuck’s sake get back their legal identities so they can actually get honest to God legally married.

Touya found himself grinning smugly at the idea of how easy it would be to make his own hypothetical wedding outshine Endeavor’s. Sure Mom and Endeavor’s wedding was lavish and all according to the photos that appeared in magazines. But they had nothing on the fact that Touya had found someone he’d be happy to be shackled to for life – marriage certificate or not.

And heaven knows he was a lucky bastard to find his middle school crush years after nearly burning to death.

Taking a deep breath, Touya unclenched his fists and tried to will the smoke rising from his seams to dissipate. There was no changing the past as much as it left Touya in ashes. He had to let the fumes subside. Had to be the bigger person.

Because he’d be damned if he let the cycle continue with him. And with how much he’d already exposed Himiko to constant strings of curses and made Twice desperate for approval, the last thing Touya wanted was for his anger issues to rub off on his kids the way Endeavor’s did.

Keigo pressed Touya’s hand firmly, eliciting a sigh from him. His palm was warm though not as hot as Touya’s – yet Keigo still had the typical avian feature of an elevated body temperature compared to the average person. A slight smile stretched at the corners of Touya’s staples. It was nice to have someone on his level – even when it came to dumb insignificant shit like warm hands.

So not to get all sappy and whatnot, but maybe it was for the best to focus more on the people he loved rather than the people that broke him. Well, save for the HPSC President. Shipping “defect” training program kids off to become Nomu? That was so fucking messed up.

His train of thought ground to a halt as the widow to the bar that freaky hand fucker resided in emerged in front of him. Crossing his arms, Spinner wearily glanced back and forth between the bar and Keigo’s scarlet feathers.

“Don’t we need to worry about him selling out Shigaraki’s hideout?” Spinner asked.

Touya rolled his eyes. “Does it even matter? Like who gives a shit about Handjob or whatever that bastard’s name is.”

Fingers still intertwined with Touya’s in a hawk-like death grip, Keigo shrugged. “Well, I wouldn’t either way. Because how am I supposed to explain to the Commision how I got the intel without making them suspicious about the connection between me and Dabi?”

“Fair enough.”

As Compress captured the side of the bar into a marble, Magne complained that he didn’t need to do that given that she could’ve used her magnet to pull Shigaraki outside. Touya figured that Compress made the right judgment call since odds were that Shigaraki would’ve shattered on impact with the walls of the bar because of his weakass bones if Magne tried to reel him in. Plus, it wasn’t like Shigaraki made their job hard anyways given that he was snoring loudly on the couch that 

Breaking into someone’s home to find out their shoe size? If someone a year ago had told Touya that he was going to be spending his Friday night sneaking into some punk’s home to figure out his shoe size, Touya would’ve probably thought he’d found someone as clinically insane as himself. Then again, he figured he wasn’t too opposed to the brat’s newest shenanigan. After all, Touya had to find entertainment somehow now that he’d agreed to cut back on murder for Birdbrain’s sake.

Slowly pulling out his measuring tape, Twice approached Shigaraki’s feet – because for whatever reason the bastard was still wearing shoes in his sleep. In the meantime, Compress wound toward the bar counter, muttering about how he could really go for a gin and tonic. But as he pulled out the bottle of gin it slipped out of his hands and loudly scattered on the wood floor.

Touya set him a death glare. Weren’t magicians supposed to be good at sleight of hand? Why did Compress have to be clumsy at the most inconvenient time?

Shigaraki’s eyelids pulled open and he lashed out at Twice with all five fingers, making Twice fall onto the floor in panic. Jesus fucking Christ! Why didn’t Handjob wear artist’s gloves or something to sleep? Sure, Touya figured they wouldn’t be comfortable – but there was no way gloves could be more uncomfortable than accidentally dusting the couch in his sleep.

Jumping in the rescue Twice, Himiko leaped onto Shigaraki’s ankle and clung on for dear life. And the bastard must have been pretty out of shape since  he couldn’t bend down far enough to reach his shoes as he tried to shake Himiko off.

“Get your hands off my shoes!”

Touya scoffed at the shoes. No way. He’d never expected to see those hideous red montrocities again. Natsu used to always tell Touya he looked like he’d crawled out of the trenches of Hot Topic – like he was one to talk with those tacky sneakers. Then again, it hadn’t been until years after Touya’s “death” that the brand had introduced more neutral so everyone wearing them wouldn’t immediately 

“Why do you wear that dumb shoe brand?”

Snarling, Handjob glared at Touya. “What the fuck do you mean? These shoes are cool.”

“No, they’re the fugliest things I’ve ever seen. Also, they’re meant for the quirkless.”

“I have a damn quirk!” Shigaraki raised all five fingers on his left hand. “Do I need to show you the hard way?”

“Only if you want to get burnt to a crisp.”

“Bite me.”

Cackling, Touya gestured toward the brat. “No thanks. The kid does most of the biting.”

Himiko nodded. “I do love biting! Ochie let me bite her wrist the other day. And it was 100/10 – one of the best moments of my life.”

Compress cleared his throat. “Might I ask how you know that the shoes are designed for the quirkless?”

“Because my idiot brother used to wear this tacky shit,” Touya sighed. He kind of missed Natsu’s horrible taste when it came to clothes. Like those corny socks that had the days of the week on them. So Shigaraki’s sneakers weren’t a completely unwelcome sight.

“Huh. Dabi lore,” Magne said.

Himiko swatted at the air. “Ah that’s old news, big sis. Dabi has multiple siblings.”

“Wait, does that mean we get multiple aunts and or uncles? No way that Dabi has siblings. He’s giving only child energy.”

Grinning from ear to ear, Himiko let go of Shigaraki’s leg so she could get up and clasp her hands together. “You bet! Who knows, maybe we’ll even have a big family reunion some day.”

“As if. I don’t want anything to do with those dumbasses. They’re estranged for a reason,” Dabi said.

Shigaraki let out a muffled scream from behind the hand on his face. “I don’t want to know about your dumb families. Get out of my damn bar.”

“Isn’t it Kurogiri’s bar?” Spinner asked.

“Get. The. Fuck. Out.”

Smirking, Keigo set out a feather to poke Shigaraki. Face growing red behind the hand latched to his face, Shigaraki swatted after the feather as it danced around him. Giving up on the feather, Shigaraki held out all his fingers and started running toward everyone else in the bar. As if on cue everyone scattered into the alleyway – save for Touya and Keigo who started flying overhead.

Sighing, Touya shook his head at the group as they ran away all while holding a flame to get Shigaraki to back off as he leisurely followed after his band of idiots. He held back a snort as Compress and Magne crashed into each other while scrambling away like chickens. Ugh, such cowards. Magne could easily crush Shigaraki with her magnet or Compress could put Shigaraki in a marble before he could even react. Then again, whoever Shigaraki’s backer was is powerful considering the Nomu. And no thanks, right now Touya didn’t want to deal with the freaky undead shit that haunted his teenage years.

Besides, it was more likely those idiots had scattered because they wanted to be dramatic and thought it was funny. Maybe Dabi was rubbing off on them with his dramatic flair – who knows?

Finally no longer spinning in circles in the air with laughter, Keigo swooped toward the ground and held out his hand for Touya. Rolling his eyes, Touya accepted. Even with the risk of motion sickness, Touya really couldn’t say no to little moments with his birdie.

As Keigo took to the skies while clinging onto Touya the latter looked over his shoulder to the wreckage of the bar. Shigaraki limply stood where the wall Compress had taken used to be. And there was a sort of longing weary look in that crusty bastard’s eyes as he glanced at the brat and her friends running away. Like he wanted to be a part of the chaos Touya found himself on a daily basis.

Shigaraki should count his lucky stars that he didn’t need to deal with Twice bickering with himself or Birdbrain’s downright wrong opinions about patricide. After all, Touya hadn’t abandoned his bio family to find another one. Still, he had to admit the apartment would be uncomfortably quiet without Twice and Himiko pulling dumb shit like belting the Trolls soundtrack from the top of their lungs.

Wind whipping past his hair, Birdbrain cleared his throat. “So I take it that a Shigaraki double wouldn’t be very cooperative?”

“Fuck no, he wouldn’t.”

Birdbrain flapped his wings, and nodded toward Touya’s healing wounds. “You know your bandages could make you unrecognizable if we put them everywhere.”

“Like that would fool anyone.”

“You’d never know,” Keigo sighed wistfully. “Plus, the fact that I’m a hero could throw Ochako off as long as you’re wearing some sort of disguise.”

Staring up, Touya found himself staring into pleading golden eyes. And goddammit that stupid puppy dog look was working. Keigo really wanted that family dinner, huh? After all, he needed to figure out if Ochako was actually good enough for Himiko and whether a shovel talk was needed or not.

“Fine, Birdbrain. But don’t blame me if your idea doesn’t work out – I’m not a bird with a raisin for a brain so I know it’s stupid.”

“I could drop you, you know.”

“And be left making your own fried chicken?”

“Guess I’ll stay codependent,” Birdbrain cooed. “The double thing probably wasn’t the best idea anyways. Because there’s no one else out there as amazing as you.”

“Don’t get all sappy, Birdbrain. You’ll make me go soft.”

“You’re saying that like you haven’t already.”

Yeah, right. Touya hadn’t gone soft. If he really wanted to, he could still burn people alive easily. He just didn’t feel like it at the moment. Arson does get boring sometimes. And if he was spending more time thinking about what to for dinner instead of how to get revenge on those who wronged him, sue Touya.


[TheCrayonSong🖍️ added taxi/butler/nanny/bartender and DustToDust to the chat]

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yayyy shiggy and kurogiri in the chat!!!

 

Dad-bi

Jfc what are these dumbasses doing here?

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

I requested that Toga add me and Master Tomura to this group chat since Tomura is in need of more friends. Especially since most of you are like-minded villains

 

DustToDust

Like i’d want anything to do with the bastards who tried to make a double of me

And as if I need friends

I have plenty

 

Magnetic_Personality

Not with that attitude

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

I mean friends who you can meet in real life

Not the online acquaintances you yell at while rage gaming

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Lmao shiggy is getting exposed XD

Anyways back to business

I have an idea to get around the dabi getting recognized situation without using a double

 

DustToDust

Thank FUCKING god

The last thing i need is a creepy-ass copy of me walking around

 

Dad-bi

The only reason the double would be creepy is because you’re creepy

 

DustToDust

Oh fuck off

Like you’re any better

 

Pop-eyes

He’s got you there, hot stuff

 

Dad-bi

Yeah right, don’t act like you don’t stare at my staples constantly

 

Pop-eyes

I can’t help it

I love shiny things

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Okay okay

We all know u love the shinies, papa

But back to business

If we just wrap dad in bandages then no one will recognize him as a usj villain

 

Pop-eyes

I had the same idea!

I was literally telling hot stuff abt it on the way back

great minds think alike

 

Dad-bi

more like idiots think alike

 

make it double

What a brilliant disguise idea, Himiko. It will never work

 

Dad-bi

It better work

The last thing i want is for the brat’s floaty gf to send photos of family dinner to her class and have my dumbass brother notice the family resemblance

 

GEICO

Is anyone else not quite understanding what’s going on?

 

Magnetic_Personality

Yeah i’m a bit confused

 

DustToDust

None of this makes any fucking sense

 

Pop-eyes

My dear husband had a faked death

As for the details just roll with it

 

marble-ous

Why do you not wish to see your family?

 

Dad-bi

they moved on when i “died”

the shrine is just for appearances

even in death they don’t look at me

why on earth would i be stupid enough to go back?

 

Pop-eyes

Well it’s not like they knew that you were still alive

I mean it took me forever to figure out that you weren’t dead

 

Dad-bi

But it wasn’t like you needed a shit ton of hints

Running into you at a bar a few years ago was enough for you to recognize me

Scars and all

 

Pop-eyes

What can I say? You’re a hard person to forget, hot stuff

 

Dad-bi

So why did everyone else forget me?

There wasn’t even a body left on sekoto

Just a damn jawbone

Why would a FUCKING jawbone be the only thing that hadn’t melted?

Why didn’t they realize that sth was off? That maybe I wasn’t really dead

 

Magnetic_Personality


Well… grief does a lot of things to ppl

Making they don’t want to get their hopes up by thinking you could be alive

 

Dad-bi

As if me being alive would be the hardest thing to believe in a society where quirks exist

I even sent a note to shouto so that he’d maybe realize what happened to me

 

DustToDust

What did the damn note say?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

“Stop putting fish on Touya’s shrine”

 

DustToDust

Who the fuck is Touya?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

It’s what Dad used to go by

 

DustToDust

I guess I know a thing or two abt changing names

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Ooh you haven’t always gone by shiggy?

 

make it double

My name isn’t shiggy!

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

But it has a nice ring to it

 

make it double

No it doesn’t

But i can bet you all five fingers that the name i had before i met sensei was better than “shiggy”

If I remembered it that is

Screw my shitty memory

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

Don’t feel bad Tomura

I do not remember my old name either

 

marble-ous

Well, that is quite cryptic

Anyways, I am curious regarding what dabi has to share regarding the note

 

Dad-bi

As if i want to share anything with any of you

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Spill your guts, dad! (if u want to)

I mean it’s not like you can get therapy since you’re legally dead and everything

So this group chat can be the next best thing

 

Dad-bi

Whatever sure fine

Back to the note ig

I thought that the note would be enough for him to realize what happened to me

But apparently it wasn’t

And that’s good! Bc i don’t think i want to see him or any of my idiot siblings after all

 

Pop-eyes

Maybe he will notice that you’re alive

He’s is pretty big on conspiracy theories

 

Dad-bi

Yeah right

Fucking shouto wouldn’t even remember me

The dumbass was too young when i “died”

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t care

 

Dad-bi

I’m not delusional enough to get my hopes up like that, kid

I know that my “death” is the reason his training got more intense

He has every reason in the world to hate me

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Okay but let’s say that hypothetically shouto would want you back in life 

Would you want him back in yours?

 

Dad-bi

Yes maybe idk

I guess i kind of miss that dumbass

He had the stupidest stare – it was fun too laugh at

 

Pop-eyes

Aww you really do miss your siblings, hot stuff

 

Dad-bi

No i fucking don’t

I just miss making fun of them!

That’s it

 

Magnetic_Personality

Yeah right…

 

Dad-bi

You all are so damn annoying

See, this is why i sometimes want to burn society and everyone in it down

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Tehehe that just sounds like your way of saying that you care abt us

 

Dad-bi

I don’t give a shit about any of you

 

DustToDust

For what it’s worth dabi

I guess seeing your siblings again isn’t the worst idea

Sometimes i wish i could see my sister again

 

marble-ous

You used to have siblings?

 

DustToDust

I guess so? I don’t really remember clearly

Just brief flashes or some shit

I do have her hand tho

 

GEICO

WAIT the hands you wear are REAL human hands?

 

DustToDust

Yeah

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

Master gave them to Tomura

 

Dad-bi

Who the hell is “master”?

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

That is on a need to know basis

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Whatever! I think wearing real hands for your villain costume is pretty cool

 

Dad-bi

Ofc u would

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Hey dad! Could you pretty pls donate one of your hands to me?

I want to have a super cute look like shiggy

 

Dad-bi

That’s not happening, kid

 

make it double

I think your outfit is cute as is, Himiko! No it’s not. You really do need hands as an accessory

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Aww thank you, big brother! I guess it is pretty cute!

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

Anyways, might I suggest a change in topic?

Perhaps a discussion on which food to prepare for family dinner

 

Dad-bi

Sounds like a damn good change of pace

I don’t want to think abt my dumbass bio family anymore

 

Pop-eyes

So i was thinking kfc…

 

Dad-bi

Ofc you were

Chapter 29: Isn't fried chicken fine dining?

Summary:

Family dinner with Himiko's parents goes a little askew.

Notes:

It's Christmas miracle! A new Dear Google chapter! Anyways, hope y'all enjoy - life is lowkey still kicking my butt so idk when i'll be back. Could be next week, could be in a few months. But yeah happy holidays and merry christmas to those who celebrate <3

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Taking a deep breath, Ochako flattened out her pleated skirt and tugged the collar of her polo shirt into place. She hadn’t been exactly sure what the expected unspoken dress code for dinner was so she had tried to tow the line with an outfit that was acceptable as both business casual or everyday wear. Besides, it wasn’t like Ochako could really afford to dress too fancy if she could help it since that would’ve cost a pretty penny.

Ochako straightened her back as she stared at the apartment door in front of her. The box of brownies in her hands suddenly felt like it weighed a thousand kilos. Originally, she’d settled on brownies because the box of brownie mix had been on clearance at the supermarket – but now she was second-guessing her choices. Not because the mix had been slightly past its best-by date but rather because Himiko’s dads could see her attempt at bringing a gift as a good guest as a passive aggressive dig about the weed incident.

But maybe Himiko’s dads had a good sense of humor? One could only hope. And if not, Ochako didn’t exactly consider it poor taste to rub it in Himiko’s dad’s face that getting a bunch of teens high at a house party hadn’t been the best idea.

Rocking on the balls of her feet, Ochako pressed the doorbell. As the tone echoed through the house she bit on the inside of her mouth and hoped that Himiko’s parents would like her. The fact that Himiko’s dads were her chosen family made Ochako even more desperate to want them to welcome her with open arms. Yet the second the door cracked open, Ochako’s eyes went as wide as saucers. Met with the familiar sight of crimson red wings that she’d only ever seen on billboards or television, Ochako nearly dropped her box of brownies.

Pro hero Hawks waved back at her. “Hey, kid!” 

Hang on. Pro hero Hawks was one of Himiko’s dads?

How had she not known? Himiko wouldn’t hide something so big from her, right? Well, she had hid the fact that she’d murdered a kid in middle school from Ochako. But that was it – it had to be. Because Himiko couldn’t possibly be hiding an even darker and more horrifying past from Ochako.

Clutching onto the sides of the brownies container, Ochako knocked some sense into herself and followed Hawks inside. She was probably overthinking it. After all, having Hawks as a parent must have seemed everyday to Himiko at this point that it hadn’t even crossed her mind to mention it. Besides, the only other kid Ochako knew had a hero for a parent only mentioned it as frequently as he did because he wasn’t exactly Endeavor’s biggest fan.

As Ochako hung her coat on the coat rack, Hawks leaned over the container – his eyes brimming with curiosity like a magpie. “I see you brought something.”

Nodding, Ochako tapped her fingertips together. “Yeah, brownies.”

“Sweet. Hot stuff loves those.” Hawks turned his head over his shoulder. “These brownies don’t have a special ingredient in them, right?”

Ochako went pale. “No.”

Laughing, Hawks swung an arm over her shoulder and steered her toward the living room. “I’m just messing with you. No hard feelings if you did dump weed in the brownies to get back at my husband.”

“Um… that would probably be too petty.”

“Aww, I think you definitely have what it takes to be a great hero if you’re already trying to be the bigger person over something so small.” Hawks tapped his chin as he stepped through the door frame. “Then again, he’d probably actually appreciate some drugs to numb the pain.”

“Drugs to numb the pain…” Ochako trailed off as she spotted a silhouette encased in bandages perched on the couch in front of a coffee table that had seen better days.

A limp hand raised as the figure encased in bandages turned toward Ochako. Tufts of black hair with white roots stuck out the top. Heart racing, Ochako set down the box of brownies and waved back at him. 

“Hello, Himiko’s other dad!”

“Oh, just call him Touya,” Hawks chuckled.

Looking an uncanny amount like Aizawa in his bandages, Himiko’s other dad elbowed Hawks in the side with what had to be an injured arm. “Ew, I don’t want people calling me that. Dabi’s fine.”

“Want yet another person to call you ‘Cremation”? What an edgelord.”

“Shut the fuck up. Or I’m serving you as fried chicken.”

“Always the same old threat. You need to get more creative, hot stuff.” 

Humming echoed from the nearest hallway as Himiko skipped into the hallway. Plopping herself onto the worn-out couch, Himiko leaned over and plopped a kiss onto Ochako’s cheek.

“Aww, you must have caught my dads bickering. They’re funny aren’t they?” Himiko asked.

As Ochako nodded softly, Dabi snaked out of the room and made a beeline for the kitchen. While clattering pans and plates echoed from the other room, Himiko’s eyes lit up as she eyed the box of brownies.

“Oh, you brought dessert! So sweet of you cutie! And brownies too – we love brownies.”

“Yep, I definitely got the memo from the house party at Shouto’s.”

“Glad you remembered.” Himiko leaned over to whisper to Ochako. “Maybe if Dad likes you enough he’ll even share the secret family brownie recipe with you. By the way, the secret ingredient is weed.”

“I figured,” Ochako chuckled.

The sound of a platter of fried chicken being set on the coffee table grounded Ochako to reality. No sight of a dining table in the apartment – but crowding around a coffee table and couch was bound to make dinner all the more cozy. Slipping his gloves together, Hawks tapped his talons together. Ochako tilted her head to the side – she had no idea that Hawks had talons, but Tokoyami was bound to be happy to hear that he had a trait in common with his heteromorph hero.

As Dabi wrapped a bandaged arm around Hawks’ shoulder and settled back down on the couch, Hawks eyed the fried chicken and his eyes lit up like lanterns.

“We should probably dig in,” Hawks said.

Himiko nodded and did not hesitate to lunge for a drumstick. “Yummy!”

Licking her lips, Himiko seemed to be savoring the juice. “Wish it were a little more bloody and undercooked though.”

“But you wouldn’t want to get salmonella,” Ochako laughed.

“I’m sure if I did you’d find a way to save me,” Himiko said. She proceeded to set a couple fried chicken wings onto a plate and held it out to Ochako.

Raising a wing to her mouth, Ochako marveled over the flavorful herbs. A perfect blend of garlic and parmesan as well as something else she couldn’t quite place. As the flavor melted in her mouth, Ochako bit down on the fried chicken and found it to be crispier than anything she had ever eaten before.

“This is great. Even better than the stuff my folks order for Christmas,” Ochako said.”

“It’s homemade. Well, not by me but hot stuff sure has a knack for cooking.” Hawks proudly gestured toward Dabi’s bandaged form.

“Oh please, it’s not that hard. You’re just incompetent in the kitchen,” Dabi huffed.

With an indignant pout, Himiko kicked Dabi in the shin. Ochako winced, given that this particular sign of affection couldn’t possibly be good for Dabi’s obvious injuries.

“Hey Dad, Papa’s not completely incompetent. I think I saw him put a Poptart in the microwave once without setting anything on fire.”

“And what about the time he put a Poptart in the microwave with the wrapper on ?” Dabi asked.

Licking grease from the fried chicken off his talons, Hawks dramatically held a hand to his chest. “What? It was an honest mistake.”

“More like an idiot mistake. Besides, aren’t Poptarts supposed to go in the toaster, not the microwave?” Dabi said.

Laughing, Ochako raised a brow. “I thought you were supposed to just eat Poptarts as is. No toasting whatsoever.”

Nodding in approval, Dabi pointed in Ochako’s direction. How he could see clearly enough to do so while his eyes were wrapped in bandages was a mystery to Ochako. 

“Exactly. I like it better that way. Just a quick snack. No need to make it high maintenance.”

“Putting a snack in the microwave for a couple minutes doesn’t make it high maintenance, hot stuff.”

“It is when you set off the fire alarm,” Dabi said.

“Again with that.” Sighing, Hawks rolled his eyes and leaned in toward Ochako. “Isn’t he insufferable?”

Ochako choked up under Hawks’ expectant gaze. “I don’t think there’s an answer to that question where I don’t offend at least one of my girlfriend’s parents.”

“Smart kid,” Dabi snickered.

Shaking his head, Hawks ignored his husband. Funny how Hawks was always marketed as a bachelor but seemed to be in a more stable relationship than most. Brushing her elbow against her girlfriend’s, Ochako found herself smiling. After everything she’d been through Himiko could certainly use the kind of stable home life that Dabi and Hawks’ relationship offered.

After scarfing down a few more chicken wings, Hawks took a moment to breathe and turned toward Ochako. “Anyways, kid. There’s the sports festival soon, right? You ready for it?”

In less than a week. Far too soon in Ochako’s opinion. Especially with the USJ attack still fresh on her mind. Images of the Nomu ramming its fists into the ground still flashed before her.

“Not really but I’ll figure it out. No way around it so I just got to go through it.”

“That’s the spirit! I’m sure you’ll have a bunch of agencies lining up asking you to for intern with them,” Hawks said.

Himiko nodded excitedly and clapped her hands together. “Of course she will. Ochie’s the best!”

A snort sounded from Dabi’s pile of bandages. “We’ll see about that. My money’s on Shouto getting first.”

Hawks raised an eyebrow. “Oh is it now?” 

“Just because I don’t like the kid doesn’t mean I can’t acknowledge that he’s good in a fight, Birdbrain.”

“Aww, you’re more of a softie than you let on, hot stuff.”

“Fuck no. You’re delusional.”

Reaching over Ochako lap, Himiko zeroed in the chicken platter and gestured toward the remaining drumsticks. “Do you think we have enough fried chicken left for the others when they get back?”

“Yeah, there’s plenty left in the kitchen for when they get back from tracking down that knife freak.”

Knife freak? Well, Ochako did suppose that Himiko did have that knife collecting hobby. No need to overthink it. And no need to think too much about who “the others” were. Time to focus on getting to know Himiko’s parents. She didn’t need to know everyone in and everything about Himiko’s life just yet. After all, Himiko was clearly a private person as made even clearer by the fact that she hadn’t told Ochako that she had Hawks as a dad. Which was a pretty big thing to hide – though Ochako figured Himiko wasn’t lying since Ochako had never asked in the first place.

Inhaling deeply, Ochako focused on wiping the grease off her fingers. She’d gone so long without pushing Himiko too much. She hadn’t pressured her into revealing her quirk so there was no need to start now.

And if people Himiko knew were tracking someone obsessed with knives down, that was probably none of Ochako’s business. Unless they were hurting people. But that most likely wasn’t the case since if Himiko’s dads were any indication, Himiko seemed to surround herself with good people.

Or least so she thought until one of Dabi’s bandages got caught on one of the legs of the coffee table. As Dabi stumbled onto the carpet, bandages unraveled and revealed a patchwork of staples and purple scar tissue. Eyes going wide, Ochako was suddenly surrounded by roaring flames and the Nomu’s cries again.

Going pale, Ochako stood up from the couch and slowly backed away from Dabi. “You’re… that guy from the USJ.”

Stumbling to his feet, Hawks hurried to Dabi’s side. “I can explain!”

Ochako’s world was spinning, the air heavy with the memory of the stench of sulfur. All she could hear was the crunch of Aizawa’s skull against the cement as he was rammed into the ground. She could still hear Midoriya’s bones snapping. She could still hear the roaring winds as Thirteen’s suit was promised. And yes, Ochako knew that the scarred villain had pulled her aside from the worst of the League of Villain’s rampage. She knew that technically Dabi had saved her ass during the USJ – but she still needed to get away, she needed to breathe.

“I just need a moment. I just need a little air.”

Rising to his feet, Dabi slowly nodded in agreement. Hawks sent out a feather to open the door to the balcony. Himiko reached out toward Ochako only for her to hold out her hand to silently tell Himiko to back away. Stepping outside, Ochako let the wind blow against her face. She just needed a bit to think. So the thoughts swirling in her head could quiet down just a little. 

Himiko had to have known that Dabi had been at the USJ. And maybe Hawks did too even though he was a hero. Which made sense because he was trying to prioritize his loved ones. But did that mean Himiko hadn’t told Ochako because she didn’t see her as a priority?

After a few minutes, the balcony creaked open and Himiko walked over to stand beside Ochako. Setting her hand on top of Ochako’s, Himiko didn’t say a word. Just let Ochako bask in the silence she needed. And the sea of storming thoughts finally stopped swirling as loudly. 

Ochako cleared her throat. “Himi, did you know that your dad was attacking my class?”

“Uh. Yes. I did.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

Himiko opened her mouth only to hesitate and bite on her lips. “It’s too difficult to explain. It’s a long story.”

Great. Yet another instance of omitting or dancing around the truth. Like when Himiko hadn’t told Ochako about Saito or about her quirk for the longest time. Not that Himiko owed Ochako her whole life story. Looking over to golden eyes swelling up with tears, Ochako swallowed hard. She had hoped that she and Himiko had grown close enough to share their full entire selves with each other.

And she was so tired of Himiko hiding parts of herself from Ochako. Like even around Ochako Himiko still acted like she needed to wear some sort of mask and pretend to be someone she wasn’t. 

As tired as she was… maybe Ochako had to be patient. Try to be the bigger person, try to be closer to the hero she wanted to be. And if Hawks hadn’t put Dabi behind bars he couldn’t be that bad, right? And if memory serves he hadn’t caused much damage at the USJ – really he had just loitered and run around. Plus, he had protected Ochako so that had to count for something.

The world wasn’t as black and white as hero society made it out to be. What she knew of Himiko’s mess of a childhood taught her that much. People are the victims of the circumstances – they don’t become villains for no reason. They get pushed toward it.

“Himiko, I’m sure your dad had a reason for being at USJ. And even if not he did me a solid and saved my life at the USJ.”

“Doesn’t change the fact that he’s a villain. You must think I’m a villain too.”

“Just because one of your dads is a villain doesn’t mean that I think you’re a villain. Besides, it wasn’t like you were at the USJ.” Ochako sighed as her pressed her fingers against her forehead. “Even if I had that kind of stupid logic, your other dad is literally pro hero Hawks so it cancels out.”

“So you don’t hate me for one of my dads being a villain?”

“Of course, not. We’re not our parents, we’re our own people.” Reaching out, Ochako cupped Himiko’s cheek while lifting her pinkie. “I just wish you trusted me enough to be honest about these kinds of things.”

“Sorry, I guess I was just… scared. Especially after my bio parents made me feel like a monster for so long.”

“I know, I understand. But come hell or highwater I won’t see you as a monster, Himiko.” Stepping closer to Himiko, Ochako took her by both hands. She pressed her thumbs against Himiko’s palms to ground both of them. “So no more lies, okay?”

“Yeah. No more lies. Promise.”

As she leaned against Himiko’s shoulder, Ochako noticed the lump go down her girlfriend’s throat as she swallowed hard. Himiko was hiding something from her. No doubt about it. Running her fingers through Himiko’s hair, Ochako just hoped that someday Himiko would feel safe enough around her to entrust her with the trust.

Because even though Ochako could forgive most things, she wasn’t sure how many more secrets she could take.

After all, what was a relationship without trust?

Chapter 30: Why can't people just be honest?

Summary:

The League has some bonding time, Ochako talks with her class about the new Himiko developments and gets gaslit a little. Also Endeavor gets a task from the HPSC president.

Notes:

I had the writing spoons so here's another chapter :D
Thanks for y'all the comments, they helped me get more writing momentum
This one is a bit messy though because I'm a bit sick rn and low-key don't want to bother with editing at the moment
Anyways, enjoy!!!

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

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my extended familyyy 🔪❤️🔪

 

make it double

Why is stain so hard to track down?

I bet he’s super easy to find, probably just overlooked him

 

Magnetic_Personality

Is he even worth recruiting?

 

GEICO

Of course he is! He’s stain!!!!

The hero killer

 

Magnetic_Personality

Yeah yeah

We know how obsessed you are with him Mr. Cosplay

Your costume kind of gives that a way

 

marble-ous

Excuse me but i insist on being the only one in our troupe to have Mr. in their name

 

make it double

You can’t have a monopoly on Mr., that’s insane

Hell yeah, the only mister I know is you compress

 

DustToDust

Stain can’t hide forever

We’ll track him down sooner or later

But if it’s later i swear i’ll dust this whole damn city to the ground

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

No need, master tomura

With my warp quirk tracking down a serial killer isn’t outside the realm of possibility

 

Magnetic_Personality

Plus like finds like

I mean look at me and himiko

Fellow serial killers in these parts are bound to cross paths eventually

 

make it double

Why do we even want to track down stain?

Are we looking for him to make him part of our family?

 

DustToDust

We are not a fucking family

 

marble-ous

I believe the fact that you are in a family group chat would imply otherwise

 

DustToDust

Oh fuck off

Stain just has a common goal with the league, okay?

That bastard seems to want to tear down this shitshow society just like the rest of us

 

Magnetic_Personality

My money is on you tracking down stain to impress spinner

 

GEICO

Huh?

 

DustToDust

No damn way

I’d rather turn my hands to ash

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

I can guarantee that is not the case

Tracking down stain was simply a mission from Tomura’s sensei

 

Magnetic_Personality

Wait? You have a teacher?

 

DustToDust

Something like that

He raised me

 

make it double

Wait, was he the masked guy who apparently was really behind the usj attack?

No idea who this sensei is

 

GEICO

So you’re just some kid doing your dad’s dirty work?

 

DustToDust

Shut up if you value those stupid swords of yours

 

Magnetic_Personality

Aww you’re not threatening his life anymore

That’s what I call progress

 

make it double

Yeah yeah, whatever. I just wish the hunting for stain made me miss family dinner

Glad i had an excuse not to be there. I hate fried chicken!

 

Magnetic_Personality

Yeah kind of bummed out we’re missing out on that fried chicken

 

DustToDust

Well it’s not like we want their family dinner anyways

Because as i’ve said time and time again they’re not our family anyways

 

GEICO

Yeah bc your family is a bunch of creepy hands

 

Magnetic_Personality

Wait what?

 

GEICO

Shigaraki literally calls the hand on his face “father”? Isn’t that fucking weird?

 

make it double

Nope, it’s the most normal thing i’ve ever heard

Ha, weirdo!

 

DustToDust

I’ll show you all fucking weird

Want to see how weird a lizard reduced to a pile of dust is?

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

Tomura calm down

Do not reduce spinner to dust

 

DustToDust

And why shouldn’t I?

 

Magnetic_Personality

Idk maybe kurogiri is tired of vacuuming up your messes

 

DustToDust

Are you asking to be dusted too?

 

Magnetic_Personality

Yk sometimes i wonder if you and dabi are secretly twins

 

marble-ous

Agreed, after a while the threats of being burned alive vs. dusted alive kind of blend together

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

What I was trying to say is that it would be unwise to kill an ally of yours, Tomura

 

DustToDust

Losing spinner wouldn’t be the end of the world

I can find more allies

 

Magnetic_Personality

With that award-winning personality of yours? Good luck

 

DustToDust

What the hell does that mean?

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

She does have somewhat of a point, Tomura

You could benefit from more practice with diplomacy. Could be a good skill as a leader

Besides do you really wish to forgo the only ally of yours who plays video games

 

DustToDust

Fine

But you’re going down in mario kart tonight, spinner

 

GEICO

Not if you dust the controller

 

marble-ous

Well while you too have fun with that I am going to spam Hawks’ phone to make sure he doesn’t eat all the fried chicken and saves some for us

 

Magnetic_Personality

Still kind of wish we could be there

Plus I guess most of us are known criminals and all

which would be iffy given that himiko’s gf is a hero in training 

 

GEICO

Is it even like you want to meet Ochako’s girlfriend in a meet-the-parents kind of scenario?

Seems kind of awkward

 

marble-ous

Indeed, I do hope that everyone is having a pleasant evening though

 

Magnetic_Personality

Mhm , hopefully they’ll be done soon though

Toga and were having a great conversation about our serial murders so I’d like to get back that

 

marble-ous

Oh I see how… dignified

The peak of bonding experiences

 

GEICO

Yeah, I bet Stain would agree! Serial murders are the best

 

make it double

They are! Himiko loves them too!

Serial murders are kind of mid imo

 


Snoring, Touya lay draped on the couch across Keigo. Talons ran through his hair attempting to weave it into small braids. Keigo cursed under his breath as tangles formed and Touya shuffled ever so slightly at the sound. It was a miracle Touya hadn’t woken up yet despite all the hair tugging. Keigo didn’t recall Touya being a deep sleeper when they were both Commission trainees. Back then, even the smallest flap of a feather had been enough to make him stir awake.

Not so much now. Touya’s breathing was steadier than ever as his chest rose and fell. As if the inner flame ragging in him like a wildfire for the better part of his life had settled into a calmer flame. Like he was comfortable enough now that he could sleep soundly without having to be ready to spring into a fight at any moment.

Attempting to pick out the knots that had formed in Touya’s hair, Keigo started over on one of the small braids. He hoped Touya wouldn’t chase him around the apartment for braiding his hair while he was asleep, but Keigo really needed to get more hairstyling practice if he wanted to regain his privilege to braid the fletchling’s hair.

After all, it wasn’t Keigo’s fault that Touya had gotten practice from braiding his sister’s hair while Keigo was an only child. Not that Keigo thought that the Takamis were suitable parents to have yet another unwanted kid.

Burying thoughts of a blonde woman with sunken eyes into the darkest corners of his mind, Keigo cupped the side of Touya’s face. Even with all the scarring, Touya still had distinct frown lines twisting between his brows. And yet he looked so much more peaceful asleep. All the tension he carried around with him during his waking hours subdued.

Against the gray fabric of the couch, stark white roots stood out against black hair. Recalling the stinging scent of ammonia, Keigo chuckled to himself and recalled all the times he helped Touya touch up his roots and worked the dye into the hair close to Touya’s scalp. Keigo was going to miss crouching on the bathroom floor with Touya over a bowl of hair dye, but Keigo figured quitting to use cheap hair dye meant that Touya was less likely to go bald from the questionable dye brand he was using. Then again, if anyone could rock being bald it was probably hot stuff. Honestly, it would probably make him look even more rugged… maybe Keigo should convince Touya to give a buzz cut a whirl?

Keigo’s heart skipped a beat at the idea but he nipped the thought in the bud as Touya continued to snore. How was he supposed to practice braiding if Touya’s hair was too short? Pausing for a moment, Keigo took a deep breath and started unweaving all the braids he’d made to give Touya’s scalp a break.

After all the rest was well deserved since dinner had probably worn Touya out given that he had basically made an industrial amount of fried chicken.

And Keigo suspected that as much as Touya pretended not to care about the fletchling’s “silly little relationship” that the emotional rollercoaster had probably depleted whatever energy he had left. It was supposed to be a nice dinner over some comfort food. And it almost had been – Ochako was as sweet as Himiko claimed the pink in her cheeks was. But of course relationships between heroes and villains were never meant to be easy.

Keigo massaged his forehead. At least, Touya’s status as a full fledged villain wasn’t a deal breaker for Himiko’s girlfriend. Maybe Keigo’s status as a top hero cancelled some of that out. Still, Himiko crawled into bed shaking when Keigo had tucked her in, muttering that it was only a matter of time before Ochako cast her aside due to finding out about the full extent of what she had done.

And well it wasn’t like Keigo was waiting for the house of cards to topple – especially because Himiko’s girlfriend was all too understanding when she discovered Himiko’s box cutter incident in middle school. But there could only be so many secrets between a couple. Glancing toward Touya, Keigo unwove another braid. Part of why he and Touya worked despite being on opposite sides of a conflict is that they knew everything about each other. The good, the bad and the ugly. Everything from plans for patricide to Endeavor plushies.

Still, Ochako hadn’t run for the hills just yet so there was still hope.

The door to the apartment cracked open and a swarm of heavy footsteps stomped in. As Shigaraki, Twice and the rest of the entourage spilled into the overcrowded apartment, Keigo held a finger to his lips and gestured toward Touya’s slumbering form. Still, as the group made a beeline for the kitchen Keigo could hear Twice audibly squeal over the fried chicken that had been left out for everyone. But Keigo could hardly blame Twice for appreciating his dad’s food – nothing could quite beat home cooking anyhow.

Plates in hand, the League made their way onto the balcony. Keigo noted that both Kurogiri and Compress were carrying some of Touya’s nicest silverware out with them and he wasn’t sure how they planned to eat fried chicken with that. But where there was a will there was a way he figured. As Magne filled onto the balcony, Spinner suddenly paused behind her before he and Shigaraki could step outside.

“I thought we were going to play Mario Kart,” Spinner said.

Rolling his eyes, Shigaraki nodded toward the drumstick on the plate he was holding. “Food first.”

“Oh are you too chicken to play right now because you think I’ll beat you?”

Hawks held a thumbs up. “That was a high quality pun.”

“Ew, don’t let his dad jokes rub off on you,” Touya muttered groggily.

Of course it was just like him to solely wake up to call Keigo out on his sense of humor. But Keigo couldn’t help it that the dad jokes just came so naturally to him these days.

Spinner shot Keigo a half smile before looking Shigaraki in the eyes again. They stared at each other for what felt like a couple minutes before coming to some sort of silent understanding and perching themselves on the carpet. As Shigaraki handed Spinner a switch controller he noticed Spinner’s scales on his face go a little pink as their skin touched. A detail Keigo would have likely missed without his Hawk-like vision.

There was definitely something there.

Not quite love, not quite fondness but something that could become that someday.

As Shigaraki and Spinner sat closely together with their eyes fixated on the screen, the whisper insults to each other under the breaths. The kind of insults they could throw at each other without remorse because they knew the other wouldn’t take it to heart. The adrenaline rush of trying to surpass each other in a race. So similar to when Keigo and Touya’s hearts first started racing around each other when they began sparring as kids.

“They remind me of us when we were young,” Keigo whispered to Touya.

“As if. Stop being such a sap.”

But Keigo didn’t miss the split second smile tugging at Touya’s staples.

The kids would be alright. That much was clear. Well, Spinner and Shigaraki were hardly kids and they were practically Keigo’s age – but the point still stood. If Touya and Keigo had managed to find each despite faked deaths and everything, the relationships of everyone else in the apartment were bound to stand a fighting chance too.

Even Himiko and Ochako’s which could use a little more honesty.


 

Logical Ruse Victims

 

gravity of the situation

Okay guys i have an update on the himiko situation

 

FeelTheNoize

Please tell us that you found out that himiko is in fact a twilight vampire so shouto can give that conspiracy theory a rest

 

EndeavorSux

Yes please do

Then i’ll finally be able to devote more time to my theory about midoriya being all might’s secret love child

 

Number1AllMightFan

Shouto all might is not my dad

Why would you think that?

 

EndeavorSux

Similar quirk, you spend a lot of time around each other, need i go on

 

3D_Printer

Perhaps we could discuss such matters another time

What Ochako wants to discuss with us seems more pressing

 

gravity of the situation

Um it is

I’ll just get to the point

One of himiko’s parents is a villain

 

AcidTrip

WHAT?

 

SparkySparkyBoomBoom

Huh?

 

Premium_DuctTape

Dude that’s wild

 

No.1

Those damn villains are fucking everywhere!

 

IidaTenya

If she’s from a villain family odds are she is a villain too

 

manliestman

Idk bro jumping to conclusions like that is kind of unmanly

 

IidaTenya

What makes my theory so unrealistic?

If there are hero families certainly there can be villain families too

 

revelry in the dark

What a dark path of a familial legacy indeed

 

gravity of the situation

If it changes anything with the theory… himiko’s other dad is a pro hero

 

Kero-sene

That’s shocking.

 

IidaTenya

Hmm i suppose that throws a wrench in my plan

But perhaps he was unaware of his significant other’s villain status when they began to date

 

3D_Printer

How did you find out Ochako?

 

gravity of the situation

Over family dinner with himiko’s parents

 

FeelTheNoize

That’s a big step

Took momo and me ages to get to that point

 

EndeavorSux

Ofc you got to family dinner

He always excludes me

 

AcidTrip

What, Shouto?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Shouto sent that to the wrong chat, ha ha

Right? That was meant from the todoroki family group chat

 

EndeavorSux

Yes?

 

Number1AllMightFan

See, everything’s normal

No secret family members here

 

EndeavorSux

Except secret love children

 

gravity of the situation

Sorry, shouto but not now

It’s not that i’m bothered about himiko having a parent as a villain

After all she’s her own person

This is just the second big thing about herself she hid from me and i’m worried abt it becoming a pattern

 

AcidTrip

So you’re saying she’s a liar?

 

gravity of the situation

Well i wouldn’t say it like that

 

IidaTenya

Given what your girlfriend has failed to mention before it is not out of the question

 

Kero-sene

Just to clarify she didn’t tell you her other dad was a hero, right?

 

gravity of the situation

No she didn’t

 

now u see me

Then maybe the omission was more a subconscious thing since she also didn’t mention her other dad being a hero

 

Number1AllMightFan

Maybe she was just hesitant about mentioning who her parents are

I could imagine kids with famous or infamous parents doing that in general

 

EndeavorSux

Are u speaking for yourself midoriya?

 

Number1AllMightFan

Once again all might is not my father

 

EndeavorSux

A likely story

Maybe I can recruit my twilight theory disciples to uncover the truth

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

peut être

I have followed your wisdom once before, i don’t see why I shouldn’t do so again

 

Number1AllMightFan

Anyways todoroki you have multiple siblings

Do any of them not mention your dad being endeavor?

 

EndeavorSux

Yes, my brother natsuo is quite private about our family

Sometimes I wish i had the same luxury

Having ppl not know I’m related to endeavor would be… nice

 

gravity of the situation

I guess I see what you’re trying to get at midoriya

It makes sense. And of course I don’t except himiko to spill everything about herself to me

And i’m not entitled to anything, himiko has a right to privacy

I just can’t help but wonder if she’s already hidden two major things from me what other lies by omission might there be

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

I do not believe she’s telling more mensonges

After all the secrets she has already revealed are bigger than the type secrets most people have

 

now u see me

Yeah like it seems that you too have come a long way in your relationship

There’s probaby not more to hide you know

And i know a thing or two abt hiding

 

gravity of the situation

But what if… idk she was at the usj in disguise?

She can transform with her quirk. The possibilities of what she could be hiding are endless

 

now u see me

Ochako, I think you’re being paranoid? That seems like a bit of a stretch

 

GotAnyGrapes?

Yeah, ha ha

just because she’s a little scary and can transform into a villain at usj doesn’t mean she did

 

Twilight ✨theory✨

Oui! Perhaps it is time for a little trust

After all having a villainous quirk doesn’t make her a villain

So just because she can transform into someone else at the usj doesn’t mean she did

 

gravity of the situation

Yeah. What are the odds of her hiding something crazy like being a villain?


Twilight ✨sparkle✨

 

now u see me

Do you think it was wrong of us to tell ochako to not have as many suspicions about himiko?

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

je ne sais pas

but she was certainly right about himiko hiding something big

 

now u see me

Yeah i feel like being a villain could be a total relationship deal breaker

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Oui, but i do not want to put himiko into a predicament with all for one by revealing her connection to the league

 

now u see me

Right we really shouldn’t put her jeopardy in safety

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

?????

 

now u see me

Shit, i meant safety in jeopardy

U know what i meant

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

bien sûr

And all signs do point toward her being forced to work for all for one

 

now u see me

Yeah after all. She’s just a kid

Odds are that all for one has found sth to hold over her head and make her be a villain

I do still hate lying to ochako

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Perhaps we can consider it practice for attempting to outsmart mon patron all for one?

 

now u see me

I suppose that’s one way to think about it

But i still feel dirty for manipulating ochako

 

Twilight ✨sparkle✨

Maybe this is one of those situations where we’ll need to ask for forgiveness later

 

now u see me

Yeah. after all lives are on the line


 

HPSC President

 

HPSC President

Pro hero endeavor

 

Todoroki Enji

Yes. Are you contacting my personal number because of an emergency?

 

HPSC President

One could call it that

 

Todoroki Enji

Please send me the coordinates of whichever villain attack is occurring so I can address it as quickly and efficiently as possible.

 

HPSC President

It’s not a villain attack, Todoroki

It’s about your son

 

Todoroki Enji

What did Shouto do? Whatever he did he should know better; he is not a failure.

 

HPSC President

I’m not referring to Shouto 

I am talking about Touya

 

Todoroki Enji

What about him is there to talk about? He’s dead.

 

HPSC President

Exactly the question I was asking myself

Especially since we made a contract not discuss the trainee program’s… little mishap

We wouldn’t want to create unrest about the HPSC among the public now would we?

 

Todoroki Enji
No, we cannot afford to have such pillars crumble. Now more than ever after the attack on UA

 

HPSC President

Glad to hear that we are on the same page

Though that does lead me to wonder why someone has been digging up information on Touya Todoroki in servers as of late

Which should not be the case

I thought you guaranteed that not even your own family would speak of him? 

 

Todoroki Enji

I do not know

Fuyumi and Natsuo hardly speak a word of him

And Shouto doesn’t even remember Touya

 

HPSC President

We went to great lengths to erase your son from the web. Which was no easy feat given how many hero galas you took him to in his youth

 

Todoroki Enji

Yes, I understand

I know when to let sleeping dogs lie

 

HPSC President

Are you certain?

Why would some hacker decide to suddenly dig up information on a teenager who died a decade ago?

Did you really leave no trace of him?

 

Todoroki Enji

Well, there is a shrine for Touya at the house…

And perhaps visitors to the house have seen it.

 

HPSC President

Then you need to get rid of it

There’s supposed to be no trace left of Touya Todoroki

 

Todoroki Enji

But it is all I have left of him.

There’s not even a grave because there was no body to bury

 

HPSC President

Good, it’ll make it even easier to act like he never even existed.

 

Todoroki Enji

But he did exist, he did matter… I was just too late to realize it

 

HPSC President

I understand that you are hurt by your loss. But it has been ten years, Todoroki. It is time to move on. The shrine won’t bring Touya back. However, getting rid of it could help uphold the hero society he would’ve been a part of if not for his deficiencies

 

Todoroki Enji

Yes, I see. I will get rid of the shrine

 

HPSC President

Excellent! This sort of work ethic is exactly why you are a top ten hero

Notes:

To clarify, endeavor did not know about the HPSC being behind Touya's "death" and he genuinely believes Touya to be dead. Mostly, he agreed to erase everything about Touya as a mean to bury his grief and because he feels it's his duty to not leave a bad mark on the HPSC through one of their former students who "died".

And also I think the sports festival might be soon, could even be next chapter depending on what scenes i feel compelled to write next :D

Chapter 31: Do I stalk a serial killer or support my girlfriend?

Summary:

The Todosibs talk about Endeavor destroying Touya's shrine. Himiko has to decide between tracking down Stain and supporting her girlfriend. Dabi figures out that Kurogiri is a nomu.

Notes:

New chappy yay!! Thanks for all the sweet comments on the recent chapters y'all! sorry about being slow on responding (in my social anxiety era atm) but i'll try to reply soon. Just know that I treasure every single bookmark/comment/kudos

Starting my spring semester soon so expect updates in the upcoming months to be sporadic/slow
Wish me luck! :D

Chapter Text

broken home → broken chat

 

forgotten middle child

I’m not coming for the holidays, fuyumi

Not even if it killed me

 

Elsa❄️ 

Why? Natsuo, please it’s just for one week

I promise I’ll try to get dad to keep his cool

 

forgotten middle child

No it’s not going to happen

Not after what he did today

 

Soba4L1F3

What did Dad do?

 

forgotten middle child

I was stopping by the house because I needed to pick up my vaccine documentation for the uni health clinic

When i saw him

 

Elsa❄️ 

Saw him doing what?

 

forgotten middle child

Maybe it’s better if you don’t know

 

Soba4L1F3

I have been told ignorance is bliss – whatever that means. Those words aren’t actually synonyms as far as I know

 

Elsa❄️ 

I’m sure we’ll find out what happened sooner or later so just tell us

Whatever it is i’m sure I can fix it

 

forgotten middle child

He destroyed Touya’s shrine

 

Elsa❄️ 

Come again?

 

forgotten middle child

HE DESTROYED OUR DEAD BROTHER’S SHRINE

I’m good to kill that bastard

 

Elsa❄️ 

Natsuo!

 

forgotten middle child

Don’t yell at me

Yell at him for getting rid of the ONLY thing we had left of our brother

 

Elsa❄️ 

Maybe it’s his way of coping

Everyone grieves differently, we just need to accept that

 

forgotten middle child

Like hell i would

There’s no way

How can you pretend to be okay about it?

 

Elsa❄️ 

We could ask him why maybe then it’ll make sense

Maybe he’s finally ready to talk about what happened

 

forgotten middle child

I doubt it

It’s been ten years fuyumi and he’s still trying to pretend like touya never even existed

As if ignoring touya while he was alive wasn’t bad enough

 

Elsa❄️ 

I just… want us to be a family again

Is that so wrong?

 

forgotten middle child

No it isn’t

I just think it’s impossible

 

Soba4L1F3

It doesn’t have to be

 

Elsa❄️ 

What do you mean Shouto?

 

Soba4L1F3

I can explain later

I might be able to help make things the way things were before sekoto peak

 

forgotten middle child

Why are you being so cryptic?

 

Soba4L1F3

Hmm, I don’t actually know why

Then I’ll just get to the point

Touya is alive

 

Elsa❄️ 

Shouto, if this is some sort of practical joke it’s not funny

 

Soba4L1F3

I don’t make jokes

 

forgotten middle child

Then is this some conspiracy theory that got out of hand?

Please not right now, Shouto

We love your theories but after what happened today we don’t need this one

 

Soba4L1F3

It’s not a conspiracy. Touya really is alive

I saw him myself

 

Elsa❄️ 

Maybe it was just a hallucination bc you still wanted him to be alive

 

Soba4L1F3

I don’t think it’s likely I hallucinated someone I hardly remember

Besides, how many people aside from people have blue fire?

 

Elsa❄️ 

Fire quirks aren’t exactly uncommon

And even if it was touya why would he have not let us know he was alive all these years?

Why did he make us think he was DEAD?

 

Soba4L1F3

Because his “death” wasn’t an accident

 

forgotten middle child

Another conspiracy shouto?

 

Soba4L1F3

No. I’ve found records proving otherwise

But I probably shouldn’t tell you more

Midoriya says that anyone else who knows too much might be at risk

 

forgotten middle child

We’re his family though, Shouto

Don’t we deserve to know?

 

Soba4L1F3

You can ask him about the details yourself when i bring him back

 

Elsa❄️ 

That’s a nice sentiment, shouto

But even if you try your hardest you can’t bring back the dead

He’s gone

 

forgotten middle child

But what if he isn’t?

 

Elsa❄️ 

Then I’m the worst sister there is

For trying to move on. For trying to pretend I don’t miss him

 

Soba4L1F3

No, you aren’t

You are a great sister. And I’m sure Touya will agree once I bring him back

 

Elsa❄️ 

Shouto, I know you’re an honest kid but there are some promises even you can’t keep

How about you focus on the sports festival tomorrow instead bringing back the dead?

 

forgotten middle child

Not sure if I agree with yumi

But good luck on the sports festival, little buddy!

 

Soba4L1F3

I’m not little

 

forgotten middle child

You are compared to me

 

Soba4L1F3

It’s not my fault you’re an ox

 

forgotten middle child

*gasp* yumi he called me an ox!!!

Where did he get that sass from

 

Elsa❄️ 

From you probably

 


 

Ochie

 

Ochie

Hey himi

I’m a little nervous about sth

 

Himi <3

About what, cutie?

 

Ochie

Well the sports festival is tomorrow and I’m worried i’ll bomb it

 

Himi <3

You’re not going to bomb it

You made it through the UA entrance exam, the quirk apprehension test, etc with flying colors

 

Ochie

Yeah, i fought those crazy villains at the usj too

 

Himi <3

Yep those crazy villains hahaha

 

Ochie

Oh sorry

I shouldn’t have called them crazy

Especially with your dad being there and all

I’m sure that deep down he had perfectly reasonable reasons for villainy and being at the usj

 

Himi <3

Yeah that was totally the reason for my nervous laughter. Not because I was involved with the usj attack directly in any way whatsoever

And actually dad is pretty crazy

If psychologists ever got their hands on him they’d probably call him a fascinating case study

 

Ochie

My dad would be pissed if I said sth that sassy XD

 

Himi <3

I can’t help it that my dads set a precedent for sass LMAO

Anyways back on topic

If history is anything to go by you’ve managed to get over past obstacles

So odds are that the sports festival will go well too

 

Ochie

Thanks Himiko

I hope you’re right

The other UA students are just so talented – so I don’t know if i can hold a candle to their flame

 

Himi <3

Would it help if a certain someone were in the audience to cheer you own?

 

Ochie

It would 

but you don’t have to

 

Himi <3

But i want to

I’ll be your number one cheerleader always

 

Ochie

Even if i don’t become a top ten hero

 

Himi <3

Yeah

Bc you’ll always be number one in my heart

 

Ochie

I love you too himiko

No matter what

You know that, right?

So if there’s anything you’ve done you can tell me

 

Himi <3

Gotcha ha ha

Anyways see u tmr ochie




 

my extended familyyy 🔪❤️🔪

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

So any progress of tracking down mr. stainy?

 

GEICO

Yes actually! He’s in hosu! Or at least so we think

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

OMG YAY! I can finally see him spill blood for myself

 

GEICO

And i’ll get to see his swords up close and personal

 

make it double

And I can ask him what his shoe size is!

Like i’d want to meet stain

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

OMG AND U COULD MAKE COPIES OF STAIN

This is why you are the best brother!

 

GEICO

Are you sure he’s the best brother?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Why are you asking? Are you trying to compete?

 

GEICO

I’m just saying that the fact i’m also a stain fan makes me better brother material

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Tough luck

Jin has a solid hold on the fav brother spot

Maybe you could be my second favorite brother though

 

GEICO

I’ll take what i can get

Plus stain clones are pretty hard to top

What else do you want to ask stain?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

So many things!!!

Maybe we’ll also be able to figure out what his quirk is

 

Magnetic_Personality

I think it’s probably knife related. Like maybe he can throw a blade and make sure it always hits its target

 

GEICO

Lame

Stain’s quirk has to be much cooler than that

 

DustToDust

Like you’re one to talk

Isn’t your quirk just sticking to walls?

 

GEICO

Isn’t yours just making dust?

I can do the same thing with a lit cigarettes and I don’t even need all five fingers to do it

 

DustToDust

Oh I’ll show you what I can do with all five fingers

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Was that innuendo?

 

Dad-bi

Fuck no, brat

You’ve been spending too much time around, birdbrain

His mind might not be big but it sure is dirty

 

Pop-eyes

Excuse me, my mind is not dirty

 

Dad-bi

That’s a lie if I’ve ever heard one

Not surprised you’re a bad liar though since your brain is the size of a small grape

 

Pop-eyes

Just because i’m a bird heteromorph does NOT mean that my brain is the size of a bird’s

Let alone the size of a small grape

 

Dad-bi

Fine, a big raisin then

 

Pop-eyes

I guess that’s better??

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Aren’t a small grape and a big raisin basically the same size?

 

Dad-bi

Yep

See birdbrain the brat got it

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Enough of your flirting! We need to get back to priorities

Like paying mr. stainy a visit

Maybe i can ask him what his fav blood type is

Mine is B!!

 

marble-ous

I will assume because that is the blood type of your significant other

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

It was always my fav

So let’s just take it as a sign that Ochako and I were always meant to be

 

make it double

Himiko and Ochako sitting on a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G

I can’t see this working out

 

DustToDust

The fact that you are constantly lying to her says otherwise abt that you were meant to be

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Well i’m not usually lying exactly

I’m just omitting a few small details

 

Magnetic_Personality

Like being a serial killer?

 

DustToDust

And being at the USJ?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Exactly

Just a few things

I bet I could even count them on one hand

 

make it double

That’s not lying. Ochako doesn’t need to know everything

Liar liar pants on fire

 

GEICO

They are pretty big things tho

Bc of the you know… murder

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

If I may give my two cents

We have no room to judge given our own status as villains

 

Pop-eyes

Well, I’m not a villain

Fletchling, have you considered telling ochako the truth?

Don’t you think she’ll be hurt if she finds out what you’ve been hiding from her?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

She won’t find out

And i can’t lose her. She was the first person to accept me even with my weird blood quirk

Also i know i’m a hard person to love. I won’t be able to find someone else

 

Pop-eyes

You’re not hard to love, fletchling

We love you

 

make it double

Yeah, i’m glad to have you as a sister!

Siblings are the worst

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

You’re my family tho so you kind of had to, papa

 

Dad-bi

But we chose to be your family

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Aw are u saying to you love me in some roundabout way, dad?

 

Dad-bi

Don’t make a big deal about it

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

I love you too!

 

DustToDust

Bla bla bla

Enough of this mushy gushy shit

Let’s get back on topic

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

Tomura, it is rude to interrupt such moments

 

DustToDust

Like family means anything

They all betray you in the end anyways

Just like… I don’t remember but the point is so-called family is not to be trusted

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Okay… we’ll unpack shiggy’s trauma for later

But for now when are we paying stain a visit?

 

GEICO

Tomorrow morning is probably the best idea since it’s too late tonight

We should try to catch him in time before he leaves

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Shit, the UA sports festival is tomorrow

I want to be there for ochako since she’s feeling nervous

 

Magnetic_Personality

Can’t kurogiri just teleport you between the sports festival and hosu so you don’t need to worry about the commute and go to both?

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

Ordinarily I would be able to

Unfortunately I have a doctor’s appointment tommorrow

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Darn i guess I have to decide between supporting my gf or meeting my idol then

 

Pop-eyes

Kurogiri, I want to believe you, buddy

Really I do

But the doctor’s appointment sounds like a made-up excuse

 

DustToDust

It’s not made up

Why the hell would you think Kurogiri is lying?

 

GEICO

Well the timing was awfully suspicious

 

DustToDust

You’re awfully suspicious

 

GEICO
Wow comeback of the century

 

make it double

Sick burn spinner!

Sarcasm is so unfunny

 

DustToDust

All of you shut the hell up

 

Dad-bi

You can’t tell us what to do

You’re not our boss

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Wasn’t he our boss at the usj though

 

Dad-bi

Whatever

Just a technicality

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Wait! I got a better idea

You’re not our dad, shiggy

 

make it double

Yeah, Dabi and Hawks are!

Will you adopt me as your son, shiggy?

 

DustToDust

All of you are the fucking worst

Kurogiri just needs to have his head rewired again

 

marble-ous

Excuse me, could you repeat that?

 

Dad-bi

No need it’s exactly what it sounds like

The only way anyone would listen to Handjob would be if they were fucked up in the head

 

DustToDust

Kurogiri is NOT fucked up in the head

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

No, I am

Although I would phrase it in a more eloquent way

I have no memory of my time before tomura 

And when the memories come flooding back it’s painful and distracts from serving Tomura

 

Dad-bi

Great

Of course you're brainwashed

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

No, I serve Master Tomura from my own free will

It brings me great joy

 

Dad-bi

Oh really

Are you so sure about that?

Or is it just whatever who fucked your head made you think you wanted?

 

Pop-eyes

This is really about you and Endeavor, isn’t it?

 

Dad-bi

Fuck off, birdbrain

Not everything is about me and my dumbass old man

If i weren’t able to see the signs of someone getting played i’d be an idiot

And honestly you’d be one too after what the commission did to you

 

Pop-eyes

Ofc I see the signs

I’m not as much of an idiot as you think i am

But kurogiri is his own person. It’s his decision to make

 

DustToDust

Screw you

Is it so crazy to believe that kurogiri cares about me and tearing this bullshit hero society down?

 

Magnetic_Personality

It’s crazy that it’s the only thing he seems to care about

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

Enough bickering. I am going to Garaki for my annual check up and that is final

 

Dad-bi

Wait, Doctor Garaki?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Duh he said he was going to the doctor after all

 

Dad-bi

Is he bald? With these stupid oversized glasses and teeth as bulky as a cow’s?

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

Yes, I suppose that description does fit him

 

Dad-bi

FUCK fuck shit fuckkkkkkk

 

Pop-eyes

What’s wrong, hot stuff?

 

Dad-bi

I burned down that shitshow of a lab

That doctor should be gone

I shouldn’t be so surprised though

That nomu from the usj had to come from somewhere

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

How do you know a weird nomu doctor, dad?

 

Dad-bi

He tried to make me his science project back when i was a dumb teenager

 

Pop-eyes

After sekoto?

 

Dad-bi

Yeah, got sent to that same nomu factor every failed hpsc trainee got sent to after I “died”

 

Pop-eyes

You almost became a nomu? Why didn’t you tell me?

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Yeah, i thought you two knew everything about each other’s past

 

Pop-eyes

Apparently everything except his almost nomufication

 

Dad-bi

Because i didn’t become a nomu that information was irrelevant

Knowing that information would only stress you out

 

Pop-eyes

I’m supposed to be stressed out abt you – bc I love you

We’re married touya so shouldn’t you be able to tell me these things?

 

Dad-bi

Well it’s not like we’re legally married

 

Pop-eyes

That distinction hasn’t mattered to you before

 

Dad-bi

It does now if it means I don’t need to be stuck with you for life

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Dad and Papa stop fighting!

It’s not going to get us anywhere

 

Pop-eyes

Yeah alright

Sorry, hot stuff

I shouldn’t have pushed since i know that was a dark time for you

 

Dad-bi

You shouldn’t have, birdbrain

But maybe i should set a better example for the brat abt honesty in relationships or whatever

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Speaking about honesty in relationships

Or well maybe not honesty per say but making more of an effort…

I can’t exactly tell Ochako that I’m a serial killer

But I think I should put her first and go to the sports festival instead of chasing after stain

 

Pop-eyes

I think that’s a good call fletchling

 

GEICO

Yeah besides we can always track down stain again at some point and try to track him down

And if we’re lucky he might not leave hosu soon

 

Dad-bi

I’m coming with you to the sports festival

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

But don’t you think that kind of thing is stupid?

 

Dad-bi

It is. I just make sure that you don’t do anything idiotic while we’re there

 

TheCrayonSong🖍️

Tehe, you just don’t want to admit that you care

I bet you also want to go to watch my dear dear uncle shouto compete

 

Dad-bi

Go burn in hell brat

As if i want to watch a bunch of idiot kids fight each other

 

DustToDust

Yeah it’s just one big boost for hero society’s ego

Yet another reason why we need to it all down

 

GEICO

Is that the only topic you talk about?

 

DustToDust

Is stain the only thing you talk about?

 

GEICO

Point taken

Although you’ve got to admit that stain is pretty awesome

 

DustToDust

I’ll see about that once i meet him  

 


 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

 

EndeavorSux

Kurogiri

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

I take it that you know what I am

 

EndeavorSux

it wouldn't take a genius to figure out what you are

if the others bothered to rub their two braincells together odds are they know too

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

What are you going to do about it?

I'd prefer if you didn't try to ash my doctor again

 

EndeavorSux

no promises

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

why are you reaching out to me?

 

EndeavorSux

I just wanted to let you know that i'm here 

if you want to ever talk about shitty doctors and the crappy nomu process

or whoever you used to be

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

no need for that

but i appreciate the sentiment

 

EndeavorSux

there's no damn sentiment there

just need to support morale for this dumbass team or league or whatever

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

If that is what you need to believe.

Also, the person I used to be... is gone.

 

EndeavorSux

fair enough

even without getting turned into a nomu i think the kid i used to be is gone

 

taxi/butler/nanny/bartender

you're a good man, dabi

 

EndeavorSux

I'm not

but maybe in another life i could have been

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