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The battle was over and heroes laid hurt and wounded with their interns and sidekicks tending to them. Children littered the battle field looking helpless as they saw their own classmates get shattered and broken. Hawks stood up slowly, blood dripping from his head. To his right laid his intern, Tokoyami. He rushed towards him and made sure he was breathing.
"H-Hawks?" His intern choked out as he opened his eyes.
The raven head teen sat up slowly, his breaths shallow and strained.
"Hey, hey, kid lie down. It's okay, we're okay." Hawks said with a soft but wary smile.
His intern's eyes grew wide and started to water, "Y-Your back!"
Hawks frowned and shook his head, "Listen kid, that doesn't matter as long as you're safe...okay?"
Tokoyami hesitated and sighed, "Yes, ofcourse..."
The hero smiled before a gust of wind blew furiously then a sudden flash of blew. Hawks' eyes widened and his mouth hung open as he turned around, somewhere in the distance was a ring of blue fire.
"Dabi."
Hawks pulled Tokoyami up throwing an arm over his shoulder to support him.
"Here, we're gonna get you somewhere safe." They limped over to a safe distance of structure where other members of his class were stationed at.
"TOKOYAMI," a girl with pink hair and skin cried out.
Girls around her all turned and ran towards him.
"I was so worried," a girl who resembled a frog hiccuped.
Other girls all choired in as other students hugged him and made sure he was okay. A red haired boy with sharp teeth smiled and helped him sit down. Hawks smiled awkwardly before slowly backing up.
"Hawks-Sensei? Where are you going?" Tokoyami said with a worried expression.
"I'll be right back, I promise," He paused and looked at the rest of the students. "Keep him here and safe. Understand?"
The group of teens all nodded. Tokoyami stared wide eyed as Hawks ran off back into the battlefield.
"HAWKS?!"
...
Hawks ran, running faster than he should be with his condition right now. He stumbled over rocks and rumble, running past heroes who yelled at him to turn around. He ran and ran until he reached the fire. A half-red half -white haired boy stood wavering from side to side as a scarred man stood in front of him. The both shot flames at one another making the air burn around them, the air boiling.
"D-Dabi!" Hawks yelled shielding himself from the hot breeze.
He continued to stagger forward, closer and closer, "Dabi! Shoto!"
The two charged at one another again, their bodies consumed in flames but no one breaking down. Hawks eyes watered, as he got even closer. Their fire powered increased, then, someone's flames died down. Their body dropping from overheating. Shoto stood frozen his eyes red rimmed.
"DABI!" Hawks yelled running towards the fallen man.
He slid and grabbed onto the scarred man who laid on the floor, his scars connecting from under his eyes to his jaw. His ocean blues closed and his white hair messy and smoking. Hawks tugged on the man's shoulder shaking him.
"H-Hey, fuck, Dabi wake up." Hawks voice wavered.
He blinked and his head snapped towards the teen in the back. "Where the hell's Endeavor?!"
The boy blinked and opened his mouth, "I- I don't know..."
"Get Endeavor. Now!"
Shoto lingered longer before running off to find the hero.
Hawks looked back towards Dabi, "Hey, hotstuff."
The man eyes slowly opened, then closed again.
"Dabi? open your eyes, you're okay."
Hawks shook the man with more force, his eyes clouding over with worry. The snowy-haired mans eyes fluttered open slowly, his pupil tiny black dots before they exploded and got larger when they saw Hawks.
"B-Birdie...?"
"Ha...yah. Its me, hotstuff." The heroes face was glistened as tears started to fall.
"Shoto...Endeavor-"
"Don't...just please. Focus on me."
Dabi took a deep breath before wincing. Hawks gasped, his eyes wide.
"You...you still think you can fix this, hero?" Dabi sneered, his breathing patterns jagged.
Hawks mouth turned into a sad smile, "I- I can...please Dabi. Touya. I can help you please let me."
Hawks ran a hand over Dabi's face pushing back the white hair from his forehead. The scarred man was overheating causing him to sweat.
The villian scoffed, his smile violent, "Like, how you helped Twice?"
The blonde shook his head and frowned.
"No. Touya, hotstuff, no...."
He leaned down impossibly closer to the man and placed a kiss to his forehead. Dabi smirked, then, slowly it fell. His eyes drooped as they scanned over the hero.
"I'm...I feel...tired." He managed to whisper.
Hawks face turned into sheer panic. "Honey. Touya, look at me love. Touya. Touya!"
Dabi, or Touya, shook his head slowly.
"Things don't....go well for- for people like me,"he took a breath."For people like us."
Hawks laughed, a sad and bitter laugh that caused tears to fall off his chin. He watched as Dabi's eyes fluttered, as his hand slightly uncurled, as his smile softened eventually smoothing out. He closed his eyes and sobbed, his arms wrapped around the mans neck propping him up.
"T-Touya, I love you....I'm s-sorry." He cried even harder. "Tell Twice I'm sorry."
The sound of footsteps sounded from beside Hawks along with voices calling his name. They were all muffled as if he were under water, he felt hands pull on his to stand up. He felt someone hold him as he cried, he watched as the two Todoroki heroes stood by one another, heartbroken. Hawks cried untik he couldn't no more, he cried until nothing came out, until he felt empty.
"Keigo, honey, lets get you looked at," somone whispered to him, their voice sweet and sympathetic.
He shook his head but followed anyways, his eyes still focused on the lifeless body of the man he loves. Once loved.
...
Without his wings, Hawks, now know as Keigo Takami, was no longer a hero. He was just a man, a shell of a man. He felt empty, he felt stripped of everything he loved.
Keigo sighed, he stared at his reflection, he could never truly forget Dabi. He could never truly forget the gentleness he recieved on rare accasions, the sweet talk he'd get, the soft kisses that trailed down his body. He couldn't forget the burning feeling in his body as his wings got burned to a crips, he couldn't forget the dissapointment that filled the man's face. He raised his hand to the scar on his cheek and traced the patteren if he imagined hard enough maybe, just maybe he'd have Dabi back. Maybe he'd have the villian back in his bed with his head inbetween his thighs as they slept. Maybe...maybe in another life, but, for now, he has to finish this one. He stepped out of the bathroom with a sigh.
"Keigo! I swear to GOD, if you don't come and eat with us I'll eat all the yakitori," a loud voice rang through the house.
Keigo chuckled and made his way to a room that held a table and people all smiling and laughing. He took a seat and looked around.
Endeavor
Rei
Fuyumi
Natsuo
Shoto
Rumi
He smiled to himself before feeling someone looking at him. He looked up and saw Fuyumi smiling softly.
"He'd like this huh..."
The room went silent, no one talked about Dabi since the incident around Keigo. Some unspoken rule or some shit he didn't understand. They looked at him nervously including Fuyumi.
He smiled before shaking his head, "Nah...too sappy for him."
The table laughed softly.
"Can't believe my brother was such a prude." Natsuo giggled.
Shoto smiled softly along with his mother. Keigo couldn't help but smile either, but he still felt...weird. He just wished maybe him and Dabi could've had this.
"Why don't we eat?" Endeavor smiled, and everyone cheered in agreement.
They all started to eat before Keigo's phone started to ring. Rumi's eyebro raised, her ears twitching. Keigo pulled his phone out slowly and stared at the number. Unknown. He looked back up at Rumi then the rest of the table.
"Uh, excuse me."
He got out of his seat and walked outside and answered his phone.
"...."
"...."
Keigo frowned as he heard nothing on the other line, "Hello? Who is this?"
"...."
He waited then, he finally heard it.
"Hawksie...."
Keigo tensed up, his posture instantly straighting as he looked around.
"Who...who is this?"
"You know exactly who."
The blonde shook his head before turning back around to head inside.
"Don't think of going inside yet, our chat isnt done."
He froze.
"Who the fuck is this?!"
"...."
"Hawksie., Hawksie, Hawksie. I thought you were different, none of you guys are different."
He checked his surronding and saw anything or anyone suspicious.
"Now, I have some bad news."
"Which is?"
"Im gonna have to kill you ofcourse, just like you killed Twice."
Himiko Toga-League of Villian member-Has not been found-Thought to be dead
"Toga."
"Dabi should've been killed you but, he had a soft spot for you."
Hawks pinched teh bridge of his nose, "Look, Toga. Don't do anything stupid. Leave the fucking country becuase if they find-"
"NO! No, Im going to slice your throat and feed them to you. Im going to tear you limb for limb, hero, just wait. Thats a promise!"
Click
Hawks stood before placing the phone back into his pocket as he made his way back inside. As he sat down Rumi stared at him.
'You okay? Who?,' She mouthed.
He nodded, 'Wrong number.'
She frowned but didn't pry but instead start a conversation with Fuyumi who was now red. Hawks took a sip of his drink as Fuyumi did.
"Damn, all the heroes falling for my siblings," Natsuo laughed.
Both Hawks and Fuyumi spit out what they were drinking, water, as it streamed out their mouths and nose.
"Natsuo!" His mother warned with a smile.
Keigo grabbed a napkin, if he got killed now he wouldn't mind. Maybe he'd get his second chance, his next life with Dabi, the beautiful pyromaniac.