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"Mom, Yumi, what're you guys doing?" Little eight-year-old Touya asked as he walked into the noise-filled kitchen. His father, Endeavor, was working so that meant that Touya got to hang out with his family. Said family was currently dancing to a lady who was singing about being a dancing queen.
"We're dancing, Tou!" His mother smiled as she twirled Yumi.
"Why?" He asked with a frown.
"Cuz it's fun!" Yumi answered through laughter, "dance with us!" She giggled. Touya sighed with a smile before picking up a small Natsuo from where he sat. He stood his younger brother on his feet before dancing around the room with him. Shoto wiggled in his seat to the music as they all danced in the kitchen.
It was then that Touya decided that Dancing Queen by ABBA was his favorite song. It was then that he first wished his father would disappear.
Dabi isn't one to listen to music often, and when he does, he does it alone. Not because he cares about people's opinions on his music taste, but because he can't help but dance or hum when he listens to music. And having people see him move his hips to Madonna's Material Girl wouldn't exactly do his reputation any good.
So, Dabi takes advantage of the fact that Hawks isn't home to listen to some music. With his phone connected to the speaker that Hawks never uses, he puts his playlist on shuffle. Dabi will, relatively, listen to anything so long as he liked the way it sounds. And as a result, his playlist consisted of a wide variety.
The villain decided that now was as good a time as any to pull out the sketchbook he kept hidden under the couch. And when he sat down to draw, he realized how domestic it was. The way he had secret places to hide stuff, the way his boots stood by the balcony door as if it was the main entrance. It was the way he thought, 'Hawks wasn't home.'
Dabi didn't really know what to do with that so he ignored it. And yeah, he knows he shouldn't ignore it, cuz it wasn't healthy to ignore your emotions, Dabi. God, he could practically hear Toga and Hawks yammering in his ear. But, he was a villain, for Christ's sake, he could do whatever he damn well pleased.
So, if he decided to make dinner and dance in the kitchen an hour later, then he was going to make dinner and dance in the kitchen.
Hawks... doesn't know what's happening.
He landed on his balcony, just like he always does. Took his shoes off and placed them next to Dabi's like he always does. He placed his coat on the chair and everything was as it should be.
Except for Dabi.
Who was dancing in the kitchen as he made dinner. Dancing. To ABBA. To ABBA's Dancing Queen. Dabi shimmed over to the fridge to take something out, then twirled. Fucking, twirled over to the stove.
Fucking... what?
Once he got over his initial shock, Hawks found it kind of funny. It was like some shitty sitcom, with shitty jokes and an even shittier laugh track. It was kind of cute, how Dabi danced all over the kitchen as he worked on the food.
The hero put his phone on the table as he quietly walked over to the kitchen with a wide grin on his face. Dabi spun once more, this time he almost bumped into Hawks, who was already moving to the music.
"What are you doing?" Hawks asked with a smile. Dabi stilled slightly when he and Hawks made eye contact, but then continued to dance with a grin.
"I'm dancing," He replied as his smile grew larger.
"We're dancing, Tou!"
"You gonna join me, pretty bird?" Dabi asked as he held his hand out.
"dance with us!"
Hawks laughed as he took Dabi's hand. They both laughed as the villain twirled the hero. After a minute, the song faded out and the next song that played, Hawks didn't recognize. The only instrument was the piano and the only singer was a lady. The song was slower-paced so they danced slower.
It felt more intimate and serious than Dancing Queen. Dabi's smile was soft and caring and maybe Hawks fell a little bit more in love. This song was longer but it was beautiful, Hawks made a mental note to add it to his playlist, (that he never listened to.)
When the song faded out, the next song to play was Tiffany's I Think We're Alone Now. And of course, they danced to that as well. This was only ironic because they were not, in fact, alone.
They jumped at the sound of the heavy apartment door slamming shut. The two men stopped dancing to see Tokoyami Fumikage standing, keys in hand, shocked. It was clear he had accidentally let the door close based on the fact that he was still frozen in shock.
"...Um," Dabi opened and closed his mouth.
"Tsukuyomi! Wha- Uh- What're you doing here?" Hawks asked before, "not that you're not welcome but-" Dabi cut the hero off.
"Shut it, Birdie," He sighed as he rubbed his face. Tiffany was still singing in the background before Dabi grabbed his phone to pause it. Tokoyami opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by the sound of Dabi's phone alarm going off, causing all three of them to jump. Dabi quickly moved to the stove to take whatever was in it out. Hawks didn't seem to bat an eye at the fact that said man didn't use oven mitts. (Which, to Tokoyami, was concerning for a multitude of reasons.)
"So uh... How much do I have to pay you to pretend you never saw this?" Hawks blurted out, causing Dabi to sputter in disbelief.
"Hawks, are you seriously trying to bribe your intern?" The villain scowled.
"Don't talk to me about morality Mr. A-list villain," Hawks joked with a roll of his eyes.
"Oh? That's how it is?" Dabi smirked with a raised eyebrow.
"Thats how it is," The hero smiled.
"What the hell is going on?!" Dark Shadow squawked from next to Tokoyami.
"What a mad banquet of darkness," Tokoyami mumbled.
"What?" Dabi asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Nothing," Tokoyami sighed as he sat at one of the seats on the island.
"You- Uh..." Dabi had no idea what to do or say. What do you do in this situation? Hawks and Dabi looked at each other then at the boy and then back at each other. They looked at Tokoyami expectingly.
"Are you going to explain or am I supposed to draw my own conclusions?" Tokoyami asked with a... raised... eyebrow?
"Why are you hanging out with Dabi?" Dark Shadow asked, turning her head sideways towards Hawks, "why are you hanging out with Hawks?" She asked as her head turned towards Dabi. Hawks copied the shadow with a smile as Dabi snuffled a laugh.
"Uh... I-" Hawks barely got out before Dabi interrupted him.
"Just tell 'em the truth, Birdie," Dabi sighed as he sat at one of the seats across from Tokoyami.
"Okay...Dabi and I are..." the hero's eyes flicked over to the villains, "we're dating" he confessed quickly as his face scrunched as if he were a kid who got caught doing something they knew was wrong.
"You...'re dating... the man who... attacked my class?" Tokoyami more said than asked in disbelief.
"Ye.. Okay- Well, when you put it like that it sounds bad..." Haws frowned, causing Dabi to snicker.
"It sounds bad regardless, pretty bird," he said with a smile.
"That's so..." Tokoyami frowned.
"Okay but seriously," Hawks started, "we're not like helping each other win the upper hand in this villain versus hero thing," he huffed.
"Basically, we keep our work lives separate from our personal lives," Dabi added.
"Yea except your occupation is kidnapping children and setting fires," Tokoyami deadpanned.
"Nuance," Dabi shrugged like that explained anything.
"So, you wanna stay for dinner?" Hawks asked as Dabi put the food on three separate plates.
"Also, for the record, I was against kidnapping the explosives kid and I didn't actually hurt any of you cuz it was unnecessary to do so," Dabi frowned as he placed the plates of food on the table.
Tokoyami was going to question whether he could trust eating the food, but seeing how Hawks started eating almost immediately made him realize that it was probably fine. Probably.