Chapter 28: Burnt
Ochako got home from Izuku's apartment. The rest of the villains had filled out their paper work leaving Mr. Compress to be the last if they could find him. She tried prying information from other people but not that many people knew about him even though at one point he was part of the League of Villains. Jin was pretty adamant about getting him to come along too.
She didn't want to give up without trying.
She placed everything back in the binder and started stripping off her hero costume before heading back to her room. So much had happened in a short amount of time on top of her very private break up with Iida. He still waved to her and greeted her but he was married to his job first. She understood that even if it hurt her more than anything else that ever happened to her.
We are heroes after all.
Ochako slipped on a long t shirt that had hippos with party hats and sat on her bed. She just wanted nothing more than to sleep for a month straight. She wouldn't miss on the pay or anything since she was already loaded and bought her parents everything they needed. She couldn't even tell her mom about the break up.
Suffering in silence sucks.
She started to doze off when she heard a creak. Ochako shot straight up in bed and reached between her nightstand and bed. She pulled out a rather large shot gun that was already fully loaded. Her quirk wasn't offensive in some ways and burglars used guns. She wasn't stupid. She was taught shot first, ask questions later.
Ochako floated herself up off the ground some and floated out of the hallway to avoid making a sound. She heard another creak of the floor boards making her poor heart pound erratically. Just as she whipped herself out the hallway into the living room she cocked her shotgun in time to see Dabi standing there.
"What the hell man?!" she yelled.
"I was just getting a water and to wait on you. I thought you were out!" he said holding his hands into the air, "I had no idea Uravity was down for using a gun. I'm quite surprised you're packing heat."
"Release."
She dropped onto the floor, landing without problems.
"Is everything ok?" she asked.
He nodded, "Just came to visit."
Ochako blinked.
"That's all?"
"Yup."
She frowned.
"Well, I was watching a movie in my room-
"Oh, well.... wanna make popcorn? I'm down for a movie."
He stood up and headed into her kitchen.
"Dabi-
"You can call me Toya."
"O-ok. Toya, why are you here?"
"I told you, I came to visit."
"You think you're coming back to my bedroom to watch a movie and eat popcorn?"
Dabi shrugged, "Why not? Unless there was something else you had on your mind?"
Her face turned bright pink.
"Excuse me?"
"You look kind of upset. Are you still upset over your break up?"
He's messing with me.
"N-no."
Dabi found her popcorn box and pulled out a bag.
"We can talk about it if you want."
He placed the bag in the microwave.
"Why?" she asked.
"You listened to me bitch about my abusive father and I'm sure what you heard from Shouto was just as bad. I thought I should offer the same thing back at least. For all I know, this may be my last week as a free man."
"Oh."
Ochako rubbed her arm.
"I haven't talked to anyone about it really. I only told Izuku some stuff but it feels awkward since the three of us are friends."
"You want a drink for this or no."
"No.... I'm good with water for now. Hangovers aren't fun."
"Tell me about it. There's a few times I wished I would've died. When I drink with Tomura I lose all common sense and act like a dumbass."
Ochako giggled.
Awww they are friends!
"Let's watch the movie and talk."
Dabi opened her fridge and grabbed two bottles of water. He carried them and the bowl of popcorn leaving her in the living room slightly baffled. This was definitely one of the strangest things to happen to her in a while. Tenya never went into her room or even glanced into it.
Now, she was letting her best friend's older brother go in there.
This is going to be the strangest thing to ever happen to me.
Ochako walked into her bedroom to see Dabi had removed his shoes and black jacket. It was like he made himself at home and Ochako wondered if he had done the same at Izuku's apartment. She climbed into bed next to him and hit play on her movie. He placed the bowl between them and handed her a bottle of water.
"So, what happened?"
She stared down into her lap.
"Which part?" Ochako asked quietly.
"Well for one, I never even saw in the papers you two were dating."
Ochako arched an eyebrow, "You read those gossip magazines?"
Dabi shrugged, "I like to read bullshit once in a while. I'm not always serious about taking down heroes."
She snorted lightly.
"Well?"
"He wanted to keep it quiet."
Dabi stared at her with a weird look on his face.
"What?"
"Hmmmm. That's a no no."
"Well we are heroes-
"It's a no no. I mean, it's not like one of you is a villain. Izuku keeps his relationship private for good reason, like a safety reason. It's not like some big time villain is after Iida. That idiot should've been proud to display someone so hot and nice to everyone."
She blushed lightly.
"I mean it."
"He didn't want anyone to know because of the tabloids-
"Fuck those tabloids! Look at Izuku! Once this shit is all out in the open, they're going to have a fucking field day. He's engaged to a neck scratching psycho with garage truck filled of issues and he looks so proud to have him."
Ochako didn't say anything.
"Then he wasted your time. How many times have you've been asked out and had to turn them down?" Dabi asked.
Ochako tapped her chin, "A few."
I never thought any of it the way he's saying it.
"Exactly."
She smiled. They got to the halfway part of the movie.
"I didn't peg you for the type to like romantic movies."
"Himiko only knew I did. I want threaten you with death but don't tell Shouto. I'm a great wing man too."
"Really?"
"Yea. I suffered through a lot. I even took a hit to my heterosexuality by letting Izuku give me a lap dance to piss Tomura off. The most confused boner I ever had."
Ochako choked on her popcorn before she started laughing.
"How the hell did that even happen?!"
"A game of truth or dare. It was awkward."
"It sounds like fun honestly."
"Some parts were. Seeing Izuku drunk is the best part."
She giggled before sighing.
"You should be ok. The two of you didn't have anything serious, well unless you had sex?"
Ochako's face turned bright pink again but she shook her head.
"Nope."
"Then you have nothing to really get over. It's his loss."
She nodded.
She really felt a lot better. Ochako didn't consider herself someone worth anyone's time when it came to dating. Here she was sitting beside of a villain in her bed of all things being told that Iida was the actual idiot for losing her. It made her feel good. She felt special.
"Thanks," she said smiling.
"No problem. I'm glad to help."
He offered her a smile back making her blush slightly.
Wow.
The movie had ended. The both of them had fallen asleep without meaning too before the end. At least she finally got to sleep.
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"Where the fuck were you last night?" Shigaraki asked.
"Out."
The five of them were out in the alley ways looking for Mr. Compress.
"Doing what?"
"None of your damn business," Dabi said trying to hide a smile.
"Are you really trying to fuck things up for us?" he snapped, "I don't care about myself but I'm talking about the baby they're going to have. Don't be so damn stupid."
"Alright then fearless leader, I had no idea you cared so much. I was with a non villain friend alright?"
Tomura growled at him. At least Dabi wasn't out doing anything illegal. Hopefully.
"I'm surprised you even care a little bit."
"Can we focus on finding Mr. Compress? Please?"
"Damn, your hero boyfriend even taught you manners. I'm so shocked."
"You just wait until later. I'm going to kick your fucking ass-
"Shut up both of you!" Himiko snapped.
The two men stared at her.
"We are trying not to get caught. We are trying to do this without getting arrested, remember?"
They nodded quietly.
"Let's keep going then."
Jin snickered, earning him two middle fingers, one from Dabi and one from Tomura. It was close to midnight when they decided to stop for a short bit. Jin got everyone a cold drink from a nearby gas station. Even Kurogiri seemed to be in a sour mood because they couldn't find any trace of Mr. Compress anywhere.
"I just want to sleep," Dabi complained.
No one argued with him on that. All of them were tired now and the night was dragging on.
"Let's just go home," Tomura said, "I'm too tired to keep waiting around."
"It's been a long time fuck faces."
The five of them were frozen in their place. They knew that voice and that was the last hero they wanted to run into. Katsuki Bakugou jumped down from a fire escape.
Fuck my life. Of all the fucking things in the world that can happen tonight and it's this.
"I've been having a lot of problems lately with my hero rank. Capturing all of you dumbasses should help me out."
"I don't think that's going to help your cause any," Dabi said shrugging, "You really should leave us alone honestly."
Katsuki arched an eyebrow.
"How about you start running or you can surrender but I don't see how that's any fun."
Himiko sent Izuku a text message but it was hard to tell if it made any sense because she typed so fast.
"Jin.... I-
He didn't even think twice as he started cloning himself.
"Kurogiri, get her out of here."
"No you don't!"
The hero jumped in the middle of them letting off a giant blast. Tomura covered his face as he slammed into a wall. The clones picked Himiko up and ran with her trying to get her to safety. She screamed her boyfriend's name until she could no longer see them and they were out of earshot. Bakugou wasted no time jumping in at Dabi.
"Fuck you brat! We don't want to fight you!"
"That's too fucking bad!"
He let off another explosion near Dabi's face, throwing him into the street. Bakugou charged in at Jin next, expecting to land a clean hit on him but it didn't go that way. The villain dodged at last second, grabbed the hero's left arm and threw him against the wall. He wouldn't fight him but only defend himself so he could make sure Himiko was as far away as possible.
Twice had to stall for time.
Tomura looked over at Dabi. His face looked worse than normal. A weird look overcame those blue eyes. It wasn't very often Dabi got really pissed but this was one of those times. His left arm exploded into blue flames.
"NO!" Tomura yelled jumping in between Dabi and Bakugou.
His shirt exploded into blue flames before Dabi had the chance to shut it off. He ripped his shirt off and threw it towards the wall.
Shit SHIT SHIT
They had no idea that Bakugou was out. The area they were in was specifically Izuku and Shouto's patrol area. Tomura didn't think or know other agencies had overlapping patrols. Izuku would've mentioned it. He should've known... that night his fiance was with him and Shouto. He should've prepared for this.
But he didn't.
"Shigaraki- are you ok?!" Dabi yelled.
Tomura had no time to answer as another blast was coming towards him.
FUCK FUCK FUCK- I can't hurt him! I can't even defend my fucking self!
Black tendrils came out of no where slamming against the ground, making the villains scatter. Bakugou stood there puzzled.
"What the fuck is that?!" Katsuki yelled.
There was no one around who had produced that quirk and of course he hadn't recognized it was Deku's yet. He ignored it and aimed his grenade gauntlet at Tomura and pulled the pin. A flash of green was barely seen before the big explosion. The alleyway lit up to a bright orange.
Once the smoke cleared, there was a strong smell of burnt flesh in the air but it was faint. Tomura was on the other side of alleyway being protected by a net made of Black Whip. Kurogiri had gotten Jin and Dabi out of there since Izuku had Bakugou distracted, he just needed to get Shigaraki and Deku out of there.
"Izuku!" Tomura screamed.
The hero stood up and staggered towards him.
"Deku?!" Bakugou yelled, "What the fuck are you doing?! Do you know dangerous that is you fucking idiot?!"
Tomura pushed past the black tendrils and ran for his fiance. Deku dropped down to his knees with clouded eyes.
"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Katsuki yelled.
Tomura skidded to a stop by the fallen hero.
"Are you ok?! God- your back!"
Izuku turned to the side and vomited.
What is going on- Katsuki thought.
"I'm fine...." Izuku choked out with a raspy voice.
Tomura pulled him up. He was definitely not fine! His back was peeling in chunks and blood was running down his back. The smell was horrific enough Tomura even wanted to vomit.
"Kurogiri now!"
A warp appeared. The two of them walked through leaving behind a baffled Bakugou.
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