For the first time since I got kidnapped, which seemed like years ago (when in hindsight it was really only a couple weeks turning into a month), I was allowed out of that hovel Toya called a bedroom. Hiro was over the moon, his turquoise eyes sparkling with joy as he watches me limp out of the room, a small smile on my lips, rushing into my arms, squealing with giggles as I pick him up kissing his cheek softly. Then slumping onto the couch, sending a forced smile toward Twice who sheepishly rubs the back of his neck, muttering an apology about reopening my scars.

Humming softly, I run my fingers through Hiro's hair, kissing the crown of his hair as he starts babbling to Twice, giggling as Twice's personality chops from one thing to another. Arching a brow, I look toward Dabi who stood crossing his arms, leaning against the doorway leading to the kitchen, sending me a shrug. I sigh softly, setting Hiro down on the floor, giggling softly as Hiro grabs some of his action figures, Twice grabbing the rest, before starting to play with him. Twice giving the action figures funny voices which made Hiro squeal with laughter.

While Hiro was occupied, I push myself to my feet, walking toward the kitchen, leaning against the counter as Dabi watches me. I rummage through the cupboards, a questionable look sent to him as I pull out one of my favourite coffee mugs before turning the kettle on. I knew he was fighting the urge to cuddle me from behind, it was often something he did when everything was fine. Normal. When Dabi was Toya and not some villain...

"You need to explain all this," I say, gesturing to the whole place, finding some teabags which seemed rather out of date however it had to do, grabbing a spoon from the drawer, sighing softly as I pour some water into the mug, "You need to understand how messed up this whole ordeal is..."

"I understand that, but please, just understand that I'm doing this to protect you..." he hums, still rather distant with me, however he still kept his eyes glued to my form, "Twice is the only guy that I know who wouldn't hurt Hiro, unless you'd rather the crazy blonde who likes blood or the crusty toe that hates children,"

When I told him that if I were to stay, then I wouldn't be his girlfriend until I could trust him again. He kind of stormed out the room. In a fit of rage. Much like something his father used to do whenever something didn't go his way... I had to shrug it off, realising that it must have been difficult to go through all of that effort to bring me to him with Hiro in tow only to have me reject him. I'm staying, that's all he's getting for now...

Cuddles may come later. I don't know how long I could go without snuggling into his chest. With being separated from something for so long, especially when they meant so much to you, you just wanted to hold onto them and never let them go.

"So you keep saying..." I murmur, rolling my eyes as I sip at my tea, a small blush crawling up my cheeks at the small smirk playing on Dabi's lips, a small giggle leaving my lips as he sticks his tongue out, "I hate you so much... you know that?"

"I love you too," he replies, poking my nose softly as I chucks his mug into the sink, a clattering sound echoing through the kitchen making me roll my eyes, "Oh, I wanna take you somewhere tonight... try and make this up to you... I love you, doll, you know that, so I'm gonna do everything it takes for you to know that,"

"Is Hiro joining us?" I ask, sipping my tea again, leaning against the kitchen counter, rolling my eyes as he sits me on it instead so I didn't stress my leg, "Or is it just us?"

"Just us, Twice will babysit Hiro for us, the kid loves him and maybe Kurogiri might pop in to make sure Hiro's alright," Dabi explains, trying to diminish the qualms that had surfaced as I hear that it'll be us two, "Don't worry, just because they're villains doesn't mean they'd hurt a kid, especially mine if they know what's good for them,"

"You live in an absolute shithole," I groan, looking around, "What would your mother say, Toya?"

"How is she? Mom, I mean," he says, ignoring the little jab I sent him, leaning back against the wall, "Is she okay?"

"She's fine, Hiro and I visit her every two weeks," I explain, gently swinging my legs from the counter as I look toward him, "She adores Hiro and tells him stories about you when you were a kid, Shoto's recently started visiting her with us, Fuyumi and Natsuo visits her from time to time too,"

"And they're all okay?" He asks, crossing his arms

"Yeah, Shoto's in U.A. as you know and he's doing very well... he's recently started to use his fire quirk," I explain, sending him a knowing glare as he sheepishly chuckles, smirking my way, "Fuyumi's still at home, trying to keep everything together while juggling her teacher job and Natsuo's in college working for his medicine degree,"

He nods, chuckling softly as Hiro bounds into the kitchen, making grabby hands toward the black haired male. He reciprocates, picking the boy up into his arms, kissing his temple softly as he holds him close. It almost didn't seem real. How comfortable Hiro was with him. Especially with Toya's new unfortunate, albeit still rather attractive, appearance. Hiro pokes at his staples softly, watching them in awe as Dabi chuckles softly, gently pulling his hand away.

"Don't pokes the staples, buddy," he says rubbing his back softly, poking his nose making the boy giggle, "They're not for playing,"

"Why do you have them?" Hiro asks tilting his head, hesitantly poking the purple sections of skin on his cheek, cringing at the feeling, "Feels funny..."

"It's to keep my skin together," he tells him, chuckling softly as his response, "I had a little accident with my quirk and it burned me... I'm okay though,"

"They're so cool! Mama! Can I have a quirk like his?" Hiro asks giggling, his eyes sparkling making Dabi smile softly, "Pretty please,"

"You might do baby," I tell him, walking over and kissing his cheek softly, ruffling his hair, "But getting those scars hurt baby, doesn't feel very nice,"

"But Mr Dabi looks so cool!" Hiro whines, pouting softly making Dabi chuckle softly shaking his head, puffing his cheeks out to make him ten times more cuter, trying to steer me his way, "Please!"

When I shake my head, he puffs his cheeks out, sending me a cute glare as he wriggles out of Dabi's arms before running back to the living room, squeals of laughter leaving the room as Twice scoops him up. I guess leaving him here wasn't that bad... Twice seemed to keep him occupied.

"When are we going?" I ask, crossing my arms, setting my mug into the sink, turning the tap on with a small hum, washing the two mugs, Dabi's one having a chip in it

"When it's dark, probably around nine or ten, I can't risk anyone seeing you," he says, pressing a soft kiss to my forehead, rubbing my arm softly, "I can guarantee you'll love it,"

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The fresh air entering my lungs was a huge wake up call. My body waking up as the cool, crisp night air wraps its soft fingers around me. My body became rather sluggish after being confined to the four walls that was my boyfriends bedroom, being shackled to it didn't really help. Being outside really was a blessing.

I couldn't help but giggle as Dabi leads me through alleyways and backyards, smiling softly as the odd alley cat screeched and hissed at being disturbed from its nap. Unable to hold back the shrieks of laughter as Dabi slips on some questionable fluids as he jumps down from a fire escape, watching as he slams into a wall, a small groan leaving his lips as I float down beside him, unable to control the fits of laughter leaving my lips. He slowly stands up, using the wall for support as he curses under his breath, shaking his head with a smile as I giggle.

"You okay?" I ask, brushing his arm softly, unable to fight the grin on my lips, feeling like a teenager again, "What the hell did you slip on?"

This was often something Toya would do whenever we went on dates. Somehow, regardless if he was trying to or not, he'd hurt himself. Most likely when he climbed out of his bedroom window. Each week, without fail, Toya and I would leave our homes rather late and just go wherever we felt like. I'd meet Toya at the bottom of his house, ducking away from the view from his parents room while Toya would escape his house through his bedroom window. He was caught only once, by Natsuo, and the younger male just shrugged and told him to 'get some'.

"Don't ask questions you don't want to know the answers to," he hums, rubbing his shoulder softly as he wipes his shoe on the dumpster, cringing at the substance before grabbing my wrist and tugging me along, "Come on, we don't have all night,"

Giggling softly, I clamber after him, biting my lip as he pulls me into his chest, shrinking against the wall as the one and only Enji Todoroki walks past the alleyway, possibly on one of his late night patrols. Dabi couldn't help but smirk, pressing a soft kiss to my forehead as I try not to shriek with laughter. The absolute adrenaline running through my body chasing giddy feelings through. My arms wrap around his neck softly as he wraps his coat around me, letting the darkness consume us as the literal definition of flaming crap storms past.

"That was a close one," Dabi mutters, shaking his head as I pull away with a giggle, feeling sixteen again, always ducking away from his father even while on patrol, "Ready to go, giggly?"

"Can you carry me the rest of the way?" I ask, playing with the hem of his jacket, looking up at him with a small knowing smile, "Since my leg really aches and you're the reason it does,"

Dabi rolls his eyes, turning around as he holds his arms ready to catch. I giggle, jumping onto his back, wrapping my arms around his neck, his hands holding the underside of my thighs. Chuckling softly as I wiggle my feet in the air as he walks through the alleyways, weaving through like he knew the route like the back of his hand. Every so often, he'd hoist me up to make sure that I wasn't falling, my head resting on his shoulder softly as he trudged through.

"My dad hasn't given you grief since I left... right?" He asks, breaking the pregnant silence between us

"Define grief," I joke, chuckling dryly, snuggling my head into the junction of his neck and shoulders, breathing in the small scent of burning wood he possessed, "He threatened to take Hiro away from me when Stain mentioned him... he forced me to work under him because he wanted me to 'pay him back' for all the money he's spent on me... I just thank god I didn't tell him who my father was or he would have annihilated me,"

Dabi chuckles softly, his thumb gently rubbing the bottom of my thighs in a way to soothe me as I relax into him. Smiling softly to finally be with my boyfriend after so long. You never know how good you have it until you lose it... and I am so grateful that he's back.

He halts to a stop, a soft breeze flitting through the air, making me realise that we weren't in the alleyways anymore. Gently, he sets me to my feet, holding my hands softly as I slowly gain my strength back in my legs, giggling weakly as I fall into his chest at first, my legs feeling like jelly. As I gain my strength back, I look up to his turquoise eyes, giggling softly as he pulls me along.

"Where are you taking me, Toya?" I ask, arching a brow as he pulls me through a park, blatantly ignoring the vast field and children's park equipment standing silently, "Are you planning to kill me?"

"Ha, ha, ha, that's for our fifth date, I'm not an animal," He replies chuckling, smirking my way as I burst into a fit of giggles, letting him tug me along before pushing himself through a curtain of vines and flowers, beckoning me in, "Now, close your eyes, trust me,"

Slowly nodding, I close my eyes, smiling widely as he covers my eyes with his hands, gently guiding me through, telling me when to step higher than I needed to if there was an ingrown root poking up from the earth. I hear another rustle of leaves, cursing under his breath softly before pulling me to a halt, taking a deep breath.

"Okay, open them," he says, gently pulling his hands away from my eyes

Hesitantly, I open them, gradually allowing my sight back as I gasp upon sight. It was a beautiful clearing, a small lake at the bottom by a patch of fresh green grass. Fireflies or lightning bugs, as Shoto often called them, lit up the night sky, creating a gorgeous floating light effect. There were many trees flitting around the green clearing, the breeze letting the leaves dance in the air. It was beautiful...

"Why did you bring me here?" I ask, gently taking a step forward, kneeling on the grass with a small smile, sitting down as I take in the view

"You don't remember? I took you here on our first date," He hums, sitting beside me, wrapping his arm around my shoulders, pulling me close kissing my temple as I look at the view, "We went skinny dipping in the lake and my mom went ballistic at how soaked we were when she found us,"

"Oh yeah... do you know what my favourite date was?" I ask, looking up at him, playing with his shirt, feeling relaxed, at peace

"Oh, do tell," he hums, smirking, running through the different dates we had to try and pick the right one

"Well, it wasn't really a date... you know when your dad took you and me out for some 'endurance training' and he had to make a pit stop at Best Jeanists' agency?" I ask, smirking as I see the huge grin spraying across his lips, a laugh leaving his lips before I could even start the next sentence, a giggle leaving my lips, "And we got it on in the back of your dads car?"

"That... that was a good one," Dabi chuckles, shaking his head, rubbing my arm as he tries not to burst into hysterics, his father didn't even know or if he did he didn't let on, "My favourite was when I stole dads credit card and I took you shopping, bought all of those clothes and then went to that really expensive restaurant,"

"That was fun," I say giggling, recalling how Enji had gawked at his bill, blaming Natsuo at first before realising it was Toya (Fuyumi ratting him out), "I miss this... so much. Me and you just goofing around like we used to..."

"Me too, (Y/n), me too,"...