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In the morning you wake up with a headache and nausea – the remnants of a hangover. But it's bearable. So you get up and go to the bar. You only find a man with a strange fog around his head, Kurogiri. He finally introduces himself and, at your request, walks you to the bathroom. And even gives you clean clothes. You wouldn't say that they are neat. They are more like castoffs that were stolen from the nearest second-hand. But "take what you're given", so you're not complaining. You can't tell whose clothes it is, since you didn't know anyone personally (except for Kurogiri) (and Dabi I guess) and you didn't dig in their wardrobes. And in your first meeting everyone except Kurogiri (who was in a suit) looked like eccentric teenagers who had made their own clothes, because their savings down the drain.

You have no idea what to do. It's like you can't go home, but you don't know why you should stay here either. You decide to just wait when Shigaraki and others come back, so at least you will thank them for their kindness (rather, pity) and offer them something in return. You learned their names from the bartender, who turned out t be Tomura's guardian. You learned about the League of Villains and that now they are looking for a bait for some mission (you took a note of this). The man turned out to be surprisingly chatty, but at first glance he seemed reserved. Maybe it's because he'd already identified you as bait, or maybe he just has a long tongue. You leave Kurogiri your phone number to keep in touch and decide to walk to the nearest store for some food. Because you're hungry and these guys are fucking bums with no penny in their pocket. But you don't even have time to leave the bar when the door opens right in front of your nose and Shigaraki enters it.

- Oh, you finally woke up. Again. Great, I have to talk to you.

He walks around you and sits down in front of Kurogiri. He asks Tomura:

- Where are the others?

- Somewhere out there. Probably, they decided to rob someone else.

- Why aren't you with them?

- I'm tired.

The guy takes a sip from the glass that Kurogiri has filled and turns to you sitting there for all this dialogue.

- Where were you going?

- To the store. In your fridge the mouse hanged itself.

- Yeah, right.

You shut up. 'Wasn't he going to talk about something?' Now he only lowered his gaze to his hands lying on the table and thought about something of his own. You stare at his profile, because you couldn't consider the guy in the first meeting for number of reasons. Light blue thick hair, small wounds from scratching on the neck and around his eyes (even now Shigaraki scratches his neck near the jaw line), a dark mole near the corner of his lips. Perhaps at that moment you haven't completely recovered from the hangover yet, but the guy seemed cute to you. All these small irregularities and imperfections add up to an unusual picture. It's nice. You like it.

- Did Kurogiri tell you about who we are?

Now Shigaraki looks at you. His bright red eyes looked piercingly into yours. You see how tired he is and how hard he tries not to look away, but it's difficult for him. He frowns:

- So, did he?

- Yes. Yes, he did.

- And you're okay with it?

- Yeah. Actually I share your opinion.

Shigaraki makes a surprised face. He certainly didn't expect such an answer from an ordinary person.

- Only a few can be called heroes now. And our government is bullshit.

The guy grins and takes another sip. Since you still don't know why you are here, you decide to ask directly. Shigaraki answers:

- Kurogiri told you about us. He also should've told you that we're looking for bait.

He glanced at the man wiping the glass with a rag.

- I told him, Tomura.

- It means I'm the bait now, right?

- What a smart boy you are. Any problems?

- No.

You really agree to that. You've been feeling terribly bored. And you hope it's a chance to dispel it.

- That's good. What about your quirk?

- Well, I can explain in words, but I think it will be much more impressive in practice.

- Ok, show it.

- I need a human for this.

In fact, your quirk works on all living creatures, but you don't want to hurt innocent animals, so a man is a better option. And you're sure that the league has some kind of an errand boy or at least hostage. Yet they call themselves villains.

- We have it. Let's go.

You get up from your seats and head towards the exit of the bar. But you're not allowed to leave again. Five chaotic asholes rush into the bar. You knew two personally – Toga and Dabi, you learned about others from Kurogiri – Spinner, Twice and Magne.

- Oh, hi cutie! – blonde shouted.

- Is this the guy you were talking about? – a guy who looks like a lizard glances at you.

- Yeah, it's him! Who are you talking about? – the guy in one-piece suit exclaims. You figure out it's Twice because you've been told about his disorder. Magne just waves her hand. She is different from the women you've seen before. She's rather tall, muscular and has a little stubble. But you decide not to pay attention to it and just wave back. The lizard stretches out his hand and you accept a handshake.

- I'm Spinner. Asks me if you need something.

- Thanks. I'm Y/n.

You smile. He seems nice to you. Toga asks too excitedly:

- Where are you two going?

- I want to show Shigaraki my quirk.

Her eyes light up even more, and she exclaims:

- Can we see it too?

- Whatever, just let's go already, - Tomura pushes the guys and goes forward. You all follow him.

You move along a dark long corridor to the stairs leading to the basement. All the way Shigaraki scratches his neck.

When you made it, you saw a man tied to a chair.He's about 60 years old. At first you thought he was asleep, but when you come closer you realize he's simply exhausted.

- Come on, show us.

Now leader's voice sounds more imperious than usual. You silently approach your victim, lift his head by the chin with your left hand and grab his neck with your right hand. Onlookings freeze watching your actions with interest. Your victim looks at you with pitying eyes, but you try to ignore it. You cut his neck with your index fingernail and step aside. The blood begins to gush and the Basil quickly sprouts from that cut. Unexpected.

- I found out about my quirk very late. I generally thought that I was quirkless 'til the age of 17. I was mired in depression for certain reasons, stopped taking care of myself, therefore my nails grew. One day I went to the store. I reached for something on the top shelf and accidentally scratched one woman standing next to me. Iberian flower sprouted from her, and she died on the spot. I know it sounds stupid.

Even Shigaraki's eyes sparkles. Dabi approaches the dead man and begins to examine the plant. He asks:

- It's like everyone has their own flower?

- I don't know, wasn't interested. People are fickle, it's possible for flowers to adapt to them.

- You mean, plants convey a state that the person experiences at the time of death or shortly before that?

- I guess so.

- Not bad, - Shigaraki says, - it might be useful.

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