Traitor

Chapter 1

It was cold . Really cold .

The cold was nothing new to Y/N , but that didn't make it any more pleasant . The only thing he had to really keep himself warm was a thin F/C jacket he received from one of those 'free clothes for the homeless' bins at an elementary school .

Y/N had been on the streets for some time now , and was pretty used to it . He knew the other homeless people in the area , he had somewhere half-decent to sleep , and he usually had enough money to eat a few times a week . If he was lucky he could get hot food , like soup or fresh baked bread . He didn't like taking handouts , so for money he usually just collected change from the sidewalks or his 'friends' would just give him money and not give him a chance to give it back . Y/N was 18 , which is fairly young for being homeless . He had been for years , but the elders in his area disregarded that fact when trying to offer him money or clothes .

Y/N was taking his usual walk around the areas with high foot-traffic to look for dropped change when someone running at full speed ran straight into him . They both fell , Y/N breaking the other person's fall . Luckily none of his money fell out of his pocket , even if it wasn't a lot .

When the two sat up , Y/N was expecting something along the lines of "Watch where you're going" or "Keep your head up" , but instead he was quickly lifted to his feet and had one arm around his neck and a knife to his throat .

"Stay back hero , or I'll slit this guy's throat . You wouldn't want his blood on your hands , would you ?" the stranger said almost too calmly . Y/N craned his neck to look at who was holding him hostage , only to recognize the face right away . A very well-known hero named Dabi , infamous for his dark scars and blue fire . Y/N didn't feel any sort of way towards him before , but he couldn't say he really liked the guy now that he's holding a knife to his neck .

Dabi clicked an earpiece on the side of his face and seemed to be talking to someone in a hushed tone . Next thing he knew , Dabi was dragging Y/N through a misty purple portal . Y/N felt suffocated for a moment before they got through , coughing as soon as they were out .

"Who the hell is this ?" Another villain with a bartender suit on asked , gesturing towards Y/N .

"Dunno , just took him hostage 'cause he got caught in the crossfire . My bad ," Dabi said , still holding on to Y/N but not as tight .

"Are you stupid ? Now we have someone who could incriminate us ! We can't just let him go , he could easily tell the police and ..." The bartender-looking guy droned on about how much Dabi apparently fucked up , Dabi yelling back . The two went at it for a while until two more villains walked in .

"What's going on ?" A seemingly younger girl with blonde buns asked , eyeing Y/N . "Who's that ?"

Mr. Bartender Guy sighed , looking between Dabi , Y/N and the two other villains .

"Answer her ! Nobody cares !" The other villain with a full body suit that made him look like an off-brand Deadpool . Y/N wanted to laugh but didn't want to risk getting killed .

"While he was out today Dabi decided to take someone he was holding hostage back to our base and now we have to figure out what to do with him ," Bartender dude said exasperatedly .

"I say we keep him ! He looks like a real cutie ," The blonde said , looking at Y/N with an interesting look in her eyes .

"I'm just gonna get Shigaraki and ask him what to do ," Bartender guy walked out , leaving Y/N alone with the other three .

It was awkwardly quiet , until the blonde piped up to start a conversation .

"Well I'm Himiko Toga , nice to meet ya ! The guy next to me is Twice , and the idiot who took you hostage is -"

"Dabi , I know ," Y/N finally spoke up . He hadn't said a word since they arrived , but he was tired of the others acting like he wasn't there himself .

The villain who had left returned with who Y/N recognized as Tomura Shigaraki , another widely known villain .

"Is that him , Kurogiri ?" Shigaraki asked , looking at Y/N , Kurogiri nodded . 'So that's his name ..' Y/N thought to himself .

"What's your name , kid ?" Y/N laughed a little when he realized how young he must look to these guys .

"I'm Y/N , and I'm not a 'kid' . I'm 18 ," he said cautiously , deciding it would be better to just tell the truth since he truly had nothing to lose or risk other than his life .

"Y/N , are you some sort of hero in training or something ?" Shigaraki looked at him in disgust when saying that , clearly not liking the idea of Y/N being a hero .

"He's not . I got him while I was running from Fat Gum , he was nowhere near that stupid UA High . And if he had been a hero in training , he should be old enough to be a real hero now that he's 18 -- so I think we can safely assume he's just a citizen ."

Y/N was slightly surpised at how accurate Dabi's statement was . Shigaraki looked at Y/N with a look of conflict , scratching his neck subconsciously .

"Put him in one of the spare rooms for now . I don't trust him enough to let him go yet , he could still tell the heroes where we're located ."

Dabi nodded , keeping hold of Y/N wrist as they walked down a dimly lit hallway and stopped at a random room . Dabi opened the door , Y/N peering inside . There were windows that technically opened and closed , but were very small and had bars over them . There was a mattress on the floor in one corner , a mirror across from it , and a clearly stolen clothing rack with some empty hangers on it . Next to the bed was a very small dresser , that had two drawers and a small lamp .

"Yeah , probably a lot worse than you're used to , but if you cooperate you won't have to put up with it long . Oh , and hand over the backpack -- you'll get it back once we've searched it for weapons ," Dabi said , tugging at the slightly large backpack . Y/N laughed a bit as he shrugged his backpack off .

"Trust me , it's definitely a step up from what I'm used to ," Y/N said as he handed his backpack to the villain . Dabi raised an eyebrow , but ignored the comment for now . He waved his hand at the room , silently telling him to make himself at home , and shut the door as he walked out .

Y/N carried everything in his backpack , so now all he had on him was the change he had been collecting before he was taken . He dumped out the coins and few dollars he had from the last few days , money that was being saved to be able to eat something 'special' for his birthday that was coming up . He never really celebrated his birthday , but he always tried to treat himself just a tiny bit .

He finished counting right as the door was opened again . Hardly $8 , but if he went somewhere really cheap he might be able to get something good like a donut or slice of cake .

"You're all good , but it took forever to get through it all . You don't have a phone in there , is it still on you ?" Dabi tossed Y/N his backpack , eyeing the money .

"No , I haven't had a phone in years ," Y/N answered , putting his money in a small coin bag .

"How much was that ?" Dabi asked , his curiousity getting the best of him .

"Not much , barely eight bucks . If it'll make you feel better you can have it though ."

Y/N knew it would be dumb to give away the money that had already taken over a week to get , but it'd be even more stupid to not at least offer -- he didn't need to give them any reason to not trust him .

"It's whatever , I was just wondering ."

Dabi kind of stood in the door way for a bit , keeping eye contact with Y/N for an awkward amount of time before leaving again , once again shutting the door behind him . Y/N didn't really question it , and he wasn't trying to leave . It may be a villain base , but it had a bed and walls which was more than enough for Y/N at the moment . He didn't really like the fact that the villains could really do anything to him in the moment , but he decided not to cause anything and chose to just take a nap since there wasn't really much else to do until the LOV decided what to do about Y/N .