𝙰𝚗𝚝𝚒 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚘

My Quirk

I stepped outside onto the small field. I hadn't realized there was even space behind the abandoned building before. I just thought there was a road or a house but there was a large empty field.

"Plenty of space to show off all the stuff you can do," Dabi said.

"Could you have faith in me for once?" I shot back.

"Give me a reason to have faith in you," Dabi replied. I teleported beside him. It wasn't far but even that was difficult. I had completely forgotten how to do it.

"There, I'm going back inside," I said.

"That would be like me creating a spark and then quitting," Dabi objected.

"What do you want me to do?" I exclaimed. I was pissed and didn't want to back down but every word I said filled me with regret. What was I supposed to do if he asked me to do something too hard? A smug smile spread across Dabi's face.

"Teleport to an ice cream store with Toga and teleport back," Dabi said.

"What! Do you know how dangerous that is?" I shouted.

"It shouldn't be dangerous if you can control your quirk," Dabi explained. He obviously knew I couldn't do it but he also knew I wasn't going to admit it. So why had he suggested it? Was he trying to get me and Toga killed?

Maybe he didn't realize that one tiny mistake and it was all over.

"There aren't even any ice cream shops near us," I stalled. Dabi got out his phone and started doing something on it.

"Here," he said holding the screen up to my face, "There's an ice cream shop 2 miles from here."

"Still it's better if I've been there. I have to visualize it-"

"There's pictures right here."

"It's my quirk, not yours! You don't know how hard something might be."

"I know all about not being able to control my quirk. You'll never get better if you never try."

"Listen-"

"Either admit you can't do it or do it," Dabi finished. I looked behind me at Toga. She was innocently standing there listening to our conversation. I could tell by the look in her eye she knew exactly what was going on.

"I believe you can do it," Toga encouraged. How could she say that when even I knew I couldn't?

"Hurry up I don't have all day," Dabi complained. However, his voice was drowned out by my thoughts. I was so distracted trying to figure out what Toga was thinking. I could very likely kill her and she still was encouraging me to do it.

"I'll do it," I decided absent-mindedly. My shoulders shot up when I realized what I had just said. I hadn't been think and words just flowed from my mouth. But what was I supposed to do, take it back now and admit I couldn't? That was the last thing I wanted to do. I glanced over at Dabi and I saw a nervous look on his face. But he quickly hid it.

"Let's go," Toga said excitedly. She seemed 100% genuine which made no sense. I could understand pretending to be excited about my sake but it didn't seem like she was pretending.

"I really wanted ice cream," Toga said. I stared at her in confusion for a few seconds before refocusing my attention on the problem at hand.

"Let's do this then," I said. I tried to sound confident but you could hear a quiver in my voice. I walked out to the middle of the field as slowly as possible. Toga followed behind me with no hesitation. She grabbed my hand and turned to face me. My palms were insanely sweaty. Toga could obviously tell how nervous I was. So why did she still have faith in me? She squeezed my hand which comforted me in a way.