Mystery from Another World--MHA

Part 118: Cece evaluates Dabi

"What will we do?" Wally wondered.

"I don't know," Shine said, "but he cannot live out there alone. He'll end up in trouble again. Ideally, I'd want him near us. Makes it sound like he's our son or something."

"Isn't he, in a way?" Wally pointed out.

"Anyway, we need to help him," Shine said.

"Could he live here?" Wally wondered.

"Wally! He'd never be allowed around the kids."

"I don't mean the kids," Wally said, "I have an idea..."

* * *

"Absolutely not!" Aizawa thundered.

"Why not?" Wally hedged.

"Where do I even start?" Aizawa was mad. "You have a villain friend who you want to just invite to live in the same general vicinity of my students!"

"A few kilometres away from them..." Shine said.

"That's not the point! What would stop him from coming over and killing every last one of them?"

"We live with them, Aizawa," Shine replied, "and he's our friend. He's not going to try to hurt them."

"How did you get that burn again, Likstar?" Aizawa said.

Silence.

"You want me to believe that one conversation later, somehow your villain pet is a totally different man," Aizawa said.

"All right, Aizawa, fine," Shine said, "You come with me. Now!"

It was the next day and about the same time.

"Excuse me?" Aizawa said.

"We'll go talk to him, and if you're not convinced, then we'll look somewhere else...but if you think there's a chance this is legit, then you must promise to think about it."

"I'm not promising anything, but I don't mind hearing this in person," Aizawa said, "He'll turn down your idea as fast as I did, watch."

Shine bit her lip. Aizawa might be right.

Dabi, don't embarrass me, she thought.

* * *

Dabi was not happy to see Aizawa with them.

"Hey," Wally waved at him.

"What's this?" Dabi backed up.

Shine came up to him. "Stand up straighter," she hissed, "You've got no reason to be wary of Aizawa now."

"What are you doing?" Dabi asked.

"Proving a point. Just don't insult him, okay?"

"I'm not going to play nice just because you have someone to impress!" Dabi snapped.

"Fine then," Shine retorted, "Do your worst. Geez! I asked so much of you!" She walked away in a huff.

"Looks like he's really changed, all right," Aizawa said sarcastically, eyeing him, "I admit, the new look is odd... I don't understand it...but he's still a criminal piece of trash who kidnapped and threatened one of my students. And yourself, I might add. I owe him for Eri, which is the only reason he's not arrested right now. But that is as far as I go."

Shine sighed.

"You could at least give him a chance to explain," Wally said.

"I ain't asking this guy for anything!" Dabi snapped, "I don't want it from him."