Quirkless Advantage

Chapter eleven: NOT A DATE

These chapters are going to be stupid and short. Enjoy reading!
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"No, I'm not going on a date," I say to Haru on my phone. "Well, it sounds like one," he says in an annoyed tone.

"Even if it is, it will never work," I say, going through my closet, looking for something to wear.

He is a villain after all...

"Why? Is he a villain or something?" Haru asks jokingly. I stop what I'm doing and answer quickly, "No." "I have to go. I'm going to get ready. Ok, bye!" I say hanging up on Haru before he could say anything.

I sigh and pick out what I usually wear. A green shirt, blue shorts, pink tights, dark grey cardigan, and don't forget my annoyingly yellow rain boots. I leave my hair down because I'm not putting much effort into this.

I hear my phone go off and I check it to see a notification that says "Big D."

Yeah... I need to change that.

"Hiya Bunbun, so about that date..," the text says.

"Ok, if you call me Bunbun then I will call you Dumb Fox," I text back.

"Really? Zootopia?" He asks.

"Yes, now get to the point. Also... It's NOT A DATE!" I text back.

"Sure it isn't," He texts and I roll my eyes.

"Anyways, meet me by the bookstore that I borrowed the book from," He texts and I laugh.

"Yeah...'borrowed'." I text back, grabbing my rain boots to put them on.

Right as I am about to put them on, Aizawa comes through the front door. "Where are you going?" He asks. "I don't know yet, he hasn't said anything yet," I say standing up with the rain boots on. "Ok, good luck on your date... I guess," He says walking past me.

"It's not a date, just going somewhere with a friend. That's all," I say, not knowing if I'm trying to convince Aizawa or myself. "Ok, bye..." He says going into the kitchen.

I open the front door and walk towards the bookstore.

After a couple of minutes, I finally ended up outside of the bookstore. "Bunbun, over here," Dabi says. "Stop, calling me that," I say not moving, just looking over at him. He smirks and pushes off of the bookstore's building.

He begins to walk away but I stay in one spot. He turns around and says, "Are you coming?" "Not until you tell me where we are going," I say.

Dabi sighs in annoyance, "We're going to a restaurant that I used to go to when I was a kid."

I don't say anything and walk up right next to him. I see the side of his face since he is facing forwards walking with me.

Why does he look sad?

I gently brush my hand against his.

I can't believe I'm doing this.

My hand somehow ends up holding his.

They're warm and rough. That's actually not surprising. He does have a fire quirk .

We stop at a small diner and walk in. Dabi sits at a booth that is in the back corner by the window. He sits facing the door.

Of course he does.

I take off my cardigan while I sit down across from him and a girl that is around my age comes up introducing herself. She asks for what we want to drink. Dabi gets a coke and I get water.

"Really? A water? Why?" Dabi asks. "Because I want water. What's so wrong with that?" I ask and he just shrugs. I roll my eyes and pick up the menu to shield myself from him.

"What do you want to get? I usually get the grilled cheese and tomato soup," He says, pulling the menu down so I can see him.

Well, that plan failed.

"I guess I'll get the same thing," I say, setting the menu down.

I look at Dabi, seeing that he is still looking at me. "Why did you bring me here?" I ask and he doesn't answer. "Why did you even want to see me again?" I ask and he only smirks. "Oh, just because you're interesting," He says and I roll my eyes.

"I'm not interesting. I'm quite boring actually," I say and he puts his elbows on the table and leans in.

As our waitress comes back with our drinks he gets off the table, "Trust me, you are definitely interesting. Just as you said, you basically know almost everything about this world." She sets down our drinks and writes down our orders.

"You didn't know about this place though," He says, taking a sip of his coke. "I didn't even know this place existed. Well, I didn't know that the coffee shop or bookstore existed either. I only know what the anime shows or what I read about," I say.

"So it's like a book, movie, or show here," Dabi says and I sigh loudly. "It's not like I was trying to tell you that or anything," I say leaning back on the booth, looking up at the ceiling.

The waitress comes back with our food and we start eating in silence. Well, it is silent until I realize something.

"You don't even know my name."

Dabi stops eating and looks up at me,"What?"

"I just realized that I never told you my name."

"Yeah, you're right... I don't know your name," Dabi says, picking up a fry and eating it.

I continue eating as he stares at me. "What?" I ask. "Well? Aren't you going to tell me your name?" He asks, smirking. I glare at him, "If you tell me your real name then I'll consider it."

Dabi rolls his eyes, "You know my real name." "Yes, but I'll love it if you would confirm that it is your real name," I say, smirking right back at him. He sighs, "Fine... My real name is Touya." "Uh huh, Touya what?..." I ask putting my elbows on the table to lean my body closer to him. "Touya Todoroki..." He begrudgingly says. "Yup," I say, smiling triumphantly.

"Ok, now it's your turn," He says. I grin, "I said I'll consider it. That doesn't mean I'll actually tell you." "Ok, then consider it faster," He says impatiently.

"Ok," I say.

Dabi angrily takes a bite out of his grilled cheese and waves his hand forward to signal me to continue.

"Yeah... nope," I say, getting up.

"Wait? Where are you going?" Dabi asks frantically wondering why I'm up.

"Oh, I'm going home," I say like it is the most obvious thing in the world. "Thanks for dinner," I say, putting my cardigan back on.

"Oh and don't forget to pay this time," I say, leaving him stunned as I walk out of the diner.

Dabi sits in the booth confused and I continue to smirk as I walk out.

Yeah, definitely not a date.