Quirkless Advantage

Chapter eighteen: Memories

These chapters are going to be stupid and short. Enjoy reading!
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"I remember when my sister never would come up here," Dabi says sitting on a bean bag and I sit right next to him. "She always said that she was only there to keep us from trouble. Not to go into something that doesn't look structurally stable," He says laughing and I smile.

"What?" He asks and I shake my head. "Oh, nothing," I say, still smiling at him.

I look down and see that the coffee on my clothes has dried.  "My sister is like that," I say looking back up, "She never liked to take any risks."

"She would alway say that  one day I would dig myself a grave and won't be able to come out of it," I say laughing a little. "My sister and I would always fight because of stupid things: who ate my food, give back my clothes, let me have the remote, get out of my room, stop being so stupid...You know, little things that siblings fight about," I say smiling sadly.

"Before I got here, we had a huge fight," I start to say but stop.

I pause for a moment but continue, "Honestly, I don't even remember what it was about."

Dabi looks at me, "I had those fights too. Looking back at it, all I can remember is that I took out my anger on my siblings when I shouldn't have."

"Then why would you try to hurt them now?" I say without thinking.

Dabi looks annoyed...great...what have I done?... Now to the grave I go...

"You're not going to change me. No one can, so don't even try," Dabi says glaring at me.

"Wow, you think I'm, 'I can change him," type of girl," I laugh, leaning in towards Dabi. "Let me get something real clear," I lean in closer, "No one can change because someone makes them change... They only change if they truly want to change." I pause looking straight into his eyes, "And if they change because of a person..that person doesn't make them change. They change because of them...they change for them...only if they make that choice themselves."

"I'm not doing anything to you," I lean away from him, "I'm just asking you why."

"I want to make him hurt," He says finally after a couple of seconds. "And in doing that you're going to hurt the people that you know you shouldn't," I lean back into the bean bag, "Make it make sense."

"Why does it have to make sense?" He asks. "Because...then what is the point of it? Why do all of this? Are you truly that far gone?" I ask and he sighs.

"I don't know. All I can think of is those memories," Dabi says standing up, "Well, not really memories... They're more like nightmares that I wish to forget."

"But never forgive," Dabi says quietly but I still hear him.

I stand up and walk on the porch of the tree house. I lean my arms against the wooden railing and look down. I hear Dabi next to me.

"This is like a bad fanfic," I say laughing a little. "A what?" Dabi asks as I feel his stare on the side of my face. "Fanfic is short for fanfiction," I say. "There's fanfiction about me?" He asks and I look over at him. "How do you even know about fanfiction?" I ask smirking and he rolls his eyes. "I'm not explaining that to you," he moves closer, "You've read fanfiction about me before haven't you?" "Yes..so what?" I say shrugging.

"You interest me," I say and he smirks. "How is this like a bad fanfic?" He asks.

"Well firstly, I'm in an anime that I know mostly about. Secondly, I'm somewhat friends with a villain that I'm sure could kill me right now," I say like it is the most obvious thing. "You're not wrong," Dabi laughs, "I could kill you but that doesn't mean I want to."

"Oh wow, you're oh so kind," I say sarcastically.

"So...what type of fanfics have you read about me? I bet they're lemons," he says smirking. "How do you even know about those?" I ask with a shocked face.

I hear a snap and before I know it, I'm falling towards the ground.