An Hour Glass Of Memories

Sick day part 2

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Compress was sat gently running his fingers through the pyromaniacs hair carful to not pull any knots and wake him. He hummed reading his book only putting it down to drink something.

Dabi stirred slightly making a muffled noise,
"Mh... Compress?" He mumbled opening his eyes tiredly.
"Ah. Your finally awake. How are you feeling?" He asked smiling slightly at the raven.

Dabi blinked looking at him for a moment,
"I feel fine I guess... what the hell are you doing playing with my hair?" He said glaring at him.

Compress chuckled slightly at his comment,
"You were sick and you wouldn't let me go, kept mistaking Toga for someone else too."

Dabi's eyes widened his pupils growing larger,
"What did I say?" He mumbled. Compresses face softened a little.
"Dabi calm down don't worry I won't tell anyone what you meant-" He started before Dabi cut him off.
"WHAT DID I FUCKING SAY!?" He screamed catching the attention of the rest of the league in the other room.

Compress jumped back as the man screamed watching Dabi curl up into a ball and start to hyperventilate.
"Dabi! Its ok we all have family and you were sick it's ok-" Compress said before watching the raven start to scream and cry.
"no... NO! I didn't want this- i didn't want- I DIDNT WANT ANYONE TO FUCKING KNOW!" He said clutching his head in his hands blood spilling out of his scars and steam rising from his eyes from the crying.

Compress stood up walking over to the man and sat down next to him.
"Calm down Dabi, panicking isn't going to make it any better." Compress rubbed the man's back gently. Dabis screamed shoving his hand off of him tearing at his eyes opening wounds on the scars.

Kurogiri stood at the door looking at Compress before looking back at the screaming child.
"Do I need to get something to calm him?" He said calmly looking at Compress again. The magician shook his head.
"I think he just needs to calm down himself."
Kurogiri nodded standing inside the room incase anything happened.

Dabi was sat on the bed rocking back and forth shaking violently muttering to himself.
"I'm fine I'm just fine- it's gonna be just ok they know nothing you fine- your fine..."

Compress looked at the shaking kid,
"Dabi it's going to be alright we know but we won't ever talk about it-" Dabi screamed at him
"YOU KNOW NOTHING! It's fine it's gonna be just fine..." he sobbed into his shirt blood staining it bright red.

Compress tried to wipe the tears away but the man slapped his hand away going back to claw at his eyes, more blood crawling down his face.

Dabi was breathing faster and faster and he needed to calm down or he would end up hurting someone.

His skin was burning and he felt his whole body was shaking. His scars were covered in blood and small cuts and scratches.

Suddenly he burst into a set off blue flames screaming in pain.
"Dabi calm down your hurting yourself-" Compress tried to calm him but Dabi instead threw a set of flames at the man just catching him.
"Dabi! Calm down your going to hurt someone!" Kurogiri yelled coming over and trying to place a hand on his shoulder only to be kicked away again by the child.

The yelling only seemed to make the panic attack worse for him causing his flames to flare up smoke surrounding him.

Dabi was choking on the smoke and screaming in pain and fear.

Compress looked over to the floor briefly when he had seen the kids eyes go to something and widen before Kurogiri had yelled causing him to sob even louder.

He saw a crochet bunny on the floor. It looked like it could've been white at one point but now have a grey colour to it with ash in some places.

It had to have been the one Dabi was cuddling earlier. It had to have been. He grabbed it and held infront of Dabi.

With the man's quirk going out of control and flaring up he clearly wasn't in control, and maybe this would calm him down.
"Dabi! Look. Is this yours?" He showed Dabi the bunny and his eyes widened.

His quirk started to go down a bit and he grabbed at it Compress handing it to him immediately. Dabi held the bunny to his chest the flames disappearing.
"There you go. Just hug that." He said glancing at Dabi and then back at Kurogiri again, who looked very confused.

Dabis breathing slowed and he looked a lot calmer but a Compress didn't even dare to try touch him for fear he would trigger another panic attack in the man.

Dabi sighed looking absolutely exhausted lying down on Compresses lap sniffling.
"I'm sorry... did I catch you?" He mumbled getting comfortable. Compress looked at the burn on his hand sighing,
"A little, nothing we can't fix." He said ruffling his hair.

Dabi turned onto his front lying face down as Compress ruffled his hair. While he had moved that didn't stop Kurogiri noticing the heartbroken look on the arsonists face when he'd been told what he had done.

Dabi started to cry into his lap, saying he was so sorry.
"I'm sorry... I'm so so sorry, I didn't mean to..."
He mumbled tears leaking from his eyes.

Compress sighed rubbing his back.
"Dabi don't worry it's ok, you couldn't help it you weren't in control." He soothed the child gently rubbing circles into his back, "It wasn't your fault."

Dabi continued to sob saying his sorry he was and the he didn't mean to and that he was scared before Compress cut him off,
"Dabi I have a question... why do you not want us to know?" Dabi shook his head at the question not wanting to give it any type of answer before calming himself from his sobbing.