An Hour Glass Of Memories

Bad days make good memories

(12:34pm)
Compress went over to Dabis room and gently knocked on the door. "Dabi? Are you awake?" He said turning the knob and entering turning on the light.

The raven was laid on his side fast asleep, he looked like he had been awake, and crying. Compress went over and shook Dabis shoulder slightly worried for him.

Dabi was normally the first one up, waking at the early morning hours, usually three to four am. Something about having to wake up early as a child or something.

He was worried though. Dabi never slept in. You were lucky if he wasn't up before five. Now it was half twelve and he was fast asleep. Was he sick again? No that couldn't be it, he didn't look warm and he wasn't shivering.

Dabi stirred slightly turning onto his back and covering his eyes from the light.
"Hm...? What do you want?" He said staring at him from beneath the blanket he had over him.

Compress looked down at the child under the blue and pink blanket and chuckled slightly.
"Dabi it's 12pm we were getting worried you were dead." He said before he smiled at Dabi.

Dabi let out a sigh and picked up his phone checking the time. Dabis face dropped. He had been smiling slightly previously and now he looked devastated.

Dabi put his phone back down curling up on his side facing the wall his back to Compress.
"I'm not doing today." He said holding his hands to his chest.
"What? Why? What happened?" Compress asked confused. He had looked so happy and then he'd checked the time and now he looked so... so sad.

Dabi seemed to get annoyed at his question and snapped at him,
"Fine! Leave so I can get ready." He glared daggers at Compress as he turned to leave concern plastered across his face.
"Alright alright just if you need me I'm here." Compress said calmly exiting closing the door behind him.

Dabi was upset that he'd snapped at Compress when he was just trying to help but today was a bad day and he didn't need anyone at all pissing him off.

He got up changing into a hoodie and joggers not bothering to do his hair and left to the main room. He felt exhausted even though he'd slept well and he hadn't exactly woken early.

Dabi sat down at the bar,
"Kurogiri do we have anything to drink?" He asked the most man behind the counter. Kurogiri looked at him in concern,
"Dabi it's twelve pm and you've only just woke up are you Ok? If it's pain we have some medicine you don't have to get drunk-" Kurogiri started before he was cut off by Dabi looking annoyed,
"It's not that." He got up from his seat. He wasn't doing this today he was to tired for this.

He left back to his room closing the door behind him.
"What the hell is wrong with him?" Shigaraki stared at the man's door.
"Shigaraki be nice, it might be something we don't know about." Kurogiri answered going back to cleaning the glass on the side.

Compress sighed getting up,
"I'll go check on him." He said going over to Dabis door. He opened it and went inside.

He didn't know what he expected but be certainly wasn't expecting to see the raven curled up on the bed trembling slightly whist sobbing incoherently. He was very confused.
"Dabi? Are you alright?" He said walking over to the man trembling in front of him.

He put his hand on Dabis shoulder gently to get his attention. Dabi jolted harshly, practically jumping back and hitting the wall.
"Woah Woah kid calm down." He said sitting next to him.

Dabi had pools of bloodied tears streaming down his face as he shook.
"Go away!" Dabi said his voice wavering. Compress sighed wrapping one arm around the raven carefully.
"What's wrong?" He smiled trying to comfort the man with a more friendly expression.

Dabi choked out a sob and tucked his knees into his chest,
"GET OUT!" He yelled, "GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT!" He carried on yelling until his voice was weak and hoarse. Dabi kicked his feet and carried on screaming for him to leave him be.

Compress sighed putting a hand on his shoulder and sitting closer to him. Dabi started to panic and threw a ball of fire at him out of fear and anger. It just barely missed him leaving a burn across his arm.
"Dabi I know your scared and upset but I need you to calm down."

Dabi didnt respond. He carried on sobbing and then he started to beg.
"Please let me go! Please!" Dabi choked on his tears burying his face into his knees. "Let me go!!!" He screamed bursting into a ball of blue flames.

Compress saw sweat roll down Dabis arms and face. He was going to overheat at this rate. Compress tried again to comfort the male by pulling him into a hug when his flames had gone down to a non harmful point and it worked just not in the way he expected.

Dabi hugged him back crying to him that he was so sorry and that he just wanted to be left alone. Compress listened to the male babble on about unimportant things and important things until he hushed him.
"Dabi- Dabi calm down it's ok don't worry your safe here it's ok." He said calmly before running his hands through his hair.

Dabi leaned into the touch, it had been so long since someone had done this for him and he was going to treasure every minute of it.

The last person to do this for him was his mother. He missed her so much he wanted to run to where she was held and hug her and break her out and see her again and catch up but he couldn't. Not now. Not after all the pain he'd caused her. Not after he was meant to be dead.

Compress soothed the man whilst he was in his own thoughts.
"There you go, nice and calm." He said ruffling his hair. Dabi laid down in his lap carefully making sure he wasn't going to scream at him for it. He got comfortable and closed his eyes as the other de-tangled his hair.
"You know, your hairs really messy." He said softly.
"Mhm.. can't do it don't have the energy..." Dabi replied half asleep.

Compress chuckled at that,
"If you would like I can do it for you if you don't have the energy." Dabi nodded at this,
"Yes please..." Compress smiled seeing him being so calm and polite, normally he wasn't like this. Normally he was cruel, sadistic, violent all words used to describe him. Who knew you just had to get to know him a bit more and he was this soft.