Beauty in the Fire (*Dabi x OC love Story*)

Chapter 8

I woke up and walked into the kitchen, but I was not prepared to see who was cooking. "Aunt Nemuri?" I said to Midnight. She turned and smiled. "Hey Ari!" She said. "What are you doing here? I thought you were preparing for the new semester with daddy and Uncle Hizashi!" I said. "Well you're father sent me to check on you darling. You seemed so eager to leave yesterday." She said with a pouty face. "Mhm. You know my Cabin fever issues." I said. She looked at me and raised an eyebrow. "It's that Kaen boy. He's here isn't he?" She inquired. "Auntie don't-" She didn't give me time to react before she ran to the room Dabi was in. She ripped open the door and gasped. "OH MY GOD!" She whisper yelled at the sight of the villain sleeping. "Auntie I can explain-" 

"Explain how there is a fugitive in here!" She asked quietly as Dabi slept soundly in the bed. I quietly shut the door. "Explain Aratani Mae Aizawa why the villain Dabi is in the guest bed of your house! You know you could get in huge trouble for this!" She scolded. "I know I know but just hear me out!" I whined. She groaned and sat down on my couch as I began to explain the event from a few days ago. "So until the league strikes again. He's staying here because of your sympathy." She repeated. "Simply put, yes." I said. "Aratani...this has to do with the part of you that knows about Domino." She said holding my hands. I sighed looking down. "You're right but times have changed Auntie. Hero society isn't what it used to be. Domino and Elementa's story is one of I'm sure a few villain/hero love stories, but maybe Dabi and I will fall in love and he become a good guy." I said. "Your mother had the exact same hope Aratani. Domino would turn good and he was for maybe a split second-" "Hikaru. His name was Hikaru Auntie." I corrected. We looked at each other. I had never called him Hikaru unless I was giving information. "Hikaru was a villain. A Romeo and Juliet story to come for the ages." Midnight added as she stirred her coffee. "I trust your judgement." She finally said after silence. "I won't tell Aizawa or Hizashi. They'll freak out if they found out. Consider it a mother/daughter secret." She said. I smiled softly. Midnight and I have had plenty of mother/daughter secrets over the years. "That being said-" "The first time I'm in danger or someone else is because of him; activate my quirk." I said. "You really are your mother's daughter. Elementa would be shocked. Domi- I mean, Hikaru would be shocked as well. However, they'd both be proud of you." She said putting her hand over mine. 

                    I looked at her and chuckled bitterly. "I doubt it." I said. She placed her hand on my face and caressed my cheek. "Just like your mom with your father's mischievous eyes." She said. She got up. "I gotta get back to doing some final paperwork for class. You're okay right?" She said feeling for my temperature. "You and my dad are way too protective Auntie, I'm fine!" I stated, swatting her hands away. She smiled and kissed my forehead. "Call me if you need anything. Oh, and here." She said tossing me a stack of something. I held it and it unraveled into tiny, golden foil packets. Condoms. "Oh for Christ's sake!" I shouted. She laughed as she walked out the door, shutting it. "Ugh." I said. I sighed and walked back to my room. "Who was here?" A deep, sleepy voice bellowed from behind me. I jumped. "My Aunt." I answered. "Midnight?" He asked "Yup." I said simply. He followed me into the kitchen. "She gonna say anything-" "No she's not. My career and your freedom is safe." I said as I started serving what she was already cooking. "She cooks?" "She has a key to my apartment." I said. "That didn't answer my question." He said. He stood up and moved behind me so my back was against his chest. He twirled my hair around his fingers. "Only when I'm sick, or overusing my quirk." I finally answered ignoring the chills he was sending down my spine. He backed away. "What happens if you overuse your quirks?" He asked like a curious child. I looked at him. 'He's a villain? Should I tell him?' "Wouldn't you like to know?" I responded giving him the food she made. "You brought me in your house, patched me up, brought me in again when I came knockin' and let me stay instead of turning me in and you're not going to tell me the downsides to your quirk?" He asked. I nodded from my place at the table, once I sat down. "Yup. You get to learn in time, if I start to trust you more." I answered. "You got trust problems?" He asked. "Meh. It depends on the day. "I answered calmly. We ate in silence. "So...you're ex. He wore my style of clothing." He said. "Hm? Oh yeah, um...Kei always had the um...interesting style." I said running my fingertips over my scar. 

(*Dabi's POV*)

She seemed a bit distant, weird. She seemed so sure of herself the other times. "So,Kei was his name. Was his hero name Sharp Blood?" I asked and she froze. She slowly looked up at me. "H-how do you know his hero name?" She asked. "It was all over the news, when he was arrested from a house a good few miles from here. Beating his girlfriend." He said. She gulped and stood up. "Oh, I didn't know that." She said. 'Lie why is she feigning innocence?' I was curious. "Okay. I'm not doing this: I saw the scar." I finally said. She looked at me. "And now I'm done with the conversation." She said getting up. "He did it didn't he?" I said. "It was a training accident." She lied. "I know when you're lying." I argued. "And I want to be done with this conversation." She said. "Why was Sharp Blood arrested Aratani?" I asked. She turned her head. "Drop it." She seethed through gritted teeth. "I'm not going to." I said standing in front of her. She didn't meet my eyes. "Aratani-" I said gripping her wrist. Immediately she fought back using my quirk against me. "Let go of me!" She shrieked. "Whoa what the fuck?" I said using my own flames to fight back. She was good, how is she fine? "Leave me alone Kei!" She yelled. "Kei?" I said ducking. She thought I was Sharp Blood. 

             I immediately grabbed her wrists pinning her to the floor. She writhed and squirmed. "Aratani. Look, look into my eyes!" I said. She looked into them and She stopped squirming. "It's not Kei. It's Dabi. It's me." I said, trying to calm her down. Her breathing evened out. She pushed me off of her. "Damn, you're fast." I chuckled. She stood up silently and walked to her room, the door slamming, and the click of a lock was heard. "Good talk Aratani." I called. 

(*Aratani's POV*)

It was quiet. I stayed in my room for hours. I had lashed out and my fever was back. "Fuck." I whispered. A knock was heard on my door. "Go away Dabi." I groaned. "No way in hell princess." He said. "Then leave me alone or make yourself useful elsewhere." I spat. Silence...until I heard the jiggling of my lock. I groaned and opened my door. "Well you look like hell." He answered. "If you're here to interrogate me more, go fuck yourself." I said tiredly. "Are you okay?" He asked. "I have a fever. Your quirk causes them." She said. "Heat causes spikes in your temperature?" "When I'm not fully healed." I said. "Well look at that. You told me-" I glared at him as if to tell him to stop talking before I got in my bed and laid back down. He smoothed some of my hair back. "Do you want me to go get food?" He finally offered. I looked at him. "What's the catch?" "The catch is take the offer before I change my mind." He said. We stared at each other. "Pizza." I finally answered. He nodded and stood up. "For the record, the scar makes you sexier." He said. He walked out without another word. I groaned and pulled the blankets over my head. "You fucking nightmare." I mumbled going back to sleep. 

Hello Rosereaders,

Sorry updates are slow. Writer's block is a motherfucking bitch. Especially when you have to write 1,000+ words or else your book isn't good. Either way, Dabi is a cross between fanon and canon Dabi. Only because I feel like he needs some form of empathy. Anyway, hope your enjoying the book so far.

With Forever Love,

BriarRoseWriter