An Hour Glass Of Memories

Dabi de-aged pt.2

Compress walked into the kitchen getting ready to help Kurogiri make breakfast for the league.

He stopped at the door upon seeing Touya and Tomura making pancakes with each other. Touya was the one making the batter and telling him when to flip them over and what heat to put it on and Shigaraki was handling the stove.

He smiled going over to Tomura and putting a hand on his shoulder. The blue haired male turned his head to look at his with a slight smile as well.
"Good morning Tomura, good morning Touya." He said as Touya turned around.
"Dad!!!!" Touya ran over to where Compress was and hugged his leg smiling widely.

Compress bent down to get to his hight,
"I'm not your dad Touya." He said ruffling his hair.
"But- but your not like him!" He whined.

Compress chuckled softly at the child's argument and picked him up.
"Alright alright." He said lifting him into the air.

Touya smiled widely at him again
"Yay!!! Dad!" He yelled happily before scrambling to get down and taking Compress over to where he was previously working on the batter.
"Look! Pancakes!" He jumped excitedly and Compress nodded.
"I can see!" He said before going to sit down in the other room.

Touya ran over to Shigaraki
"Are they done yet?!" Tomura chuckled at the small child's energy and put the food on a plate for him to try. Touya took one and split it in half before offering the other half to Shigaraki to try as well.

He smiled taking the food and trying it. It wasn't half bad either, it tasted pretty good.
"Yum!" Touya commented looking up at the other for his response.

Tomura nodded agreeing with the child, they did taste nice and not too sweet either which he had doubted when he'd seen Touya put in enough sugar to give someone a heart attack.

He crouched down ruffling the kids hair before speaking,
"Do you want to make some for the rest of the league?" He asked. Touya nodded,
"Mhm!" He said before skipping over to the mixture on the side and handing it to Tomura to cook.

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Compress was sat at the bar reading his book when he saw a face peering up at him from the other side nudging something towards him. He put his book down and saw Touya pushing a plate with some food on it in front of him.

He smiled upon seeing the child's grinning face,
"Thank you very much Touya. Have you had some yet?" He said picking the child up.
"Not yet dad!" He hugged Compress clinging onto his coat.

Compress put the child down,
"Go get some and we can eat together." He said, he wanted to make sure the child was eating properly since he didn't know what his mindset was like just yet.

As Touya ran off to the kitchen to fetch his food Compress felt someone staring at him. He turned his head to see Toga cooing at him,
"He called you dad!" She squealed, "that's so cute! Dabi probably sees you as his dad to!~" she teased.

Compress sighed,
"I just hope he doesn't kill us when he gets back. I don't even know how long the quirk lasts." Then Touya came back inside and nudged his plate onto the table.

Compress picked him up and sat him down on the seat next to him starting to eat the pancakes. Touya ate them happily before jumping down off of his seat.

Touya took both of their plates over to the sink which was too high for him to reach and tried nudging them onto the side. Compress when over and took them off of him telling Shigaraki and Touya to go sit down and play a game while he washed up.

He went out of the kitchen to collect everyone's plates and saw Touya playing some video game with Shigaraki and Toga. He smiled going back into the kitchen and washing up.

He was just happy Touya was having fun. He was worried though, what would Dabi say? Would he remember it? When was he getting back? He pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind and went out into the main room.

He sat and watched Touya win, and lose at some games with Toga and Tomura. He would whine when he had lost and seemed to be very new to the game.

Tomura and Toga had quite obviously let him win a few games and tricked him into thinking he had won on his own with their own dramatic performances but then almost immediately gone back to winning again.

When it was time for bed he stood up and went over to Touya who was curled up on the sofa lying in Togas lap while she played.

He took Touya to Dabis room and tucked him into bed before saying goodnight and going to his own room to sit and read whatever book he was on at the moment.

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(11:32pm)

Compress woke up to a tapping on his door. When he opened it he saw Touya stood there holding what seemed to be a plushie in tears.
"Hey, hey what's wrong?"  He asked picking Touya up and hugging him.

Touya buried his face into the man's neck as he shut the door and took Touya over to his bed sitting down.
"I had a nightmare." Touya whispered to the man clinging onto him.

Compress knew about Dabis nightmares, since he had come to him one night in a panic when he had had one. He now knew what they were about.
"Hey Touya do you want to know something about nightmares?" He said soothing the child by patting his back.

Touya looked up his eyes red and puffy,
"What...?" He asked a tear running down his face. Compress took a tissue and wiped Touyas eyes,
"Nightmares are just dreams, they aren't real you know?" He said setting Touya down on the bed gently.

Touya looked up at him again clutching the tissue in one of  his hands and in the other his plushie,
"Are you sure?" He asked rubbing his eyes with it. Compress nodded,
"I'm absolutely sure. Nightmares aren't real." He said ruffling the kids hair.

Touya stared at him nervously,
"Could I- could I sleep with you tonight?" He asked looking down at his feet again. Compress hugged the child,
"Of course you can, don't worry about it." He said. He had done this before with Dabi, when he would come to him sick or in pain or even just scared he would let him sleep in his room.

He may have been a villain but the league were family and he wasn't going to let them be upset without trying to help.

He set up a small sleeping area for Touya to rest in and laid out a blanket on top.
"Sleep well Touya." He said sitting back down on his bed as Touya fell asleep.

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(And that's chapter two 👀 next chapter Dabi will be back so prepaid for some more Dadpress 🤭)