I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream to be in Dabi's Dream!

Mouse Trap: 3

"Moooom!" You yell as soon as you shut the front door to your house.

"In the living room, Sweetie." Your mom replies back to you in a warm voice. You see her sitting or rather lying while sitting up on the dingy little couch in the living room. You walk over to your mom giving her a hug before you sit in the mismatched recliner.

"What's on your mind, Sweetie?" Your asks in that motherly voice, her eyes warm and kind. You rub the nape of your neck somewhat unsure of how you want to breach the subject.

"Weelll..."

"Does it have anything to do with that young man that kissed you after dropping you off?" She asks you in a teasing tone, the one only a mother could use.

"!! M-Mom!? How did you-" you panic in an adorably flustered way that has your mom chuckling.

"Mother's intuition...and you had the same look on your face that I did when your father kissed me for the first time." Your mom explains with a fond look of nostalgia on her early smiling face. You blush hard and tuck your hair behind your ears. "Sooo, is it about him that you want some advice?"

Your head shoots up to stare at your mother wide eyed in surprise. How did she know-never mind, mother's intuition. "Y-Yeah, it's about him and other things..." your voice trailing off towards the end. Your mom nods encouragingly for you to voice your concerns.

"You like him."  It wasn't a question, but you nod your head "yes" anyway. "I do..."

"Is he your boyfriend?" Your mom asks in a playful way. "Mom!" Your already red face is flaming hot at this point. "What? I was just asking." Your mom playfully defends. "N-No, well I mean he hasn't asked me to be his girlfriend, but umm...that's what I need some advice on."

Your mother looks at you with that warm yet serious look to tell you she is listening and in mother mode. "Well...the thing is...Dabi, that's his name by the way, Dabi, he keeps on giving me these gifts. Like this phone. It's the latest model, Mom!? And he gets me all these clothes and I don't know what to do, 'cause he gets mad at me when I try to refuse them."

Your mother listens and nods her head occasionally as you list your concerns. When you start to mumble near the end your mom seems to know what it is you're getting at. "Sweetie, does he ever try to make you do anything or demand something from you in return?" She asks you in a slightly worried tone. Your mom doesn't want you to be in a bad situation.

You quickly assure that that is not the case. "No, Mom! He's never tried to pull anything like that, I swear!" You draw a cross over your heart to show how serious you are. And it's true, Dabi hasn't asked you to do anything other than accept his gifts. You also got the impression that he wasn't that kind of person.

"Even today when he gave me this phone. He said it was in congratulations for graduating. I tried to tell him it was too much and that I didn't want to take advantage of him. And he got kind of mad- maybe not mad but more like offended..I think?" You tell your mom with a confused look on your face.

Surprise flashes across your mom's face when you tell her this, but it's quickly replaced with a smile. "Why do you say that, Sweetie?" Her question pulls you from your inner monologue of questions. "Huh? Oh, he said that it wasn't taking advantage of him if he wanted to give me stuff and that it made him really happy that I wore the clothes he bought me."

"Well then, I think it's alright. This boy, Dabi-kun, is giving you gifts of his own free will and he has never asked you for anything in return, right?" You nod your head. "Then I think it's fine for you to accept them. Who knows, maybe Dabi-kun is trying to woo you?" Your finishes with a teasing smile and a knowing look which makes you blush all over again.