An Hour Glass Of Memories

Crystals

They were in the back of the van again, driving to get another one of their advantage points for scouting out hero's and what time they arrived places. This time however, it seemed even more grim, since they were scouting from a boring, bland, rocky multi-story car park.

Boring as shit right?

The back doors were swinging open and Dabi was slightly less dizzy and frightened then he would have been if ha hadn't have taken his sickness tablets before they went.

But he had. And now he was ever grateful to whoever invented motion-sickness meds.

He watched the world spin by through the cement openings in the walls as they drove up and around the parking lot to find a good spot to stalk some hero's or whatever.

He wasn't exactly focused on the mission. It was boring and basic. And he was not one for boring and basic. He liked pizzazz.

It was dark out and It was making him slightly nervous. So he was distracting himself by pointing out all the rocks, and what type they were. There were some little ones, big ones, skipping stones, colourful ones.

Then our of the corner of his eye, in the lamplight, he spotted something glimmering. His eyes widened and he watched it carefully trying to figure out what it was.

The van turned and he stumbled to the side catching the wall.
"Woah steady kid don't want any injuries today." A kind voice said from behind. He turned around and saw Compress put his hand on his shoulder to steady him.

He whipped his head back around to see the stone and saw it glimmering with other pieces or rock and crystals scattered near it.

He jumped out of the back of the van ignoring the cry from behind him and dashed to the lamp. He heard footsteps behind him grow louder and louder.

Once he reached within touching distance of the crystals he picked them up going into a crouched position and studying them one by one. Each one had a speck of colour to it.

Wether it be a blood red or a sea blue, it was always there. He picked up the one in the middle he had first noticed and shook his hands excitedly when he saw what it was.

It was quite obviously a shop bought crystal that someone had dropped but it still made him happy to have found it. It was an obsidian stone, which was lightly scratched but otherwise still in perfect condition.

He heard someone run up behind him and sit next to him. He looked over to see Shigaraki crouched next to him looking at the rocks.
"What? Why did you run? What's wrong? Did you take your meds?" He asked looking for a wound or tear on his skin.

Dabi smiled widely,
"Crystal!" He showed him the obsidian on one hand and in the other laid a scatter of blues reds browns and yellows.

He looked confused and looked up and then back down at the crystal and back up again.
"Do you like it?" Dabi asked him seeing his expression and handed him a blue one from his hand carefully. "This one matches your hair!"

Shigaraki took the crystal and held it in his palm carefully studying it.
"Yeah, it does kinda match." He said looking at it thoroughly.

Dabi shook his hands excitedly and got up,
"Car?" He asked helping the other up.
"Car." Shigaraki agreed making his way over to the van and jumping back.

Dabi followed smiling happily about his new find. He was going to give one to the people he liked and make necklaces out of the rest.

Compress went over to Dabi hurriedly checking him for any scratches of indications he may be hurt and found him.
"What's wrong? What happened? Are you sick? Do you need your meds? Look I've got spaces here-" he reached for the medicine bottle on the floor and Shigaraki stopped him.

Compress looked confused and Shigaraki held out his hand showing him the crystal,
"He liked the look of the shiny rocks." He sighed, "he wanted to get them."

Compress practically face palmed while Dabi yelled back,
"Hey! They aren't shiny rocks! They are crystals! And they are special." He said crossing his arms.

Compress just hugged the man and patted his back gently,
"Don't do that again. Tell us."