How Things Should Have Been (Todoroki Toya || Dabi x Reader)

𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕱𝖎𝖋𝖙𝖞-𝕾𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖓

"Tenko? You're here again?" (y/n)'s eyes sparkled. "With the amount of time you've been spending at U.A, you may as well just start working here." She nudged her friend with her elbow, to which Tenko sighed in annoyance. "Yeah, yeah. Listen, it's private shit. Go back to focusing on those puny little first years of yours." He referred to class 1-A. "Oh, speaking of puny little first years, I need Midoriya."

The green-haired kid had been called out of class quite a few times. Especially during English, which worried all his teachers. "Tenko~ I don't know what this 'private business' of yours or his is, but you can't just keep pulling him out of class like that, he's going to be left behind." (y/n) whined. "Ahhh he's not stupid, he'll live if he skips a couple of classes."

"You say that as if you're smart. You hardly passed English when we were back in school." Although (y/n) wanted to complain more, Tenko had permission from principal Nezu to pull the first year out of class, plus (y/n) trusted Tenko enough to not let anything happen to the kid.

"There you are, no c'mon let's go." He dragged Midoriya. "Wah! Sorry, Shigaraki." Tenko clearly enjoyed being a little mean to the kid too though.

***

Tenko slid the door open, ready to face All Might and All for One for another talk and update on their training. "We're here~ What the-!?" To Tenko's surprise, there was someone else. "What the hell are you doing here!?" Low and behold it was his sisters' boyfriend. "Okay you really should start getting used to my presence, I'm dating your sister for crying out loud."

"Don't want to hear it. Why is he here?"

"S-Shigaraki, it's alright. He was leaving anyway." All Might tried calming the man down. "Yeah," Kai walked around the room and towards the door. At first, it wasn't visible because of the couches, but he was holding the hand of a little girl. She proceeded to innocently stare at Tenko and Izuku. "You have a child?" Tenko asked, confused. "Yeah, your sister and I made one."

"Don't be stupid, Chisaki!" Tenko hissed, the sudden outburst of the reckless hero frightening the young girl. Immediately, she hid behind Kai. "Look what you did." Kai scoffed. "You scared her." Izuku peeked over to get a good look at the girl. She had round red eyes, long silver hair and a very prominent horn that stuck out from the side of her forehead. "This is my niece, Eri." He said, looking at Tenko. Kai then looked down at Eri with his usual facial expression, though his tone was a bit softer. "Eri, this is Hana's twin brother, Tenko." Meekly, she waved at him and continued to hide behind Kai.

"She's met Hana before?" Tenko tried to get a good look at the girl. "Multiple times actually. She gets along with her more than she gets along with me actually." A smirk could be seen from behind Kai's mask. "Anyways, we should head out. C'mon Eri." Kai walked out with the girl.

"Why was that blue-haired man mean like that?" Eri asked, a bit more comfortable now that no one is around. The halls were empty, students were in class and so were teachers. "Oh, he's not mean. Well... sorta. He's just overprotective of his sister."

"Are you friends with him?" Now, kids aren't stupid and Kai was a very honest person. "N-not really. We don't get along much. But we do tolerate each other." Eri tilted her head to the side. "Tollarte?" Kai held in a chuckle. It was cute to see Eri learn new words. "Tolerate. It means to... to deal with something." As the two continued to walk the empty halls of U.A. Eri noticed something by looking out the large windows. "What's going on out there?" She asked with curiosity. "That? Oh, students are training with their quirks."

"C-can I watch? If that's... o-okay?" She stuttered. It was clear that Eri really wanted this, but she could never really show it. Anytime she asked for something, she would tend to stutter in between sentences. "I mean... I would, but I have to get back to work, and... by the time we get down there, to the training grounds the bell will ring... and I know you don't like it when there are a lot of big people you don't know." Kai wanted to respect Eri's discomfort so he thought a little ahead of time.