Scars- Todoroki Family

「Uno and Trauma Dumping」

Standing before the LOV's hideout in his typical villainous attire with a smirk on his face and an aura completely different from when he talked to Shoto, standing in front of said boy, is Dabi. It's dark out and Dabi walks up to the crimson colored door to the abandoned bar, glancing back behind him at his younger brother. Shoto nods his head once in confirmation, and Dabi knocks. At first, there's no response, so he knocks again, harder this time.

The door creaks open slowly, revealing Shigaraki who's practically seething, glaring at Dabi for a moment.

"Hey, sorry 'm late," drawls Dabi pushing past Shigaraki and into the hideout, taking a cigar of the counter and lighting it, "you kill the guys?"

Shigaraki chooses not to respond to his cocky comments, said with a bit too much retaliation for his liking. Instead, he walks right up to the older man and slaps him straight across the face with his gloved hand, leaving a red mark on his cheek.

"Dabi," Shoto whispers, stepping out from the doorway, "are you alright?"

Shigaraki's attention quickly snaps from Dabi to Shoto, his non gloved hand coming inches from the kids face, "Todoroki Shoto, to what do we owe the honor? Trying to gather intel, perhaps, take us down maybe? How foolish, you're outnumbered. Come at me NPC. See how long you last."

"I'm not here for a fight Shigaraki," Shoto says calmly with an unnamused frown, "I was wondering if I could join you. I'd suggest you get your hand out of my face."

"You pretentious hero scum!" Shigaraki yells, hand getting even closer, "You really think I'm stupid enough to fall for that?"

"Enough," Dabi says harshly, grabbing Shigaraki's wrist and tugging his hand away from his brother's face, "he's telling the truth."

"Oh?" Snarks Shigaraki, "and what would you care? Aren't you the one who's been targeting his family? Don't tell me you've gone soft, Dabi. If you aren't willing to fight, say the word- I'll make your death quick."

"It's nothing like that, you dumb fucker," snaps Dabi defensively, "I can have my reasons. I assure you, he can be useful to your cause."

"Omigosh!" Exclaims Toga, dashing into the room with a knife in one hand, grinning ear to ear, "he's so cute! Tomura, can we keep him?"

Shigaraki's eye visibly twitches but he manages to say, "Jesus, fine. You owe me if this goes to shit, you assholes."

"Great!" Toga giggles, "can I stab him? Pretty please?"

"I don't really care," Shoto replies nonchalantly with a shrug, "as long as you don't hospitalize me, do as you wish."

"You will NOT be stabbing him, Toga," Dabi deadpans with a glare, "his judgment aside, there will be no stabbing in this bar, you hear me?"

"Awww, you're no fun, Dabs," answers Toga with a feigned pouting face, "you seem a lot nicer than Dabs though, Shoto. Can I call you Shoto?"

"Sure," replies Shoto simply, "I'd rather you didn't call me Todoroki, though. If you'd like to call me by a surname, call me Himura."

"Yay!" Toga exclaims, barreling into Shoto and hugging him, causing him to flinch, startled, "you're my friend now!"

"So, Himura," Shigaraki says condescendingly, "what are your real motives to joining the League of Villains? I can't imagine why someone cut out to be the next number one hero, following in his father's footsteps, would want to choose villainy. To be honest, you seem like a stupid spy if anything."

"It's because of my father," Shoto hisses, fire and ice flaring up around his eyes, "Endeavor, that is. He's an abusive piece of shit who beats me, trains me, he's the reason I'm here. And he, Dabi that is, is the reason I'm not dead in a cemetery. Just because I couldn't beat my own friend at the sports festival. It's all about rankings, about placement, about did you win or lose. There's no room for imperfection- he makes it his personal goal to beat them out of me."

There's a moment of silence as Dabi silently curses at his brother deciding his best solution was somehow trauma dumping to one of the most downright heartless and obnoxious people to walk the Earth. Plus a psychopathic teen who's practically a vampire incarnate. What Dabi wasn't expecting however was the response his brother got.

"Yeah, makes sense," Shigaraki scoffs, "hero society's fucked. And dads in general. My old man abused me too, that old fucker was dead set on how awful hero's were, bastard's the reason why my family's in their graves. Sure I did it, didn't mean too though. It was all his fault. I killed him as my first act of villainy, assuming you'd like to do the same? I'm sure Dabi would just love to help you commit a murder."

What. Dabi was stuck trying to process what the most sarcastic fucked up asshole on Earth had just said. Was Shigaraki being fucking empathetic? What the hell? And since when did he have a tragic backstory?

Before Dabi has time to deal with what his boss just said, Toga chimes in and exclaims, "Oh! Oh! Me too, me too! My parents neglected me and called me creepy, plus they refused to get help for me when I needed it! Luckily, I think the community finished them off- that or they ran away- after I killed some kids in middle school!"

"What the fuck," Dabi deadpans, "what are we, the league of depression and fucked up childhoods?"

"That depends, what's your tragic backstory?" Shoto asks slyly, "nobody knows much about you."

That little prick.

"Not today, not ever," Dabi seethes, glaring at the three, "I don't have to tell you anything."

"Hey," Toga says with excited eyes, "do you wanna play Uno, Shoto?"

"That would be nice," Shoto answers with a small smile, "do you guys want to play as well?"

"No, fuck you," Dabi rasps through another breathe of cigar.

Did the league of villains just adopt his younger brother and have a group therapy session? He thinks yes.

A/N: I hope you're enjoying the story :))) This chapter felt like a crack fic for some reason but I swear the story isn't like this chapter 😭 Also for once I'm putting art that I actually drew at the bottom of the chapter :D

Here's a random sketch I made when I was bored :)

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