Butterflies Dabi x OC

5. Barriers ? 🦋

(13 years ago)
Brooklyn's POV🦋

"Could you be any louder Touya?!" I try to whisper to him while I watch him loudly struggle to climb out his window.

"Actually yes. Now move back, I'm coming down." He snaps back, trying to be quieter as he gets down from the window and lands on the ground infront of me on his feet.

"Took you long enough." I roll my eyes and give him a little pat on the shoulders. "Now cmon!" I say as I walk ahead of him, not waiting for him.

"I'm coming damnit!"

"Stop being so loud, we are still in front of your house. I don't want your parents to hear." I complain to him still walking ahead.

"It's 3:24 in the morning!" He said as he tiredly rubbed his eyes which made me giggle. "They wouldn't wake up even if the whole ass world was ending."

"Don't complain now Touya! You agreed to be up this late for me." I shrugged still leading the way. He stayed silent for a bit, following behind me.

"Sooo.... We're going where?" He asked for reassurance.

"Jeez how many times I gotta tell you? We are going to some rooftop that I found with a pretty view." I say with a slight smile as I imagine me and touya alone, with a pretty view.

"Sounds like something a loser would look forward to. I'm not surprised you wanted to take me to some boring place like that. It fits your... loser vibe." He said insultingly and it makes me laugh. I know he never really means it.

He's never told me he doesn't mean it, I just know it. With the soft looks we both exchange, and the warm feeling in my chest, I just really don't think he means any harm when it comes to me. He can't.

"Yeah yeah, shut your trap." I say through a smile. I make my way past lots of trees, lots of branches, muddy puddles, bugs, etc until we meet our destination. Both of our shoes leaving trail marks.

We both make our way onto the rooftop and take in the sight a bit. He obviously has never been outside, at night, in such an adventurous state like this. His father probably doesn't allow him. So it makes me get this tingly feeling when I look at him and see how amazed he is.

"You like it? I think it's peaceful.." I comment while I wait for him to come back to reality.

"It's... alright. Your alright." He says still gazing at the view. I smile at the little compliment.

As a few minutes in comfortable silence goes by, both of our feet dangling off the edge.  I lay my head on his shoulder and let out a deep sigh of relief. Like that gesture held a lot of emotion.

It's been a few months, almost a year since I've met Touya. He wants to become a hero to impress and get his dad's attention, but his dad keeps ignoring Touya. Now that he has a new creation with Rei, he doesn't even look at touya most days. He just focuses on his masterpiece, Shoto. Now that Touya has been on his back even more then normal because of this whole shoto thing, when Enji can he will do things to make Touyas like more "normal" and try and convince him to stop training and stop trying to be a hero.

A few months ago Enji brought some girl to Touyas room, saying they could start off as friends and maybe later on in life it would lead to a serious and normal relationship.

Something Touya didn't want...

Something I definitely didn't want either...

I was quite jealous when this girl... Rhene... would try and interfere with Touya and I. Saying she would tell his dad if he didn't hang out with her, and saying I'm trying to take Touya away from her.

Even though Touya makes it clear he doesn't like her and wants nothing to do with her. And I know Enji is only forcing Touya to hang out with her... I still get jealous.

Rhene is so much prettier then me and can definitely take Touya from me if she really tried...

"S-so... you and Rhene. Aren't you gonna start having family dinner with her family or something?" I ask, trying to seem like I was only trying to start a normal conversation but the shakiness in my voice gave away my sadness.

"Don't talk about her. She talks too much and she's OBSESSED with herself!" Touya says as he lets my head rest on his shoulder. He seems to really not like her, but of course Enji pushes him. "My dad won't bring her around anymore if I show him I'm really not willing to take interest in her." He says as he senses my sadness.

I moved closer to him and keep my head on his shoulder.

"Brooklyn... you know I can't... really... have something with you. As much as I want to... a-as friends of course." He saves himself quickly. "If I do... then that means my father will get what he wants. He wants me to let go of my dream of being a hero. I can't have that Brooklyn. I need to become a hero... thats what I want. Also... your family-" He says as he tries to convince himself that he wants to be a hero. As if it's his dream. Trying to convince himself we could never be.

He says with a huff. It's like he wanted to "like" me, he wanted something to do with me... but he couldn't. His father was too in the way of it. Of us.

But it's okay though, because that's where me and Touya relate once again. Not being able to have each other... as friends of course. I can't want anything to do with him either.

My family is abusive, yes. Unfortunately there is more to them. My mother and father were villains before they had children, they are still wanted criminals since they've never been caught. It's probably why they are so rough and detached from love, my parents don't show love.

Most importantly... that's the reason why I can't have a relationship with Touya. His family is full of hero's, and I can't have them knowing what kind of family I come from. Only Touyas knows... but if I get any closer then his family might find out.

A family of Hero's and a family of villains would never work.

Although I have no interest of being a villain, or hero, Touyas family would never allow it. We both have barriers that keep us from each other.

Then for the rest of the night, that I wished could last forever. Touya and I's hands did the moving, not our mouths. He placed his hand on mine, while I put my head on his shoulder. Our bodies spoke warmly to one another, but we both knew there was not much we could do from there.

Well

Maybe... just maybe...