Hero's Villain or Villain's Hero (DekuBaku)

15

"I hope you're hungry," I whispered to him and pushed him to an empty chair next to Mom so he would be next to Kacchan. We all ate and as uncomfortable as Dabi, Todoroki and Shinso looked at being in such a crowded place they also looked happy to just watch and of course eat. 

By the end of dinner I had managed to get Todoroki to smile and Shinso to relax his shoulders. We were chatting away and they helped to clean up after dinner so Mom and Aunty could relax and gossip.

"It's about time you two brought home some friends, we were starting to think that you would forever isolate from the rest of the world," Aunty laughed out loud when we walked back into the living room.

"Aunty," I groaned and Kacchan started cursing.

"Old hag," he grumbled under his breath but Aunty heard him and they started screaming at each other making Mom and I sigh at the sight.

"Mitsuki, let's let the boys go to Izuku's room to hang out? They have stayed out here with Toshinori and I all the way until dinner and they all cleaned up for us," Mom suggested and Uncle agreed before Aunty could argue or really say anything while Kacchan and I led the way to my room.

"Finally, fucking old hag," Kacchan grumbled before grabbing a bean bag chair and pulling me into his lap to hold. I wonder why he is so stressed? He usually isn't so high strung and today didn't seem to be all that stressful.

"Don't ask. The hag has been on my case about stupid shit," he pulled me back into his arms again when I tried to sit up. I hummed a little and turned so I was sideways in his lap and started running my fingers through his hair. Dabi, Todoroki and Shinso seemed to share a look but otherwise seemed more than happy to find a place to lounge, Dabi taking the bed since he was actually staying in my room at the moment.

Several minutes passed with Shinso, Todoroki and Dabi asking each other questions thanks to some prompting from me of course before Kacchan spoke again.

"The hag has been nagging about my heart and hearing again. Like I don't already know that I'll go deaf if I don't wear the damn hearing aids or that my heart monitor has been showing my heart rate as calm for longer periods than it used to," Kacchan grumbled, his mouth next to my ear as he spoke softly but the others in the room heard him just fine.

"Is there something wrong with your heart being calmer than before?" Dabi asked, interested. He has been increasingly interested in us since he started staying here, probably because we are with his brother so much.

"Yeah, my heart could stop," Kacchan grumbled but I could feel his pulse pick up just from saying the words. "My quirk is a mood stabilizer and I create it naturally so if too much gets reabsorbed, my heart wouldn't be able to function any more. It would stop," he's never told anyone but me before, at least so far. I think he might have told Kirishima when we were older but I don't know for sure.

"I never thought of it like that. I guess even the most powerful of quirks can be bad," Shinso spoke up, surprised by the information.

"I hate mine. I keep thinking that if only I wasn't cursed with it then maybe, just maybe I would have-," Todoroki stopped suddenly as if realizing that people were actually listening to him. "You all probably think I'm crazy for hating such a strong quirk."

"Ha! My fire actually burns my own body in order to use it," Dabi snorted. "My father was a real piece of work too, always trying to "make me strong enough"," Dabi used air quotes while talking and I could see him watching Todoroki carefully to see his reaction.

"So that is normal?" Todoroki groaned, his shoulders slumping at the thought.

"Normal, actually yes but not okay. That is abuse and no one is allowed to do that to you," I shook my head while frowning.