Tea In A Bar

Chapter 5: Waking up Warm

The whole time while he was sleeping, the kid had been on top of him. Dabi had attempted a few more times to escape during the night but failed each time. Then he simply accepted his fate and entertained himself by messing with green curls on the kid's head. He was careful though not to get any stuck on his staples, it can be a bitch to get things out of there without making him bleed.

It was early in the morning when Dabi saw that Midoriya had started to wake up, the sun had yet to even rise. He was a little surprised that the kid would wake up so early. But as he looked at Midoriya's face and the dark circles he figured it was probably normal for him.

When green eyes looked up at him, Dabi had expected Midoriya to spring off of him in a hurry. But instead, they just looked at him, there was barely any reaction from him.

"Morning princess," Dabi said, the comparison that Toga had made was stuck in his mind. Maybe that would get a reaction from the hero student.

But he got nothing.

The damn kid just looked at him with a blank face, eyes that somehow still looked tired, and said "Morning Dabi" like it was completely normal to wake up in a villain's lap.

"Oh is Izuku-kun awake!?"

Dabi saw Midoriya's eyes move to look at Toga who plopped down next to him on the couch.

Dabi smirked, "Yeah, Princess finally woke up from their slumber."

"Princess?" Midoriya asked while Toga beamed.

"Yeah Izuku-kun! When Dabi carried you, you looked like a princess. It was super cute!"

It was an interesting sight to see Midoriya smile slyly and look back up at him.

"Does that mean you're my knight in shining armor or are you the villain who stole me away?"

Dabi laughed, "I think I'm more fit for the role of the villain to be honest. I think the armor would be uncomfortable."

Dabi was surprised to see a thoughtful look cross Midoriya's face, "You're right, armor isn't the most comfortable and kind of limits your movement along with stealth, wish Iida would have thought about that already."

Before Dabi could answer, Spinner's laughter rang out in the bar. Dabi saw the others come in. None of them were particularly deep sleepers or consistent with the amount of sleep they got. So it was no surprise to see everyone awake, Kurogiri the longest considering his constant manning of the bar and cleaning glasses.

"Where's the young hero?" Compress asked.

Spinner hung off the back of the couch and looked down at Midoriya. "Still on Dabi's lap! He's awake now though."

The next person to come from the back of the couch and look down at Midoriya was Compress, "Oh,  why hello there."

Midoriya smiled, "Hello."

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looked up a man wearing a black balaclava mask. Even with the mask Izuku could see that the man had hazel eyes and a pointed nose. Izuku knew that this was Mr.Compress and he smiled at being able to see his face, even if he couldn't see the man's hair.

"Hello," he said to the magician.

Compress smiled at him and he saw hazel eyes flit to Dabi before returning to him. "Young hero, are you aware that you are resting on a villain? Specifically, Dabi, which I can't imagine is very comfortable."

Izuku left out a huff of amusement at the way Compress spoke.

"I'm aware." Izuku said, and saw a flash of amusement cross Compress's face.