Leave Your Mark | Various!BNHA x Reader

66: Inconceivable Pair

Honestly, all things considered, you feel like Chisaki's taking it pretty well.

"Are you insane?!" he cries out, having finally gotten over the initial shock, only to pull you away from Dabi with his teeth fully grit. He looks down at you in a combination of horror, frustration, and utter bewilderment. "I told you to stay away from this freak! Not only did you not stay away from him, but now you bring him right up to my front door?? What in the world are you thinking?!"

You simply stare at him, gaze calm and steady. "I know how it seems, but don't worry, I have a perfectly reasonable explanation for this."

"And what could that possibly be?"

"Like I said, I ran into Dabi by accident," you say, lying as easily as you breathe. "I haven't been doing anything reckless or unsafe, so don't worry. But now I understand why I always see him hanging around the same spot. It's because he doesn't have a place to stay. He's homeless."

"You really don't mince words, huh?" Dabi sighs.

"Why should I? It's the truth. There's no reason to be embarrassed about it. Kai will help you. He always comes through for me when I need him. Right, Kai?"

Once again, you pull out your secret weapon—making cute puppy eyes at Chisaki so that you can steadily weaken his defenses. You can tell that it's working, because even though he's trembling with rage right now, his glare keeps faltering every time he glances down at you.

You're really abusing your big brother privileges right now, but considering how much he used to scare you back when you were younger, you feel like he owes you this much. In fact, he owes you so much more than he could ever imagine.

If not for you, his life could have gone a very, very different way.

"I'm actually making a really smart decision right now," you argue. "Dabi doesn't know anything about my personal life, other than the fact that you're my big brother. And that I'm a U.A student. But everyone knows that now. Did you see all those viral clips about me that have been posted online? You know, the ones about with me and Shouto—"

"No," Chisaki mutters. "I can't bear to watch them. Seeing it once was already bad enough."

"Oh, fair enough. But anyway, you get my point. It's obviously not like I'm going around telling everyone I meet where I live, so I figured the best option was for Dabi to stay with you!"

"So, you decided to tell him where I live instead," Chisaki scowls.

"Well, yeah. That way, I can rest easy knowing that Dabi has someplace to stay. I feel bad for him. He could use a little bit of support until he gets back on his feet. I'm pretty sure the reason I keep running into him is because it's the universe's way of telling me I need to step in. Heroes are supposed to help people. Of course I can't just sit around and do nothing about it."

Chisaki's nose scrunches up in obvious disgust. He somehow got hives without even touching Dabi. That alone gives you an idea of how repulsed he is by him. But he literally healed Tensei from his paralysis just the other day. By comparison, this is practically inconsequential. It's not like they'll be sharing beds or anything.

Although the image of Dabi sneaking into Chisaki's room at night, just to piss him off, is a lot funnier than you'd like to admit.

"You're missing the point, [Name]," Chisaki insists, roughly grabbing hold of your shoulders and shaking you, just once, to try and snap you back to your senses. "He could be a criminal, for all you know. Why would you associate with a complete stranger? And like I said before, everything about him is disgusting. Just look at his appearance. It's so ragged and unhygienic. He's probably carrying more diseases than have even been discovered yet."