Voodoo Doll [BNHA]

Chapter Eleven

After the date, Doll kept herself busy and did some online shopping as she tried to come up with an idea of how to repay Hawks. A few days later, as Endeavor was getting to the Agency, he noticed a courier service van parked outside and a young man bringing a plethora of packages in. He thought it strange and went to investigate. They were all addressed to Doll. She was still recovering from the Nomu incident though tried to reassure everyone that she was ready to come back to work. She'd never had packages delivered before.

After his secretary signed for the packages and informed him that this was the second day Doll had gotten deliveries, Endeavor loaded them on a cart and took them up to Doll's room. He paused outside her door as he heard eerie piano music from within. She'd never really listened to music before. He knocked on the door. There was no answer, the eerie piano music was too loud.

He opened the door and froze, it looked like a craft store had exploded in her apartment, there were yarn strands everywhere. Doll was sitting in the middle of the room partially tangled in yarn and appeared to be hard at work trying to craft something. She was smiling and bobbing her head to the eerie music.

Endeavor cleared his throat startling the eerie girl. Her cloudy white eyes glanced upward and widened as she spotted her mentor. She scrambled to her feet as she noticed the cart of packages behind him. As she scurried toward the door, she got tangled up in some of the yarn and nearly face planted into a box of feathers.

"Did you buy a craft store?" Endeavor asked with a frown as he looked at the exploding packages of yarn, feathers, buttons and other odds and ends.

"N-No." Doll blushed as she disentangled herself from the yarn and hurried to get her packages.

"What's all this about?" He continued with a frown and waved her away from the cart as she tried to lift one of the boxes. "You're supposed to be resting."

"...I am resting..." Doll piped up softly. "I wanted to find a way to repay Hawks...and Christmas is coming up...so I thought I'd make something." She bowed her head and shuffled her foot bashfully.

"And you needed all of this for one gift?" Endeavor asked in awe.

"Well...no...I thought maybe I could make something for everyone at the agency too..." She murmured.

Endeavor sighed and unloaded the cart of packages for her. "Try not to do too much...I don't need you hindering your recovery, I need you back to work as soon as possible."

Doll bowed her head again. "Ah..." She bit her lip, it looked like she wanted to say something but was too nervous.

"What is it?" Endeavor frowned.

"...I was wondering if...after I'm recovered...if I could take some time off..." She stared intently at the floor and held her breath.

Endeavor stared at her in awe. Doll never left the Agency, she'd never taken any time off before, she'd never even brought it up before, he and the other sidekicks always had to force her to take days off. "That's fine...is something the matter?"

Doll shook her head.

"Has someone been bothering you?"

She shook her head again, "...I was thinking about going away for a weekend..."

"Going away?" Endeavor asked skeptically, "as in leave the agency?"

Doll nodded.

"On your own?"

Another nod.

Endeavor consented, "if you're comfortable, then I don't see any problem with it." He noticed a bright smile on her lips. "This have anything to do with the winged brat?"

A faint blush spread across her cheeks and he had his answer.

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Doll looked to the handful of string dolls she'd managed to make over the course of the morning. She'd made one for Hawks with cute little crimson wings, there was an Endeavor one with flaming fists and facial hair and one for Burnin with flaming hair. Her string doll making skills had improved since she'd first started making string doll friends. They actually resembled who they were modeled after. She'd finally made up her mind on how to repay Hawks. She was going to surprise him with a date.

After she'd gotten a handful of string dolls finished, she decided to head to the cafeteria for a quick lunch. She got to the cafeteria and spotted Burnin sitting at one of the tables. Doll smiled and scampered over to her table.

Burnin scowled at her, "what are you doing?!"

Doll paused and glanced around in confusion not knowing what she did wrong.

"You're supposed to be resting, quit running around!" Burnin snarled.

Doll smiled and slowed her pace before dropping into the seat next to Burnin, "sorry for worrying yo-."

"I wasn't worried!" Burnin snapped in a huff before shoving a plate full of salad in Doll's direction. "Eat something."

Doll giggled quietly and accepted the salad. "Burnin, can I ask you something?"

"You just did." Burnin grumbled.

Doll smiled, "can you help me book a flight?"

Burnin almost dropped her fork. "What? You don't have to do that, if you're traveling with Endeavor his secretary will take care of everything."

Doll blushed, "ah...I was planning on traveling alone..."

"WHAT?!" A few other sidekicks at nearby tables exclaimed in awe. They'd all been listening in as they'd been worried about the youngest member of the team.

Burnin frowned, "this have anything to do with Hawks?"

Doll blushed again and nodded.

Burnin folded her arms in front of her chest, "fine, whatever, I'll help."

"Really?" Doll asked excitedly.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever."

"Thanks, Burnin." She smiled and hugged the older girl.

"Ah!" Burnin yelped as the eerie girl wrapped her arms around her, "w-what are you doing?!" She snapped.

It seemed like a good hugging moment and Hawks had told her to try for more hugging at The Agency, though after two very bewildered reactions she was starting to think he might have been teasing her. "Sorry...it made me happy and I wanted you to be happy too." Doll noted with a small smile.

The other sidekicks stared at her in awe. Burnin begrudgingly accepted the hug before pushing Doll away from her. "Jeez, you're a real pain sometimes." She huffed.