Keigo had gotten a nock, a girl he knew as toga “ what is it? “ he asked.
“ come with me to the roof birdy, shiggy said I needed to sample your blood! And I wanna do it on the roof.” she said with an exaggerated obsession. Keigo followed her, and when he got to the roof she had him stand pretty close to the edge. Closer than he'd have liked but still on flat ground. The cold wind whipped his face and wings. he watched as toga drew out the necessary needles and equipment ( hint hint, birds can't fly when thrown back down.)
Dabi didn't like the feeling of leaving Keigo at his own will for to long so he went out, but when he went to Hawks' room, it was empty. Strangely, Toga's room was as well. He went to Kurogiri "Where'd Toga take him?" Kurogiri answered softly "She was headed to the stairs last I saw. Dabi followed quickly. There was no telling what was going to happen when Toga was involved.
Toga only smiled when she walked back up to hawks “ bye-bye birdy. You should have never gone looking for your friend.” she said with a smile.
Keigo flinched when he heard the girl say bye. What… No! He’d been shoved off. Immediately the wind forced his wings to lock, and he couldn't get off his back to fly. He threw out a hand for anything, an absolutely terrified look on his face.
Dabi ran to the edge when he saw what was happening "Toga WHAT ARE YOU-" She pushed him off "NO-" Dabi jumped instinctively and went into a needlepoint dive, then used his flame power on his feet to start flying. He grabbed Hawks' back and carried him back to the roof. "WHAT WERE YOU TWO THINKING? HAWKS WHY DID YOU TRUST TOGA?? AND TOGA WHY DID YOU PUSH HIM??"
“ because I'm fucking gullible “ keigo said just barely above a whisper. He got up to his feet and kept trying to wipe the tears from his eyes. Clearly, he was scared, he'd admit if you asked as well.Toga just laughed “ the look on his face. God keigo you're too trusting! No wonder endeavor walks all over you!” she was laughing hard enough to be in tears. Keigo was hit by what toga had just said. Endeavor didn't walk all over him.. Did he? The blonde actually started thinking this whole search was just a goose chase.
"Toga, in case you didn't know, falling backwards impedes flight" Dabi said dryly. "Oops, hehe" she smiled and ran off. She totally knew. "Whatever. And Hawks" his voice still bitter, he looked over at Keigo with a scowl "Try to be less stupid from now on. I'm not saving you next time. You should know better as number 2. Or maybe you just let Endeavour do everything, I don't know. And I don't care either." He put his hands in his pockets and walked back to the stairs.
Keigo followed dabi, but mostly because his room was right beside the boys. “ whatever patches” he mumbled. After that, he followed silently till he got to his room. The birdy started to play the guitar he had in his room, playing a melody that he didn't know. Although it sounded so familiar that he swore he’d heard it somewhere
Dabi was going into his room when he heard the song Hawks started to play. God. That song. He shook his head and knocked on Hawks' door again, opening it "What song is that? Sounds kinds nice." He looked into Hawks' golden eyes. Something inside him hoped he would recognize him eventually. Not yet though. There was too much going on.
Keigo shrugged “ don't know. Just felt like playing it. “ he said going back to playing softer “ you wanna come in?” he said. It was obvious he'd thrown a sheet over the corkboard, though now Keigo had nothing else to do.
Dabi walked in and looked around "So. All these colors are based on your hero persona? Kinda self-centered isn't it?" He couldn't help making fun of Keigo. He did it even before they were seperated. "God, even red L.E.D.s? You must be a narcissist of some sort"
Keigos face went a deep red “ don't ever say that again.” he said. But after a few moments he carried on answering dabis question “ and no it's my ‘ hero personality’ it's my favorite color. One time tou- I mean my friend tried it on. It looked really good on them, I think that's just how I started liking them.. I mean it. The color red I mean..”
Dabi blushed at the mention of his name. He didn't expect Keigo to care about him this much, especially years after… "Jeez, you seem really hung up on this 'friend' of yours" he sneered maliciously "It's a little pathetic, but it's cute"
Keigo put his guitar down and pulled his knees to his chest. “ yeah.. I really got attached to them. It's why I'm still looking for him. But think whatever, I'm not going to give up on finding him. If I went missing he would have come to find me in a heartbeat. Though he could have found me in a KFC most of the time. “ he said with a bright smile.
"PFFFTT HAHAHAHA I-" He burst out laughing, remembering when Keigo and he would go to KFC. Dabi, then Touya, would have called him a cannibal. He stopped himself from laughing more, clearing his throat "That's pretty funny, since you're a bird" he smiled "Whatever birdman, enjoy the search, though you'll probably never find him" he said with a wave "You're fun to talk to, but I've got stuff to do" he turned around and walked down the hall.
Keigo smiled warmly to dabi. “ you remind me of him. “ he said, going back to playing his guitar. The birdy knew he had to go to work tomorrow and wouldn't see dabi until that night. Endeavor always made his work doubles. He be dog tired too.
Dabi heard Keigo and a cold feeling rolled down his spine. He almost ran out the door of the base and held his heart as he stood there in shock. It was around midnight. He had a mission but with the sudden comment Hawks made, he wasn't sure he could do it. He sighed. "Whatever, the mission can wait, I'm gonna go get drunk (or maybe do groceries if this fic doesn't allow alcohol)" he whispered, beginning to walk down the street.
Keigo noticed dabis sudden urge to get out. “ wait… There's no way..” he jumped up and slipped on his hero suit. Running up to the roof he jumped off, falling a few feet before flapping his wings and steading out. He followed dabi silently. Keigo made sure to stay out of lights and moonlight. Staying under clouds and in shadows.
Dabi hurried off, heading to a REAL bar rather than the fake bar they have at the base. They would've had alcohol if Toga hadn't joined but whatever. He looked down at his clothes. Decently incospicuous, he was wearing a white t-shirt over a black long-sleeve along with baggy black jeans and a pair of black platform hightops. Classic emo he thought. He smirked at his own joke and walked in and sat down at the bar "Listen man, I'm gonna need something strong." He said to bartender, who didn't even ask for an ID, and hurried to work. Dabi was a regular.
Keigo watched dabi enter the bar and perched on one of the poles outside. “ damn I really do act like a bird” he said to himself he took an annoyed breath “ God I hated it when he teased me and came out right," keigo waited for dabi to come out. He was goo. To test something, and if he'd finally found him…
Dabi downed three… whatever it was the bartender gave him. Not enough to get drunk, but definitely a little buzz. He handed the bartender a twenty "Keep the change." he said dryly. The bartender nodded and walked off. Dabi's mind was fuzzy. It made him forget what he had been worrying about, but he still had an odd feeling in his stomach as he walked out of the bar. He looked up. "You GODDAMNED CREEP" He yelled " You're stalking me now??" He instantly remembered what was on his mind. He was too buzzed to care though.
“ what's your name. Real name.” Keigo said coldly. This wasn't his usual voice of a happy-go-lucky bottom. No this was a dead man's call kinda voice. He dropped down from his perch. Keigo had one thing on his mind and he wanted to know before he went to work in three hours.
"My real name is Dabi. Creep." He walked away, angrily stomping, yelling back at Keigo "I'm not your dead friend Touy-" he realized Hawks had never mentioned his name before. He was in deep shit. " I'm not your dead friend." He said, sweating. He scowled hoping Hawks wouldn't notice his slip up.
“ it's really you isn't it!?” he walked after Touya, grabbing his wrist and pulling him back to himself “ please! God damn it don't leave me again just because you.. You wanna be alone or what the hell ever your reason was.. “ Keigo sounded close to tears.
Dabi closed his eyes and pressed his lips together tightly, responding quietly "Listen… I'm just… I'm not him okay? Please let it go." He freed his wrist from Keigo's grasp, and looked him in his eyes. They were welling with tears so he looked down instead "… A lot has changed. I can't let anybody stand in the way of my mission all right?" he kept walking " Just don't be delusional. That kid died. He was murdered. I have to avenge him. And you… you would only get in the way" His voice shook in every word "Now go away."
“…” Keigo froze. “ fine..” a few tears hit the ground before he’d taken off. A few minutes later he sat at the roof of the base. Having thrown out the corkboard and changed his room the birdy was waiting for sunrise to go clock in. For some reason he was glad to be working a double. It give him time to think, gather info and only a couple hours when he got home. Though he tried his damnedest to stay away from dabi. His mind wouldn't rest on the thought that he'd finally found the person he'd loved since forever.
Dabi held his tears as he slammed his door. He went to his bed holding his head and sobbed. Keigo knew now. How was he going to… he put his hands on his face and leaned back onto his bed. He didn't sleep. He couldn't. Before his dissappearance, he had been… in love with Keigo. Now he bursted back into his life as a hero and expects everything to be ok? It's been years! "Our paths split a long time ago… we can't be what I dreamed we could" Dabi… no. Touya whispered to himself. " I can't let hims stand in my way"
Keigo lept off the roof, dropping past touyas window, the soft flap of his wings echoed back for a while before disappearing. Keigo worked all day, writing in books and even came up on the news. He had gotten in a serious fight. After a few shots it showed him being thrown back, a little banged up, and bleeding under his cheek. It was like he had nothing to lose anymore. Eventually, he did end the fight by landing a paralyzing feather in the brat's neck. “ eraser head he's all yours. I gotta get home before the temp drops”
Touya stayed in his room most of the day, not even leaving to eat. He only left his room when he had to use the bathroom. He spent the day playing solitaire with himself and working on his plan. He planned on killing Endeavour. "I can't be in love with the number 2 hero if I'm going to kill the number 1, it would destroy the plan entirely." He spoke to himself, a frustrated rasp in his voice " Number 2 works for number 1, even if he's a supposed ally, I can't trust him with my emotions" he won every single game of solitaire, almost perfectly.
Toga came running into touyas room “ WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO!? He's out there tryna get himself killed!” she showed him the fight that had happened right as Keigo came home. Holding a bucket of kfc
