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
Touya looked up, his eyes half-closed and puffy, dark bags under them. He had been crying a lot. "Wh-WHAT?? HAWKS! HAWKS!!" He ran out of his room in a panic, shirtless and in sweats, he looked Hawks up an down "Are you alright? You didn't do that because of… y'know… did you??" He looked extremely worried, contrasting his usually doom and gloom.
The bird had a small glare “ endeavor ordered me to put on a show. And then lectured me about not getting hurt enough. “ he said. The cut under his eye clearly hurt as he wouldn't open his eye all the way. “ wanna share? You look like shit patches.”
" I- no I'm good" he held his arm "Sorry for yelling I guess" He walked back to his room but stopped in his tracks "… Actually yeah. I wanna talk to you"
Keigo nodded and followed touya to his room. Shutting the door behind them “ so.. What's wrong?” Keigo sat by him pulling a bandage out of his pocket and trying to put it own himself.
Touya threw himself onto Keigo, kissing him passionately "I'm so sorry… I just… I missed you so mich I didn't know what to do now that you were back in my life" he fell on Keigo and started crying
Keigo made a couple of confused bird-like sounds. Though his face was bright red from the kiss, he kept hugging Touya. “ it's okay, I got you..” he said softly. His hand rubbed up and down the others back, trying to comfort him.
"I'm so sorry… so sorry" Touya wiped his eyes and loooked up "Wait… you feel… the same way right? I didn't even think about whether or not you… liked me that way… oh lord…" Toiya looked up at Keigo " I shouldn't have come onto you like that but… I couldn't help it"
Keigo only laughed softly and leaned in, kissing Touya. “ yes patches, I feel the same. I have since we were 18” he felt so damn happy. Keigo wiped touyas tears.
Touya smiled into the kiss, tears still rolling down his face "Me too Birdman" he kissed him harder, pushing him down on the floor "And I've been waiting all day to tell ya, so you better kiss me more"
Keigo's wings fluffed slightly. He stayed under Touya. Doing as the other said, he leaned up and kissed him. “ how long have you waited… For me anyway?”
"Years? God it's been so long… and when you became a hero… I thought you forgot about me" he kissed him again " And once I became a villain, I thought we would never work" he smiled "But look at us now. His shirtless chest was getting hotter as his heart beat faster and he kissed Hawks repeatedly
Dabi woke up the next morning with a sharp pain in his lower back. He smiled at the thought of it, but he then realized that Hawks was no longer by his side. He remembered that he was still number 2 hero. He had other responsibilities. And so did Dabi. He got up and put on his underpants and sweats, looking for a shirt, he found one that Hawks had lying on the floor and put it on. It was a little tight around his slightly taller, wider frame. He liked it. Exiting Hawks' room, he found an excited Toga "Sooooo, you guys definitely-" he covered her mouth with his hand "Mind your business brat" he scowled at her, but couldn't help smirking, remembering what had gone down last night "But yeah, we did"
Keigo had gotten to work, only then realizing he'd put on touyas shirt “ aww fuck!” he mumbled while standing next to endeavor. They'd been patroling all around town, waiting for a big awards ceremony. “ so, Keigo. Who's the new date” endeavor asked, trying to start a conversation. It took everything in Keigo not to say he was fucking his son “ it's just an old friend..”
