Burn It Down

“ Fine… lets make a deal. I’ll call that pumpkin ‘Dabi’ instead and you won’t burn it. “

“ You already burned Touya the first. “

“ You have to get past me, to burn your pumpkin self to ashes. “

“ Touya the second already has a face. So no. Not this time. “

Preference, huh? The word drew a snort from the black-haired boy. He leaned against the wall, refusing to draw any closer. There was something in the demeanor of his brother that told him not to approach, not to reach out, not to extend a hand in attempt to offer help. It was a look that he was too familiar with, having seen it in the mirror enough times.

A grin twisted over his lips. "Preference, that right?" The voice rumbled with a chuckle that he was barely contained. No, that was more than preference. More like a way to keep any harm from coming to oneself. Saphire gaze fixated firmly on the boy. Shoulders raising in a bit of a shrug. "Some reason, I don't think that's what this is. Also, don't think you believe it is either."

Eyes turned from the attention seekers to his open palm. Disinterest written all over his face. There was no point to recruiting them. There was no point to their continued existence. A small flame flickered to life in his palm. A sigh was the only sound that escaped the villain’s throat as the fire spread in an instant.

“ I mostly only know what everyone thinks about villains and what our… my father taught me. “, which should be more than just obvious. Unlike his brother, he was aiming for the opposite after all.

And they only knew, what they saw. Which was from trying to kill one of their teachers - All Might -, in which his brother wasn’t involved though, to kidnapping their classmate and nearly killing his father. Which was a pretty usual villain behavior.

“ …so no. Never heard about it. “

That should have been expected. Dabi let out a long sigh, shaking his head a bit. There was no point, he supposed, in trying to teach Shouto about villains. It would only end up looking like he was trying to sway his brother to his side.

There surely were still other villain groups. But the thought of that, made him want to sigh. The more he found out about villains, the more difficult it became for him, to imagine that he had to break them all apart one day. Heroic work, that didn’t feel all too heroic anymore.

“ I always thought, lying is normal for a villain. Betray your friends to betray your enemies… or something like this. “

He couldn’t help but raise a brow at those words. Maybe in some cases it was true. Dabi himself had occasionally gotten involved in two-bit gangs that didn’t care what happened to their groups as long as they got further in life.

“ Oh… “, it wasn’t, like Shouto would remind him that he did the same. To his time everything in their own was… still rather shitty after all.

“ I’m glad, that you found a family you want to protect so much though. “

A family he wanted to protect, huh? He still had his old family that he wanted to protect too. But that wasn’t something he was capable of doing. A hand rubbed at the back of his neck, and a sigh escaped.

“ …? “, the boy could only tilt his head at the behavior of the other male. Either, his brother got easier angered or it had a good reason. He couldn’t decide for neither yet.

“ I’m not going to judge you. “