Dabi’s Inferno

Guess, what I heard! Hehe, Hawks is on vacation! 🤭

Ready to raise some hell? 😁🙌

Whatcha wanna do first, pyro? 🔥

- Silver/Mary Chisaki 🐺

The she wolf's violet and gold eyes flicker to you. "Oh, hey girl." Her smile lowers into a grin and waves. "Nice to meetcha." @strawberryswirl4321 "Heard you started the party early. Nice."

Guess, what I heard! Hehe, Hawks is on vacation! 🤭

Ready to raise some hell? 😁🙌

Whatcha wanna do first, pyro? 🔥

- Silver/Mary Chisaki 🐺

Guess, what I heard! Hehe, Hawks is on vacation! 🤭

Ready to raise some hell? 😁🙌

Whatcha wanna do first, pyro? 🔥

- Silver/Mary Chisaki 🐺

Guess, what I heard! Hehe, Hawks is on vacation! 🤭

Ready to raise some hell? 😁🙌

Whatcha wanna do first, pyro? 🔥

- Silver/Mary Chisaki 🐺

Guess, what I heard! Hehe, Hawks is on vacation! 🤭

Ready to raise some hell? 😁🙌

Whatcha wanna do first, pyro? 🔥

- Silver/Mary Chisaki 🐺

She placed her hands on her heart and wrapped her wings around her body as if to protect herself from the outside world.

A cough shot the cigarette from his mouth but he kept walking. Some blood scattered the ground but if he had noticed, he didn’t seem to care.

Her gaze lowered and just as she was about to turn away, she noticed this shape. Limping and disoriented, a person wandered around in front of the building.

Dabi pulled back his hood and it was clear that he, indeed, couldn’t say anything. His mouth had been banded shut but someone had shoved a cigarette through a tiny hole left for this purpose.

"Dabi... Did I just hear that right?"

She saw his blue flames and the guys coming towards him as she gripped the metal tighter. Her feathers began to glow dark red from within and the air around her shimmered.

“Finally.” The other started to gather air around himself, as if to bolster his power, but he didn’t have time to move beyond that.

She glided effortlessly through the air and landed with smooth elegance in front of the alley where Dabi had disappeared. She went inside, while some feathers came loose and wrapped themselves in dark red, almost black flames.

Like eerie will-o'-the-wisps, they dance around her and provide at least some light, although it is rather sparse due to the color of the flames.

The walls were burnt deeper along the way in as he would lose control and stop caring if people found him.

In the final room, though, pictures of Rain and Kaji rested untouched by fire. The walls scorched.

A couch stood in the center with a low standing table next to it. A refrigerator stood in the corner with nothing in it, unplugged. Boxes of ramen stood on top. An empty cup on top.

Her gaze slid around, searching for any sign that her beloved Dabi was somewhere around. Finally, she saw a door with a burnt frame and when she went through, she found herself in a room similar to the one she had just been in.

A sigh escaped her lips, somewhere between frustration and sadness.

He quietly made his way through the maze, looking for any sign of the intruder. But nothing appeared. Then, the first door where the frame was burnt. And he recognized Rain’s feather’s scattered.

An audible sound of agony escaped from the hole that remained. He turned to look at the doors. “Three doors. Two being wrong. That should keep her busy enough,” he thought.

No answer... what else did she expect.

"He's probably long gone..." She sighed in frustration, let her wings droop slightly, and turned to leave.

But then she smelled it. A pungent burning smell that made her pause. Her nostrils trembled as she tried to follow the trail.

The smell was strongest from a heavy metal door that was slightly open. She tried to open the door, but it was a little stuck, so she had to really strain to get it open.

Her fire feathers slid into the room and revealed a message that clearly bore Dabi's handwriting:

"Too hot go home"

She stared at this night in disbelief and couldn't believe what was written there... too hot... Frustration rose in her chest, she clenched her hands into fists and lowered her gaze.

"Is that all you have to say, Touya!?" Her voice overturned as she screamed so loudly into the darkness.

"No matter how dangerous the situation is, I am strong enough to stand by your side! You don't have to protect me. I'm here and I want to be by your side! Don't you understand that, Touya?"

Her breathing became shallow and hectic and her voice suddenly lowered until it was almost a whisper.

She walked in the direction of the sound, to a wooden door, and listened...

The room before her was dark and sparsely furnished, just enough to call it a hiding place. Her gaze wandered around and when she saw the motionless body next to her, she froze.

In front of her, on the floor, lay her beloved Touya – unconscious, bleeding, covered with makeshift bandages.

“Touya!?” she cried desperately and fell down next to him. She reached for his neck and felt his pulse, which throbbed faintly beneath her finger.

She looked around desperately for a first aid kit or something similar, but found only a sofa, a table, and an old refrigerator.

"Shit..." She grabbed her smartphone and sent a message to Kaji.

Rain: Help, bring a first aid kit. Coordinates coming soon.

Without waiting for an answer, she stepped behind Dabi, wrapped her arms around his chest, and tried to pull him toward the sofa. However, Rain was significantly shorter than him and not as muscular, so she could only move him with great difficulty.

Kaji sat on the windowsill in his room, his black wings hanging limply behind him, touching the ground. His eyes were tired, his mind almost empty as he looked at the city below.

But suddenly, the ringing of his smartphone broke the silence. Almost in slow motion, he reached for it and his gaze slid over the message.

Rain: Help, bring a first aid kit. Coordinates coming soon.

His body shot up, his wings tensed behind him, and his gaze became piercingly sharp.

His mother rarely asked him for help, which means it must be serious. He rushed to his parents' bedroom because he knew there was a first aid kit under their bed, grabbed it, and rushed out the balcony door.

The next moment he was in the air, flying as fast as he could to his mother.

As he approached his destination, he saw Rain standing in front of a heavy metal door of a building. Despite his hectic pace, he landed elegantly next to her, his wings folding behind him and twitching nervously.

"Something happened?"

Rain just nodded and took the box from him.

"Your father is injured and unconscious. He urgently needs help."

Kaji froze for a moment, watching Rain as she was swallowed by the building. It took a few seconds for him to follow her into the heart.

Arriving in a dimly lit room, he saw his mother tending to Dabi's wounds. He had seen his father wounded many times, but never so badly, and certainly not unconscious.

"What happened?" His voice was quieter, almost shocked quiet.

Rain just shrugged as she carefully removed the old bandages and dabbed away the dried blood.

"I don't know, Kaji. I found him exactly as you see him."

————

The metal was unlike any that had covered the rest of his body. It was curled with barbs that dug deeper into every time he tried to speak or he coughed. Through the curls ran an electric wire that was gruesomely attached by his ears.

Dabi lowered his hand. A blood spurt shot out from the singular hole that was left by whoever had done this.

He reached out and touched Rain’s face. He was relieved to see her here but pissed all at the same time. His safe haven compromised, he would have to find another. But what mattered:

In the good times and the bad, she was here now. Oh how bad he wanted to tell her how grateful he was she stuck to her guns and found him. That she was here.

Rain carefully put her arms around him and nestled her face in the crook of his neck.

“Mmf oorree…”

He broke into a coughing fit, his hand flew to his mouth so as to not cover Rain in fresh blood.

She plucked a small feather from her feathers and held it to the muzzle-like thing at Dadi's mouth.

"Please hold still."

“Had I known… Heat… well…” he breathed. “People are coming… I don’t know when… but they caught wind… son of Endeavor… tortured me… want to kill me… think it will break him more. But, I don’t want them to find out about you two. I don’t want them to..” he coughed into his hand again. “Stupid bloody bastards. I know, through it all, you and me, us, all of us. It’s not that I don’t trust you two to not be able to handle yourselves. I just don’t trust these guys to know when to stop.”

"Kaji, keep your head still."

"Yes." Kaji said calmly, although there was a slight uncertainty in his voice, and stood behind his father. His hands cupped Dabi's cheeks and jaw, holding everything in place.

Rain's hands were skillful as she began to bandage his head and secure his jaw.

"Touya... You know what I can do and what Kaji can do. If they hunt us, these guys will become the hunted. And if Reven finds out about this, these guys are as good as dead, because he doesn't hesitate when his family is in danger... If they attack one of us, they attack all of us, and that is precisely the threshold they have crossed."

———

She placed her hands on her heart and wrapped her wings around her body as if to protect herself from the outside world.

A cough shot the cigarette from his mouth but he kept walking. Some blood scattered the ground but if he had noticed, he didn’t seem to care.

Her gaze lowered and just as she was about to turn away, she noticed this shape. Limping and disoriented, a person wandered around in front of the building.

Dabi pulled back his hood and it was clear that he, indeed, couldn’t say anything. His mouth had been banded shut but someone had shoved a cigarette through a tiny hole left for this purpose.

"Dabi... Did I just hear that right?"

She saw his blue flames and the guys coming towards him as she gripped the metal tighter. Her feathers began to glow dark red from within and the air around her shimmered.

“Finally.” The other started to gather air around himself, as if to bolster his power, but he didn’t have time to move beyond that.

She glided effortlessly through the air and landed with smooth elegance in front of the alley where Dabi had disappeared. She went inside, while some feathers came loose and wrapped themselves in dark red, almost black flames.

Like eerie will-o'-the-wisps, they dance around her and provide at least some light, although it is rather sparse due to the color of the flames.

The walls were burnt deeper along the way in as he would lose control and stop caring if people found him.

In the final room, though, pictures of Rain and Kaji rested untouched by fire. The walls scorched.

A couch stood in the center with a low standing table next to it. A refrigerator stood in the corner with nothing in it, unplugged. Boxes of ramen stood on top. An empty cup on top.

Her gaze slid around, searching for any sign that her beloved Dabi was somewhere around. Finally, she saw a door with a burnt frame and when she went through, she found herself in a room similar to the one she had just been in.

A sigh escaped her lips, somewhere between frustration and sadness.

He quietly made his way through the maze, looking for any sign of the intruder. But nothing appeared. Then, the first door where the frame was burnt. And he recognized Rain’s feather’s scattered.

An audible sound of agony escaped from the hole that remained. He turned to look at the doors. “Three doors. Two being wrong. That should keep her busy enough,” he thought.

No answer... what else did she expect.

"He's probably long gone..." She sighed in frustration, let her wings droop slightly, and turned to leave.

But then she smelled it. A pungent burning smell that made her pause. Her nostrils trembled as she tried to follow the trail.

The smell was strongest from a heavy metal door that was slightly open. She tried to open the door, but it was a little stuck, so she had to really strain to get it open.

Her fire feathers slid into the room and revealed a message that clearly bore Dabi's handwriting:

"Too hot go home"

She stared at this night in disbelief and couldn't believe what was written there... too hot... Frustration rose in her chest, she clenched her hands into fists and lowered her gaze.

"Is that all you have to say, Touya!?" Her voice overturned as she screamed so loudly into the darkness.

"No matter how dangerous the situation is, I am strong enough to stand by your side! You don't have to protect me. I'm here and I want to be by your side! Don't you understand that, Touya?"

Her breathing became shallow and hectic and her voice suddenly lowered until it was almost a whisper.

She walked in the direction of the sound, to a wooden door, and listened...

The room before her was dark and sparsely furnished, just enough to call it a hiding place. Her gaze wandered around and when she saw the motionless body next to her, she froze.

In front of her, on the floor, lay her beloved Touya – unconscious, bleeding, covered with makeshift bandages.

“Touya!?” she cried desperately and fell down next to him. She reached for his neck and felt his pulse, which throbbed faintly beneath her finger.

She looked around desperately for a first aid kit or something similar, but found only a sofa, a table, and an old refrigerator.

"Shit..." She grabbed her smartphone and sent a message to Kaji.

Rain: Help, bring a first aid kit. Coordinates coming soon.

Without waiting for an answer, she stepped behind Dabi, wrapped her arms around his chest, and tried to pull him toward the sofa. However, Rain was significantly shorter than him and not as muscular, so she could only move him with great difficulty.

Kaji sat on the windowsill in his room, his black wings hanging limply behind him, touching the ground. His eyes were tired, his mind almost empty as he looked at the city below.

But suddenly, the ringing of his smartphone broke the silence. Almost in slow motion, he reached for it and his gaze slid over the message.

Rain: Help, bring a first aid kit. Coordinates coming soon.

His body shot up, his wings tensed behind him, and his gaze became piercingly sharp.

His mother rarely asked him for help, which means it must be serious. He rushed to his parents' bedroom because he knew there was a first aid kit under their bed, grabbed it, and rushed out the balcony door.

The next moment he was in the air, flying as fast as he could to his mother.

As he approached his destination, he saw Rain standing in front of a heavy metal door of a building. Despite his hectic pace, he landed elegantly next to her, his wings folding behind him and twitching nervously.

"Something happened?"

Rain just nodded and took the box from him.

"Your father is injured and unconscious. He urgently needs help."

Kaji froze for a moment, watching Rain as she was swallowed by the building. It took a few seconds for him to follow her into the heart.

Arriving in a dimly lit room, he saw his mother tending to Dabi's wounds. He had seen his father wounded many times, but never so badly, and certainly not unconscious.

"What happened?" His voice was quieter, almost shocked quiet.

Rain just shrugged as she carefully removed the old bandages and dabbed away the dried blood.

"I don't know, Kaji. I found him exactly as you see him."

————

The metal was unlike any that had covered the rest of his body. It was curled with barbs that dug deeper into every time he tried to speak or he coughed. Through the curls ran an electric wire that was gruesomely attached by his ears.

Dabi lowered his hand. A blood spurt shot out from the singular hole that was left by whoever had done this.

He reached out and touched Rain’s face. He was relieved to see her here but pissed all at the same time. His safe haven compromised, he would have to find another. But what mattered:

In the good times and the bad, she was here now. Oh how bad he wanted to tell her how grateful he was she stuck to her guns and found him. That she was here.

Rain carefully put her arms around him and nestled her face in the crook of his neck.

“Mmf oorree…”

He broke into a coughing fit, his hand flew to his mouth so as to not cover Rain in fresh blood.

She plucked a small feather from her feathers and held it to the muzzle-like thing at Dadi's mouth.

"Please hold still."

“Had I known… Heat… well…” he breathed. “People are coming… I don’t know when… but they caught wind… son of Endeavor… tortured me… want to kill me… think it will break him more. But, I don’t want them to find out about you two. I don’t want them to..” he coughed into his hand again. “Stupid bloody bastards. I know, through it all, you and me, us, all of us. It’s not that I don’t trust you two to not be able to handle yourselves. I just don’t trust these guys to know when to stop.”

She placed her hands on her heart and wrapped her wings around her body as if to protect herself from the outside world.

A cough shot the cigarette from his mouth but he kept walking. Some blood scattered the ground but if he had noticed, he didn’t seem to care.

Her gaze lowered and just as she was about to turn away, she noticed this shape. Limping and disoriented, a person wandered around in front of the building.

Dabi pulled back his hood and it was clear that he, indeed, couldn’t say anything. His mouth had been banded shut but someone had shoved a cigarette through a tiny hole left for this purpose.

"Dabi... Did I just hear that right?"

She saw his blue flames and the guys coming towards him as she gripped the metal tighter. Her feathers began to glow dark red from within and the air around her shimmered.

“Finally.” The other started to gather air around himself, as if to bolster his power, but he didn’t have time to move beyond that.

She glided effortlessly through the air and landed with smooth elegance in front of the alley where Dabi had disappeared. She went inside, while some feathers came loose and wrapped themselves in dark red, almost black flames.

Like eerie will-o'-the-wisps, they dance around her and provide at least some light, although it is rather sparse due to the color of the flames.

The walls were burnt deeper along the way in as he would lose control and stop caring if people found him.

In the final room, though, pictures of Rain and Kaji rested untouched by fire. The walls scorched.

A couch stood in the center with a low standing table next to it. A refrigerator stood in the corner with nothing in it, unplugged. Boxes of ramen stood on top. An empty cup on top.

Her gaze slid around, searching for any sign that her beloved Dabi was somewhere around. Finally, she saw a door with a burnt frame and when she went through, she found herself in a room similar to the one she had just been in.

A sigh escaped her lips, somewhere between frustration and sadness.

He quietly made his way through the maze, looking for any sign of the intruder. But nothing appeared. Then, the first door where the frame was burnt. And he recognized Rain’s feather’s scattered.

An audible sound of agony escaped from the hole that remained. He turned to look at the doors. “Three doors. Two being wrong. That should keep her busy enough,” he thought.

No answer... what else did she expect.

"He's probably long gone..." She sighed in frustration, let her wings droop slightly, and turned to leave.

But then she smelled it. A pungent burning smell that made her pause. Her nostrils trembled as she tried to follow the trail.

The smell was strongest from a heavy metal door that was slightly open. She tried to open the door, but it was a little stuck, so she had to really strain to get it open.

Her fire feathers slid into the room and revealed a message that clearly bore Dabi's handwriting:

"Too hot go home"

She stared at this night in disbelief and couldn't believe what was written there... too hot... Frustration rose in her chest, she clenched her hands into fists and lowered her gaze.

"Is that all you have to say, Touya!?" Her voice overturned as she screamed so loudly into the darkness.

"No matter how dangerous the situation is, I am strong enough to stand by your side! You don't have to protect me. I'm here and I want to be by your side! Don't you understand that, Touya?"

Her breathing became shallow and hectic and her voice suddenly lowered until it was almost a whisper.

She walked in the direction of the sound, to a wooden door, and listened...

The room before her was dark and sparsely furnished, just enough to call it a hiding place. Her gaze wandered around and when she saw the motionless body next to her, she froze.

In front of her, on the floor, lay her beloved Touya – unconscious, bleeding, covered with makeshift bandages.

“Touya!?” she cried desperately and fell down next to him. She reached for his neck and felt his pulse, which throbbed faintly beneath her finger.

She looked around desperately for a first aid kit or something similar, but found only a sofa, a table, and an old refrigerator.

"Shit..." She grabbed her smartphone and sent a message to Kaji.

Rain: Help, bring a first aid kit. Coordinates coming soon.

Without waiting for an answer, she stepped behind Dabi, wrapped her arms around his chest, and tried to pull him toward the sofa. However, Rain was significantly shorter than him and not as muscular, so she could only move him with great difficulty.

Kaji sat on the windowsill in his room, his black wings hanging limply behind him, touching the ground. His eyes were tired, his mind almost empty as he looked at the city below.

But suddenly, the ringing of his smartphone broke the silence. Almost in slow motion, he reached for it and his gaze slid over the message.

Rain: Help, bring a first aid kit. Coordinates coming soon.

His body shot up, his wings tensed behind him, and his gaze became piercingly sharp.

His mother rarely asked him for help, which means it must be serious. He rushed to his parents' bedroom because he knew there was a first aid kit under their bed, grabbed it, and rushed out the balcony door.

The next moment he was in the air, flying as fast as he could to his mother.

As he approached his destination, he saw Rain standing in front of a heavy metal door of a building. Despite his hectic pace, he landed elegantly next to her, his wings folding behind him and twitching nervously.

"Something happened?"

Rain just nodded and took the box from him.

"Your father is injured and unconscious. He urgently needs help."

Kaji froze for a moment, watching Rain as she was swallowed by the building. It took a few seconds for him to follow her into the heart.

Arriving in a dimly lit room, he saw his mother tending to Dabi's wounds. He had seen his father wounded many times, but never so badly, and certainly not unconscious.

"What happened?" His voice was quieter, almost shocked quiet.

Rain just shrugged as she carefully removed the old bandages and dabbed away the dried blood.

"I don't know, Kaji. I found him exactly as you see him."

————

The metal was unlike any that had covered the rest of his body. It was curled with barbs that dug deeper into every time he tried to speak or he coughed. Through the curls ran an electric wire that was gruesomely attached by his ears.

Dabi lowered his hand. A blood spurt shot out from the singular hole that was left by whoever had done this.

He reached out and touched Rain’s face. He was relieved to see her here but pissed all at the same time. His safe haven compromised, he would have to find another. But what mattered:

In the good times and the bad, she was here now. Oh how bad he wanted to tell her how grateful he was she stuck to her guns and found him. That she was here.

Rain carefully put her arms around him and nestled her face in the crook of his neck.

“Mmf oorree…”

He broke into a coughing fit, his hand flew to his mouth so as to not cover Rain in fresh blood.

She placed her hands on her heart and wrapped her wings around her body as if to protect herself from the outside world.

A cough shot the cigarette from his mouth but he kept walking. Some blood scattered the ground but if he had noticed, he didn’t seem to care.

Her gaze lowered and just as she was about to turn away, she noticed this shape. Limping and disoriented, a person wandered around in front of the building.

Dabi pulled back his hood and it was clear that he, indeed, couldn’t say anything. His mouth had been banded shut but someone had shoved a cigarette through a tiny hole left for this purpose.

"Dabi... Did I just hear that right?"

She saw his blue flames and the guys coming towards him as she gripped the metal tighter. Her feathers began to glow dark red from within and the air around her shimmered.

“Finally.” The other started to gather air around himself, as if to bolster his power, but he didn’t have time to move beyond that.

She glided effortlessly through the air and landed with smooth elegance in front of the alley where Dabi had disappeared. She went inside, while some feathers came loose and wrapped themselves in dark red, almost black flames.

Like eerie will-o'-the-wisps, they dance around her and provide at least some light, although it is rather sparse due to the color of the flames.

The walls were burnt deeper along the way in as he would lose control and stop caring if people found him.

In the final room, though, pictures of Rain and Kaji rested untouched by fire. The walls scorched.

A couch stood in the center with a low standing table next to it. A refrigerator stood in the corner with nothing in it, unplugged. Boxes of ramen stood on top. An empty cup on top.

Her gaze slid around, searching for any sign that her beloved Dabi was somewhere around. Finally, she saw a door with a burnt frame and when she went through, she found herself in a room similar to the one she had just been in.

A sigh escaped her lips, somewhere between frustration and sadness.

He quietly made his way through the maze, looking for any sign of the intruder. But nothing appeared. Then, the first door where the frame was burnt. And he recognized Rain’s feather’s scattered.

An audible sound of agony escaped from the hole that remained. He turned to look at the doors. “Three doors. Two being wrong. That should keep her busy enough,” he thought.

No answer... what else did she expect.

"He's probably long gone..." She sighed in frustration, let her wings droop slightly, and turned to leave.

But then she smelled it. A pungent burning smell that made her pause. Her nostrils trembled as she tried to follow the trail.

The smell was strongest from a heavy metal door that was slightly open. She tried to open the door, but it was a little stuck, so she had to really strain to get it open.

Her fire feathers slid into the room and revealed a message that clearly bore Dabi's handwriting:

"Too hot go home"

She stared at this night in disbelief and couldn't believe what was written there... too hot... Frustration rose in her chest, she clenched her hands into fists and lowered her gaze.

"Is that all you have to say, Touya!?" Her voice overturned as she screamed so loudly into the darkness.

"No matter how dangerous the situation is, I am strong enough to stand by your side! You don't have to protect me. I'm here and I want to be by your side! Don't you understand that, Touya?"

Her breathing became shallow and hectic and her voice suddenly lowered until it was almost a whisper.

She walked in the direction of the sound, to a wooden door, and listened...

The room before her was dark and sparsely furnished, just enough to call it a hiding place. Her gaze wandered around and when she saw the motionless body next to her, she froze.

In front of her, on the floor, lay her beloved Touya – unconscious, bleeding, covered with makeshift bandages.

“Touya!?” she cried desperately and fell down next to him. She reached for his neck and felt his pulse, which throbbed faintly beneath her finger.

She looked around desperately for a first aid kit or something similar, but found only a sofa, a table, and an old refrigerator.

"Shit..." She grabbed her smartphone and sent a message to Kaji.

Rain: Help, bring a first aid kit. Coordinates coming soon.

Without waiting for an answer, she stepped behind Dabi, wrapped her arms around his chest, and tried to pull him toward the sofa. However, Rain was significantly shorter than him and not as muscular, so she could only move him with great difficulty.

Kaji sat on the windowsill in his room, his black wings hanging limply behind him, touching the ground. His eyes were tired, his mind almost empty as he looked at the city below.

But suddenly, the ringing of his smartphone broke the silence. Almost in slow motion, he reached for it and his gaze slid over the message.

Rain: Help, bring a first aid kit. Coordinates coming soon.

His body shot up, his wings tensed behind him, and his gaze became piercingly sharp.

His mother rarely asked him for help, which means it must be serious. He rushed to his parents' bedroom because he knew there was a first aid kit under their bed, grabbed it, and rushed out the balcony door.

The next moment he was in the air, flying as fast as he could to his mother.

As he approached his destination, he saw Rain standing in front of a heavy metal door of a building. Despite his hectic pace, he landed elegantly next to her, his wings folding behind him and twitching nervously.

"Something happened?"

Rain just nodded and took the box from him.

"Your father is injured and unconscious. He urgently needs help."

Kaji froze for a moment, watching Rain as she was swallowed by the building. It took a few seconds for him to follow her into the heart.

Arriving in a dimly lit room, he saw his mother tending to Dabi's wounds. He had seen his father wounded many times, but never so badly, and certainly not unconscious.

"What happened?" His voice was quieter, almost shocked quiet.

Rain just shrugged as she carefully removed the old bandages and dabbed away the dried blood.

"I don't know, Kaji. I found him exactly as you see him."

————

The metal was unlike any that had covered the rest of his body. It was curled with barbs that dug deeper into every time he tried to speak or he coughed. Through the curls ran an electric wire that was gruesomely attached by his ears.

Dabi lowered his hand. A blood spurt shot out from the singular hole that was left by whoever had done this.

He reached out and touched Rain’s face. He was relieved to see her here but pissed all at the same time. His safe haven compromised, he would have to find another. But what mattered:

In the good times and the bad, she was here now. Oh how bad he wanted to tell her how grateful he was she stuck to her guns and found him. That she was here.