It Must be Nice to Have Death on Your Side: Chapter 8
It had been about a month since the whole concert issue and I was finally back to working my normal schedule. I did try a bit harder to find time to talk with the others or sit in on practices. I'd been avoiding Dabi as much as I could. I was better now, why did I still feel so weird around him? I couldn't really ask Kurogiri, he wasn't the best with emotions either, that only left asking one of the others about it. I'd have to find a proper time to do that. Currently though, I was walking back to from a day on the job. Maybe now would be a good time to bring it up. When I got back home everyone was busy practicing.
"Boss! Welcome back!" Toga skipped over. "I need to talk to you real quick!"
She didn't give me a chance to answer before dragging me to another room, shutting the door behind her.
"Alright! You've been avoiding Dabi and I wanna know why." She sat with her back against the door. "Talk to me, I want to know what's going on."
Guess she was making it easy on me. I sighed, sitting across from her.
"I just-... I feel weird around him. My stomach gets all fluttery around him and I feel really hot. The warmth thing is what I first noticed. I'm usually always cold with the whole 'incarnation of death' thing." I explained. I looked up at the ceiling. "I'm not good with emotions, so I've been avoiding him as much as I can until I figure it out. I was-.. meaning to ask one of you today actually.."
She stared wide eye at me.
"Oh my f**king god!" she shouted, starting to laugh.
I glared at her. "What the hell's so funny?"
"I'll make this easy on you. You've got a little crush on Dabi~"
And there was that warmth in my face.
"I- What! No- That's not possible- He's so- Infuriating and annoying and doesn't know when to shut the f**k up and- and-..."
I had nothing else. He was fun to hang around with, did genuinely care, and wasn't that bad looking either- Oh god dammit.
She giggled. "C'mon Shiggy, you asked me for my help, don't deny it just because you don't know how to handle it."
She pushed herself forwards a bit further.
"If you want I can help you tell him."
I looked down at my hands. Was this a good idea? Probably not, but I had no other option. I couldn't do this on my own.
"What did you have in mind?"
We finished out training for the day and were now trying to figure out what to do with the rest of the time we had. I say 'we' but since I didn't really sleep at night it was more 'they'.
"Oh! I know! Back at my high school me and my friends would play this game called 'Truth or dare'! Basically you ask someone truth or dare and if they pick truth you ask them a question and they have to be truthful and if you pick dare you can make the person do something!"
In all honesty, it sounded kinda interesting. The others agreed, even Shiggy agreed to play. Seemed fun so of course I joined as well. Magne was the first to ask and we basically played it 'Whoever was asked is the next person to ask'.
"Dabi truth or dare!" Of course Toga was the first to ask me. She was deffinitally the most comfortable with me.
"Dare. Let's see what you got."
She grinned. "I dare you to go into a locked room with Shiggy for 10 minutes!"
I looked over at Shigaraki who was staring wide eyed at her.
"Only if Tomura's comfortable with it."
He glared at Toga out of the corner of his eye before getting up and walking over to me.
"Let's just get this over with.." he mumbled, holding out his hand.
I smiled at him, grabbing his wrist and standing up. Toga jumped up as well, dragging us over to a random room and throwing us both in. The room wasn't that large, I could probably touch both walls if I put my arms out. There were a few rickety metal shelves in the room but that was about it. I let go of his arm and went to sit in the corner. I leaned my head against the wall, closing my eyes and bringing my knees up.
"Well we have a bit of time on our hands. Let's just talk or somethin'."
When I opened my eyes again he was sat in the other corner, looking at me. He turned away from me, acting like he wasn't just staring. I couldn't help but laugh. Maybe I could try and have a bit of fun with this.
"Ya know it's not polite to stare." I teased him, leaning forwards, placing my elbows on my knees and propping my head up with my hands.
I hid another laugh. "I wouldn't blame you. Besides not like there's much to in here."
He glared at me. I sighed, leaning my head back.
"Still giving me the cold shoulder I see-" Of course I had noticed he had been avoiding me. I just hadn't had a moment to ask him about it. "Did I do something to piss you off? If I did I didn't mean to."
He sighed. "It- I mean- Dammit." He hit his head against the wall. "Why are emotions so hard?" he mumbled, seemingly to himself.
I stood up and crouched in front of him.
"Have something to tell me?" I asked, lifting his head to face me.
I could see him perfectly fine in the dark which meant I noticed how red his face seemed.
"Wait, are you blushing?"
He could hardly get a full sentence out to explain.
"F**k off-" was all he could manage to say. I tilted my head, giving him a smile.
"I don't think you want me to."
"God why'd I have to fall for the most annoying person on earth." he mumbled.
I don't think I was meant to hear that part.
"So you like me?" Well that made shit a whole lot easier on me. "Well that makes confessing easier on me. I feel the same Shiggy."
Fine, two can play at this game. I took a step back.
"So you don't like me. That's- fine." I sat back in the corner. "I just thought- Nevermind."
I leaned my head against the wall.
"W-wait- Don't- F**k. I'm not good at this. I do like you like-.. well like that. I just- Shit that was stupid of me." He came over to me kneeling in front of me. "I'm-.. I'm sorry-"
And there it was. I pulled him closer.
"Oh I know, I heard you the first time."
He tried to glare at me (failing in the process).
"You're an asshole." he mumbled.
Now that I was meant to hear. I laughed again, kissing his cheek.
"I know." I smiled, running a hand through his hair.
"How about we go on a mini date or something- Just to figure this out before we make anything official-" he suggested.
"Sounds like a plan. Tomorrow night. You shouldn't have work and I'll be awake."
"Alright, fine." He rested his forehead against mine. "Just don't annoy me."
