Shigaraki [POV]

For a while I just stood there in the dark room breathing in the harsh smell of smoke.  I shook my head slowly walking out of his room.  Dabi was having a nightmare, I wake him up, he tried to strangle me.  I guess that's what I get for waking up someone who's mentally unstable though, it's not like I'm any different.  I'm just aware of it.  I walked down the hallway to the bathroom I knocked on the door once and tried the door.  It was locked

"What do you want?" Dabi snapped from the other side

"What were you dreaming about?" I asked getting straight to the point

"Why on earth would I tell you" he exclaimed

"You where whimpering and muttering something about Shoto and something else" I tried the door again even though it's not like that would have done any good.

"So I don't have to tell you" I grabbed the door knob again but it was ripped out of my hand as the door flung open.  Dabi's left hand and cheek were wrapped in bandages.

"It wouldn't hurt" I shrugged

"Well then you clearly don't know me I don't talk about dreams to other people especially not creeps like you who watch me sleep" he brushed past me going back to his room

"Was it about your father?" I blurted out, he froze in his place

"That's not in your position to know" he responded grabbing his door

"It was wasn't it you were mumbling about your brother and your sister so your dad had to be in it too if you where whimpering like that" I challenged

"Shut up" He snapped shutting the door behind him as he walked into his room.  I rolled my eyes with a sigh going to my own room.

*Time skip: Later that night*

I was messing around with my quirk when I guess the sun finally set and people started to go to bed because the entire bar went quiet which was odd.  Usually everyone stayed up really late drinking or playing darts because that was all there was to do here when we didn't have a mission.  I tip toed out into the hallway looking down both ways it was pitch black down the hallway and down in the bar area.  I brushed dust off my pants and started to go into the bar when I heard a faint sobbing.  I froze furrowing my eyebrows confused, I spun around on my heel walking back down the hallway stopping at Dabi's door.  My eyes were just starting to adjust as I opened the door.  Dabi was sitting on his bed his knees pulled up to his chest his face buried in his hands.

"What are you doing?" I whispered harshly he looked up slowly I couldn't see his expression and I don't think he could see mine either

"Go away mop head" He snapped quietly looking to the side wiping his eyes.  I felt kinda bad for Dabi at this moment, he's been struggling for a few weeks now and hasn't really been himself.  He kept remembering his past which he didn't want to remember and all we did was just make it worse by teasing him and pointing it out.  I frowned, he put up with it this long and now reached his limit.  He was just as broken as anyone else here maybe even worse.  I sighed knowing what I was about to do could very well get me killed.  I walked over to his bed sitting down in front of him

"Oi what are you doing I said go away" he snapped again his voice shaking.  I wrapped my arm around his shoulders pulling him closer

"Mop head what are you-" he trailed off starting to tremble he was trying to frantically put on his mask to try to fool me but every time he protested it only crumbled off more.  I swallowed hard

"It'll be okay you don't have to keep everything pent up all the time" I told him still unsure why I was even doing this for him.  For all I knew we hated each other but to my surprise he gave in the rest of his mask crumbling away leaving just a small scared kid with no hope for the world.  He wrapped his arms around me clinging to me.  He was trembling as he cried on my shoulder.  It was weird to see someone who kept up such a strong, cool facade to see what they hid all this time.

"Please don't....., leave me......, alone" he choked out between sobs, his breathing was shaky and mismatched

"I won't" I promised he let go of me his hands shaking

"W-When I was......, Younger....., a woman came......, up to me......, and said I was......, going to hell because....., of my piercings and....., I told her that....., I didn't believe....., in god or......, the devil but......, I think she was....., right" he sobbed

"No your not it will be okay you just made a few mistakes" I reassured him "Everyone makes mistakes sometimes"

"My entire life was a mistake, I shouldn't have even been born" he rubbed his eyes "Making mistakes is all I'm good for"

"That's not true I thought you didn't believe anything that your father told you" I asked

"Maybe he was right though" he laid back down on his bed clutching his head in his hands

"You said that he wasn't you were the one who announced that you would kill Endeavor" I insisted

"I can't do anything to him I'm to weak to do anything" he cried out "Just go away"

"I'm not going to leave you alone because I-" I trailed off my words getting caught in my throat, he didn't say anything though.  I bit my lower lip looking down at the sheets

"Because I love you"

(A.N. yeah so this entire chapter is completely out of character for both Shigaraki and Dabi but like whatever I'm happy with this chapter)