Dabi- I mean Touya's POV

"There's a  fucking ninja turtle-" Sero whisper yells in shock at seeing Spinner still sound asleep on the couch. Kaminari furiously types on his phone, everyone else is standing in completely rigid positions, keeping careful eyes on Spinner. I step out from the kitchen doorway and try to defuse the situation.

"Don't worry guys, his name is-"

"Spinner. His name is Spinner." Kaminari spoke in... an almost hopeful tone. He was actually happy... oh yeah, I totally forgot! Spinner was like his big brother figure back when he was forced into the league. We all felt bad for the kid, his dad hated him, and we all knew he didn't want anything to do with us. But Spinner... he completely took Kaminari out of his shy and resenting shell, introducing him to all kind of video games and trends on his phone to distract him from the terror of staying with the rest of the league. He was who Kaminari always went to for guidance... or when he wanted to talk or hang out. I think, deep down, Spinner knew Kaminari would end up being a hero and abandoning us. He knew they would end up clashing but he helped him anyways since he didn't want him to suffer the same fate he did with his family... he just wanted to help out the kid. Honestly, no one at the league liked his dad, child abuse is not tolerated, as well as many other things. It was great when the two of them started to get along, and now that they're reunited again, no doubt that they'll get up to some absolute shenanigans.

"...yeah, his name is Spinner."

"Woah. Kaminari you knew him, I'm guessing?"

"Knew him? Knew him??? He was the only reason I didn't jump of a goddamn bridge during my time with the league. He was like... like... the brother I never had! He was also... the first person I came out to..." (huwoah I didn't know that). Kaminari raised his voice just slightly, talking fast and excitedly, literally ecstatic. The tension in the room dialed down a lot, everyone looked at Spinner still with some distrust, but also thankfully. He kept their resident Pikachu alive, after all.

"You came out to him first?? Was he accepting??"

"Let's just say, he's almost as disastrous of a bi as me."

"Nice."

"-Yeah, well he isn't completely pleased to just be back... he's getting used to it, but his serum still hasn't worn off so he'll be a bit hostile.. careful, guys." I interrupt and warn them all as I see Spinner begin to stir in his sleep. He'll probably be waking up soon...

"We understand. We're just happy he's.. trying to get used to it." Iida speaks up and sporadically moves around his hands like a robot. Does he always do this? Either way, he perked up a bit.

"Is there anything we can do for him once he wakes up? Food? Water? A place to sleep? Our souls???? We're happy to provide for him! (aslongashedoesn'ttrytokillusagain-)" Iida offers at a fast pace and mutters the last part of slander. I open my mouth to answer before seeing Spinner's eyes slowly start to blink open from the corner of my eye. I turn my gaze back to Iida and motion to Spinner.

"Ask him yourself." I invite.

As if one cue, Spinner's eyes open completely and he sits up with a dazed look on his face, disoriented and still half asleep, probably. He looked at the kids and I through his peripherals.

"Hey Dabi..."

"Touya."

"Oh yeah, hey Touya... and class A.." he yawns.

"..."

"..."

"CLASS 1-A???!!!" He snaps from his hazy daze and completely falls off the couch, landing hard against the ground with a 'thud'.

"Yes, this is class 1-A." I walk around and hold out a hand for Spinner to get up. He looks at me suspiciously, then at class A, then back to my hand, class A again, and finally grabs my hand, vaulting himself up.

"Why aren't you... attacking me..?" He looks at them suspiciously and backs into a defensive stance, sliding his hand out of mine.

"And why are you so tall??" He looks up and we all laugh at him.

"Good afternoon, Spinner! My name is Iida Tenya and this is the rest of my class!" He stiffly motions back to the rest of his class. Everyone waved at him. Some were stiff and unsure, others were excited and welcoming, some (one) were lowkey pissed. Spinner looks confused up at Iida as the former walks up for a handshake, a soft smile on his face. Spinner takes it cautiously and shakes quickly.

"...why are you so welcoming?" He shrinks in on himself. Because of his past with... people, he's not really trusting of anyone that treats him with respect right off the bat. He's just.. not used to it, and he thinks they're playing a trick or a game on him.

"You're here to get better, and no one can get better in unhealthy environments! Everyone here is accepting and willing to have you here as a guest! It doesn't matter what your sexuality, gender identity, race, quirk type etc. is, we love you all the same!" Iida smiles but looks down at him with a fairly threatening glare in his eye.

"And if you hurt my classmates, as the class rep, I will not hesitate to hunt you down and beat you so senselessly that the scales on your body fall off your body like a tree in autumn and then skin and debone whatever's left." He smiles just slightly wider and good lord I'm terrified. I look over and everyone else also looks completely petrified, but Aoyama just looks terrified and turned on at the same time.

"U-Uhm,, good to know."

"Yep! Anyways, introductions!" He brushes off what he said as if nothing had happened before and walks back to the group of the rest of his class, patting Kirishima on the shoulder for him to start.

"Oh! I'm Kirishima, and this is Bakugou!" He pats an angry looking Bakugou on the shoulder.

"I'm Midoriya!"

"Uraraka!"

"Shouji."

"Aoyama!~"

"Your worst nightmare."

"..Fumi."

"...I'm Tokoyami."

"WHIPPED!"

"How hilarious. You are not just a clown, you are the entire circus."

"Anyways, hey Spinner! Good to see you again!" Kaminari waves excitedly. I look at Spinner and see him light up, a subtle smile quickly forms and he holds out his arms for Kaminari, and the former immediately nyooms and hugs him.

"Denki!! I haven't seen you in forever!"

"I knowww!" He clings onto him. It's nice to see them be happy again.

After a couple minutes, the two pulled away and the rest of the kid's introductions went under way. While they were all introducing themselves, I noticed two students in particular... they didn't seem so pleased. Bakugou and Ojirou. I don't know exactly what happened as an effect of what we did in their dorms a couple months ago... but judging from the severe burns on the both of them (Shinsou too, but he seemed indifferent more than anything towards us), things didn't end so well for them.. it came to the point where Ojirou looked so panicked he began to sort of hunch up and cave in on himself, and Bakugou actually started.. comforting him. It was odd... and it just made me feel even more guilty than before.

"Now that intros are out of the way, is there anything you need right now??" Iida offered. Spinner was, to say the least, taken the fuck back.

"Uh.. food would be nice. The league aren't really the richest people in the world, ya know." Spinner said. No one else would've been able to tell because of how good he is at masking it, but his voice was a bit weaker, maybe even trembled a bit. Iida nodded and both him and Kaminari went into the pantry to grab him food. While they were gone, the two of us looked at the rest of class A.

"If you guys don't want to be here for much longer, you can go up to your rooms or whatever..." Spinner scratched the back of his neck nervously. There was a slight shake in his hand.

"Are you kidding?? You're cool, dude! You helped Kami out with... basically being himself and staying alive, and you just- look cool!" Mina almost shouts and shoots Spinner a thumbs up. His cheeks flush and the scratching gets a bit faster.

"Uhm, thank you very much." He bows just slightly. You could see the nervousness start to take him over.

"No prob! Hey, what do you say we all watch some movies tonight?? We can hang out more together and you can get comfortable with being around us!" Mina excitedly proposes. Spinner looks slightly shocked but nods.

"Yeah, that's be pretty.. cool! I don't mind that."

"You already know the rest of us are in!" Satou elbows Mina slightly and responds excitedly.

"Yeah! And you don't have to be our cooking slave this time!" She smiles.

"Finally..."

"Yep! Now that's Touya's job!"

"Hey, uh, what the fuck?"

"Just kidding! ...maybe."

"Hm. Wonderful." I glare at her slightly and she winks mischievously in response. Then Iida and Kaminari come back with.. a lot.. maybe too much food.

"We didn't know what kind of food you wanted, so we got one of everything!" They laid out.. literally one of everything on the coffee table for him. Sushi, rice, soba, cereal, cookies, a sandwich and more. He looked wide-eyed down at it, in utter disbelief.

"I would've been fine with just a single cookie, ya know!"

"Maybe, but we wanted to go all out." Kaminari winks.

"Of course you did, Denki..."

"Aaaanyways, we should leave Spinner and Touya alone, Touya can help him get situated better!" Hagakure speaks up. Everyone nods in agreement and wave goodbye to us, heading either up the stairs or up the elevator. As soon as they left, Spinner let out a shaky breath, immediately walking over and sitting on the couch in front of all the food. I follow and sit next to him. Something's up, and I think I know what it is.

"What's up, Spinner?" I asked in the most concerned voice I could muster. He looks sadly down at the box of thin mints Iida and Kaminari got for him, picking it up and ripping open the packaging to munch on one of the cookies.

"..Spinner?"

A tear falls from his eye.

"Oh- uh- Shit-"

Then he starts to full on sob. Tears fall rapidly from his eyes, the thin mint falls back on the table, and small, sniffly noises come from him. I scoot closer with widened and concerned eyes, placing my hand on his shoulder to the opposite side of me, pulling him closely.

"Hey hey hey- what's wrong?"

"N-Nothing's wrong..."

"Spinner, you're literally sobbing."

"I-I know but- nothing's wrong! Actually, everything's fine! Great!" He laughs sadly, still sniffling and crying. I stay silent and let him vent.

"I just woke up and,,, they were next to the couch but they weren't attacking me- they didn't even look that scared or mad- they just.. accepted that I was there... and- and when the glasses kid walked up... h-he threatened me but I don't even care about that... he welcomed me... he-he assured that I was... safe and... accepted just- IMMEDIATELY! That's never happened to me before.. not even with you guys, we were all wary of eachother at first but... they all accepted me.. got all this food for me... INVITED ME TO WATCH MOVIES! No one- nowhere- people hate me! They've only ever hated me! I'm a disgusting mutant and they hate me back home-!" He cries progressively harder and leans into me. I don't even care that he's getting my shirt all wet, goddammit this boy needs some LOVE. I react by hugging him tighter and moving one of my hands to reassuringly run my hand through his hair.

"...the only other person that did that to me is Twice... my family didn't even like me.. where I grew up, mutants were strongly despised, and compared to my family, I have a really weak quirk and they would just... make fun of me for everything... the bullying at school and at home... I wasn't safe or accepted anywhere... not like now... not like with Twice.." He started to calm himself down with al the crying he was doing, and how much he was finally getting off his chest. How long has he been bottling all this up for?? How long has he been hiding this from all of us? Did it really only take the acceptance of a few teenagers to finally break down the barrier? I believe it, to be honest. Maybe the serum is wearing off sooner than I thought... maybe he's one of the few where the serum didn't have as much of an effect like with the others.

"Leave behind the past. All that matters now is you're in a completely safe space. We all love you, we all accept you, and we're all here to help you. Who you were or what others did don't matter anymore, all that matters is you made it through all of that. And you're one of the strongest people in the world for it. Be proud of yourself, Shuichi. You don't need to be scared of not being accepted anymore." I soothe him and, even though he didn't have any tears left to cry, he began to hiccup and cry silently into me.

"Thank you Touya... and thanks for convincing me to stay..." He tried to breathe deeply and calm himself down, the two of us now rocking slowly back and forth.

"Don't thank me. It's just my job." We laugh weakly together.

"Sorry for the shirt, by the way..."

"It's alright. It's old, anyways."

"Whatever you say... but, you-"

CRACK

THUD

"FUCK."

We hear a loud but muffled voice come from outside the window. The two of us stand up quickly and peer suspiciously out of the window. Looking down, we see a big tree branch and a ton of leaves covering a black and grey body.

"Twice?!" We yell in unison and rush outside, lifting the branch off of him and dusting away the leaves.

"What were you doing in the tree?! You hate heights!"

"I was only like... 5 feet in the air."

"Touchè, but what are you doing here?!" I whisper shout at him and he stands up, shaking and gripping his head.

"I was sent as a solo spy to see what you kids were up to..."
"I saw everything that happened. Those UA kids... they're something else."

"We know... it's great."

"I can tell!"
"It's pretty easy to tell when it makes you get that emotional, Spinner."
"Oh yeah! Are you okay, Shuichi? You seem really shaken up!"
"You'll be fine-ish." Twice speaks back and forth to himself and eventually hugs Spinner tightly. Spinner completely freezes up, in total shock.

"I never knew I treated you a lot better than everyone else...I'm happy knowing how much better it made you feel!"
"I thought everyone treated eachother that way. But I'm sorry about your past. Your parents are fuckasses."

"You don't have to tell me twice... all of our parents were shitty."

"Ain't that the truth."

"Definitely."
"Can confirm." We laugh sadly together. Spinner looked at Twice, completely lovestruck. They were both blushing like crazy.

"..well, do you want to come inside, Twice?" I point back inside and he nods quickly. Grabbing both mine and Spinner's hands and walking inside, stopping in amazement once he sees the smörgåsbord of food on the coffee table.

"We've been poor for so long I forgot what food looked like."
"Cookies!"

"Honestly, mood." I answer him and the three of us sit down at the couch from before.

"So... Twice... why did the league send you over here? Why not Compress or something?"

"Well, I volunteered! Also Compress is trying to comfort Shigaraki with his wonderful dad powers.. they needed me to see what kind of 'hypnotization' they were doing on you guys to make you think there was a serum, or to see what the teachers were doing to you!"

"So then what's your verdict on the matter?"

"My verdict is: unconditional love!"
"And cookies." We all laugh again. Wonderful banter with the lads. But, now it has me thinking, does this mean he might consider joining us...?

"So.... what does this mean...?"

"...it means that... I'm joining you guys."
"I remember you talking about how you just want to help our league with the heroes on our side. Once been thinking and... I agree. That's why I volunteered to come over here. It might seem like betrayal... but you two are already looking wayyy better than before!" He says excitedly, his eyes drifting to look at Spinner with hope and happiness. Spinner looked purely elated to have Twice with us now.

"Shigaraki's going to be pissed..."

"He won't be once we help him get better!"
"Hopefully he just... eventually agrees."

"Highkey though, he's just always pissed."

"Ain't that the truth."

"Yeah, well... it's nice to be with you guys again... hopefully I get to meet these class A kids and talk with them more! They seem pretty cool..."
"Oh yeah, Spinner, is it alright if I start calling you Shuichi now that we all call Dabi Touya?" He says hopefully. Spinner struggles internally with answering. Not because he wants to say now, it's just hard to think or answer straight when you have a cutie like Twice just sitting in front of you.

"S-Sure! That'd be cool!!!" He yells awkwardly, his face pinker than I've ever seen it before. They both continue to stare at eachother dreamily, still completely oblivious of the obvious fucking romance just blossoming between the two of them. Twice seems actually calm and not hyperactive for once now that Spinner's here to just calm him down... it's really sweet and I hope this sexual tension commits neck rope.

Then, footsteps are heard from the stairs.

"Hey! I got some movies for you guys to pick ou- what the hell is a knock-off Deadpool doing here?" Mina stares confused at us on the couch.

"Uh... prostitute?"

"Seems fair."