chapter thirty-one;

━━━━━━ "HUH? WHY CAN'T KISA-CHAN STAY AT THE BAR for you two's honeymoon?", toga whined, to which dabi rubbed his temples in annoyance.

     a week with inasa quickly ended a few days after their christmas celebration all together. hence, kisa's week with dabi had begun.

     but obviously since dabi currently resided at the bar with the league, he had decided that him and kisa would leave for a week, and just wing it.

plus since shigaraki was also part of the league—the leader actually—dabi wanted to get away from him as far as possible.

     "none of your business", dabi replied as he hastily left the worn down bar, heading towards a café that kisa had asked to meet at.

     kisa sipped her warm tea as the liquid seemed to warm her entire body. the girl didn't know what it was, but a piping hot tea just made her feel so bubbly and calm on the insi—

     "hey princess!", a low voice greeted, to which kisa had glanced up.

"dabi, how do you do?", the girl asked, cupping her cup of jasmine tea.

"couldn't be better now that I'm with you", dabi grinned, making kisa laugh.

"quit the flattering darling. it doesn't work on me".

dabi sighed. "pity".

kisa smiled as she placed her cup down.

"well? what's the plan for this week? are we stealing and running or..."

     "stealing's a bit of a nasty word wouldn't you say, princess? I like to call it borrowing".

     kisa hummed in amusement as she just nodded, leaving a small tip—money that she collected from chisaki and inasa—on the table before standing up.

     "well, shall we go borrow a room and head to a party?"

     "right after you, princess".

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     kisa laughed as she held her stomach, relaxing in a nice suite with dabi wearing a dark robe and holding a glass of champagne.

     "was it really that funny?", the scarred male asked, combing through his wet locks with his other hand.

     "my dear, when that woman had poured that cup of water on you, it was the most hilarious thing ever! I can't believe her fiancé actually believed that she was cheating on him with you", kisa said, stifling another laugh.

     "tch. what do you mean actually believed? I was a very convincing actor okay?", dabi scoffed.

     kisa simply rolled her eyes as she stood up from the chair she was sitting on, walking towards dabi with a grin.

     "you should let your hair down more often. it looks better", the dark-haired girl whispered.

     "oh really? I wonder what you'd think...when you find out that my hair isn't originally this color", dabi mumbled back, looming over the female.

     kisa pulled the collar of dabi's robe so that the male's face was only mere inches away.

     "white or black, you look good in both".

     dabi immediately straightened up his back, taking a step back as his palm lit on fire.

     "you know...I've been wondering for a while now, how you know so much about each and every one of us", dabi started.

     "and the more I think about it, the more I'm starting to suspect that you're someone from the hero side...specially that sorry cause of a father that I have", dabi darkly spat.

     kisa tilted her head from side to side, bravely taking calm steps towards dabi, who had kept his palm of flames going.

     "if I were really sent by endeavor, don't you think I would've taken you back to him already and exposed your identity to your brother?"

     "maybe you're just—"

     "if I were really sent by endeavor, would I try so hard to help you and the others with your goals?", kisa asked, gently caressing dabi's cheek and slithering her hand down to his neck.

     dabi's fire had slowly burned out, relaxing a bit as the girl's words definitely made sense.

     "I know dabi...touya....that it was really hard all these years", kisa whispered, rubbing her thumb across the staples that were holding the male's skin together.

     "you don't have to hate shouto fo—"

     "HE TOOK WHAT WAS MINE!", dabi suddenly shouted, eyes wide as he flinched away from kisa's soft touch.

     "HE TOOK HIS LOVE, HIS AFFECTION, HIS TIME AND EFFORT TO TRAIN HIM TO BEAT ALL MIGHT AND BECOME THE NUMBER ONE HERO! IT WAS ALL SUPPOSED TO BE MINE!"

     dabi heavily huffed as his dry eyes held no tears, only fury and resentment.

     "I...was supposed to be number one. I was supposed to be the best...but...they never stopped having kids...not until shouto was born!"

     "dabi, shouto didn't ask to be forced into training. he didn't want to beat all might and become number one, so if you want someone to hate, don't include him", kisa calmly informed.

     dabi squinted his eyes. "how would you know? how do you know all of our personal backgrounds? who are you working under?"

kisa simply smiled, closing her eyes momentarily as her brilliant yellow eyes fluttered open to match dabi's turquoise ones.

     "my dear dabi, how I know is to be revealed soon. the important thing is how we will take down endeavor...together".

     dabi silently glared at kisa, who had once again approached the scarred male, wringing her arms around his neck.

"dabi, don't project all your hate onto your entire family. remember, the person who caused all this is only one: todoroki enji".

"what do you purpose we do to take him down then?"

kisa lightly chuckled at the male's seriousness.

"that's to be determined at a later date. right now, we need to enjoy our honeymoon", kisa smiled as she pulled dabi forward, dragging him towards the closet.

"what are you—"

"we're heading out to a fancy dinner as future mr. and mrs. mikiwa. I'm sure they're waiting for us", kisa chuckled.

dabi raised a brow. "how'd you know that couple's last name?"

"you don't actually think that we just stumbled upon this hotel, this specific room, do you?"

dabi would've liked to say yes, but decided against it.

kisa helped dress dabi in a white button up and black jacket with a matching tie as she explained how she found out about this couple.

"before leaving inasa's, I searched for some hotels. this one just so happened to be quite far from where you four reside. I had re-destro help me do a little digging, and lo and behold, they were unfortunate to become our plaything as of now".

dabi clicked his tongue.

"well someone just sucked the fun out of everything".

"no worries love, we've got plenty of chances to borrow this week. in fact, in a day or two, I'm thinking of taking a road trip around the city", kisa grinned as she tightened dabi's tie, nearly choking him.

"and what are you wearing? you're not going to wear that to dinner are you?"

"why not? maybe I want to wear my hello kitty pajamas to dinner", kisa huffed.

the girl then picked a daring green glittering dress off the rack, turning around as she shed off her pjs.

     dabi flinched as he respectfully looked away, though his eyes did catch the girl's scar on the lower half of her back.

     "you could've told me that you were going to change!"

     "you're my husband, what do I have to hide? plus, you saw that scar didn't you?"

     dabi hesitantly hummed. "mhm".

     "remember and remember it well, as it definitely won't be the last time you see it".