Okay, so I totally lied about the lack of drama in this chapter. I wanted it to be a simple relationship building thing, but no. I would like to keep this story under 25 chapters, so I needed this one to be a little spicy. I PROMISE my next chapter is a laid back one (if not a tad bit sad tbh). As noted earlier, anything that is off-putting will be marked so it can be skipped.

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Her Peace

Just because I'm hurting
Doesn't mean I'm hurt
Doesn't mean I didn't get what I deserved
No better and no worse

~Lost! by Coldplay~


~L.O.V. POV~

Dabi double checked the tidiness of his own home one last time before his team headed out. He had rented a place to stay in case things didn't work out with the League. Since his relationship had gotten more serious with Gini, he had already filled it with a few of their possessions. They would get more privacy now and she wouldn't have to deal with the League directly anymore. He could take care of their tasks without her being involved.

The other members were irritated at his rare showings at first, but they soon took his lack of presence as "his thing." After all, they assumed he had only joined to be with Gini anyway. If she wasn't there, then why should he hang out at the dusty bar?

Magne was the only one that knew of his secret apartment. She had helped him with decorating it with things Gini would like. She was also the one that helped him organize their bathroom closet with baby essentials like different sized diapers, wipes, washes, and lotions.

It was a bit overboard, but it was better to be overprepared than to have nothing at all for when the baby got here. Magne giggled mischievously as she folded an infant sized, hooded towel.

"She's going to be so mad at me for telling everyone, but she'll get over it once she sees how they pitched in to support her."

Dabi frowned.

"What if we acted too soon."

"Oh, sweetie! Why must you always be so pessimistic!"

"Why am I so pessimistic? Have you actually looked at my face? The fuck you mean 'why am I so pessimistic?'" Dabi dryly replied.

"Ginsui sees beneath your wounds. She thinks you're beautiful and I see it too. I could swim for days in those eyes of yours," Magne flirted.

"Suuure. But seriously. How much hate do you think she's going to have when we get her back? What if she's happier where she is and pushes me away? Her ex can provide the lifestyle that she needs. This is only temporary, remember? We agreed to cut her out once she could get back on her feet. She doesn't need to be associated with us."

"Can't I just have a little joy with this, please?" Magne sighed before following the captain outside.


~Forest Arc~

"I forget how necessary her quirk is until we get stuck with forty hormonal teens to deal with," Vlad mentioned as he and Aizawa ate in isolation from the students.

They were watching Ginsui share a story with some of the girls. She was speaking animatedly and her eyes turned a brighter shade of orange with each new detail. Her audience's faces changed from concern to excitement to joy within minutes as her plot thickened. By the end, all nearby were rolling in laughter. She faked a smile as she carried a bucket of food to the next table where she pulled Kirishima aside.

"She is a necessity. I wish she could understand that," Aizawa agreed as his eyes narrowed in on the woman speaking concernedly with the red-head.

He knew she was faking patience as well as happiness. He knew she was wanting to leave as soon as she could. He respected her space, but he would need to act more pointedly if he was going to convince her to stick around. He managed to talk her into taking the color out of her hair so that she was a natural silver again, so surely he could talk her into wanting him back, right? If you could talk a woman into changing her hair color, you could do anything. Or so he hoped.

Ginsui sighed as she felt Aizawa's stares linger. She wished he would stop caring. She was hoping this trip would help her forget about the presence growing within her, but she was being naïve. The danger she dodged by leaving the League was catching up to her thanks to the kid she was about to talk to.

The Red Riot tried to play it cool as Ms. Gini peered over his shoulder. She knew. She totally knew.

"Kirishima, we need to talk," Gini whispered after seeing the teen send their location details to Shigaraki's number.

She suspected that the tank of a kid had something to do with the USJ invasion and now she had proof. He was a good kid, so something was wrong with this situation. Did she need to tell Shota?

She debated the predicament later that night while Aizawa rubbed her shoulders and back before bed. She originally detested the idea of sharing a mat with him, but he insisted that if she wanted her quirk to be erased for sleep, then she would have to compromise. She did what anyone that was desperate for peace would do: she kept her mouth shut and snuggled up close.

His presence was a sudden change from what she had spent the past three months beside.

She had gotten used to Dabi's hot temperature. He was a skinny boy, for sure, but she didn't mind that. She had enough meat on her bones to cushion herself from his bony hips. She enjoyed the way his piercings and staples rubbed roughly on her soft skin. It reminded her of their cursed past and their present affection. She loved that he was only a few inches taller than her. It made hugging and snuggling each other easier and damn they fit so well together.

She loved discovering him physically and now she was back here. All of that fresh adaption just to be held by someone whose body was thoroughly different—a body she had memorized and once loved.

Now, she longed to be away from it.

Aizawa was well-toned and hit her curves much differently than Dabi. The muscle in Shota's arms didn't comfort her the same way that Dabi's textured skin had. Currently, she was freezing and she longed for the Blueflame user's perpetual heat.

Aizawa was happy to have Gini beside him, even if she was distancing herself mentally. She was safe here. Maybe this trip would help her return to her old self. Maybe being around decent human beings would bring her back to a happier reality. He couldn't undo her pregnancy, but he could undo the manipulation the father of the fetus had over her.

"Shota, there's something I need to tell you. It's about Kirishima..." Ginsui said after finally deciding to confess her concerns. She hoped the conversation would stop her from missing Dabi.

She explained her findings and was pleasantly surprised that Shota took her seriously. By the third day of camp, she felt sorry for the kid. Aizawa was keeping him preoccupied and drug a few of the other students along to make it seem unsuspicious.

That night went similarly to the previous one. Ginsui tried kneading her feet into her ex's shins, but it didn't provide the same satisfaction as it had once before. What was she thinking agreeing to this? Was she this desperate for sleep? God, she was. She had an absolute need that only his quirk could provide; so, here she was giving him all the attention he craved all so she could rest.

It was obvious that Aizawa was trying to win her over and she was just letting him have his way. Truthfully, she had deeply considered his words from a few days ago. She seriously needed help for this baby. If Aizawa was willing to do that, wasn't letting him have her back the first step?

Faking affection wasn't a hard thing to do and honestly, she didn't have to pretend. She could relearn the feelings she once had. The longer she stayed away from Dabi, the better this would be.

The baby wouldn't have to know about its origin.

Ginsui audibly gagged just thinking about keeping that a secret from the League. The fact that she was willing to simply forget Dabi and keep his parenthood from him made her tremble in nausea.

She didn't want that burden. He would find out somehow. He had zero hesitations from doing dirty work, so there's no telling what he would do if she went through with that idea.

"Shota...I'm sorry but I'm not feeling very well. I'm going to the bath house to see if it'll help me settle down," Gini huffed before escaping his tight embrace.

Three days had passed before the League saw their missing comrade. They didn't expect to find her at the forest with the 1A and B students. They were going to get her from Aizawa's apartment after they completed this mission and hopefully spare her any involvement with the planned attack.

"This puts a dent in the original plan," Dabi sighed as he, Spinner, and Toga peered out at the campsite from a cliff.

"Why don't we try to talk to her? Maybe she doesn't want to be here and is planning her own little escape. She's good at those!" Himiko grinned.

Dabi nodded and followed the blushing teen to the camp. The two watched Ginsui talk with the erasure hero. They could see into the room and noticed that they were sharing a sleeping space.

"Oooooh I see why Gin-Gin likes him! Look at that scar on his face! I wonder what it looked like when he bled from it!" Toga grinned as she spied on the camp's guests.

"Keep it quiet. We don't need them to know about us yet. We're only this close to talk to her. Then, we're going back to our station where we will wait until later to attack. Do you understand?" Dabi warned Himiko.

The giggling girl smiled as they neared the bathing area they had seen Ginsui enter minutes before. Their travel was cut short when Shoto Todoroki appeared.


Ginsui wasn't satisfied here, but she needed to stop being so selfish. She had another life to think about.

She didn't want Aizawa to accept her fickle love though. She wanted him to stop caring. It wasn't fair for him!

However, she could make herself fall for him again and then everything would work itself out. If she could get over the fact that he messed around with her cousin, then she could relearn her love for him. If she could disenchant herself from the new Touya, then she could do this.

So what if he couldn't provide the passion that Dabi offered? She didn't need that. She needed consistency and reliability. The wildness she craved from the younger man wasn't something that could sustain her needs for long. Aizawa was an obvious win-win for her.

"Ughhh," she moaned as she continued to argue with herself. She was so smitten by Dabi that she was starting to hallucinate his aura being nearby.

Oh no, she thought as she realized that she wasn't making the feelings up in her head. He was definitely nearby and with a goofy teenager tagging along.

She groaned again as she dipped her feet into the steaming water. She needed to forget about the young patchwork man and that was impossible if he was just going to pop up wherever she went!

She needed to focus on rekindling a relationship with Aizawa, for fuck's sake.

"What are you doing up so late, Ms. Gini?" Shoto Todoroki asked as he snuck into the women's side of the room.

She stifled a scream at his appearance. She was so zeroed in on the villains approaching, that she had completely overlooked Shoto's aura among them. He was feet away from two League members and had no clue. She had to play it cool or the villains would react poorly.

Her eyes widened at his bold move, but softened once she realized how determined he was to find her. She had been avoiding him the entire time. He clearly had questions and she wasn't ready to answer them. So, he waited until she was alone and couldn't sneak away. It was her fault he had to search her out this way.

"I made a mess and I'm trying to figure out how to clean it up," she answered as she tightened the towel around her nude body.

"Are you feeling okay?" Shoto asked, completely oblivious to the fact that he was making her uncomfortable. He could only see her as a nanny, so he didn't think twice about the situation.

"What do you mean?" She replied.

"You haven't eaten since we got here. I noticed you leaving with a garbage can after dinner yesterday too. Do you have a virus or something?" Todoroki politely albeit bluntly asked.

"Something like that, I suppose. It isn't contagious if you're worried about that."

"I don't think the teachers would let you stay if it was contagious. Also, Kirishima has been quieter than usual. Does it have anything to do with you talking to him yesterday?"

Goddamn the boy was too perceptive.

"A little, but I was a too late it seems..." Gini trailed, splashing the water with her feet. She hoped he would get the idea that she wanted to be alone, but she knew better.

"Are you and Mr. Aizawa getting back together? Mina and Momo have been gossiping about it."

"I...that's part of the mess I mentioned earlier..." Ginsui sighed.

She hated the fact that the two spies were close enough to eavesdrop.

"I'd feel sorry for Mr. Aizawa if Touya was still here," Shoto stated.

"What makes you say that?" Gini encouraged, peering outside.

He thought about the figure he and his sister had seen sneaking away the other day. It had given off strong vibes the same way his older brother had when he was alive.

Gini took the mention of the long-lost brother as the reason for Shoto Todoroki being here. He wanted to talk about his dead brother and it was nearly impossible to get her alone to do so.

Ginsui invited him to sit next to her by patting the ground. He quietly obeyed. Any discomfort she had before was gone. The poor boy was clearly needing to get this subject off his chest.

"Do you believe in love at first site?" Shoto asked the follow-up question.

"Of course. As an empath, I've seen it happen."

"Did you notice that with Touya?"

"I may have read his attraction for me, but it was only a cute crush," Gini explained.

"How could that be all you felt? Ms. Gini... he loved you the second you stepped through our front door. Maybe you were too focused on the job to see it properly. It doesn't matter, really. You can ask Natsuo and Fuyumi if you don't believe me."

"You...really think it was that deep, huh?"

"Ms. Gini his jaw nearly hit the floor when he saw you. He was my age then. I haven't experienced that level of attraction yet, so I know it was more than just a childhood crush. If he was so stunned by you then, I can't imagine what he would be like if he were here now. You wouldn't have had to wait fifteen years for him to ask you to marry him the way Mr. Aizawa did. He would have begged for you the day he finished high school. You'd have at least four kids by now," Shoto rambled.

Ginsui felt her heart stop and her face blush. Dabi had liked her that much?

"How do you know about Aizawa taking forever to propose?" Gini asked.

"Mina has her resources," Shoto explained.

"She's...wow," Gini sighed.

"There were two things my brother liked the most about you. Do you want to know what they were?" Shoto asked, trying to get her back to the topic he went in there for.

Ginsui felt her face get hotter, but she nodded anyway.

"He loved how you always danced. It didn't matter if you were cooking, cleaning, or even running errands. You were constantly moving and it fascinated him."

That explains the date then, Ginsui thought patiently as she waited for the boy to continue.

"The other was when you helped him go to sleep. He couldn't wait to go to bed. He couldn't wait for you to soothe his pain. We didn't know at the time that it was your quirk, but he knew you took his hurting away. He loved that someone could bring him a level of comfort he hadn't experienced before."

The last sentence was spoken with such determination, that she knew there was more involved with the statement.

"Shoto, are you wanting to know if I was able to do that in the end?"

"Please tell me that he didn't suffer," he whispered.

"I...I soothed his soul. He's happier now that he's free," Gini answered, looking towards the entrance of the forest rim where she knew the person they were talking about was hidden.

She couldn't tell him that the boy he admired was now a man built on self-destruction. She definitely couldn't tell him that his brother's soul was getting more than soothed as he fucked the absolute brains out of her on the regular.

He wanted to know that Touya died peacefully and the little white lie couldn't do anything but help him accept that.

"Thank you for listening to me, Ms. Gini. I hope you feel better soon," Todoroki shared a rare smile before leaving her alone.

Shoto contemplated the conversation as he headed back to the area Ragdoll had marked for the Test of Courage. He had a nagging suspicion that Touya hadn't died that day, but he had nothing to go by. Gini saying that he was "happier free" suggested that he wasn't suffering, but it also hinted that he wasn't dead like his family had been told.

What was the woman hiding?

Ginsui ducked her hair into the water as she fought back her desire to cry. She came here to convince herself to try it again with Aizawa and the young Todoroki just had to barge in and remind her that no matter what she chose, she would never be able to run from her past.

"Us Todoroki's can't seem to stay away from you," Dabi's deep voice warned her of his entry as she popped back up from the water.

Gini stared anxiously up at the man standing over her. His eyes gleamed mischief and she could see the smirk hidden behind the staples.

"You're not here because of me, are you" Gini asked, fearing the worst as she thought about Kirishima's text.

"No, Silver Sorceress."

"Then why?"

"Are you disappointed that you're not my priority right now?"

"I don't really care what your priorities are Dabi, but since you're here there's something I need to get off my chest."

Dabi lifted a brow. Was she going to tell him about the baby?

"I just want you to know that I wasn't running away from you forever. I know I left in a horrible manner and I'm sorry. I wasn't feeling well and needed space... Dabi...I didn't want to hurt you. I couldn't tell you goodbye then and I don't think I ever could. There's no way that I would be able to look at you and tell you that I'm not coming home again. Especially now that... now that..." she couldn't say the words. She couldn't confess the secret.

"If you mean what you say, then why haven't you come home yet?" Dabi coldy replied. He wanted her to be honest and stop beating around the bush.

"I've only been gone a few days and I've been supervised the entire time," she sighed. She didn't want to argue.

"Is that so? After seeing you all hugged up with your ex I was thinking that you were really hoping for a quiet get-away with that Pro. Have you had your fun with danger and you're ready to toss me aside?" He asked as his voice darkened.

Ginsui wanted to punch him in the throat. If he was going to be an asshole, then great. It would help her get over him easier.

"If you're going to act like that, then fuck off," she smarted as she splashed water up at him.

Her eyes doubled in size when she realized her mistake.

Dabi reached down and snatched a fistful of her silver hair. He knelt down so his face was level with hers. His grip tightened before he leaned in and hungrily bit her bottom lip.

"Babygirl, I've missed that sassy mouth of yours," he moaned into her lips.

He quickly undressed and dipped into the bath with her. She blinked in surprise and worry. Ragdoll, Pixie-Bob, or Mandalay could walk in at any moment.

***NSFW content***

"There's something else you're not telling me," Dabi whispered as he pulled her underneath him, his hips already trapping her in place.

Her face was a delicate shade of pink as she chewed the place on her lip that Dabi had bitten seconds before.

"Tell me," he encouraged, his shaft rubbing against her inner thighs.

Ginsui swallowed as she fought back nerves.

"Ms. Gini, I'm waiting" he whispered in encouragement again, this time pushing himself fully into her with a single movement.

She gasped as his pace quickened.

"Please, Ginibaby, I need to hear it from you," he asked as his voice rasped from how good she felt.

"I...I...I'm...having...your...baby..." she finally choked out the sentence with each of his thrusts.

He smiled as he pulled out, switched their positions so that she was on top, and re-entered her with ease.

"Say it again. Tell me that you made me a daddy," he asked as his fingers dug into her ass as he helped her bounce on him. He frowned as she suddenly froze.

***SAFE***

Ginsui screamed as she shoved Dabi's head into the water to hide him from the approaching abomination.

A Nomu with large, bat-like wings flew towards her. It grabbed her out of the water and pulled her away from the man who was still trying to process what had happened. Gini managed to snag a towel to wrap around herself as the creature continued to drag her out of the bath house.

"You fucking asshole! You used me, you fucking USED ME!" She screamed at Dabi as the monstrous creature took flight.

She couldn't believe it. She couldn't believe that she had fallen for someone who would manipulate her like this.

She heard Mandalay relay a message alerting the campers that danger was here. According to Dabi, she hadn't been a target and the feedback confirmed that. So was someone using him too? Was her accusation towards him false and made solely out of her own fear?

No. Dabi had willingly showed up at the League's base without knowing she was there. He was going to be part of the villainous crew no matter what had happened between them. And now she was stuck housing someone that would share half of his genetics. She was an idiot. A absolute, fucking, idiot.

She tried beating at the creature's legs with one arm as she held the towel with the other, but it was futile. She was already too high in the air to land safely. She continued to scream and hoped it would alert the others. She saw Aizawa race underneath her, but it was pointless.

Dabi stared in utter rage as the beast took his new family away. He had a Nomu prepped for the attack and that was not it. Shigaraki used him and now any love Ginsui had for him was gone. What was he going to do now? He had to pursue the plan even if it was earlier than he wanted. The sooner he got this shit over with, the sooner he could go after her.

Aizawa couldn't comprehend what was happening. At one moment, GiGi was relaxing in a bath and the next she was being flown away with a creature that was immune to her quirk. He promised her that she was safe. He promised her that he was going to make her better. The sooner he got this shit over with, the sooner he could go after her.