Disclaimer: I do not own anything from My Hero Academia. This story is purely for fun and in my case a great creative and emotional outlet.

Chapter 7

(17 Weeks or 4 ¼ Months Pregnant)

'Perhaps a hobby would do you some good, and in your case Ms. Tora, no cooking doesn't count.'

Dabi cursed Folken again for his irritating words last week, working all the time it seems was really starting to take its toll on the cremation user. Although the data crunching job for Giran's legit business had led to a higher profit in more then one of the stores, which gave her a higher allowance to take care of herself, it also meant the lack of sleep and headaches from staring at the computer screen were starting to catch up with her which in turn meant that it wasn't good for the baby growing inside of her.

After talking with Folken about her constant migraines and her lack of desire to see any current licensed medical professional the therapist had asked for Dabi to explain her daily schedule. Folken also wanted to see if he could help narrow down what was causing them before Dabi was forced to go visit some back-alley doctor of Giran's knowing that if she did rumours could start up that could place both of them in danger.

It wasn't hard for him to narrow down the problem though, Dabi's days were all the same when you got down to it.

Get up and make breakfast.

Check the news to see if there was a chance a hero would come breaking down her walls to arrest her.

Curse whatever member of the League was idiotic enough to have gotten caught on camera this time. So far it was a choice between Spinner, who had taken to making online videos ranting about everything he could dig up about a hero to explain why it made them fakes. And Shigaraki, who with Kurogiri back had decided that every single heist he pulled should include a shot of him right in the middle of all the chaos like some celebrity posing for the paparazzi.

Work.

Make lunch.

Work some more.

Make dinner.

Go shopping at a new store for the next day.

Come home and watch the news again.

Prepare any leftovers that could be used for meals the next day.

Finish whatever work was left.

Sleep.

Folken had just sighed when he heard this and placed a call to his sister in law asking if she could do him a favour. Three days later Dabi had a few new shirts added to her wardrobe. They honestly looked like something the hero Best Jeanist wore to the villain but tighter on the face so that they covered up the scars on the lower part of her face better than his outfit could. As long as she wore the big sunglasses and blonde wig from Ran Dabi was virtually undetectable to the public as long as she was careful. And when wearing the right jacket Dabi was also able to cover her ever-growing stomach hiding her pregnancy, so, all in all, it wasn't to bad a disguise.

In fact, Dabi had even braved the walk to one of the nicer parts of Musutafu tonight to head to a large bookstore in search of something that might help her find something to do instead of 'going through the motions' as Folken had called it.

So far, she had found a couple cookbooks with all kinds of chicken recipes, Dabi cursed Hawks love of chicken and that it had somehow been transferred to her through their baby. Not to mention a book on pregnancy that would have made Himiko squeal for joy, the cover was blood red with a menacing-looking white font that read The Bloody Truth.

Now all she needed was some easy to do from home hobbies or activities and she would be set. Reaching for a book on cactus might help her with Giran's housewarming gift Dabi dropped everything when something collided with her legs. Turning to yell at whatever had run into her the villain was met with the biggest pair of red eyes she had ever seen in her life.

Eyes that belonged to a little girl with white hair and a small golden nub on her head, eyes that sadly for Dabi and her protective instincts towards kids that were clearly terrified.

"I-I'm sorry." The girl whimpered from where she had fallen to the floor after running into Dabi's legs.

Taking a deep breath to calm herself down Dabi extended her hand in the most non-threatening way she could towards the child. Unfortunately, that seemed to have the opposite effect and the little girl threw her hands over her head as if to protect herself from on oncoming strike.

Dabi froze and immediately pulled her hand back like she had been burned when the image of a boy with two-toned hair replaced the girls. Shouto, in those rare times when Dabi actually saw him, would do the same thing when he hid to try and avoid Endeavors training. Back then Tatsuo would let Fuyumi take care of their youngest brother well she stood guard, but Yumi wasn't here and Dabi wasn't Tatsuo anymore but that didn't mean she was useless.

Taking a step back Dabi ignored the pain in her back and awkwardly knelt down letting her sunglasses slip down a little she was eye to eye with the girl. "You hurt?"

Eri looked confused for a moment wondering why the woman was moving so funny before shaking her head.

Dabi nodded. "Run away or get lost?"

Eri tightened her grip on the book she had been carrying when she had crashed into Dabi. "I … I thought I saw someone that I recognized, someone who scares me."

"Want me to take you to the register so they can call someone?" Dabi asked caught between her desire to run away and hide and helping a kid in trouble as she extended her hand again. "I'm D …. Rei by the way."

Eri looked at it cautiously. "Shouta says I shouldn't go off with strangers if they look supic … sudcious …"

"Suspicious?" Dabi supplied glad that someone in the girl's life was looking out for her. Looking around to make sure the coast was clear Dabi took a calming breath. "Promise not to scream."

Eri tensed expecting the worst but Dabi just gave her most disarming smile and lowered the front part of her shirt that was covering her scars hoping that this wouldn't come back to bite her in the ass later. Eri's eyes widened as she hesitantly reached out a little to touch purple skin, they felt oddly warm under her fingers and were held to pale looking skin with something shiny. Putting her books next to her Eri knelt forward and let her other hand explore the strange blue-eyed woman's face wondering what made these scars different from hers or Deku's, these still looked like they hurt.

Dabi let the girl run her fingers and explore her scars a few moments longer then she would have liked before fixing her shirt and glasses back into there original places. "I know they aren't great to look at, most people nowadays just run and hide when they see my face."

Eri stared at Rei, part of her did want to run away there was also something about the woman set off an alarm in her head. But a braver part of her, the one that seemed to grow each and every day she spent with 2-A told her that Rei wouldn't hurt her.

"I'm Eri."

Dabi sighed in relief. "Nice to meet you Eri now what do you say stay here and wait for someone to find us or go to cash and have them us the PA to call whoever brought you here."

"I … I …" Eri knew she should go to the cash register and have them call Deku and Shinsou or maybe even Todoroki since he had tagged along with them. But doing that would mean going back to U.A. and there was one more thing she really wanted to get before returning to the school. "Iwantacolouringbook."

Dabi's eyes widened behind her glasses as Eri's hands grabbed her own in a vice grip. "Excuse me."

"I want a colouring book," Eri said again only slower this time blushing as she did. "Please, I promise not to cause any problems."

"Alright," Dabi hesitated feeling unsure now, it was one thing to take Eri to the register or wait with her there for her guardians, it was another to actually go shopping with the girl.

Lightbulb going off in her head Dabi decided to take a page out of Himiko's book and try her acting skills out. So, playing with the ends of her hair like Fuyumi had when they were little Dabi tried to look embarrassed. "But you have to help me pick one out to."

Eri's face immediately brightened. "You like colouring too?"

"Don't know," Dabi shrugged remembering the nonstop training Endeavor had put her through growing up. It was only after Shouto had gotten his quirk that she had been allowed to play with her siblings, though that didn't stop her 'father' from trying out some new training regiment on her before using it on Shouto which would often lead to Dabi being to sore to do anything more read. "Never done it before."

Eri gasped in disbelief. "You've never coloured?"

"Nope," Dabi shook her head as she helped Eri stand up. "Want to help me pick one out my first one?"

The girl didn't answer instead she just started pulling her new friend towards the colouring section. Deku had told her that the selection at this store was huge and he wasn't lying as Eri's eyes nearly popped out of her skull when she saw all the different types.

Now Eri was starting to feel overwhelmed, how was she supposed to help Rei pick the perfect first colouring book when there were so many.

Dabi whistled having not realized that colouring was so popular. "That's a lot of colouring books."

Looking down at the girl Dabi saw the dazed look on Eri's face and snuck a peek at the book in her arms. "I like cats, think they got anything with them?"

Eri's head snapped up and she looked excited again. "I have three, well actually Shouta does but I live with him and Hizashi says that since we all live together, I get to be in charge of playing and petting with them an-"

"Slow down kid," Dabi said worried that Eri might end up passing out if she didn't stop to breathe soon.

Eri's shut her mouth and looked worried now, had she made Rei mad somehow? Shouta had been telling her recently that she was starting to talking like Deku only where he mumbled on about heroes, she talked about cats instead, Eri really liked cats.

"You don't need to try and tell me everything at once I'm not going anywhere," Dabi smiled picking up the closet book and showing Eri the cover of a book that had cats with swirls and flowers inside them. "Why don't we look for something and you can tell me all about your cats."

Eri smiled and added the book to the pile she was carrying. "Well, first there's Acorn,"

Izuku was freaking out, he had faced down villains like Tomura Shigaraki, Stain and Overhaul and stood up to bullies like Kacchan, before his ego shrunk to a more manageable size, as well as the current number one hero Endeavor. But the thought of having to tell his homeroom teacher that he had lost Eri terrified him more than any of those men combined.

Shinsou ran up panting. "Have you found her yet?"

"No," Izuku shook his head. "You?"

"I thought I saw her in mystery section but it turned out to be an old lady," the brain washer answered pulling out his cellphone. "I'll call Todoroki and see if he's found her, you should call Aizawa."

Izuku shuddered already feeling the underground heroes signature capture weapon tightening around him. Nodding he noticed took the cellphone and was just about to punch in the number when he heard the sweetest sound ever come from above.

"Izuku, Hitoshi over here."

Turning around the pair saw Eri standing on the next level with a woman waving down at them a huge smile on her face.

Had Eri been paying more attention to her companion though she would have heard Dabi, aka. Rei, curse as she stared in horror at the two U.A. students in below her.

*Notes*

Thank you SO much for everyone who voted in my last chapters poll, one option given has already won in a landslide. Therefore, I am officially making Dabi's kids …. TWINS!

Still running the poll on gender though so Boys vs. Girls.

And please don't forget to feed the writer, aka. me, with your reviews and votes, not only do they make me happy seeing what everyone thought about the latest chapter but they have also have the proven result of making me write and post new chapters quicker.