When they got into the apartment he set her down on the couch and moved to grab the blanket off his bed, throwing it over her head, leaving her face uncovered. He wrapped it around her tightly and sat down next to her, wrapping an arm around her. "You're alright Chicky, it's fine, you're safe." He said but she was deep into it at this point, the faraway look in her eyes told him as much. He could feel every muscle in her body clench and unclench. They sat like that for a long time, with him telling her repeatedly she was ok and absently rubbing her side. It had been so long since he'd seen her like this, he had almost forgotten how much it worried him when she was in one of her episodes. Keigo could tell she was starting to come out of it as the tremors slowly began to settle. He went to stand up, as much as she hated it, he figured a bit of tea would probably make her feel better. "Don't leave me." She said and he immediately sat back down. Raye leaned against him and he wrapped his arms around her, her eyes still looked glazed over. "I did good this time. I didn't hit him." He squeezed her a little tighter, he knew she really needed his assurance. "You did really good chicky. I'm so proud of you." He laid his head on top of hers and he heard her start to sniffle. "You're alright, don't cry." Seeing her like this hurt his heart, he was glad to be here for it though. It was selfish and made him feel horrible but he was glad he had the excuse to hold her close, he'd missed being able to touch her. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry you have to do this. I'm really sorry." Her brain was still absolutely scrambled from what had happened, but she felt awful. "You're ok, I've been doing this since we were little kids, remember? I got you, you're fine." Still she sniffled and he held her tight, these moments reminded him she wasn't really much different than the scared child she had been one the HPSC brought her in. To this day she was still just as broken as she had been back then, she had just learned to cover it up with anger. "I hate that this is so comforting." She said and he laughed, she'd hated it when they were kids too. The first couple times he'd done this she'd scratched the hell out of him in her blind panic. Keigo had learned quickly that using his blanket to cover her helped both keep him safe and keep her from panicking as hard. It had to be his blanket though, something about it smelling like him calmed her down. As kids he'd thought it was weird but it almost made him feel kind of good that something so simple could bring her comfort. "If you're feeling a bit better I should make you some tea, it'll make you feel better." She pushed into him a bit more, she wasn't ready for him to leave her yet and he took the hint. "Tea is gross." She mumbled and he chuckled, some things would never change. "It's good for you, it helps calm you down." She made a noise of annoyance, he was right but she would never admit it. "Fine." She grumbled moving away from him to allow him to stand, she stood herself to try and follow him. "What are you doing?" He asked and she looked up at him with big eyes that still looked sad. "I'm coming with you." He turned to grab her shoulders and sat her down on the couch. "I am right there, you're ok." She slumped over, unhappy but accepting her fate. He made his way over to the kitchen turning on the electric kettle and setting out two cups and two bags of tea. He made his way back to the couch and sat on the floor in front of it, since she was laying down across the whole couch. Raye had a moment of hesitation before she sat up to make room for him. "Come sit with me." She mumbled and he leaned back to look at her. "The water is almost boiling. I'll let you trap me again once you drink all your tea." The little pout she gave him was far too cute and he had to physically resist the urge to move to sit with her again. He stood and made his way to the kitchen pouring the water over the tea bags, dumping a bit of sugar into Rayes cup. He brought them over and handed hers to her which she took with both hands. They sat there for a moment, neither of them really sure what to say to each other. Raye wanted to apologize more but knew he wouldn't hear it, Keigo wanted to tell her he loved her but resisted the urge for the moment. Raye slowly slipped her tea, it was just as gross as she remembered it being. Once it was gone she set the cup down and true to his word Keigo once again came to sit with her and she laid her head on his shoulder. "Feeling a little better now?" He asked and she nodded, it felt so good to have him hold her but she also felt guilty. She couldn't imagine Dabi would appreciate her snuggling up with him like this but she didn't want to leave even though she knew she should. He wrapped his arms around her and she made a small noise of contentment, which caused him to squeeze her just a bit. 'I missed this. I missed feeling close to him. God I'm a bad fucking person.' she thought to herself, they shouldn't be doing this and even if they did she shouldn't be feeling like this. Feeling this way was dangerous, feeling all her old feelings bubbling up was dangerous. "I should go home." She said quietly, maybe he'd help her make the better choice. "You say you should not that you want to." He would notice that, of course he would. "I should." She repeated herself moving to look up at him, the look on his face made her heart beat a bit erratically. She'd forgotten how much his emotions showed in his eyes, the amount of care and love there struck a chord in her heart she wished it hadn't. "But do you want to?" She found she couldn't respond and he smiled a bit. She was cute when she didn't know what to do. He could see the rational and irrational parts of her fighting and he waited patiently for one to win. "I don't want to, but I should." She finally answered and he couldn't help the elation that he felt, this was progress just the littlest bit but progress. A part of him wanted to see how far he could get. "Why don't you want to?" Her heart was beating faster and he allowed his hand to move up her side a few times. "I don't know." She knew it was a lie, she wanted to stay with him, she didn't want this moment to end. The look on his face said he knew that just as well as she did, Raye was suddenly hyper aware of their proximity to each other. "You do, but you don't want to say it." Fuck he was close really really close, when was the last time they had been this close she didn't even remember. "I can give you a few reasons you shouldn't." Keigo knew he was pushing his luck but he couldn't stop himself. "You always have nightmares after this happens, I can make sure you're ok, and I really don't want you to leave either." The hand that had been absently rubbing her side gripped her hip a bit. "I should still go home." She said and his hand found its way to her chin and he gave the smallest of smiles. "I love you and I don't want you to leave but I won't keep you if you don't want me to." Her head was spinning, she should leave, she should go home, no part of her wanted to. He knew it, she could tell that he knew it and he was taking full advantage of that. He was so close to her and she saw the thought in his eyes before he even spoke. "If you want me to stop I will." She practically stopped breathing at the words but he moved towards her slowly giving her plenty of time to say something that never came and he kissed her. It was an absolute shock to her senses but she melted into it immediately. She wrapped her arms around him and he pulled her into his lap, his hands roved over her desperate to feel her to confirm this was real and not just another one of the many dreams he'd had since she'd left. Her head was buzzing, she'd missed this far more than she'd ever realized. There was a small part of her that knew she should stop, that knew this was wrong, but the larger part wanted this so badly. It hit her all at once that she'd been desperately trying to fill a void he'd left in her. He was the one to pull back, her face was flushed and her lips were slightly parted. "I love you." She just needed to say it, he had to hear her say it. "I love you too." He was back to kissing her in an instant, his hands moving up her shirt to touch her bare sides. Before either of them knew what was happening they were in his bed he was kissing every single part of her. Her soft little whimpers with his name occasionally sprinkled in were music to his ears. "I missed you so much." He said as he kissed across her neck up to her lips, as he positioned himself between her legs. He pulled back from her lips, and she gave a small whine. "I love you." He said, her eyes were heavily lidded and her cheeks were the littlest bit pink. He had almost forgotten how beautiful she was. "I love you too." She said and he pressed the top of his cock onto her needing pussy, she was already so wet and that alone pushed him forwards as he sunk himself into her. He moved back to kiss her silencing the moan that slipped out of her as he pushed deep into her. "I missed this so much" he said, as he moved to kiss across her jaw. "I missed you so much." She moaned as he kissed softly down her neck, her body was responding to him disclosing the desperate need she felt towards him. "I love you, I missed you so much." She said as he pounded into her slowly and meticulously, she felt a familiar warmth pooling deep inside of her. "I love you so much, I never want you to leave me again." he whispered, pushing himself to the absolute depths of her needing cunt which was rewarded by a string of moans from her. His hands moved to her shoulders, forcing her to stay exactly where she was as he pounded into her. Another string of moans with his name mixed in was his reward for the action. Her entire body was absolutely hysterical for his touch and he was enjoying every second. As much as he felt a little guilty for taking advantage of her moment of weakness he intended to enjoy this moment with her, he'd been starving for her touch for far too long. To hear her say his name felt so good, to have her underneath him again felt so right. She felt him slamming into her hot core driving her wild. "I love you Keigo." she moaned, no matter how many times she said it he couldn't get enough. "Then tell me you're mine." He murmured as he continued to strike her core with precision. She let out a few needing moans. "I'm yours fuck I'm yours. God please Keigo, I need you." He leaned into kiss her neck tenderly, hearing her say it shouldn't make him feel as good as it did. The words alone made him want to ask her how his she really was but for the moment he resisted the urge. He was going to enjoy every single second of this moment, even if she decided in the morning it was a mistake he would make sure she would remember it. She was reacting so well to his touch and it was driving him crazy as he pounded her into the bed. The feeling of her tightening around his cock coupled with her moans had him ready to fill her. He didn't want the moment to end so quickly, he'd forgotten exactly how absolutely enamored he was with her. Her body reacted so well to every slight motion, moving her head to the side when he kissed her neck, her hips moving to meet his with every thrust into her. She was his and her very body knew it to be true no matter how much her brain had tried to deny it. The feeling of his body against hers was something she hadn't been aware how much she had missed. The way he occasionally moaned when her body reacted to one of his many caresses. "My good girl." He moaned looking down at her flushed face, her eyes that were heavily lidded with desire for him. "I'm all yours." She said breathlessly and his body was shaking against hers. He had wanted to hear those words come from her for so long. "Then show me, show me you're mine." He said placing a soft kiss into her neck which caused her to whine. He wanted to say so many things, he wanted to make sure she wasn't going to leave him again. He was unbearably close to just saying everything he was thinking as he continued to bottom out her needing cunt every time he thrusted into her. He was quickly losing his composure and he pressed his mouth into hers to silence himself. He wanted her in so many ways, more than just those that were sexual and his desire to tell her was maddening. She moaned into his mouth and he could tell she was close by the way her walls shuddered around him. He pulled his lips away from hers and watched her face as she came hard, he'd missed the way her lips parted and her eyelids got heavy when she came. He quickly finished inside of her, the feeling of her orgasm rocking him harder than he'd thought it would. He kept himself inside of her while they both caught their breath just looking at each other in the dim lighting his kitchen provided. "I love you." She said entirely unprovoked and he smiled a bit, placing a light kiss on her lips before he responded. "I love you so much. I want to spend the rest of my life with you." Her sky colored eyes told him she also wanted nothing more than that. "Fuck you make me crazy." She groaned leaning her head back into the pillows and holding her face as though she were embarrassed and he chuckled, pulling himself out of her and coming to pull her into him. The feeling of her body against his felt so right and she fell right into place against him. "Why do you say that?" He asked, placing a kiss into her hair and she shook her head. "Because we just did that and despite the fact that we haven't been that close in a bit over two years my immediate thought was…" she stopped again she couldn't say it her heart was pounding and it wasn't just from the good sex. She couldn't say it, it was far too much. Hell her hormones must have been going some kind of crazy for her to even be thinking it herself. But Raye knew he was going to pressure her so she said it very quickly and quietly "Hm didn't quite catch that?" She looked up at him and he could have laughed. She looked absolutely panicked, it was adorable. "I said I can't wait to have a family with you someday now shut up before you ruin the moment." She buried her head back into his chest, she couldn't even look at him. There had been such a quick turn around from talking through notes left on doors, to her wanting to have a family with him, she was embarrassed beyond comprehension, and also feeling extremely guilty Dabi would probably be furious if he knew. Meanwhile Keigo was absolutely stunned, had the sex really been that good? He looked down at the top of her head, he could see the tips of her ears were bright red. As much as she told him not to say anything he couldn't not say something to that statement. "And I can't wait to give that to you." He gripped her a bit tighter and he heard her heartbeat escalate past where it had been before which had already been rather quick. "I love you, my little chicky." He said pressing another kiss into her hair and she mumbled an 'i love you' into his chest. Raye quickly fell asleep in Keigo's embrace and was un-plagued by any nightmares of her past but rather dreams of her potential future.
Dabi was surprised when he'd been warped to Rayes' apartment only to find it empty with the door left ajar. He immediately felt a bit of concern well up in him which he stuffed back down. 'She's probably still at work. She's fine.' he thought and he made his way toward the door to close it. But he stopped before he did, he knew from the time he'd saved her from freezing to death on Christmas that her Hero Ex lived just across the hall. Despite a large part of him telling him to just leave and come back, the part of him that was mistrustful of any hero made him approach the door. "I should go home." Her voice so soft and quiet Dabi almost thought he'd imagined it. "You say you should not that you want to." Dabi heard Hawks speak and felt a bit of anger bubbling up in him. Why was she even there with him? "I should." She repeated herself and Dabi felt a small bit of pride in his little mouse. 'Damn right you should. Shouldn't even be with him in the first place.' he thought to himself but he tried to push down the feelings of jealousy and fury rising in him. "But do you want to?" He resisted his deep urge to blast the door down and take her home. A little part of him wanted to see where this was going to go. "I don't want to, but I should." She finally answered after a silence that felt far too long for his comfort. "Why don't you want to?" His heart was beating faster and he could feel his hands getting hot. "I don't know." His stitches were smoking, he was so close to just kicking in the door. "You do, but you don't want to say it." He was going to roast that Hero the second he had a chance, he could do it now but despite the rage he felt he wanted to hear more. He wanted to know if she would choose him. "I can give you a few reasons you shouldn't." This Hero was pissing him off more and more by the second. "You always have nightmares after this happens, I can make sure you're ok, and I really don't want you to leave either." Now he had a million questions, what had happened, why did she have nightmares, why was he trying so hard to convince her to stay? Was she going to stay? 'Go home little mouse, just come home and I can take care of you.' "I should still go home." Her voice was so quiet and meek, she said the words but he didn't hear her moving to leave. Dabi liked where this was going less and less by the second. "I love you and I don't want you to leave but I won't keep you if you don't want me to." Oh he was going to kill this guy, that was his mouse, he had left her and Dabi had picked up the shattered jagged pieces he'd left behind. He'd kept her alive and safe for a year and a half, he'd protected her repeatedly, and where had this asshole been? 'You say you won't keep her but every word you say is designed to keep her from leaving.' he thought, his stitches were smoking more now. "If you want me to stop I will." There was no response from Raye, he both wanted to blast down the door and at the same time he wanted to turn and leave, to pretend he'd heard nothing. Ignorance was Bliss and Dabi refused to be ignorant. After what felt like an eternity he heard the Hero speak once again. "I love you." Those words told him all he needed to know, but he still had to hear her response to the words to know for sure. It didn't take long to receive her verbal confirmation. "I love you too." Dabi knew what came next, he didn't need to hear anymore and made his way back into her apartment and closed the door. He noted the small scorch mark he left on the inside of the door but decided he didn't care it was too small to be noticed and if he stayed here much longer there was a strong chance he would either burn this whole apartment building to the ground or go roast that Hero. He messaged Kurogiri to bring him home, the new question on his mind was would his mouse be honest with him if he asked her. As far as he was concerned right now the Hero had used a moment of weakness on part of his little mouse to make his move, but if she didn't tell him…it would tell him all he needed to know about where she stood. He walked through the warp gate and realized that for the first time, in he couldn't even remember how long, his heart ached. Once again the most important person in his life had chosen someone else over him and that thought left smoke hanging in the air of her apartment long after he had departed.