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Tbh I don't know if I need a trigger warning for this but underage drug use
"Eri sweetie, Uncle Victor died this morning?" says Izuku flatly.
Toga looks at him wide eyed and gasps, Dabi does the same without the gasp. He wants to comfort them ,he does ,but his daughter comes first right now. Unlike the other two she hasn't outwardly expressed anything. He holds her gaze as she processes what he just told her.
"How did it happen?" Eri asks.
It crosses his mind to lie right now. Victor was old and he smoked a lot. He wants to say it was a health problem. But he can't.
"Speed Demon stabbed him in the back." replies Izuku evenly.
Eri squints at him? Does she remember Speed Demon? They've only met once and it was a while ago. Thank God Izuku never invited him over.
"His real name is Ichiro Touma apparently." says Izuku like that helps.
"Why did he kill him?" asks Eri.
"I'm not completely sure. He's a snake and he's a part of the syndicate I've been hunting." says Izuku.
"Why would he work with you if he was a part of the group you were hunting?" asks Eri, she's still completely flat.
"I don't know. He joined before we ever began targeting the snakes and all of his information was correct, so I never doubted him and I certainly didn't suspect him to be a snake. Well that's not entirely true. I suspected him once but he told me that he was a former snake and his heartbeat didn't change so I thought he was telling the truth." says Izuku.
"Are-Are you okay?" she asks.
She's just like her old man. Asking if he's okay. He knows this bothers her. Even if she doesn't show it at all he knows. It's actually a little concerning that she's like him in that regard but he doesn't care right now. Right now he's proud of her.
"Eri… it's been a long day. It's been a hard day too, but I'll be alright." says Izuku.
Eri finally breaks eye contact, she's staring into his shirt.
"So he's gone?" she asks.
"He's gone." Izuku confirms.
Now she cries. It's silent. Her eyes tear up and her body starts to shake. Izuku instantly pulls her into a hug. He holds her there for a while. Whispering reassurances into her ear and cycling between holding her back and stroking her hair to reassure her. She cries for a while longer, until she cries herself to sleep in his arms. She really is just like her old man. He puts her in bed and tucks her under her blankets.
It hurts to see her like that. Everything hurts these days. Well that sounds edgy actually but believe him when he says he's going through it. When he gets back down stairs Dabi and Toga are whispering to each other on the couch. He has super hearing. Just a neat little fact that people seem to forget. They're talking about how to make him feel better. That's sweet.
He sneaks up on Dabi and Toga and just lets his chin rest on the back of the couch between their heads and waits.
"Your only suggestion is to get him high. We should do something actually nice for him." whispers Toga.
"I think it's a good idea. I think we should do both." says Dabi.
"That wasn't a real suggestion. I sleep with him all the time. I meant something special." says Toga.
"It's pretty special actually." whispers Izuku.
Toga makes a strange noise kind of like a quiet screech mixed with a gasp and falls off the couch. Dabi starts laughing the second Izuku spoke up.
"Oh I'm sorry babe." Izuku laughs out as he picks her up bridal style and carries her to the love seat to the right of their couch.
"Babe" she pouts out, "How much of that did you hear?"
"Most if not all." Izuku replies, "BTW your ideas were pretty good actually."
"See." says Dabi.
Izuku chuckles.
"Toga you in?" asks Dabi.
"Mm… I don't know, I'm not really into smoking." says Toga, "It's not cute."
"I got a new bong. It's Made out of pink glass." Dabi says.
"That sounds cute. I'm in." replies Toga.
"Cool. Imma grab the smoke bag. Could you-" starts Dabi.
"I'll get the water." says Izuku.
Dabi heads out and Izuku grabs a water bottle from the fridge.
Izuku meets Toga out by the porch where she's sitting waiting for them. He takes a seat next to her and sees Dabi walking over.
"It's nice up here." says Toga, "It's so cold."
"Hey." says Dabi as he sits down and starts packing the bong.
"I could get you some pants." says Izuku.
"As much as I love wearing your clothes, skirts are cute, plus I like when my legs are cold.
Dabi being the Weed Wizard that he is, has the bowl packed and is starting.
It's dark out and Dabi's blue flames brighten the area and Izuku swears he sees something move in the tree line. As he's about to get up he sees it again. It was just a bird. He's paranoid. Well maybe not paranoid but he's worried. Maybe he shouldn't smoke right now because it makes him paranoid sometimes. However the thought leaves his head as Dabi passes the bong to him. He takes two rips before passing it to Toga.
"So if-" starts Izuku.
"It r-" starts Toga.
"You go." says Izuku.
"It really is kinda cute with the pink glass." says Toga, "You were saying?"
"If you guys had anything you wanted to ask, go ahead." says Izuku.
"Was it quick?" asks Dabi.
"No. I tried to save him or kill Speed- or um Touma I guess. I had him but a few vans pulled up, one took him away and the rest stayed for me. I took care of them easy and ran over to Victor. I called for some help with people nearby but by the time they got there he had bled out. I tried to stop that but it was too little too late." says Izuku.
The bong comes to him again and he hits it twice before passing it to Toga again.
"What does he know that he could hurt us with?" asks Toga before taking a hit.
"Well." starts Izuku before Toga starts coughing.
Izuku passes her the half drained water bottle and she drinks it down.
"You good?" asks Izuku.
Toga clears her throat, "Yeah."
"I taught him how to kill me. Well not me specifically but I brought him vampire hunting." says Izuku, "As far as locations he was never brought to the old house but he might know through Victor. But Victor never knew we were moving here. So we're fine. Also Giran is keeping an ear out." says Izuku.
They didn't have much else to ask after that. Toga went mute and he and Dabi talked a little but it was nothing important.
"Before you guys go." says Dabi and he pulls out a packet of coke and places it on the table.
"No pressure of cou-" starts Dabi.
"Yeah." says Izuku.
It's been a while. He probably shouldn't. He really shouldn't he's been cutting a lot of that out of his life but fuck it he burried his best friend today.
Dabi lays out two lines on the table.
"Three." whispers Toga.
Three lines on the table and they all take one.
"You want more?" asks Dabi.
Yes
"No, I'm good. I'm going to bed." says Izuku.
"We're going." says Toga.
You know what happens next. You aren't seeing that but you know. After that however it was time for sleep.
Izuku wakes up the next morning to the sun hitting his face. He rolls onto his back and stares at the ceiling. He can hear Toga making breakfast downstairs and he can see Dabi through his window. He really doesn't want to get up so he doesn't. He rolls over away from the window and that's when he hears it.
BANG BANG BANG
Three gunshots just sounded outside. He rolls out of bed and grabs his shotgun. He moves over to the window and he sees it. Dabi is lying in a pool of blood on the ground. He's dead. Shit. He's actually dead, just like that. He only took his eye off him for a second. He moves towards the stairs to go get Toga when he hears another two shots. Down the stairs he sees Toga's body fall and hit the floor. She's not moving. He blasts the guy that killed her.
"Eri, stay in your room!" he shouts.
Her room is on the second floor so he just can't let them get up the stairs. So he holds his spot and kills the next five men that come for him. He ducks down from the stairs and starts to reload his gun when he hears the floor creek. His head whips around. It's Touma with his katana drawn. The sword smells like holy water. Izuku's only gun isn't loaded. They move at the same time. Izuku swings the but of the shotgun at his head as he charges in and ducks under it. Touma's sword buries itself in his chest and he falls to the floor.
He instantly sits up ramrod straight in bed.
"Damn babe. You okay?" asks Toga.
He looks over at her. She's alive. She looks great, she's wearing one of his old merch shirts. Although it's big on her.
"I'm fine." he responds.
Authors Note
First I just wanna say that I know I never update. I'm sure that makes this hard to keep coming back to but thank you for all of those that do.
Secondly we finally hit 100 chapters. I genuinely thought that I wouldn't do it. I'll be honest there have been a few times where I didn't think I'd come back to this but I always do. Even if it takes a while.
Third. Sorry for the dream fake out. It feels like cheap shock factor but I'm not changing it.
Death Fury: Thanks for the support. I'll be honest seeing reviews like you leave are a huge part of the reason I keep coming back to this. Secondly it is pretty sad that he's left mostly alone but he still has people looking after him.