All Fun and Games Until

Kurogiri, ever the observant man, noticed that Midoriya had stopped being animated since going to the mall with Dabi. He figured he would want to confront the teenage boy, but had been wanting to talk to Dabi first to see which topics were kinda touchy to talk about.

"If ya wanna cheer him up, just talk about some random stuff kids his age are into these days. Who knows? Maybe he'll forget about the whole mall incident." Dabi had swung back his shot glass, gulping all of his drink in one sweep. He left after placing the glass directly in the sink, then moving to the stairs to disappear.

Kurogiri figured it wasn't completely solid advice, but he could work with it. He just needed to learn what kids his age were into nowadays…

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Toga watched from the corner of the bar the small conversation between Kurogiri and Dabi. She doesn't like seeing Bunny upset and Kurogiri is an old man who will probably get killed under Bunny's inner turmoil. When she noticed that Dabi had left the counter, she skipped over to the mist man.

"Mr. Misty! Don't worry about Bunny! I'll be a good big sister! Just watch!" Toga practically yelled excitedly to Kurogiri. He stepped back to avoid her face being so close to his, then nodded quickly.

"I was going to find you anyways, Ms. Toga. I know you're closer in age to him than I am. I figured you'd know more about what boys his age like," Kurogiri let the small lie pass his lips with little hesitation. There was no way he was going to piss off Midoriya more.

No fucking way he will.

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Midoriya didn't move from his bed since the day before, after the whole Arcade Incident he would rather sink into his bed sheets and become one with the fibers. He didn't go down for breakfast that morning, even after Shigaraki had almost disintegrated his door from knocking then slapping it full force. He'd much rather die than face anyone for the time being.

His only sound of acknowledgement was muffled through the pillow he was currently trying to suffocate himself with, and the person on the other side of the door must've heard it since his door swung open.

"Bunny~ Let's play! Pretty please?" Toga had waltzed in and sat at the edge of his bed, poking at his feet.

Midoriya groaned. "Go away. I want to die."

Toga smiled, "Oo~ If we're gunna play like that then, I'll get my knifey and needles! I bet you taste so sweet!" Midoriya shot up from under the covers the minute he heard "knife and needles".

"Oh, would you look at that? I'm feeling better already!" He deadpanned and wiped his eyes with the back of his hand. She frowned at the thought that she wasn't going to taste Bunny's sweet crimson blood. He saw her face change and he sighed, "Uh, what did you want anyways, Toga?"

"I wanna cheer you up! Mr. Misty was going to do it, but I told him I wanna do it instead!" Her frown was short-lived as her face twisted to a smile across her face. "Plus… I don't think Mr. Misty wants to get you more upset! That won't be good!"

Midoriya opened his mouth to argue, but then closed it since she did bring up a good point. He didn't want to hurt Kurogiri any more than just the usual teasing, but everyone does that to each other. So, he just resorted to nodding. If he thought that her smile couldn't get wider, he was wrong as she giggled, a plan already in set in her mind.

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Todoroki looked at his phone for the millionth time in the last hour. It was Saturday, and he usually spent it doing homework, studying and training, but today he was stuck. He'd spent the morning trying to compose a message to Izuku-kun about the whole incident yesterday; he then blamed himself for talking about the mall in the first place with him.

It wasn't like he knew anyways. The green-haired boy had a soft smile and huge doe eyes, even with the scar across them. Todoroki knew that he shouldn't judge people based off of appearances, especially people with permanent scarring, but he couldn't help but blame himself for not being more observant before.

He also tried to compose a message to Bakugou. How did he know Izuku-kun? When did they stop talking? Why did Izuku-kun say that he was bribing them? What was all of that about? All these questions swirled and spiraled in his mind and he couldn't seem to escape them even when he closed his eyes.

His dad's footsteps echoed across the hallway, and Todoroki hid himself under his covers. He didn't want to see anyone right now, even less his father. He doesn't want to accidentally ask him about his older brother that he has never heard of before yesterday.

He clutched his phone closer to his chest as he tried to regulate his breathing.

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Dabi noticed the upstairs part of the bar was quiet. Quiet enough to hear Kurogiri cleaning shot glasses downstairs. It's too quiet. He closed the bedroom door and made his way downstairs to the pub.

Toga had seen Dabi leave Shigaraki's room and down the stairs, to make sure he was out of sight, she tiptoed away from the wall she was hiding behind to make sure the coast was clear. When she heard Dabi downstairs asking for a drink, she walked normally to Bunny, who was hiding on the other side of the same wall, only deeper in the shadows. She motioned him over and he dragged himself over, not necessarily wanting to do whatever plan Toga was thinking.

He was going to ask her what exactly they were doing, especially in front of Shigaraki's bedroom door, but she shushed him quickly.

"Follow my lead, Bun-Bun!" A new nickname for Midoriya to blush over, "I'll do the talking! We're just on a covert ops mission!" She loudly whispered and held her hand out to the door knob. She turned it as quietly as she could, hoping that their boss wasn't asleep but also not opening the door loudly if he gets scared at the sudden intrusion.

The door creaked slightly as Toga tried her best to open it quietly. Midoriya was behind her, trying to peer through a gap between Toga's body and the opening of the door. When the door was open enough to look inside comfortably, Toga gasped quickly, causing her to choke on the excess air she inhaled.

Midoriya sighed to himself, there goes the covert ops mission, but he quickly followed her train of thought when he saw Shigaraki on his bed. He coughed violently, and Shigaraki turned to the noise.

He paled, which seemed impossible with his already pale skin, "Oh. My. GOD!"

Midoriya and Toga scrambled to get away from the doorway and out of the hall and to somebody's room, and quickly. Dabi was already racing up the stairs, yelling at the two younger teens about "how even though you guys are shitty villains, villains knock too!"

Kurogiri sighs from downstairs, looking at the cracked shot glass from Dabi and muttered under his breath, "I don't get paid enough for any of this shit."

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A couple of hours after the whole ordeal, and taking three showers to try removing the image of Shigaraki in a compromising position, Midoriya checked his phone. Most of his notifications were from the local news about a middle school kid with a gas quirk on the run, some random RPG games he liked to play when he wasn't feeling too good, and a text message. That caught his eye.

He opened the message, and his fingers shakily hung over the screen, instantly becoming anxious.

We need to talk. —Shouto