Between Classes

I stretched high letting out a large yawn. "Natchan, I think I'm just going to grab something quick today then go take a nap." He gives me a sideways glance. "What the hell happened to you last night? Don't say nothing again, I let it go earlier because class was about to start." I nod sleepily "I was just up later than I should have been you know how I can get on an anime binge." He grabs me by the arms and flings my sleeves up. "This is way more than you usually do, I haven't seen you like this since 3rd year when they had that blood shortage after the hurricane that came through." I pull my arms away from him looking at the ground ashamed I had been caught so easily. "I can't really talk about it, I'm sorry Natsuo." His face drops, I haven't refused to tell him anything since I first found out Kyomis chemo wasn't working and I never call him Natsuo. "Do I need to be worried?" I shake my head pulling my sleeves down. "Then I'll try not to, go get some rest, love you." I gave him a quick hug and headed off in the opposite direction running when I was no longer in sight.

When I open the door my patient is nowhere to be seen causing my heart to beat faster until I hear the flush of the toilet. I quickly close the door behind me and put all the bags on my desk starting to unpack them when I hear the sink turn off I call out a quick hello so I don't catch him off guard when he walks out of the bathroom. He walks over to me looking at what all I have. "You got all this stuff together so soon after just getting out of class half an hour ago?" I shake my head "I put in the order for the medical stuff this morning and had it dropped in my student locker downstairs. The food I only just got, most everyone goes to the main cafeteria this time of day so hitting up the express snack bar didn't take long." I hand him a bowl of chicken curry and a container of rice with chopsticks. "Don't worry I didn't forget you hate fish." He smiles down at me eyes shining like stars. Fuck he's distracting. "You were able to get all this at an express snack bar? There's so much."

I pick up my own curry motion for him to sit on the bed and seat myself on the floor near the bed, he decides to sit with me on the floor instead. "We both need plenty of water, I gave you three pints of blood last night and I didn't rehydrate nearly as well as I should have, there's also plenty of healthy snacks since you need to get your strength back." When I look up he's looking at me as if I just made some kind of joke he isn't sure he should laugh at. "Baby, I'm no premed student but I'm pretty sure you can't give me three pints of your own blood I must have misunderstood, and I never told you my blood type." I take a deep breath in knowing we are about to cross an invisible line we created. "I'm O neg I can donate to anyone and my quirk is Kenketsu so I can give a pint every two hours, I could probably manage more, but I haven't really tried in order to be careful. For the record I was able to surmise that you have a fire quirk from your wounds and the ash in your hair. While we're on the subject of things we never told each other, I'm L/N Y/N."

I can't read his expression but he hasn't said a word and keeps looking at me. "Why did you help me? Even knowing the truth about me being a villain." I look away to gather my thoughts lest I be lost in those eyes again. "I asked myself the same thing last night before things settled I told myself it was because I want to be a doctor and therefore couldn't turn you away, then I realized if that was the truth I wouldn't be still be caring for you, bringing you here risking a lot to myself." The words I want to say get caught in my throat, I want to admit to liking him, but I can't. "Everyone calls me Dabi, I realize it's a long shot now that you know I'm a criminal and you've seen how ugly I am, but I liked texting you the last few weeks, is there any chance at all that maybe you might be able to see past my flaws and be with the guy you've been messaging? He's the real me, the only thing I ever hid from you was my villainy." My mouth goes dry as I nod my head too much in shock to speak. What am I agreeing to here? Who cares, he's a sweetheart and fucking hot, so very hot.

When we finish eating he's looking at me with concern "You look like you're going to pass out any minute now, why don't you lay down a bit." I shake my head "I'm afraid if I lay down I may miss my last class of the day, you need to be resting though when's the last time you took some of the ibuprofen?" He smiles at me as I grab gauze and ointment coming towards him. "I won't rest or take any pills or let you do anything to care for my wounds until you get some sleep." He's really going to be an ass about it right now? "Sweetie, I really need to change your dressings."

"Promise and I'll let you." I sigh "Even if you move around as much as you can I'm still going to do it." He gives an evil grin "I'll activate my quirk to burn myself more if you don't take a nap." I look at him for a long minute, he's serious. "Fine, I promise I'll take a nap AFTER you take your ibuprofen and I get your wounds taken care of." He nods at me pleased with his evil schemes I try to be mad, but he's so adorable about winning. It's not fair I already have this same problem with Natsuo.