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Katsuki shivered, He didn't like this. The quirk canceling serum in his veins kept him from warming himself with his quirk. He was never this cold, his quirk kept him from being cold enough to get sick. But it'd been a few hours without it and he was freezing. But Katsuki was smart, he knew the repercussions of using his quirk to warm himself all the time. And those repercussions were showing themselves now. His body had gotten too used to his quirk that it didn't warm him now, So the shivering that it was able to do was of no use. Nothing was working. And since he was stuck in this cell, he couldn't do anything to warm himself.
He shook violently, curling in himself. He was being tortured before the torture even started. He mentally cursed at himself, leaning against the cold wall. He wanted his quirk back.
At the loud banging of the door, He flinched. It was barely noticeable under the shaking of his body. He watched with half closed eyes as Dabi entered. His blinks were taking so much energy. He was so cold. So, so cold.
"Dammit!" He could hear, he forced his eyes open. Dabi was right next to him, eyes wide and hands lighting up blue. As much as Katsuki hated depending on a villain, he couldn't stop his body. He curled into the scarred man, sighing at the warmth. It was still too cold, he couldn't stop the shivering.
"M- Ma-Make it- it s-sto-op" he pleaded, body jerking and forcing him to curl further into the villain.
"'M sorry, kid, let's get you something warm" Dabi helped him up and escorted him to the door. Although Katsuki's rational said to make a break for it when he could, he couldn't stop shaking. Dabi's heat was the only thing keeping him okay.
As he was led through the maze of halls, Katsuki held tightly onto Dabi, who kept his quirk on, careful to not hurt the blonde. Katsuki couldn't keep warm, the heat from the villain was dissipating as quickly as it came. He wanted his quirk back. He hated his.
"Crusty, get your ass here"
"Fuck you call me, you twat?" Katsuki sighed when Dabi's heat increased unconsciously. Shigaraki came into view, barely visible mouth curving into a frown at the sight of Katsuki.
"Why's the little hero boy out? Do you want me to disintegrate both of you?"
"Yes" Dabi joked, "Kid can't regulate his temperature without his quirk"
"Fuckin' idiot. His quirk is explosion, not fucking temperature. This is just a rouse to escape, I'm not a npc like you."
Dabi stopped his quirk and within a few seconds, the remaining heat Katsuki had was gone. He whined quietly, shivering quickly escalating to violent. All rational left his mind and he clutched onto Dabi.
"Pl-Plea-ease! I-I'm s-so-orry!" He whimpered weakly. Dabi looked to Shigaraki for directions, but the leader was gone. Dabi took the leader's leave as an okay to use his quirk, and he quickly powered it back up. Katsuki almost cried in relief when the warmth was back. He felt so weak; to depend on a villain like this.
"Sor-S'rry" He slurred, so quiet that Dabi had to strain to hear it.
"It's okay, You don't have to be sorry for anything, Comeon, you can borrow some of my sweatshirts" Katsuki nodded jerkily, not thinking about that if the heroes rescued him, he'd be found in villain's clothes. If. He shuddered. If, if, if. Did he even want to be rescued? He was being helped by villains, he was so weak. He didn't deserve to be rescued.
He didn't even notice they were walking until they stopped. Dabi opened the door in front of them and led Katsuki inside. He closed and locked the door behind them, and for some reason, it didn't bother Katsuki as much as it should've. Maybe he was going crazy.
Dabi pushed him to sit on the messy bed and stepped away. Katsuki wrapped himself in the blankets, shivering so much it scared him. He wanted his quirk back. He was so focused on the lack of quirk that when Dabi threw a sweatshirt at him, it just hit him in the face. Dabi curled in laughter. Katsuki jerkily put on the sweatshirt, discreetly enjoying the smoky mint smell in it.
"Lay back" He did as told. "Good, don't move" The villain covered him in blankets and surrounded him in pillows.
"Like a nes– st" Katsuki murmured, eyes closing.
"Still cold?" He shook his head. "Good. Uhm, do you have any siblings?"
"No"
"I had a few once"
"One-Once?"
"I ran away, I believe you know my younger brother" He heard Dabi take a breath, "His name, uh is Shoto"
"You're a fu-fuckin' Todoroki?" His eyes snapped open.
"Was. I'm just Dabi now"
Katsuki couldn't stop the words that slipped out, "You can be a Bakugou"
"I..." Katsuki liked how surprised he could make the villain.
"I've ne-never had a brother, you've used to be one..." He trailed off, watching Dabi put two and two together.
"But I'm a villain"
"You don't have to be. No one is gonna fuckin' touch you, got it scarface?"
Dabi laughed, but it sounded tearful and choked, "Okay"
"Fucking okay?"
"Yeah, fucking okay"
"We're gonna leave then, whenever my quirk is back"
"It'll be back sometime tomorrow night if I'm right"
"Then we leave then, We can get you bleach an' blonde hair dye and an apartment for you. If you're okay with it, I can teach you makeup to hide your scars. You can keep your name, but if someone ever asks about it, you've gotta complain about how the evil villain ruined the name. We can make a birth certificate too"
"You're smarter than you look"
"I'm not top of the class for nothing" Katsuki remarked back smirking tiredly. He clenched his jaw to suppress a yawn
"Sleep, I'll be here when you wake"
"M'kay"
Katsuki closed his eyes, snuggling into the blanket nest around his body. He felt the bed shift and opened an eye, only to close it again when he saw Dabi playing on a DS he didn't know was still sold.