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P(r)etty theft

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Toga’s woeful little rant had appeared playful, and just about everyone had taken it as such, but Dabi knew better. He knew someone pretending something wasn’t a big deal just so they could get something off their chest. He’d been there, he’d done that, and he’d gotten the skin grafts.

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“Everyone gets to wear pretty stuff for Halloween.” Toga whined, draped over the couch in the LoV hideout. “We don’t get anything …I keep seeing those pretty pumpkin and bat nails in the store window by the dorayaki place, I wish I could just reach through the glass and take them!”

Toga’s woeful little rant had appeared playful, and just about everyone had taken it as such, but Dabi knew better. He knew someone pretending something wasn’t a big deal just so they could get something off their chest. He’d been there, he’d done that, and he’d gotten the skin grafts.

He made his way to the store next to the dorayaki place, hood up and mask on, keeping his head down. He held a phone (that didn’t belong to him) out, looking around a little confused like he was some dumbass reading off a shopping list his girlfriend had sent him, picking things up and putting them down after comparing them against the phone.

It didn’t take long for him to locate the nails in question. He pocketed them, as well as some nail glue (which he assumed Toga would need, right?) and made his escape, pretending to call someone and lift the phone to his ear on the way out.

Once he stepped into the alley between the hideout and the building beside it, he crushed and burned the phone, dropping it and kicking it into the open gutter.

“Hey.” Dabi greeted everyone, nonchalantly pulling the nails and glue out of his pocket and tossing them onto the couch next to Toga. She had been drifting off apparently, and was startled by the items landing on her lap. She gasped, picking them up and turning them over like she couldn’t believe they were real.

“Dabi!” She jumped to her feet, leaping at him to pull him into a tight hug. She teared up, looking at him with wide eyes. “Did you hear me complaining before?”

“Don’t know what you’re talking about.” He shrugged, keeping a neutral expression. Internally though he was beaming, and shit at least something could alleviate at least someone’s pain for a short while around here. Everybody was so fucking miserable it was starting to make him feel like their next outing would be their last. Dabi had way too many plans to snuff it on a basic ‘mission’. “I was bored, they were easy to steal, and I’m not gonna wear them.”

Toga squeezed him, before taking the nail set over to Magne, who looked just as thrilled. There were a few sets in each box, so they’d both get a set were Magne so inclined. 

Dabi crashed on the couch, pretending not to pay attention to the manicure session going on a little to his left. Shigaraki and Spinner were huddled up trying to get some old console they’d pulled out of the trash to work, Mister and Kurogiri talking about…whatever it is people their age talked about.

This was about as nice and as peaceful as it got around here…so why was Dabi itching for some chaos?

He’d figure out how to disturb the peace once Toga had gotten to enjoy her new nails a little.