warmth [dabi x reader]

~✦ 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓼 ✦~

Let's play a game : Everytime I mention the word 'stress' or anything related to it, take a shot, lol ! ;;

These last days, something have been off with Dabi. And Y/n knew it. He would always be in a gloomy, stressful mood, and it was like, she couldn't brighten his mood at all. No matter how much she tried, it all just .. didn't work !
It was a Sunday morning, and Y/n have woken up earlier than usual. She was thinking last night of what to do, to brighten up Dabi's mood, and what was better than a small, harmless prank ?
She giggled as she looked at his sleeping form. Quietly getting off of the bed, she grabbed a sharpie pen and started doodling on his face. Circles around the eyes, a curly mustache, a line for a stubble, and to top it off, she wrote on his forehead "Property of Y/n".
Giggling a bit more, she quickly capped the pen and looked at the clock. He was to be waken in 5 minutes. She was giddy, grinning as she could already imagine his reaction. He would be surprised, before he starts chuckling and chasing her around with a sharpie to write on her as well. Right ?
When the alarm rang, she started shaking him awake, her smile big. "Dabi Dabi Dabi! Wake up! It's six thirty ! Let's start our weekend early so we can do lots of things!"
Y/n was rather startled when the male sat up straight with his eyes saucers wide. But she soon burst into soft giggles at the sight of his face.
"Six thirty!?" he asked, moving to get off of the bed "I have to get ready, I have work and I have to be there in 20 minutes."
E/c eyes widened and the female stopped her laughter. He was going to work !? This wasn't her plan !
"Y-You have work..?" she meekly said, biting her lower lip.
The male sturted to the bathroom, giving a small nod. "Yes, I do."
"B-But .. y-you didn't tell me anything about having work today !" she tried to protest.
Looking at her from above his shoulder, he scratched his neck and muttered "I didn't ? I am sorry, I forgot. I tend to forget a lot of things nowadays."
A pair of lips formed a pout "Yea .. like telling me good morning for example."
Dabi stopped in his track, smacking a hand on his face "I-I am sorry, Y/n. Good morning." he said it with a slight softness in his voice, before he turned to enter the bathroom.
However, as soon as he opened the door, he was met by the mirror and his stupid looks. His electric blue eyes went wide and his mouth fell agape. He walked to the sink to get a better view of himself, before his eyebrows furrowed and he growled lightly.
" Y/N !!!"
He shouted her name, to which she flinched visibly, biting her lip harshly and rushing to the dining room to find a spot to hide in. She simply stood there by the table as he walked to her with furrowed eyebrows and a light snarl. "What did you think you were doing!?"
Her arms behind her back, she lowered her eyes and gave a small shrug "I-I .. I didn't know you had work today and I just .. I wanted to .."
"To what!? Why the hell would you do this . . ??"
He have never scolded her. At least, not in this harsh way. It was always playfully or a simple light growl. Y/n kept her wide eyes at him as she fumbled with the hem of her shirt. She could feel the tears prick her eyes as she tried to form words to say. She could feel the air get stuck to her throat, her expression hurt and sad.
"I-I .. you have been s-so stressed these past d-days and I just .. I wanted to lighten up the mood a bit, b-but , I .. I didn't know you had work.."
Soft sobs escaped her lips and suddenly, guilt overwashed Dabi, he felt as if someone poured icy water all over him. Seeing her with teary eyes, choking and trying to form words, her cheeks were red and so were her ears.
"Y-Y/n, I am-"
But the girl didn't give him any chance to speak as she pushed past him and rushed to the bedroom, smacking the door behind her and locking it.
Dabi quickly rushed after her, placing his hands on the door and calling "Y-Y/n, please open up!" But the only voice he could hear was her soft sobbing from behind the door, feeling his heart shatter in his chest.
She was only trying to make him relax. She was doing it in a good way and he just .. he had all the stress bottled up in his chest the past 2 weeks, that this was the last straw for him, and he burst at her innocent self.
He knocked again, in a more gentle way this time. "I am very sorry, love. I just, I was so stressed the past days, and I didn't .. I didn't mean to burst in your face."
Her sobs paused a bit, before she sobbed again "B-But I am your lover!!" she cried "It means that it's okay for you to share your stress with me! I will try to h-help you, but you .. you just .." she quited down, her ragged breaths were the only sound coming from there.
"...Do I not mean anything to you?" her voice was soft and hurt.
Dabi quickly replied "Of course you do! You mean everything to me!"
"Then.." she paused "Why didn't you share your pain and worry with me? I would've made you feel, even if a little, better.."
He sighed shakily and pressed his forehead to the wall, looking down on the floor as he bit his lower lip.
"I didn't want you to be stressed. I thought I could deal with it by myself, and I was so convinced with that that I didn't realise I was losing myself."
Silence filled the place.
Before a soft click came from the door, the knob turned and the door slowly creaked open.
E/c eye peeked from the small crack, watching Dabi sitting crouched on the floor, his shoulders slumped and his face in a small frown, his eyes filled with pain and sadness.
"I am sorry, love." he murmured, his lips forming a sad pout as he looked at her, his blue eyes sincere.
She opened the door more, and opened her arms for him, to which he happily wrapped his arms around her, pulling her on his lap as she hugged him back.
"I love you, Y/n. I love you so much. I am sorry you had to face that."
Y/n shook her head against his shoulder as she murmured "It's okay, I mean .. it isn't okay to shout at me, but I am happy you let out all those feelings you had in."
He nodded softly and ran a hand in her hair soothingly "Next time I feel stressed, I'll make sure to talk to you about it, okay?"
Y/n nodded happily "Of course! I'll always listen to you too!"