I Loved You First (Dabi X OC X Hawks)

Chapter 20 - Books from a Birdbrain

Kimi's POV

I woke up the next morning with a jump. The strong smell of grilled fish and rice filled the air and reminded me that I had spent the night in the Todoroki household. The air was crisp but the homely scent made my muscles relax and for a moment the world was perfectly peaceful.

"I love you, bitch. I ain't never gonna stop lovin' you, bitch." Peanut squawked from his cage beside the bed. Peace doesn't last forever when you have a parrot.

"Hi baby, I love you too" I cooed letting him out and stroking his feathered head which nuzzled into my touch. I perched him on my shoulder and made the bed before entering the kitchen to be greeted by an overly enthusiastic Fuyumi making breakfast.

"Morning Kimi! Did you sleep well? I'm almost finished here and I've made Peanut some breakfast in that bowl over there. He still likes mango right?" She asked with a smile checking on the rice cooker. Her hair stuck to her face with a small shimmer of sweat from the hot stove, the red streaks looking darker and contrasting sharply with her over all snowy tresses.

"Morning, yeah it was great. Thanks again for letting me stay. And for feeding my feathered baby." I said with a lazy smile still trying to wake up properly.

"Eww is that what you are calling Hawks now? I didn't need to know that." Came a monotone voice from behind me. I spun around to be met with a sleepy Shoto in an oversized white t-shirt. Unlike Fuyumi, who was dressed and ready to go about her day, Shoto's hair that normally fell over his forehead was pinned back whilst his hair at the back stuck up in random directions.

"Well don't you look presentable" I mocked poking his exposed forehead. "And I was talking about Peanut and you know it!" I laughed as Shoto let out a muffled sigh. Upon hearing his name Peanut looked up and flew to Shoto resting on his shoulder and rubbing his face against Shoto's cheek lovingly.

"Good morning Peanut" Shoto mumbled with a rare smile.
"I didn't know you were staying over last night?" He questioned still distracted by the hyperactive parrot.

"Yeah there was an incident outside my apartment and the police thought it would be best for me to stay somewhere else given the break-in before." I said as I set the table, purposefully leaving out any details about the possibility of Touya's involvement.

"Are you okay?" He asked, his eyes widening at the news.

"Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry Sho! On the bright side you get to walk to school with me!" I chuckle as I thank Fuyumi and start to tuck into the delicious breakfast.

The morning routine flew by quickly before a thought popped into my head. Hawks was going to be waiting for me to walk to the station. I grabbed my phone and dialed his number in the hope that I wasn't too late.

He answered on the second ring with a cheerful greeting.

"Morning Babybird! You in desperate need to hear my voice? I'll be there in 10 minutes!" He chuckled. Damn his voice sounds so good even through the phone.

"Umm it's actually about that. I stayed at a friends house last night so won't be there. I'm so sorry, it was last minute and I totally forgot to tell you until just now!" I said, nervously playing with a strand of my hair. I know that my apartment is somewhat out of the way and felt bad enough that he walked me to the station everyday.

"Hey hey, don't worry about it! Is everything okay? You sound kind of panicked. You aren't hurt are you?" He asked sounding concerned.

"No, I'm fine really. There was a bit of an incident last night and the police wanted me to stay with a friend." I mumble out feeling slightly awkward. I hadn't told him about my apartment being broken into just because nothing came from it and I didn't want to look like some over-panicked girl who needed to phone her mom as soon as something went wrong. Even though that is definitely what I was.