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They could hear the music thumping way over in the neighbors’ old 3 story monstrosity of a house, slightly rattling the windows with unrestrained bass. Far too loud for 11am, Rumi's ears curled aside and down in an effort to block the untuned guitar shredding her skull. Keigo puffed out his feathers and sent a few out of the house to slice through the cords of the neighbor's sound system, silence abruptly filling out the space. Cheers erupted behind him as the feathers flew back into the house, the failed band next door thwarted at last.
"Oh thanks Keigo! We didn't need help! They've been blaring their band's cover of American punk songs for the last week. Should've just cut their cords, not the music! "
"They interrupted me when I had Jin give me a bunch of clones to turn into Dabi and sing Gorillaz, so I can agree with Jin's Alter! They don't even look pretty covered in red and teary! It's a tragedy of life!" Jin nodded along vigorously as Himiko mimed slashing apart her foes in the middle of the living room. Rumi started cackling and humming Feel Good, goading Himiko into a bad game of charades as she tried to act out a band of Dabis singing and beatboxing. Dabi curled in tight to his back as Keigo returned to his claimed throne again, giggles shaking their frame as Himiko gave up on reenacting the Dabi Band and did a full blown cover of F(x)'s NU ABO center stage in the living room.
"How long until Shuuichi starts rapping or Sako restarts the movie?" Dabi whispered to Oboro, knowing the man was content watching his adopted family being happy and laughing.
"Shuuichi will most likely try to rap Daddyphatsnapps, and get interrupted by Magne screeching Avril Lavigne's Hello Kitty song. Sako is too tipsy to care about the travesty that is 'Jason in Manhattan', but he might try to start another watch party of all known Possession horror movies. I believe his favorite is one about a Mayor's child getting possessed by Baphomet." Tenko was obviously fighting the urge to blast SHUM or SS501 as he twitched next to Rumi. The range of reds and pinks he cycled through when she slung an arm over him could rival a forest in autumn. He was sweating like a sinner in church and physically swooned when Rumi jumped up and into a botched version of "Are You Happy Now, Fidelio?"
Oboro openly snickered at Tenko drooling at Rumi, Shuuichi, and Jin all comparing muscles and gym routines when Magne took over the tv to start her playlist of The Hu. He ignored Dabi softly singing into Keigo's ear, rocking side to side on the loveseat while Keigo shed his feathers to cuddle closer. That was a relationship stronger than the Sun's pull on Earth, even moving half way across Japan to Oboro's house hadn't stopped Keigo from finding Dabi and sticking to them like an industrial strength magnet when he turned 18. Oboro was more than happy to house him along with the self proclaimed "League of Villains". Just a bunch of good people treated badly, slowly finding their way to either Oboro's doorstep, or Aizawa's. Both men ran homes for people looked down on in society, Aizawa specializing more in teens and children, while Oboro collected young adults with nowhere to go.
The entire room was silenced when Keigo started trilling and chirping "Ghost Choir" quietly, everyone humming and swaying along as Sako stood to change out movies, marbling the "Jason In Manhattan" disc so he didn't have to find the box. As the song came to a close he started up "The Wailing" and set up subtitles. They made it about a half hour into the movie before someone started a discussion on realism, completely steamrolling any paranoia and suspense as Rumi and Keigo compared behavioral issues and the hidden meanings in the movie. 'Compared' of course means screeching, flapping of wings, and stomping feet.
"NO, YOU FUCKING SHARPS HAZARD, A SMALL CUT DOESN'T BLEED LIKE THAT!!"
"THAT'S A SHITTY SURFACE WOUND , YOU FUCKIN' HARLOT. I LITERALLY HAVE KNIVES ON MY BACK! I WOULD FUCKIN' KNOW IF A DAMN SLASHING WOUND IS FATAL! THE CHARACTER OBVIOUSLY ISN'T DEAD, SO THE PLOT COMPLETELY FALLS APART!"
"OH I'LL SHOW YOU A SURFACE WOUND, YOU BIG BIRD REJECT."
". . . Bring it, you Thumper lookin headass." Rumi let out a shriek of fury as she dived for Keigo, accidentally sending an elbow into Dabi's gut as she wrestled Keigo from their lap onto the floor. Keigo's talons shredded the armrest (again) as his leg was pulled into a submission hold, his wild chirping laughter ruining any doubt that he wasn't having the time of his life. Rumi started cursing up a storm as he bent and yanked on her hair, body twisting in a way that had Shuuichi up to grab an ice pack before they inevitably hurt themselves and started the hour long round of crying and apologies.
Oboro laughed under his breath as he stood to grab the abandoned halloween decorations from earlier that morning. He stepped around the feral children on the ground, reminiscing as Keigo broke free and ran away from Rumi weaponizing his own feather against him. Rumi had started coming over as a package deal with Keigo since she had come to pick him up and walked in on Tenko raging over Shuuichi cheating at Mario Kart, choking his larger and stronger companion out with his thighs as he attempted to salvage his cut controller cord with his hands. The fall was fast and furious when she witnessed him get revenge the next time she was over, and decided the stringbean was going to be hers.
She talked Keigo's ear off everyday about how cute Tenko looked with bloodlust in his eyes and fury in his bones. She pulled a Kabe-don on him on his birthday and told him she could break all the bones in his body easily. She decided that proving her strength was going to make her more attractive to the gamer, completely missing the anxious love struck look on his face when she existed in his presence.
Popcorn sailed through the air and smacked Rumi directly in the forehead, freezing her entire body as she registered the new attack.
"Who the fuck threw popcorn."
The statement went unanswered, so Rumi grabbed a small plastic pumpkin carver off the coffee table. "I said. Who threw the popcorn? "
Silence met her question again as she did a mental headcount. It wasn't Twice, we tied him up before the movie so Magne and Shuuichi could decorate him like a fucked up halloween tree. Sako probably knows, but he's too easy to bribe, I won't get anything from him. Time to investigate the kitchen. Rumi stood, stalking into the kitchen to check what was put on the popcorn so she could find her next suplex victim.
Keigo was about to follow her when he spotted a moving red dot on the ground. His eyes pinned as he attacked the moving dot with fury. Chirping and trilling everytime he got a talon close, only to have it dart away.
Rumi paced in the kitchen as Keigo became the living room entertainment. Not burned so not Dabi. Dumbass always tries to make popcorn with his quirk because it's "faster". No olive oil so it wasn't Himiko trying to see how sensitive Shuuichi's taste buds are. He never notices regardless.
"Any luck finding out who threw it? They started a food fight in the living room so you know Oboro will be picking pretzels and mochi bits out of the couch for a couple weeks."
Rumi snickered as she shook her head, there were no seasonings or extra butter laying around so she had no idea who it could've been. Keigo floated up to the top of the fridge, laser pointer in hand, as Rumi opened and sniffed the microwave. Her ears perked up as an idea struck.
"You can find out! Interrogate your fiancé for me!"
"What?? How would they know, and why would I help?"
"You're obviously magic. You got Dabi to wear CAT EARS. He barely showers! And you got him to put on ears and a tail and damn near do the hoola!"
"I have my ways. But I'm not helping you track someone down."
"Keep your whore ways OUT of the fucking kitchen, chicken little."
Keigo paused, his mouth opening and shutting like some godforsaken fish.
"I-BITCH I PROMISED HIM KETCHUP CHIPS, GET YOUR HEAD OUTTA THE GUTTER BEFORE YOUR EARS ROT. Besides, Tenko's the only one who likes plain ass popcorn, so you should be asking him."
Rumi flew out of the room like a fire was lit near her tail, and Keigo heard the resulting scream of Tenko getting full body tackled to the ground. He walked in as Rumi sat on Tenko's ass on the floor, feet pinning his legs and hands secured under his chin as she pulled , and forced his spine to arch backwards. She demanded to know why and the entire room lost their minds as he stuttered out a "Y-you're pretty w-when you're pi-ssed-d, Bun."