In the distant horizon the sun was beginning to set, shades of yellow and orange danced across the sky as darkness fell across the city. It's only been two days since I came up atop this hill with Dabi, but that serene memory felt like a lifetime ago. Perhaps I should've taken time to appreciate that moment before it was gone and replaced with this hell-shit of a life.

Ever since I met the two boys in that alley my life had turned upside down. For six years I avoided Phoenix and kept as far away from them as possible, but now I was neck deep in everything I'd tried so hard to avoid. I was shackled to my past and I don't think I'd ever be free of it.

If only Keigo hadn't given me that phone. If only I hadn't picked up Emiko's call. If only my life wasn't so fucked up!

What would this past month have been like? The drama with Phoenix could've been avoided but that wouldn't be the only thing that I missed. I'd never get to wake up to see Keigo's smiling face staring back at me, Dabi would never get to wrap his scarred arms around me at random times, and I probably wouldn't have reconnected with Edmond and Atlas.

Edmond.

That's why I was up on this hill, trying to sort through all the feelings that had risen up when I'd found out what he'd done. Yet as I shuffled through my emotions there wasn't a hint of anger. How could I be mad at Edmond when I would've done the same thing?

He wanted to take down my mother because she was the reason his daughter died, and I hate to admit that I would do the same if anything happened to Keigo or Dabi. Maybe I never met my mom but I don't think she would blame Edmond. He helped her get away from this life that Esther said she so desperately despised.

Ever since I met Edmond I'd always trusted him with my whole heart: Never doubting the tender hands that would wipe away my tears when I awoke from a night-terror. Now I was here atop this mountain knowing that he had killed both my mother and father, but even so I still can't dislike him.

The first people I ever interacted with outside the members of Phoenix was someone I'd killed because they told me to, but then I left that life. For sixteen years I killed and killed because Cane told me to. When I ran from Phoenix I met Edmond and Atlas, and for the first time I didn't have to kill someone who wasn't a member. Could I give away the people who meant so much to me because of a past mistake?

That past mistake was a big one.

I retraced my wings as I heard the loud sound of an engine behind me which soon cut off leaving me atop the cliff in an unbearable silence. Footsteps crunched through the fallen leaves as someone approached me. Maybe I should've flown away, but why would I do that when I knew who it was?

It was one of the men I'd fallen in love with. Even with the amount of space separating us I could feel his warmth radiating through the air. Winter was approaching but it wouldn't be so cold as long as Dabi would allow me to hold him close. That villainous man of mine isn't as bad as the media makes him out to be, he's actually quite a sweetheart if you ask me.

"Sitting up here all alone Princess?" His deep, gruff voice resonated through the air and filled that aching silence with a sound of peace. When I didn't respond Dabi tried to continue our non-existent conversation. "Bird boy called and told me some of what happened. He was really worried when you ran off earlier."

"Is he coming here?" My voice weighed on my tongue as if every word carried a hundred pounds of meaning. Learning about his past hadn't changed my opinion on Keigo and I wanted nothing more than for him to hold me close.

Dabi sat down right behind me, his long legs going to either side of me so that I was trapped with his body pushing against my back. He wrapped his arms around my waist, his favorite place to put them it seems, and buried his head in the crook of my neck. So close I could smell the faint scent of ash wafting up from my burnt boyfriend.

"People see you as this cold hearted villain but yet here you are showing so much care for your beautiful girlfriend." I snickered as I ran a hand across his thigh in a show of affection. For Dabi, touching was a sign of love, but Keigo preferred to whisper sweet nothings to show his affection. They truly were polar opposites.

My dark haired boyfriend kissed at the nape of my neck, gentle and sweet butterfly kisses that sent pleasureful shivers across my spines. "Holding you close is the only way to let people know you're mine. I love you and everyone needs to know to stay the fuck away from my princess."

I traced small circles across his legs as he continued to hold me close to his body. It was so warm and blissful that I could only think of one thing to make this moment better. That one thing was standing off to the side, his golden eyes trailing along our bodies as they burned his name into our skin.

"Keigo?" I called out to the man standing several feet away. His wings fluffed out a bit as he realized he'd been caught watching us. "Come here pretty bird."

He took a hesitant step closer but still he wasn't as close as I'd like. The last time he'd kept this much distance from me was when we'd first met. He'd kept away and lurked in the shadows as if trying to understand what my game was. Now it was different. This time he seemed scared as if he thought I would break the moment he said a word.

I reached my hand up to him, an offering with more than face value. This wasn't just me telling him to come closer, it was me giving him my heart and everything that came with it. He needed to know for sure that I was still his and vice-versa.

"I love you Keigo." My words were that of a whisper, mixing with the whistling of the wind. It surprised me that he managed to hear them but I know that he did. His golden gaze softened and he grabbed my hand. "That's more like it."

I pulled him down so that he was sitting between my legs, head laid across my lap as his golden hair spread across my thighs. Instantly he tried to get up but as he did I rubbed his shoulder, pulling his jacket off as I did and throwing it to the side. My hands squeezed at his shoulders trying to ease away the tenseness that riddled his body.

"Baby bird." He whispered as I trailed my hands down and caressed the soft red feathers that adorned his beautiful wings. The motion seemed to spark something in him as any anxiety dripped away as I softly ran my hands along his feathers. "Your thighs feel soft against my face."

I laughed as he shoved his face against my legs trying to search for more warmth. He hugged his body to my legs as Dabi lightly tugged at his golden hair. The shorter man swatted at Dabi's hand but yet he continued to rake his hands through Keigo's soft blonde locks. After a minute the bird finally stopped his persistent struggling and got comfy in his spot between my legs.

It was a peaceful setting, finally perfect as all three of us were reunited together again. I'd give up everything to stay in this moment with them. For my whole life I'd wanted nothing more than peace at mind and for the first time I actually had it. Though it was in the form of two annoying men who I most definitely have feelings for.

"So are we going to ignore everything that we need to talk about." Dabi gave Keigo's hair a hard tuck causing the blonde to grumble curses under his breath.

"Well I was kind of hoping we'd just all forget about that and stay here for a bit. If you really wanna bring it then maybe we could, perhaps, talk about everything that happened." Though there was this moment of peace we still had issues that we'd need to face soon enough. If we ever want to get a slice of heaven in this hell then we need to take a serious moment and discuss what we need to do.

Keigo pulled his head up from between my thighs, his golden eyes opening groggily as he met my gaze. "Let's start with the commission. They didn't hurt you did they?"

I shook my head. The commission hadn't done anything to me, but they did cause my quite the fright. Do I really want Keigo and Dabi to know that I was scared though? They've both got bigger issues to worry about. "I'm fine. The head of the commission brought me to a coffee shop so that she could talk with me. From that point on she explained your past and told me that I should leave you."

Finally he sat up fully, shifting his body to the side of Dabi. Instantly I missed the warmth that radiated from his body. "So? Are you going to leave us?'

There was so much hurt hidden behind his words that I wanted to be honest with him. "I'd never leave you either of you. I lied when I said I'm fine. Nothing is fine!" I hadn't meant to but my voice had risen to a shout and I could feel the anger boiling inside of me. But then the sadness was aching away as well and I knew that I was so close to breaking down. "Things are going to hell and so much has happened and I- I don't know what to do!"

Keigo one of my hands and pulled it close to him, his fingers trailed across the lines in my palms as he hummed a soft melody. "You don't have to be okay baby bird. The tax of being alive isn't being fine, it's breathing. So let's take a breath and consider our options."

Dabi snickered, "Never thought I'd hear something so cheesy coming from you bird boy."

"Well that cutie in your arms has done things to me in the past month. I've realized some things, one of which is the fact that I think I'm in love." His voice was steady and sure as he continued to trail his fingers across my palms as if drawing an entricit scene filled with heartbreak and sorrow.

"Our first action has to be with Malik. We'll need the information if we want to have any chance of taking Cane down." I took a deep breath and thought of what we should do. Cane was quick-witted and could change his ideas in seconds, but I wasn't nearly as fast as him. "Once the information we come back home, celebrate Christmas, and then we use the information we gathered to locate Cane."

"Sounds easy enough." Dabi said as one of his hands moved to my thigh and gave it a loving stroke. Flames flickered across his hands but they never burned my clothes, instead they only gave me warmth in the cold air. "If anything goes wrong then we just beat up a bunch of people until we're back on track. I don't think any of us here have an issue with killing people who get in our way, do we."

"You are a heartless bastard." Keigo lightly punched at Dabi's arm, all of us laughing to hide the fact we were hurting. We'd taken lives and it was nothing to laugh at yet somehow we still did.

I looked up at the sky that danced with the light of stars and a crescent moon that soared high in the air, just out of reach of someone with wings. When had the sun set? The darkness that had consumed us went unnoticed as we spent this wonderful time together.

"Can we ever get away?" It was only supposed to be a thought but I guess my brain had a different plan. "None of us have ever truly been free. Dabi was trained since he was four, Keigo you signed your life away at six, and I, well I've always been training to be a villain."

"I've come to terms with what happened when I was younger. My old man was a bitch and there's no way in hell I'm ever forgiving him, but I know that if I wanted to I could leave." Dabi kissed the back of my neck, his rough bottom lip scratching at my sensitive skin. "If we wanted we could just run away and hide from all these issues."

Keigo let out a low groan as if annoyed by Dabi's blatant display of affection. "The commission would probably hunt me down, but then again who says they'll ever find me. A lot of people say I'm to fast for my own good but that would come in handy if I needed to leave here."

I sighed. "Honestly, running away with you two sounds like a dream come true. I'd say yes if I wasn't hellbent on finishing the war that's been raging for sixteen years."

"Well," Keigo started as he stood up, hand outstretched to me. "Until you finish this you can consider us your allies. Baby bird we'll be by you through hell and heaven alike. One day we can leave."

"That sounds nice."