FUTURE QUEEN % tomura shigaraki

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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE : SPIDER TIME

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shigaraki, dabi, compress, and spinner were all in the van until they had to intercept overhaul. it was mostly quiet except for dabi's occasional comments.

then out of nowhere, compress' phone rang. he picked it up once he saw the little knife emoji in the caller id. "hello dear! how goes the operation?"

the other boys listened carefully, trying to judge the success of toga and twice based on compress' reaction— they couldn't really deduce much with his mask in the way, though.

"oh my."

shigaraki groaned. "the fuck is she saying?"

"i can hear her chattering from here." dabi chuckled, crossing his arm. he was always amused by toga's insanity. compress ignored the two as he tried to take in toga's rambling.

"calm down, love. slow down." compress said as he stood tenser, straighter. shigaraki didn't like the sound of that. toga being shaken? yeah, that was a red flag. he and dabi exchanged a look, a rare moment of equal confusion between the two.

"what's she saying?" shigaraki repeated, standing up. compress told toga to hold on for a second before facing the others in the van. 

"toga's saying that y/n was taken into custody by the heroes."

shigaraki froze and he could swear his heart failed for a second there. y/n l/n? the league's y/n? how could that've possibly happened? did the heroes break into your room, is that why the door was like that? 

"no," he heard dabi say, eyeing shigaraki. he could tell the flamethrower knew what he was thinking, as much as he hated it. "they would've come for you, too."

compress was back on the phone with toga. shigaraki wallowed in the new information.

"hey, calm down. don't disintegrate the van." dabi snipped at the leader. shigaraki grit his teeth and growled.

"i am calm." he hissed. "this is fine." this was very not fine. he was not okay. were they hurting you? he'd kill all of them.

"toga says that y/n was taken by overhaul in the night..." compress nodded along as the high-pitched voice came from the other end. "and she was a... spider? is that what you said, toga?"

"tell her this isn't a fucking joke." shigaraki grumbled. 

"she's insisting, sir." compress said. "she said that y/n was a spider, most definitely."

dabi snorted and shigaraki shot him a glare. this wasn't a joke. y/n was the one in question. you were just a weak little healer with mere days of fighting training. 

overhaul. he was going to murder that bastard when he sees him. you signed with the league, you were his territory and he specifically mentioned that you were not to be tampered with.

"i said to calm the fuck down." dabi scolded the leader which only aggravated him more. shigaraki's hands left his pockets, slipping on gloves as he approached compress. there was a few minutes until the scheduled intercept.

"give me the phone." shigaraki ordered and compress handed it to him straight away. "you there?" he asked into the phone.

"tomura! oh wait, y/n was mad at you so i don't like you as much now. but if you save her you'll get back on my good side."

y/n was mad at him? of course she was, he thought to himself bitterly, remembering the last time you spoke. "save it, brat. tell me exactly what happened. slowly and without wandering off topic, you hear?"

toga explained from the moment you joined her and twice on that landing. she described how you looked in that neck-to-toe black outfit and your darkened eyes. she said that you told her that overhaul kidnapped you in the night and blah blah blah. 

"i should've gone after her..." toga whined.

shigaraki sighed. "no. that would've complicated things more. just go back home for now. take twice with you."

"will you get y/n back?"

he paused. of course i will get her back. what would he do if he didn't? probably scratch his neck raw. he wanted to be close to you.

"we'll see."