Denki, Don't Do This Please

Blackmail

Y/N sits in her chair still restrained with the League of Villains and still picking at a hangnail on her finger. Every time she picks it and feels the sting of pain, it reminds her that her situation isn't a nightmare. It had been another night spent in an uncomfortable chair not being able to move. Periodically someone would enter the room and try to make small talk with them. They both decided to stay quiet. Bakugo because he was unwilling to change his stance on being a hero and Y/N more so because she's still trying to figure out her moral dilemma from her first encounter with Shigaraki. She had discussed what was said with Bakugo, but as intelligent as he was he wasn't much for pitying villains.

Y/N's mindless picking was interrupted when she heard the door open.

"Good Morning, wannabe heroes. I hope you slept well."

The pair gave a glare to Dabi as he sauntered into the room. He had a smirk on his face as he came closer to Y/N. Bakugo growls at the closeness not able to do much else. Stress has started to break through onto his features. His eyes look tired and the whole ordeal made him seem more irritable than normal.

"I've told you before to get the fuck away from her," he shouts.

Dabi savors the sound of his frustration and smirks a bit wider as he bends down to move a strand of hair from in front of her face.

"She'll be fine. We just want to have another talk. She hasn't said much since our first conversation. Why is that, Sweetheart?"

She furrows her brow as she responds.

"Again, I'm not your fucking sweetheart. Call me that again and I will find a way to castrate you. I've had it with the misogyny, Crispy Dick."

Both Bakugo and Dabi give her a look of shock. She was even surprised herself, but then she remembered she's been kidnapped, hardly slept, hardly fed, and no caffeine. They had brewed a perfect storm of irritation within her. She was bound to snap at someone at some point.

Dabi undid the straps to her chair and motioned for her to walk back to the bar. Bakugo gave her a look to stay strong. She nodded back as she passed through the doorway.

She made her way down the hall staying quiet not looking back at Dabi who also decided to stay quiet most likely because of her snap from earlier. She passes through the door and takes a seat on the couch once again. Shigaraki turns around from the bar and looks at her carefully. The look knocks out the nerve she had earlier and leaves her feeling exposed. She adjusts slightly in her seat as Shigaraki turns away for a moment to look at Kurogiri.

"Kurogiri, let's give our guest a glass of orange juice."

The smokey villain nods his head and pours a glass of juice from the mini-fridge under the bar. He sits the glass on the table as Shigaraki nods to Dabi to hold the glass for her so she can drink.

"Get Toga to do it. She doesn't want me near her. She's on her period or something," the flame villain responds.

His statement makes Shigaraki raise his brow in confusion but shakes it off quickly.

"You're the only one here beside me and Kurogiri. Do it before I disintegrate you."

"You know that threat loses its effectiveness if you keep using it all the time like that," Dabi quips making Shigaraki roll his eyes. Dabi however moves from the doorway he was leaning on and makes his way to the bar. He carries the drink and raises the glass to her mouth. Y/N eyes it suspiciously, but in the end takes a sizable drink from the glass. The cold liquid felt good running down her throat. She leans back onto the couch after she finishes. Shigaraki seeing that she was done speaks.

"We're going to keep you in here with us for the day. Let you have a break from Bakugo for a while. How's that sound? Learn some of the rules of the game?"

She quirks her brow up at him.

"Game?" she questions.

Dabi decides to answer this time.

"He just wants you to hang out with us. He makes a lot of video game references is all."

She nods her head in recognition.

"What about Bakugo? Don't you want him in here too?" Y/N asks cautiously.

She was hoping they would bring him too. If someone comes to rescue them it'll be easier if they're in the same place. She looks to Shigarki as he remains sitting at the bar.

"You're more fun to talk to at the moment. More reasonable. You'll both come around eventually."

Nerves ran through her body at his words. It made her feel weak that they felt she was more apt to be persuaded than him. She looks down in frustration trying to calm herself and keep her composure. Shigaraki however has already sensed her insecurity from his remarks.

"Tell me. Are you close with your parents, Y/N?" the blue-haired villain asks.

He already knew the answer, but he also knows this is a sore spot for her. He wanted to play it to his advantage. Y/N looks up from the couch and peers into his eyes. He could see something there he hadn't seen before. What was it?

"They travel. I wouldn't say close, but they care."

He debated her answer and he knew she was lying, not because of his intel, but because her voice betrays her. He can hear the hurt in her answer. 'Good' he thought.

"Do you think they've come home because you've gone missing? Surely, they want to be here if the heroes take you back."

He watches her expression falter into sadness for a moment before returning to its resolve from earlier.

"Yeah, I bet they're worried sick," she responds.

He smirks slightly at her reply. It sounds sad and conflicted. He wasn't expecting her to keep talking after that, but wonders never cease.

"They won't be the only ones happy to see me, though. My class will be happy and so will my teachers I bet. I have a lot of people who care."

She's careful to leave out the phrase 'boyfriend' he notices. She's probably trying not to give them a reason to try and take him too or use him as leverage. Poor girl has no idea. A light bulb goes off in his head. The idea was a bit dirty, but then again he's a villain. What the hell does he care?

"You missed someone on your list."

Y/N looks at him curiously tilting her to the side. There's no way he could know about Denki. Was there?

"Don't you have a significant other? I'm sure you were expecting him to bust up in here and save you like in Mario Brothers or something," he states with a frightful smirk on his face.

She fidgets on the couch but tries to keep her face void of emotion.

"I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't have time for a boyfriend."

Dabi looks at her and raises his brow. He moves close to her on the couch.

"You didn't deny it when I said you probably let some brain-dead idiot call you sweetheart in the woods. Remember?"

She gives him a disgusted look before looking back at Shigaraki.

"Yeah, I'm just not interested in him. I have standards"

Shigaraki sat staring at her with an amused expression on his face. He was thankful that someone else was just as annoyed with Dabi as he was. It made him like her even more. He really doesn't want to have to turn her into a nomu. It'd be so much simpler if she complied willingly. It was time to blackmail.

"I'm done trying to persuade. I thought we were getting somewhere. Oh, well. Just have to do it the hard way I guess."

She looks at him with fear and confusion. It was hard to tell what he was planning to do.

"We know you date the electric brat. We will kidnap and torture him if you don't join us. Maybe even kill depending on mood." 

Her face went pale and she could feel her stomach drop to her feet. She wasn't going to let them hurt him. He was too important. She loves him and she will do anything to keep him safe. The question becomes will she do this?