All together now

V

They all slept or at least layed there in the dark for a few hours, before the lights turned back on again. They all tiredly woke up, no one really having gotten a good sleep other than Bokuto. They all just sat around, trying not to focus on the metal chair or their stomachs.

"For the last time Kuroo I'm fine." Bokuto insisted, getting a little annoyed at his constant questioning. "I was out for the whole thing."

"Come on Kuroo. He's fine. The water just made him a little chilly." Oikawa sassed from his spot on the floor wrapped up in the blanket. "Stop being such a mom."

"OI! I'm not your mom!" Kuroo protested, blushing from Daichi's and Ushijima's amused chuckles. "I'm NOT!"

"Sure, whatever helps you sleep at night." Bokuto chimed in, laughing as he started running from Kuroo. Kuroo gave chase and soon Oikawa had joined, the three of them running around the room in laughter as Kuroo tried to catch them, with playful chants of "Mommy kuroo~!".

Daichi and Ushijima laughed, before Daichi lightly shoved Ushijima into the mess. Ushijima looked at Daichi confused as Daichi gave him a mischievous smirk and joined Bokuto and Oikawa in running away.

The five of them messed around as they danced around each other, tumbling into long limbs and broad chests. Soon though Ushijima had caught Daichi and was triumphantly holding him in a bear hug while Kuroo tackled Oikawa into their blanket nest.

"Heh- caught you." Kuroo teased, panting as he watched Oikawa stick his tongue out at him. Daichi wiggled around in Ushijima's hold, but he was truly stuck. Bokuto cackled as he watched Oikawa and Daichi struggle.

"Oi! Shut it Kou!" Oikawa pouted from his place under Kuroo.

"I'll get you next owl hair!" Kuroo said, releasing Oikawa from his hold and starting to chase Bokuto around again. Ushijima slowly let Daichi out of his bear hug. The two of them moved to sit over next to Oikawa as they watched Kuroo chase Bokuto.

Their fun was cut short however, when the t.v. popped out of the wall and turned on. Everyone looked at each other as their smiles dropped.

"Please choose your task. One person of your choosing is to be electrocuted until they fall into unconsciousness, or two people of your choosing are to engage in oral intercourse. Please select your task." The voice chimed.

"So they get off on nearly killing us and watching us blow each other, glad to fucking know." Kuroo cussed, running a hand down his face.

"Kuroo." Daichi chided, before turning to the others. "Well? What are we choosing?"

"No offence to anyone but I don't particularly want to give head." Bokuto said, watching everyone for their reaction.

"But electrocuting someone?" Oikawa said, biting his lip.

"Well I'm fucking done. We shouldn't be here. Haven't people realized we're missing? It's been what, 3 days? Police should be looking for us by now." Kuroo yelled as he started pacing around the room.

"Hey, even if the police know we're missing, they won't be able to find us immediately. We don't even know how we got in here. We need to keep safe and I don't want to face the punishment for skipping a task Kuroo." Oikawa snapped back.

"But this is getting ridiculous. I had to choke Daichi out, Ushijima had to give blood for something we don't even know about, You nearly drowned, and they want us to choose someone to electrocute or have us give head! DO NONE OF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS?!" Kuroo screamed.

"Hey! You need to get it together. Do you think any of us want to be here! I have siblings I was supposed to visit, and I'm stuck here in some crazy death trap with you!" Daichi yelled back, the fear and frustration from the previous days catching up to him.

"We all need to stop yelling!" Oikawa said, getting in between Kuroo and Daichi. Ushijima tugged Kuroo back a few steps as he tried to get closer to Daichi.

Daichi and Kuroo continued yelling at each other while Bokuto was being sent into a panic attack. They needed to pick someone for the task but everyone was busy arguing and no one was listening to each other.

"SHUT UP! NO ONE WANTS TO HERE BUT WE ARE! SO STOP THROWING A TANTRUM ABOUT IT!" Daichi yelled, finally silencing the room. Kuroo just scoffed and threw himself out of Ushijima's hold and hid under the blankets. Daichi just walked over to the screen and raised his hand to pick the task they would do.

"Daichi. Let me." Oikawa said, gently pulling Daichi away. "You've already done one. It's my turn."

Daichi just looked at him. After a few moments he started tearing up and let Oikawa select the task. Daichi let himself fall to the floor and held his head in his arms as he silently cried, the fear and guilt of the past few days finally catching up to him.

"Task selected. Please enter the name of the chosen participant." The t.v. chimed, grabbing the attention of everyone else.

Ushijima looked up in shock as he watched Oikawa quickly type his name in. He felt guilty. He didn't know why they counted him giving blood as a task, when the others they have had to do are so much worse. He figured he would do this one, giving everyone else time to rest. It made sense to him, he was the tallest and strongest. He could take the wounds better than everyone else.

Bokuto felt useless as he watched Oikawa type his name in, volunteering for the torture. He hadn't even been awake for his tasks, and he had just been injected with anesthetics yet he flipped. He hated how weak he was, but he couldn't find it in himself to be strong. There wasn't anything for him to be happy about, nothing for him to focus on other than the torture they were experiencing. He tried to quiet his sobs as he curled into himself in the far corner of the room.

The room fell silent other than the sobs and cries from Daichi and Bokuto, everyone sitting in different corners. Oikawa was sitting by Bokuto, trying to calm him, or give some comfort. Bokuto had just cried harder and sat himself in Oikawa's lap as he sobbed. Kuroo hadn't talked or moved since hiding under the blankets.

They all felt dread deep in their guts when the voice chimed out, letting them know Oikawa needed to get in place. Oikawa let out a small smile as Ushijima and Daichi slowly strapped him into the metal chair, making sure he wouldn't be able to avoid the electricity. He took a deep breath as a metal headband was wrapped around his head.

"Stop looking like you're sending me to hell. I'll be fine, it's just until I lose consciousness right?" Oikawa said, trying to ease the tension in the room. Ushijima just frowned as he looked down at Oikawa's face.

"Yes but you-"

"I'll be fine! They can't kill me, I live off of pure spite at this point." Oikawa said. "I have to make sure your dumbasses don't get killed by stupidity."

"If anyone's going to die of stupidity it'll be you." Daichi whispered.

Oikawa gave a fake gasp in mock betrayal when he heard it. Then he felt like his body was being lit on fire and he was screaming. He felt his arms thrashing around and a muffled yelp but he couldn't focus on the noises when his senses were being fried.

He felt tears stream down his face before the world went black.

Daichi had yelped when Oikawa first jolted and started screaming. Oikawa's eyes were wide and bulging from his head as he screamed body trying to thrash in their binds. Ushijima stepped back as he watched Oikawa scream, horror filling his gut.

Kuroo still hadn't come out from underneath the blankets, curling tighter around himself as he tried to muffle the screams from Oikawa. Bokuto let out a strangled sob as he watched Oikawa's body go limp, the smell of burning hair and flesh in the air.

The electricity shut off, and Oikawa sat strapped to the metal chair, metal headband sitting there like a fallen hallo.