Mr Angel: Hawks x Reader

Chapter 23 - Cheshire Grin

"Stop interrupting me y/n. What's up with you?" Hawks held Bea's shoulders.
"There's nothing wrong with me. I've just been craving some attention is all," her face was getting closer and closer.
"Your boyfriend doesn't even know the difference. That ginger's quirk sure is impressive," not even soap could completely wipe away his greasy smile.
"He's not-" I paused. "He's not going to be fooled for long."
"The ginger has been practicing her new ability every day, for the past five months. Your boyfriend won't ever figure it out."
"New ability? What do you mean?"
"How else do you think she turned into you? It's an ability her mother named Quirk Reanimation."
"Quirk Reanimation? What...?"
"You read the files. Her quirk lets her pause and unpause anything she touches; the length varies depending on how long she wishes as well as the size and chemical composition of the object. You for example, she could pause for say... two to five minutes. But with her new ability, she can unpause quirk genes. It's the opposite of those bracelets," he pointed at my bracelet clad wrist.
"Unpause quirk genes?"
"Right, that wasn't one the files we planted. If she ingests the DNA of the person who's quirk she wants to use, she can reanimate it and use it like her own. The more DNA she ingests, the longer it lasts. Her latest DNA sample is from a Toga Himiko."
     "Toga!? That means... Bea drank my blood?"
     "You donated blood, didn't you? You should remember. After all, you were trying to get a sample of Bea's blood. You never did attain it though, did you?"
     "How did you know about that?"
     "That scientist boy, Walker. I believe  you know him."
     "Walker? Why would he do that?"
     "When you don't give people what they want, they're bound to turn on you. He wouldn't have told us anything if you'd just-"
     "If I just let him rape me? How did he know about you guys?"
     "The answer is quite simple. If you paid any attention to your surroundings, you'd realize. Of course, I wouldn't like to be the one to tell you."
     "Tell me what?"
     "Im sure you'll figure it out soon enough. For now, you can enjoy watching your best friend seduce your boyfriend."
     "Admit it. You want me," Bea was still manhandling Hawks. "You're trying to deny it, but your body language says it all. You're burning up, you're tense, your heart is beating a thousand miles a minute. And don't tell me it's because you're uncomfortable. I've seen the way you look at me, you're head over heels."
     "Look, maybe I do want you. Maybe I've wanted you for a long time."
     "What?" my heart stopped and heat spread from my ears to the top of my nose.
     "But with you being so upset about Bea, it isn't right-"
     "Who cares about Bea right now?"
     "What do you mean? You've spent half a year looking for Bea, and now that she's right within your grasp, your first priority is to... what are you even trying to do?"
     "I- Well..." she raised her hand to his face.
     "Wait-" he took a small breath. "You're not y/n."
     "What are you talking ab-" he shoved Bea off of him.
     "Where's y/n?"
     "I already told you," Bea threw off my mask, and began running towards the crowd.
     "What do you mean?" Hawks caught her, and she smiled.
     "Wow, you're fast! Just not as slick as you think. Take a minute to think about where your precious lover is, and pause," she gave a brief ha and wriggled out of his grasp. Then she disappeared into the crowd, leaving him frozen in place.
     "Albeit, you were right," the man with the fugly smile stood in front of me. "But he doesn't know where you are, that's too bad."
     "....."
     "You can't think of anything to say now? All you've been doing is yapping your gums."
     "....."
     "Say something!" he squeezed my jaw with his beefy hands that reeked of tobacco.
     "....."
     "Listen up bitch. Your boyfriend isn't going to come get you, so you might as well-"
     "Just shut up! You've tormented me for so long. Kidnapping my best friend, humiliating me while letting me hold onto the hope that I could save her! You don't deserve a second of my time you bastard!"
     "You-"
     "I'm tired of your bullshit! You took my best friend away from me, and now you get her to seduce the man I love? All of you disgust me, all of you are si-" there was a sudden burst of air, and I was outside the room, looking at the grimy man and Hawks.
     "Go!" I saw him mouth, so I booked it down the hall, granted, more slowly than I'd have liked because of the handcuffs.
     As I galloped down the steps, my veins were pulsing. Even with the sweat dripping into my eyes, I could see Bea and her now blonde hair bobbing past a crowd of black and brown lockes. I hobbled down a bit quicker. Bea continued past the crowd, finally stopping when she saw her mother near the entrance. Everybody's back was turned to them.
     When I was about eight steps from the bottom, Megumi-san pulled something from her kimono. She pressed it firmly to Bea's abdomen. I stopped and stared at it, it was small, silver, and somewhat rectangular shaped. Then I realized, and my wrists pressed against the outside of the rusty handcuffs. The chains snapped apart with a bit of give. I raised my hand to push it out of her hands with my quirk. Bang.
     "BEA!!" I hit the floor from six feet up, my chest and left arm throbbed.
     Screams echoed in my ear. Guests began to shuffle out of the building. Every breath I took was as unsteady as rippling water. It felt like something was lodged deep into my lungs. I tried to take slow breaths, but with Bea's cadaver right within my eye-line, my lungs refused to cooperate. I finally managed to barely breathe in, and the comfort of darkness drew me in.