aerie (bakugo katsuki x oc)

chapter 30: fixer upper

"Kai, I think you've proved your point. Nature is fun, okay? But I want to see cities now."

She sighs. "Alright, fine. What city do you want to go to first?"

"I think I wanna go to Las Vegas."

She makes a disgusted face. "Vegas?"

"What's wrong with Vegas?!"

She shakes her head. "I can't go back there."

"What?" I chuckle. "Did you rob a bank?"

"No."

"C'mon, Kai! Let's go to some club or something and party with celebrities!"

She sighs. "I mean, I guess. If you really want to. But if things get crazy, I'm blaming you."

June 17
1:23am
Drai's Beach at Night
Las Vegas, Nevada

After an hour or two of partying at the most exclusive club I've ever stepped foot in, some guy with sunglasses on beckons us over.

"Do you want a bump?" he says. I can barely understand English, but I'm pretty sure he was talking about the bag of white powder in his hand.

Before I have time to lead Kai away, she says "Hell yeah!" and runs over to him.

The guy pours some of the powder on a girl's chest who's sitting on a table next to him, and motions to Kai to go for it. I watch as she plugs one nostril and sniffs it all up.

"Woah, what the hell?!" I say when Kai stands back up straight, rubbing her nose.

"What?" she says, "Do you want one too?"

"No!"

"Then what?"

"Kai, I just watched you do cocaine off of a random girl's titties!"

She shrugs. "We're in Vegas!"

She then proceeds to dance like there's no tomorrow for about 30 minutes, then goes back to the guy for some more. This lasts pretty much until the club closes, and we finally go home.

This is when I start to realize, that thrill-seeking isn't the only problem Kai has.

June 22
3pm
Electric Forest music festival
Rothbury, Michigan

"Hey, you two look like you could use a pick-me-up," some douchey guy in a tie dye tank top says.

"What do you have?" says Kai.

"Molly and acid," he replies.

"Molly please!"

He then hands her 2 capsules of what looks like a pinkish crystal inside, and she hands him 20 American dollars.

"Here, Kitty-kat. Take this!" Says Kai, tossing me the capsule.

"No fucking way!" I yell, tossing it back to her.

"C'mon, it's the best!"

"No! You're crazy."

Kai pops both the capsules in her mouth.

   About an hour later, her pupils start to look like saucers, and she starts acting very... friendly.

"Kitty," she says, hands on my shoulders, like she's about to say something really important. "You are the cutest person I have ever met in my life."

I raise an eyebrow. "You're weird."

"No," she says, teeth now chattering. "I'm serious. You're my favorite person to ever exist."

"Um, okay," I say with a chuckle.

She then pulls me into a tight hug. "I love hugging you," she says. "Your big muscles are like pillows. I never want to let go."

"Kai, you're seriously acting weird."

She looks at me. "Do you secretly hate me?"

I furrow my brow. "No."

"Really? You mean that?" she says with wide eyes.

"Why would I hate you?"

"I don't know. I'm difficult. I'm so difficult. And I'm so sorry. I hope you can forgive me."

"You don't have to be sorry. I don't hate you."

She nuzzles her face back into my shoulder. "I don't think you understand how sorry I am, Bakugo."

Bakugo? That's a first. I can't remember the last time she called me that. She must be serious about whatever the hell she's talking about.

I pull her off of me to look at her face. "Why are you sorry?"

All of the sudden, the music starts playing, and everyone cheers.

"Oh shit!" Kai says excitedly. "It's starting!"

Kai dances like an absolute lunatic to the EDM music that I'm not a huge fan of, but it's fun seeing her so happy. I sort of feel like an asshole for just standing here while I let her do hard drugs, but what am I really supposed to do in this situation? If I tell her no, she's just gonna take me home and do it alone, which is much worse than having me babysit her for a while.

I shake my head and sigh.

What did I get myself into?

~

I watch her do all kinds of shit, mostly cocaine an ecstasy. We go to many different cities at first, but soon enough, Vegas is the only place she ever wants to go. I've started to feel guilty for enabling her. I know this isn't going to turn out well.