Persuasion

Persuasion Part 5

*For this next part, it will be like a script. B is for Bakugou, K is for Kirishima. (**) is for actions. You should catch on quickly. *

 The monitor turned on and another video played. But there was something different this time. I could not put my finger on it, but this wasn't like the video that Todoroki showed me.

 Dabi sat next to me as the video played.

B: *sitting on his bed, crying* 

(This already surprised me. Kacchan never cries, at all.)

K: *patting his back* It will be okay Bakubro. The pros are doing everything they can to get him back. They have not failed us yet.

B: *wraps his arms around Kirishima, sobbing*

K: *hugs him back*

B: I-I mi-miss him. What if they don't find him? What if they kill him before the pros find him? I need Deku.

K: *rubbing his back* Shh shh shh. That won't happen.

B: B-but..

K:  *breaks the hug and forces eye contact* Bakugou, look at me. This is Midobro we're talking about. The one who breaks is bones over and over till he wins. Even if the pros don't find him, he is strong enough to break out and get here on his own. Okay?

B: *leans forward and kisses him* 

 I gasp, covering my mouth in shock. How, why would he do this? No, stop. Calm down. This is Kacchan after all. Angry, compulsive Kacchan. He was probably overwhelmed and needed comfort.

I look at Dabi and found he was staring at me. He reached forward and gently brushed my cheek. He brought his finger to my eyes and I saw that it was wet.

Dabi shook hi head. "I warned you Bunny."

I shook my head, turning back toward the video. "I know Kacchan. This was just another impulse."

Sure enough the kiss broke.

K: *breaks kiss* Bakugou! What the heck man!? You're literally dating Midoriya!

B: *looks down, then he slowly starts to shake his head*

"Kacchan, what? Why are you saying no?" I mutter as I watch.

K: What do you mean 'no'? 

B: H-he broke up with me.

"WHAT?!" I yelled and jumped up, in sync with the video.

Dabi looked at me. "The info that Todoroki gave us was that he broke up with you the day we took you. Was that not true?"

I slowly sink back to the bed. "N-no" I whimpered. "He would have told me."

Dabi made a low hum. "Would he?" He asked as he turned back towards the video. I turned to watch the rest, questioning everything,

K: He broke up with you? When?

B: *wiping tears* The day the villains took him.

K: Why though? There didn't appear to be anything wrong.

B: *looks at him* I don't know. That day, he told me that he was done with me. He had his fun.

K: That sounds very backwards, especially for Midoriya. That is not something he would do.

B: It's what happened though. That's I was desperate when the villains took him. I hoped that if I protected him, he would stay.

K: Bakubro....I am so sorry

I let the tears flow freely now. "Stop the video" I said, breaking. 

" I can't," Dabi said, rubbing my back.

"What do you mean 'you can't'" I said, turning toward him.

"I can't pause this," he said, pointing to the lower right hand corner.

I followed his finger.  I watched the time elapse, counting every second that this terrible video had recorded. Then I saw the date.

"Dabi," I said, sounding dead to my own ears.

"Yes, Bunny?" he replied. I didn't even care that he was calling me that anymore. I had two final things to ask

"What is the date?" I asked. He told me and I nodded. It was taking today. I was hanging on by a thread now.

"What's the time?" He showed me his watch. I looked back to the screen to find them having a full on make out session now.

 I was not mad at Kirishima though. No, he was lied to and I was not there to verify. He did not know better. I was angry with Kac-no. Bakugo. He does not deserve the nickname from my childhood. Most of all, I am furious with myself. Furious that I fell for Bakugou's poisoned honied words.

I looked at the time and back at the watch a few times to make sure. The time matched up, down to the millisecond.

This was not a recording.

This was, no. Is. This is live footage.

And with this horrible theory confirmed, I broke. The final thread snapped, and Dabi was the only thing keeping me from falling to the ground.