Smile?

Chapter 3

Midnight stepped into her car and started driving. She couldn't stop thinking about Emi's scared voice. Emi was the happiest person she knew. Midnight has never heard her sound so afraid.

When Midnight arrived at Emi's apartment building, she raced out of her car and ran to the lobby.

"Just hang in there, Emi." Midnight thought to herself.

"K-Kaito, stop!" Emi yelped, dodging a vase that Kaito threw.

"YOU'RE SO USELESS! YOU DIDN'T CLEAN OR DO ANYTHING WHILE I WAS GONE!" Kaito shouted.

Emi had tears running down her face. Kaito had beaten the hell out of her, and now she was bleeding.

"Maybe if you hadn't hit me last night, I would have had the strength to do something." Emi spoke, softly.

"There you go again. Always running your mouth. Listen here, Ms. Joke. You're a horrible hero. You're nothing, without me. All you have to do is clean, cook good food, and teach at your stupid school. But it seems like you care more about your school than our relationship!" Kaito yelled.

"I gave up a lot for this relationship! Now you're the one ruining it!" Emi screamed.

Kaito just stood there with a shocked expression. Emi looked at the door. It was wide open. She could make a run for it but had to distract him first. She also remembered that yesterday she was planning to escape but couldn't. The suitcase she packed was in her closet. She could get the suitcase and run.

"You don't know how to do anything, Emi! You can't cook or clean!" Kaito shouted.

Emi slightly stood up and started walking to her room.

"WHERE ARE YOU GOING? DON'T YOU DARE WALK AWAY FROM ME, EMI!" Kaito yelled, angrily.

Kaito followed her to the room, stomping his foot every time he took a step. Emi grabbed the suitcase from the closet that was open and started walking out of the room.

When she passed him, she whispered, "Go to hell, Kaito."

After, she quickly dashed to the door. Surprisingly, she managed to run down the hallway and the stairs. Midnight, who was walking to Emi's room, bumped into her. They both fell, and Midnight was surprised.

"Emi?" Midnight questioned.

The seafoam green haired woman had bruises all over her arms and even on her face. 

"M-Midnight?" Emi muttered, before bursting into tears.

Emi clung onto Midnight's hero costume and started sobbing.

"Emi, I told you to call me Nemuri. You don't have to call me by my hero name. And what happened to you?" Nemuri asked.

"C-Can we get out of here first?" Emi replied, standing up slowly.

"Yeah, let's go." Nemuri added, helping Emi up.

They managed to get to Nemuri's car, and Emi started crying even more.

"Calm down, Emi." Nemuri whispered, "If you don't feel like explaining it right now, I'll understand."

"I-It's not that. I'm sorry you had to see me like this!" Emi cried.

"It's fine, dear." Nemuri replied, starting the car.

"Where are you taking me?" Emi questioned, calming down a bit.

"I'm taking you to UA. We have a room in the teachers' dorms you can stay in. Unless, you have another place I can take you to." Nemuri explained.

"N-No. UA it is. Thank you so much." Emi replied.