vigilante

Forty Four

"As of yesterday, Kosuke Akaguro was pronounced dead after finding a cremated corpse in the possession of the villain Dabi, who was attempting to dispose of the body. We send our deepest condolences to those who knew him," The news anchor reported on the television in front of the patchwork villain.

He smirked, feeling proud of himself for having thought of faking Kosuke's death so everyone would stop looking for himband making his life difficult. Meanwhile, Toga was sitting in the room Kosuke was in, humming happily as she messed around with her knives.

After a few days of thinking about things, Dabi had allowed the deranged school girl over for one simple reason: to scare Kosuke right into his arms. At the time that Toga had attempted to rape him, Kosuke had let Dabi comfort him. That was what led him to think that maybe, just maybe, giving Kosuke a greater evil than him would make it that much easier for him to make him his without the chains, ropes and blindfolds.

Of course, he knew it wasn't going to be easy, and it might make things worse, but the patchwork villain was willing to give it a try.

They'd already worked everything out. Because Toga liked Kosuke and was willing to act crazier than she actually was to be around the guy, she agreed to play along with saying she broke in and that Dabi had no idea she had gotten in.

It'll be perfect, Dabi assured himself. And then a scream was heard.

~•~

Kosuke thought he was safe. Well, safer than when he'd been at the league base, at the very least. But he was proven wrong as he roused from his sleep, hearing feminine humming coming from beside him. The familiar voice caused Kosuke's blood to freeze in his veins, the terror of what might happen clouding his judgement.

"Oh, you're awake? Hi again!" Toga beamed, sensing that her prey was awake by the spiked breath. "We didn't get to finish our conversation last time! That made me really sad, so I found out where Dabi lived!"

"T-toga--"

"That's me!" The high school poser practically sang. "But I don't wanna talk about me! You have to tell me all about you, mkay?"

"Wh--"

"Don't worry!" She flicked one of her knives, letting Kosuke know that she was armed. "We don't have to get physical if you speak willingly! Otherwise, I'll need to find out everything myself~"

"... Is Dabi here?"

"Hmm?" Toga's eyes glinted as she giggled. "Guess there's only one way to find out! But do you really wanna do that, Kosuke?"

"Guess you're right," The boy sighed, shrugging a bit. "But that's too much effort. What do ya wanna know?"

"Hold up a sec," The female got closer to him, then pulled away quickly. "Ko, babe, you kinda smell, not gonna lie. How long has it been since you've showered?" The high school poser asked, making a disgusted noise as she waved her hand in front of her nose. "I swear, I'd take much better care of you than that loser!"

"I--"

"Don't worry, I can totally get you out of here! Oh, I didn't bring my lock picks, shoot. Well, I guess as long as you don't mind losing your hands it'll be fine!"

"Wait--" Kosuke's eyes widened through the fabric of the blindfold, fear settling throughout his body until it was the only thing he could feel. He understood that he was in actual bodily danger if he didn't do something. And then a hand touched his forearm, just below where the chains were attached to his wrist.

That contact was all that was needed to draw out a scream.

"Awww, you're so cute Kosuke~" Toga snickered as the boy tried to get away from her. "Don't worry, I'm not a bad person~"

"Kosuke!" Dabi barged into the room, looking livid as he saw what position the two were in. Toga was straddling him with a knife in her hand, holding one of Kosuke's forearms, looking like a smug motherfucker in Dabi's opinion. "What the hell are you doing, Toga?"

"What else?" She teased. "Kidnapping Kosuke and bringing him with me! He's just so cute I have to have him! I wonder what his blood will taste like?"

"Get out," The patchwork villain growled, his hand being engulfed in blue flames. The high school poser pouted.

"Don't be like that! Besides," Toga got off Kosuke, which seemed to be good as the color in Kosuke's face came back. He hadn't realized how pale his captive had been, but the difference was astonishing. "Shiggy told me to crash with you for a while, so please take care of me~"

"Hand man did?" Dabi raised an eyebrow before tsking. "Like hell I'll let you stay here."

"Awww, why not?" She made a complaining noise with her throat. "I'll be good, I promise!"

"As if, how am I supposed to trust a dumb psycho?"

"Then how do you trust yourself?"

"Pfff--" the two stopped at the new sound neither of them had heard, slowly glancing at the chained boy lying on the bed who made no attempt to make it look like he hadn't just laughed at them. He owned it as he continued snickering quietly, his shoulders shaking a bit as he did so.

"OH MY GAWD THAT WAS SO CUTE!!" Toga pounced on him, squeezing his middle tightly as she sort of bounced. "DO IT AGAIN!"

"Get off him ya leech," Dabi gripped the back of Toga's uniform, peeling her off the poor captive and practically throwing her towards the door.

"YOU CAN'T HOG KOSUKE, DABI!!!"

"Get out while I'm being nice," the look in the patchwork villain's eyes told Toga that he was no longer playing around, causing her to sigh and shrug, grabbing her knives and skipping out of the room.

"BE GOOD TO HIM, YOU HEAR ME?!"

"THAT'S THE LAST THING I NEED TO HEAR FROM A PSYCHO LIKE YOU!" Dabi hollered after her, grumbling annoyances as he sat next to Kosuke. The boy seemed stunned and confused. "Hey, you okay?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah," he mumbled, nodding slightly. "Dude that was crazy, she really almost hacked off my hand."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know she knew where I lived," he apologized, mumbling something about her maybe having come in through the window. So that's why I felt a draft, Kosuke thought to himself.

"It's not your fault."

"I guess not," Dabi said, "Anyway, did she say anything weird?"

"She..." Kosuke flushed. "Said I smell.."

"Oh?" Dabi raised an eyebrow, a smirk sliding onto his face. "Should we do something about that?"

"Does that mean I can get out of these chains?!" The captive asked excitedly.

"Nope, sorry cupcake," Dabi unhooked his hands from the wall. "I can't risk losing you right now. Up we go," he hoisted his captive into his arms bridal style, causing him to cling to him since he still couldn't see. The action caused Dabi's smirk to turn smug.

What a wonderful day it's been, he thought as he walked him to the bathroom. First a laugh and now a shower, this is officially the best day of my life.