aerie (bakugo katsuki x oc)

chapter 108: some friend

bakugo

   This is so fucking stupid. I can't believe I'm actually doing this. I already know what the outcome of this will be, and I feel like an idiot for even trying. Kai insisted, though, so I'm sucking it up and getting it over with.

  I tap my foot anxiously as I stare at the glass of water in front of me, impatiently waiting.

   After what seems like an eternity, I hear Kirishima's unmistakably upbeat footsteps approach our usual table. "Hey, Bakubro!" he says friendlily, before sliding into the bench across from me. "Long time no see!"

   I put my tongue in my cheek, frowning as I curse how pointless this conversation is gonna be.

   "What's up?" he says, "You said it was important."

   I sigh, before leaning forward slightly to try and maintain a bit of privacy. "It's Kai," I say.

   Kirishima takes a deep breath in through his mouth, and lets it out through his nose. "Yeah, I kinda figured," he says, "But what about her, man?"

   Before I can think about it too long, I open my mouth. "She's alive," I say.

   Kirishima doesn't jump for joy like I thought he might, he just stares ahead at me, looking more concerned than surprised. "She is?" he says. I can already sense the skepticism in his voice, and it pisses me off.

   "Yes, idiot. Don't look at me like I'm fucking stupid."

   He raises an eyebrow. "What makes you think that?" he says, sounding like a therapist I just told I'm hearing voices.

   "I saw her with my own fucking eyes." I snap, sick of his condescending tone. "I talked to her. I told you, she's alive."

   Kirishima looks around awkwardly. "Like... in your dreams? Or you really saw her?"

   "What the fuck did I just say?!" I say, raising my voice, but I quickly calm myself as to not draw anymore attention.

   Kirishima's eyes widen slightly. "Wait, for real? Like, you really saw her?"

   "How many times do I have to fucking say it?"

   "Dude, no way!" he says, allowing himself to get excited. "How? Did she survive the gunshot somehow?"

   "No. The one we saw get shot was a double made by one of the villains; the real her was safe the whole time."

   Kirishima's face lights up even brighter than before, and I can tell that he's fully convinced. "That's amazing! Where is she? I want to see her!"

   I bite the inside of my cheek, and look down at the table. "She's with Shigaraki, and the rest of the villains."

   "Well, then let's go save her! I'll call Aizawa and-"

   "No," I say, cutting him off. "No one else can know that she's alive."

   "Why not? We found her once, we can find her again, and bring her home this time!"

   "You just don't get it, do you?" I say, as if I didn't understand either until it was laid out in front of me in explicit detail.

   "Get what?"

   "Kai's safe where she is."

   His jaw drops. "What?!" he exclaims, like that's the stupidest thing he's ever heard.

   I breathe a long sigh and roll my eyes in annoyance. "Look, when she was captured and asked us for help, she really did need it. Shigaraki was torturing her, and trying to condition her to get back with him."