Shangri La Pt. 1

105: Dazed

As he continued carrying the drunken greenette in his arms, Katsuki was trying with all of his might not to think that this was giving him the opportunity to do something. 

'Stop thinking like that, you fucking idiot. She's drunk and helpless right now, and that means she can't fend for herself if I did something; which I'm not. Geez, I can't even look down cause of what she's wearing either... This had to be Yu's fault!' the blond thought as he gulped all his nerves down his own throat. 

But even when he knew now what the greenette was wearing and that she was in such a drunken state, the sweet scent of freshly bloomed flowers wafted through the air around him, easily making him assume it was because of her.

'Dammit, how can she smell so sweet even when she's drunk too? Stop it, don't think like this!!!' he reminded himself just as the drunk greenette lifted her arms up and wrapped them around his neck and hugged him tightly. 

Just from this sudden action, Katsuki had to stop himself in the middle of the hallway and glanced down at the girl in his arms as he could see a sweet smile on her lips as her eyes were still closed. 

"So... warm..." she mumbled softly. 

His heart easily skipped a beat–or two–as he could only jerk his head away from looking at her face as he truly thought he was about to explode from seeing her soft side. 

'Why... Why're you doing this to me?'

( Note: Abrupt change in this chapter, but let's check up on how Momo's doing! )

As she could hear faint voices starting to become more clear the more she tried to wake herself up, Momo peeked her eyes open to see herself in somewhere she was sure she'd never been to before. Everything around her seemed much brighter and... colorful, and even the scent of where she was seemed completely off to what she was used to. 

'Wha– What is– Where am I?' she thought as she tried to move herself around, only to feel restrained by something. It wasn't until Momo looked down at herself did she discover that she was tied down to a chair with chains that seemed heavier than they appeared. 

'What? What's going on, why am I like this? What's happened to me?'

"Hm? Oh! Sis, look, the Siren woke up!" a voice sprouted out of nowhere, as Momo still couldn't comprehend how she was like this. 

'What's going on? Why am I tied down like this by these heavy chains? Ah– Wait– Why does it feel like there's something choking me?' 

"So you finally decided to wake up." Momo jerked her eyes upwards to see two women approaching her and stopping right in front of her. When she squinted her eyes up at the two women, Momo noticed how both had a very distinct feature about them that she'd never seen before; how dark and tan their skin was. 

'Ah– Their skin... it's... so tan!' 

"Sorry we have to tie you up like this, Big brother doesn't like losing his prey, teehee!" 

"Taiko, you can't be nice to her, she's a Siren, remember?" 

"Oh, my bad."

'What? Siren? What are they talking about?' 

"What are you– Gaaahhh!!!" 

Before Momo could even ask her question, a surge of electricity sparked through her entire body and forced her to scream at the top of her lungs until she could no longer let out any noises. She gasped for breath as she soon realized that there truly was something held up against her throat.