Love Denied

Chapter Twelve: "Sometimes, the dead don't stay dead."

Uraraka sipped on her drink while Sai finished recounting what had happened while she was helping at Longwhip's agency. They both had come back to Neon Club, which was in their neighborhood, so no surprises there. They've already been there for about half an hour, so they were already on their second drink. But they were taking things slow as getting drunk or even tipsy was not on the plans for today. No need for a repeat of what happened the last time they were in this place. Thank you very much.

"I'm telling you, the whole place was empty, and it was creepy as hell." The blond girl said as she took a sip of her drink.

Uraraka hummed in response. "There was nothing in the warehouse? Like at all?"

Sai made eye contact and shook her head. "Only some drums with chemicals and some old, weird looking machines." She pushed her hair behind her left ear. "It was obviously used for something Nomu related, but it was probably a long time ago, judging by how dusty the place was."

There was a moment of silence, before the blond girl chuckled. "Longwhip was so pissed."

"Was he?" Uraraka asked with a small smile.

The blond girl spoke animatedly. "He thought he had some groundbreaking information, so he and his crew were pretty excited about finding something." Sai shook her head in amusement as she swirled her drink.

The gravity hero smiled a little at Sai's jab, then she turned her gaze and looked around the club, observing some of the other patrons, while she thought about the information Sai gave her. So Darkmask, well no, Deku. No, that wasn't right either. He was very adamant of not being called by that name again. It seemed Izuku was right about past Nomu related activities taking place in Asaka. But, whatever information Longwhip received, it was a couple of years too late.

She continued to ponder in silence, which didn't go unnoticed by the telekinesis hero. The whole way to the club Uraraka acted absent minded and seemed to be lost in thought quite a bit. The only thing Sai could think of was Darkmask's interrogation, which judging by how Uraraka was behaving, didn't go so well. At first, the blond girl decided to wait until the brown-haired girl spoke about it, but at this pace it seemed that wasn't going to happen.

She decided to ask instead of waiting. "Sooo..." This made Uraraka look back at her. Sai cleared her throat. "How did the interrogation go?"

The gravity hero looked down at her drink and sighed. "Honestly? Not good." A brief moment of silence followed, and Sai didn't say anything, waiting for her friend to elaborate.

"He was just full of resentment and kept talking about how the city should cut him some slack because of all the villains he eliminated." As Sai lifted an eyebrow, Uraraka continued. "He didn't deny that what he was doing was illegal, but kept saying that what he did had to count for something."

"That doesn't sound like it went bad."

Uraraka huffed and shook her head while still looking down at her drink. "He cussed me out for calling him his old nickname and was very antagonistic towards Ryukyu and the detective."

Sai blinked a few times, not understanding what was the big deal. So, he was pissed at being captured and didn't want to be called his old nickname, so what? "Okay?" she asked, waiting for the punchline. She watched as Uraraka swallowed nervously without making eye contact. "Uraraka?"

After a moment, the gravity hero looked at her with some unease. "Sai, Ryukyu completely lost it there."

The blond girl blinked a few times, obviously not following what her friend was getting at. "What do you mean?"