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I'M moving before anyone can react.
gold trails behind me as everything moves in slow motion.
blue flames split through the night air like a hot knife through butter.
i rush to jun and futo first, pushing them down before the flames can hit them.
it moves faster then i was expecting.
i was too slow to start.
it's quickly approaching katsuki.
i stumble to my feet, slipping across the dirt.
i just barely grip onto the front of his orange shirt before the flames barely graze past me.
time catches up.
"what the hell-"
i jump off of katsuki, looking back to where dabi was once standing along the tree line.
there he is.
his slow claps echo through my body as it shakes.
temperature beginning to rise.
"what a quick reaction, should have been expecting that much." his words send shivers down my spine.
my entire body is telling me to run away.
to get as far away from him as possible.
the whispers aren't here.
but the warm presence of a body behind me grounds me. gives me the courage to stand.
"you guys need to get out of here." i yell, keeping my gaze fixed on him afraid that if i look away for even a moment he'll vanish.
"the fuck do you think you're talking to. i'm not fucking leaving." katsuki moves to stand next to me, palms sparking at his sides.
"konomi who the hell is this guy." futoshi's words are even but i can feel his gaze burning into my side.
i swallow, watching dabi smirk as he lazily shoves his hands into his pockets before stopping a good distance from us.
"konomi, we're not going anywhere until you tell us who this guy is." jun yells.
the silence lingers, hanging above us.
"well, go on. why don't you tell them who's been haunting your nightmares. who gave you those scars you never want to talk about." his smirk grows. "we're the one's who told you the truth about your parent's death after all, you should be giving us more credit."
flashes of our parent's death on that tv screen.
lies lies lies lies lies.
it's what i've been telling myself because there's no way that's true.
they would have told me if that was truth.
"don't listen to him you guys! he's just," the words die off in my throat when my head finally turns in their direction.
the colors in their faces have drained, mouths agape and eyes wide.
they don't look at me, instead their eyes are trained on him.
"let me take a wild guess here, neither of you told her the truth because you were scared of what you saw that night. that's why she's shackled and all too isn't it. you don't want to face the truth of who she really is, so you tell her to keep those cuffs on."
i can't look away from them, the way their bodies tense at his words twists something inside of me.
a shiver running up my neck.
a presence slowly entering the edges of my conscious.
futo finally looks at me, unblinking. jun turning her attention towards me with tears brimming her lower lids.
there's something they have in common in both of their faces.
guilt.
"konomi, don't listen to him. that's not true we were just trying to protect you." something snaps in my chest at my twin's words.
i can't breathe.
i can't think straight.
"konomi please," they both take a step towards me but i stumble backwards, feeling the temperature in my body rise.
"get away." i feel like i'm choking on the words. "you need to get away from here."
i turn back to dabi, body numb as his smirk only grows.
"katsuki," his body tenses next to mine when i say his name. "let's take him down."
"fucking FINALLY!" sparks ignite into his palms as he rushes towards dabi who has his own flames ignited.
i need to concentrate on pushing this presence back as far as i can, not only that but i can feel the temperature boiling under my skin.
i can't risk letting the cuffs snap. can't risk getting distracted or else something is gonna happen like last time.
i can't lose control.
i need my siblings out of here.
i glance over my shoulder, watching as jun struggles to get out of futoshi's grasp.
he holds her back, tears in her eyes as she reaches out for me.
futo and i lock eyes for just a moment.
nothing yet everything was said with a single glance.
one that screams they need to leave.
he gives a solemn nod before pushing her back and trying to get out of here as quickly as possible.
a sigh of relief washes over my once their out of sight.
i turn back to the sounds of explosions and heat radiating off of the fight in front of me. fists clench at my sides, shaking.
it's time to fight.
*a/n*
i'm so sorry this chapter took me so long and it's short and it's not even good :,)
i've been so busy, i'm moving and getting ready for finals but the next chapter will be much better promise!!
