Work The Pain Away (Todoroki Shoto x reader)

Ch. 14

Day after day I awoke there, didn't go to school, hung out with my family. In fact, every time I tried to leave alone it didn't work.

Something or someone was stopping me from going. Of course, that thought was in the back of my mind.

I finally got to spend time with my family and I wasn't going to mind it if I couldn't go down to the grocery store without them.

I paid no mind to the fact that I wasn't going back to school. That I hadn't seen anyone aside from these parents and the occasional shop clerk or employee.

I paid no mind to the fact that the time had never really changed or that the TV only ever showed one show with only two different characters.

And so, day after day and week after week. So much time passes that I've lost count of how many times I've gone to sleep.

It wasn't until I woke up in the kitchen, sleep eating on breakfast that didn't exist, and no one in the house when I snapped up form the dream I had been in.

How much time had passed? Was I losing my mind? What happened? Why hadn't I been saved yet?

I was left with many questions and no answers. I was a little angry at the lack of answers but I was more angry with myself for getting caught in their trap.

I was sat in a chair. I wasn't tied down or anything, but it was clear they didn't expect me to put up any fight.

And they were right. I was surprisingly very tired and feeling dejected. My brain screamed to fight back but my heart refused.

I sat in the seat, waiting for something to happen. For someone to come in. Savior or not, I was losing my mind being here all alone.

Finally, someone walked into the room. It was the girl who had bashed me into the wall before.

"Follow," was all she said before turning around and leaving. I, of course, followed her.

She led me down boring gray hallways. But then the scene started changing. The hallways started getting more colorful.

You could hear music in the background and practically see the people laughing and dancing down the hall.

It was quite the hallway. The girl leading me to wherever she was leading me too seemed a little calmer in the hallway too.

Finally, we stopped in front of a door. The lady used a key to open the door. It was a bright pink door but the room inside was even more eye bleedingly bright.

There was a bright pink table in the corner with a stereo sitting on it, blasting loud music. The chairs that were along the edges of the room were a mix of bright blue and purple.

The roof was a neon green and the walls were a mix of neon red and yellow. And to top it all off, there was a disco ball on the ceiling.

My eyes hurt just being in this room. The music made my ears bleed too. It sucked to be in here.

But the lady who can turn herself into other people, just not match their voices, seemed very calm here.

She turned to me and stuck out her hand as if to dance. She uttered a one simple word to start off, "please."

I was still scared of this lady so I took her hand and we started. We slow danced to the happy, loud music.

She talked while we danced. Random things, mostly. Her favorite song, her favorite movie, all of that.

Little by little her form switched to something else. To someone else.

Todoroki to be more specific. Her form shifted until it felt like I was being held and cradled and dancing with him.

Her voice was deeper. Clearly, she had lowered it herself and it wasn't that close to Todoroki's actual voice but it worked for my brain.

Suddenly, I was dancing with Todoroki and drinking drinks with Todoroki. Then, tied up by Todoroki and losing consciousness next to Todoroki.

I was asleep before anything. Drugged, I knew. I didn't know how I didn't realize sooner that I was in danger.

But I was. Now I could only hope I wasn't going to be killed but rather, saved. Maybe by Fake Todoroki.

That's where all my hope went now. Being saved.