At What Cost? - IzuOcha

ℂℍ𝔸ℙ𝕋𝔼ℝ 𝔽𝕀𝔽𝕋𝔼𝔼ℕ

"𝕊𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕪 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤."

She stared at me as I stood there, her greyed eyes staring into mine. I wasn't going to run this time. I needed to tap into her mind and bring her back. This time, I'm not letting her go. I'll never let her go again.

"What, you're not gonna run?" She asked, giggling.

"No, I'm not. Not this time," I replied, extending my arms out, welcoming her.

"Come on, run. Make this fun for me," she said, her smile leaving her face. I didn't move.

"I said run! Don't make this easier for me!" She yelled, and I saw the hurt in her face. She wanted me to be scared and run but I stood my ground.

"Ochako, I know you're hurting inside. But I need you to remember something-" I tried to state. She slashed at me, but I jumped back.

"Do you remember the sports festival? You said you thought I was amazing. Remember when we teamed up for the exam against Iida and Bakugo? Do you?" I asked her.

"Shut up, shut up! I want to see you bleed!" She shouted, walking back to me with the knife. She was shaking and grabbing her head.

"Remember... the tree? I used to go there often to think, remember? To be honest... I went there when I thought of you. I always cared about you, Uraraka. Every time we were together I felt a feeling I never felt before. Do you remember when we sat under that tree and relaxed. Do you?" I asked her.

"Agh, stop!" She shouted, grabbing her head and collapsing to the floor. She was screaming and shaking hard.

It was working, I knew it was. But it wasn't enough. She would snap back into her evil side again. So I had to do what was necessary. I walked in closer. She stopped shaking and screaming, before lunging at me. But I didn't move this time. She plunged the knife forward, smiling sinisterly. Just like that, I yelped quietly as the knife entered my side. Uraraka giggled in he sinister tone, smiling. But when she looked up at my face, she stopped smiling.

"U-Ura... ra-ka. Do y-you remember... when we a-...almost kissed?" I asked her, couching a little bit of blood up. Blood was pouring from my side as she held the knife in, with some leaking to the floor.

Her face widened...

"I s-..said it w-was... a mistake. T-th-that was a l-lie. I wanted you t-to know I was s-sorry... and I l-..." I coughed out a little more blood. "P-please... c-come back... So we c-could.. spend that mo...ment together a-again..."

Her eyes were very wide, and she started to shake and grab her head with her free hand, as the other held the knife in my side. I hugged her tightly, as she began yelling and shaking a lot more. I pulled away from the hug, and paid attention to her eyes. They were... fading into brown and back into grey. Until she collapsed against me, pushing the knife deeper in causing me to yelp more. In a few seconds though, I heard a groan.

"U-...raraka?..." I asked.

"Deku...? My head, it... is that... you?" she asked, looking up at me. Her eyes widened as she looked into my eyes, and I looked into hers.

They were brown. 

Her eyes started to water as she hugged me tight, and I returned the hug.

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I looked into Deku's eyes. I hadn't remembered anything except being captured, and I started tearing up as I hugged him. It was warm, soft... until I felt a liquid running onto my hand. I pulled away, looking down. And in my hand was a knife. And the knife was in Deku's side. The liquid was his blood all over my hand.