Summer Break - Kamishin\Shinkami

13. Death?

Denki, Shinso, and Eri spent the afternoon figuring out ideas to help each other. The group concluded that the best way to calm Denki down, was that he should take a moment to remember where he was, and to think about the person he cares about the most. Shinso also recommended a song that helped him calm down.  It was also concluded that Shinso would need to be around him more than he already was, which was quite a bit, since they were almost always together.

The time came for Shinso to drop Eri off. He decided to take Denki with him, since he was feeling a bit better. Denki agreed to walk with them, since it wasn't too far. Shinso was holding Eri's hand so she wouldn't run off. Denki plugged in his ear buds, and put on a song Shinso had recommended to him called Devil's Train. He thought it was strange, but catchy. He handed Shinso an ear bud.

"I'm listening to that song," he said.

"Oh? Do you like it?" Shinso asked, taking the ear bud and putting it in his ear.

Denki nodded. "Yeah. It's kinda creepy, but it's catchy." Then he giggled. "I don't think I'll take the train into town any more" he joked.

Shinso chuckled. "Awh, I didn't mean to scare ya with it. It's just a song I thought was cool."

Denki smiled. "I was just kidding, dude" he said and elbowed him.

Shinso elbowed him back. "Don't call me dude, dude. That doesn't qualify as a pet name"

Eri looked up at him. "What's a pet name?" She asked.

"It's like, a nickname for the person you're dating." Shinso explained.

"So.. uh- what are some? Not for any reason, but like, just wondering.." Eri asked nervously.

Shinso smirked at her. "Got a boyfriend or something?"

Eri's eyes widened. "No! Just wondering,"

"Who is ittt?" Shinso asked.

"No one!" Eri protested.

Shinso gasped. "Is it Kota?"

Eri stomped. "No of course not," she whined.

"Oookay, if you insist" Shinso said.

Shinso looked at Denki, who appeared slightly nervous. He was glancing around quite frequently, and every time he heard something other than Shinso and Eri's voices, he grew startled.

"Sweetie, what's wrong?" Shinso asked.

Denki looked at him right in the eyes. "That Seven Eleven is near here, no?"

"It is.. why?" Shinso questioned.

"Why didn't we take the other way to Aizawa's? We usually take the shortcut.. the one that's not near here,"

"Hey, don't worry. I'm sure Dabi and Toga don't just, lurk around the gas station every day, it's okay. I promise, nothing bad will happen to you again. Not while I'm here." Shinso said, and grasped his hand.

Denki held his hand tightly, forcing himself not to look around. This however, was a mistake. By his forced lack of attention of his surroundings, he didn't notice two blue eyes following their movements.

Dabi was mostly only following the trio for Shinso. He found his quirk fascinating, and very useful. Since they were almost by Aizawa's house, he decided to wait until they left.

Shinso, Denki, and Eri arrived at Aizawa's, and dropped Eri off. Once they stepped out to leave, and closed the door, the two were immediately pulled to the side by their faces, two warm hands over their mouths.

The two awoke in a familiar setting, finally realising they had been knocked out. Once again, Denki was restrained to the same wooden chair. this time, Shinso was in a chair next to him, but the difference was there was duct tape over his mouth. There were no villains in the room yet, at least from what they could see.

"Holy shit, holy shit.." Denki whispered, his breath was shaky.

With that, shoes could be heard clicking on the cold hard floor from behind them.

"You're awake now, huh?" A man's voice asked.

Denki thrashed around, but to no avail. He was tied down too strongly. He began to activate his electricity, but stopped when he felt a warm and scarred hand, with cold metal staples smack him in the face, leaving dents in his skin where the staples hit.

"Use your quirk and you're dead." Dabi stepped in front of the chair, and Denki immediately stopped.

Shinso finally woke up, and tried to speak, only to find he was muffled.

"Yeah, hah, can't have you talking. It's not really gonna go well with my boss if you make me let you go. Now, I only brought your little boyfriend here because he was a witness. He's likely going to just die. I don't need him. Now, You on the other hand," Dabi started, and stepped closer to him.

"Shinso Hitoshi, are going to join the league. I'm sure people think your quirk is rather villainous, and I for one, agree wholeheartedly." Dabi said.

Shinso scowled. He was sick and tired of people saying that about his quirk. Denki suddenly became very defensive;

"He's not villainous at all! He's a sweet person! He's gonna be a great hero one day! Shut up!" Denki snapped.

Dabi stepped closer to Denki, and glared at him directly in the eyes. He turned on his heel, and spun around once.

"Toga!! Your daggers are requested!" Dabi called for his friend.

Shinso thrashed around, trying to break out of his chains. He felt helpless, he couldn't do a single thing to help his boyfriend.

"And, what was your name, Kaminari I think? If you use your quirk, I'll kill him, too." Dabi threatened.

After a minute that felt like an eternity, Toga opened up the door. She was holding a knife, that already had red substances on it.

"I was in the middle of trying to cut open a pomegranate, I got hungry, did you have to do this now?" The girl asked.

"Stab the blonde. Just, get him out of the way. I'm not using my fire; that's a wooden chair that could be reused, and I'm in a bit of pain at the moment. Plus, I'm feeling in the mood for a little gore." Dabi said calmly, as if him dying would be nothing.

Toga grinned. "Gladly," she stepped up to him. "This might not even hurt, just be super scared and your adrenaline might save you, 'Kay!?" She instructed the blonde excitedly.

Shinso screamed, but it was muffled. It was assumed that he was begging them to stop.

Toga raised her knife, and lowered it swiftly. There was an ear splitting scream.

Teehee slight cliffhanger I'm sorry