Sister Mine (Dabi X OC)

Whatever It Takes

Never forget Haruto, I'm allowing you to live. And if you ever step out of line again, I will find you and I will make your life far worse than you could ever imagine. I will make sure that you regret your choice with every fiber of your being and I will destroy you without ever giving you the mercy of death. So don't ever cross me, understand? Because I'll know.."

Shivering at the invisible voice in his head, Haruto then shut his mouth before letting out a small whimper of fear. "I-I already told you too much already. Just leave me alone, leave me alone before they know..."

The two realized they were losing him, watching the man turn around once more only for Hawks to grit his teeth together. They were so close to finding something about that villain, they couldn't let Haruto walk away now, not when so much was at stake.

So much so that the bird felt his wings puff out before stepping in front of Shadow, his voice slightly desperate and rising in volume. "Do you know someone named Hikari?"

He needed to know, he needed to know what kind of connection his sister had in this, what kind of awful things she was stuck in and if this guy knew Valkyrie then he was sure he would know her name as well.

And Haruto did freeze at that, his body unmoving before the man's eyes twisted in disbelief, not having heard that name in years. "H-How do you..?"

Yet as soon as the man turned around his eyes grew wide with fear, taking in Hawks' looming red feathers as his mouth ran dry and a thousand horrible feelings of nostalgia rushed back to him. "N-No.."

Not understanding, Hawks took a step closer before the man took one back, clearly afraid for the hero in front of him. "No no no no no s-stop it. D-Don't, I didn't say anything I swear, I didn't...!!"

The hero stood in silence though, watching the man fall apart in front of him. "H-Hey Haruto. What's up man? I'm not going to.."

Although he was quickly cut off by the man placing his hands up towards his face, trying to block out the sight of the red feathers as his breathing picked up immediately. "R-Red, red, it's everywhere, just red, so much red...it's always watching me...waiting for me...I can't..I can't..."

Shadow couldn't help but watch his breakdown with intent though, recalling a similar reaction whenever he brought up the idea of the villain that any of Valkyrie's other victims.

They always mentioned the color red, that seemed to be a common thread. Interesting.

Hawks on the other head was terrified beyond belief, realizing that the one Haruto was afraid of, was in fact him. He had only acted this way after he had spoken after all.

Something about Hawks seemed to really frighten the guy but the hero couldn't understand why.

Choking on a breath, the man then took another step back before forcing the door from Shadow's hands in order to shut it. "I'm sorry..I'm sorry for what we did.. I'm sorry for everything...j-just leave me alone!"

Haruto then slammed the door in front of them as the bird blinked in disbelief, his head swirling with a million different thoughts. "W-What was that?"

Yet Shadow didn't seem nearly as surprised, a loud sigh echoing through the space. "That's the usual reaction. Out of all the victims I've interviewed, they all seem to break down at the very mention of the villain. I thought this one would be different but it seems I was mistaken."

The hero couldn't help but widen his eyes at the newfound information. Everyone had reacted like this? That was insane. What kind of power did this kind of monster hold. "He kept saying the color red.."