Xian brings his phone up to Ekio and Bakugo, opening his camera and taking a photo of the two in the chair. Ekio watches him out of the corner of her eye, still in distress from the pain of the cuffs.
Bakugo is staring at Ekio in shock, not sure how to react to what is happening at the current moment.
Xian inspects the picture, a wild grin appearing across his lips. He stares at the photo for a moment, happy that he got the look of shock on Bakugo's face, which makes the photo look a little more incriminating than it actually is.
"Well this will be fun, won't it?" He asks, raising his eyebrows at his sister, "if you act up again, I can send this masterpiece to Todoroki."
The words make shivers run up Ekio's spine, makes her want to vomit. The entire time she has been here she hasn't even thought about Shoto and she wanted to keep it that way so she would stay relatively sane during her stay in this hell hole.
But the moment Xian mentions the name, pangs of dread fill the girl, her eyes going wide and her slight shaking stopping completely. Bakugo watches her as her eyes dart around, looking from Dabi to her brother and back
Ekio can't help but want to murder her brother now. She may be in a bad position and shouldn't open her mouth and say anything else that might get her in trouble, but when an opportunity presents itself, they say to always take it.
"Why would you send a photo of me to your boyfriend?"
'Should have kept my mouth shut.'
Xian stares down at his sister, one not believing that she said it out loud with Bakugo awake. Really Xian at this point you should be ready for anything, Ekio just tries to kill you. But two, that she knows of the person hiding behind the facade of Dabi.
He continues to try and suppress the building rage within himself. Getting angry at her will only give her what she wants, so he isn't going to yell and scream and show her that he is angry, instead, he is going to continue on with his little threat.
He is working towards her breakdown and giving up, when she comes over to his side. He has broken down her friendships and family bonds along with the facade of Heroes as no one is here to get her yet. Next, he is going to break the only thing left, her relationship with her boyfriend.
Hopefully, it's nothing too serious at this point.
"I'm going to leave you, but mess up again and I will end you." He whispers, bringing his phone up to his face. "But I keep my word. Little Todoroki is going to receive your lovely picture."
Xian makes eye contact with Ekio as he presses the 'send' button, the sound ringing throughout the room.
"Now I'm going to bed and you better not fuck up again." He leaves the room, slamming the door shut behind him and making ekio jump a little.
She knows that she has made him mad, but that makes her happier, it lightens her mood more than anything else that she has done here. Her own brother is about ready to kill her, and it's making her happy. Ekio really must be going crazy.
A smile tugs at the corners of her mouth, the girl trying hard to suppress it so she doesn't get butt fucked by mentioned Todoorki boyfriend who is still standing behind them.
"I wouldn't be so proud if I was you," Dabi growls.
As he says this her mind jumps to the fact that Shoto has indeed just received a photo of her sitting on top of Bakugo from a no name number. Sure, she believes the boy to be smart enough not to believe what he is seeing and maybe use the text to trace Xian's phone, but everything gets to people.
There are things that affect you less than others, but they still wiggle their way in and have a fun time putting crakes in your solid bonds.
"Xian might not hurt you," Dabi steps up behind her, his lips next to her ear. "But I will."
He pulls away and grabs onto Ekio's hair, shoving her face so it's right in front of Bakugo's.
"What are you going to do, take more photos of me?" Ekio scoffs, trying to act like his tightening grip on her hair isn't affecting her.
"No you little bitch," Dabi mumbles.
"Don't hurt her," Bakugo speaks up for the first time, tilting his head to the side to look at the villain. "You've done enough already."
"If I had done enough," Dabi doesn't miss a beat, "this pretty little kitten would have kept her mouth shut."
The fact that Ekio referred to him as a Todoroki is pissing him off the most. Not the snarky comments at Xian or the constant bickering and yelling, it's the fact that she is associating him with the one thing he wants to get the furthest away from.
He smacks Bakugo's head back.
"Keep eye contact with her, or I'll do worse." Dabi places his hand on Ekio's knee, right next to Bakugo's hips.
The placement of his hand means that both of the teens can see it and know what he is doing, just to torture them a little more than he already is, and is going to.
He slips his hand up Ekio's knee, causing her eyes to widen again and her head to buzz with reasons of what he is doing.
"We can't have Xian seeing this, can we?" Dabi mumbles into her ear, his hand slipping to the side of her thigh and up the lip of her skirt.
He stops his hand where it comfortably sits under her skirt, so it won't be seen. He lifts her skirt and moves his lips right up against her ear.
"Scream and I'll do the same to your little boyfriends."
Fire erupts around Dabi's hand as he presses it flush into Ekio's leg. Her eyes go wide in pain, her mouth dropping open and a silent scream leaving her lips. Bakugo's eyes widen as well as she watches the girl squirm rapidly in pain.
Dabi presses his hand down on her hip, easily keeping her in place as he brands his handprint into the side of her leg. Ekio throws her head forward, pressing her face against Bakugo's shoulder in order to distract herself from the pain.
Dabi watches his hand, staring down at it and waiting until he thinks it is properly done. He lifts his hand and looks at the damage. Blood runs down the girl's leg, the burn looking worse and worse by the second. He smiles and presses his lips back to her ear.
"Good kitten, now I'll leave your boy toy alone for now." Dabi lets her skirt fall back over the wound and turns around, leaving in silence as Ekio heaves against Bakugo, her head dizzy from the pain.
Bakugo wants to hold her.
He wants to wrap his arms around her and hug her before beating the shit out of Dabi, but he can't move, he can't even comfort her.
Hot tears pour from Ekio's eyes, staining Bakugo's shirt dark.
"I'm sorry," she sobs, "I'm sorry I got you roped into this."
Bakugo doesn't reply, he just raises his cuffed arms and drops them on her shoulders, hugging her head into his shoulder.
He is hoping that the Pro-Heroes can get here soon enough, because if Ekio keeps acting up, the girl isn't going to survive much longer in this environment. He is also aware that if he were to get in trouble that she would do something worse to take the hit, which is something he should be doing for her, not the other way around.
The clock on the wall states that it is nine A.M. A bad start to the day, but also means that they have the entire day to hope for the Heroes. The first 48 hours count the most, and now that they can track Xian's phone, the question is now a when.
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Shoto sits in a hospital room with his class, all of which are heard and waiting to see how Midoriya is fairing. As soon as they get to see him, they are to head home and back to school, leaving any and all rescues to the Pros.
His phone buzzes loudly in his pocket, causing many to look towards him. He pulls his phone out, looking at the notification on his screen.
Unknown Number
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He unlocks his phone, under the impression that someone has sent a photo to the wrong person because he has certainly not asked anyone for a photo of anything.
Kirishima keeps his eyes on the boy as everyone else looks away. The redhead is worried half about Bakugo and Ekio. He may be closer to Bakugo but the two of them spend so much time around Ekio that she is like one of them anyway.
He looks away towards the way, thinking about the way he has only ever see the two fight with each other or be closer than friends. He can't imagine the two of them sitting happily with each other while they are kidnapped.
'They are probably fighting and screaming at each other to annoy them.' Kirishima chuckles to himself and drops his head to his arms again, still waiting for the room to Midoriya to open.
Shoto opens the messaging app, then the new conversation, looking at the image. The moment he sees the contents he freezes, his eyes going wide as he stares at it.
Ekio, her clothes dirty and battered, sitting atop Bakugo who is looking directly at the camera. From what he can see the both of them are in handcuffs and attached to the chair they are sitting in.
'Xian,'
Shoto snaps up quickly, running towards the last place he saw the teachers. Because of all the students, a large number of teachers have congregated in the area to keep an eye on everyone.
He spots Aizawa first and runs straight up to him.
"Hm? Todoroki?" Aizawa asks, "don't tell me you are coming down here to ask if you can joi–"
Shoto shakes his head and raises the phone to show his teacher, still processing the photo himself as he shows his teacher. Aizawa takes a moment to focus on the photo, but the moment he does, his eyes go as wide as Shoto's.
He grabs the phone.
"Stay here, Todoroki, we can trace this. Do you know who this is?"
Shoto blinks, "most likely Xian. No one else knows of Ekio and I's relationship."
Aizawa nods and disappears around a corner, leaving Shoto to himself in the middle of the hospital. No one to talk to or to rely on, he has to once again hope to himself.
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