Today, again, Izuku started his day with several dose of drugs. Those drugs kept him drowsy, and he believed it was those drugs that kept his quirk off too. Shigaraki came in with his breakfast, a gross-looking tasteless gray mush of who-knows-what.
"Eat." he shoved a spoonful in Izuku's mouth. Izuku coughed out a little bit when he sensed the disgusting stuff in his mouth. He didn't like them. He didn't like any of this either. All he wanted was to go home. Izuku didn't even get the chance to finish chewing. Shigaraki would shove another spoonful in his mouth, almost like a pattern. One time, he would get tired of feeding and ended up placing the bowl somewhere near Izuku's head so he can watch him struggle to reach the bowl and lick the mush to cure his hunger, for he has not eaten since the day the was captured. Whatever that thing was, it failed to satisfy Izuku's stomach.
"What happened to my friends?" growled Izuku after his last gulp. He remembered waiting for them to rescue him. He waited so long in dark silence that he got a chance to doze off to sleep. Of course, his very presence on the bed told him his answer, that whoever came to rescue him failed.
Shigaraki watched Izuku silently. He loved the sight of Izuku laying powerless before him. What excites him even more was that if not because of the calming drug, Izuku might be darting him with death glares. Right now, he couldn't even control his own eyelids without slightly slipping into sleep once in a while.
"What do you think we're going to do today?" Shigaraki started. "I hope you can stay awake. We're going to play a game."
Game? Izuku tried to say something but his head was spinning. It felt like his eyelids were made of lead.
"The those damn heroes from yesterday... you should know by now that they failed to rescue you." Shigaraki explained. "Funny, none of those heroes were your classmates. You and your big mouth chattered about them all day, but they didn't even come for you."
Izuku couldn't hear all the words Shigaraki said, but from the words he actually caught, he somehow understood.
"The teachers must have thought that it's... too... dangerous..." Izuku struggled to keep himself awake. Something tells him that if he sleeps, something bad will happen.
"It's a shame that none of your friends came. But it doesn't matter. Anyone will do." Shigaraki calmly said. He then called out someone outside. In a matter of second, the door quickly opened, only to reveal the figure of a blonde girl.
"OMG, it really is him! I'm so glad to meet you! Midoriya Izuku, isn't it? I'm gonna call you Deku, okay?" The girl was a lot shorter than Shigaraki. She wears a japanese school uniform with an oversized cardigan. Her blonde hair was also dressed with two messy-styled buns on either side of the head.
Izuku watched her looking at him with her bright yellow eyes. Dark circles decorates them as she squinted her eyes even more with her big smile.
"My name's Himiko Toga. I've heard a lot about you." The girl bounced gladly. She even went here and there to look at Izuku from every angle possible. She seemed to grow happier and happier. It's yet another love at first sight!
"Stay low, new recruit. Or would you like to disintegrate along with the hostages instead?" Shigaraki showed his threatening hand. Toga only smiled back.
"I don't really want to die now, so I'll stay low. I'll stay low." She giggled and calmly went back to Shigaraki's side.
Hostages! They have hostages! Izuku thought as the conversation went on.
"You heard it, Midoriya. Now play along or the hostages will die." Again, Shigaraki made Izuku shudder with horror, even when he's fighting the drug effects.
Shigaraki knew how sleepy Izuku has become. That was why it's the perfect time for a quiz. He pushed Toga closer to Izuku's bed while handing her a small card Izuku couldn't see. He then whispered to her ear, which Izuku miraculously heard, "As... we... planned."
"Now, Midoriya Izuku. I am going to ask you several questions. Be careful. One wrong answer and a hostage dies." Shigaraki explained. He looked bored now.
"You... don't have proof..." Midoriya attempted to growl.
"Try me."
Just then, the room turned into silence. Izuku knew little of Shigaraki, but he can tell that betting on a plain guess will lead to danger, either if it's a mere bluff or real.
"Well, I'll read the first question! You should really have listened to what I said before." Toga stroked Izuku's head softly. "What is my name?"
It was always a good thing that Izuku pays attention to his friends and foes. That includes new people around him. Izuku took a moment to make sure of his answer, then said in a weak and hesitant voice, "Himiko... Toga."
"Oh, you remembered, Deku, baby!" The girl bounced all around with her squinted eyes.
"Focus." Shigaraki gave her a little kick. She just laughed about it.
Toga then walked closer to Izuku and placed her hand on his chin, forcing him to look straight at her bright yellow eyes. They were glowing with excitement. "Now can you guess my quirk?"
Just before Deku could process the question in his foggy head, Toga quickly stabbed her knife on Izuku's arm. Izuku reacted to the pain, causing the sounds of chains to return. Toga enjoyed every second of the greenette's scream. She was even too tempted to make another cut, if it wasn't for Shigaraki's trusty kick.
Toga then contained her heavy breathes and put her head closer to the wound. Izuku noticed this and tried to shift away, but the chains were too strong. He could only give up to the tongue that was now caressing his wound. It hurts.
Toga could feel her heart beat faster. Looking at Izuku's helpless face only made her blossom even more. What more could she do but be thankful to Shigaraki for this moment? In a blink of eye, the form which Izuku indentified as 'Himiko Toga' vanished and was replaced by none other than... Izuku Midoriya himself.
"Now, now, my sweet Deku. Can you guess what my quirk is?" Toga, the other Deku, repeated the question.
Izuku was surprised. He was, in fact, horrified by the other him, looking so malicious and sweet in the same time. He knew clearly that she has a transformation quirk. But let's not forget about the drug Deku had. His ability to think just kept decreasing with each second.
Izuku then remembered the part when she licked his arm. The cold sensation left on his arm told him so. He knew the answers, but vocabularies betrayed him. It was as if the dictionary of his head suddenly disappeared into thin air. He couldn't find the words to answer the question. Even worst, this was all part of Shigaraki's plan.
All this took him minutes, which by time took him to a point. A point where the drug has brought him so far, he could now only see, hear, taste, feel, anything but not think.
"Does your silence means that you do not know?" Shigaraki said calmly. Behind the hand covering his face was a deep and evil smirk.
"I'll mark it as a wrong answer then!" Toga, still in her Deku form, gladly checked her small note. Her hand then went back to Izuku's cheek, petting it softly. "Last question, sweety!"
Shigaraki stepped up this time. He has been waiting for the last question. "Midoriya Izuku, who is your favorite hero?"
No response.
"I'll ask you once more, Midoriya Izuku. Who is your hero?"
The silence satisfied him. But of course, not enough.
"Let's make it easier. If it was anyone at all, say their name out loud. If not, just stay silent, Midoriya Izuku." Shigaraki's voice gradually became roughand violent as he pulled Izuku's head up by the hair. He also uncovers some blinds which appeared to be hiding a voice recorder. They all gave him a moment of silence to answer.
"I'll mark that as a wrong answer too!" Toga scratched her note once more.
Shigaraki dropped the head and stopped the voice recorder. His face went back from exicted to bored. He threw the voice recorder at Toga, which she caught with ease. You should see the look on her face when he told her, "I'll leave him to you for the rest of the day. You can do anything to him but kill him. And spare the limbs."
"Oh, Deku, did you hear that? We got to spend the day together! Just the two of us..." Toga jumped onto the bed, hugging Izuku on top of him. Instantly, she went back to her original form as Shigaraki closed the door.
As for the voice recorder? They played it over and over again all that night, when Izuku did not get any sleep and was forced to listen.