Chapter 144. Shock
Midnight stared at the passed out Denki she was holding now. Her plan was to get some intel off of him, or figure out if he was a threat by doing something to the girls. If Denki was a threat it would be easy to get him sent off somewhere while he was asleep. If it wasn’t anything evil, then she would get some intel, and then pretend it was just a dream. However her plans seemed shot now. Denki had been able to know that she was using her quirk to render him unconscious, instead of just passing out instantly. 'That's what I get for thinking of that plan in less than a few minutes...' She sighed.
While Midnight was thinking about what to do now, her thoughts were de-railed by the people she heard. Momo, Kyoka, Mina, Toru, and Himiko were all heading downstairs. “Well, I smell something. Perhaps he made breakfast be-” Momo, who was talking to the others, stopped and stared at Midnight holding an unconscious Denki in her arms. The others all soon followed suit as they were all just as shocked as she was. Midnight was now the one who was the deer in headlights.
“What are you doing to Denki?” Himiko said darkly as she pulled out a knife from seemingly nowhere. Mina had to hold her back a bit while Kyoka had to speak up, as she was the only other one not shocked stiff. “Midnight! What are you doing to him!?” Kyoka seemed extra fearful, as she remembered the way Midnight looked at Denki before. It wasn’t full of affection, but it was different from how Midnight normally looked. Denki was special to her in some way, Kyoka knew that.
Midnight was now, not in her flirty, borderline 18+ humor, normal. This only seemed to prove to Kyoka that it was because of Denki that Midnight was acting this way. “I need some help here! Himiko’s strong!” Everyone was startled by Mina yelling, but noticed how hard she was holding Himiko back from doing something she would regret. “What did you do to my Denki!?” She screamed while she was trying to escape Mina’s grasp.
Midnight couldn’t put everyone to sleep. She also couldn’t just put Himiko asleep, she was too close to the others. She had to be honest to help de-escalate the situation. “I needed to talk with Kaminari about his relationship with all of you.” It was then that all the girls froze and tensed up, even Himiko. Himiko was spoken to at length by the other girls that telling others about all of them being in a relationship was bad. If it got out, then they would have to deal with others distaste, and looks.
Himiko knew those looks. She always tried to keep those memories deep down, especially now that she had a boyfriend and the rest of the girls being accepting of her. There were still some times that were rocky with the rest of the girls, particularly at the beginning. They didn’t understand her at all. They only gave her slightly better looks than the others that used to think she was strange. Until they saw how Denki reacted from her drinking his blood for the first time. After they saw how he was excited too, they began to try and understand her better. Without even trying, Denki had gotten her closer to the other girls.
But now, that all seemed to be crashing down in front of Himiko’s eyes. Everything felt perfect in her life. She didn’t have her controlling parents. She was in love with someone who loved her back completely. She even started to have friends that knew her true self. It wasn’t paradise. She had to hold herself back from jumping Denki at every turn. She had to still hide her feelings, but at least she had others to hide it with. She had to work hard everyday to keep it together, and not be thrown out of the class and maybe put in prison, or worse… her parents. But it was a good reason to work hard. She loved every second of her life right now.
It was all falling apart. Now that the teachers knew, they may not be as understanding of her love. Denki might get thrown out of school, for being like her. Out of the norm when it came to love. Seeing Midnight stand over Denki while he was passed out, just reinforced her idea that he was being taken away, along with a large portion of why she was living. She couldn’t let that happen. If he was gone, then she would be without his blood. She may go even more insane at that point.
Himiko lost all strength just picturing a world that Denki wasn’t in. She then heard what sounded like a recorder play. “I know about your little Harem.” There was silence as the tape played. The room was as silent as the tape Midnight held kept playing. All eyes were glued to the recorder playing almost nothing except Denki's movements of making breakfast in his shockend state. “Tell them I love them, would you?” Hearing him speak up with his voice of almost acceptance, made many of the girls gasp and hold their hands over their mouths.
“Try and make sure the parents know that it was my fault… That I couldn’t pick.” They heard his solemn voice that sounded almost dead from what he was saying. They all had frozen expressions while tears began to well in their eyes. “Are we going now? I… I.. don’t know… If I can say goodbye.” That last part Denki croaked out made all of the girls’ hearts break. They then heard his watch beep and movement. They knew about the watch, and it’s alerts that sometimes depicted problems. They all knew it was Midnight’s sleeping gas.
They heard Denki shuffle and fall to the ground. “I wuld hav gon wiff you willyly.” It was then that Midnight stopped the recording. All of the girls were sniffling at how it was over. They wouldn’t be blamed, and maybe their parents wouldn’t even hear about this. But they all felt Denki would be gone. Himiko seemed the most distraught, as she seemed to be considering Seppuku. Mina and Toru had to stop Himiko from grabbing any more knives while Momo and Kyoka were just frozen.
This was Momo’s nightmare. She was so scared of how the public would take to her love. She loved Denki, but she always wanted to be the proper girl, suited for her family. She just wanted everything to just stay that way. The relationship would be hidden so she could still find love with me at any time she was alone with him, she could still be the honor's student, and proper hero her parents wanted her to be. Denki was even ok with keeping it hidden. She didn’t want anything to break this perfect balance she had.
Momo had everything just the way she wanted it. Her life was great. She was doing great in school, making friends, and had a boyfriend. But now she felt she was losing him, by no other fault than her own. She felt responsible. Momo felt like there was more that she could have done. Like how if she wasn’t so obvious in class when Midnight was there. She couldn’t help but show some of her love when she was with Denki. She was just happy, and liked being close. She couldn’t hold herself back from loving him, and couldn’t act like she didn’t either.
Kyoka was just playing some of the sadder songs Denki had shown her in her head. Kyoka loved music. It was nice to be together with someone who felt the same way, and showed you more of the thing you loved, but didn’t know existed. She first wanted to know more about what genres Denki liked, but the more she listened the more she fell in love with his music as well. She didn’t understand a lot of the words, but it didn’t matter. Music is all about expression. She could feel the emotions in all of the songs.
Some were up-beat, that made you want to tap your feet. Others made you want to move your head with their groove. However, there were the slow and sad songs. Some were just slow, but not sad. Kyoka could feel those, but right now, all she could think about were the slow and sad songs she had discovered through Denki. She remembered watching him listen to one song that could sometimes bring tears to his eyes. ‘I go to the barn because I like the ‘band of horses’.
The song rang through her ears as she stared vacantly at Midnight and Denki. Tears ran down her face as she heard the slow guitars, and dark vocalists in her mind. Her hands were still covering her face as her body refused to move. She was frozen with grief.