111: 𝙸𝚗𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎
Content warning: This chapter contains themes that some might find triggering and disturbing. Read at your own discretion
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Nova ran as the first person entered the girl's room.
She ducked down the halls, looking for some place where no one was. Tears streaming down her face. The fragments of her photo and of her life were safely tucked in her pocket. She'd never let them go again.
Nova ran past a boy who called her name in surprise. She didn't stop. She couldn't.
She stumbled through doors into an empty quiet room. The kitchen. She landed against the wall, sliding down with it against her back. Her arms wrapped around herself as she tried to stop the pain in her chest. She couldn't breathe, she could hardly think.
Nova lived her life in sorrow. You'd think she'd be used to it by now. You'd think she'd react in passion or anger at the very least. But she couldn't. She felt too much desperate sadness. She didn't want to fight. She wanted to lay down and die.
All she had of her family was torn apart. She didn't have Zoey. She didn't have her hair. She didn't have a place to even sleep in that she trusted. She didn't have a mom or a dad.
She had nothing.
She was nothing.
A stupid, weak, vulnerable orphan.
Stuck in a place where no one wants her. Unable to leave. Unable to see her sister. Unable to breathe.
"Nova." A voice said, opening up the door. Nova didn't listen, rubbing her face with her hands.
"Nova... I've been looking for you." Botan leaned over her. "Hey, look at me." His voice was low. Though not exactly comforting.
Nova whimpered and cried, shaking her head.
"Shhh..." He whispered, taking her head in his hands. He pushed her hair back. In the dark kitchen Nova couldn't see much of him. The light from the door behind his back, illuminating her but keeping him safe in shadow.
"Leave m-m-me alone." Nova stammered, tears running down her cheeks.
"Shhhh hey... It's gonna be okay... Things are scary in here. But it's better if you have a friend..." He said. Nova was hardly listening. He held the back of her head firmly in one hand. She didn't feel very comforted. There was no warmth to this embrace.
Nova's hystarics made it difficult to tell the real danger she was in.
"I'll be your friend... We can help each other out Nova. I'll make sure no one messes with you again. I'll keep you safe." Botan whispered, his breath too close to her neck. Nova tried to calm her panting and her whimpers. But she couldn't quit crying.
"H-help each other?" She whispered. Barely paying attention.
"Mhm, yeah. We can be friends..." Botan mumbled. He was so close to her. Nova couldn't recall ever being this close to a friend. To anyone. No... To someone. A long time ago, she couldn't remember...
"W-wait- stop-" Nova mumbled. Pushing his chest.
"Shut up." Botan said, his voice sounded aggravated. Then he gripped her harder and pulled her tightly against him. She yelped and he pressed his lips against hers.
Nova froze up completely. Suddenly in her panic she forgot all about her strength. She knew she should fight. She knew immediately that she didn't like this. That she didn't like him. But her body chose to paralyze itself. She couldn't move.
Nova's first kiss was rough. Botan wasn't exactly aggressive. But he wasn't being gentle either. Nova didn't make any more to continue the kiss, her body as solid as rock.
He pulled away after a few moments that seemed like hell in Nova's mind. Her body was still tense but she managed to tuck her head down.
"No please stop-" She whimpered. He pressed her harder against the wall his mouth against her neck. He chuckled lightly as she yelped, her body jerking in a violent flinch.
"You're so fucking cute." He mumbled, his lips against the curve of her neck. Moving back up her jaw to her lips. "Fucking sweet."
Nova panted and suddenly her hero training started to kick in. She was having a delayed fight or flight reaction. One that begged her to get him off.
Nova shoved him once. He was pushed back with a grunt, but leaned back in. Capturing her wrists in his hands.
"Stop it Botan." Nova pleaded, frantically moving underneath him. While Nova was strong and a hero course student, so was Botan. Her advantage could be her quirk but...
Quirks weren't allowed here. What if she got in trouble? She shouldn't care, but she did.
"Relax Nova... We're friends." Botan whispered, pushing towards her again.
"STOP IT!!" Nova yelled. Her quirk moved the metal that was always touching her. In an instant her earrings slithered from her ears into her hands. Her jewelry connected into a small needle like blade in her fist. She pressed the tip against his neck. His hands still gripping her wrists.
She hadn't felt like this in awhile. This little voice had been dorment for awhile.
"Kill him."
Nova panted. Staring up at Botan who had halted, watching her. Glancing at the blade. The rest of the kitchen rattled in challenge, one wrong move and every pot, pan and even the ovens would fly towards them.
Botan shoved away from her, hands up.
Right as the door flew open.
Nova flinched, her quirk making a few pieces of silverware fly towards her. Hovering around her arms. Botan was panting, shaking his head. It almost seemed to be in panic, fear or even... Guilt.
"I'm sorry-"
"What on earth is happening here?! Kurayami! Quirks are strictly forbidden! And you'd use them against your own housemate?" Prudence's Sharp tone echoed through the kitchen as she flicked the light on. Nova flinched.
Botan stepped towards her. "It's my fault ma'am I-"
"Silence! Leave the room at once Botan." Prude ordered. "Kurayami will finish on her own. As punishment for using her vile quirk."
Botan looked between the two. For a second he seemed like he had yesterday. Just a guy a little older than Nova. One she wasn't sure about, but seemed... Good. Nothing like the monster she encountered only moments ago.
But then he left, folding his hands in his pockets and leaving the room.. glancing back at Nova.
"If you ever dare disobey again You'll be punished worse than this. I expect you should be grateful for this opportunity to make yourself useful." Prudence lectured. "I want every dish spotless by morning."
Nova didn't respond. She just sat there on the floor. The spons dropped to the ground as her quirk cut off altogether. She was slumped against the wall, her body still shaking. Prudence left her like that. Nova made no move to leave.
Why was this happening to her?
She was starting to remember that this is what her life had always been like. UA and Miss Karon and Zoey had all spoiled her. This was absolutely nothing new.
She was used to being abused. To having her belongings ripped apart or stolen. To being hated by her teachers along with her peers.
UA... It had almost made her forget. Almost made her believe her life could be different. Normal.
No. This was her reality. Passed down by her father's actions. She was bearing his punishment. Pain was her inheritance.
Her father's legacy.
A/N: Hey...
Ik this is getting a little darker recently. And I completely understand you some of you guys don't like it.
I swear there is going to be a turn around eventually.
Also I feel bad because some of y'all seemed to like Botan I did too... But that was also kinda the point.
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