level 5;

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     "has she still not eaten yet?", sawamura questioned.

"no sir. prisoner #520 says she refuses to eat unless officer kozume feeds her", kuroo informed.

sawamura huffed, crossing his arms.

"then let her stave! we cannot cave into her desires no matter what", sawamura stated. "understand?!"

"yes sir!", the four commanders replied in sync.

"but sir, we can't let her die...", sugawara worried, as the girl was already on her fifth day of not eating or drinking anything.

"she won't. she'll give up soon", sawamura said, confident in his answer.

the four commanders nodded as they were dismissed by the warden.

suddenly akaashi keiji, one of the more serious officers, arrived in front of the four, huffing slightly, but containing his tired expression.

     "akaashi, is there an issue?", kuroo questioned, to which the boy nodded, swallowing as his throat was dry from running.

     "prisoner #520...fainted", akaashi reported, to which the four commanders looked at each other, nodding as they headed towards the girl's personal room.

     as akaashi followed, kozume and haiba were already waiting outside the room, hesitating to open it as they awaited for a commander's instruction.

     "haiba, open it", kita commanded, to which the tall russian had did as told as the seven officers stormed in, quickly unlocking the cage to witness shiori's body limp on the floor.

     oikawa stepped forward as he bent down beside the girl, to which shiori's eyes had hastily snapped open as oikawa—on instinct—grabbed the gun by his side and pointed it at shiori's forehead.

     shiori grinned as she slowly sat up, putting the palm of her hands beside her head as she stared straight into oikawa's chocolate brown eyes.

     "do it...do it, do it, do it!", shiori dared, smiling crazily as oikawa's usual smirk had downturned into a disturbed frown.

"oikawa", ushijima called out, slightly shaking his head as the brown-haired male clicked his tongue and pocketed his gun.

"she was clearly playing with you guys. don't be fooled next time", ushijima stated as he left the cage, along with kuroo and kita.

oikawa slowly stood up as he observed the girl who was still sitting on the floor.

shiori extended her hand out, clearly wanting oikawa to help her up.

     "haiba", oikawa called, to which the gray-haired male had stepped forward, about to hold shiori's hand before the girl retracted it.

     "tōru", shiori stated, licking the bottom of her lip as she reached her arm out towards the commander again.

     sighing, oikawa pulled the girl up, to which shiori had fell against oikawa's chest, grinning as she was suddenly gently pushed away.

     "let's go", oikawa commanded as akaashi had made sure to lock up the cage, not sparing the demented girl another glance.

     "get me some sturdy aerial silk and a black leotard would you?", shiori called out, to which oikawa had stopped walking and turned around, scoffing.

"and what makes you think you deserve to request anything?", oikawa mocked, to which shiori had twirled around in her own little cage.

     "tell daichi that I'll play one of his interrogation games. and this time, no bullshit".

     oikawa huffed as he quickly marched out with akaashi and haiba, with kozume lingering just a bit longer.

     shiori winked as she saw kozume clear his throat, slamming the door shut as he secured every lock.

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"why haven't you eaten yet? are you trying to rot your life away in the first week?", sawamura questioned, sitting across from shiori, with a metal table in between them.

     "I told you. I won't eat unless kenma personally feeds me. my hands hurt...from that electrical shock you guys installed", shiori sighed, examining her rosy pink palms and bare fingernails.

"you really think you have a say in any of this?! honestly, I must say, I'm quite surprised with how long you've lasted without food and water", sawamura scoffed, crossing his arms as he leisurely leaned back against his chair.

     shiori quietly hummed a bit as she was starting to get bored. the girl's eyes darted up towards the strong light that didn't flicker in the slightest, then to the window pane in which she couldn't see who was behind it.

but she knew they could see her.

"prisoner #520, let's start easy. what's your real name?", sawamura interrogated, bringing the girl's attention back to him.

"shiori".

     "real name", sawamura harshly repeated, glaring at the girl who was tilting back on her chair, careful not to fall backwards.

     "shi-or-i. I know no other name", the girl responded, to which sawamura had taken out a little controller and pressed a button, making shiori's upper half body drop forward as she clutched her head in pain from the shock that was sent through her neck.

     "give me, your real name", sawamura demanded.

     "I SAID IT'S SHIORI! IT'S FUCKING SHIORI!!", the girl screamed as she shut her eyes, feeling the pain tingle through her legs and toes, nearly numbing her sensory nerves.

     sawamura finally stopped the shocker as shiori was able to breathe, to which the girl had let out an airy chuckle as she looked over at the brown-haired male.

     sighing, he flipped through the girl's folder, skimming through her profile for the umpteenth time.

     however, every time that sawamura had read through it, nothing had stood out to him with the exception of the amount of kills that the girl obtained.

     it was a normal occurrence for those with mental issues, however, sawamura needed to find out what had triggered it, so that perhaps, there'd be a chance of redemption.

     "did you like school?", sawamura asked, starting easy as he would ask about the girl's earlier years.

     shiori silently pondered the question.

     "did I..like school?", the girl mumbled, repeating the question in her head.

    "come on, s̵̝̻̺̦̮̠͇̲͋̑̐́͋h̷̺̼͕͎͕̔̋̌̀̕ǭ̶̢̜͉̥͙͈̮̪̖̑̒̇̕s̵̡̨͖̺͈̝̯͚̈́͜h̵͇͐͝ą̸̡̨͉̯̻̟͙͓̈̄͜", a cheerful voice laughed, grabbing the girl's tiny hands as the two rippled through the field of sunflowers.

"say, what do you want to be when you grow up?", the girl beside shiori questioned, turning to her with her beautiful brilliant blue eyes that could contain the sea and the sky altogether.

"mm...maybe a gymnast", little shiori replied. "you?"

"a doctor. I want to save everybody one day", the girl giggled, to which shiori had just nodded.

"—ori! shiori!", sawamura called out, to which shiori had finally snapped out of her thoughts.

"well?"

the girl's breath wavered, spitting out her words.

"no. I'm done for today".

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author's note: hello my lovelies!! hope you enjoyed this chapter!

I know this is slow, but I promise you that we'll see more of the miya twins and the rest of the cast soon.

hope to see you next chapter!! <3