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Chapter 3 - Disappearance

I woke up lying in a bed

"where am I?" I thought to myself

I was somewhere unfamiliar

"you finally woke up" a voice came out of nowhere

I look to my right and saw Akari

"Akari-San? What are you doing here?" I ask him

"I'm looking after you, after all I'm the one who brought you here" he explained

"is this…"

"yes, it's the school infirmary" cut him

There were 5 second of silence when suddenly...

"what happened?" he said

"huh?" I asked

"what happened to you?" he said

"nothing happened to m-"

"STOP LYING!"

"YOU'VE CLEARLY GOT BEATEN UP"

"THIS IS YOUR FIRST DAY YOU KNOW" cut him

"it's not even your problem" I said in a low voice

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"

"IT IS MY PROBLEM, I'M YOUR FRIEND" he shouts

"friend…"

"ugh…, just let me patch you up and then let's go home" he sighed

"I'm fine I can walk on my own"

I got up from the bed and begin to walk

"see? I'm fi-"

*BRUK*

I fell

"see? You're not fine" he said

He grabs my hand and put it on his shoulder, he dropped me of at the bed

"let me grab the bandage first"

After he patch me up, we begin to walk outside

"so, what happened?"

"that came out of nowhere"

"just answer the question"

"well, a bunch of guys beat me up"

"what did you do?"

"nothing…"

"oh, come on, they wouldn't beat you up for no reason"

"maybe it's because I talked to Chiyo-San"

"you've talked to Chiyo? That was fast"

"what do you mea- "

"ah damnit its already this late, we need to hurry"

"woah, stop walking so fast"

my hand is still on your shoulder damnit

"oh sorry" he began to slowdown

"is Chiyo-San famous?" I asked

"you don't know? She's the most popular girl in school, after all she's the most beautiful as well"

"oh, okay…"

"you already knew about my past, don't you?" I asked again

"of course,"

"then why are you still hanging out with me?"

"why not?"

"why not? Are you serious? Your going to get caught up with the rumor!"

"huh…., you really are stupid, aren't you?"

"what?"

"I don't care about the rumor; I do what I want"

"I don't get it"

"you'll understand it soon" he smiled

We finally arrived at the dorm

"can you stand?" Akari asked

"yeah"

I released my hand from his shoulder and Akari opened the dorm door

"ah, your late" a familiar voice came out of nowhere

I look to the living room and saw Chiyo sitting in a sofa while holding her phone

"Chi-Chiyo-San?" I said

"Oh, hello Kazuto-Kun" She said

"Hey Akari-San"

"what is Chiyo-San doing in here"

"oh yeah I forgot to tell you, she lives here"

My Jaw dropped

"I live in the same dorm with the girl I like?!?!" I thought to myself

Chiyo suddenly got up and approach us

"what happened? your face is pale? Did you see a ghost or something?"

"It's something along those line"

I got back to my senses and look to living room again to see another girl sitting there while reading a book

"uumm, who is that?" I said

"oh, her?"

"she's Matsunaga Yukimi"

"oh, okay"

I started to walk and approach her

"nice to meet you Matsunaga-San, my name is Nozoi Kazuto"

"nice to meet you too Nozoi-san" she said while still reading her book

Wow that's kind of rude, but okay then

"it's okay Kazuto-Kun, she's just shy" said Chiyo

"oh, okay"

"now, where were we? Oh yeah, why are you late?" Said Chiyo to Akari

"there was some stuff I need to do in school"

"stop making up excuses, today your cooking diner remember?"

"huh…, yeah I know"

"then get to it"

"They look really close" I thought to myself

what is this feeling? It hurts.

"Kazuto-Kun, you should put your bag in your room first" Said Chiyo

"uh..., okay"

"eeehhhh, what about me?" said Akari while still holding his bag

"you can put it after cooking" said Chiyo

"What? That's not fair" Said Akari

"then I'm not lending you my homework"

"I'm so sorry Chiyo-Sama, forgive me"

"I'll forgive you"

"now cook us diner"

"yes mam"

What the hell was that, well whatever. I got up to my room, as soon I enter, I drop my bag and lie in bed

"what a day" I said to myself

I close my eyes bit by bit, and when I was about to sleep

"Nozoi-San, dinners ready" Akari voice woke me up

"I forgot about dinner" I got up and went downstairs

"Woah" there are a lot of food on the table

I sat in the empty chair beside Akari

"now that everyone here, we can finally eat" Said Chiyo

"Let's eat" everyone said

I grab my chopsticks and began to eat, as expected Akari's cooking is delicious.

"oh yeah Kazuto-Kun"

"hhmm?"

"could you tell us about your middle school life?" said Chiyo

I dropped my chopstick

"Oy Chiyo, I'm sorry Nozoi-San, you don't need to tell us if you don't want to" said Akari

"no, it's okay, I'll tell you"

The room atmosphere became heavier and darker

"as you may know my parents die when I was little,"

"after that my grandpa looks after me until 1 year ago, my grandpa died of a mysterious disease,"

"my uncle and aunt don't want to look after me because they thought I was a cursed child,"

"so, I live in my grandpa house, it was lonely,"

"People always says that my parent died because of some robber or worse, because of me,"

"but that's not what I saw, I saw something much worse,"

"something that will haunt me for the rest of my life,"

"but no one believes me, not even the police"

"I lost all hope,"

"until I found an old album in my grandpa's house,"

"there were a ton of picture of my mom and grandpa,"

"and then I found the clue,"

"Koto City, 02/07/1995"

"I made up my mind,"

"I save up money so that I can live here and find the answer I've been looking for," i finished

As I finished talking, I looked around and saw they were all crying

"eh…, why are you all crying?" I asked

"I'm sorry, be-because of me, y-you told us about your past" Chiyo was crying

"I'm sorry to hear about your past" Akari was holding back his tear

"I'm not crying, I just remembered a sad part from the book I've read" Matsunaga said while looking away

"but I think, I'm happy now," I said

"it's been a while since I eat like this, surrounded by people"

"don't worry, from now on you'll eat with us" said Akari

We finished our food and went to our room

The morning arrived; I look at my phone

"EEEHHHH?! Its already this late" I was shocked

I hurried to the bathroom, took a shower and went downstairs.

"everyone already went to school huh," I said

I grabbed a piece of bread and run like hell to school, I managed to arrive before the bell, there was Chiyo sitting in her desk playing with her phone

"Good morning Chiyo-San" I greeted her

"Oh, Good morning Kazuto-Kun, you woke up late didn't you?" she said to me with a grin on her face

"yeah, I somehow managed to arrive before the bell," I said

"oh, and Kazuto-Kun, I'm sorry about yesterday" she apologized

"it's okay, it's not a big deal" I said

"oh yeah, did you go to school with Akari-San" I asked

"Akari-S-"

"Good morning class" said Aiko sensei as she opened the class door

"Good morning Aiko-Sensei" said all of the students

We spend the rest of the day studying like normal and the last bell ring.

Chiyo was packing up earlier than yesterday

"going somewhere?"

"yeah it's my turn to cook dinner today, so I'm going to buy some ingredients"

"okay then"

She dashes through the door like she was being chased by something

"that was fast" I said

"well I guess I should be going as well"

I visited some places before going to the dorm, I arrived to the dorm at 6 pm, as I opened the door, I saw Matsunaga reading a book like usual and Chiyo cooking dinner.

"oh, you came just the right time Kazuto-Kun,"

"dinners ready" said Chiyo

"you should put your bag first" continued Chiyo

"yeah I know" I answered

I put my bag in my room and head downstairs, sat in the same chair as yesterday

"Let's eat" everyone said

I grab my chopsticks and eat

"wow, your cooking is delicious Chiyo-San" I said

"oh, come on, you don't need to say that" Chiyo blushed

"your cooking is just as good as Akari-San,"

"oh yeah, where's Akari-San anyway, he's gonna miss this dinner," I said

"uumm, Kazuto-Kun?" called Chiyo

"yeah?" I asked

"who's Akari?" asked Chiyo

I felt like my heart stop for a second

"wh-what do you mean Chiyo-San? Akari-San is Akari aki, he lives with us remember?"

"he's the one who cooks dinner yesterday,"

"and he live in room 1," I Said while panicking

"um Kazuto-Kun, no one named Akari Aki ever lived in this dorm,"

"no one lived in room 1"

"and you're the one who cooks dinner yesterday" said Chiyo

"N-no way, you gotta be kidding me" I felt sick

"Hey Matsunaga-San, surely you remember right?" I asked Matsunaga

"He's the same Hight as me, white hair, looks a bit like a thug but actually actually nice"

I grabbed her shoulder

"you know him, right?" I said panicking

"n-no I don't know anyone like that" said Matsunaga terrified

I released my arm and began to back off

"you must be joking right?" no way this is happening

"His room!" I rushed upstairs and go to room 1.

I opened it and it was dark and empty

I felt sick

My head felt like it was spinning

My stomach hurt

Everything is happening at the same time

"are you okay Kazuto-Kun? Are you sick?" ask Chiyo

"this isn't real,"

"no way this real,"

I ran to my room and then locking it

No way this is happening

I wanna throw up

this is sickening

my chest hurt

my stomach hurt

my head hurts

I felt depressed

"hey are you okay Kazuto-Kun? Should I call the doctor?" ask Chiyo

"NO!"

"just leave me alone, please" I said

"don't push yourself too hard" she said

No way this is happening

I wanna throw up

this is sickening

my chest hurt

my stomach hurt

my head hurts

I felt depressed

I wanna die

This is the third time I lose someone close to me.

"why is he the one that disappear?"

"why not me?" I cried

It hurts

Everything

*phone vibrates*

I checked my phone and there was one new message

"do you seek the truth".