[Keisha's Point of View]
"B-Brix W-what does this mean?" Shane asked in surprise even though everything was very clear.
It's so clear that Brix is cheating on Shane and I, I am currently in a relationship with Brix. Maybe Shane doesn't really know about this but Brix doesn't have the amnesia to forget our real relationship.
"Answer me!" Shane shouted but Brix just bent down. Next thing I knew Shane was trembling and crying out loud. "Answer me! Fuck you, asshole! Why did you cheat on me?!"
I just closed my eyes tightly because at this point I don't know what I should do. Moments after, our friends arrived. I was even more anxious because they were unaware of these events.
Yes, they didn't know about my relationship with brix, but I didn't want to hide that from them. In fact, I really want to tell them, but Brix doesn't want to.
He said that we would tell our friends about our relationship at the right time because they might be surprised. He had so many excuses, I love him and so I naturally accepted those reasons, I believed in him.
Then this thing happened.
I didn't know he has someone else, and he even chose Shane. How dare him! I don't know if I should feel angry now, my love for him wouldn't prevail in this situation.
"What's going on here?" Dexter asked openly and they confusedly looked at Shane who was now still in tears as she slapped Brix's chest.
My tears are also starting to roll down my cheeks. How do I explain this to them?
"What's really going on between the two of you? When the bell rang earlier, the three of us were together and before we split up, you were so close to each other and Brix even kissed Shane on the forehead" Alexis said at length. Everyone looked at her.
They are that sweet with each other? He hasn't even kissed me yet because he said he wants to be conservative. What is this kind of hell I put myself into?
I began to feel pain that did not come from the physical body but from within me. This is how it feels to truly love someone but ended up being cheated on.
"Stop that stupid mouth of yours, Alexis! All of you! You don't have to care about what our real relationship is—"
"Shane! Stop it!" Dexter stops Shane at what she was about to say.
"Look, we have to know what's going on here, we can't be the enemies of each other especially we're here in this kind of place right now. And you Keisha? What are you doing here? Would you please explain everything you know?" Nicole stated so I turned to look at her.
I couldn't hold back my tears anymore and they continued to flow. I felt that their eyes were filled with more confusement. Even though my eyes were dimmed by tears, I could still see Alexis and Nicole approaching me.
"Shh, calm yourself first" Nicole said while patting my back. I could only answer with a series of nods.
"Can we all go back to our room first and talk about what's going on? I think it's okay there than standing here" Daniel suddenly spoke so we all looked at each other and decided to follow his suggestion.
A few minutes passed and I stopped crying, as did Shane who seemed calm now.
I am now sitting on my bed and Nicole and Alexis are next to me. While in my opposite bed are Shane and Brix, even though they are sitting in the same bed, they are still far apart from each other. Clark, Kean, Dexter and Daniel are currently sitting quietly in their respective beds and also waiting for our conversation.
Meanwhile, I heard that Clay, Xander, and Lexie, said goodbye earlier. They said they'd take a break and breathe. Maybe it's better for them not to listen because this is something personal with our circle of friends.
"Are you guys okay already?" Alexis' introduction. I just nodded, while Shane and Brix were silent.
"Can you tell us everything? If Brix and Shane don't want to talk, we might hear everything from you" Nicole said and I smiled sparingly.
"First of all, I want to say sorry to all of you guys..." I can only say the first line but my voice is cracking already. I feel really sorry for my friends right now, for hiding this thing from them. "I'm sorry if I chose to keep it from you, Brix and I have a relationship" I continued and I felt like they were all surprised at what I said.
"W-What? Did we hear it right? But why do Brix and Shane seem to have a relationship too?" I heard Kean's question not far from where I was.
"Because he cheated on me, he cheated on Shane, she knows nothing about our relationship" I added and looked in the direction of Shane who was now starting to cry like me.
"W-What? Is this true, Brix?" Alexis asked and Brix started to cry as well. "Y-yes, I-I admit it, I cheated on both of them, I-Im s-sorry Keisha, Shane, I-I didn't mean to" Brix said between his sobs.
He knelt down and continued to cry, now he was holding his knee and saying nothing but the word sorry.
I just close my eyes because I can't stand seeing Brix in this kind of situation, I still really love him even though this is what's happening to us now.
"You didn't mean to cheat on us?! Just fucking admit that you're a pervert asshole!" Shane shouted and then she knelt down like Brix and punched his chest. "Y-You're an asshole!" Brix just shook his head while still kneeling.
I know among the three of us, Shane is the most victimized here, Shane is my friend. Then coincidentally, we would get to know this when we were here at our school, a place we thought was safe for students like us, but no, we are in danger.
"L-Let us settle this, Brix must choose between the two of us and Keisha" I quickly looked up at Shane when she said that line. I came a little closer and also knelt down. "N-No Shane, you don't have to make him choose between us" I said and tried to reach her shoulder but she pulled it away.
I received sharp looks from her and I didn't expect to be slightly shaken because of that. "And why not? Even if Brix cheated on me, I still love him and I can still accept him, we can still start all over again as long as he chooses me."
I was just shaken by what Shane was saying, it didn't immediately register in my mind. "N-No, he doesn't even deserve any of us, and he cheated Shane, he fucking cheated"
Honestly, what kind of woman would want to stay if she was being cheated on? Even though I still love Brix, that's not enough because our relationship is now shattered into pieces. But even so, I still couldn't bear to see them together as if I just didn't exist.
"I don't care anymore as long as I love him!" Shane shouted and hugged Brix and the two of them went back to sitting on the bed.
"W-Wait S-Shane, this doesn't make sense—" Shane interrupted what I was saying and shouted again. "Why? Because it's obvious that he'll choose me and not you? Isn't it? From the first place, he wouldn't seek for somebody else if you were enough!"
Her words felt like a dagger piercing my heart until it can no longer feel anything. It doesn't bleed nor creates a wound, it just leaves a scar that would allow an enigmatic pain to be released in my entire body. And now I feel numb, perhaps, the agony is the only thing that keeps me breathing.
"W-Wait a minute Shane, what you are doing now is not right" Alexis mediated but Shane did the same thing as she glared at Alexis. "You don't know anything about love, when it comes to loving someone, nothing's wrong and nothing's right! So you better shut the fuck up!"
It all doesn't seem to be true, it seems like Brix and I have been getting along so well lately, then in a flash everything changed.
I suddenly felt dizzy, I don't know/. Maybe I'm just tired, I tried to be strong but it seemed like my body was really going to breakdown. Before I even realize it, everything went black.
[Third Person's Point of View]
Everyone was surprised when Keisha suddenly fainted. Nicole and Alexis immediately laid her on her bed.
Brix immediately came over to look at her, but Alexis pushed him away. "Stay away from her, cheater" She said so Brix couldn't do anything.
"She'll be fine, she needs rest. This is just too much for her to take" Nicole added and though hesitant, Brix nodded.
"See? This is what I'm talking about. We don't really know each other, we don't actually aware about the secrets we have. If you all still think that we can't deceive each other, then think again" Clark said loudly as he lay on his bed and just looked straight at the white ceiling.
Nicole just sighed instead of answering Clark's words. She's smart and she knew it was no longer the right answer to respond with those kinds of lines of someone like Clark.
The day passed and even though Keisha woke up, she just chose not to say anything instead of talking again about the reason why she's not feeling okay.
(Wednesday)
They all woke up early as they remembered that yesterday it was past seven in the morning when the bell rang. There was almost no breathing going on in the whole room. Who would dare to breathe if with every breath they take, they don't know if there will be another, they don't know if it will be the last.
They were all just wait and as if their chests were slowly being swallowed up again, overwhelmed with fear and apprehension.
No one wants to make move, no one wants to get away from sitting or lying in their own beds. They are not even able to eat even though that is their primary source of energy.
Who will have the strength if fear prevails over them all now?
Seconds, minutes and even hours passed, but they still didn't hear a bell. Until six o'clock in the morning.
They would have tried to leave the room to look at the strange silence outside. But they were all startled when they heard a series of bells.
10:00 A.M
"A-Are we going to hide again? Do we have to split up again?" Lexie asked tremblingly to her friend Clay and Xander.
Even if it's against their will, the two just answered yes.
Each of them moved quickly. It's up to them where they can hide, as long as it's where they know it's safe and rarely visited by anyone.
It doesn't matter if their clothes are dirty, as long as they hide themselves well.
Except for all of them, Keisha is the one who can't think of anything to hide, she knows to herself that she is not sure where she can hide.
Despite that, her mind still remains positive. That even if it was too dangerous, she would hide in the place she knew she's familiar with, it's their classroom.
But how far could her positivity take her?
Keisha chose to hide under the table they use all the time. It's quite obvious that the table isn't that hidden enough due to the small space of their classroom.
She became stable and just stayed there.
More than fifteen minutes later, she began to feel nauseous because she was not comfortable in her hiding place, she knew that space was too crowded for herself and she was just squeezing.
She thought of going out of hiding for a while to look around. She stared at the classroom door, there she began to wonder because as far as she can remember, she closed it properly, but it is now widely open.
Although Keisha was starting to get nervous, she was still optimistic to think that maybe one of her friends also had an idea of hiding in their own classroom as she does.
Even though the surroundings were disturbing because of its strange silence, she still chose to be careful with every step towards the door.
When she finally reached it, she simply peeked outside. She sees no man or even shadow of it. She just let out a sigh and thought that maybe she just didn't close the door properly, and as a result, it opened on its own.
She barely re-entered the classroom and attempted to touch the door knob to close it, but before she even touch it, a hand suddenly reached out to hold it.
Keisha was stunned to see that it was the hand of a man wrapped in black cloth and wearing a mask. Keisha was even more startled when she noticed the knife the man was holding.
"Don't!!!" A shout echoed throughout the classroom before the door finally closed.
—
About an hour passed and everyone remained in their hiding place. Moments after, the speaker that is attached on the places they were hiding suddenly created a familiar series of noise.
"Hello players, testing mic hello" is its introduction and they all know that the words they would be hearing won't be good.
"You can come out of your hiding place, but first of all, I want to let you know that the game is over for ..." he did not continue what he was going to say but laughed foolishly.
"Wait, let's not make it easy. Let's play a game! So you can guess whose life has ended. I have lines to say that this person usually say when you're together, and you all have to guess who that person is HAHAHAHA THIS IS SO FUCKING FUN!" As the man continued and they all completely ran away of the strength left in their bodies, they knew someone died again.
However, they kept listening to what it had to say next.
The man suddenly changed his tone and seemed to be impersonating a female voice. "You know guys, I have something to say, I just heard it in the other section" It was the first line, and another two lines were followed.
"But guys, there is this rumor that has been spreading all over our school. There is new gossip about our teacher"
And at that point, everyone knew the person that the man is trying to impersonate.
It's Shane!