The cloudy day at Titan High ended with delightful laughter and sighs, since it was a Friday. A young, light brown haired teen stuffed his hands in his gray hoodie pockets as he talked to his sister.
"Hey," he began the conversation, "what should we do later tonight, Mikasa?"
The ravenette glanced curiously at him, thinking for a moment. Then, her eyes lit up as she tugged on his sleeve.
"We should invite Armin and the others." Mikasa peered excitedly up at him. "Maybe? You in the mood, Eren?"
Eren nodded, but then a disgusted look came over his face, his turquoise eyes glinting in the sunlight.
"Even horseface?" he spat out angrily, more demanding than questioning.
Mikasa smiled back at him exasperatingly. "You know as well as me that he'll go wherever Marco goes and vice versa. So yes, Jean can come too."
Eren sighed heavily and rolled his eyes, but nodded nevertheless.
When they reached their pale house, Eren unlocked the door with a rusty, bronze key, that was crusted from age. Stepping inside, Mikasa immediately began texting their friends. Their group chat read,
M: Hey guys, Eren and I were wondering gif you wanted to come over and hang out at our house tonight.
Jean replied right away. He texted back,
J: Okay cool, Marco and I will both be there.
Before Mikasa could reply, Sasha texted them as fast as lightning,
S: Connie says we can go, Mika. And Jean, you're speaking for you and your boyfriend? Haha, how cute!
J: Ugh Sasha! WTH are you even saying?! What about you and your precious baldie?
S: Hey, don't you dare talk about Connie like that, you jerk!
Suddenly, Connie read the texts and joined in on the conversation.
C: Yeah Jean, stop talking about me! Don't talk like that to Sasha either!
Marco the peace maker cut in after no one else wrote. He texted,
M: Guys, stop. That's just rude, Mikasa and Eren invited us over so stop arguing and just answer clearly!
Mikasa replied to him quickly to end the short-fuse conversation.
M: Thanks Marco, but tbh, that was pretty funny lol c: See you guys around 8!
Eren was in the kitchen grabbing some snacks while Mikasa kicked her shining burgundy Doc Martens off, proceeding to sit down on the couch. Eren came back with a crude green bowl full of white cheddar Cheez-Its. He plopped next to her, offering her some of his snack. Mikasa smiled lightly and pulled Eren closer to snuggle while they waited for their guests.
Eren's eyes snapped open, as he loosened his arms from Mikasa's waist. He looked to his toned wrist, seeing the time on his digital watch. It read, 7:46. Slowly, he eased Mikasa off himself, lightly shaking her.
"Hey Mika, we overslept a bit. It's only fourteen minutes before the others come." Eren whispered into her ear while stroking her jet black hair behind her ear.
She nodded in recognition, and they both quickly changed into more comfy clothes.
While they were setting up snacks in the living room, Eren glanced at Mikasa, enjoying the sight of her putting her raven hair in a loose bun. Then, the doorbell rang loudly, which brought Eren out of his thoughts. Mikasa walked over to the wooden door and pulled it open while it creaked heavily. Connie and Sasha stood there, dressed like hipster punks. This was their regular and cute matching style they wore all the time.
Mikasa stepped aside to let them in while Eren walked up to Connie, saying, "Hey man," he slapped Connie's hand and hugged him. "How're you guys?"
"Well," Connie replied as she stepped back to hold hands with Sasha. "We've both decided what we are going to do after High School. But, let's continue this when everyone is here." Sasha blushed as he finished and smiled gratefully.
Eren and Mikasa grinned, looking at each other mischievously. Then, there was another pounding at their door. Soon enough, the whole crew had come into their house. As everyone began to get settled, Eren scooted over to Mikasa, teling her uncomfortably, "Um, Mika… I also invited the seniors, Levi, Hanji, and Petra." She quickly turned her eyes to him.
"Eren, I'm good with Hanji and Petra, but I'm not so sure of Levi…"
"I promise he is nice Mikasa! He's cool, he wouldn't do anything to hurt us!" Eren pleaded with his unwilling sister, "Anyways, this is their senior year at Titan High! It'll be a fun party."
Mikasa still looked hesitant but nodded.
Everyone decided on playing Truth or Dare after sitting on the light blue shag carpet.
Eren rubbed his hands together as he sat criss cross and said with a sparkle in his eyes, "I'll go first!" His dark eyebrows knit together as he scanned the room for his first victim. Suddenly, his piercing gaze landed on a certain brown haired girl who was munching delightfully on some potato chips.
"Sasha!" Eren yelled while pointing at her.
Sasha didn't even give him the chance to ask the infamous line before she yelled out, "Dare!"
Eren grinned as he looked at the ceiling questioningly, trying to think of a horror-like dare. He decided to start out with a small, less threatening dare, then get more serious later. But he couldn't have been more wrong to choose a simple dare like this.
"Sasha," Eren began, "I dare you to go to the abandoned house next door and break in."
"Ha!" Sasha laughed out, "Child's play!"
Eren motioned with his hand for her to quiet down.
"No, I wasn't finished. Break into the house, go find a bathroom in it, and do the Bloody Mary chant!"
Sasha stood up defiantly and strutted out of the back room while the others' followed quietly. As she crossed the old house's yard, she could feel the dry, crunchy, dead grass breaking and crunching beneath her feet. It was already dark, and a light breeze swept throughout the street. Gray, heavy storm clouds approached their village giving Sasha the chills.
"Let's just get this over with…" she muttered to herself as she turned to see her friends about five feet behind her. Connie smiled and gave her a thumbs up. Annie seemed uninterested, plaint her 3DS while Bertholdt and Reiner gave her tips that she just snapped at. Levi, Petra and Hanji were staring at her curiously, as were Eren, Mikasa, and Armin. Jean and Marco were making small talk, but still waited for her to go. Ymir and Christa were in the back of the group, so nobody could tell what they were doing.
"Probably making out…" Sasha thought as a slight giggle escaped her lips.
Turning back to face the old and rickety house, she hesitantly stepped on the broken, chipped steps. As she made her way into the moldy bathroom, she inhaled a deep breath and sighed, recalling the Elementary school days when they dared each other to do the Bloody Mary chant. None of the others' followed her inside, so they just waited for her to come out on the front porch. She let out an airy laugh, thinking it would be the same as always. Nothing would happen, and she would come outside like a winner, telling Eren how stupid of a dare that was.
Noticing the flickering lights, she remembered she had to follow the rules and turn the lights off. Pushing the dusty switch down, she returned to the mirror, seeing a vague outline of her reflection's shadow.
Sasha started the chant, calling the words, "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary…" and so on she went, deciding to do it thirteen times instead of the original three. Even though the game never scared her when she was young, Sasha felt a weird feeling overcome her this time. Shaking her head after nothing happened, she thought she heard a quiet whisper.
Quickly sprinting to the front door to clear her thoughts, she was elated to see her friends still waiting for her.
"Took you long enough," Eren rolled his eyes at her while coming off as sarcastic.
Sasha was about to walk over and punch Eren playfully in the arm, but right when she took a step, she faltered and fell straight to the ground. As Connie reached her first, he put his hand to her neck, but no breaths came out of Sasha's mouth anymore. Her mouth didn't move and her eyes seemed glazed over.
The whisper came right back to Sasha before her heart stopped completely.
"You CALLED?"
