Usagi lost track of how many chicken wings she had eaten during the course of the last hour. There were so many bones on the trash plate. She didn't know how many were of the bones came from Naru and how many were from her. She didn't think she could figure it out if she tried.

"Naru-chan," Usagi moans, wiping hot sauce off of her cheek, "That is so good, but I don't think I can eat anymore."

Naru chokes on her piece of chicken, hacking for a minute while Usagi jumps from her side of the bed and begins to hit her back. Once the coughing fit ends, Naru turns to Usagi with wide eyes.

"I can't believe I've lived to see the day that Usagi turns down food."

"Hey, don't mock me! I just ate so much." Usagi grumbles, pushing herself off of Naru's soft bed and onto her feet. "Let's put the rest of the food away when you're finished." Usagi grabs the plate of bones, some half eaten pizza crusts, and napkins and collects them together.

As much as Naru would love to mock Usagi some more, she'd had to admit that she was feeling the effects of eating so much food. The smell of greasy pizza was beginning to make her stomach turn. "Alright, Usagi-chan."

Naru packs up the food, placing the chicken wings on top of the pizza box. There's still a lot of food left, and even more unopened take out on Naru's desk.

"Make sure you hide the food," Usagi says as she tries to take another chicken wing. Naru slaps her hand away, and she frowns. "Please!"

"No. You just said you don't think you can eat anymore." Naru scolds.

Usagi frowns and stomps out of Naru's room, trash in hand. Naru can hear Usagi's loud footsteps and her grumbles as she goes down the hallway into the kitchen. Once she hears the sound of trash landing into the bin, Naru blocks out Usagi and tapes up the food.

The food will be ready later that night and for the rest of the weekend. Usagi doesn't have to binge eat as if it's her last meal.

It's something Naru never understood about Usagi. She was always eating as if she had something growing inside her. It was the reason she was overweight, her body having more than just baby fat. She was fed by her mother often enough, there was always option for more- she doesn't get why she doesn't take her time.

Oh well, she's not going to ask Usagi and possibly upset her. Naru knows how rude Usagi's little brother is about her weight, she's not going to be another person that makes her cry over something so small.

With her hands on the large pizza box, and all the containers on top, Naru lifts the box and carries it into the kitchen. Inside was Usagi, holding the fridge door open for her. Naru sets the food down at the bottom of the fridge and begins moving things around to keep the food hidden.

Naru didn't have any reason to hide the food, especially since it was just her and her mom. Her mom never ate fast food, worried about her appearance and how her appearance impacted her reputation. But, Naru hid the food anyways, she liked to see how pleased Usagi looked whenever she did strange little requests for her.

Closing the fridge door, Naru turns to face Usagi and places her hands the other girl's wrists. "Let's do our nails, I got some cute glitter nail polish."

"Yes!"

Tick, tick, tick.

The clock read 11:32 and Naru's couldn't say she was tired. Normally she'd be asleep by now, but her mother hadn't come upstairs at all during the sleepover. Her mom loved talking to people, especially her friends. A lot of the time, it looked like an attempt to see what Naru does at school without directly asking. Her mom's a bit weird, but Naru liked that about her.

Tick, tick, tick.

"Naru-chan, are you finished with my hair?"

Naru blinks herself back into reality and laughs, "Sorry, almost finished." She pulls out a small hair tie and finishes up tying the ribbon into Usagi's pigtails. Once the pink ribbon was in, Naru pushed herself off of Usagi's back and handing Usagi the mirror.

Usagi looks into the mirror and her eyes brighten. The ribbons in her hair pop and their length give the illusion that her hair is much longer than it really is. Her hair only touched her shoulders, her mom always cutting her cut her hair before it got too long. The ribbons looked long enough that they'd reach her butt.

"It's so pretty! Thank you!" Usagi twirls one of the ribbons and smiles at Naru. Naru begins putting away the ribbons and Usagi stops her. "No, no, I've got to put ribbons in your hair!"

"No, no, not now!" Naru hushes Usagi, who folds her arm across her chest, puffing her cheeks in annoyance. "You can do it later." When Usagi tries to object, Naru places her fingers on Usagi's lips. "I promise. I just want to go check on my mom." Naru rubs her arm anxiously, and laughs halfheartedly, "It's nearly midnight and I haven't heard her at all tonight."

Tick, tick, tick.

The expression on Naru's face makes Usagi's stomach curl. Naru has been a bit distracted all night, her mind somewhere else. She should've known it was her mom bothering her…

"Let's go, then!" Usagi says, a determined look on her face. She'll help Naru feel okay. She jumps up and grabs Naru by the wrist, pulling her off the bed. "We'll be like spies!"

Naru stares at Usagi for a moment before a smile bursts on her face. "Super secret spies."

After a few minutes of planning, which was mostly giggles and talk of catching her mom planning a surprise party, Naru leads the way downstairs from the house to the store. Naru walks on her toes while Usagi wore two pair of socks to conceal the sounds of her footsteps.

The door to the store barely makes a sound as it opens. Naru's mom has her back towards the door, giving the girls an opportunity to hide behind a jewelry case. Usagi and Naru place their fingers to their lips to remind the other to stay silent.

"Heheheh." The voice was deep, not the sweet voice of Naru's mother. "This is perfect." Naru could feel the hairs on the back of her neck standing up straight. She quietly looks over the case, and nearly stumbles back when she notices all the people lying on the floor of the store. "This is more than enough energy," Naru's mom says as she bends over and caresses the cheek of an unconscious girl.

Usagi nearly gasps when she stands.

"Once the clock hits twelve, you'll never wake up." Naru's mom whispers, a cruel smile forming on her face. "Your body will turn to dust, all of the energy drained from your body." She pinches the girl's cheek. "You humans are so weak, but your energy is so perfect."

Usagi and Naru look at the clock, which read 11:40. Twenty minutes. Twenty minutes before everyone in the store turned to dust. Twenty minutes before everyone died.

Swallowing a lump in her throat, Naru takes a step from behind the jewelry case and walks a few steps forward. She clears her throat. "Who are you?"

Naru's mom pauses, standing up straight but not looking at Naru. Naru could only see the woman's back. Somehow, it was worse to not see her face. A part of Naru wants to run, to grab Usagi's hand and hide upstairs. But a bigger part of Naru said to stay, that she'd regret it if she left.

"Naru-chan, go to bed." Naru's mom said after a moment.

"I said," Naru raises her voice, and Usagi hesitantly gets up from behind the jewelry case and stands next to her, "who are you." Naru clenches her fist when the woman doesn't reply. "Who are you and what did you do to my mom?"

Only the sound of breathing fills the room for a few long seconds.

"You foolish child. I gave you a chance to live."

"What—!" Naru isn't able to say anything more before she and Usagi are slammed into a pillar against the wall.

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