"It gets boring after a while, doesn't your knees hurt?" Ayumi pointed out.
"Been hurting"
"Stand up then!"
"If I move a lot, it will shock me" I sighed.
"Oh, sorry i never noticed"
"Have you not gotten shocked by the chains?" I questioned.
"Guess not, maybe Genis installed them there to prevent you from doing anything"
"Genis sure is smart..."
"Ha you got that right!" Ayumi laughed.
Ayumi turns her head in the opposite direction from me.
"What's wrong?"
"shh he's back"
"Already?!" I whispered.
Ayumi turns back, facing at me. Her face grew worried and awfully serious. We made sure our voices were low, knowing genis has good hearing.
"I'm positive Genis will place those medals in you again"
My eyes light up with confusion.
"Why? Is 5 not enough?"
"To make you evil, not even 20 would be enough"
Ayumi placed her hand on my chest. She looked at me with worry knowing what will happen. I forced a smile at her. She stared at me, but forced a smile back.
"Go" I calmly said.
Ayumi runs off into the distance, her body vanishing instantly into the purple fog.
"Starting to talk to yourself?" Genis hummed.
I avoided eye contact, looking down at the ground.
"I won't stay long, and soon you'll have visitors with you" Genis mentioned.
I finally looked up at Genis.
"Visitors? You're going to torture them to?!" I yelled.
"Not for long, only about hmm... A couple days. By then they will be already inside you"
"I-inside me? What do you mean inside?!"
"Patience child, be patient"
I hadn't notice Genis had more of those weird coins in his hands. He placed his hand above my shoulder, dropping more than 20 coins inside my skin. My body did not hurt. Although my brain started to feel lightheaded again. Each time a coin fell, part of my brain felt heavy. My mind could not process properly. Images, ideas ran through my head nonstop. My head couldn't catch a single one. Before I could notice, Genis had already left. Ayumi stood in front of me, placing her hand on my forehead.
"Your head is boiling!" She shouted.
My brain felt like it was going to explode!
I heard a voice in my head. It sounded like Genis's. I couldn't concentrate on the voice.
"I un sure and you come eat lay"
I couldn't focus on anything! All I could do was squint my eyes. The more painful the headache was, the more my eyes ached. The longer i keep it closed, the less it would ache. All Ayumi could do was worry. She did not know how I was feeling. She died right when that coin touched her.
"Misao-kun" She whispered.
"It's kun now?" I tried to laugh off the pain, keeping Ayumi from worry.
She placed both of her hands on my back bringing forth her body to my chest. Ayumi laid her forehead on my collar. I rested my chin on top of her head. She finally released from the hug. Finally I opened my eyes. She looks up at me, bursting out in laughter.
"What's so funny?" I asked.
"Your eyes! They're so red! Was the kush too strong?!" She'd laugh harder.
"Sh-shut up!"
I blushed in embarrassment. The pain in my head slowly vanished into a light headache. My eyes did not ache anymore. I was able to concentrate again.
"I'm going to take a nap" She yawned.
"Since when does someone who is already dead want sleep?" I questioned.
"Shut up! Even dead people can be tired."
"When you're dead, you should be flying in heaven or burning in hell" I pointed out.
"Maybe I'm already experiencing afterlife" She declared.
"No you're really not..."
"Geez Misao! You're no fun!"
Ayumi marches away from with a pout.
"Fine then! Leave"
I left out a sigh. Boredom grew slowly in my mind. Nothing to think about. It awfully grew silent. It creeped me out a bit.
"Let's just try to sleep" I said to myself.
Sleeping in this position was the struggle. My body felt uncomfortable each time i turned my head. I stopped moving, leaving my head still. I closed my eyes, my mind would be blank. Before I could realize, I had already fell asleep.
I felt something poking me.
"Stop" I muttered.
The poking continued.
"Stop" I muttered again.
The poking grew harder. I slowly opened my eyes spotting Ayumi in front of me standing.
"I'm tired..." I whined.
"You're cute when you sleep" She giggled.
"You flirting with me now?"
"No? Hey! Your eyes aren't red anymore!" She smiled.
"Real-"
My jaw dropped. My eyes widened with shock. Three figures were floating behind Ayumi. All of them were wrapped in individual chains. Were these the people Genis was talking about? I couldn't see their faces. They were facing the other direction. They did not seem to be human. The back of their heads were abnormally shaped. Ayumi turned around at the figures.
"You finally noticed? Damn you sure love your sleep"
"How long was I sleeping?"
"Seems like... Hmm... A couple days? Naria came with all three of them. I was talking to them earlier."
"Are they awake?" I asked.
"Not anymore, Genis came in so I ran away. I came back and they were totally silent. Their eyes were closed to! I tried pulling down on their chains to wake them up, but I did not want to risk them getting shocked"
"That's strange..."
The three figures stayed still. I looked back down at Ayumi.
"I guess this is what you call a Zyuman" Ayumi bite her lip.
"A Zyuman? These three things are going to be inside of me?!"
"Whoa Inside of you? I'm guessing Genis told you that?"
I nodded.
"Well they seem nice, so it won't be so bad..."
I gazed back up at them. My mind couldn't believe that Genis wanted this. He had this all perfectly planned.
"I under and you come plate lay"
I heard his voice again. No I don't like this. I need to get out of here!
