He'd allowed himself to become distracted and when he turned around Watanuki was gone. There were no clues to what could have happened in the second he'd looked away and unimaginable fear fills Doumeki.
It's as if he's been plunged into a frozen lake.
If Watanuki has been hurt, it will be his fault.
His footsteps echo loudly through the hallway as he searches.
"What are you doing?" Watanuki asks as he steps back into the hallway, and Doumeki can't even find it in himself to be mad he'd wondered off because the relief he feels drowns out everything else.