"Optophobia is the fear of opening one's eyes. "
Everyone woke up.
It had been days, and I had to get the employees to give them water and food so they wouldn't die.
The group looked around in confusion, what happened? One moment they were walking to the next place, then next they're collapsed in the ground!
A pair of crimson eyes fluttered open. Sleepily, he groaned and yawned.
"Yami... Wake up.."
Yugi whispered gently, making him slowly pull himself up.
"Hmmn..."
He muttered, rubbing his eyes and looking around.
Anzu and Shizuka woke up and smiled at each other, whispering in each others ears without anyone noticing.
"Okay! We must've fallen asleep!"
Mai stood up proudly,
"Now that we've gotten some rest, I say we continue walking!"
She flipped her hair and put her hands on her hips, expressively.
"Before that.." Shizuka said quietly, standing up. "I need to tell you guys something."
Everyone looked up at her in confusion. Even I was confused!
"Nothing has happened to me yet. I think I understand this formula."
She smiled, twirling a long strand of hair around her soft fingers.
"So, I'm going to tell you what I'm afraid of."
She gleamed, hiding the fear behind her charming smile.
I slammed my hand down on the desk.
What was she thinking?!
Pudden-headded nobody!!
She put her hands down and held them tightly.
"I'm afraid of... Afraid of..."
Her voice grew quiet,
"Opening my eyes..."
Red flushed her cheeks, her body temperature rising.
Everyone looked up at her, Mai speaking up first.
" Thank you for telling us. You're so brave doing that."
Shizuka perked up, meanwhile, I perked down.
Yami nibbled at his fingernails and spoke in a quiet tone, "We'll...um...we'll try and prote..."
He trailed off, Jounouchi finishing his sentence,
"We'll protect you, Shizuka!"
Yami looked down, embarrassed, Anzu slowly approaching him and talking him that he did really well.
"Let's...leave then.."
Yami smiled, everyone nodding and making their way to the next set of doors. They chose the left door.
Fuck. Why couldn't it have been the right one?
They kept picking the wrong answers I.. I didn't want this!
They all stuck close together, charring about worthless shit.
"I...ah..I actually never...never.."
Yami mumbled, being coaxed into talking by Anzu and Yugi,
"I never left the house...before this.."
His face turned red again.
"I'll probably...not leave...when we get out of this..."
Yugi smiled," You're doing really well!"
Yami looked proud. I don't know where this sudden shyness came from. I watched on, getting increasingly angry.
Every single room that was meant to scare them was walked through. Without break, they kept walking.
"We will get out!" Mai gleamed.
"What if we can't get out..." Yami whined, making Mai turned to him confidently, "Then we break out!"
I rolled my eyes,
This is going to go on forever.
The no-eyed girl grew more anxious as nothing happened to her, fearful that she was going to have to experience something soon. She hugged into Anzu's arm and received the comfort she needed. Anzu let Shizuka piggyback on her, making the other people in the group curious as to why they were suddenly so, extremely close.
Shizuka talked more about what made her scared and thanked everyone for helping her.
Whatever.
No. It's been way too long since somethings happened.
'I need to do something.'
So
I did do something.
I slipped my leather jacket on and took my bag. The staircase to go down to the rooms were long and tedious. It spiraled down endlessly. Nonetheless I kept on going until I reached the door. The rooms really were more spacious than I thought they were, and I was the one who built them!
"When we get out, let's all go for ice cream!" Shizuka giggled, making Yami flinch.
Jounouchi grinned, "Sure! I'm gonna get chocolate!"
"Chocolate? Why not Choco-Mint? That's obviously the best!"
"Lame"
They talked as if they were going to get out.
Never.
Never.
No, they're never getting out.
Never ever forever.
Fuck this.
I grabbed Shizuka from behind, covering her mouth and dragging her back. The rest of the group looked back and screamed.
"Hey! Give her back! Shizuka!"
Jounouchi yelled, running towards me.
I put my hand against her eyes and grinned.
"Get any closer and I'll take it off."
Everyone stopped, watching in worry. I laughed and laughed to the point where my voice broke into a million tiny pieces.
Yami whimpered, "Are.. You the one behind this..."
I didn't answer. Yugi took a hesitant step forward. Making me inch my hand closer to her eyes.
"No!"
Yugi yelled, stamping his foot down into the ground. I stopped. Why did I stop?
My hands froze and I dropped her to the ground. For a moment, I listened to Shizuka's attempts to catch her breath.
"Why'd she stop?" Jounouchi whispered to Yugi, who walked up to me and pointed a finger at my face.
"How dare you?! "
I stepped back.
"You think you can just push me and my friends around like this?! Huh?! "
I shook my head. I didn't believe it. I wasn't being bad I was protecting them! I was saving them! If it weren't for me they'd be still living their miserable lives! I gave them something!
"You're not getting in my way! Ever again!! "
Why did this effect me so much?
I didn't care about being bad, why did I stop?!
I could've done something!
"Go back to where you came from!"
Yugi said abruptly, before quietly whispering something to me.
"I love you."
Why did he say that?
Why does he love me?
I took the button from my bag and pressed it, injecting the drug into everyone's arms and watching as they all fell.
That...didn't turn out how I wanted, I won't lie.
I only had one more usage left of the drug, before all of it was gone and I wouldn't be able to drug them anymore.
Before leaving, I look my boot and drove it into Yugi's chest repeatedly. I could hear him gasping for breath as I twisted my heel into his stomach and laughed.
But then I stopped.
Was this really the way to go?
He really did love me, didn't he?