The Séance

Chapter 4:

He had seen them, the eyes, he had heard them, the muffled screaming, he even felt the water soaked hair touch his arm, hell, he even smelled the rotting flesh of the figure. Something was horribly wrong, the screams weren't…they weren't human. He awoke with a gasp.

Krad's eyes snapped open with cold sweat trickling down his face, he had the horrible feeling of eyes watching him. Eyes wide and dark full of menace, he bit his lip and buried his face into Dark's shoulder, the sensation terrified him. Someone simply watching him as though trying to reach him, through anyway possible, it was too real to be a dream.

"Nnn…Krad? What's wrong?" Dark looked beside to find the blonde shaking, he blinked away the sleepiness and looked at his friend with concern, "Krad?" Golden eyes were wide as they stared off into space, Dark frowned wrapped the blanket around the blonde and helped him stand up, as he held the blonde, he felt a sensation that he was being watched. It made him uneasy.

He was unaware of the figure at the top corner of the room.

As he and the blonde moved out of the room, the feeling of unease didn't pass so Dark grabbed the umbrella by the door, "Come on Krad, let's go 'round to my place."

Krad swallowed hard and nodded, anything to get away from the eyes watching him. The two walked down the street in silence, the blonde had finally calmed down and was hugging the blanket close to him, his memories still haunting him. "D-Dark?"

"You had that nightmare again didn't you?"

The blonde shook his head hesitantly, "It was too real to be a dream…"

"Shh…" He wrapped an arm around the other's shoulder in a comforting way while his other hand was still holding the umbrella, "It's okay…"

When they entered the other's house the feeling faded away temporarily, Dark closed the umbrella only to find that his friend had dropped the umbrella and was clinging onto him instead, he'd never seen the blonde visibly shaken, the blonde looked down, not letting go, "I'm sorry…"

"No worries, was it really that bad?"

Krad gave a small nod, he inhaled before letting go, "I'll go make breakfast…" he said quietly before slipping into the kitchen.

Dark blinked and sat down at the counter to watch his friend cook while chewing on a fork, still obviously worried, then the door flew open, the two jumped and stared at the opening where wet mops of blue and red stood, amethyst eyes blinked, "Dai-chan…why are you here?"

The redhead inhaled and looked around to see a very stunned blonde and a violet haired boy sitting there staring at them, fork landing on the ground, he inhaled again, "We thought…you burnt down the house or something."

"…why…?"

"Well…we went by Krad-kun's house and found it empty and for some odd reason it smelt funny so we thought you wandered into the kitchen and ran here to make sure you're still alive. Especially since Krad-kun's sick and all…"

Dark held up his hand and motioned for his friend to stop, "Okay, first of all, I did not go into the kitchen and second, my cooking can't kill. Otherwise you and the creep would've died a long time ago."

Satoshi glared, "Oh yea? What about all the dead bugs and rodents we found around the garbage after we pitched out your first attempt of…'cuisine'? Can you even call it that?"

Daisuke blinked, "Well it wasn't edible…and isn't cuisine supposed to be errr…fit for human consumption?"

"If it couldn't get past a rat's stomach there's not way it's 'fit for human consumption'."

"True, too true so I guess it can't be labeled as cuisine can it?"

"No, I suppose not. Attempted cuisine will do."

Amethyst eyes narrowed, "Stop talking about me and my cooking like I'm not around!"

The two looked at him as though they suddenly remembered his presence, Daisuke gave a little laugh, "Sorry about that."

Dark got off his seat and picked up the fork, throwing it into the sink he sighed and sat down again, Krad looked at the two and asked, "Have you two eaten yet?"

Daisuke nodded, "Kaa-chan wouldn't let me leave until I ate."

Satoshi on the other hand shook his head, the blonde gave a small nod before setting a plate in front of Dark who beamed and 'dove in' quite literally. Krad remained silent as he went and prepared the blue haired boy's share. Satoshi raised a brow, "You seem unusually subdued today Krad."

"Huh? No…I just didn't get enough sleep, that's all."

"I'll assume it's Dark's fault."

"Hey!"

Crimson eyes blinked, "Come to speak of it…I tried calling you yesterday and this morning, are your phones disconnected?"

"Oh…about that-"

Dark piped in, "Some queer pranker kid wouldn't stop calling so I disconnected the phone. He was bugging me."

"I see…"

Krad shot his friend a funny look before going back to cooking, suddenly, he felt a burning sensation on his back as though someone were behind him, he whirled around to see no one there, "Krad? You alright?"

Golden eyes looked over to his friend who had finished eating and nodded, "Y-yea…"

Daisuke frowned, "You seem kind of out of it today Krad-kun, did Dark make you stay up all night," The three of them stared at him in disbelief that he, Daisuke, out of all people would suggest something like that, but then he finished his sentence, "watching movies again? …why are you all staring at me like that?"

Seconds later everyone resumed their previous task, Dark grinned, "You know, for a sec there, I thought you grew up…somewhat, in a bad way, but grew up nonetheless but once again, you've proven me wrong."

"What…did I say?"

"Nothing, it was nothing. I'm just hearing things."

The blonde set a plate in front of the blue haired boy, lips twitching, "If Daisuke knew what had just happened, it'd be the end of the world."

Wine colored gems glimmered in amusement, "You're so right…he probably wouldn't be able to handle it and faint or something."

Krad smirked, "He probably wouldn't faint…more like turn completely red."

Satoshi just continued eating silently.

Daisuke frowned, "What are you two talking about!?"

"Nothing!" Then he turned back to the blonde, "Hey, feel like sleeping with me again?"

Satoshi choked.

Daisuke blinked.

Krad raised a brow and shrugged, "If you want to."

Satoshi began to turn blue while Daisuke remained as clueless as before, "Umm…Hiwatari-kun? Are you alright?"

A moment later, he gave his chest a thump and coughed, "Yea…I'm okay…"

Dark grinned, "My oh my, what was the creep thinking of?"

"N-nothing!" Blue eyes glared at the snickering teenager.

"I see Dai-chan isn't the only one who grew up, in a bad way, only this time it's not just me."

Blue eyes blinked, "…what?"

"…never mind, you just ruined my moment."

"Good."

"Krad…he's being an ass again!"

Satoshi rolled his eyes, "You'll live."

Dark glared and began to throttle the poor boy, Krad frowned, "No killing during breakfast."

He let go of the boy who inhaled and glared, "You just got lucky…"

"I'll show you!"

Then the two began to fight, Daisuke frowned, "Krad-kun…can't you stop them?"

"Yea…I probably could, but why bother, it's a fair enough fight." He looked over the counter to see the two brawling on the floor, "Anyways, this isn't my house, if Dark wants to fight in his house it's his own problem."

"What about Hiwatari-kun?"

"He started the fight this time, he gets himself into trouble, he can get himself out. Anyways, I'd say that they won't last for another five minutes."

Sure enough, they broke away a couple minutes later, out of breath, one might consider them unfit, but that wasn't true. Not really… fighting took a lot a lot of energy, more than one would expect. Suddenly there was a tap on his shoulder, he looked over at the redhead, "Hey, did you just tap me?"

Daisuke shook his head, "No, why?"

"Oh…" Krad frowned, "I could've sworn someone just tapped me…never mind, it was nothing. Just ignore me." He shrugged it off and turned his attention to the two, worn out, yet still glaring at one another.

Yet another minute later the same sensation returned and he looked around again. Frustrated, he turned himself around completely to see a shadowy figure outside the window looking in, palms pressed against the glass, he yelped and backed up, he would've toppled over if it weren't for Dark who was quick to get to his feet. He wrapped his arms around the blonde while the other two stared in confusion. "Krad? Krad!"

Golden eyes blinked and he looked back outside to where the figure was, only now it was nothing more than rain pattering down on the glass. He took a deep breath and looked at Dark, his mind too jumbled he couldn't figure out what to say. "I saw it…"

"Saw what?" As he hugged the blonde, the uncomfortable feeling from earlier as if something if not things were watching them returned, he looked down worriedly at his friend, "Krad? It's okay…what did you see?"

Krad stood there, clinging onto Dark's shirt as he did earlier, "I don't know…it was outside watching us…its eyes…" He shuddered and shook his head, refusing to elaborate further.

"Krad …are you alright?" The blonde paused for a minute before finally deciding to nod. "What happened?"

"I…I just thought I saw something, that's all."

Satoshi, being as brave as he was, stepped outside to look around but don't know one there, "Well whatever it was, it's gone now…" His eyes narrowed at the sight of streaks of mold dragged out on the glass.

"Yea…maybe I'm still not awake."

It was Satoshi who spoke up once more, "It didn't seem like it, it doesn't seem like you to be half asleep, but if you were Dark on the other hand I might've had my doubts…"

Krad blinked, "Wow, coming from you that means a lot."

Dark frowned, still holding onto the blonde, "Me, on the other hand, am greatly offended by your little comment."

"Yea, that's nice and all but do you mind not…being so intimate with one another in front of us? I mean sure, Krad had just been scared like hell but really, it's over now, do you really need to continue doing that?"

"Awwww, is the creep shy about this?" He hugged the blonde tighter, "Does he wish he could do this to Dai-chan?"

"…you can let go now Dark…"

"What about my goal!?"

"What goal?"

"My goal to make the creep more uncomfortable than he already is! That goal!"

He rolled his eyes, "You can work on your goal without hugging me can't you?"

"Nope! This is making him more uncomfortable than other things I've tried."

The three looked at him oddly, "Other things?"

"Yea like frogs, cats, dogs, bugs…"

Satoshi grinned, "I remember the bugs, you ended up screaming when I told you one of them fell onto your shoulder."

"It's not my fault they're disgusting filthy creatures!"

"And it's not my fault you're stupid like that."

"Well…shut up!"

He smirked, "I think you guys should take a look at this…" he headed over to the window and pointed to the trails of green, "There was something there…"

Dark moved over, tugging Krad's hand who reluctantly drew closer, "Whoa…they look like hand prints almost. Isn't that creepy?"

The blonde nodded wordlessly. The image of two empty black holes where the eyes were supposed to be had burnt itself into his mind.

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Nya

Yea...probably not one of the scarier chapters I've written. But that's not the point! Happy Halloween! Whooo! Dress up! Go trick or treat! Free candy XD It saddens me that very little people dress up/hand out candy nowadays. It's been a long long long long time since I updated this fic...but yea, enjoy!