Title: 5 Shopping Teenagers
Chapter 7
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A/N: Yay!!! Exams are over, and Christmas break is here : ) I plan to update more than once over the break to make up for all the short updates! Lol, love y'all!
Silence sweeps over the three. At the same time, they all realize something: Did Mr. Creepy-Murderer do this to Hana, too? Arisa and Kyo exchange nervous glances while Tohru continues to sob.
"I… I never got to sa-" Tohru starts but is overwhelmed by her own emotion, and she stops. Kyo and Uo don't say anything, waiting for her to finish.
Tohru's shoulders begin to shake less violently, and her crying softens, "I- I never got to even… say good-bye…"
Arisa's eyes fill with pity for Yuki and for Tohru. Kyo, understanding and trying to be calm, doesn't object to the grief shown by Tohru, and he himself struggles to keep composed as he ponders the confusing circumstances before him.
"All I know is that this guy -and he has to be a guy because of that little comment he made about his love- is messed up. And he's serious. We can't call the police because he's no-doubtedly watching our every move. He has to know where we are... We can't split up, either. No matter what we do, we have to stay together!" Arisa says after gaining her voice and controlling her emotion.
Kyo isn't usually calm. And Arisa isn't usually emotional. And Tohru is crying and not bouncing off the walls with hyperactivity and cheer... If making them miserable is this guy's goal, he has officially done that and more.
"I want him to suffer," Kyo says suddenly. "I want him to feel this. I want him to be punished. He shouldn't get away with this... We have to stop him somehow!"
"Oh, yeah? And how are we supposed to do that? All we know is that he is crazy. He obviously has some sick fetish for barcodes and girls he doesn't know. And he isn't going to let us out alive if he has any say in the matter. The police have no idea we're here, we don't know what's going on, and we can't stop him by ourselves!" Arisa says, pushing on hysteria.
"Stop it! Just stop. Fighting isn't going to bring Hana back. Fighting can't bring Yuki back, either!" Tohru says with her head in her hands, her shoulders shaking as she cries.
This causes Kyo and Uo to feel guilty: they don't want to hurt Tohru.
"We have to know if he made that same mark on Hana. But we can't leave Tohru here by herself, " Arisa says, more to Kyo than both of them.
Tohru hears, however. "I can go..."
Kyo and Arisa turn to Tohru. "No, Tohru. We don't want you to have to see Hana like that. It can wait."
"No, it can't," Tohru says, surprising them. "We don't know what this guy is planning or what he is capable of doing."
Uo looks questioningly to Kyo, who holds his arms up in an I-don't-Know gesture.
"Are you sure?" Arisa asks.
Tohru wipes her tears from her pale cheeks and nods slowly.
The three of them start to stand up, wondering if this is a good idea. And wondering what they shall find...
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