You know what,guys? I'm making this fic Maru x Phone now


Maru woke up with a full bladder and sluggishly headed into the bathroom. Before heading back, still half-asleep, she washed her hands and looked at the mirror. While doing so, she felt relief after she looked at her dopey face. Maru didn't particularly think she had a pretty face nor she felt bad about it, but at this moment, she was glad she had it the way she did.

A couple of seconds after that, she watched her sleepy-proud expression turn into a grimace. The sudden change was because she found something weird about her background, so thoughts that had been clogging up her mind finally came out. They included bad news; she was in a bathroom that was not hers and she felt like she was being watched. She didn't like the feeling and being alone at the same time, so she rushed through the hall and back into the room she was sleeping in. She went into the futon, hesitated for a second before finally touching, or rather, smacking the face of the person next to her. Satisfied with the bulge she felt, she calmed down. The brunette said, "I'm sorry Ruby-chan" then fondled the nose that she struck, asking for forgiveness through the tender touch. An unusually low grunt was all she got as a response. Funny how you're not yourself when half-asleep. Maru replied asking for a hug, explaining that she was, in fact, quite scared. She got the hug, and also felt her partner's breathing into her neck. It felt great. Maru would be feeling lots of things in another context but she was extremely tired. It was late and she didn't get much sleep. So she drifted into the arms of Morpheus immediately. This marked the end of Maru's nightmare-filled night.


How did it start, you may ask? Here goes:

Maru sat at the clubroom, her eyes flying through the pages. She was reading about the Chandrian. She was so focused that she didn't notice Yoshiko and You entering the clubroom. They didn't notice Maru either. They were concentrated on their own conversation about 'the stairs' and 'the goat man'. A high pitched scream soon followed, coming from Yoshiko, who had a quick glance at Maru's figure. As soon as it started, it stopped.
"Wait, it's just Zuramaru." Said the red eyed girl after confirming that the figure sitting at the corner not only did have a face, she was actually her friend and club partner.

"WHAT?" said You after uncovering her ears.

"Uhhh… Good afternoon?", Maru asked, greeting but at the same time hoping for an explanation. The pair bowed and greeted back.

"Sorry about that, she probably thought you were one of the faceless" You told Maru.

"I wasn't scared you know! It was surprising seeing you. To think you'd even hide your Aura from Yohane herself, huhuhu"

It was a nice try, but not good enough. Her scream told a lot. 'The faceless' actually sounded like something you should fear. Maru didn't like ghost stories much, but she was a curious person. Curiosity got the better of her, and she did something she'd regret later at night. She asked "What's a faceless?"
You and Yoshiko had a conversation in the span two seconds. They just looked at each other and through the power of expression alone, held a conversation that had no words. It went like this:

"Uh-oh. Perhaps we shouldn't have told her that"
"It's okay, we could probably backpedal a bit and fix it up"
"Actually, we could just tell her. It's probably okay"
"Or even tell her the whole story"
"Right, we'll do that"

They hurried through the room and were now towering over poor Maru, Yoshiko had a smirk on her face, You was playing along but was not as amused.

"So you want to hear the story of the faceless, huh? Kuh-kuh-kuh"

"Umm… I think"

"Do you like interesting stories, zuramaru?"

"Of course I do Yoshiko-chan"

"It's Yohane"

"Are you not a scaredy-cat? It's actually kind of scary even for me" warned You.

"I don't think I am. And if Yoshiko-chan has heard about it I think I'll be okay"

"Well actually she didn't sleep for about thr-" You tried to say.

"OH HEY ZURAMARU. Do you want me to teach you a nice thing or two about your new smartphone?"

"Yoshiko, we promised we would take things slowly with that"

"It's okay, I just want to show her a smartphone's music player doesn't play only music"

Yoshiko took Maru's phone and went to get hers. Maru watched the screens trying to get a glimpse of what the black haired girl was doing but she had absolutely no clue. She looked at You for a hint but You shrugged in response. You then finished the sentence that was interrupted now that the screaming person was distracted. "Three days without sleep before she finally collapsed" she whispered on Maru's ear.

"Uh-oh", she answered. Uh-oh indeed. The brunette reconsidered asking about it all. "Actually, I think I'm better not knowing about it after all" You responded with a nod.

"I'm done." Yoshiko looked like she had captured the hero and was about to explain her master plan.

"Too late, she called it quits" And then disappointed.

"Tch, scaredy-cat" And then slightly annoyed.

"Sorry about that, zura"

The conversation then shifted into a more pleasant subject, Ruby. Yoshiko asked where her friend was, Maru told her the usual: that she's helping her family out and would text Maru when she's done, so Maru won't have to walk all the way up the Kurosawas to check on her. Oh the wonders of technology. If only Maru knew the same thing would unexpectedly bring her one of the best night's sleep she's had in her life.

Maru left the school, walked home alone and started reviewing class material when she got there. An hour and a half passed before she got the text. It was 5:14 pm when it arrived. Maru answered the text at 5:26. Her reply read "yhts bbnice zssccccccccccc". She also activated wifi, lowered the brightness and started the music player. Of course, Maru didn't know what she had done. She would probably ask one of her classmates how to reply to a text again tomorrow. She paid no mind to the music. Assuming it would end when the tape ended. Unfortunately, smartphones don't work that way. After two songs, the smartphone spoke.

"Greetings" said the smartphone

"Hello" replied Hanamaru

"I wasn't really sure where to share these stories but I figured I'd share them here" continued the smartphone.

"You chose me?"

"I've been a search and rescue officer for a few years now…" continued the smartphone.

It was amazing that even smartphones could work on these day an age. Even more considering they could do such a dangerous job.

Up to this point, the smartphone might as well be alive for Hanamaru. Not only that, the smartphone she got was apparently a veteran officer.

…or was it? Phones were just machines, machines used to communicate with people. There's no way it could've been an officer. Hers was brand new too. She accidentally dialed a random number and got this person, who actually was an officer, telling his life story, right?

So as to not be rude, she started listening to the person, sometimes answering even thought he was so focused in the story that he seemed to pay no mind about her comments and questions.

The officer went on a on about different sightings of stairs in the middle of the forest, random disappearances that made no sense to him as an expert. "Those are probably Yokai", Hanamaru suggested. He also went about the goat man, the fuzzy man, and of course, the faceless. He never mentioned the name faceless, he just described them. Human sized beings that can not only speak but can make any sound even though they have no mouth and can see even though they have no eyes. Sometimes very aggressive, sometimes passive unless provoked. They were not all inherently malign, but they were scary because of their unknown nature. Hanamaru was now scared shitless. Out of all the people that had a phone she had to call the dude with the weirdest tales. Not only that, he actually had encounters with the faceless too.

She didn't care about being rude anymore, she just wanted the officer to shut up. Her family was no good because she was the first one to own a smartphone, so she dashed to Ruby's place. And oh lord, was she ever going to touch the damn phone again.

She went on, ignoring whatever she could until she reached her dear friend. Maru asked her how to hang a call and then corrected herself. She didn't even want to know. She just wanted it to stop. She then threw the phone at Ruby. Ruby "hanged the call" and later explained that it was, in fact, not a call, but a 2 hours and 20 minutes recording that was sent to her by "✝YOHANE✝"

She cried for half an hour afterwards, with her head on Ruby's lap. Ruby patted her head and ran her hand through her hair, telling her every now and then that everything was going to be alright, reminding her that she was still there with her and that she'd not leave her until she felt better.

Slowly, Maru recovered, and she was able to speak again. But she begged Ruby to sleep with her. She was not going outside, even accompanied.

Ruby called her mother to tell her about it, she answered that it was okay, but they had to share futons.

Dia and Ruby were getting their futons ready, but Maru had already fallen asleep inside one. They had to drag her to the middle of the room, next to the other one.