I finally decided to finish this!

There's also a christmas one-shot coming very soon! A friend reads it before I post it.
So, enjoy!

After 3:33 AM

Hiroshi closed his eyes tightly, but re-opened them when he didn't feel anything. The shadow was gone. He looked at his phone. It was 3:33. He stared right in front of him for a couple of seconds, waiting for his heartbeat to slow down. His eyes were probably playing tricks on him. He turned toward Naoki, realizing he was completely silent.

"…gone?" mumbled Naoki.

"It's 3:33. The game is over."

The cat-lover didn't move, but a sigh of relief was heard from him.

Movement coming from Takeshi caught Hiroshi's attention. The blonde sat up and put a hand on his forehead. He looked around the room and glanced at the others. No need to be an expert to see he was confused.

It took him around a minute to realize where he was and why he was here.

"Is the game over?" he asked.

"Yes," answered Hiroshi.

"…that was fucked up…" he let out after a couple of seconds.

Hiroshi frowned, knowing it wasn't Takeshi's type to swear, contrarily to Takuro, Mika, and Naoki.

Takuro let out a groan as he got on all four, fresh pain making him breathe slower. Mika mindlessly got out of her circle to hug her boyfriend.

"What happened?" he asked with a faint voice.

"I don't know," she answered, "That shadow appeared… you fell on the floor and fainted! I couldn't wake you up…"

"I'm fine, don't worry…"

"But…"

"It was just a nightmare: nothing to worry about."

They pulled away from each other and stood up.

"I think the night is over," said Takuro, "let's just go find the others."

Mika easily noticed something was wrong.

"Takuro, what was that nightmare about?"

He didn't answer and took her hand to bring her out of the room.

"What the legend says was true, right?" she insisted, "You literarily had your greatest nightmare?"

"I don't want to talk about it now, alright?"

He made himself clear; Mika didn't insist a second time. They got down the stairs and got back in the main hall. They heard some steps coming from the door next to the staircase. Hiroshi opened the door, followed by Takeshi and Naoki. No one said anything, but it was easy to distinguish who lost the game from who won. Mika and Hiroshi were the only ones with no distant look.

"It's over?" she asked.

"It's over," confirmed Hiroshi.

Naoki walked to a wall and sat down. None of them spoke for a while. They were all tired from the night. Everyone sat down somewhere. Naoki was already asleep. They decided to do the same. Mika leaned on Takuro's chest and closed her eyes. Hiroshi let his head fall limply and fell asleep immediately. The only ones who didn't dare to close their eyes were Takeshi and Takuro. They decided to chat at a low tone.

Takuro had dreamed someone ripped all of his organs out one by one. He felt all the pain, but couldn't react. Takeshi dreamed that he was being betrayed by the people he loved most. After a while, they were able to fall asleep without having nightmares.

Naoki opened an eye. The first thing he noticed was the brightness in the hall. Everyone around him seemed to be asleep. He stood up and walked to the front door. He turned the knob and stepped out. A cool wind lightly pushed his hair on the side. He felt good the night was over, but something was off about it. He perfectly knew what. That sentence in the legend had marked him, and now he felt it was true.

Even if the game is over, he'd still watch.

Naoki perfectly knew it was watching, it would always be watching...

That's it! Done!
Sorry if there are mistakes. Time is still mean with me! (I gotta homework to do, like, now...)
So, even though I spent a long time before finishing this, I still enjoyed it. I hoped you enjoyed it, and if you didn't... well... that's ok, I guess XD

Oh, Anon, I doubt the midnight man kills directly its victims. Besides, if you ask me, I'd rather die than live my worst nightmare for hours!
Never trust horror movies... If they just made a movie about a gang doing the ritual for a night, it would have been great, but "something went wrong" is the most cliched thing in horror movies in my opinion...

Anyway, I hope you liked the story, please leave a review, and see you next time!