As her eyes started to slowly open, her vision was blurred. The voice she heard calling her name was silent, but she still recognized it: it was Huni's voice. She blinked several times, and as the haziness in her eyes started to fade, she heard pecks all over, like birds were digging into the windows and walls of the school.
Huni's voice called out to her again, but it was again quiet . . . soft. ''Am I dreaming?''she mused in her head.
When the sound of thunder echoed into her ears, the blur from her eyes quickly waned and her heart started pounding frantically.
She sat up straight with her eyes wandering anywhere and everywhere. The room was dark. Its lights were turned off and the shadows of bushes and trees outside the window created malevolent images on the walls of the classroom.
Another stroke of thunder roared above, but this time lightning flashed, illuminating the room for one split second. As that second faded, Sakura jumped at fear, and got up from her desk with great speed. She turned and saw a round head-shaped shadow staring right at her. She screamed at the top of her lungs and swung a backhand at the figure.
The shadow fell down with a quiet but painful groan.
"Dammit..", the figure now lying on the ground hissed. Tomoyo took a step back, while a cold shiver ran down her spine.
When lightning once again flashed, two green eyes became visible. Sakura instantaneously knew who it was. She could recognize those beautyf- uhhh, arrogant eyes anywhere.
In a solemn manner, she slowly crossed her arms and sat on the top of her desk.
Although it was still dark, she could now see the outline of the room.
"Kurotsuki!" growled Tomoyo. She waited as Huni got back up to his feet, then swiftly swung a palm across his face. He twirled around once and held his cheek and nose.
"W-what is wrong with you?" shouted Huni.
"That's for being a pervert, you freak!" said Tomoyo. Her eyes were sharp, taking in detail every movement made by Huni.
"Freak?" repeated Huni. "You called me a pervert and then a freak? This is the second time you almost break my nose today,you freak!"
"Well, it could have been someone else trying to—you know…me." Tomoyo walked up to the front of the classroom. "I thought you were—"
"Oh please," Huni said interrupting her, ''if anything, I wouldn't do what you were thinking."
Tomoyo looked off to the side, her gaze landing out the window once again. It was then when she realized that it was raining—storming hard to be more precise. Once again she crossed her arms, but this time for warmth.
As another sound of thunder echoed, she jumped, a sweat running down her temple.
Her gaze ran across the room in search of her classmate but Huni had disappeared from her sights. She whirled around to see him in between the class's sliding doors. "Where are you going?", she asked with a slight pout.
Huni glared at her through the dark as if she had just said the stupidest thing he had ever heard. "Well I'm not staying here, that's for sure." Sarcasm evident in his voice.
"You mean, you're leaving?"
Huni shook his head in a dramatic disbelief, "Come with me if you want''.
When he left, Tomoyo stammered to do the same. But when a flash of lightning brightened the room with sound of thunder right after, she once again jumped, making her first step forward and followed Huni out into the hallways.
The halls were darker, as if something evil had put a violent curse on the walls and ceiling. Because they were in the middle of the school, there were no other windows to brighten their way and due to this Huni was forced to feel the walls and make use of his mental abilities to remember the school and make an imprint within his mind.
"How come Kakashi-Sensei didn't wake us up?" asked Tomoyo, following closely behind.
Although she couldn't see it, Huni shrugged and said, "How should I know?"
"I mean, there was no reason why he shouldn't have…its not that hard to wake up a couple of people, is it?"
"Seriously!", Huni just snapped and turned around to face Tomoyo. He held her mouth with a palm and said, "Do you ever shut up? I'm trying to find a way out here and you're worrying about something we can't even fix. It's really annoying, I'd prefer it if you went back to trying to break my nose instead of my ears-"
Just as he said it, Tomoyo palmed him hard against the centre of his nose. Huni once again placed his hands over his nose, agonizing in pain.
Tomoyo smiled and stuck out her tongue, taunting him as glee reached her face just by watching him agonize with the pain.
"Are you sure about that?", she humorously said. "I think you might have to reconsider."
Huni carefully removed his hands from his nose and examined it the best way he could. But, he didn't dare touch it more then he already had, afraid that anymore physical activities, even a small tap, could actually break it.
"A five-pound book, a back hand, a slap and now a palm…what is wrong with you?", he asked right before he turned his back to her and headed down a fleet of stairs to the lower level.
Tomoyo slowly followed from a distance.
"Awww, don't be a baby…it was only three pounds."
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When they reached a double-door leading to the outside, a smile stretched across both of their faces. Urgently, they rushed up.
Huni pulled on the door handles, but only to find that they didn't budge. He guessed that it was only jammed, and that a second pull would do the trick, but it didn't.
"Fuck…"
"What?", asked Tomoyo with concern evident in her voice.
"It's locked!"
"Locked? NO!", she shoved Huni aside and tried pulling the doors herself, but she failed just like he had before her. "It's not locked, no way!"
"It's locked!" he shouted.
He held his arms above his head and took a deep breath. Options ran through his head, but nothing came clear or of choice. It was either something he didn't want to do due to injuries and fees, or they just didn't have the right equipment to do so.
As he turned, Tomoyo still pulled aimlessly at the doors. Suddenly her fingers slipped and she fell to the floor and yelped.
"Let's break the window!" she suggested.
Huni glared at her, "I'm not going to pay the fine. And besides, it's storming like hell just unleashed a frenzy upon us, I don't want to get wet."
"So then we're stuck here?", Tomoyo said while falling to her knees, sobbing.
Calm broke between the two; the only noise there was were the clamours of rain beating against the walls and windows. It sounded as if rocks were being continuously thrown and would break the windows anytime soon. Then, every now-and-then, lightning would be their only source of light, with a boom of thunder, and if he was lucky, the second boom- Tomoyo screaming- wouldn't happen. The wind sounded as if wolves howled at the biggest full moon ever. Huni was now enjoying the sound of the rain and wind.
Staring outside the doors, he could see distant trees thrash around, almost crying for help. As another streak of lightning flashed and a small thunder roared, Huni noticed a round object spinning and soaring outside. It spun in circles and then, suddenly, it came rushing towards them.
"Watch out!" he yelled while diving and pushing the sobbing Tomoyo to the ground.
The round object collided with the window directly in front of Tomoyo.
Glass scattered on the floor and wind began to blow sharp pelting rain through the hole that the object had created. The wind blew even louder.
Huni felt a quick emergence of coldness on his back as he guarded Tomoyo from the cold blast. When he looked back, a small piece of glass flew towards him. Quickly he jerked his head back just in time to dodge a full pierce to the head, but the glass managed to slightly cut the side of his left eyelid.
"Come on, we have to get out of here!" he yelled, trying to beat the sound of the wind. He helped Tomoyo get up, almost carrying her, and the two rushed around a short corner, avoiding the rage of the storm. "You still want to go out?" he said, holding out a chuckle.
The two made their way around a more distant corner, away from the loud clamour. When they felt that they were far enough and where the noise of the storm was nothing but a whisper, Huni backtracked and stared off in the area they were just at. Bits of glass still flew and a puddle of water started to form near the door.
"What was that?" asked Tomoyo. Her mood was now panicked and almost frightened.
"I think it was a rock", replied Huni. "a pretty big one too", he added while feeling a droplet of blood fall from his cut. He quickly wiped it off and rubbed it against his thumb and index. "We need to find a clock."
Tomoyo dug in her bag for her phone. Her eyes lit open as the light from the phone illuminated her face. "It's seriously nine o'clock?" she gasped.
Huni stood in disbelief.
"Are you serious?", he swiped another droplet of blood.
"But my battery is almost dead, I'll turn my phone off."
Huni looked outside a window. The storm didn't seem to ease, and it looked as if it wouldn't any time soon too. "Seriously, why didn't sensei wake us up? Well, might as well find a warm place to stay, looks like we're spending the night here."
"Are you serious?" yelled Tomoyo at his suggestion.
Huni diverted his gaze to her and shrugged, "I guess, unless you have a better idea."
He waited for her answer, but when she gave none, he walked away.
"W-where are you going?"
"It's safer in a middle area, someplace where windows don't exist." His voice become part panicked.
As he started making his way, Tomoyo said, "Are you sure?"
He turned around and retorted with, "Of course not!".
He rubbed his forehead and ran his hands vigorously through his hair. He couldn't believe the situation he was in. Not only stuck in school during a thunderstorm, but also with the girl he loathed. "I don't know! Okay? I don't know what to do! I was never taught on how to survive being locked up in school before. I don't know what to do okay? I'm just doing what I think its best whether it kills me or keeps me alive." His voice was frightfully invigorating. It almost scared Tomoyo.
"I'm sorry, just calm down…"
"I'm trying to okay!"
Another bolt of lightning flash. This time, the sight of blood near Huni's eye caught Tomoyo's attention. ''Was it when he…?'' she asked herself.
"You're bleeding!", she said.
Huni twirled around a few times in search of a place to go. It wasn't for a few seconds until her words reached his ears.
"Yeah, you keep trying to break my nose. I suppose that by now blood is starting to come out of It.'', he knew that she was really referring to the cut near his eye, but he found it easier to bring back his almost broken nose.
"Shut up, that's not funny."
"Oh really? You're the one who enjoyed laughing while you tried to break it."
Tomoyo crossed her arms and turned away. "Fine, I was going to help."
"Oh that was really reassuring. It kind of felt nice for you to think nicely about me for once."
Striking an angry leer towards Huni as he spoke every word with irony.
Tomoyo began to feel discomfort in her situation. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Nothing!" shouted Huni. "I'm just stuck in a damn school that seems more like a haunted mansion at the moment. And to top it of I'm also stuck with a girl who enjoys passing time by trying to break my fucking nose and isn't careful enough to save her own fucking life!"
The words came out like a knife to her back. She's known Huni ever since first grade, and she has never witnessed such an explosion from him in her entire life. It was as if he was demonized, taken by an evil spirit and had gone madness struck by fear. Seeing him throw a fury made Tomoyo feel even more uncomfortable, and closer to fear herself. It wasn't the Huni she knew…they had their arguments, but it now started to turn out into more of a vocal war.
When lightning struck and thunder roared, a jolt ran through Tomoyo's heart. The rain seemed to have beat even louder than usual, creating an echoed clamour along with Huni's tirade. Tomoyo dug deep into her thoughts, trying to calm herself down, but only found herself breathing harder than usual. When she stared up at Huni, he was still yelling at her, but she couldn't hear his words.
I'm scared…
"It's not fair!" she yelled. Suddenly, she could feel irritation start to mix in with her other emotions of fear. The noise around her quickly came back.
"What do you mean?"
"You can't say that I wasn't careful enough to save myself," she said in her defence. "It's just not fair! I didn't even see it coming! Or even had a chance to react!"
"E—" thunder boomed, blocking out what Huni said. But he waved his hands above his head, articulating a sort of emotion that she couldn't understand. He walked up to her until their noses barely met, then he continued, "—excuses, throw it all away—"
Tomoyo forced herself to react with a sort of self defence, feeling cornered and trapped with fear running through the back of her mind, she quickly swung a hand across the side of Huni's cheek turning his head to the side.
A large barrel of air quickly rushed out as Huni glared at her with evil in his eyes and pulled his right fist back.
Complete fear was in her eyes now.
She closed them and crossed her arms in front of her chest to protect herself from the blow she was about to receive.
But the pain she thought she would feel never appeared. Suddenly, she heard a loud thud next to her left ear. She slowly opened her eyes, still completely frightened.
When a bolt of lightning flashed, Huni's face was revealed for a second, and in that second, Tomoyo could see that his eyes were mesmerized, as if he didn't believe what he almost did. She diverted her gaze to her left and saw his fist still in contact with the wall behind her. With another flash of thunder she noticed that the wall had actually cracked because of all the force he applied on the punch. Blood was dripping from his knuckles and she could see that bits of skin were missing from them.
She coughed forcefully and then side stepped to the right while slowly shaking her head, not believing what had just happened. If that fist had hit her it would have smashed her face.
She hated him, they were rivals, but she never thought that he would ever raise his fist against her.
Huni slapped his temple. He was in disbelief to know what he had almost just done. He took a step towards Tomoyo, but she only took two more steps back away from him.
"I-I'm sorry", he said. It was a true apology. "I'm sorry." He reached out for her, but she took another two steps back.
She continued to back step as she saw Huni creeping closer to her, his hands reaching out to her.
"This isn't you", she softly said.
"I'm sorry", he once again said.
"I hate you!", yelled Tomoyo. "Where is he, the real Huni-Kun?!"
That said, she turned and sprinted down a dark hallway, not caring where she went as long as it was away from the drama that had just occurred.
A quick tear fell from her eyes. As she turned a corner, she passed hallways of windows. The trees still thrashed and the wind only howled even louder. When lightning struck, another sound of thunder roared, making her jump and yelp.
"I'm scared!" she cried, still running.
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Huni only watched as she disappeared into the dark hallway in front of him. Still in shock at what he had done, he clutched his head and shook it.
"Damn it Mitsuhuni, what the hell did you just do?" he yelled to himself. "Almost punching a girl like that?"
He looked at his right fist, and when lightning flickered, he saw blood running down his fingers and into his palm. Huni cursed at the pain he was now feeling coming not only from his fist but from his heart as well. He stared off into the hall where Tomoyo had disappeared into and slowly shook his head, taking several steps back.
"I'm sorry… I'm sorry… Tomoyo-Chan", he said, hoping that his voice would reach her ears even though it was humanly impossible, especially with the storm crying how loud it was.
He quickly fussed with his hair and ran down a separate hallway almost opposite to the one Tomoyo ran into. He made his way to the school's main doors, where the rotunda was. He looked outside the main doors and quickly ran to open them. But just like the other door he first tried, it was locked. He shook his head and ran up the fleet of stairs behind him to the second floor. He ran around a corner, making sure that he was in an area where windows didn't exist, then sat down against a corner and thought about what had just happened. Even in the situation he was in, he felt a slight warmth when she called him not by his family name like she used to nowadays but by his nickname, adding –Kun at the end. That was how she used to call him when they were still good friends.
''Fuck, I let my fear get the best of me'', he said and then adding ''I'm scared.''
*End Of Chapter 2*
Author's notes: Just 3 or 4 more chapters to go. When I'm done with this one I'll get back on writing my other fanfic, please just wait a bit longer. I might not get many reviews from this one but I'm really enjoying writing it. If you like it please review and check out my other fanfic :D