Chapter 5
Ways
"I don't know; I don't know how to get rid of this woman." Kotarou felt a sweat drop slowly make its way down his cheek. He slowly turned his head to Takashi, who was frozen with fear and happiness next to him. "What are we supposed to do now, smartass?" Kotarou felt his heart throb. "Oh shit, oh shit." Kotarou grabbed Takashi by the shirt collar. "Dude, we're just friends, okay?" Takashi burst into laughing, but Kotarou didn't think it was funny at all.
"You mean to tell me that you want to joke around right now, instead of find a way out?" Kotarou punched Takashi in the stomach; but not too hard. It was enough to knock some sense into him. Takashi took his shoes off, revealing un-matched socks. "Let's go out the way I came in." He gripped Kotarou's shoes, and yanked them off. He took his own left shoe and slammed it against the door. "Run, KoTa." Takashi stayed there and threw his right shoe at the door as Kotarou climbed out the window.
"What are you doing, Ten-chan?" Kotarou asked. Why was he throwing shoes at the door? Takashi looked back to face the window. "I'm making her think we're still in the room. I'm going to move a dresser in front of the door. Now run, KoTa. We don't have much time to spare. I'm going to mess your room up so much, and put a pillow under your bed sheets to make her think we're under them. We need to make her spend so much figuring out to do before she actually looks for us…" Takashi talked so fast that it was hard to understand him. But Kotarou got the main point of it. "Bye. I'll be at the school."
Takashi stayed there until every picture was crooked on the wall, all books were off the shelves, clothes piled on the floor, and a pillow under the sheets. The room was a MESS! Takashi laughed it off as he met Kotarou at the school.
"So, you did it?" Kotarou asked in a shaky voice. "Yea. But we need to tell the police." Takashi started down the sidewalk. Kotarou tried to catch up to him by running, but failed. Takashi could jog faster than Kotarou could run. It was a known fact throughout the school. "Wait! Don't you think we should keep it a secret?" Takashi stopped jogging, and stood frozen.
"What?" Kotarou asked.
"I don't know if you are crazy, or what KoTa." Takashi turned and faced Kotarou, who was standing behind him, bewildered.
"What?!" Kotarou asked, a little more of a demand.
"She is a c-h-i-l-d m-o-l-e-s-t-e-r. She hurts little kids like us. We need to tell someone. And plus, if you like Uematsu, then you have to be brave and tell. You don't want to make her think that you are cheating on her, would you?" Takashi frowned.
"How do you know I like Uematsu?" Kotarou asked, more concerned about that then her thinking he's cheating.
"Dude, it's obvious. We're pals, too. I know you, man." He rested his hand on Kotarou, then pulled him close, patting his back. "A man's gotta do, what a man's gotta do."