'Something's wrong. Haruto should've been here by now.' Riku and Sora had been standing near the entrance to the gymnasium for a few minutes by now. They knew Haruto wouldn't have ditched them without even helping set up the vigil. Something had to have happened to him.
"We should probably check the locker room. Maybe Haruto got distracted?" Riku suggested, looking out at the locker room building.
"Yeah, I agree." Sora had already started walking off towards the building, leaving Riku a few paces behind.
The two had only walked for a minute before reaching the double doors, which were currently shut. Riku had pulled on the doors to no effect. The doors were obviously locked, begging the question of how that happened in the first place. Haruto had to have been able to enter with no problem or else he would have made his way to the gymnasium.
"Let's find Taiso-sensei to unlock the doors. She's usually here early and has keys for the doors." Riku had decided to try to leave Sora behind, only for him to jog to close the distance between them. The two boys had only needed to walk to the school entrance to find their gym teacher there already, waiting for any students to enter. They waved over to her and she quickly noticed.
"Oh, hey, boys! Something the matter?" She called out to them, her strong voice easily reaching them as she waved back.
"Could you please unlock the locker room doors, Taiso-sensei? Haruto went in there earlier, but we can't find him." Riku asked.
"Sure! I'd be glad to be of help!" She had already started jogging over to the building, leaving the two less athletic boys in the dust. She had already reached the doors when they had rounded the corner of the school building, out of breath when they reached her.
"You... are... really... fast." Sora commented, panting and out of breath by the time he reached their teacher. Riku was supporting himself against the wall, breathing heavily.
Kyoshi had already pulled her set of keys out and set to unlocking the double doors, steam billowing out the doors.
"Stange. It seems someone must have left something on." Kyoshi already walked in, motioning for Sora and Riku to follow her, the two reluctantly following, knowing she could easily leave them behind. The humidity was practically unbearable in the room with the tinge of a strange smell assaulting their senses.
"Did someone clean here recently?" Riku asked, turning his head to Kyoshi who had already started walking toward the boys' side of the locker room.
"Perhaps..." Sora replied, his voice trailing off as he started following Kyoshi.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Riku had chased after them, breaking into a quick dash despite the humidity and chasing their gym teacher wearing down on him. He was quickly stopped behind Kyoshi and Sora, who had both stopped in front of the source of the sharp smell permeating throughout the locker room. Riku gasped, now understanding why the two of them had stopped.
In front of them laid Haruto Yuto. Or at least, his corpse. It wasn't a pretty sight. His throat was slashed open, blood pouring out, and his eyes were red, blood coming out where his eyes were as well. There was no weapon, only an open locker spilling out notes and panties, some of them already soaked in blood. Riku couldn't even let out a gasp. It was too horrifying to even do that. They stood there for what felt like an eternity before Kyoshi pulled her phone out and called the police.
"Hello? There's been a death at Akademi High School! We need help right away!" Kyoshi yelled into the phone, then put it away and stayed besides the corpse. "You two, wait for the police to arrive!" She ordered, Riku and Sora both complying as they ran to the entrance.
A few minutes had passed by and the police hadn't arrived yet. However, three students and Akademi High School's six other teachers had arrived. The teachers looked bewildered when they explained the situation, and two of the students started whispering to each other. They were Sakyu Basu and Inkyu Basu with Kuu Dere standing off to the side, reading her book.
A few more minutes had passed and the police arrived, Sora and Riku guiding them to the building where Kyoshi was guarding the body. The police ushered Riku and Sora into the building for questioning alongside the Basu sisters and Kuu Dere, while the teachers were quickly alerting parents that school couldn't operate for the day. Naturally, everyone would know by tomorrow no matter how tight lipped the police and faculty stayed, for the Basu sisters would make sure the whole world knew. Gossip is their thing.
Following questioning, Riku, Sora, the Basu sisters, and Kuu Dere were released from the school and sent home. They had stood outside the entrance, the Basu sisters starting to gossip.
"Like, OMG, this is happening again!" Sakyu remarked to her sister, Inkyu nodding.
"Yeah! I wonder why someone killed Haruto?" Inkyu asked the four of them, Kuu ignoring her question and the boys a bit reluctant to reply. "You two were with him before school, right? Well, why'd he end up dead?" Inkyu had turned to Riku and Sora, her eyes shifting between them.
"Well, we were setting up a vigil for Rana-sensei..." Sora began, nervously tapping his cheek as he looked down.
"What do you think about this whole thing, Kuu?" Sakyu had realized pushing Riku and Sora for answers would be pointless since her sister had that covered, and walked over to their silent classmate.
Kuu didn't respond, her eyes glued to the book as the went by each letter.
"Uh, hello?" Sakyu waved her hand in front of Kuu's face causing her to look up.
"I don't think much of it." Her voice was sounded monotone, and she returned to reading right after, the Basu sisters rolling their eyes and immediately started texting, most likely spreading the word of what happened.
"Well, bye!" Riku started walking away with Sora following and Kuu not too far behind, her face still on her book. It was a wonder she made it to school every day like that alright. The three of them walked together for a few minutes before they all parted ways, each of them making it home safely as if there wasn't a murderer on the lose at their high school.
Hello everyone! Thanks for checking out the newest chapter, and I'm really sorry it's late! I got caught up in something on Tuesday, and I couldn't post this chapter! Anyways, enjoy! Any sort of feedback is appreciated!