not much to say except...uh, i'm posting this now because next week, i'll dedicate myself to write up the requests people gave. and i'm going somewhere tomorrow and i won't be back for a while!
warning for this chapter: if you're not comfortable with blood, please don't read the first part of the chapter!
Two teachers were waiting for the students to finish with the program. One sat on the floor, hugging her knees and her head lowered down while the other just stood up, leaning on the wall.
"You think they'll actually do it…?" the teacher sitting down asked her partner as she hugged her knees tighter.
The other teacher shook his head, "I'm not sure. But it's the head's orders so…"
Moments later, the auditorium door opened and a boy walked out. Covered from head to toe in red, a knife which stained with a sticky red substance on his right hand, it was so obvious what happened inside.
"I'm done, am I dismissed?" the boy asked, his soulless eyes staring at the teacher who was standing, shocked by his appearance and emotionless expression.
"Y-Yes…" the teacher stuttered, "You're dismissed."
The boy walked away, heading for the bathroom to clean up. The moment the boy was out of their site, the two teachers ran inside the auditorium to see what happened. Only they were met with the rotten scent of blood occupying their nostrils.
The whole auditorium was completely dyed in red. Corpses of the supposed graduating students laid out on the chairs and aisles. Sad, they had a future ahead of them…but that once bright future that waited for them faded away because of this. Many of these students were killed on the spot, decapitated, beheaded, tried to run away but were murdered on their path to freedom, committed suicide because of such events, and so much more.
And the teachers looked up, a student's body was hanging above from the auditorium's chandelier. Blood dripped down from it.
…
Kariya sprinted briskly to the entrance of the school. He can't help but ponder about Tenma's words for he needed a brief background about the him in this world.
According to Tenma, most of his personality is the same but the Kariya in this world is a smart kid. One of the top students in his year. But unlike the Kariya in this world, the Kariya we all know is grades back home weren't the greatest. Hiroto and Midorikawa would often lecture him about trying to be more responsible about his grades. How is he going to try and convince everyone that he's the smart Kariya that everyone in this world knows? Oh, what trouble awaits him.
The sun was setting right now, with orange, red, yellow, and a dash of purple mixed together to form the late afternoon sky. He noticed how the windows reflected on the setting sun.
He reached the school gate and Kirino and Sakura await for him. Their hairstyles looked slightly different from the hairstyles that Kariya knew. Sakura's hair no longer had the cherry blossom-shaped bun on her hair. Her hair was kept down neatly, reaching the bottom of her neck. As for Kirino, his pigtails were undone, letting his smooth, pink hair move with the wind. Kariya always admired Kirino's hair, very tempted to touch it when Kirino was near him.
"Masaki, you're late!" Sakura scolded the young boy.
"S-Sorry…" Kariya muttered, rolling his eyes at Sakura.
Sakura almost wanted to hit him but Kirino stopped her from doing so. He glared at Sakura which made her shiver in fright and move away from him. Kirino smiled innocently.
"Now Sakura, don't be mean to Masaki. He's our little brother, probably, he just had a meeting with his friends…like, um…" Kirino tried to remember who was Kariya's friend.
"Tsurugi Kyousuke?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah! Him…" Kirino piped up, grinning.
"Huh, you usually don't forget the names of Masaki's friends." Sakura pointed out.
Kirino could feel sweat trickling down his face, "A-Ahaha, I'm just having so much in my head right now. Sorry."
Kariya sighed, which interrupted the conversation between the two pink-haired teens, "Guys, let's just go home, alright?"
Sakura sighed, "Fine. I'll lead the way."
She started walking down the road in front of her. Kirino and Kariya followed her. The good thing was, their home is just nearby.
…
"I'm home!" Sakura exclaimed, opening the door of her home together with Kirino and Kariya. They placed their shoes at the shoe rack and went further inside.
Home seemed really comfortable, not too big and not too small either. Kariya quickly ran upstairs and entered the first room he saw. It's most likely Kirino's room since it contained posters and items that he knew Kirino would like or describe him. Kirino followed inside and placed his stuff at the side. Sakura entered the room and saw Kariya just standing idly in the room.
"Aren't you going to fix up, Masaki?" Sakura asked the junior. Kariya snapped and looked at Sakura with a puzzled look.
"Fix up?" Kariya asked.
"Yeah, you and Kirino share a room. Remember…?" Sakura pointed out.
"A-Ah…I do." Kariya replied dryly and started fixing his things. Well, there goes a mental note to ask for more information about the him from Matsukaze Tenma.
The evening proceeded on. They did their homeworks, prepared dinner, took a shower, and time passed by so quickly that it was already 10PM in the evening.
Sakura was already asleep in her room. Her school books and notebooks were sprawled out everywhere on the bed, it made her room look so untidy.
Kariya was already dressed in his pajamas and laid down on the bed. According to his sister, he and Kirino had to share a bed since their parents were too lazy to renovate the house to add a room. Kirino walked out of the bathroom, clothed in his pajamas. He laid down next to Kariya, covering himself with the blankets he had to share with him. He switched off the lamp light, letting the darkness flow inside the room and everything was silent for a few minutes.
"Kirino-senpai…?" Kariya spoke up.
"Hm?" Kirino asked.
"…Am I different, to you?" Kariya asked.
Kirino kept quiet before proceeding on with his answer, "Not really…I guess. You do seem kinda off today, but you always are when you're stressed."
"A-Ah…" Kariya stuttered, "S-Sorry for bothering you then."
Kirino chuckled, "It's alright. Oh, and Masaki?"
"Yeah…?"
"Call me Ranmaru." Kirino said confidently. Kariya nearly blushed at the statement.
"B-But I always call you–"
"We're siblings now, remember?" Kirino pointed out.
"Yeah, but–" Kariya tried to protest his statement but Kirino went close to him and shut his mouth with his hand.
"Not another word out of you. Come on, let's sleep." Kirino yawned as he finished his statement, "Good night."
Kariya felt Kirino wrap his arms around his waist as the pink haired boy fell into a deep slumber. The teal haired boy tried to pull him away from his personal space but his attempt failed. He decided not to let it bother him and just fall asleep.