2020

“Hah!”

Himiko wakes after she faints once Hiroshi's house has folded.

"Huh...huh...huh…"

She searches for space to breathe like someone who just awakes from a nightmare. Her sweat filled her forehead.

Urgh...wait, I don't remember what I'm doing before I sleep…huh?

She looks around and finds Hiroshi who sleeps on the floor. She is on the sofa in Hiroshi house.

"My head...spinning…urgh."

What am I doing here? What is he doing here? Where's Anzu?

She decides to walk around the house. It is exactly like the house that she entered with Hiroshi before. Not the empty one.

"Auch!"

She stepped on a key next to Hiroshi who was still asleep.

Is this key to his house?

She just ignored it and walked around the house to find Anzu but didn't find her. As she explores the kitchen, a stinking smell disturbs her nose.

"Help...help…help..."

A slow voice came from the kitchen.

"Hah!"

Himiko is terrified by two imperfect corpses lying on the floor. She tries to calm herself but fails. She ran away toward the door and left the house.

****

Two days later, Anzu comes to school and finds a group of teachers talking about something important.

“Good morning Anzu…have you heard about that news?” a woman's voice greeting her from behind.

“Oh, morning Hina…what news?”

“Two students are missing about three days before…their parents have already contacted the police.”

“Missing? Did you know who they are?”

“I'm teaching one of the student classes, his name is Tanaka Yori but not the other one, what is his name again…. Sato Yuji if I’m not mistaken.”

“Oh…I don't remember teaching students with their names either…”

“Oh come on Anzu, you never remember your student name hahaha!”

“Hehe…yeah, that’s a thing too…”

“Whatever...we should hand it over to the cops to search for them, let’s hope everything is fine for them.”

“Ehm…” Anzu nodded.

It can’t be…the two that followed Hiroshi last time right? What is their name again? Ehm… No…I don't think so. Wait, what about the boy that was left in Hiroshi’s Region? I completely forgot about him…He must be the one that is being reported right? So there’s another one missing? Eh…that doesn't make sense…it must be another case. But that means the one in Hiroshi’s Region is still not being detected as missing? Ergh, I'm thinking too much, not that I care…

****

Even after all that has happened, Hiroshi still comes to school like a normal kid with his messy appearance. While the teacher gives a lesson in the front…

Ergh…I’m hungry. What should I eat for lunch? Onigiri sounds good…

Hiroshi looked outside the class. A cat suddenly crossed on the balcony fence. Hiroshi’s eyes turned maleficent like a predator while looking at it.

****

Himiko in her human form is folding her shirt in a white room.

It’s been two days already…what should I do? If I tell others, they might find out about Anzu. But…I can't just leave a nightmare killing humans like him. That’s surely a human corpse…there’s two of them…I don’t know if she cares, but I should probably tell Anzu first.

“Himiko…Professor Yamato wants to see you,” a voice came from a speaker in her room.

“Oh…alright!”

Himiko leaves her room and goes through a lab-like building with so many rooms. She arrives in one room with Professor Yamato's name on the door. The door opened automatically after she arrived and closed when she entered. Professor Yamato is sitting on his chair.

“WF27…Right?” without wasting any time, he asked for something like a code name.

“Yes, professor! That’s me…” Himiko answered with spirit.

“Are you enjoying your time with Hiroshi?”

“H-hah?” Himiko was too stunned to speak, she didn't expect the Nightmare’s name would be the thing that Professor Yamato would say to her.