“Ugh… WHEN WILL MY MISERY END!” You looked at the missing assignments before you. Being scolded by your teacher for not turning in these wasn't on your bucket list, but it wasn't really your fault that they had to assign the most boring things.

“Oh, come on, they aren't that bad, Y/N-san!~” Aoi Akane, a classmate of yours, cooed. Her soft voice made it sound genuine, but there was a hint of teasing laced under it.

“Easy for you to say…” I muttered looking over one of the assignments, 'What in the– Why are we learning about geckos from hell?!’

As you were contemplating on ending it all right there, you heard two voices, specifically from two girls that were not seated far away from you and Aoi. They were talking about some rumors that have been going around that school recently.

“Hey! Ao-chan, Y/N-san!” A girl called out, it was Nene Yashiro. She's also one of your classmates and also the person you understood most. You have similar interests and hobbies, both of you have hamsters (-Well you had, yours had just taken its own life by jumping down its own cage) and you would consider Nene one of your bestest friends.

Not to mention, she has the cutest daikon legs! Even if other people may not really find them attractive, you find them absolutely adorable.

“Oh! Hi Nene-chan!” Aoi smiled at the daikon legged girl who was walking towards them.

Nene took a chair and sat down beside you, “Missing assignments again?”

You sighed, “Yes, and apparently we’re learning about some gecko from hell.”

Nene looked at you with a sorrowful expression.

“Don't pity me!” your eye twitched, “I chose to procrastinate, it's my fault I didn't get them done. So don't look down on me.”

Yashiro waved her hands in front of her, “No, no I'm not!” Yashiro then looked at Aoi, bringing her hands down, “Have you guys heard about the rumors?”

“About the school mysteries?” Aoi answered, well, questioned.

“Yes! That one!”

Aoi brought a finger up to her chin, “Yes, I have. Why are you asking?”

you shook your head, “I haven't, mind telling me about it?”

“Sure!”

“Rumor has it that there are seven mysteries inside the school.”

“It is said that if you uncover the truth behind these mysteries, something will occur.”

“The most well known one is the seventh mystery: Hanako-san of the bathroom. She will grant you a wish, but it comes with a prize.”

You made an ‘o’ face, “That girl with the bob cut?”

“Mhm!” Yashiro answered, “And I am going to make a wish!” her eyes gleamed with excitement.

“Really? Just be careful, okay?..” Aoi said, worry laced on her words.

“Dont worry too much Aoi-chan,” you waved your hand dismissively, “I'll be going with her.”

Nene looked at you, “But–”

“No buts, I'm going whether you like it or not. Plus, i wanna check out this ‘Hanako-san' ’”

Nene signed, “Fine. I don't really have any other choice, do I?”

“Nope.” I smiled, knowing that I won as per usual. Even if she didn't let me go with her, I would probably still do it. Anyways, back to the assignments– The gecko from hell…

***

It was recess right now and me and Nene-can we're on our way to the third floor bathroom. I don't really understand what the hype was about it, I mean, it’s just some old bathroom that some students decided to deem haunted.

“Y/N-San…”

I looked behind me and gave Nene a closed-eyed smile, “Yes?”

“Do–” Nene gulped- “Do you really think it's haunted?”

I hummed while opening the door to the girls bathroom, “I guess We’ll have to find out.”

Nene took a deep breath before knocking on the door, feeling brave enough to confront her fears.

I leaned against the window seal, arms crossed, ‘This will certainly be interesting…’

“Hanako-san, Hanako-san, are you there?”

The bathroom stall creaked open and we heard a chilling voice, “I’m here~”

My eyes examined the now opened stall, “Weird i could have sworn–”

“Behind you–” Someone said behind Nene.

‘OH NO YOU DONT–’

I took my baseball bat and swung it towards the stranger, good for them, they dodged and landed on the floor.

“Wah! Y/N-san! You could've killed me!” Yashiro wailed, holding her head.

I didn't pay any attention to Yashiro and focused on the stranger before me.

“Who are you?” I asked, or more like demanded.

“Pfft–” They laughed, standing - no, floating of the ground. The person looked at Nene (who was currently clinging to my arm) and asked, “Are you alright?”

“Hey don't ignore me!” I irked, bringing my bat up and pointed it at them, “Who are you?”

“I'm a ghost,” they answered nonchalantly.

“Ghost?”

“Yes, the seventh of the seven school mysteries, to be exact,” they sat down on the toilet lid thingy, “Hanako-san of the bathroom, pleased to meet you.”

Nene gasped beside me and let go of my arm, “Hanako-san!? I… Impossible!”

“Yeah, how do we really know that you're not lying. Aren't you supposed to have a bob cut and some red dress?”

“And you're a boy.” Nene pointed out.

The ghost made two peace signs and held them up to his face, “That stuff is outdated, “ he answered, “you can call me Hanako-kun if you want.”

“I'm indeed a boy.” He summoned one of his hakujoudai’s, “Aside from my gender, all stories you've heard of me were true. I will grant the wish of who summons me. For a price, of course.”

“Don't you have a wish?” Hanako-kun asked, Nene nodded, “Well then, let me hear it.”

“Are you sure you're not some creepy perv? What are you even doing in the girls bathroom?” I asked with boredom, a poker face stretched upon my features.

Hanako-kun floated into the bathroom stall, on his way back to the place he came from.

Nene glanced at me and then back at Hanako, “They were joking! A boy Hanako-san is soooo cool! Right, Y/N-san?!” Yashiro looked back at me with pleading eyes.

“Sure.” I shrugged, “If Nene thinks you're cool, then youre cool.”

“Cool…” he muttered. “Okay tell me your wish! Im all ears!” He did a whole 180, taking out a notepad and a pencil.

'What a shallow guy..' Nene thought.

“Im nene Yashiro, a high school student from class 1-a!” she exclaimed, “I want the guy i like to fall in love with me this instant!”

“Yashiro.. And what you want is romance..” Hanako.kun muttered as he wrote down in his notepad, “And his name?”

“Minamoto-senpai, a second year!” Yashiro answered and showed him a picture of Teru Minamoto, “He’s hot, has good grades, and is very nice. He’s amazing. Our school prince.”

“Hmm…” Hanako hummed, holding his chin, “And you?” Hanako-kun looked at me.

“I didn’t summon you, smarty,” I said, “I’m only here because of the thrill of the moment.”

Hanako-kun blinked, did they just call him stupid? Nonetheless, they were right, they didn't summon him. Not only that, they looked extremely familiar. It was like he had met them in a dream. Anyways, back to Nene.

Hanako-kun took the last glance at you before turning his attention back to the daikon-legged girl, “Okay. I’ll grant your wish.”

Yashiro grinned, excitement glowing around her figure, “No way!”

“So how do you make everyone's wishes come true, Hanako-san?” she continued, “Do you have magic items?”

You looked up from your phone, interest peaked at this. Magic items? Like the ones in movies and books?

“Yep.” Hanako-kun reached into his pocket, “In fact, I have something incredible here.”

'Incredible?!' Both you and Yashiro taught at the same time.

Hanako-kun then brought out a book titled 'LOVE STRATEGIES, HUNDRED WAYS!'

“Here you go.”

Nene took the book from him and shook her head. You just deadpanned at the ghost, does he really not have any experience in this department? Surely he has something to help with matchmaking?

“This might not be a surprise to you,” Hanako-kun started, sitting down on the window seal you stood beside. You shuffled away from him, not wanting to be near the ‘pervy ghost’ as you called him. “But anytime you elicit services from a ghost like me, you have to pay a price.”

You looked at Hanako-kun, then at Yashiro and back at Hanako. Did they already forget you? You were completely done with this. You walked out of the girls bathroom, leaving your friend to get her wish.

You didn't really have anything against the idea of Nene getting together with the school prince, it was just that it was unnecessary. Being with Teru is only going to bring you attention, and sure, Nene likes attention, but there is always too much attention for a person. And if i might add, there are going to be many, many people being jealous of her, and that can lead to drama. You didn't like when people were involved in drama, especially your friends. Aoi is popular, sure, but the people around her aren’t as crazy as Teru’s fans.

And now this ghost guy? To you he just seemed like a dead pervert. But there was something familiar with him, like you had seen him before. You didn't dwell on the possibility of seeing him before, you could have met him earlier in your life.

Why did Yashiro have to get involved in this crap? Only because to get some guy (that she doesn't even know the name of!-) to like her back.

She doesn't like Teru Minamoto, she just likes the idea of being with him.

You sighed, “Getting involved in stuff she shouldn't even be in…”

You put your baseball bat over your shoulder, “Well, can't really do anything about it right now,” you said, walking to your next class, “Guess I'll just have to wait and see.”