HIM

The voice

"I'll take that.." 

Akio's eyes widened as he realised his Pocky had just disappeared from his hands.

"Are you there. HIM?  Y- you took my Pocky!" I stuttered attempting to navigate where the voice was coming from.

"Him?"

"Well since you are disclosing no information about yourself, I am referring to you as HIM. Never mind that can I please have my Pocky?"

"Oh right sorry, here you go" HIM replied unsettled.

The voice did not have it's normal playful tone in fact it almost seemed worried. Besides, its not like I care about the anonymous voice I just want it to stop bothering me. The Pocky appeared besides me. I felt some sort of tension, almost the same tension I felt with my mother earlier. I decided to disrupt the otherwise silent street by asking HIM  a few questions.

"So... where did you come from?" I asked.

"Same place you came from."  he replied with a surprisingly unenthusiastic tone

"Helpful." I muttered to myself. "Why did you come here?"

"I see you didn't speak with your father this year, how come?" 

"How conceited considering the fact it was your  fault" I replied, irritated at the fact he completely ignored my question. 

"Suzu...want to help me find my body?"

There it was again. Suzu.

"Pardon me?" 

"You heard me. My body. I lost my body and using your powers you can help me find it. What d'ya say?" 

"Uh, apologies but still not following." 

" I see you're still as thickheaded as you ever were." He said slyly with a grin

This tone, i recognised this tone without a doubt this was ... Hiru Kimura.

Hiru Kimura was no doubt one of the most intelligent kids at Akio's middle school. He always received top marks in every test. Always had a solution to every problem and overall was full of wisdom and curiosity. However his curiosity led to the better of him or at least that's what Akio was told. No one knew Kimura better then Akio did so he always had doubts about Kimura's mysterious demise but his nine year old brain was too young to comprehend what was happening. His parents, neighbours and teachers all silenced him whenever he brought up Kimura's tragic "death". However this was Akio's perfect opportunity to find out what had truly happened during that time...