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Prologue Part 8: Escaping Punishment!

Yuuto's POV

After a while, me and Grim found our way to the cafeteria, sitting down at a table waiting for Ace.
"I'm already beat from cleaning all day... Now we have to wash a hundred windows, too..." Grim sighed while I tapped my finger at the table.
"Well we don't really have a choice. If you're over it then just get it done." I told him as I patted his head.
"That Ace guy is sure taking his sweet time. Who does he think he is, making me wait! I'm pissed!" He said angrily.
"Maybe something came up. I'm sure he's coming soon." I said even though I doubted that he would come.

Some minutes passed and Ace still hasn't showed up.
"........" Grim started to look annoyed.

Some more minutes passed and still no Ace.
"............" Grim now started to look pissed.

An hour passed and no Ace.
"......I don't care what happened, this is too late!! Wait, he wouldn't just skip out, right!" Judging by the way he acted today, I'm pretty sure he would.

"I'm not gonna let him get away with putting all the punishment on us! Let's go henchman! We're gonna catch Ace and make him do all the window washing!" Then he dashed out of the cafeteria.
"Wait!? Henchman!?! Since when I was a henchman!?! Hey, wait for me!!" And with that I dashed out of the cafeteria, catching up with Grim.

"Oraaaa! Where's Ace! We're not gonna let you hide away!" Grim said, bursting out of a classroom door but there was no one in there.
"..Ah, there's nobody here!?"
"Guess not." I said until a voice spoke.

"No. I'm here." I looked around but didn't see anybody  around. Unless it was...
"Ffgyaaaaaa!!! The picture talked." Yup. Why am I not surprised? Of course in this world portraits are talking.

"What now? It's not uncommon for paintings to talk at this school. The Wall Lady over there, the Wall Gentleman over here, everyone can speak. Portraits can speak because they have a mouth. That's normal, you know?" The portrait explained.

"Well in my world, it's not normal for paintings to talk." I told him.
"Your "normal" and my "normal" differ in regards to our quirks. Isn't that true?" The portrait asked me.
"Hehe~ You got a point there."
"That aside, who are you looking for?" The portrait asked us.

"A guy named Ace. He's got a heart mark on his face and hair that sticks up." I kinda giggled when Grim started to describe Ace.
"Aaah, I know him. He's one of the freshman that started today. He went back to his dorm not too long ago..." Knew it! I mean it was obvious, but still!

"Whaaahaaat! So he did try to get away! Which way did he go?" Grim asked the portrait.
"The entrance is behind the East Building." The portrait answered.
"Hey! We're going after him!" Grim then dashed out of the door, and before following him I bowed a little at the painting.
"Thank you Mr. Portrait!" I thanked him.
"No problem little one. I think you should catch up to your little friend now."
"Ah, yes! Thank you again!" I thanked him once more before following Grim.

3rd POV ( it's been so long since I've done the 3rd POV)

The young man walks along the hall and reaches to the Hall of Mirrors, where he's going to his dormitory.
"No way I'm washing a hundred windows. Gonna head on home..." He mumbled to himself, while getting close to the Mirror. But, before he takes another step, he hears a familiar voice calling him.

"Heeeeeeeeey yooooooouuuuuu!!!!" The grey cat yelled at him. When Ace turned he saw Grim running in full speed towards him with Yuuto not too far behind.
"Geh! You found me" Ace yelped.
"Jeeeerk!! Hold up!! I won't let you be the only one to escape!"

"I'm not just going to wait around for you! I'm outta here!" Ace then began to run away in full sprint from the two.
"It's not fair for only you to get out of it! I want to skip out too!" Grim huffed.
"You're no different from him. Come on, let's go!" The black haired boy told the cat as they ran faster.