Blood Moon

Chapter 26

-Flashback-

Girl: There there, don't cry. It's all over now...

Boy: *Crying* B-But it hurts!

Girl: Don't be like that. Those jerks won't hurt you again! Remember, as long as I'm here! They wouldn't think twice about messing with you!

Boy: Heh...*Sniffs* Thanks Manaka...

Manaka: Of course! You're my best friend! I won't let anything happen to you! I'll always protect you~!

Boy: I...I want to do the same!

Manaka: Alright! Let's even if we grow old. Let's continue looking after each other? Sounds good!

Boy: Of course!

Manaka: Pinky promise?

Boy: Pinky Promise!

Manaka: Cross My Heart-!

Boy: And Hope To Die~!

Manaka: *Giggles* We're going to be best friends forever, Hiroshi!

-End Flashback-

*Hiroshi's Pov*

....Ugh....

Why did I have to go through a memory lane...

Manaka...

It's been two days since she 'vanished' at K Academy.

At least that's what the reports are saying on the news. But I know the full truth of really happened to her...

Fuck...

I don't think I have the heart to face her Mom to deliver the devastating news.

Weird...I've survived another near death experience with a evil spirit but Manaka doesn't...?

Quite ironic actually...

But...

Manaka...she didn't...deserve this...

I felt...NUMB...

I...just lost a friend to this horrific nightmare that I can't wake up from...

Ruri is still missing too.

It makes me wonder...am I really part to blame...?

Think about it...

If I didn't go out that night under the full blood moon...Ruri would still be here...and Manaka wouldn't have died...

My thoughts then turned to Hannya-sama.

Because of her...her sick and tiwsted games.

Manaka was DEAD and I don't know when I'm going to die...

Hell...

I could die anytime soon grappling in straws here!

My mind was still fuzzy from that night...

Me:.....

*knock* *knock* *knock*

What the...?

Who could be visiting me in this time of the night...?

I got up from the couch and looked out the peekhole.

It was Kamishiro.

Kaede: Hiroshi-kun...A-Are you home?

Her voice sounds a little shaky. Oh... that's right...I'm not the only one grieving here. She and Manaka were also close.

I let her into my apartment.