Keia

Chapter 14: Second Loop (Autumn)

    Autumn felt a shiver run up his spine when he thought about it. He got so roped up into something that made him want to throw up. Thoughts of the flower-filled corpse would appear in his mind on occasion and make him tear up and feel nauseous. It's something he's put up with for quite some time now, but at least Robin was still safe. 

"I wonder how much longer this will last..." The girl sitting next to Autumn whispered to him. He figured that it wouldn't be bad to try to comfort her a little bit. 

"Heck, if we are stuck here for a while we may be able to skip out on this class." He gently nudges her with his elbow. "That could be pretty cool." The girl frowned a little bit after Autumn said this, and didn't say anything after. Not exactly what Autumn was going for, but at least he tried. He noticed himself pulling on his hair and rubbing his hand along the carpet. How much longer would this last? Autumn felt a tugging on his sleeve.

"There's an ambulance outside," she said. She showed Autumn her phone with some messages from her friend and a photo. Autumn felt his hand lift up from the carpet and to the phone.

"I know this girl..." 

Autumn stares at the phone for a moment at the two girls on the stretchers. He was positive one of them was Keia but... this other girl. 

Robin?

Almost immediately Autumn tosses the phone back to the girl and he pulls out his own phone. He opens up his contacts and calls Robin.

Brring.

Brring.

Brring.

"Heeey, Robin here. You have reached my voicemail! Make it snazzy~" 

Shit! Autumn grips tightly onto his jeans. Everything was just getting worse from here. 

"You're roped up in my world now, Autumn."

No! This didn't have anything to do with him, did it? 

"And I have plenty of methods..." 

Autumn felt himself starting to panic as he began to open up various social media apps trying to see if Robin had posted anything. She would've! Something about the lockdown to make light of the situation. That's something she would do! No matter where Autumn checked there were no posts from her. 

That didn't prove it was her on the stretcher though, right? Autumn felt his phone buzz. It was Robin, right..? Texting him in order to let him know that she was ok!

Lyle: "do you know what's going on?"

Autumn felt himself slump down and hold onto his phone tight. Nothing mattered if he couldn't make sure that his friends were alright. Autumn closed his eyes and felt like his very Earth was on fire.