Note : I am not giving any warnings. Read at your own risk
Haruomi invited Ryuichi and Yukihiro to a mountain retreat. When Ryuichi asked if there was any special occasion, Haru told his bandmate that he wanted the three of them to spend some time away from music and busyness for a while. "That sounds nice." Said Yukihiro and the three of them agreed to go.
They're all packed up and ready to go. Haru reserved a place and it's a wooden house in the forest but it's still accessible to the main road. Yuki pulled up the van and the trio got off and went inside. "What do you think?" asked Haru for the two's first impression. "Not a bad choice.". "It looks really comfy." Said Ryuichi and Yuki. "I'm glad that you two like it." Haru's eyes curved to a smile and they picked a room then unpacked.
Right across the cabin, there was also a lake and Haru had reserved the place for a week. For the first few days, there was nothing out of the ordinary until the fourth. It's morning and both Ryuichi and Yukihiro already awake while Haruomi was still asleep. Yuki was concerned so he went to Haru's room. "Hosono-san? Are you awake? It's almost nine." Asked Yuki after knocking. Haru woke up from the noise and opened the door to greet his bandmate. "Good morning. Sorry I overslept a little." And apologized.
The first thing Yukihiro noticed was Haru's dirty clothes, messy hair, and something looked like blood smeared around his mouth which concerns Yuki more. "Did you have a good sleep? You look... messy.". "Oh! I... uh... must've been sleepwalking!" Haru gave an excuse. "And your uh..." Yuki gestured his hand around his mouth. "I... must've made a red juice while I was sleepwalking." Haru gave another excuse and hurriedly left his room.
Yuki thought it was weird because the items in the kitchen are untouched after dinner. He went back to the living room and asked Ryuichi if he noticed anything weird about Haruomi. "Now that you mention it... I did notice something odd from him since the first night." Ryuichi then added that he heard noises and when he went to check, he saw Haru sneaking out from the cabin. "I stayed up the next night following him and he seemed to disappear over the lake and went back in the morning."
The two then discussed about Haru then the man of the topic abruptly cut the discussion. "What are you two talking about?" he asked. "We were..." Ryuichi was trying to find and excuse and Yuki told Haru that they were talking about him but instead he said that Haru can have the day for himself. "And why?". "We... noticed that you've been exhausted lately so we thought that you can take the day all for yourself!" Ryuichi added the excuse and Haru appreciated the gesture, which saved the actual reason.
Night fell and Haru decided to sleep early and the two followed along. "Good night, Hosono-san!" said Yukihiro and the two waited. After about two hours, Haru snuck out to the woods. "I told you he snuck out!" Ryuichi half whispered and the two followed Haru. Like Ryuichi said, Haru crossed the lake and went in the woods. Ryuichi and Yukihiro carefully followed the trail.
Both of them brought flashlights but they didn't want to use it or Haru will notice them but it's also weird at the same time that Haru went in WITHOUT any source of light. The trail was getting dark and the trees were getting thicker so the two agreed to go back. Yuki turned on the flashlight and the two retraced their way back. "I really don't like this, Sakamoto-kun." Yuki sounded scared and concerned.
"Just keep walking." Said Ryuichi and the two carefully picked up their pace. On their halfway back, they heard something as if it was following them. The sound was getting louder and both of them started running. A voice was calling out to them and it sounded louder and louder then it asked, "Are you two alright?". "Hosono-san!" the two woke up in the cabin. Ryuichi looked at the window and it was already morning.
"Wh-what—-". "You two passed out by the door." Haru answered before Ryuichi could ask then added, "Seems that you two had a rough night.". "H-how about yourself?". "I feel fine. You two can take the day for yourselves." He casually answered Yukihiro's question and left. The two then cleaned themselves and had breakfast. "What happened last night?" asked Yukihiro. "I'm not sure what happened to us but I want to know what's going on about Hosono-san." Said Ryuichi.
He then tried to find something about the cabin's history while Yuki tried to distract Haruomi in any way he can. After lunch, Yukihiro immediately asked Ryuichi if he found something. "One thing's for sure that the place isn't registered in any resort package." He explained his finding and added, "I found that there's some sort of legend about the place that anyone who heard something in the woods and followed, they usually never left."
"What happened to them?" Yuki asked again but Ryuichi wasn't sure to answer. "Then Hosono-san was able to came back..." the two didn't want to think the unthinkable. The two agreed to follow Haruomi again tonight and they will bring something to defend themselves. Yuki found pistols hidden somewhere in the cabin and when night fell, the two followed Haru again and they were armed.
The three of them crossed the lake and went inside the forest but the darkness held back Ryuichi and Yukihiro. "Let's split up and get Hosono-san out when you find him.". "Sounds a good plan." Ryuichi agreed with Yukihiro and the two went on separate paths with a flashlight and a gun in hand. The trail was lit up from a flashlight and the two cautiously tried to find their bandmate. "Yukihiro? Are you there?" a voice called and it sounded familiar.
"Hosono-san? Is that you? Where are you?" Yuki heard the voice. "I'm right here! I don't know exactly where. Can you help me?" Yuki shouted back that he'll help but he didn't know how to. "Just follow my voice!" Yuki did what was told but he didn't know he was following the voice. The voice was luring him. "Hosono-san? I'm right here! Where are you?" Yuki got to a small intersection in the forest. He knew for sure "Haruomi" was there.
Then a dark figure approached him and it made its presence clear by stepping over the leaves. "Hosono-san?" Yuki turned and shine his flashlight to the creature. It stood looming over Yukihiro and the first thing to notice was the deer skeleton as a head and it has a body of a human with fur covering most of its parts. It also has long sharp claws. Yuki dropped his flashlight and started to run. The creature called out again and Yuki realized who the creature is.
"No! You're not him! You're not Hosono-san!" he shouted back in denial. "But you found me..." said Haru who has turned to be the creature. Yuki kept running and he tripped. The monster was walking towards Yuki and he pointed his gun. "Stay back! I'm warning you!" he warned but the creature kept walking. Yuki then fired shots at it and one of the bullets hit the creature's shoulder. It shrieked in pain and it gave Yuki enough time to get up and ran back to the cabin.
"Yukihiro?" Ryuichi clearly heard the gunshots but he didn't want to take the risk. Then he heard the most bloodcurdling scream and he knew exactly who. "Yukihiro!" he ran to the direction of the scream but the creature caught on him first. He stumbled and fell, trying to escape the creature then he found a broken branch. He grabbed it and stabbed it on the creature's open wound.
'I'm sorry you two.' Ryuichi stood up and ran back to the cabin, leaving Yuki behind. But he didn't know that Haru followed him back as the sun rises.
A.N : I'm back again and it's my second Halloween Special chapter! The first one was in my very first book and I'm really excited on writing this. If you guys ever heard the Wendigo or at least ever watched the Until Dawn playthrough, that's where I got the monster inspiration from. Well, the modern interpretation of the legend than the Native American version... I just thought it's scary and cool at the same time also the story also get the inspiration from a track in the Service album, "The Madmen". You'll get why I use Hosono as the monster if you listen to the track. Hope you guys enjoy the first part then I'll see you on the next one! RD out!! Boi!!!
