𝙂𝙃𝙊𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 • hanako-kun [♡]

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[Name] kept yawning for every five seconds due to the lack of sleep she was having. If only she knew that the ritual is bs then she should've just stayed home and watched some videos—then again, it would result the same because it would end up with her staying all night so there's no use. She stared down at her Physics worksheet which is about Free Fall. "Five minutes!" Tsuchigomori announced.

"Calm down Sensei, I haven't started yet!" [Name] panicked as she scribbled down her answers even though some of them aren't legible and wrong. She muttered some curses under her breath until she finished her work. [Name] scanned her paper to see if theres anything else to answer and when she's done, she quickly passed the paper to her teacher. "At least the solution has points—heck stating the given already has points."

[Name] went to the bathroom to wash her hands and maybe inspect to take note of the things she needed to clean later after classes. Hanako can be bossy sometimes to the point that one time he even made her scrub toilets twice. [Name] deadpanned at the memory but at least she didn't get to clean the next day.

"[Name]...?"

[Name] stopped when she heard someone calling her name. She closed the faucet and dried off her hands before turning to her side to see Hanako, but for some reason he looked like this day isn't for him considering that his demeanor told her that he's tired. Hanako slowly walked towards her, [Name] quickly rushed to the windowsill but he was approaching closer and closer. "Uh...Hanako-kun—did I do something? W-Wha­—why are you looking at me like that?" She panicked.

Hanako only stood there in silence, staring at her in a cold manner. [Name] gripped on the platform of the windowsill and gulped at Hanako's sudden change of attitude. She was quite used to this behavior of his towards the supernatural but she didn't expect that he will be looking at her like that.

Then, she felt something heavy on her shoulder. Hanako slumped against [Name], burying his face on the top of her shoulder as he let out a tired sigh. "Uhh? Okay?" [Name] raised her hands with a confused expression. "Hanako-kun? Is there something the matter?" [Name] reached over to remove his hat, placing it next to her as she ran her fingers gently through his choppy locks.

Hanako's other hand tried to reach out for something. [Name] was definitely confused, it's like he's a cat trying to paw a random stuff. Oh. After staring at Hanako's grabby hand for what it seemed like fifty seconds, she realized that he was reaching for her free hand. [Name] slowly lended her hand as Hanako interlaced their fingers together. They stayed like that for a couple of minutes. "I'm tired...when will this ever end." Hanako mumbled lowly. "Handling supernaturals to maintain boundaries is quite a work for me, like, okay—it's really tiring as a leader but I have to fulfill my duties because this is a ticket to my redemption."

"It's weird you know? Ghosts get tired even though technically they're dead." Hanako chuckled tiredly. [Name] continued to brush his hair using her fingers, she could feel him slightly trembling against her. So even ghosts can get stressed after all, [Name] thought it was normal to feel that way since he was once human—only now he's a ghost.