Love Far Beyond the Ashes

Nobody There

Ollie pov: "There is no one on there!" I screamed

"Ollie, calm down...." Reine said

"No, we are in this dump for no reason!" I stated

"Well, maybe Matsuri-senpai is here." Risu-senpai said

"I'm going to kick your butt...." I said

"Haha, that's bold, but you know you can't." Risu-senpai laughed as she popped a nut into her mouth.

"I'm strong, senpai..." I stated

"Ollie, don't be so headstrong...." Risu-senpai said

"Hey Ollie, check this out!" Anya yelled

I ran over and glanced at what she wanted me to look at.

"What is it?" I asked

"Isn't it underwear?" Anya asked

"Why would I know what it is!?" I asked

"I don't know, but can you just look?" Anya asked

"Fine...." I stated as I took a look at it.

"So your verdict?" I asked

"Uhm, yeah, this is Matsuri-senpais...." I said

"I thought you didn't know who those were, and how did you know so fast?" Anya asked me something that confused me.

"I didn't...." I said

"Well, you clearly did." Anya sighed, calling me out.

"She is right." "I didn't know what all of Matsuri-senpai's underwear looked like since I used to steal it and stuff, but that's besides the point. No one needs to know that besides me, my little secret."

"Uhm Ollie..." Anya said

"What?" I asked.

"You said all of that out loud... Anya sighed

"Ignore what I said!" I requested

"No...." Anya said.

"You're an awful friend if you don't ignore that!" I said

"Hey Reine, guess what your girlfriend did!" Anya yelled

"You tell her, and I will shatter you!" I hissed

"Wow, you're so defensive all of a sudden over something you don't know about!" Anya laughed.

She was going to hold this over my head for the rest of my days; this really wasn't ideal. I wish I hadn't said that out loud. Why the hell did I say that out loud? It wasn't something I needed to say.

"What did Ollie do?" Reine asked

"Uhhh, well, you see, I, uhm, made a coordinated dance!" I blurted out

"That's dumb. We're looking for Matsuri-senpai. Why and how would that help?" Reine asked.

"Y-yes....." I said in response.

"Huh, odd. I lost all contact with Iofi and Moona." Risu-senpai said

"Iofi-senpai and Moona-senpai could be playing a joke," I told Risu-senpai.

Reine yanked out her phone and tried to call Kiara-senpai.

"No signal for her either..." Reine said

"Well, maybe Kiara-senpai is playing a prank too!" I suggested

"No, she wouldn't. Well, there is always Mumei," Reine said.

She tried to call Mumei, but yet again there was no signal.

"Damn, that's worrying..." Reine said

"Don't worry, your sisters are fine," I said, trying to reduce her stress.

"I don't know how true that is...." Reine said

"Stop worrying so much!" I told her

"You know, Ollie, you're right; I should trust them." Reine said as she smiled a tiny bit.

We kept looking around the dump but we couldn't find anything, but we knew that Matsuri-senpai did live here so why the heck can't we find her?

"Ollie, look what I found!" Anya called out.

"I swear if it's more underwear!" I shouted

I went to see why I was being called, and Anya showed me a secret door on the ground.

"It's a hatch," I said.

"Yeah, we need to open it and look inside," Anya said.

"Well, how do we know it's not just filled with dirt?" I asked

"I looked inside for a brief second, and it's clear." Anya exolaind

"Well, we literally have nothing to lose, so let's just get it over with and go in." Risu-senpai said

"You sound impatient," I commented.

"Of course I want to get this over with so we can check on Iofi and Moona." Risu-senpai said

"They're fine...." I said

"You don't know that!" Risu-senpai yelled

"Ollie before sensitive what it Reine went missing how would you react?" Anya asked

"Like Risu-senpai...." I said

"Also, are you making fun of Reine for being worried about it?" I asked

"N-no, why would I?" I asked

"Well, you made fun of Risu-senpai, so I assumed you were also making fun of Reine," Anya said.

"I just thought about it." I think this is the most we've ever interacted. Any reason as to why?" I asked

"Hugely interesting fact" "Well to be honest, until recently, I wasn't very fond of you," Anya said.

"Damn harsh, but I appreciate you for being honest," I laughed.

"Let's go...." Reine and Risu-senpai said impatiently

"Okay, okay...." I said as I began to walk down the stairs.

It took about two minutes to get down all the stairs, and at the bottom there was a door.

"Ollie, open it," Reine said.

"Why me!?" I asked

"Open it!" She yelled

"Alright!" I said frantically as I pulled the door open.

"Eeeeeeeeek!" Matsuri-senpai screeched

"Huh?" I said this as I noticed the state she was in.

"You look like a wreck, Matsuri-senpai," I stated.

"Yeah, I've been living in the dump," she said.

"R-really?" I asked

"Hell no, I'm just getting scraps for something and decided to stay here for some time," she explained.

"Why do you want to stay here?" I asked

"Well, to be honest, I'm looking for Fubuki." Matsuri-senpai said

"Oga-senpai's friend?" Risu-senpai said

"Yes?" Matsuri-senpai said

"Well, we aren't going to help!" Risu-senpai said

"Come on, we have to!" I said

Risu-senpai and Reine clearly wanted to confirm if their loved ones were safe or not, and I was completely disregarding that, acting like they were being unreasonable when it was actually me.

"Okay, we can do both," I said.

"Both?" Risu-senpai and Reine were confused.

I nodded, and they all looked at me confused by what I had said. I sat them down, and then I told them my idea.