YOU, ME & DEATH ━━ polyam ann & kuina

𝟬𝟴 switch a

   ARISU HAD DECIDED. He had decided to gamble, to guess.

   "There's no other choice!" He exclaimed. "With the door open, I'll flip the switch! If the light bulb doesn't light, we'll be left with choosing between the other two switches."

   "There's always another choice!" Tomoko called out to him, arms crossed in frustration. He was being careless and he might get them all killed. All except Tomoko, of course. She was determined and she knew she would survive.

   "So this is a shot in the dark?" Ann asked.

   "It's all I've got." Arisu returned.

   "With six people's lives." Ann shot back, one eyebrow raised in disapproval. She glanced at 61's corpse, which was floating on top of the rising water, "Sorry, five."

   Arisu stared at her with wide, disbelieving eyes, "Ann, if you know how to solve this, tell us!"

   "I told you, Arisu. We are testing you!"

   "Give me a break!" Kuina snapped angrily, "Don't drag me into some rookie test!"

   Tomoko stepped forward, "If Arisu doesn't figure this out by the time the water is up to my chest, I'm doing it myself! I don't give a damn if I fuck up his test. Got it, Ann?"

   "Tell us the answer or we'll die!" Tatta screamed.

   "Arisu, just do it before it's too late!" Kuina urged him.

   "Think it through, Arisu." Ann told him, somehow calm despite everyone else's shouting. It irritated Tomoko to no end; she wanted to see any sign on fear on her smug, pretty face. Anything that would show she related to the fears of the others.

   Arisu paused at Ann's words. His hand flew to his hair once more, scratching at his scalp, as he descended into deep thought.

   Suddenly, his eyes grew wide and he yelled, "Close the door! Hurry!"

   Confused but complacent, Tatta and Kuina rushed over to tug on the door with all their might. Before they managed to close it, Tomoko slide her phone into the room, ensuring it was upright and that the camera was facing the light bulb.

   "Try all three switches!" Tomoko yelled at Arisu but the man didn't listen.

   "Tatta, Kuina, don't move!" He told them as he flipped only switch A.

   "What are you doing? Listen to Tomoko!" Kuina exclaimed, having full faith in her best friend.

   It seemed hours had passed – though realistically, it was only a few minutes – when Arish flipped the switch, screaming, "Open the door!"

   The water level was up to the players' necks now so it was hard to move, but Tatta and Kuina managed to follow his orders nonetheless. Tomoko's phone floated toward her and she snatched it up, stopping the recording she had set and watching the subsequent video.

   Switch A was lit the entire time.

   Tomoko was about to yell the answer but when she glanced over at Ann, she decided it wasn't the best idea. She didn't want to upset Ann yet she wasn't sure why.

   "Kuina, go in and touch the light!" Arisu told her after he tried switch B but it didn't work.

   Frowning, Kuina headed inside the room and grabbed the bulb. Hissing, she leaped back, "It's boiling hot!"

   "The answer is switch A!"

   Tomoko shouted before anyone else could, holding up her phone to show her video of the light as proof. She was immediately followed by Ann and Arisu shouting the answer simultaneously. The water levels stopped rising and the machine above them that held the electricity for the wires powered down.

   The phones chimed, "Game cleared. Congratulations."

   "How did you—how did you know how to do that?" Tatta asked Tomoko in shock.

   "All phones don't have an internet connection or service but everything without it works. I needed eyes inside the room so I improvised." Tomoko explained with a triumphant smirk.

   Tatta then turned to Arisu, "And you, how did you know the light was A without even seeing it on?"

   Arisu collapsed against the wall behind him, an exhausted smile on his face as he replied, "The light bulb is incandescent. It stayed hot because it was on. If it was cold, it wasn't on. I threw the switch to confirm it."

   Smiling, Ann pulled off her sunglasses to meet the eyes of everyone in the room, "That raised the odds from 66 percent to 100 percent."

   Tatta sighed and leaned back, letting himself float on top of the water, "It should've been 50%."

   Kuina groaned, "I don't care anymore."

   Soon, the door to the room opened and everyone left. Before Tomoko could leave herself, Ann called to her and asked to speak to her.

   Once Tomoko was stood beside her, Ann dropped her voice to a low whisper even though there was nobody else in the room and stated, "Thank you for that. I know you believe in doing your own thing. So do I but if I fail Hatter, I get punished. If you had messed with Arisu's test, I would have gotten punished. Thank you for listening to me."

   "No problem." Tomoko said simply before pursing her lips and leaving the room.

   Unsurprisingly, Kuina was waiting for her and as they ascended the stairs together, she inevitably asked, "What was that about?"

   "Executive stuff." Tomoko replied vaguely. She tipped her head to one side, "What do you think about Ann?"

   Kuina mused, "She's very mysterious and very pretty."

   "Definitely pretty." Tomoko agreed. She hummed, "I think I like her."

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AUTHOR NOTES
tomoko is so clueless she rlly has a crush on two women and she doesn't even know 😭 ANYWAY be prepared for the finale of s1 bc i have BIGGGGG plans.
also i saw this and it reminds me of tomoko LMFAO: