Toilet-bound Hanako-san

Ch. 1 - A Curse in the Bathroom

Suguru Geto meandered the halls of Tokyo Jujutsu High between afternoon classes, his Alma Mater where he now taught third year students. He carried a cup of coffee in one hand and a set of folders with student portfolios and other work in the other. The windows let in a warming sunlight from the early autumn afternoon, Suguru couldn't help but to lightly smile to himself at how peaceful the day had been going.
Considering how tumultuous his third year was as a student, he was gratefully surprised to have found himself in this position. Thanks to the help and intervention of his best friend, Satoru Gojo, and his diligent teacher-now-principal, Masamichi Yaga, he was able to stay on track and maintain the right path.

"Mr. Geto!" A student he recognized as Nobara Kugisaki, one of Satoru's first year students, came running up to him." She had a bright face with something clearly and excitingly urgent on her mind.

"Kugisaki," he greeted quickly with a smile as she excitedly stopped in front of him. "What's up?"

"The bathroom, I saw a curse in there," she smiled and pointed down the hallway behind her, hoping that Suguru would allow her to exorcise it.
The school forbade students from exorcising curses on campus considering they were far and few between, and usually special grade. It was for their safety, as well as for the school to investigate to find the ultimate cause of something finding its way through Master Tengen's barrier.

"Hanako-san. Interesting," Suguru calmed down from Nobara's sudden appearance. "Thanks for letting me know, we'll have it taken care of." With his rejection, Nobara scowled at her senior teacher and continued down the hall with a huff.

Suguru continued his stroll down the hallway, now with a mission, to head toward the faculty room. Here, he found Satoru with his feet up on his desk reading some kind of gossip magazine.

"Did Kugisaki talk to you about the curse in the bathroom?" Suguru asked with a chuckle as he set his coffee and folders on his own desk next to Satoru's.

"A curse in the bathroom?" Satoru snorted a laugh and removed his feet from his desk as Suguru sat down and folded his hands over his stomach, swinging his chair back and forth as the two began their conversation.

Suguru nodded in response to Satoru's clarifying question. "Apparently. Do you think we should check it out or...?" His voice trailed off.

"It's likely nothing. We would've sensed it beforehand if it was something serious," he shrugged. "It's probably Hanako," he chuckled teasingly. "Better go check that third stall and ask if she's in there."

Suguru rolled his eyes and stood up to leave. Nobara wasn't one to make things up, she definitely saw something that made her believe there was a curse in the bathroom -- even if it wasn't, it was worth investigating, at least for Suguru.

Despite the teasing from Satoru, Suguru went on to check things out himself. He headed back down the long hallway to where the girls' bathroom was and gave a few gentle knocks.

"Anyone in there?" He spoke loud enough to be heard through the door before receiving no response. With the coast clear, the fully entered he bathroom.

It appeared completely empty with no sign or feeling of a cursed spirit anywhere. The slightly dirtied, white floor tile and light blue stall doors in the shadows of sunlight were the only thing giving off an uncomfortable feeling. Other than that, it was just a bathroom. He even went and checked each stall door to find no one or no thing there.
Suguru furrowed his brow in both disappointment and curiosity. He was stuck between not believing Nobara and thinking there was likely more to the story.