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"his hair looks like corn-on-the-cob.." she murmured under her breath, trying so desperately to be discreet about her comment.
"huh?" the tougher-looking student turned to stare at his companion, an eyebrow raised. "what did you...
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─── ❝Chapter 22: Balloon Worm ❞ ───
❝ What the FUCK is up Kyle! ❞
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THE POUNDING OF YOUR FOOTSTEPS felt like explosions as you sprinted in the dark. Your heavy breathing only seemed amplified in the echoey hall.
You had to get away. You had to run as far as you could before you were suckedin.
Before you could turn the corner, you felt a force pulling you back. "N-No! Help..!"
But there was nothing but emptiness ahead.
You turned your head to look behind you, a look of horror painted on your face. The blackness only gave way to shake your entire core.
The only thing you knew at that moment surrounded you like a suffocating ocean. A terrifying void of a black hole, swirling with familiar flower petals and ripped up pieces of paper.
You cried out as something wrapped around your legs, tightening on them and making you wince in pain.
Then it began dragging you.
"Get off.. g-get off!"
Clawing desperately at the thick duct tape that continued to coil around your legs, you screamed when they began to tug themselves toward the black hole. There was a figure hunched at the middle of the growing black mass, his white hair standing out like a sore thumb. His pale hands gripped at the other end of the duct tape rope.
When the duct taped had stopped pulling, you were brought right in front of the figure--the duct tape had covered nearly your entire body, tightening at your chest and throat--you couldn't breathe.
Then he lifted his head.
"Look what you've done," Manabu's voice came out choked, his dead white eyes staring into your's. Your stunned silence only made him laugh, blood pouring from the corners of his mouth as he leaned toward you. "You really do ruin everything, don't you?"
"I-It's not true.." you sobbed out when he voiced your insecurities, shivering as his cold hands grabbed your chin. "I didn't want to.. I-I didn't mean to--!"