The Card Stage (BL/MLM)

ch. 2 - Bloody Indifference

“You guys..!” The round girl smiled in relief and her eyes watered up. She turned her head to look at the darkness behind her. She scrunched her face and turned back at the other people. She opened her mouth to speak but was cut off by a more sultry, older woman that pushed her and ran ahead.

Her body made a thudding noise as she fell to the ground, before scrambling to get up in her dirty clothes. Her small plump hands kept trying to grab onto something, anything. The few people running from the dark room pushed her back down, making her lose her grip on everything she grabbed onto.

The small, chubby female tried to get up, but as more people ran through, she was jostled around with no leverage. Her shoulders shook as her bangs fell over her face, full of snot and tears. Her whole body began to tremble as she gave up on standing up and started crawling.

Watanabe ran to help the round girl, holding her hand out to grab onto her. The small round girl seized onto Watanabes' hand, quickly trying to pull herself up before she let out a small yelp. She tightened her grip on Watanabe’s hand and looked behind her. She saw a gray hand clenching onto her calf, its long, pointy fingers pinching her skin. It sinked its sharp nails into her calf before trying to pull her. It pulled on her flesh, ripping her skin little by little as it yanked her.

The round girl pulled onto Watanabes' arm with both of her plump hands and tried to pull herself away. Watanabe kept her grip and tried to pull her back, almost falling over many times.

The 'thing' seemed determined to get her, as it moved its other hand into view. The other gray hand was full of blood and flesh, with even sharper nails. It grabbed onto the round girl's calf with its other hand and she cried. "Ah ah…please don't let go, I'm begging you!!"

The monster let out a low growl as it ripped the girl's calf to shreds surrounding the bone but she still wouldn't let go and just sobbed. She begged, making her voice hoarse. The round girl's face was a mess. Her breathing was hard and erratic, her eyes dazed. She seemed hell-bent on surviving, obsessed with it even. The monster let go, and the round girl tried to pull herself up with Watanabes' help. They could hear the petite student scream and looked behind the round girl.

They saw a tall, lanky gray…person? It was so skinny it looked to have just flesh on its bones, with its proportions significantly longer than they were supposed to be. Its face wasn't even a face, it was just a hole; inside that hole were rows and rows of sharp, bloody teeth. Short black hair covered its face, the hair looked incredibly greasy and dripping wet. It also reeked of blood and slight rot, as if it had been in the room for months. It made odd clicking noises as it quickly ran behind the round girl and sank its hands into her back.

The round girl screamed, and she gritted her teeth harshly. She looked at Watanabe and hugged her. Watanabe was shocked, and she tried to pull the girl off of her to help. The girl was stronger than she looked. She gripped Watanabes' arms and threw her in front of the monster. The monster let go of her back and she limped away slowly.

The monster stared at Watanabe. She was in silence, her hands shaking as she gripped the floor and tears welled up in her eyes. The monster tilted its head and made small clicking sounds. It twitched its neck and let out a small growl as it turned its head to look at the limping girl. No one was near her, they all avoided her. Teardrops dripped down her cheeks as she begged for help. She was finally feeling the full brunt of her pain, with her torn up leg and poked back.

The monster seemed to have… laughed? It laughed at the girl and inched its way toward her, wet sounds following its footsteps as it walked. The girl couldn't run, limping wasn't even what she was doing. She was hopping. She messed up on a hop and fell to the ground. She tried to crawl with only her arms, but chubby girls weren't exactly the best for fitness in any way. The monster leisurely made its way to her. It yanked her hair and grabbed onto her face.