IEGO: CS || Wavering Hearts

『 CHAPTER 6 』

Now that the cat was out of the bag, your body stood up. It approached Alpha, snatched your head back, and placed it on your neck. The emergency clips around your neck activated and stuck your neck and head together.

Silence. Complete and utter silence.

You shifted nervously. As a last ditched, you signed "Magic ~" before you gave them the jazz hands.

Again: utter silence.

"[Surname], I'm sorry to say this, but ... magic doesn't exist." Shindou sweatdropped.

"Aw come on! Hissatsus and Keshin exist!"

"Wait! Wait wait wait hold on! We heard your head talk! While detached!" Hayami brought up the situation earlier. "I ⸺ I mean, is it ... really magic ... [Surname]?"

You wanted to say it was. Your body after all was what it was because of the ritual your uncle performed on you. That's kinda magic, but then, you realised, if you said yes, you will still have to explain yourself and that will reveal the truth that you are, indeed, a zombie. All eyes were on you, but you felt Alpha's eyes boring into you deeper than the rest.

"Are you ... truly a zombie?" Alpha began. "Is that why ... you survived past your death date?"

Date death? You whipped your head towards him; eyes wide. How ⸺ how does he know that?

"[SURNAME] [NAME] IS A ZOMBIE?!" a new voice entered.

Everyone whipped their heads to the door where a boy with minty green hair that looked like bunny ears and a blue bear plush stood, with the boy clamping his hand over the bear's mouth. The both of them froze. Also, beside them, was a caravan.

"Ah ⸺"

"Where the heck did you two come from?! Midori exploded. "And how did that caravan get in here?!" She gripped her head. "What the heck is going on?!"

"M-Midori-san...." Aoi fanned her senior.

"[Surname] [Name], do explain," Alpha pressed on.

You fretted. How did things came to be this way? Actually, no, how smart was Akane to be to guess what you were? After all, you didn't look like a classic zombie at the moment with all your makeup on.

"Okay, everyone, calm down!" Endou ordered. He gave off a sigh. "I think we should explain this things one by one. Starting with you two." He faced the bear and the boy.

"Ah, right! Pleasure to meet you all! I'm the great and cute Wandaba!" said the bear.

"And I'm Fei. We, like Alpha over there, come from the future."

"From the future too?! For real?" Kurumada asked.

"As real as it can be. This caravan here is our time machine."

"So ... that thing just ... teleported here or something?" Kariya asked this time.

"Well, quite like that."

"This is all so confusing...." Hayami gripped his head.

Hamano crossed his arms. "Agree."

"We'll ask for more explanations later. The question that bothers me the most ... [Surname]." Kirino turned to you. His eyes softened at how afraid you look. "Can you tell us? Whether you're really a zombie?"

You were trembling. You were sweating. And you knew, the more you sweat, the more hydrated you get. And your body will look like a literal raisin. What ⸺ what did your uncle said you needed to do? When this happen? What should you do? What should you do what should you do what should you do what ⸺