School Bus Graveyard x Male OC

Episode 17

While Ashlyn explained her sensitive hearing to everyone, Carlos was busy with his thoughts. If he's a part of the group, then he has to be useful. With the missing arm, he'll be deadweight now, rendering him useless to everyone. He thought about what he could have that the others didn't.

While he thought, Aiden sat behind him, quietly running his fingers through his hair. Carlos didn't bother to stop him, letting him do whatever that calms him down.

"Carlos is super-fast too with his reaction timing." Ashlyn snapped him out of his daydreaming. "During our encounters with those monsters, you saw how always pushed me out of reach from the monster when it tried to touch me within the last second, right, Ben and Aiden?"

Ben nodded. "Yeah, I was a bit shocked by how fast he moves, like a real-life Flash!" Aiden joked.

"... That's something I guess..." He thought while holding the small braid Aiden made.

"There isn't much we can do right now," Ashlyn said, "so do some mental exercises."

Aiden started making a braid in Carlos's hair as he questioned, "Mental exercises?"

"Imagine yourself in certain situations and seeing how you will react." She explained simply, "Anytime you aren't asleep, that's what you should be doing."

"Yeah, great plan," Tyler mocked, "Daydream and sleep with monsters outside the door."

Carlos turned to Tyler, "Do you have any better idea-"

"Do not start again, you two." Taylor cut the argument short.

He turned his head back and stood up. "You guys should rest, Logan, the time hasn't changed on your watch, right?" He questioned Logan who flinched before nodding, "We'll make a timer that resets every hour."

"Alright, we'll take turns-" Ashlyn was cut off by Carlos.

"I'll keep watch, the rest of you, rest." He suggested.

Logan asked, "But what if you fall asleep?"

"I pulled tons of all-nighters before, and I can't sleep through a stressful situation like this." He explained. Before Ashlyn could protest, he shot her a look, "I got this."

She just sighed before nodding, "Fine, but if you're feeling tired then just wake me up."

Carlos silently thanked her before watching everyone else settle on the floor to sleep.

- - -

He lost track of time. It's been a few hours, everyone sounded asleep. His eyes begged him to shut, but even if he did, his brain would not rest. His eyes looked red from being awake for this long, however, he had already gotten used to it.

He could feel the vibrations of the monster behind the door waiting to strike. He couldn't hear the growling like Ashlyn, but he could feel the slightest vibration transmitted onto the floor and then to him. He was born with good touch, so it's not uncommon for him to feel it. 

He felt Ben lay on his shoulder and Aiden shift while lying on his thighs. A few hours ago, the two chose to keep him company at his lookout but slept immediately after they settled beside him. He appreciated it though, now he's not so lonely as before.

- - -

Carlos slightly opened his eyes before realizing he accidently slept. He quickly sat up and realized that he's inside the room he slept with Tyler. He looked at Tyler who was waking up because of the sudden movement.

"Wa it all just a dream...?" He thought until Tyler said something.

"That was a crazy nightmare..." Tyler remembered about his sleeping position and backed away while blushing.

Carlos realized the chilling truth. "You mean... the one where we got chased by a dark and tall humanoid demon?" He stated, Tyler's eyes widened.

"So you're telling me that- that wasn't a dream?" Tyler asked with a horrified face before he covered his mouth and ran into the bathroom where he saw Aiden puking in the toilet.

"You t-too BLURGHH..." Aidne puked again, Ben sat against a wall with drool on his mouth, most likely from puking too.

Tyler shoved Aiden aside and puked as well.

"Hey, I know you're in a rush, but I got her first." Aiden said with an irk on his face.

Carlos watched them with sweat dropping from his face. He felt dizzy, ready to vomit. He held a trash bag for Logan who ran to the bathroom before giving the bag to him.

"Here, just take this." Carlos said and on cue, Logan puked in the trash bag, the sight made him also want to barf.

"Okay, that was j- BLURGGHHH!" He vomited in the sink. Just the thought of puking every time he gets a dream like that is too much. was it even a dream if the other were sharing it with him?

"What the fuck is going on...?" He thought before puking again.