LONELY ROSE

V- Back To Reality And A Comb

Because of that night, Jacinto couldn't sleep well. He remembered the mysterious man who asked him for his favor yesterday. He didn't know why he felt that way. When he saw the man's face, it was as if they had known each other before.

"Maybe, I'm just not getting enough sleep, I'm starting to have hallucinations. Or maybe I'm tired," he said while lying in the room staring at the paintings he painted.

So, he just ignored what happened yesterday and closed his eyes. He was thinking about it all day, as if he couldn't believe what happened. Is there really such a thing?

He wondered if the person he met yesterday was a human, if he was human, why can he do that?

"Just go to sleep, why are you such an overthinker? If you continue being like this then be prepared to have panda eyes," he said to himself and wrapped his blanket around his body.

A thought came from his mind again, this day, he didn't encounter some entities. Was it just a coincidence, or did that man help him silently?

Slowly, Jacinto's mind went quiet and slowly entered the dreamland.
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Cali looked up at Jacinto's house, observing and guarding the house so that no evil apparitions could come near him. However, He knew that he had a class schedule tonight so using his magic, he created a barrier so that the Spirits could not enter his house.

Cali also wonders why he can see ghosts. He thought, is it because of him why Jacinto has the ability to see ghosts? If so, why does he have to suffer like this?

He didn't deserve any of it. None of it was his fault, why should he suffer?

"I should bear the consequences, not him."
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Jake entered the classroom, full of unanswerable questions. What he knows is that he took the Rose from the road, then when he returned home, he slept while being brokenhearted.

After that, what did he do the next day? He no longer knows. "It's scary, is it normal to be this forgetful? Or am I tripping?" Whatever, I'm not going to bother with that anymore. I might even lose my mind at this rate."

A few minutes later, Cali came in, he still hasn't changed, he was still cold. He sat in his chair and took the notebook from his bag while reading the notes.

Cali then called Jake emotionlessly, "There's a quiz today, inorganic chemistry chapter 2. You're dead if ma'am knows you get a zero today."

"What? Why didn't I know that? But what happened yesterday, why can't I remember!?" Jake shouted.

"Well, I don't know, why are you asking me? Maybe your mind was floating yesterday, that's why you got dementia today," Cali said shamelessly after he erased Jake's memory about yesterday.

After a while, Gale entered as well, carrying his notes. Jake's aura suddenly changed and he became quiet after seeing Gale.

"Maybe he's having fun while dating his crush. I don't know, I DON'T want to talk to him," he said in his mind.

Gale looked and was happy to see that he was back to normal, but why does he treat him differently now?

"Hey Cali, lend me some notes. I'm going to explode right now, hand me now or you'll be dead,"

"Well, go ahead then, I don't care. Besides, watch your mouth, or I might literally blow your head up when I lose my temper," Cali responded to Jake.

Gale looked at them, He didn't know why he felt irritated while seeing the two of them talking. As if, Cali took Jake from him.

He walked over to his chair next to Jake and promptly handed him his notebook.

"Read mine, why ask for others when you can have mine?" Gale said.

Jake was surprised by Gale's behavior and was also mad for it.

"If you don't want to hand notes, then don't. Besides, why are you angry? I didn't even do anything to you," Jake said, scrunching his brows.

"Nothing, just read," Gale said as he scrolled his cellphone to mask his annoyance to Cali.

Cali, who is sensitive to thoughts and also is an empath, can feel Gale's dislike towards towards him. Cali raised his eyebrows silently and thought, "And now you care? I couldn't understand this friend of his."

Cali ignored it and continued reading his notes...
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After the class ended, Cali packed his bags and walked to the hallway; just behind his classmates. As they walked, Cali overheard the two of the girls gossiping.

"Hey, do you know that the bathroom on the third floor of the building was haunted?" Clarise said, telling Janice who was beside her.

"Really? Why? What's the tea?" Janice said.

"You know after classes, the janitors were cleaning the floors of the building. One of the janitors was tasked to clean the toilet of the third floor when he noticed a strand of hair in the sink," Janice spoke.

"Isn't it just normal? What if some girl fixed her hair before the janitor went in?" Janice asked as she was getting spooked as well.

"It's not all. As he was cleaning the toilet, the janitor noted that the hairs were getting thicker and longer and at the same time, it moved, okay? It moved! Then when he went closer to the sink, he noticed a comb under the hairs. He was so scared that he ran all the way down to the first floor, freaking out the other janitors," Clarise uttered, making Janice's hair stand on its ends.

"Then, when the janitor called out the others to check the situation, the comb disappeared leaving the rest clueless. I'm really spooked out as I heard it from the rumors!" Clarise continued, making Janice cling to Clarice's arms.

"You're so wrong for telling me that at night, so cruel," Janice uttered as Clarice seemed amused of Janice.

"Don't worry girl, it's just a rumor. If it's true then we'll be getting priests to exterminate it. Who knows, if it's true I might be getting a phobia of the toilet from now on," Clarise joked.

"It's not a rumor, it's real. I guess, the comb demon never had a feisty meal for years that it attacks humans now," Cali thought.

Cali decided to go to the third floor  using his teleportation powers, unnoticed.

"Wait, have you seen Cali? He was behind us earlier," Clarice asked.

"Maybe he forgot something in the classroom so he went back," Janice replied.

"Makes sense. Come on now, I'm starting to get spooked, Cali is brave for going back," Janice said and the two girls hurried their pace to go outside the school.
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"As expected, this place sure is contaminated. Even the air smells foul, although it has been cleaned. That demon also sensed I would come, he was capable of hiding," Cali muttered.

Cali smirked and looked at the sink, "If I found out that you consume a student of this school, you will become a dead meat soul and feed you to the dogs of the underworld."

"Mark my words."
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Hello everyone! This is Hira Mitsu, why did I publish so slowly now? It's because I'm in my third year being a college student. Yeah, you heard me. I might get even busier now so expect that I'm gonna be slower like a snail huhu. But anyways, thank you for reading and please vote or comment if you like (⁠•⁠‿⁠•⁠)