Underneath the Moonlight: REBOOT! || Osorō Shidesu x OC

26 - The Taro Yamada Mystery: Revisited

Week 6

The weekend quickly came and went, and soon, I was walking into school with Aru on another Monday morning.

Aru had come over to Osorō's to smoke with us, and we spent the night there together (with both me and Aru sleeping in the living room) and hung out with Osorō on Sunday, too. We ended up at the arcade at the mall, playing all kinds of games and joking and bantering with each other the entire time.

On Monday, as I opened my shoe locker, a pink note fluttered out of it, and instantly, the hairs on my arms stuck up as anxiety started to fill my veins. I prayed for the best as I bent down to pick it up, but unfortunately, my prayers were left unanswered as I read the threatening note.

You better hope you don't live to meet me.

I shivered. Was this a death threat?! I HAD to tell someone at this point. I quickly texted Osorō.

Me: Meet me in the maze, ASAP.

I pocketed the note and hurried to the hedge maze, making sure I wasn't followed by anyone. Then, I waited for Osorō, who soon ran into the center of the maze and grabbed my arms. "What's wrong?"

I unpocketed the note and handed it to him. He quickly read it, then reread it multiple times in disbelief. "What the hell is this, a death threat?"

"T-that's what I thought, too."

"How long have you been getting notes like these?"

"Two weeks now."

"Two—" Osorō's head shot up from the note, and he glared at me as he yelled, "And you never told me?!"

I flinched at his tone. "T-they weren't this bad when they started! I thought someone was just messing with me. This is the first death threat I've received, ever."

He inhaled and exhaled, calming himself. "Sorry. Didn't mean to lose my temper like that." He sighed. "Alright, listen. You don't go anywhere by yourself today, got it? Don't trust anyone but me and Aru today."

"Okay. And Kokona."

"Right, and her too. I know she's ya best friend."

"She is."

"Alright. Let's head back inside, shall we? You can't be hurt if you're surrounded by people."

"True. Okay."

We headed back inside, Osorō keeping a respectful distance from me as we headed into the school. Walking into the plaza, I approached Kokona by the fountain, who stood with Saki. She was holding her head in pain.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

Kokona sighed in relief when she saw me. "Oh, thank god, can you help me get Saki to the nurse's? She's having a horrible migraine and a stomachache."

"Yeah, of course." I slung one of Saki's arms around my waist while Kokona grabbed her other arm. "Come on, Saki, it'll be okay."

We walked past Osorō as we headed to the nurse's. Only, the usual nurse wasn't there — instead of the brunette nurse that I never remembered the name of (since I never had a reason to go to the nurse thus far), there stood a ditzy, innocent-looking woman with pink hair wearing the nurse's uniform, hovering over the nurse's desk.