Corpse Party One-Shots

Find Her Or Forget Her? (Haruyuki Inumaru)

"Any luck yet?" I asked my friend as he was looking through everything he could, searching for anything that might give him even the tiniest clue as to what happened to the girl he loved.

Inumaru didn't seem to hear me. I sighed since that was likely a no. He was searching through Sayaka's room for probably the thousandth time since she'd disappeared without a trace about a year ago. At first, he had been a total mess, and now here he was, desperately searching for something that wasn't there.

"Inu..." I sighed, pulling him away from the random objects he had been so focused on. When he tried to go back to it, I stepped in the way, forcing him to pay attention. "You've been at this for almost a year now, maybe it's time to face the facts." Through his eyes, that was probably one of the most painful things I could have said to him. But this was what he needed to hear, even if he didn't want to. "Sayaka is gone. It's really unlikely that she's even alive. If there was any hope of finding her then you would have found her a long time ago. You need to give it up and move on. Let her go."

"You're wrong." His face looked like he was certain, but his voice was beginning to betray him. Deep down he knew I was probably right, no matter how much he wanted to believe otherwise. "My Sayaka is alright and waiting for me to find her."

As he tried to resume rummaging through Sayaka's belongings, I watched him. I tried to think of anything I could to help him. Whether it would be helping him find her or just forget her, it didn't matter. I just had to help him.

If I could find something that could either prove myself wrong or confirm what I'd told him, then I had to do it. I would say that I hoped he'd find her, but that wouldn't be true. Sure, I like Sayaka and all, but she was all he ever thought about. It made me very jealous. But I wanted him to be happy, so if finding her would make him happy, then I had to help.

"Hey, Inumaru?" The two of us now sat in the middle of the floor. We'd been here for hours and found nothing.

"Yeah?" he asked, his voice making him sound as if he were broken. His usually cheerful attitude was practically gone now, which almost never seemed to happen. It was enough to make you want to cry.

"Sayaka used to spend a lot of time with that one girl... uh... what was her name again?" I thought a moment before it came to me. "Oh yeah, Naho. So how come we aren't asking her about any of this?"

"Naho disappeared the same time my Sayaka did..."

Oh yeah... I'd forgotten that. If I remembered right, there were two others who had gone missing around the same time. Maybe the four were connected somehow. "Maybe if we were to look into Naho's disappearance, maybe it could help?"

"I tried that..." It was torture seeing him so down like that. Wasn't there anything that I could do to help him? There had to be something.

Without even thinking, I reached out and hugged Inumaru as tightly as I could. No one could possibly imagine how he was feeling right now. He never looked angry or upset no matter what happened. Not even when Sayaka would beat him up, he never seemed to mind. She would be so harsh and mean to him, but he loved her so much despite all that. Never once did he show if he'd been hurting. Now... he was a complete mess...

(Inumaru's POV)

I can't do this... I'd tried not to let it show that I was hurting, but it was too much for me. Why did she have to say all that before? Why did you have to leave me, Sayaka?

As hard I tried to fight it, tears started pouring out. She was right, I knew that. But I want her to be wrong! Sayaka has to be alright! She just has to be!

There's no way I could ever forget my Sayaka. She's the only friend I have... But what if she really is gone forever? I couldn't really move on, could I? And if did and then my Sayaka comes back, what would happen then?

What should I do? I don't know anymore... Please, Sayaka, tell me what to do...