HoW L0nG? (Hetaoni)

CHaPter ThrEe

As Soon as the door opened, Hazel was on alert. Her grip tightned around her hatchet she had brought along and her heart rate increased. Her gaze darted around the small room that lead deeper into the basement.

"This way." She muttered to them. They were hesitant, but followed.

Their footsteps echoed across the halls. Her heartbeat pounded in her ears. She came to an iron gate which remembered that if wasn't locked. It opened loudly to her push, making her cringe.

"Cells..." She pointed to the right of them in the hallway. Then she pointed to the left. "Room."

"We should should split up, then." Ludwig muttered. "Hazel, check out the room with Lovino. Antonio, come with me to the cells."

"Room." Hazel repeated, heading quickly over towards the room.

"Wait, Idiota!" Lovino grabbed her hand to stop her. She blinked when she saw that his face got pink after touching her hand. "S-slow down...You can get killed like that. Idiota ragazza...."

"Sorry..." Hazel replied, still confused by his actions as he dropped her hand and went into the room. Why did she like the feeling of his hand...? She shook her head and followed him in.

"Bookshelf." She said as she walked up to the right corner of the room and pushed one of the bookshelfs in the plain white room to the side. In that very corner of the room, there was a dark brown wooden door.

"Locked." She told Lovino when he reached out to try to open it. A murmurred a curse and started to look around for a key.

A chill suddenly went through her. Her eyes widened at the familiar feeling and she turned towards the door. A rush of chilled air filled the room.

"Here..." She whimpered, backing up towards Lovino. He turned to her, looking confused.

"What-" He didn't even get to ask as it barged into the room. A stream of curses flew from his mouth. Hazel didn't even know there was that many cusses. It rushed towards Hazel as she stood stunned by the fact that it suddenly seemed to want to kill her now. A flash of tan went in front of her, her brain just processing that it was Lovino as he was smacked aside, hitting the wall.

"Lovino!" Hazel cried. Rage filled her as she turned towards the oni again, her eyes furrowed. "Don't. hurt. HIM!"

The next few moments were a blur. She swung her hatchet up, cutting off it's hand in the process. She ran to Lovino, slinging his arm across her shoulder and ran out of the room.

one...two...three

Her heart was pounding louder than ever as she focused placing one foot in front of the other and drag ....she could her it's breath....feel it's footsteps along shaking the floor.

one...two...

it was getting closer....she could feel it's hand reaching out...!

one!

She made it to the other room, slamming the door behind her and making sure she lost it.

"Lovino!" She cried, laying him down on the ground and checking him over for wounds.

"I'm Fine!" He huffed, pushing her hands away. His face was bright red.

"I...I thought..." She felt relived yet tears starting streaming down her cheeks. If Lovino had been killed, she would have lost yet another friend. She could bear that happening. Lovino's face paled as he noticed that Hazel seemed so shaky and broken. He gave a sigh, cheeks still flushed.

"H-Hey, idiota..." He muttered as he wrapped his arms around her. "Seriously, I'm fine. Don't worry."

Hazel buried her face into his shoulder, crying a little bit more.

"What happened?"

Lovino jumped at the voice, turning around and seeing Ludwig and Antonio. He realized that they had gone into the cell room.

"We found a hidden door in the other room, then that thing came in...." Lovino explained. "I got thrown into a wall and Hazel...got mad. Really mad. She cut the thing's arm off, then she picked me up and ran out of there."

"I'm glad nothing bad happened to the two of you." Antonio ran his hand through his hair. His eyes were focused on Lovino, probably worried about him.

"We found a key." Ludwig held up the silver object. "Do you think it goes to the door you found?'

"Y-yeah." Hazel spoke up.

"Alright, let's check it out."

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"Is that what I think it is?" Antonio whispers in awe as they all stared up the ladder on the wall that lead outside.

"Out!" Hazel cheered, excitement bubbling in her.

"We need to get the others." Ludwig ordered. "Come on, let's hurry before that thing comes and tries to keep us from escaping."

Author's Note: Hello, friendly friends. Yet another exciting chapter....with some romance cause I thought it would be cute. This is one of my favorite stories I've made so far. Hope you guys enjoyed it, I haven't followed the story exactly and I hope that you don't mind. Like, Comment, or Follow. I love you guys!