Yume:Dream

Nightmare Arc | 2.4

Nightmare Arc - Chapter Four
Ambush

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Sasaki Tsukasa

On my way home, I was still angry about what happened.

Thinking back, I never actually meant everything I said to Izanami-san. Maybe I'm just looking for an excuse but, of course, it still won't distract anyone from knowing what I've said to Izanami-san.

Night already fell by the time I got out of the subway. I sighed and fixed the scarf around my neck. From the station, I walked through an empty park which was close to my home.

There, I saw someone.

The street light was a little faint, but if I could get closer, I probably could identify that person. So I did. I walked closer and then I saw—

"Koizumi-san?"

Koizumi Manaka was standing in the center of the empty park, smiling at me. She was still on her uniform and if I recall, her house isn't anywhere around here.

"What are you doing at this hour?" I asked her. It wasn't really late, it was 7 pm but girls like her shouldn't be outside at this kind of time.

"Tsuka-ku~n!" She exclaimed, as if she just saw me. "I could ask you the same thing."

Wait, something's not right.

This is the first time I saw Koizumi-san like this. She was always calm when she's around me though she was clingy. Everyday, we would go pass each other and greet each other like normal friends and that's what we— rather, she should be doing right now.

"Running some errands," I said, lying. "And you?"

She giggled. And I mean, giggle like those ghosts from horror movies. A chill suddenly when down my spine. This isn't the Koizumi-san I know. Her personality is different from before. She sounds like a serial killer now.

"Tsuka-kun," she said, walking over towards me slowly. "You don't know just how much I am in love with you. You're precious to me, so why can't you understand that?"

She put on a glare when she finished her sentences. I gulped and backed away as I tried to come up with an excuse. If this is a confession, can't she just say it normally?

"Y-you like me...?"

She suddenly burst into laughter. "I love you, Tsuka-kun! I love you so much but why do you keep running away from me?! Is it because you prefer Mizushina Yume over me? Is it?!"

Her face reddened in rage as she said those words. I can't believe it. Is this the side of her that I haven't seen before? Or is this a completely different person from the Koizumi Manaka I knew? Nonetheless, I tried to run but she grabbed my wrist tightly with inhuman strength.

"You're not going anywhere, Tsuka-kun. You're MINE."

She pulled me back till I fell to the ground. My head hit the ground hard and I winced in pain. Then, she mounted me and I saw her pull out a knife. I tried to push her away but she was too strong. Inhumanly strong.