Natsuki x (Y/N): Shadows of the Past {Remastered}

Chapter 9: Hidden Colors

Heyo everyone, welcome to the 9th chapter and officially the end of the Sayori Arc and the beginning of the Festival Arc, also there's a hidden moment still embedded in here, with just a few tweaks and switches here and there, I won't take up time so enjoy reading this everyone.

Your POV
If someone had ever said that time can heal wounds of all kinds, I'd say whoever said that hit the jackpot, it's been 4 months since everything that happened and we're all doing pretty well, the Literature Club and I closed off all loose ends and now we're more together than we've ever been but right now, now more than ever, we're entering the most important part of our school year, yep, the annual 29th Festival is coming and seeing as everyone is pretty excited for it, they're putting in a lot of effort, the same goes for the previous 2 but I didn't attend nor did I help out, I kinda wanted nothing to do with it, when I asked my brother why is it that we prepare this early, he told me it was because our festival is one of a kind, he even told me that during his time as a high school student, he was part of the committee that made the festival what it is now as it's main organizer, that much I could remember since I shared two years of high school with him, what kind of work he did for the festival I don't think I want to know, it'll probably shock me to death or something.

Despite all the drama I give off about it, honestly, I don't look forward to festivals so much, particularly this one, if someone were to ask me why don't I look forward to it, it'd be mostly because of my brother and what he did about 3 years ago, when I first attended the Festival, I don't think I'll ever forget that...
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Flashback/ 3 years ago
"So, where are we going?", "DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, I PROMISE YOU ITS GOING TO BE FUN!", "I swear, you better have a good reason for dragging me out of the house, I was watching a really good episode of Kimetsu no Yaiba and I didn't want to stop watching, I swear this better be good", "AND I SWEAR, YOU ARE ONE UNGRATEFUL LITTLE BROTHER SOMETIMES, OR MOST OF THE TIME".

Maybe I am but if I don't want to go out I just don't want to go out, it's that simple but I guess Will didn't understand that one, we ended up driving for about half an hour until we reached his school which seemed to be hosting something, "What are we doing in your school?", "ITS OUR 26th ANNUAL FESTIVAL AND, I WANTED YOU TO COME ALONG SINCE I KNOW YOU DONT DO MUCH, I FIGURED ITLL BE FUN FOR YA SO" A festival eh?, I never got a chance to see one, I heard they're full of stands with all kinds of things such as food, games, prizes, including small concerts and things like that, I kinda hate to admit it to him but it sounds like fun, "Well, *sigh* you went and got me curious so you owe me, show me what's a festival like" he seemed pretty happy, even though he's already very optimistic, regardless, we found a place to park and we went in. It was actually as fun as I thought it would be, I don't know how I got it right but who cares really, from the stall games to the crêpes, teriyaki, fried gohan, onigiri, and so forth, everything was fun.

I walked around for a little until I saw this weird looking stand inside the school, it looked like a horror stand, "Heya kiddo!, want to try testing your courage here our very own test of of courage?!" He said, it sounds creepy but I like to think that if I were not such a shut-in, aside from going to school, I would probably be adventurous and reckless, I'll give it a try, I told them and they let me in, all around me was the sort of decorations I think I'll find for Halloween which honestly was not so suiting for a festival held just 3 weeks before Christmas, regardless I still didn't really feel the whole test of courage part of this little attraction, just then I could swear I saw something moving, I went to take a closer look and the shadow just kept on getting closer to me without being seen, I might not be able to see it but I can somehow feel it, I wouldn't know how to explain it and I'm not so sure I could try to but it's better to take the win if it's a win, though despite feeling where it could come from I tried to ignore it and soon after I felt an ominous presence right behind me, "BEGONE FROM HERE HUMAN!",
I instantly recognized those words when I turned around to see a damn ghoul that was ugly as hell and scared the crap out of me, just as I began to think I was dying I heard laughter coming from the shadow which I believed this time I recognized a little too well, "HAHAHAHA!!, OH MAN!, I GOT YOU PRETTY GOOD DIDINT I?!, HAHAHAHA!!!" This wasn't funny, I swear to god, "That, that wasn't funny, at all", "OH BUT YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN YOURSELF, YOU WENT ALL NYAAAAAAH!!! AND STUFF, ALMOST LIKE A CAT!" From there he just kept on laughing, I think at this point he's probably making fun of me, "Screw this, I'm out of here!" I told him and I just walked off, "COME ON, DON'T BE SUCH A SOURPUSS, I SAID IM SORRY DIDIN'T I?!" I just flipped him off and walked out of there, "My first festival and he screws around with me, what a great way to spend the night..." I told myself, already walking home all alone.