(Un) Fortunately the Yandere is Not After Me

(Not) Scared

It's great to be back again, that's what Arata was thinking as he got back to eating lunch with the others. Not only that, but he could finally unwind and read some manga he had planned for the day. Which is what he grabbed out of his bag when he sat down.

Though it wasn't the only book he was hoping on reading. There was still his old journals that he had yet to read through to attempt to solve the mystery of his childhood friend. It was troublesome that he had yet to make a dent in finding out any clues. Things just kept getting in his way.

"Oh right." He snapped his fingers, as he remembered something. "I'll be right back, just need to grab something from the cafeteria." With, Arata put down his book and left. Surely they wouldn't take a look at what he was reading when he wasn't there. Surely... Not.

"Ooh, he left this behind." Yogi said playfully as he picked it up from the table. "I wonder what he's been into lately?"

"Well, I think it would be rude of us to take a look without his permission." Misei crossed her arms and faced away to not look at it. After what she saw from before, she didn't want him to get embarrassed.

"I wonder what type of stuff he really likes to read anyway?" Erina wondered aloud. Sure she was aware of some of his tastes from their discussions. However, this book looked different from the ones she normally saw him with.

"I don't know if you should read it." Yuki warned, she recognized what the contents of the book were going to be. "You wouldn't like it."

"Oh come on, I wouldn't be so mean to Arata." Yogi chuckled, opening to the first page. He misunderstood what problem she was referring to. The first page seem innocent enough, what exactly was she so worried about?

"..." She wasn't confident to say why she knew he wasn't going to like it. It was too much with everyone here.

"Ahh!" Soon enough, he reached the part she was worried about. Yogi freaked out from the sight he got, dropping it straight to the ground. "What, what was that?"

"Hmm?" Akaki looked at him in confusion, what exactly would rattle his friend that badly? So he picked it up, where it landed face down on the part that frightened Yogi. But when he saw the same thing, he had the exact same reaction. "Ahh!"

"I didn't think you were the type to... Dislike that type of stuff." Misei commented, unsure of why they reacted the way they did.

"Why would either of us like that?" Akaki asked, appealed that she even suggested such a thought. "I mean, the faces... And the circles..." He was in awe as to the sight he just witnessed.

"Circles?" Erina was curious to what he was describing, so she was about to reach for the book as well. However, unlike the boys before her. Someone actually stopped her. That someone would be the boy rushing back when he heard yelling.

"What's wrong?!" He slammed open the door, scaring everyone in the room. "Is everything okay, did something bad happen?" When he entered, Erina had just picked it up, his arrival caused her to flinch and toss the book up into the air.

He acted fast, Arata dove and saved it from falling on the ground again. Once he got back up, it wasn't hard to piece together what happened in his absence.

"You guys took a peek at this, didn't you?" He questioned the other two boys who looked like they saw a ghost.

"Yes." They put their heads down in shame.

"But, I thought said you like... a different type of manga?" Yogi asked. "You know, with the girls and all."

"I do." He answered. "But, I'm reading this because it's a special occasion." The looks on everyone's face surprised him. Apparently no one knew what day it was. "You know, it's Halloween?"