[🦑] '' found the place '' || tsukasa y.

18. in absentia

// .in absentia. //

"Amane, where are you heading?!" [Y/n] chases Amane as he runs down the stairs. "Amane!!" She calls, but he never answers. [Y/n] watches him as he walks out of the door. "Wait, hold up!!" [Y/n] also gets her shoes on as she chases him.

"Amane!! Wait for me!!" [Y/n] walks by Amane as she realizes... "where's... Tsukasa?" Amane keeps walking faster, almost running. "Wait, no, Amane!!" She catches up again and asks again, "where. Is. Tsukasa?!"

"He's gone, okay?! Tsukasa's missing!!" He had tears in his eyes, sniffing as he wipes his tears. "I woke up, not getting to see him. I tried searching and all, but--." He sniffs, can't really form his words as [Y/n] hugs him.

"It's okay, buddy, maybe he's at school and--."

"No!"

[Y/n] gives him a weird look. "Huh? What do you mean no?" Amane wipes his tears again and gasps for air. "It's just... his shoes were still there and the window was open. I didn't find him in the backyard and so I started searching around the house."

"He's nowhere to be found."

[Y/n] steps back a little, eyes staring at afar. "Oh... no..."

>>

"Ah, that's some bad news." Nagi winces in dispair. "I didn't know him as well, but that's just something that's very interesting to hear." Kin agrees while Mitsu had a frown on his face.

"Did he run away?!" Nagi shivers at the thought which gave Kin an idea. "Maybe the dude's been cursed. I mean... there are apparitions in the school, right?" Mitsu disagrees and reminds us that "ghosts aren't real. Now, are they?"

"I'm gonna be honest," [Y/n] stands up. "I think someone kidnapped him. I don't think he ran away or got cursed. If so, what's his motive and what apparition decided to possess an innocent?"

"What about your theory? Who kidnapped Tsukasa?" Amane asks as he stops to continue with a "maybe it's one of us." Kin's eyes widened and narrowed back at the group. "There is one traitor among us."

"No, not that." [Y/n] rolls her eyes. "I'm talking about an event that happened a while ago." Nagi's eyes widened. "Do tell us."

"Ah, of course, of course." [Y/n] brings it back to the time where she met her abuser for the 2nd time, but sadly couldn't catch him. She shivers but doesn't really remember that time vividly anymore.

"So, you're telling us that it could possibly be him?" Nagi interprets as [Y/n] nods violently. "Ah, it could." Amane points out, agreeing to the statement.

"The thing is, do you know where he is?" Mitsu worriedly asks as [Y/n] slowly calculates in her head. "North...?" Amane and the others' eyes widen in awe and bewildered.

"That's a little overboard...? But, sure, we'll take it for a fact." Kin shrugs as they move their eyes back to [Y/n]. "For any further information that will be mentioned in the future, I think we should tell it to the group."

"Agreed. Even if it was one of us." Nagi's eyes roll and her head shakes in disappointment from Mitsu's statement. "What could a 13-year-old possibly do?" Mitsu looks up at the sky.

"I mean," with a tone in his voice, he replies "anything is possible, right?" [Y/n] agrees to the statement, but quickly interrupts. "If anything is possible, wouldn't it be possible for something to be impossible?"

"Of course, but the possibilities are endless and we should keep searching." Kin swiftly nods his head as dawn turns into dusk.

We see her as she walks back home with a sad look on her face. She walks to the right side of the intersection and through the trees among trees.

"I'm home!!"

She calls out as she was lost. No one answered, it was all just silent. Nothing happened, nothing made a sound. There was... no one home.

She heads into the kitchen. "Hello?!" She calls out one more time as she spots a piece of paper on the table. "Sorry, [Y/n], we're back to business. We're sorry we didn't stay for long. We'll come back in March, don't worry. For now, we set you a nanny instead of a teenager. Hope you love her just like how we first met her. Love, mom."

[Y/n] crumples the piece of paper and throws it in the trash bin before she could even read it fully. 'P.S she'll be arriving by tomorrow morning. So, don't wait for too long... Miss you. Stay safe.'

[Y/n] shakes her head. "Those traitors," [Y/n] mumbles as she climbs up the stairs. "I just wanted a perfect family!! Is that too much to ask for?" With tears in her eyes, realizing 3 important people in her life were missing, her eyes turned to a piano in a room.

It was an abandoned music room that was, instead, turned into a storage area. Her eyes trailed from key to key and from chair to the jet black dusty surface area.

She plays well. Almost as if a professional played the piano for her. She comes across the chorus and tries to play it on the piano, but couldn't play it because of the longest of time that she didn't get to play the piano.

She was playing a song her mother sang to her not too long ago, actually, it was very long ago. While she was just 6, her mother taught her how to play the piano, they'd sing melodies together and would happily duet. 

She places her focus upon the music that was coming from the instrument. It played ever so beautifully, she almost lost focus, so to keep her focus...

She starts humming... nothing good came out of the piano. She starts saying the words of the song... NOTHING!! There was nothing she can do...

She starts singing along to the lyrics. "Bingo!!" And so, throughout the chorus, she sings and plays the piano gracefully. Little does she know, there was someone always watching over her. 

It'll never end. 

Will it?

Chapter 18: "in absentia"

3rd person

No one's POV

Date: October 2020 - December 2, 2020 [Weed]

Words: 1, 022