IV — Alone with Him

“By any chance, did you completely close the door when you entered?”

You nodded in response which made Hanamiya slam his palm on his face.

“That doorknob broke this morning. I tried to have it fixed right away but by stupidly wrong timing, the utility bastard was not here today.”

“So…do you mean…?” you gulped nervously.

“Yes. We’re trapped inside this room.”

“Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!” >_<

“There must be a way out, right?” you said.

“Hey!!! Is anybody there?!! Please let us out!!! We can’t open the door because the doorknob broke. Please help!!” you began to shout and bang at the door.

“Quit it [Name], you’re so loud.”

“Don’t you want to get out? There must be still people outside.”

“What time do you think it is already?” that made you glance at your wristwatch.

“IT’S ALREADY ALMOST 7 PM?!”

“You just noticed by now?” he partly pulled up the blinds, “See, it’s already dark outside. By this time, it’s possible that they all already left.”

“That can’t be…At least…at least I need to tell my parents I can’t come home tonight or they’ll be worried.” You pulled out your phone and tried to call them but you can’t connect.

“Why now?! Hanamiya-senpai, can I borrow your phone?”

“I think I left it inside my locker.”

“…Is that so?”

Then you thought of using your hairpin to open the doorknob.

“I don’t think that will work. The doorknob is broken remember?”

“We will not know until we try. I need to do something rather than sit there and mope.”

In the end, he was right.

“See?”

“Why don’t we use the window?”

“Do you want to die? We’re on third floor.”

“Then what should we do?!” you cried out desperately.

“Let’s break the door.”

“Don’t! That would be destruction of school facilities…”

“Which is more important for you, to be able to leave this room or be a good student…Or is it because…you don’t mind to stay with me tonight? Hanamiya smirked. Your face suddenly became red.

“That’s not it! …It’s just that…I don’t want to destroy or break things…”

Then suddenly the room became dark.

“Hey [Name], where the hell are you?!”

“I-I’m here… W-What do you think happened, Hanamiya-senpai? Is it power failure?”

“No. The main switch must have been turned off.”

“H-How did you say so?”

“I went here before in the evening and it seems that they turn the main switch off.”

“O-Oh…”

“Anyway, are you alright? You’ve been acting strange since the electricity got— … [Name]… are you afraid of the dark?”

“…Yes.”

You felt that he was walking away from you.

“Hanamiya-senpai, don’t go please … I-I’m scared…”

“Do you think I can get out, stupid~”

The room became dimly lit by the moonlight entering through the glass window. Hanamiya have completely pulled up the blinds.

“Good thing it’s full moon tonight. You okay now?”

You responded with a nod, “…T-Thanks.” You mumbled.

“I guess we don’t have any choice but to stay here until tomorrow morning.” He sighed as he sat down the couch. You imitated his action as you sat on the other end of the sofa.

“Don’t you think you’re a bit too far? Don’t worry I won’t do anything [Name]~” you slowly shifted a bit closer to him.

“I want to go home…” you sighed.

“If I knew a way, then we should not be trapped in here anymore. In the first place, who the hell closed that damn broken door anyway?” he grumbled.

“So you’re blaming me? First of all, I don’t have any slight idea that the door is broken. Besides, why did the doorknob broke in the first place?”

You’re already pissed because of your current situation and now he’s implying that it’s your fault. Seriously, as of now you could not think of anything that could cool your head.

“Tch.” You heard him click his tongue, “I’m not blaming you okay? Or maybe that’s just the way I sounded a while ago… There’s no point in arguing about this…” he paused,

“… Sorry.” He said in a voice quiet enough that you’re not sure that it’s him or just your imagination. That’s probably the first time you heard Hanamiya apologize.

“I’m sorry too…”

*Silence*

“How can you be so relaxed? Don’t you have someone… like family or parents that are worriedly waiting for you? As for me, tomorrow I’m sure I’ll be dead meat on not being able to contact them tonight and making them worry.”

“I don’t have anything like that.” He replied bluntly.

So maybe that’s why he became like that but you did not want to poke your nose into it anymore.

*Another deafening silence*

Then suddenly your stomach made a loud noise, making you hung your head down in embarrassment. You heard him snicker.

“Don’t laugh!!! I can’t help it, I’m hungry!”

“Here.” He reached his hand that is holding a chocolate bar towards you.

“What about you? By the way, where did you get this?”

“I bought it at the cafeteria during snack break. You can have it.”

“How about you?”

“I told you, you can have it.” you took the chocolate bar from him and unwrapped it. You divided it into two and took one part for yourself and handed him the other half. The two of you then began to eat.

“Thank you Hanamiya-senpai…”

*Another looooooong moment of silence*

As you took a side glance towards Hanamiya, you saw him taking off his uniform jacket and loosening his tie.

“What?” he asked as he noticed you looking at him.

“N-Nothing!” you replied embarrassedly and turned your head away.

“Hey [Name].” the dark-haired guy called out to you.

“W-What is it?” you stuttered nervously. You felt him shifting closer and closer to you.

“It’s boring, don’t you think? Why don’t we do something to entertain ourselves?” he whispered seductively at your ear. His warm breath blowing behind your ear sends a shivering sensation throughout your body.

“H-H-Hanamiya-senpai…w-w-what are you saying?” He just smirked deviously and all of a sudden you were trapped between his arms and the sofa.

“S-Senpai… stop…” he unbuttoned your uniform jacket and took it off of you. He leaned in close to your ear and then whispered, “There’s no way I’m going to do something like that, stu-pid~”

He pulled away from you and chuckled.

“It’s not funny at all!” you huffed.

“Oh… are you angry because I stopped?” he teased, “If you want, we can continue what we have started, [Name]-chan~”

“Shut up! That’s not it! You’re really the worst, Hanamiya-senpai!”

He finally calmed down and stopped laughing.

“That uniform jacket of yours just looks too stifling, so I decided to help you get rid of it.” With that said, you realized that it was indeed hot wearing such thick clothes when there is no electricity in the room.

Hanamiya then stood up to open the windows, letting the night breeze in.

“Much better…” he sighed in relief.

A soft yawn then escaped your lips.

“Hey, [Name].” he called out to you.

“What?”

“You’re tired now, right? Let’s sleep already.”

“Okay.”

“First, get out of the couch.”

“Eh? Why?”

“Just do it.”

Hanamiya unfolded the sofa then it become a bed big enough for the two of you to occupy.

“So it was a sofa bed, huh.”

“It was Kentaro’s idea. He wanted a nice bed to sleep on.”

“Good night, Hanamiya-senpai.”

“Good night.”