Mystery 10 | Misaki Stairs

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Warning:

The whole another level of cursing.

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"Hanako-san, Hanako-san . . ."

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"GET THE FUCK OUT!!!"

The female's loud scream startled the male apparition who screaming at the top of his lungs like a child and accidentally threw all the mokkes in the air with one of them fell in the toilet bowl as the other one landed on the flush handle, flushing the certain mokke away. To the sewage probably.

Rip Mokke.

Both apparitions deadpanned at the sudden event before the female slowly looking back at the raven-haired boy and shot him a stern look.

"Found you, you damn piece of Taenia solium!" Your words caused him to let out a dramatic gasp, placing his palm on his chest and mocking as if he got shot.

"Tenia solium? You assumed me as one of those Tapeworms parasites?! I'm huuuuuurt. My heart acheeeeed. And I feel that I could—"

"Don't be overdramatic with your untrustworthy excuse, you inadequate apparition crap."You cut him off, surprising the male though he is still not done by teasing you just yet.

"Woah, your angriness is on another level than usual! You would've said, ' are you fucking in there?! ' when you swung the door open but you didn't and kicked it instead! I wonder why~?"He sang in a rather taunting tone until you shoved a poster in front of his face.

"Don't play dumb."You hissed the spewing venom out while pointing at the character inside the poster, "You are the one who drew a mustache on Giyū's face! That's damn illegal."

Hanako withdrew his gaze from the poster to casted it on your visage, quirking up an eyebrow at your sentence.

"Who said it's?"

"Me. I mean, us."You quickly corrected yourself but the confusion didn't die down from the male apparition just yet when he tilted his head to the side.

"Us?"

"The whole fandom."

"Pfft, who cares about that depression human being who needs friends?"He grumbled while rolling his eyes, his tone now filled with a hint of seriousness and looking at you in the eyes, "He did a huge unforgivable mistake to me!"

"Bah, what's it then?"It was your turn to raise your eyebrows in perplexed, curious about the matter.

"He stole your whole attention from meeeee."

God damnit—

"That's it? Dude, the poster is expensive! I even renovated one of my boundaries that could match the time during the Taisho era."You whined when Hanako flashed you a cheeky grin, tsking his tongue three time.

"You clearly have an obsession with ' Kimetsu no Yaiba '. You should give yourself a rest. Nezuko will be fine. Everyone will be fineeee. No promise about Hashiras and Muzan though."He reassured while massaging your temples, not the last part though.

"Gosh, by what you are saying. I totally need a short break."You sighed while pinching the bridge of your nose with eyes shut close.

"That's my girl. Then how about you give some attention to me? You need to shower me with theeeeeeeem!"He chirped eagerly while you on the other hand, groaned in defeat before squinting your eyes to the male,

"And by what?"

"By playing Hanafuda!!"He cheered while throwing the cards with various designs of Hanafuda in the air, giving a sight of raining Hanafuda cards though your mind wandered somewhere else in the pitch-black part of your mind.

Hanafuda . . .

Hanafuda earrings . .  .

God fucking damnit.

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"Aaaaand I won for the tenth time."A triumphant smirk that could be said as permanent only growing sly-ier on each time you won the game and lifted up your gaze to look at his sulking one while hiding his lower face behind the cards.

"Care to play more?"

"Nooooo!! If I play it more, I might be throwing tantrum at the end because of stress!"

"You could never beat me. Keep that in mind."

"I wooooooon't! Definitely not! Losing is not my thing so let's go with another round!"

"How optimistic."You chuckled and was about to recollect the cards when the door of the bathroom slammed open but it didn't catch the attention of the two apparitions.

"Hanako-san!! Ukiyo-san!"

"We're not going to listen to your rambling about cleaning toilets again."Hanako sang which you hummed in agreement while shuffling the cards.

"But this is about Aoi-chan! She suddenly disappeared along with her belongings and everyone claimed that they didn't know her."The girl confessed the thing that keeps getting her anxious every time she thought about it.

"Have you call the police yet?"

"It's kinda weird to do so . . . "

"How about Mokke?"

"We don't know."The creature answered when you glanced down to look at them.

Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!

"There, you have it. We don't have any idea about it—"

"HANAKOOOOOOO!!!!"A loud yet familiar voice roared out the familiar name and the sound of feet screeching against the floor was heard from the distance to reveal the younger exorcist who then launched over to gripping Hanako by his collar, shaking him furiously that you could the swirls appeared in the ghost's eyes.

"You asshole—!"

"Language, bōya."

"You've said something that ten times worse than that."Hanako piped in, still having his body being shaking by the exorcist.

"True, true. But he is still a cinnamon roll."

"What have you done to Yokoo and Satou?! Where areeee theeeeeyyy???!!! Why the hell does nobody remember them??!!!"

"Uwaaa—aaa—ah! BuT yOu diD!!"

"Count me as an exception!!"The human male roared at his answer.

"I see. Then that's settled. "You clapped your hands together after finding the conclusion of the mysterious of the disappearing students with a smile adorned your lips gracefully, "Their existences disappeared."

It looks like your words hit them like a bullet train when they look like they're lost with Kou unconsciously let the dizzy Hanako slipped out from his grip and fell on the floor with a ' thud '.

"Their existences . . . disappeared . . . ?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"No idea  . . . Well, actually . . . I do have one. But . . ." You trailed off, leaving them slightly impatient and anxious to know your words until you dismissed away their thought much rather in a disappointing way especially when you said it with a nonchalant smile, "I refused to tell you."

Yashiro's heart dropped to her abdomen after hearing the simple sentence along with her hope but she won't allow it to stop her from saving Aoi-chan even if she needs begging.

"B-But this is important! About life and death matters!!"

"I think you should've thought about that before involving into a supernatural thingy as you're alive and we're dead. Huge difference."The raven-haired female flashed her a sly mocking grin as Yashiro's breath hitched after recalling the event in her memory and caused the spirit in her eyes faltered a little bit when the tears start blurring her view until the liquid spilled to their cheeks but they keep returning.

"T-That . . . I know that's all my fault. But Aoi-chan . . . didn't deserve to have her existence to be erased like that."She sobbed softly and sometimes hiccup escaped past her lips. After hearing her genuine words, you then exhaled a soft sigh and placed both your palms on her cheeks, lifting her face slightly.

"Don't worry. The apparition that you've bound your fate will help you."You smiled to reassure her concern, pinching and squeezing her soft cheeks in the process. They're soft as mochi just like you've always expected them to be.

"I didn't volunteer myself to do it. But if you insist, then it can't be helped."Hanako shrugged, now on his feet while fixing his collar with a sigh. Placing both his palms on his shoulders assistant's before abruptly shoving her forward with a force to where the second rumor located.

"Off we go!!!"

"S-Slow down, Hanako-kun! I might trip— Uwaah!!"

Chuckling at the sound of them crashing against the floor, you glanced over to the young boy who could only stare at the duo, not uttering a single word as his mind wandered to somewhere else.

"Moshi mosh, someone at home? An idiot maybe?"The female apparition waved her hand in front of the male but it looks like he is totally in a really deep of thought which caused her to frown.

"Bōya, are you going to leave that pervert ghost alone with a girl? In a boundary? Where there is no one except them there."

It looks like it managed to gain his attention with a tiny effort with his body tensed up at the thought of what might happen if he left them alone.

"Gah!!! I shouldn't leave them alone!"He screamed out while holding both sides of his head while you only laughing with a gentle tone, feeling ecstatic with your little threat managed to have his attention fully on the main case.

He grabbed his staff and was about dash off but stopped in his tracks almost like a statue, craning his head slightly over his shoulder

"Are you coming?"He extended out his hand for you to grab. No hint of hesitation can be reflected in his eyes except . . . That.

You silently stared at his innocent feature with a gaze that contains nothing except the warmth as you couldn't hide the smile from making it visible at the thought of him trusting you already in a short time.

『H̶̬̋́̑ͅo̷̰̦̣̽̓̒w̵͗̑͝ ̵̛͐̊n̶̍̉̃͐̚ a ̶̛̃͂̐ï ̴̼̚v ̶̈́̓͝͠ḗ̵̛̟͝ 』

He frowned and let his hand dropped to his side after seeing you only gave him a soft grin with a hint of apologetic, shaking your head to politely declined his offer and folding your arms at the back of your head to relaxing yourself.

"Nah, I will pass. Dealing with another supernatural is such a pain in the ass."

"Well, if . . . you say so."He hides those disappointment look with a hearty laugh and glued the cheeky grin on his lips that is now matching with yours. He spun his heels around and disappeared after he did a sharp turn.

A content sigh escaped past your lips as you humming softly with a smile,

"I wonder what were you thinking with a serious face of yours, Kou . . . "

However, your lips suddenly were pursed into a deep frown after realizing something that you hope you didn't.

Wait.

Wait a fucking second . . .

Was it . . . Serious?

Are you sure they're not the longing ones?

"Did he . . . like daikon girl?"Your eyes widened and gasped in pure horror at the malicious thought that hit you like a bullet that went through your transparent body and sends shivers runs down to your spine, "Oh God, was I being replaced by a Daikon girl?! That's totally unforgivable!"

Curse your Satan side of monologue that keeps the thought of your mind was mixed with toxic that created the thing called anxiety.

You sprinted down the hall by following the path that would lead to where the staircase located with unsettle feeling keep make your heart hammering against your chest. More like in an unpleasant way.

' Maybe . . . I could give Yako a visit. '

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Teru saw you running past him without sparing him a glance which he perplexed at the fact,

"[Y/N]?"

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It was your decision for you to read this book or not. It was all yours and I respect you fully if you don't want to but I appreciate it if you do.

But to certain someone:-

You don't have to be rude or mute me (pfft, not that I care anyway) just because the reader has black hair nor you pronounce that ' you don't understand me '.

I mean, it was normal for someone who was born on Showa, Meiji and Taisho era to have black hair unlike now modern trends to have such colorful colors of hair.

Ya are only saying as if ya are the only ones who could be salty.

But guess what? Me too.

I have feelings too! >:T

But I respect your decision anyway.

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To be continued . . .