Nijiko: Love Throughout

We waked it together. The long halls of death and destruction, just myself and my Kazufumi. He was a really sweet guy. Took one look at this place and promised to protect me. Unfortunately I know it'll be me who protects him. He's sweet, but weak, in mind and body. It's adorable, really. He's the cutest boy in class and he's all mind, even if he is going through a phase of shaving one side of his head and always has a lunch bag full of sweets hanging off his arm like a lifeline. He loved sweets. I think he loved them more than he loved me. Then again, he doesn't need me to survive.

As we walk, he offers me sweets, and I refuse as I find my eye drawn to each and every body there. I found myself unnerved beyond belief. Everything felt so wrong, and Kazufumi was trying to pretend he was unfazed. I could feel the slick sweat of nerves on his hand. Still I kept a tight hold. I felt like I was the only thing keeping him from breaking down crying, which in all honesty is very unfair to him because while he's a little sensitive, he's not a baby...then again, we are surrounded by corpses, but they couldn't be real...could they? No, this was just some stupid Halloween prank.

Anyway, we stopped for a rest in a classroom. There was a blue flame in the corner.  We sat to rest our legs and he reached into his lunch bag, offering me a bar of chocolate. Though hungry, I refused. I felt sick. This whole place, whole situation, it was sickening. Kazufumi was just trying to calm himself, I decided, although maybe thinking that was in itself me trying to calm myself. I drew my knees to my chest with a sigh. "Where do you think we are?" I asked. Kazufumi shrugged.
"Maybe we died from the fall and this is hell."
"Don't say that!" I smacked his shoulder and he apologised softly. Then a third voice spoke.

"I'd agree that this is hell. You're not dead yet though. It's just a matter of time."

We jumped, looking round for the source of the voice. All that was in here with us was that weird-ass blue flame. We stared a moment before I cleared my throat. "Where are we? Who are you?"
"Heavenly Host Elementary. Hallowed grounds no living thing should enter."
It didn't say anything about who it was. It sounded female, but that was all I could say for certain. "How did we get here?" I asked.
"How should I know? You probably did one of those stupid charms or spells or something to piss off some spiritual something, how should I know? Honestly, stupid people like you, stupid living people, you never stop to think about what you're doing."
We were both stunned into silence by that. I looked below the flame and saw a skeleton in a summer school dress. The uniform wasn't one I recognised. After a while, Kazufumi looked up, spoke up.
"Where are the others?"
"Your friends?" Asked the flame.
"Our friends. They did the charm too...also some other kids I don't like, actually, but yeah, mostly f-" He cut off when I gave him a sharp elbow to the ribs.
"Who knows? They could be in this room right this moment, in a different space. This whole school is a mess of bubble dimensions. I never saw my friends again, and neither will you."
She disappeared with a loud fwoosh, leaving a slight glow behind for a brief moment before we were lost in the cold and the dark. We huddled together for warmth, wondering what to do now. If this was true and we wouldn't see the others again, this whole thing was an absolute disaster. We were going to die here. After a moment I felt something press into my hand. A sweet. I gave my boyfriend a questioning look and he sighed.
"Last one in the box. Who knows how long we'll be here? It's not much, but it's something for you to eat...and where else do we find things?"
"Maybe they have a canteen, who knows?" I stood, pulling him up with me. "Come on, Kaz. I don't care what that glowing bitch says. We're going to find Kazuyo and Nishimoto and Yurie and all the others and we're going to get out of here."

((Hi guys! If I'm a little slow in updates at times, I blame illness, yay!...Seriously, if I hadn't been ill this and so much other stuff would have been done yesterday...))