I settled down for a little rest after a moment. We were still in the locker room, not moved yet. Teruhiko was still trying to figure out what we'd just found. It was a book, seemingly a diary. Most of the pages were encrusted in blood. Finally, he found pages he could read and started speaking them out loud.
"I've lost track of the date. I can't tell you how long I've been, maybe days, weeks or only hours. I'm so cold, but I found some notes. If I can find my friends, maybe I can get out of here. These notes from the other people say there's a way out of here. I just have to find the others and perform the charm backwards, chant the words and put the paper doll back together. Once for each one of us and once for the spirit of Sachiko. It'll make her happy or something. I need others with me for it to work. I can't find my friends and the children are closing in." He paused and frowned. "Wait, the children?"
I shook my head quickly. I was kind of having a panic attack, and he had no clue how to react. He didn't now what to do to help. I didn't care, not really. He was still stood by me, and that was enough for me.
I don't know how long it took. Finally I'd calmed down and he had his arm around me.
"I need the bathroom." I muttered when I was calm. I wiped my eyes on my hand and he bit his lip.
"I don't want to separate."
"Come with me then."
"Just pee yourself!" He insisted. I slapped him.
"No, don't be disgusting!"
He paused, hand hovering over his cheek where I'd hit him. "Nishihara-san..."
I turned and stalked off. I was sick of all this. All of it. The corpses, the nightmare, the death, all the blood and guts and bugs and ew, I can't stand it.
I went to the bathroom, and then walked out and began to make my way back to the locker room, hand resting on my belly. I had to stop for a moment in one of the halls to empty my stomach. God, I was so sick, I just wanted to go home. I wiped my eyes quickly and went to walk forward, but another earthquake struck, and all I could do was crouch down and wait for it to pass. I was so scared. I could hear things fall and break around me and I had to call out, because if I didn't, what if I lost Teruhiko? "Teruhiko!" He cried meekly, keeping my head down as dust and wood fell. It was in my hair and my clothes and my nails, and I felt something sharp slice against my hand, and I cried. I let tears run down my face as I tried to calm down, and in the end I was sobbing and I hated it. "Teruhiko, I'm sorry!" I cried as the earthquake finally subsided.
"Nishihara?" A voice called. A girl's voice, but still I stupidly called for Teruhiko.
"Nishihara!" Hands grabbed my shoulder and someone was shaking me, trying to pull me up. "Nishihara, stand up, come on, get up! Please be okay!"
I looked up and saw Tsutsumi and Ishizaki. Taking a few deep breaths, I let them help me up.
"Are you okay?" Tsutsumi asked with a look of deep concern. "Did you get hurt in the earthquake? Have you seen anyone else?"
"Uh..." I gave a slight nod, uncertain.
"You saw Iwase?" Ishizaki asked, arching an eyebrow.
I nodded again. "Yeah, back by the pool."
"What pool?"
"Uh, the pool. Come on." I walked off confidently, leading the way, but where the door to the locker room should have been, there was just wall. "No!" I shrieked, hammering at the wall. "Where'd the door go? It was right here, between that classroom and those stairs! Teruhiko! Teruhiko, answer me!"
They each grabbed an arm and pulled me away from the wall. They looked terrified, I don't think they'd ever seen me in such a state. "We were going to escape together!" I cried. "You promised to make everything okay! You promised to hurt Matsuno and help with the baby and everything! You said it would all be okay! That we could get out of here!"
They helped me to the floor and Tsutsumi held me, resting my head on her chest and rubbing my back, and I could hear them whispering, about what I had just said, about the baby. I wished I was dead, but no such satisfaction would come.
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