40 - Absquatulate

"Come with me"

"I'll free you of your pain Himawari"

"A world with no troubles, wouldn't you love that?"

"Everyone would love you if you come with me"

BLINK 

BLINK

"Come Himawari, take my hand" 

My body moved closer, placing my hand gently on his.

"Good, that's it"

"Do you understand now? Everything will be okay"

It was like music to my ears, like a gentle hum that can make me fall asleep with ease and relaxation. 

"Sleep for a while"

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[Third Person POV]

Umemiya stood by the railings of the rooftop, seeing Endo and the twins below. He wondered why he was still alone even though he assumed Takiishi would've been all giddy to go up at the rooftop by now.

Should I head down? 

Such thoughts filled his head as he only watched them with worry in his eyes.

I'll just go check-

Umemiya turned his body around and headed for the doors, his feet moving smoothly with each stride.

"Umemiya. Where are you going?"

Umemiya felt shivers for a second, someone called out with the voice as cold as their expression, Chika Takiishi.

"Takiishi-"

POW

Takiishi no longer used his mouth and spoke with his fists, targeting Umemiya's face but was only met with Umemiya's hands.

"Takiishi I was still talkin-"

POW

"I don't care"

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[Shopping District Area]

"Suo-san I told you to run off with Sakura-san" Nirei said as he ran along side Suo, who was busy with his thoughts but still somehow listened to what Nirei was saying.

"He ran off before I could follow him what can I do" Suo answered, a sigh escaping his lips.

Suo assumed Haruka would've definitely be with Himawari by now so he did not worry about his location, only Nirei was the worried soul.

"He'll be okay right..? He just ran off.."

"Let's hope so-"

"Suo-san look!" Nirei pointed at something ahead of them.

Suo looked ahead and saw familiar faces, Hiragi and Togame who were also running, they came out from a different alley way.

"Hiragi-san! Where's the twins?" Nirei already made his way to Hiragi and started asking him questions. Hiragi looked surprised for a second before he opened his mouth to speak.

"Well the other is already at the school grounds, I'm guessing the other is bound to be there any second now" Hiragi answered which only earned a chuckle from Togame.

"They're really like cats, always following each other" Togame looked off to the side, chuckling some more.

"I think we should head on over to see our feisty little cats" Suo added, his sly smile displayed on his lips.

The four of them made their way to the school grounds, the opened gate meeting them as they entered.

But something felt wrong.

No, something is wrong.

Nirei was the first one to say something as they entered. "The twins defeated Endo!" He exclaimed and looked at Endo's figure lying on the ground. He was certainly knocked out.

"Where Himawari?" Togame's voice seemed to have rung on everyone's ears, their eyes scanned the area. All of them were wondering what happened, trying to look for answers with the scene in front of them.

Haruka was also on the ground, knocked out as well. 

But there was no Sakura Himawari on the premises.

"Suo, Nirei. You two check on them, Togame and I will head over to the rooftop." Hiragi ordered, Nirei and Suo nodding at Hiragi's words and went over to Haruka to check on him first.

Togame and Hiragi started making their way over at the school's rooftop, each step felt heavier than the previous as they heard the harsh noises from upstairs getting louder.

The two boys thought Himawari probably got bored and decided to watch Umemiya and Takiishi's fight.

As their feet lead them to the rooftop, they stopped. 

Umemiya and Takiishi were already fighting

But there was no Himawari around.

They were even more confused, where is the other twin? Why was Haruka alone with Endo on the ground? Did something happen to them? Did something happen to Himawari? Was there another person who interfered? These thoughts ran through Togame and Hiragi's mind as they stared at Umemiya and Takiishi who were busy fighting.

"Umemiya. One of the twins is missing"

Both of them seemed to have paused, Umemiya's eyes travelled over to Hiragi who spoke, then Takiishi's eyes remained on Umemiya. He was watching his reactions change.

"What?" Umemiya didn't seem to understand nor believe what Hiragi was saying, "What do you mean-"

"Twins? The same twins I've been hearing for the past few days?" Takiishi was talking about Endo's rambling about the twins that he's been enduring for the past few days. "Are they that special?"

"Do you know something about it Takiishi?"

"Why's everyone talking about them anyway-" Takiishi was still speaking but Umemiya cuts him off.

"Do you know why one of them is missing Takiishi?"

"Hmm...maybe they are important if you're making such a big fuss about it"

"Takiishi-"

"Haven't you've thought maybe she ran away?"

"She?" Umemiya blurted out, his heart skipping a beat as his eyes narrowed at Takiishi.

Then Togame asked the question the others were afraid of asking, his eyes glued on Takiishi as he spoke,

"How did you know we were talking about a....she?"

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A/N: Ah...well hey I was gone for a long time. I missed y'allT^T I really debated whether I should stop this book or not, but I decided not to-

Here's chapter 40, if you have any questions for me..feel free to ask and I'll answer them as soon as I can!

Thank you so much.