2/Home For You

Sanzu led you to his room. "Lie down somewhere comfortable. Boss is calling me."

Before he left, you asked, "Your name is Sanzu, right?"

"Yes. Sanzu Haruchiyo. Now I really need to go see boss. I'll be right back." he answered.

You didn't say another word and just sat quietly on a chair. 'This room's... clean. Very clean.' your mind thought, sarcastically.

You rubbed your forehead and questioned yourself, "What did I get myself into? She's probably worried about me by now."

You hear footsteps coming to the room you're in. A man you don't recognize spoke, "Sanzu brought another girl?"

Another man spoke in response, "Looks like it. Wanna chat with her?"

"He'll definitely kill us if we do anything to her, you know that."

"Tch. This is no fun."

"But.. we could take a peek. Let's see if the girl is even worth our time."

A sudden thought comes into your mind as the two men are talking outside the door. 'Is this considered kidnapping?'

'Why did I only think of this now?!' you screamed inside your head, panicking.

You rushed to the door and were about to open it but someone already did that before you.

"Oh? What are you trying to do?"

It was Sanzu, the person who led you to this eerie place, spoke to you in a calm tone. He has suspected you were trying to escape just by the look of your horrored face.

"Uh.. well. I was.." you couldn't answer properly.

"Come, come. Go to bed already. Look at the time, it's almost 12 AM." he said, bringing you to the side of the bed.

"I think you should be the one who needs to sleep." you responded.

"Then let's sleep at the same time. Yes, that's a great idea!" Sanzu spoke happily.

"What. No.. I need to leave." you said.

"You're still up with that? Don't you get it? You can't leave, Y/n." he replied.

"B-But.. I.." you stutter.

"Good night then. It's more dangerous outside my room. Just letting you know." he said.

"How can I trust you?" you asked.

You didn't get a response to him but instead you heard him heavily sleeping and snoring.

'I'll just.. lie here on the floor. I don't want to sleep next to him.'

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The next morning, you woke up with Sanzu missing. 'Ugh, I'm still inside of this horrible mess.'

The door was open and you saw Kokonoi walking by. He caught your presence and spoke, "Why are you still here?"

"I don't know. Why don't we ask Sanzu?" you answered.

"I'm not in the mood to talk to that stubborn garbage." he said.

"Wow.. I didn't expect that to come out of your mouth. You're never close with him despite you living together?" you commented in surprise.

"I was forced to stay here. I would've left years ago if it weren't for the boss." Kokonoi responded.

"Do you.. consider this as home?" you asked out of nowhere.

"Home? No! I consider home is.. nothing." he was stopped by something that he thought of.

He then continued on, "Enough with these useless questions. I have to go now."

"Alright. I'll see you around..?" you said.

You were about to step out of the room but then you remembered what Sanzu told you yesterday. 'It's more dangerous outside my room.. What do you mean by that?'

Your curiosity kicks in so you try to step away from that filthy room. Nothing out of the ordinary happened.

'It looks like he's just trying to scare me after all.'

End of Chapter 2 ✍️