Lost Something Important

"W - what should we do?" Hinako was panicked and wasn't sure what to do in this situation.

"Hina-Chan, it is okay," Kuina tapped her shoulder.

"Kuu-Chan...." Hinako looked quite moved when Kuina tried to console her.

"Look, we have a lot of books, we can eat those books when we're hungry," Kuina said with a smile.

Hinako became depressed when she heard her statement.

"Calm down, Hinako, you can use your phone to call Chiaki or Mayuki," Yuuki said.

"That's right!" Hinako said and searched her phone in her pocket only it was gone, "W - where is my phone!" She thought for a bit and said, "I left it in my room." She looked quite depressed since she forgot her phone. She suddenly remembered there were two people besides her, "What about Kuu-Chan and Yuuki?"

Kuina shook her head, "I don't bring it." She only brought a snack and didn't even care about her phone.

"Sorry, Ranko borrowed my phone earlier," Yuuki said. He could get out as soon as possible but it had been a while that he had this kind of strange situation. He wanted to see the reaction of both of them and at the same time, he didn't really want to get out since he was sure that Hiratsuka would give him a beating for coming late to the class. He was sure that she wouldn't believe him that he was locked in the storage room.

"But let's calm down, we can wait for people to come," Yuuki said.

"Yeah, calm down, Hina-chan," Kuina said.

"T - that's right, it is too early to give up," Hinako said.

Yuuki almost sput out when he heard her throw up such jinx words suddenly, "Anyway, we will be locked up in this place for a while, why don't we do something?"

Hinako and Kuina seemed interested and thought it would be boring to do nothing.

"Why don't we tell horror stories?" Kuina said.

"Horror story!" Yuuki and Hinako were surprised.

"Yeah, it is almost summer and the horror story is perfect for this occasion," Kuina said.

"What kind of an occasion is this?" Yuuki blurted suddenly.

"B - but it seems fun," Hinako said. She had never heard a horror story before and was quite curious about this story. She had heard that this story was quite scary but she believed that she could handle it.

"I'm okay with it," Yuuki said. He heard that Hinako was fine then he was okay to tell a horror story with everyone.

"I will be the one who tells the first story," Kuina said. She was very confident with her story since she had eaten thousands of books and there were a lot of horror stories too.

"Please," Yuuki and Hinako said at the same time.

"Let me tell you the story of a vacuum cleaner...." Kuina started to tell her story.

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Yuuki and Hinko were speechless when they heard her story.

"How is it?" Kuina asked eagerly.

Hinako wasn't sure how to answer her but she knew that her story wasn't even scary and it was quite funny actually. She looked at him hoping he would be the one who gave the answer.

"It would be good if you could change it into a comedy story," Yuuki answered.

Kuina pouted when she heard that her story wasn't scary, "Then you will tell us how scary your horror story is."

Yuuki nodded, "Sure, let me tell you my horror story." He thought for a bit and started to tell his story, "It is a story about a dog whose name is Jerry." He looked away and had a melancholy expression, "Jerry was waiting as always, without moving a step, waiting for my return."

Hinako and Kuina looked at him with a weird expression. They heard him wanting to tell a horror story but it sounded like a sad story. They didn't say anything and kept listening to his story.

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"You opened up the world to me! You were my first friend! And yet...." Yuuki looked very sad when he told them this story.

Hinako and Kuina also started to sob and thought this was a very good story. Even though it wasn't a horror story but it was a very good sad story.

Yuuki continued his story, "Jerry isn't dead, he is still alive."

"Where?! Where is he?!

"Of course..."

Yuuki said that the girl turned her head and she heard this voice.

"Right behind you!"

"Uwaaaaaa!!!!" Hinako and Kuina shouted at the same time. Their eyes were letting out a lot of tears and looked at him with hateful expression.

"Y - Yuuki, this story isn't nice!" Hinako reprimanded him. She looked at Kuina and said, "Kuu-Chan, tell him that this story isn't good." She looked at her only to see that Kuina looked quite stranger, "What's wrong, Kuu-Chan?"

Kuina looked at her and answered nervously, "I - I want to take a leak."

Yuuki and Hinako were startled in response. They were locked in the storage room and they were still locked in this room.

Yuuki would also feel awkward to open the door suddenly since he had said that he couldn't open it. He looked around and found a bucket, "I will turn around and you can do it there."

"No!!" Hinako denied his idea.

"I - I can't hold myself," Kuina was almost crying.

Hinako looked at the bucket and looked at him, "Yuuki, you can look this way!"

Yuuki raised his hands and said, "Okay, I won't." He turned his head and looked away.

"Close your ears too," Kuina said.

"Alright," Yuuki said.

"Hina-Chan, help me to monitor him," Kuina said.

"Y - yes," Hinako stood up and used both of her hands to close his ears. She also made sure that he couldn't turn his head to see Kuina.

Kuina walked to the edge of this room and she felt that she lost something important. She looked at the bucket and looked at both of her friends. She thought that she started to grow up at this moment.

At that moment, Hinako and Yuuki also felt the sadness of their friend. They decided to keep this as a secret for their friend's happiness.