Chapter 16
Soraru was laying down on his bed, he was just staring at the ceiling. Urata was looking out the window, admiring the stars. They sat in silence as they tried to comprehend what they just learned. The book that Akimasa had given them was on the desk. Soraru sighed as he thought back on the book. So one of them is going to die eventually. He decided to looked at the book a bit more. He got up to grab it and turned back to the page. Urata noticed that the raven-haired was looking at the book.
"What are you doing?"
"Just checking."
Soraru glanced at the moon design, it looked as if it was shining bright like a real moon. He flipped the page to see if there was a short story with it just like his and Nqrse's. He stared at the page in confusion, it was completely blank.
"Eh?! There's nothing on it."
Urata was looking at the book in shock, he grabbed the book from the raven-haired's hand and flipped the pages, only to be met with just white. He groaned in irritation as he handed the book back to Soraru.
"They're all blank."
"But sensei said he and Mafu have read the book. How if it's blank?"
"Maybe because they don't have powers so it's just a normal fantasy book to them."
"That could be possible." Soraru was still confused, this keeps getting weirder and weirder.
"All we know is that the next person will have get a moon tattoo. Doesn't even say what power they'd get."
Urata was annoyed, this book isn't helpful at all sensei. He wanted to know who it was, what powers they'd get. He was extremely curious on why this was happening. Why us? Why did Soraru even gain the ability? Millions of people probably wished the same thing at some point, but why are we special?
"Well at least we know one of them is going to die, so it wouldn't surprise us as much as usual when it happens."
Soraru tried to reassure the brunette, though it was mostly for himself. Knowing that your friend was going to die at some point scared him. After all, he didn't know who, only that one of them would be next. He was going to be jumpy whenever he's around them now.
"I need to sleep, my head is starting to hurt. Night Soraru."
The brunette then closed his eyes and quickly fell into a deep sleep. Soraru put the book down and went back to his bed. He laid down and continued to stare at the wall. His thoughts and fears kept bouncing around his head. He was still shaken at the fact that the book seemed to tell his future. The raven-haired turned over as he closed his eyes.
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July was just around the corner, children were running around the town. The summer day was bright as usual. It would bring up anyone's mood, except for Soraru. The raven-haired was glancing around at the others while they walked. He was a bit cautious, at any given moment could something happen.
Mafu and Luz were happily talking to one another, sometimes dragging Sakata or Amatsuki in the conversation. Kashitaro was chatting with Senra while the other two males, Shima and Nqrse, just walked in silence. The raven-haired sighed, I should just stop. The more I think about it, the more I'll become paranoid. Soraru decided to just live his life as if he didn't know his friends would die eventually.
"Hey Soraru."
The raven-haired snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the albino that had called out to him.
"You weren't listening, were you?"
Soraru sheepishly smiled as Mafu pouted, the raven-haired found the gesture to be cute. Nqrse noticed the slight small smile on the raven-haired's face. He chuckled a bit, he really does seem to like Mafu. Nqrse then turned to look at the brunette next to Soraru. He saw what seemed to be Urata teasing the raven-haired, who was giving him a side glare.
"We all decided to go to an arcade. Are you coming along?"
"If I wasn't then why would I be here with you guys?"
Mafu blushed and slapped the raven-haired's arm. Soraru just laughed at the albino's embarrassed face.
"I was just asking, no need to be snarky about it."
"Kinda dumb to ask that."
"Q-Quit it!"
The albino began to bicker with the raven-haired, who would reply back with a smug comment. The others just watched the scene in amusement.
"They're like an old couple." Shima muttered, Nqrse chuckled at the comment.
"But they do seem cute together." Kashitaro stated.
"Hey love bird, the others are waiting."
Urata grinned as he saw the raven-haired's ears turn slightly red at the comment. Soraru stopped teasing the albino and just gave the brunette another side glare.
"Wwww you two seem to get along well." Amatsuki commented, Mafu blinked as he stared at the red eyes brunette.
"Soraru is still rude to me~" Mafu whined before tackling Luz into a hug. The light haired male had stumbled back for a second but managed to find his balance as he looked down at the bino.
"Luz, do something~"
"Eh? Like what?"
"I don't know, you always seem to know how to calm down Soraru."
"E-Eh?"
Luz blushed as Mafu giggled, though the fact that Luz was blushing at a comment relating to Soraru annoyed him. The albino made a small glance towards the raven-haired, who seemed to have spaced out. He was wondering what Luz saw in Soraru to have gotten his attention. Is it the fact that they're childhood friends?
"Can we hurry to the arcade~ I want to play games already."
Sakata's whined snapped the albino out of his thoughts as the others shook their heads. Nqrse smirked to himself when he saw Urata staring at the redhead. Soraru sighed as he began to walk ahead of them, Sakata smiled as he followed the raven-haired. The others soon followed too as they headed towards the arcade.
They arrived at the arcade, flashing lights decorated the place, they were bright enough to possibly blind someone. The sounds of the games and people talking echoed around the place. The guys walked around until they found a spot that was a bit quieter so they could hear each other.
"So what are we going to do first?" Kashitaro asked as the others thought for a while.
"I saw a laser tag area back there." Shima said as he pointed to the area a few spaces away from them.
"But it seems to be filled at the moment." Sakata said as he saw a long line for the game.
"Let's just waste time playing other games while the line gets shorter." Senra suggested.
"Should we split up again?" Nqrse asked, he then looked between Soraru, Luz and Mafu. Wonder how this'll turn out.
"We did that while we were at the amusement park, let's all just hang out together this time." Amatsuki said, he looked at the others for their agreement. They just nodded their heads.
"Great, I saw a shooting game so let's go try it."
The brunette grinned as he grabbed Kashitaro's hand and dragged him towards the direction of the game. The guys followed behind, Nqrse walked slow until he was with Soraru in the back.
"I'm getting used to my powers."
"Well that's good, not knowing how to control them would cause trouble." Soraru said as the pink haired male nodded his head in agreement. He frowned slightly before looking at the raven-haired again.
"So who do you think it'll be?"
Soraru tensed up, he knew what Nqrse was trying to say, he had forgotten about that. The raven-haired looked back at the pink haired male.
"I don't know."
The raven-haired's voice was barely above a whisper as Nqrse looked down. He also didn't like the idea of seeing his friends dying but Soraru had told him that he wouldn't remember what happened once he resets time. Even so, the pink haired male felt bad for Soraru, the raven-haired would remember it, he'd remember exactly how the event played out.
"Let's just forget about it know, enjoy having fun for once."
Urata was hoping that the two males would cheer up, it was the most he could do in the situation. Soraru and Nqrse smiled at the brunette.
"Yeah."
They made it to the game Amatsuki wanted to try, the red eyed brunette grabbed one of the guns as he looked at the others.
"Who wants to play along with me?"
"Shima can go." Senra said as he pushed the purple-haired towards the game.
"Hey! Don't push me."
Shima glared at the blonde, who innocently smiled. Shima felt his face get warm as he muttered under his breath.
"You're lucky you're my boyfriend."
"What was that?"
"Nothing~ just saying how cute you look." Shima smirked as he saw the blonde blush at the comment.
"Quit flirting." Luz teasingly said as the two males glared at him.
They began the game, Shima was doing great while Amatsuki was pretty decent. The others just watched in amusement at how Amatsuki had just died right as the game began. The game ended with Shima winning while Amatsuki was a few points behind him.
"Of course Shima would win, he plays a bunch of shooting games." Amatsuki whined while Kashitaro rolled his eyes.
"You're just trying to think of excuses."
Amatsuki pouted as the brunette pinched his cheek. The red eyes brunette whined as the others just laughed. They were walking around, competing against each other in games and trying to win prizes. Soraru was having fun hanging around with them, all the fears he had were gone at the moment.
"Hey Sakata, want to try that basketball game?" Luz asked the redhead, who just shrugged. The light haired male dragged him away as the others watched.
"Hey there's another shooting game, let's go Senra." Shima grabbed the blonde's hand and walked away.
"I want to try that crane game Kashi." The two brunettes left, leaving Mafu alone with Soraru and Nqrse.
"So much for hanging out together." Nqrse muttered as he laughed at his friend's childish actions.
"Well let's go do something while they're off on their own."
Mafu was a bit upset that Luz had gone with Sakata. But he wasn't worried since the redhead knew about his feelings for the light haired male. Just hope Sakata's stupidity doesn't make him blurt out my feelings for Luz. Mafu turned to face the two with a smile, warming Soraru's heart. The three walked around a bit, playing different games that caught their interest. Urata was helping Soraru win some of the games, even though the raven-haired told him not to.
They were at a crane game that Soraru was trying, mostly because Urata said he wanted a plushie so he can give it to Yamadanuki. He managed to grab a hold of the plushie, along with a teru teru bozu phone keychain. Soraru won the plushie and looked at the keychain. He wasn't sure what to do with it until he noticed the albino was next to him.
"It looks cute~" Mafu stared in awe at the drooling face on it.
"Do you want it?"
"Eh?"
Mafu stared at the raven-haired, who was holding out the keychain towards the albino. Mafu felt his stomach become filled with butterflies.
"Y-You don't mind?" The albino asked timidly, he wasn't sure why he seemed embarrassed by the gesture. He's just giving me a keychain, so why do I feel happy?
"Nope."
Mafu grabbed the keychain and stared at it. Soraru turned his head as he heard Nqrse call out to him and walked towards the pink haired male. Urata glanced at the albino, he smiled a bit before following the raven-haired. Mafu felt his face become warm and moved his hand to cover his cheeks.
He was confused on the emotion he had just felt, it was similar to the ones he feels whenever he's with Luz. I-It's probably because I-I was hoping it would be Luz. Mafu looked at the two males ahead of him, his gaze fell onto the raven-haired who was talking with Nqrse. Y-Yeah, I like Luz so it has to be that. I'm embarrassed he might misunderstand. Mafu took a deep breath as he stared at the keychain, he shook his head to clear his thoughts. There's no other reason, I have feelings for Luz.
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A/n
I don't want to immediately jump to the next person getting their ability so there will be filler chapters (filled with fluff, just before the angst www)
Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter~
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