"Louder...! You're my everything!"

[Name] woke up to see a torii gate right in front of where they are lying right now, a beige colored floor with stairs leading upwards with little shrine compartments all around. She looks at the mokkes hopping around the area, remarking that they can be everywhere. "Nene-chan." [Name] nudged her unconscious friend but she didn't move an inch. Then, an idea enters her mind.

She lowered her head next to Yashiro's and silently cleared her throat. "Nene-chan, wake up~" [Name] whispered in a low husky voice in hopes to wake her up, like a prince in those romance mangas that they both read during their free time—sometimes Aoi tags along with them. Yashiro popped her eyes open, sits up and looked at [Name] in disbelief. "Finally, you're awake~"

"[Name], you don't have to do that—I thought a prince is going to wake me up, how dare you!" Yashiro grabs her friend's shoulders and shakes her back and forth while whining. [Name] ended up laughing once she hears Yashiro whine and have an existential crisis. "You're such a tease...!"

"Not my fault that you're always a sucker for handsome boys, you know." [Name] held Yashiro's wrists to stop her from shaking her since she's getting dizzy. [Name] helped her stand up from the floor, looking around the place they are in. "Where the hell are we?" The place has a bright atmosphere and it's different from the place on the top.

As the two girls entered the torii gate, [Name]'s foot suddenly hits on the legs of the table in front of her. "Fuuuuu—" [Name] winced in pain while holding her feet, then she ended up stumbling that made the papers on the surface came flying.

"Look, there's something over there!" Yashiro spotted a book hidden within the pile of papers.

[Name] crawled over to remove the papers to see the book which was labeled Secret and Don't look. Reverse psychology, tell them not to look and they end up looking whatsoever—why not? It sounds suspicious anyways. She carefully opened the book and gently flipped the pages to find any clues.

Today I scarred students It was fuun

"Aw, what a cute writer."

Very well done – Misaki

[Name] searched through the pages full of teacher comments about the student's writing, she saw a photo sticking out of one of the pages so she pulled it out and examined it carefully since it was old. "So, my theory is right." [Name] told Yashiro. "Misaki is the name of the teacher—not the lady on the phone."

Misaki gave me a pair of scissors

He didn't give them to the other kids, only to me

Misaki loves me

I will treasure the scissors in the wayside shrine

"This girl has a weird obsession with scissors..." [Name] shrugged.

Misaki comes to teach me reading, writing, and the abacus every single day

Thanks to him, I don't even have time to scare people

"Aw! This girl has a crush on her teacher!" Yashiro says with hearts all over her, fawning at the thought of this girl being motivated to be teached by her teacher because she admires him. "I've been there when I was in kindergarten." [Name] blinked and had her mouth hung open, well that's not surprising coming from Yashiro.

"You guys have crushes on your teachers? Damn." [Name] gave her a weirded out look. She may have been crushing on fictional anime teachers but she will never understand as to why people would be crushing on real ass teachers. It baffles her on how students are able to have a crush on their teachers, who would like someone who deadass fails you in class yet you give them a love stricken eyes to give them a pass?

Well, [Name] has standards in her crushes anyways. Never in her life she has teacher crushes. You have people simping for kpop group members, band members, actors and actresses but [Name] can't just see and understand the concept. Guess, it's all a part of a crush—liking someone impossible to have.

[Name] stopped when she came upon a page that made her heart ache.

Misaki didn't come today. There's nothing I could do, so I watched the road while making dolls all day.

The rest of the pages is all about the girl saying about Misaki's absence. [Name] can relate, there was a point in her life where she used to wait for someone to come back and like any other angsty stories out there, they never returned.

I heard a rumor lately

Apparently, there was an accident on this stairs recently. They say a teacher fell off and died.

"Then... Misaki-san is dead...?"

Misaki might never come back.

"̶̛͎͍̯͕̼̟̫̣̙̼̳̭͐̀͆͊̃̈̿̓̍̕I̴̠̻̼͑͘ͅͅ ̶̮̯̭̗̎̂͌̕͜d̵͕̱͎̖̮͎̠͎̣͎̰͓͓̦͐͛̓͐̇̽̔̎̽̔̽͠͠ȩ̶̙͔̤̉ͅc̷̨̰̦͕̭͈̱̜̤͊͊͜ͅi̷̛̺̣̩̘̯̥͎̤͔̳͎̯͚̝͗͆̿̐̊͒̿̒̎ͅd̵̢̛̺̤͙̮̃̌̓̚ę̵̛͓̻̜̖̭̙̼̻̤̱̬͇̓̇̀̌̀̈̒̈͜d̶̞̬͌̑̂̾̎̋̏̈ ̴̧͈̼̬͖̥̘̣̥̩̳͕̈́̈́͌̿̽͆͜͜ͅẗ̴̢̳͔̣͍̭̳̹́̄h̶̻̮̰͚͓̱̙̩̬͖̗̩̩̀̊̒ͅa̶̰̬̻̜̳̖̰̮͚̲͐̓̉̆̆̊͌̾͒̂̿̃̈́̚͠t̴̛͖͖͔͙̞̲̝̦̖̩̏͛̏̿̔͌̔̏͊̐̓͆͝ ̵̡̦͙̙̤̜̱̬̲̫̟̘̩̇̋́̑̉͆͊̚͠͝͝I̴͍̦̝̱̫͉̝͈̹̣̱͉͙͓̒͂̊͌ ̵̛̣̭̣̞̼̲̼̻̝̠͋̐͑̍͑̆̾͘͘̚͝͝s̸̥̰̹̝̹̘̎ḧ̶̠͎̭̮̑̋̓̃̇͌͐̍͌̿ͅo̵̢̞̤̒̌̄̒̓͆́͘ṳ̷͎͉̜͉͖̺͍̪̳̭̗̹͆̽̀̓̒l̵̤̫̗̉̏̊͝d̶͔̤̃́̾̂̋̿͆ ̵͚̮̫͛͛̀̄̌̇̑͝j̴̨̯̦̻̺͚̹̮̺̩̅́͌̆͊͋̕ȕ̵̧̧̖͈̬̟̱́̿̿͑̀͛͑͌̑̅̾͊̄͝ͅs̸̢̖̹̥̙̹̹̥̮͎͙̪̿͋̌̏̈̈̓͆t̴̨̢͔̬̺̣̗̯͕̱͖̥̔̍ ̸̠͈͇̓̾̍̄m̶̟͓̭̑̕ȧ̸̱̭̮̯̰͉̞̯͖̭͓͊̊͑͆̚k̶̗̘̈́̿̽͒͛̎̕è̷̛͙͇̤͈͙̞̯̃̐̓͊̿͘ ̴͉̤̼͖͔͎̼̰̥̊̾͆̇̍͋͂͝a̸̡͈̼̼͊̚̚͝ņ̴̨̡̺̳̞̱̘̱͙̜͙̝̥̄o̶̡̧̢̰̭̜͎͍̻͖̍͑̏̾̚͜ț̴̮̱͈̬̍͊̔͑̈́͘ḧ̸̖͕͎͔̖̙̼̖́̎̀̃͛̾̑̾ė̵͔͔͌͋̽̈͑͗͗̏ṟ̴̢̧͖͙̺̗̩̎̂̾̀͒̌̿́̓̋́͘͘ͅ ̸̧̟͚̘̮͎̳̱͇͉̳̺̀̔̽͛̈́͗͑͠M̶̞̤̹͚͍͓͋̀̏̒͋̿̽́̉̿̽͊̚͝ͅi̸̘̫̳̦̾̓͆̄̈́͐̀̏͘ş̶̡̬͓̱̩̩̼͌̎̅͐̽̅̆͝͝a̸̧̡̮̭̟̲̙̙̫̭̱̰̽͐̋̅̾̌̚͠ͅͅk̸̢̛͕͔͎̠͎̝͙̺̱̱̯̖̐̿̔̕i̴͔͓̤̹̣̱͌̓͒̍͒̓̈̽̐̈́̓̈̃͌.̴͎͇̯̳̣̟̬̫͋̀̈́̉̚"̷̧̢̺͔͂̍͋͋̌̃́̋̀̂̽̑͆̚͜͝

Realization hits [Name] all of a sudden. Basically, Misaki is the teacher that died on the stairs they are currently on, then the girl who was writing on the book is Number Two—one of the members of the Seven Wonders. They heard footsteps as the lights on the stairs began to glow. "What are you doing?" Number Two asked while holding a huge pair of scissors.

"You wrote this, right?" [Name] showed Number Two her old journal.

"That's right."

"You're not Misaki." [Name] corrected, furrowing her eyebrows at the fact that Number Two was only using Misaki's name to carry her deeds, in that case—making another Misaki. The woman walked towards the girls with an intimidating expression, Yashiro hid behind [Name] while holding the book that the latter told her to hold on to. "You're making those students disappear so that you can use them to make Misaki and if they fail, they turn into dolls."

"Am I right?"

The woman smiled. "I did."

"Y-You loved Misaki-san, didn't you?!" Yashiro asked Number Two while they are being surrounded by the dolls that tried to hold them back on the first phase of the body parts hunt.

"Do you realize what you're doing is not making him happy?!" [Name] shouted. The woman only chuckled in response, but then she switched moods and got mad. Number Two hits the two girls, launching them to the opposite sides of the area. [Name]'s back got hit by the tree as she winced in pain as Number Two pinned her using the open scissors. "Ack—!"

"[Name]-chan!" Yashiro cried.

Number Two's voice laced with anger and bitterness. She has a dark aura surrounding her. [Name] knew that this woman can't handle the fact that Misaki is long gone, she could tell that deep down—she misses him deeply and that she was still grieving. "Misaki treasured his studens. If he finds out I'd done this, he'd be crossed with me."

"Misaki is dead. Just give it up already." [Name] tried to say and her back is not helping because it hurts, she's going to have excruciating back pains after this. [Name] realizes her mistake once Number Two was angry.

"I want Misaki to scold me again, so I'll do anything even if it means killing you and that friend of yours!"

It was as if time went slow, Number Two was about to stab [Name] with the scissors yet the latter couldn't roll away to the side and everything with soundless that she couldn't hear Yashiro screaming [Name]'s name while she is being trapped by the dolls. "Hanako-kun..." [Name] mumbled under her breath.

"Help me."

Clang!

One of Hanako's haku-joudais hit the scissors away from Number Two's grasp and got thrown off to somewhere. [Name] turned to her side, following where the haku-joudai went and that's where she saw Hanako standing there filled with bruises, almost out of balance since he was slightly wobbling, he clutched on to his arm and smiled even though he was beaten up. "Heya~"

Then Hanako stumbled and was about to land on the ground. "Hanako-kun!" [Name] sprinted towards him, catching him before he hits the ground. She placed a hand on his bruised cheek with a worried look on her face. "Are you okay? You look hurt—" Hanako was grinning cheekily because he's loving how [Name] was fretting over him getting hurt.

But Hanako ended up slumping against [Name]. "I-I might die."

"Bitch, don't do this to me!" [Name] puts his arm around her shoulder then held his other hand. [Name] deadpanned afterwards when she realized what Hanako just told her. "Hold on, aren't you already dead?!"

"Oh dear. How touching." Number Two teasingly remarked at [Name] and Hanako. "Did our little game hit you that hard?"

Hanako scoffed while wiping his jaw, annoyed by the fact that he was just being sarcastic and the people seem to take the joke seriously. "I'm just kidding—I'm already dead." He told her. "Still, not suprisingly, fighting Number Two in her own territory is a little—okay, it's really tough." Hanako ranted while rolling his eyes.

"Then, what are we going to do?" Hanako used his arm around [Name]'s shoulder to yank her closer, then leaning on to her ear and whispered something to her. [Name] squirmed a little because she was ticklish by the ears, a slight touch or a brush of air would feel squeamish. "W-Wait Hanako-kun, um move away a bit—my ear—"

Hanako instead used his hand to cover so that he can whisper his plans to [Name]. "If you destroy her yorishiro, we can do whatever we want. There should be something here that's precious to Number Two, so did you find anything?"

[Name]'s eyes widened in epiphany when she remembered what she red from the book before. 'Could it be her yorishiro is the scissors Misaki gave her?' [Name] chewed her bottom lip to continue her flow of thought. 'If I can recall, the yorishiro is an item that gives the wonders some power and it's an important thing to her. That's it! Her yorishiro is the scissors and it's located on the wayside shrine.'

'There it is! The wayside shrine.' [Name] turned her direction ahead to see the lonely shrine compartment on the top of the stairs. "We have to destroy that thing right?" [Name] whispered back.

"It has a seal on it. You just have to peel it off." Hanako tells her in a hushed tone. "I'll deal with Number Two." The apparition boy helped her stand up on her feet, he grips on her hand tenderly with a look of concern on his face. "Be careful okay? Don't get hurt."

"You got it my dude~" [Name] winked.

Hanako blushed a bit. "Sorry, but I won't give you time to chit chat." Number Two summons another large pair of scissors to attack them, but then Hanako quickly ties her up with the rope, making it sure that it's tight enough around Number Two. "Number Seven—don't try to stop me!" She commanded.

[Name] continued to stare at Hanako tying up Number Two, for some reason she noticed that he was quite good with ropes. [Name] quickly smacked herself with her palms to focus on her task. 'My god [Name], focus!' She yelled inside her mind before running up to the stairs. Along the way she managed to save Yashiro and removed the dolls around her. "The yorishiro thing is on that shrine, let's go!"

The dolls appeared from the stairs trying to grab their legs like before. At this point [Name] was annoyed by the fact that every five seconds someone will be grabbing her legs. "I won't let you! If you break my yorishiro, I won't be able to make Misaki!" Number Two begged, her voice straining. "I have been working for Misaki for so long!"

[Name] stopped, turning around to glare at Number Two. "Shut up!" She yelled. "Your attitude is making me frustrated you know? Making replacements for a certain person just so they can fill the similar void isn't going to bring them back because it will never be the same!"

"I lost someone important to me too, I didn't went through this hellish shit when I lost her! I didn't replace her with a fucking mannequin or some shit. You just gotta accept the fact that Misaki is long gone and no matter what you do—you still get hurt in the end."

"Because Misaki-san will never be replacable. You're not doing it for him—you're doing it for yourself because you're selfish of bringing him back to your own benefit!"

Number Two's eyes widened at [Name]'s words, realizing that in the end, she didn't gain anything at all. No matter how much students she made missing, Misaki is still gone, it felt like everything that she had done was a waste. [Name] raised her right leg as she roundhouse kicked the dolls surrounding her, stunning Hanako, Yashiro and the Second Wonder.

"She kicked it." Hanako says.

"She jumped." Number Two added.

"Go [Name]! That's my girl!" Yashiro cheered.

"No—she's my girl." Hanako pouted at Yashiro.

"Uh uh, I meant it as a friends way—!" Yashiro corrected him.

"Oh, my bad...I meant it as friends too, and she's my assistant." Hanako laughed sheepishly at his mistake. [Name] arrived at the top of the stairs and ran to the shrine, opening it to see a scissors with the seal attached to it. She slowly peeled off the seal as the boundary starts to break in triangular pieces. The last resort that Number Two was going to do was to throw a pair of scissors at her.

But she was too late because her boundary is now broken. "Number Two of the Seven Wonders of the School, Misaki Stairs." Hanako told her as he whipped out his knife to stab her on the chest. "You have abandoned your duty, I'll need you to return your number."

An unfortunate story of a woman who lost someone important to her, and for the rest of her life she tries to bring him back even though it is impossible—in the end,

Everything went breaking down.

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basically ghosting in a nutshell is:

ghosting: *hugs reader*

reader: awh thank you

ghosting: *stabs reader with angst*

lmao so my ugly self was on my school's poster promoting their senior highschool department of the school, lmao someone in my subdivision be coming at me and be like "eyow this u?" HAAHAHAHAH