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If there was ever a reason to display the crying emoji, finding out you were going to be dragged to a blind date by your mother kicking and screaming would be one reason. Especially, when the guy is a problem child that can't get a date because he's constantly causing trouble. Oh! Or maybe the crying emoji would be good when you sleep in thinking "Oh, yay! Saturday!" when really it's Friday and they expected you at work four hours ago. To be honest, after being dragged through several miles of underground caverns even after throwing up enough to send me to the emergency room from dehydration, finding out that we'll be the latest sacrifices in some sort of major cult trying to resurrect some sort of demon king (or that's how it goes in manga), and returning covered in dirt, grime, and unmentionable stains maybe you might think that the crying emoji doesn't quite cover all the bases. Problem is, the crying emoji has-- up until now-- always been my way of telling someone (over text, obviously) that my could not suck more.
Life could not suck more. We were all going to die.
Our captor had basically thrown my exhausted body in the corner next to the silver haired kid. I curled up into a ball and shivered. He sneered and turned to leave, muttering about the 'great help' I was. The silver haired kid pulled my head onto his lap. I allowed myself to sniffle awhile.
"What did that bastard do to you?"
"Are you alright? Ever?" Victor whispered, trying to inch closer.
"Would you stop sniveling? Why the heck didn't you try to escape?" Eliza demanded.
"Hey. This isn't the time--" Collen began.
"Ridiculous! They unchain you and you don't try to get help? Really?" Eliza pressed.
"...they're going to sacrifice us. We're not going home."
Everyone went silent. Silent as the cave itself. How long were we down here? I closed my eyes and darkness found me.
...
My head hurts... was the first thing I thought.
This stupid cave seriously sucks, I want my pillow... was the second thing I thought. The third was: "Wait. Why is my pillow here?" I sat up and was greeted by the sight of my bedroom. Anime posters, check! Anime figurines, check! Limited edition merch, check! Library at full capacity, in the various places in my bedroom. It... was all a dream! I could cry! I jumped off the bed and took a look in the mirror, pulling my shirt up.
"I have boobs!" I squinted, looking a little closer, "...okay, I have stubs. Still, I will take it." My phone buzzed, and my face twisted in agony. "Another chapter?" I muttered, picking up my phone, I glared at it. "It's all your fault I had a nightmare." Still...
Everett sat by the fire, tending to it quietly. The night sky was doused in a thick cover of clouds, blocking out all the light and keeping me from seeing his true expression. Why was it that he had such a poor relationship with Eliza? Whenever I asked, he would close himself off.
"The darkness... reminds me of something that happened when I was little." he told me as he tended the fire. I looked at him.
"What?"
"We all went through something then; that's why the darkness frightens me. What else could I loose trapped in the dark? None of us want to remember, especially that bastard!"
His face looked so dark, or maybe that was the shadows that danced across his expression in the flickering firelight, but it made me want to cry.
"I know that sometimes there are incidents that we all regret, but it might be better to just forget them. They're in the past..."
What..? Has she ever been chained to a wall in an empty cave? Where does she get off? It's traumatizing, also it's not her business whether I make up with Eliza or not... I..? I shook my head and dropped my phone on my bed. Nah, it's nothing. Just being silly. I laid down and closed my eyes, sighing and taking in the familiar musty smell of my room...
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...What..? Musty?
"Hic..!" I sat up and looked around only to see the cold, red eyes of the silver haired boy. I stared into them, dazed for a while. Before looking away and assessing my surroundings. All the male leads were chained in the cave around me. Right, so which one is the dream? I wanted to go home.
"Ever? You alright? You fainted." Victor asked. I nodded slowly. Eliza scoffed,
"Are you really alright? You look sick."
"Eliza!" Collen scolded him, causing him to turn away. How long had we been down here? I would do anything to see the sun again or feel the wind. Tears rolled down my cheek. The boy with silver hair wiped away my tear with a finger.
"You're going to be fine." his voice filled my ear, a solemn rhapsody. For some reason, I felt safe in his embrace... ... ..?
I jolted up and took a good look at where I was sitting. Seriously?!?? I quickly fell backwards with a squeak. Why was I on this guy's lap?! He looked pissed, but why?? I didn't mean to sit on his lap? It was where I woke up! I mean, I do have weird sleeping habits, but they don't involve glomping random men, thank you! If anything several of you should be glomping each other! No! Maybe not! Actually, I am a fan of the idea that Collen and Eliza would make an interesting pair. Eliza would have to be the uki though! Still, Collen is so pretty! I could see him pairing with Victor! Anyhow! I know where I would rather be! Watching true love spark between male leads! Forget the heroine and forget the villainess! MM romance was life!
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah..... I felt a strange breeze on my shoulder and froze. Slowly, my head turned, Oh my lord! One of them followed me out of the weird alter room.!!!!!!! My life is a freaking horror novel! I thought this was a transmigration novel where is all this R rated horror stuffs coming from?!