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When you returned from the strange washroom and arrived in your next period class, Aoi and Nene greeted you and you smiled and gave a nod in return.

You sat in a desk and shortly after Nene and Aoi pulled up in the ones around you, "(Y/N), how was the washroom?" Nene asked.

You felt a bit playful, you faked a confused look. "As in how my bladder feels?"

She shook her head quickly, "No!" She leaned over her chair and placed herself directly in your face, "I mean, did you notice anything paranormal?"

You laughed at her reaction, "No, I know you meant, I didn't even use the toilet." Your cheerful demeanor dropped, "I'm pretty sure I heard someone whisper my name though, and it was really cold."

Her eyes widened before leaning in even closer to your face, "anything else?" You pondered for a bit before almost immediately gasped, "I got another one of those dreams!"

"Really? Do you remember anything?" She exclaimed before clasping your hands in her own, you slumped.

"Not much, but I think it was the same boy from the last one." You said, watching as Nene sit straight up, showing interest in your dreams.

Aoi put a finger to her cheek, "Isn't it strange how your dreams consist of a boy you've never seen before?" She asked, "I read before that anyone that appears in your dreams is someone that you've seen in your life before, I guess it could be someone you briefly passed on the street but dreaming about them twice in a row is strange."

Now that Aoi mentioned it, it had been said that people in your dreams were ones that you have seen before. Although, since you didn't have a clear image of the boy. It could be anyone, but it was still an interesting point she raised. "I've never thought about that," you said but quickly started having even more questions. "But if they aren't dreams, what are they then?"

"Well, maybe something triggers them to occur." Nene suggested, you paused.

"Yeah! That might be it, but I don't remember a lot from them so I can't figure out what triggers them." You said, trying to think of other possibilities.

" Maybe they're hallucinations?"Aoi asked as your teacher walked into the room. You paused for a bit to process that.

"Hallucinations? I haven't hallucinated before, I don't see why I would start now." You said, starting to take a pencil out and prepare for class.

After a few moments of everyone in class shuffling around, getting ready for the lesson. Aoi's voice piped up, "why don't the two of you try to find Hanako-san and ask her?

You turned to her, "Hanako-san..?" Your voice trailed off, you couldn't think how a school mystery would help, and if they even would bother helping. Aoi nodded quickly.

"Aoi, that's a great idea!" Nene exclaimed, your eyes widened, were you guys actually going to do this? "I'll ask her if she can fix my fat ankles too!"

Aoi gave her a stern look, "your ankles are fine!" You agreed with a nod of your head, Nene huffed before responding.

"Well I might ask her for a cute boyfriend then."

You and Aoi looked at each other before silently agreeing not to pursue the topic of wishes any further, you quickly remembered something. "Aoi, are you coming with us?"

She shook her head, "I don't do well with these kinds of things." You nodded and gave her a small smile, respecting her decision.
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As soon as the bell rang for dismissal, Nene was the first one to jump out of her seat — somehow grabbing her bag, your bag, your arm and waving bye to Aoi in less than three seconds.

Everyone gave the two of you strange looks as she quickly pulled you out of the class ten seconds after the bell. You were forced to keep up with her fast movements and eventually you abruptly stopped, refusing to move until you caught a breath. "N-Nene, please wait.." You managed to gasp out, Nene was apologetic and started to rub your back.

You gave her a weak smile and the two of you began to walk towards the third floor girl's washroom, every step closer formed began to pile rocks in your stomach to the point where Nene had to stop multiple times for you to catch your breath. She looked at you with concern, "(Y/N), are you sure you want to continue? We don't have to."

You shook your head, "No, If she's real I would like the know what she thinks of my problem." With that, the two of you continued until you were both outside the third floor girl's washroom.

You inhaled sharply and held your breath for a few seconds before slowly exhaling. With tense shoulders, the two of you approached the inside of the washroom

As the two of you slowly walked into the washroom, you immediately got goosebumps and shivered. Your friend gave you a side glance, "Are you okay? It's not cold in here, are you sick?"

You frowned, it felt pretty cold to you. "No.. I'm not sick, are you sure you're not cold?" You hugged your chest to gather body heat, "I'm getting goosebumps too." You rubbed the side of your arms to flatten your small hairs.

"Oh.." Your friend paused to think before a spark of light flickered in her eyes, she turned to face you, you raised a brow wondering what she was thinking. She moved to position herself close next to you and then snuck her hand between your side and arm, linking her arm with yours. You instantly leaned against her, she was really warm in comparison to you.

"Maybe you'll be warm now!" She smiled brightly, you smiled at her thoughtfulness before turning forward to face the rest of the washroom.

Nene moved forward, carrying your weight with her as you shuffled to stall number three. You scrunched your face, didn't you open that stall earlier?

A gentle nudge in your side broke your train of thoughts, you looked to your right where your white haired friend was.

"You should knock, do you remember what to say?" She asked, you nodded in response, and with that, the two of you faced the door.

You raised your free arm that wasn't occupied by your friend and knocked three times.

"Hanako-san, Hanako-san, are you there?" You said aloud as you tightened your arm lock with Nene, she leaned in closer to your side to comfort you.

"I'm heeere.."

You both immediately looked at each other with wide eyes, she looked at you before gulping.

You untangled your arm from her's and approached the stall with small steps, you hesitated before placing your dominant hand on the knob and twisting. You opened the door to an empty stall, a few seconds passed before Nene let out a sigh of relief, "I know you wanted answers but I'm glad that there's no paranormal activity going on in the washroom — I can use the washrooms in this school without worrying about ghosts now."

You shrugged in response, "I'm probably just falling asleep in class anyway." You said, "I'm also glad I can use the washroom now, do you mind waiting for me outside?"

She nodded before pulling her arm away from you, she walked outside of the washroom leaving you alone in there. You watched her leave and when she left your sight, you turned around to look at which stall to use but you quickly noted how stall number three was closed.

You stared in disbelief and a bad feeling was growing in your stomach, You begged that it was just a coincidence as you looked at the stall door in different angles, not moving from your spot at all as your arms hugged your frame.

Eventually you did move, you strode forward with little confidence until you had a good look at the stall. Perhaps there was some kind of mechanism that someone was controlling? Surely someone was around here somewhere opening and closing these doors, the thought made your shoulders relax a little.

You shuffled around the washroom looking for some trace of a person or some kind of string mechanism but an eerie whisper made you freeze on the spot.

"Looking for something..? Or someone?"

You felt a cold rush of hair brush past your neck, you kept your stiff stance. On the small chance that your curiosity got the better of you, there would only be a group of girls behind you right?

However instead of anything you were hoping would happen, like a bunch of laughter or you would conveniently wake up from a nightmare — you felt a hand suddenly clasp your shoulder. As soon as you felt the contact you instantly jumped forward, head clashing into the stall door frame. You could already feel a bruise forming on your forehead, you clutched onto your head as your eyes widened. You ran into the stall in front of you, watching your reflection in the toilet.

You panicked, innerly trying not to scream and potentially alert teachers or students, maybe you should scream to alert someone but what if it was a misunderstanding?

"I'm just a little distorted at the moment and— " You were snapped out of your trance as you heard a laughter from behind you, you finally turned around and stared straight ahead and saw no one? You walked a little bit out of the stall you were and peeked around, you let out a sigh of relief.

Now facing away from the inside of the stall you were in, you decided that now would be a good time to leave until you heard a whisper a little close to your ear. "Over here."

authors note 08/02/20

been writing this chapter all week so my schedule is somewhat once a week? thanks for reading this chapter and i hope you enjoyed it!

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