Chapter 12 - Locked Inside

“What now…” I muttered as I looked at the locked door in front of me. Even after turning the knob a few times, I couldn’t open it. No matter what I did, I couldn’t open it. There’s simply no way to open it unless I want to destroy the whole door.

I am really locked inside. I sighed, couldn’t believe that I was going to be locked inside.

It didn’t cross my mind even once. Who would’ve thought they would do it this way… I was so sure I would be able to escape after they got out. But here I am, was locked, and couldn’t do anything.

I stepped back from the door and leaned on the cabinet, trying to collect my thoughts and calm myself.

I looked around the classroom and stared at the window. “Hm… I wonder if I could do it.” I walked towards it and opened the window.

I let out a soft chuckle. “There’s no way I could do this…” I murmured, looking down to the ground from the fourth floor. It was too high for me to jump on, and it would not be a good thing to imagine doing it.

Even if I was alive, I’m not sure I would be able to survive it. I thought as I looked down once more. Nothing to hang on, how would I even be able to drop down there if there’s no ledge here?

It is impossible.

I repeated myself, shaking my head and crossing out the idea of climbing down from the window. “Nope. Not going to do it.” I said, convincing myself.

I grabbed one of the tables, pulled it, and placed it in front of the window. It was starting to get dark, as the sun set. Everything felt bland as I looked through it, there were no colors, and I couldn’t even feel anything.

Well, compared to the graveyard, the classroom was much better. It felt a bit safer in here, despite me being a living skeleton myself. I chuckled softly.

Now what… I asked myself again, lost about what to do. Now locked inside the classroom, all I can do is to hope that I will be able to escape the school.

I wonder if she was freaking out… I smiled weakly, thinking about Amara.

I did leave her behind without any warning. If she did bring me something to wear, it would be awesome. But then, I’m now in this situation, how would I be able to wear it now? I paused and sighed.

Since today is Monday, it’s expected that there will be a class tomorrow. With no other choice, my only way of escaping this without raising any problems is to act normally tomorrow.

And by acting normally… I turned around and looked back at the cabinet earlier. I need to take a sit over there again and act like I’m a normal skeleton. Just thinking about makes me nervous.

I turned back to face the window, gazing back to the sky. “Now, it’s best to take my time and rest for the whole night.” I murmured.

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“Where…” I looked behind the wall, and there was no sight of Shade in here. I looked around, from the side of the wall to the school’s ground, but there was no sight of him being here.

Did he decide to go back to the cemetery? I asked myself, wondering if it was the case. Even though I asked him to stay put, it’s not like he was obligated to do it.

He was free to leave, and that’s what I wanted to believe.

I sighed, placing the bag on the ground. “Couldn’t he just wait for me before going away…” I muttered, scratching my head. Holding the motorcycle helmet in my left hand, I placed it on top of the bag.

I don’t think I took that long, right? I thought, leaning against the wall and staring down at the bag.

“I don’t want to bring this back…” I whispered, thinking about the consequences of what I did. “Dad is surely going to notice that his spare helmet was missing.”

In truth, this motorcycle helmet is supposed to be a spare that up until now we still haven’t use it. It’s a waste to not use it. It’s better for Shade to use and hide with this.

“So… where he is actually?”

The only place I could think of is he probably went back to the cemetery. But even that wouldn’t make any sense unless someone found him in here and he decided to run away.

With that, I decided to move forward and walked towards the cemetery, bringing along the big backpack and the helmet. It didn’t take too long for me to walk back to the cemetery. And then, upon arriving, no one welcomed me.

He was nowhere to be found. Not a single skeleton in sight.

I closed my eyes, and let out a sigh. Where did he go!? I even brought him some clothes!!!

“SHADEEEEEEE!!!!!!!” I shouted, as loud as I could. “WHERE ARE YOUUUUUUU!?”

But he didn’t respond, no one responded. It was all quiet in the cemetery after I shouted. Feeling tired, I took a seat in the grass, calming myself.

Now that I have no idea where he is, there’s no telling if he got caught too. He could be hiding, or even have run away. I don’t know. He could have at least waited for me first… But, it might also be because something unexpected happened to him.

I turned my head to the sky, and it’s starting to get dark. It’s getting dark, I should continue this tomorrow.

I stood back up and looked at the gravestones. “…” I took a peek at the helmet on my left hand. “I should leave it there.” I murmured, thinking about leaving it behind.

I walked towards the gravestone of Shade and placed the helmet just beside the stone.

Don’t tell me you came back from being dead again? I thought to myself, chuckling softly. I let out a breath immediately after, finding it hard if it were to happen.

“Well, I’m hoping it wasn’t the case…” I whispered, turning around and walking away. I decided to head home immediately, the night is dangerous to be walking alone.

As much as I want to look for him, it would only be hard for me to do it at night. It would also raise some suspicions if I were to do that, and it’s not a good thing for him.

“Hah…” I took a deep breath. “When are you going to stop hiding Shade…”