Friends?

It's dark.

The forest is dark light up just irradiated by the moonlight.

Eva running to her last breath.

She running.

Keep running.

Still running.

She ran deep into the forest.

She can't see anything.

She just keep running.

She running till her last breath.

*Bang*

A loud sound from a shot of bullet.

The bullet punched ways through her thigh causing her to fell on the ground. 

Not wasting time she struggles wake up to keep running away.

*Bang*

Another shot this time hitting her shoulder.She once again fell to the ground.

The pain hurts a lot.She want to scream and shouted.But scared of them getting close.
The blood gushed out. She remained no sound.Holding her tears and suffering.
She keep running.Even with 

the pain within.

She running holding to her shoulder, sliding her left foot.
In those suffering pain, suddenly she saw a shadow from above her head. The shadow of one of the person chasing her jumping flipping in front of her.

The person now standing face to face.Eva who is scared fell to the ground not be able to moves a single part of her body. the pain spread through her as tears fell from her eyes.The person pointing a gun to Eva head without hesitate.

*Bang*

Eva Harold 20 years old college student, has died.

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-18 hours earlier before the death-

"Who are you!? What do you want from me!" Eva said trembling seeing the  nurse in front of her with a gun.

"Relax, I'm not gonna threating you with this. I just gonna ask a question from you.."

 the familiar nurse said putting the gun under the desk.

"My name is Erica Jason. Nice to meet you"

"......"

"Do you remember anything before coming here?" Erica asked.

".... I remember tried jumping off the building.."

"Congratulations. It works" Erica nodded.

"Anything else you remember after that?"

".....""I had a dream.." Eva said in more slower tone.

"Do you remember anything from the dream?"

"No.."

"Okay, that suck I guess" The woman Erica said taking back her gun under the table, direct it to Eva threating her.
Eva in fear holding tight to the white blanket at a bed she's on
"Goodbye~"

*Knock knock*
Before Erica could pull the trigger. Someone knocking to their door. With hesitate she putting down the gun in her pocket.

"Come in" Erica said acting like nothing happened while Eva is in lower case of breathing consider her heavy breathing she got for that scary moments.

Someone with a dark blue hair and a greenish eyes came in with some paperwork on her hands.The person took a glance to Eva who anxious to death right now.

The person was in shocked furiously scared. She was so scared that she slowly taking a step back.
The person turn her head to Erica and quickly walked to her way.

"How!? What- huh?" The person having a confusion turning her head right and left.
"......"

"Julia, came here" Erica waving her hand calling for that person.
She get close and whispering something to her.

"Eh-" The person shocked
"I'm not finished-" Erica annoyed and continue whispering to her ear.
"I'm in but you also need to asked the others about it-"

"..... To much works"

"Hey kid. Where is your dorm?"

"I live at a cheap apartment close to-"

"Pack you things. You moving to a house"
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*Knock, knock*

"Hey Julia-" one of her friend with a blonde hair covering her right blue eye.  greet her suddenly freeze seeing Eva beside her.

"How?"

"I actually don't know" the woman is in shocked. She looking at her friend Julia but she also seem to not quite understand.
As for Eva. She don't know what kind of reaction she supposed to make in this situation consider she also don't know what these people having a shocked on her.
A ringing from Julia phone.

"Hello-" "What... Do it yourself-"She answered the phone. Consider she is the one on called the other two Aria and Eva couldn't care less about it.
Julia Sigh.

"Fine.."

Julia agreeing on something. Don't know what it is.The person that called her, hang up before Julia could. 

"Aria, I need to go help Zoe on something.... I gonna leave her in your watch.. can I trust you?"

 Julia said holding Eva shoulder hoping for her friend Aria could take care of her for a moment.

Julia go leaving those two standing awkwardly.

"Wanna have a meal?" Aria smile inviting Eva.....

Eva sitting on the chair with the big table in front of her waiting what kind of food that this person will serve.
Aria came with a plate of black pepper steak.
Aria put the plate on the table only for Eva.
Aria sit at the far front Eva at the table.

"What's wrong?" Aria asked looking at Eva not yet touch the food.

"Ah, nothing.."
"Can I eat this..?" Eva is still unsure about it and hesitate consider how expensive it looks.

"Of course you can, that's why I made it for you" Aria said with a wide smile on her face.
Eva having a hesitate gulb before putting the meat that she cut we a knife in her mouth.

She chew it slowly as the meat fill her watering mouth. The taste that touches with her tongue causing a delightful taste.

"How?" Aria asked
"It's good!" "What kind of meat is this? I never had something like this before.." Eva said with wide opened eyes and the meal that fill mouth.

"......"

Aria continue to smile as Eva finishing her meal.
"I'm back-"Julia opened the door shocked seeing them. Julia freeze for a second.The looks on her face make her violently sick as she sees them.

Julia quickly covering her mouth as she seems to threw up and headed to her room.
"Ignore her, she don't know how to appreciate someone else's cooking" Aria said when she saw Eva in concern.

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"Heyyo, new housemate!" A woman with a glasses waving her hand greet Eva with an open hand."I'm Ellen nice to meet you!" She introduced herself holding both of Eva hands.

".... Eva" She awkwardly say her name.

"Wow, your name sound rich!" Ellen smile as she gave a compliment to Eva.

"How is this corpse alive!?" Zoe who came with Ellen stood weirdly looking at Eva.

"...... What?" Eva shocked hearing one word that coming from one of the person with a short brown hair and a single blue colour streaks.

"Erica asked if she can stay here consider how she said that this girl is important.. and I said yes" Julia explaining the situation with Eva coming here.

"Why do you agreed?" Zoe asked.
"I mean..Why not?"

"Because we only had four rooms. You, Aria, Ellen and me" Zoe said pointing to each of them as she seems annoyed if getting new people in their house.
"Sharing room I guess.." Julia giving an idea. She turn her head to Ellen a friendly girl with the glasses.
"Don't look at me I had a lot of stuff in my room"

"I don't want to share a room with a ghost" Zoe said with a disgusted face.

Julia turn her head to Aria who excitedly seems to volunteer herself into sharing her room. Julia decided to ignore her.

"Okay, I guess we will be sharing a room from now" Julia smile agreeing to share her room with Eva.
"Why do you avoid me.." Aria smiles through pain.

A ringing from Julia phone.
"Ah, Maya called"
"Hello-"
"......."
"WHAT! WHAT DO YOU MEAN! MAYA! WAIT!!" Julia shouted as the caller hang up.
"... What's up?" Zoe asked.
"Let's prepared a bed for you!" Not answering the question from her friend Julia giving a soft smiling clapping her hands.

Eva and Julia headed to their room packing all Eva things clearing the room and putting a new bed bought by Erica.

"Okay we're done! Eva do you got any class today?"

".... Yes, I do. But I often skip it so I don't mind getting any works right now" Eva casually said with a gloomy looks on her face.
"Really? Okay then... I would like you to accompany me to certain places"

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Those two enter the woods and walked deep into the forest.

"What are we doing here?" Eva asked.
"Oh, nothing.. just- you know. I like to wander around here sometimes"
"You see that big tree" Julia pointing to the biggest tree that surround by the bushes.
"That tree is the best place for hiding" Julia said with a sudden awkward chuckle.

"But be careful not to fall to a cliff that somewhere around that bushes" She said smiling
"Oh, and also there always a bear trap hiding around here so be careful not to step on it" she give a soft giggle
"......."

"Look at the time it's getting late. Shall we go now?" Julia said, make herself look in hurry even though she the one who inviting Eva here.
With a sweat and maybe a sudden fast heartbeat.
Eva realized that-
Julia is in fear.

"... Are you okay?" Eva concerns consider how weird she has been acting even though they just met.
"Hm? Yeah, why?" Julia replied not to give any suspicious reaction.

"You looks scared.."
"No, I'm not. Come on let's go back to our house"

"....."

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"What's wrong Eva?"

"Nothing.. it just- this meal doesn't tasted the same as earlier.."

"Woah, she got a sharp tongue-" Zoe said.
".... Do you like the meal from earlier?" Aria asked seeing someone appreciate her cook.
Eva don't give any reaction but a nod.

Aria with her smugly expression looking at Eva.
"If you survived tonight I tell you how to cook a perfect meal like earlier-" Aria said as she eat her food.

".... Survived?" Eva with a confused expression on her face.

"Hm? Julia didn't tell you?.."
"Well basically tonight--Ouch"
Before Aria got to tell Eva. She got cut off by Julia throwing a fork to her head.
Julia with a dead stare to Aria make her decided to not telling the full sentences she's about to tell Eva.
In those tension suddenly Ellen phone ringing. She put down her spoon and fork to answering the phone....

"Who's that?" Julia asked.
"Seira- she said that Erica called for you to go to the nearest park-" 

Ellen pointing to Eva.

".... Right now?"
"Yes" Ellen reply
"Why didn't she called me?" Julia asked concernedly.

"She don't have your number"

 Ellen reply with a straight face.

Those two not even done with their dinner but decided they need to go right now.
On their way, Julia see Eva in anxious with a shaking and sweaty hand
"Are you scared?" Julia asked in concern.

"Of course I am. I don't know what's going to happen to me-" Eva said scared to having to met with the person that point out a gun to her.

"It's oka-... Actually not. It's not going to be okay" Julia giving a soft smile for a second and quickly switch up as she said realising that she knows what the situation would be for Eva.
"Julia.. What do you thing is going to happen?" Eva asked.
"Die-" Julia replied giving a glance.

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"Are you sure she's the one?" A person standing beside Erica not sure about Eva as she judging her.

"She is the only person who saw the reaper appearance" Erica said furiously.

"My name is Seira, nice to meet you" she said as she giving her a formal hand shake.

"I'm Eva-"
They done with the introduction. Seira, a person with a greyish palate and a relaxed eyes walked back to standing beside Erica.

"So.. Eva, have you meet anyone with stunning appreance, beautiful, elegance individual?" Erica state as she tries to describe a woman to her.

"What-"
"What?"

"What kind of describing is that?" Julia said.

"Beautiful isn't enough?" Erica reply.

"I mean.. I'm also stunning here. So that isn't a right way to describe a one particular person" Seira praising herself as she tell how bad the describing is.

"Sorry.. I usually avoiding contact with people.. so I don't think I met this person you guys looking for-But! I can help finding that person!If it the only way for me to not getting killed..." 

Eva state saying she willing to do anything in order for her to not getting killed even though they mean no harm.

A sound of a reload gun.
Eva slowly turn her back.
She see Julia holding a gun with a sinister smile and a low Sharp eyes right in front of her.

It was a lie.

They do mean harm.

Julia raised one eyebrow and her lip curled."What a shame for you to end up like this" She smiled and pulled up the trigger
Eva slide through her right side causing the bullet to hit the ground. Eva run in order not to get killed as she mentioned.

"Woah, she dodge that" Zoe said looking through the binoculars.

Without people realized. Zoe, Aria and Ellen is on the one of their college building roof to see the fun they've been waiting
"Ah-" Zoe shocked.
"Hm? What's wrong?" Aria looking curiously.
"She's running to the forest-" Zoe state.
"She whether taking a risk or just stupid to be running to the forest in the dark" Ellen sigh.

"This is getting boring, I can't see them anymore" Zoe with her binocular no longer can see through the heat situation.
"Let's go home. I got chemistry class tomorrow"

 Ellen give up and invite her other friends to just go home because Eva decided to ran towards the forest causing them to got no motivation for tonight when they thought that they could see the fun.

They walked close to the building together when suddenly encounter with a friend.
"Ah, Maya" a woman with a dark appreance standing beside the dark corner.
"What are you doing here?" Aria asked.
"I am the one who supposed to be asking that question."
"Hehe-"

"By the way, what happened to Erica plan? She didn't called for me.." Maya give a concern.
"She dodge Julia bullet-" Zoe said, as Ellen continue the sentence."Yeah, and ran to the forest-""Forest!?"
"Don't worry, Julia and Seira is chasing after her" Ellen state as the last thing she saw from the situation earlier.
Maya not wasted anytime. She run leaving them heading towards the forest.

"Woiii! Where are you going!? Wait!!" Zoe try to stop her but it's to late.

"There goes our darkness Princess~" Aria smirked.

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The forest is dark light up just irradiated by the moonlight.Eva running to her last breath.

She running.

Keep running.

Still running.

She ran deep into the forest.
She can't see anything.

She just keep running.
She running till her last breath.

*Bang*

A loud sound from a shot of bullet.The bullet punched ways through her thigh causing her to fell on the ground. Not wasting time she struggles wake up to keep running away.

*Bang*

Another shot this time hitting her shoulder.

She once again fell to the ground.The pain hurts a lot.
She want to scream and shouted.But scared of them getting close.

The blood gushed out. She remained no sound.Holding her tears and suffering.She keep running.Even with the pain within.

She running holding to her shoulder, sliding her left foot.
In those suffering pain, suddenly she saw Maya who have been chasing her along with Julia and Seira jumping above her land right in front of her causing Eva to fell to the ground not be able to moves a single part of her body. The pain spread throug her as tears fell from her eyes
Maya pointing the gun to Eva head without hesitate.

*Bang*

[End of chapter]