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the footsteps coming from below natsume's feet felt a little too loud today.
it wasn't something he'd usually pay attention to, but today felt so off that everything felt out of place. everything was so quiet, and the stupid mop-head, walking beside him was even quieter than air itself. everything felt wrong today.
did something happen while he was dead asleep? a tragic incident in ES that leads to something so bizzare even he himself can't think about the solution.
he turns his head left. all he can see is the road; its quite empty. a few cars pass by there of course, but other than that.. theres nobody walking on the streets except those two, and every single car that passed by them felt like there was nobody driving.
then he turns his head right. its tsumugi, walking beside him. he looks nervous, his gaze moving to the buildings beside them or at natsume directly. he fidgets with the collar of his shirt more than often, and he looks anxious.
he's certain that theres a weird vibe in the air today, maybe even yesterday (he can remember, while he was out to buy something, the roads were a little more quieter than usual. he didn't pay attention, though.) natsume stops in his tracks, and tsumugi does too, wondering why he had abruptly stopped walking. good, i'm not invisible then.
" natsume-kun..? whats wrong? " tsumugi asks.
" don't you feel something is off todAY? " straight to the point. tsumugi slightly tilts his head, confused. he doesn't get it, and he could slap him in the face for that.
crossing his arms, he speaks again. " nO-- you've been acting off toO. why do you look so nervoUS? " the other jumps at that, as if he's been caught doing something bad.
" u-um.. well-- " he fumbles with his words. the red-haired raises an eyebrow at him. " ..i.. um.. i-i-- "
he takes a few deep breaths. natsume counts everytime he breathes in and out.
one, two, three, four, five, si--
" i...i didn't wanna say this but.. i accidently hit someone with a car. "
what.
natsume takes a few moments to process that.
what?
did he just say that?
" .....yOU.... what noW? "
" i hit someone with a car. and they died. and i didn't tell the police. i'm so sorry natsume-kun. i might go to jail. "
he stayed silent, with wide eyes.
no wonder it felt so quiet today.
his unitmate just did a crime. and he didn't even know.
he takes a step back, a step back to stay away from a damn murderer.
" this is why i fucking hate YOU. "
" why would yu say that.... "
tsu,mugi starts crying in front of him, crying that he's gonna be arrested.
natsume doesn't care. he didn't care about him anyway. not after what he just heard.
not after he was the first person to be told that tsumugi hit someone with a car. he shouldn't have gotten a drivers license.
damn.