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Sykkuno watched in silence, avoiding eye contact with Lily as Toast and the rest of the school laughed and made fun of her. The pages of her diary were on the walls all over the school now. They were filled with weird drawings of animals. Some furry art, some oddly beautiful animal gore.
He had known that Toast would do something crazy with it. But he had not imagined it to this level. He cursed himself for not simply returning it to her after their break-up.
She had been horrendously clingy and annoying sure, but he never wished this sort of embarrassment on her. She just stood in the middle of the cafeteria, her hands folded. She was staring blankly at the distance.
He knew that was only a front.
She only moved when he was walking out of the cafeteria, the cover of the diary hidden in his backpack. Her eyes followed him till he was out of range.
Guilt gnawed at his mind and it was only the sound of the bell signifying the end of recess that took his mind away from it.
The relief was only temporary, his maths teacher droned on and on about a "funny" story. Except nobody was laughing and Sykkuno's loud thoughts came screaming at him again.
Toast better not show up at his house for the Valorant stream later or else he would probably beat up his best friend.
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'I guess I went too far but he doesn't have to be an asshole about it. Why's he not answering my texts?' Toast thought as he approached Sykkuno's house.
Sykkuno had mentioned the previous night that he'd stay an hour later in school to finish his homework because he knew he'd not be able to do it at home.
But it was already almost 6pm and they'd closed at 2:30. Surely he must be at home.
Toast knocked on Sykkuno's door, ready for a berrating and probably a small fight.
Sykkuno's little sister opened the door and looked at him uncertainly, "Sykkuno's not here, he said he was coming to your place for the stream instead because of your new set-up."
Sykkuno had not mentioned anything of a sort to him. He was about to call an Uber to go back home when he saw an update on Sykkuno's Instagram story.
'Sแดสสส ษขแดสs. Nแด sแดสแดแดแด แดแดแด แดส, Tแดแดsแด แดษดแด ษช สแดแด แด แด แดแดssษชแด แด แดสแดss แดสแดแดแดแดแด แดแด แด แด.'
Toast was officially worried now.
While it was very much in Sykkuno's nature to ignore him when he was mad. It was not in Sykkuno's nature to not inform him about school work.
Toast called an Uber to the school and sure enough, it looked desolate when he arrived.
Toast had to admit that the school looked amazing when there was no one in it and the janitors had cleaned up for the day. He also could not shake off the creepy feeling after not finding any of the security men at their posts.
The school had a camera system that could be viewed in the principal's office. Asides that and the four security men that were currently nowhere to be found, the school did not have any other security measures in place.
Toast had always found that incredibly weird. The school management was banking on the fact that it was located in a quiet, gated community with external security.
If someone living within the gated community decided to attack, they'd be screwed because the school was also positioned at the far interior close to the woods.
He walked to his classroom where he thought Sykkuno would be but there was no one there.
"๐ป๐๐๐๐."
Toast nearly jumped out of his skin. Lily was right behind him.
He had not heard her approach and he did understand how her usually sickly sweet voice sounded like something out of a horror game.
"What do you want Lily?" Toast voice was caustic.
"๐๐๐ข ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐," she continued like she had not heard the spite in his voice, "โ๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐คโ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ... ๐ฟ๐๐ก'๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ โ๐๐."
He let her lead the way putting a bit of distance between him and her.
Sykkuno was not in the library and Lily looked confused.
"๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ โ๐'๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ," she said again.
That's how Toast ended up following her from room to room and his patience was wearing thin. They stepped into class D3 and the light switch sparked, sending Lily to the floor.
Lily frowned at Toast, "๐คโ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐?"
"What the fuck are you talking about? I did not do anything," he returned.
She reached her hand out to him to help her stand up but he tucked his hands into his pockets instead. She stood up and dusted off her skirt.
Toast noticed she was still in her uniform. She had not left the school at all.
"๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐'๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ฟ๐๐ก'๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐๐กโ๐๐," she said.
"Do I look like an electrician to you?" Toast asked rhetorically.
She said nothing and just stood there staring at him. Only moving when he did.
He stopped and she stopped.
He peered at her, seriously wondering if something had gone lose in her head. He got the weird, sudden urge to push her to the floor and wipe that calm and content look off her face.
Instead he took a deep breath and headed to the power room. It was locked.
Toast watched in surprise as she got out a key and opened it for him.
How on Earth did she get a key to the electrical room?
He followed her in and fixed the power, feeling partially confused and partially terrified.
After he fixed the power, they went back to continue the search for Sykkuno.
Toast was fighting against his pure hatred for her. There were all alone, no one would know whatever happened in there.
She led him to one of the classrooms and gave a tiny gasp before running to the locker at the back of the class.
Toast stood on the platform where the teachers normally stood to teach and watched her as she opened the locker.
Sykkuno's limp body fell out of the locker and land on Lily, she was straining to hold him. Toast ran over and lay Sykkuno gently on the floor.
He frantically checked for a pulse, luckily Sykkuno was still breathing.
"๐ป๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐'๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐. ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ," Lily said, her voice still eeriely devoid of emotion.
Toast stood up like lighting and pushed her against the wall ignoring her pained groans as her back and the back of her head hit the wall.
"What the fuck did you do to Sykkuno?!" he yelled at her.
She looked frightened, "๐ผ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐กโ๐๐๐..."
"Don't lie to me. I'm going to get the first aid kit for him, stay here. If you even attempt to move, I'll put you in worse shape than he is," he threatened before leaving the classroom.
In his blind rage, he ran to the infirmary and opened the door. A bottle fell from behind the door and green gas came out of it when it broke.
Toast began to feel dizzy.
He tried to find something to fix that but there was nothing in the room besides a few beds and some rope. The cabinet was empty.
He saw a sole bottle of medicine in a drawer that said "caffeine" on the back and he drank it without looking at anything else on the bottle.
He drank it and he saw blood at the edge of the vision.
He laughed to himself as he in that moment remembered the meme, 'and that's when he knew he'd fucked up.'
That was his last thought as he collapsed on the floor in the infirmary.
Toast found himself tied to the bed when he came to. He heard the door open and begun to struggle against his restraints.
He heard Lily's giggle and was terrified. She was now in just the white uniform shirt with blood stains on it and a shorter version of the skirt.
She climbed astride him on the bed and he was suddenly torn between being terrified and being turned on.
"๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐, ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ญ," she said with an amused smile on her face.
She still sounded calm and sweet but there was something to her voice now. It sounded almost, guttural.
"What are you talking about you dumbass? Get off me!" he snapped at her, "where's Sykkuno?"
"๐๐'๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ง๐... ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ," she replied.
There was silence for awhile as she just stared at him with a wide grin on her face.
"๐ ๐๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ," she said, with an air of finality in her voice.
She raised the knife and carefully cut deeper and deeper into his throat, enjoying his screams of pain till they stopped.
She wiped her hands on her shirt, "๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐โ ๐ โ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐๐ โ."