Chapter 3

"Hiro!" Harvey exclaimed then hugged the man he was already familiar with. Everyone sighed with relief, except Leon. He was too busy thinking that this man who just joined could be the murderer or master mind. He seemed like he could fit the description. Strong, dressed in black, uncomfortable with this current situation, acting innocent. Well, his assumptions weren't the best. Dressed in black didn't prove anything, since Leon was also dressed in black. Anybody in this room could be acting innocent,plus, anyone would be uncomfortable with Harvey hugging them. Leon didn't know what to do. He couldn't tell who the murderer was, but he had a few good guesses apart from Hiro.

"Right, umm... can you let go of me, Harvey?" Hiro asked. Harvey let go and looked into Hiro's eyes. They hadn't changed since he last saw them. The usual dark brown. Hiro and Harvey were best friends, but Hiro was acting slightly... strange during this event. Hiro usually hugged Harvey back, but this time he was uncomfortable. Hiro started to say hello to the rest of the people in the room. He greeted them all differently. He shook Tao's hand, hugged Sayori, nodded at Leon, waved at Lucy. Then he looked to her side and asked:

"Where's Lunar? I would have thought you both would be together during all this..." Lucy just smiled a bit.

"She's resting for a bit, she just saw the body of her ex. She thought it was suicide due to how it was set up, it made her think it was her fault." Lucy explained. Hiro looked shocked.

"Oh. You mean Rita, don't you? I actually saw her before the lock down started. She seemed perfectly fine and happy to me." He said. Marley, Zac and Leon looked at each other. They all looked confused.

"I was thinking it was murder. Marley and Zac were there when it happened. The sound of snapping and mechanisms came through the hall way, followed by three screams. Two males, one female. She wouldn't scream that loud if she was killing herself." Lucy said. Everyone except Leon looked at her with admiration. Leon rolled his eyes;he didn't want somebody to be a better detective than him. He mumbled something that could only be described as cursing her name.

"Well now I can be placed in a room with Tao! Hiro and Harvey can be placed together!" Sayori exclaimed. She seemed so excited and Tao was almost confused.

"Alright." Leon sighed. The girl waited eagerly for his response. Leon thought for a while then said.

"Hiro and Harvey can be placed in a room together, but you are still by yourself. I suppose I can cope with Tao's nonsense." Sayori was furious. He had the audacity to be a snob, now to separate her from one of her friends.

"Tasty." Tao whispered. Leon shot him a glance, but all Tao did instead of acting scared, was chuckle.

"This is out of order, Leon! Let's see what I do for him: I help him with homework, I laugh at his jokes. Overall, I just take care of him! You, however, treat him like he's a peasant! It's like you think you rule over the world and that we are just a grain of sand that you can walk on. I'll tell you something, you are just as worthless as anybody here. For goodness sake, you almost killed someone! You are only making everyone think you're the murderer or master mind. I hope you get murdered!" Sayori yelled at Leon.

Everyone stared in shock. This was the first time anybody had seen Sayori yell at someone like that. Lunar walked in mid-argument, still with a look of shock and sorrow on her face. Tao looked at Leon, to Sayori, only to look at Leon again. Leon scoffed and walked to his room. Sayori went to hers too. It would be a while before either came out. Not long after, they heard a crash from Leon's room.

"I'll go check on him. I share a room with him anyway." Tao said, walking to the door.

"Does anybody want a drink?" Marley asked.

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Leon's heart was racing, his head was filled up to the brim with thoughts, all of them saying something different. He saw glimpses of a situation he didn't remember all that well. He took a black hoodie out of his bag and put it on. No sense of security. Leon tried to stop the thoughts.

You could have killed someone. You would have to stare at the body once you had done it. You'd see the marks of your hands on his neck. What a terrible thing it would have been.

Shut up! He thought before throwing his bag at the wall. The contents spilled out. He sat down, letting tears form in his eyes.

You don't need to act so strong. It's what the murderer and master mind want. You'll be okay. He'll...

"Leon?" A calm voice called out. Leon looked to his left. There was Tao. They both had the same expression. Shock and guilt. Leon hid his face immediately by pulling his hood up and looking away from Tao. Tao still ran over to Leon though.

"Hey... Why are you crying?" Tao asked quietly. Leon's lip quivered, he looked at his hands and saw that they were shaking a lot. He wanted to answer Tao, but he also didn't want to. Tao grabbed Leon's head and looked into his visible eye. Other than his reflection, he could see that his eye was a mix of different dark colours. Navy blue, brown, his pupil was the only thing that was truly black. He wiped away Leon's tears with his sleeve, then tried to un-cover his other eye. Leon pulled away, with even more fear than before.

"Sorry, I just... I want to help in a way, it'd be better to wipe away the tears from your other eye." Tao said.

"I can do it myself, don't you know?" Leon whimpered.

"I know you won't do it properly. You're panicking too much." Tao argued. Leon knew he was right. He was panicking a lot;he was terrified. However, Leon wanted an answer to why Tao was being so caring. He could have killed the boy if he put more pressure on his throat. Leon faced Tao again, so he could un-cover his eye. Tao tucked the hair behind Leon's ear and gasped.

The scar went around Leon's eye, but they eye itself was red. Not fully, but the iris was a red, there was no denying it. Leon looked ashamed, Tao could tell he was insecure about it

"You are heterochromic?" Tao asked. He was intrigued and astonished.

"I only got it when I got the burn scar. Not sure how it happened exactly."

"You remind me of a character from an anime. He was a pretty cool character." Tao said with a smile. Leon chuckled. His face slowly changed into guilt again.

"I'm sorry about the whole strangling thing..." He whispered. Tao looked at him with a sympathetic smile.

"I know you were just worried. I forgive you, Leon." He said. Leon looked a bit confused.

"Whoever said I worry about you? I don't really care about anyone." Leon stuttered. Tao chuckled.

"It's there in subtext."

"Maybe I care about you a bit..." Leon mumbled. Tao looked up at the tall male. They shared a look of surprise.

"What was that?" Tao asked with a slight smile. Leon paused before saying that he said nothing. Tao looked into Leon's eyes, knowing what he just what he had said.

"I'll go get you a drink. I'll be back in a second." Tao said while getting up. Leon looked up at him then opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. He just watched Tao walk out.

* * *

"You have no idea how much you have forgotten."

Everyone looked at Lucy. Marley and Zac looked at each other and laughed. Harvey and Hiro shook their heads in disappointment.

"I swear Lucy, if you aren't careful I'll hit you in the head with this mug." Lunar sighed.

"You wouldn't be able to hurt me, would you?" Lucy taunted.

"Oh, do you want to find out?"

"Well, no. Can you just come with me and dance?"

"We did the dance 5 minutes ago and I'm out of breath."

Lucy dragged Lunar away and put on a song and started to dance by doing a punch motion then waving her arm in the air. Lunar joined in not long after.

"What are the options?" Tao asked, barging through. He picked up a few boxes and containers before picking one and making it. Hiro started to say that he could make it, but Tao knew what he was doing, and it seemed like he was doing a great job. He had tried Tao's hot beverages before and it was one of the best things Hiro had drunk in his life.

"Tao! Come join us in our dance!" Lucy called out. Lunar was almost out of breath. She was fairly fit, but there was only so much she could do.

"Can't. There's someone to take care of." He replied. Lucy and Lunar stopped dancing and looked at each other.

"Sayori?" They both questioned. Tao looked at them with a mug of coffee in his hand.

"The other side." He said before going back into his room. Everyone looked at someone and they all shrugged.

"To be honest, we should get some rest. It's almost 9 pm." Hiro said. Everyone agreed and they all headed to their rooms for the night.

* * *

Sayori tossed and turned in her bed. It was really warm in her room, she wasn't sure about the others. She decided to check the temperature, but before she could sit up, she saw two figures in front of her. She looked at the dark figures. Their faces were covered and there wasn't anything to say who they were. One was around her height, the other was quite tall. The shorter wore a hoodie and gloves with black and grey stripes. Their mask looked like a cat or a fox. The other, however, wore a cloak that draped over their whole body. The only thing that was visible was the person's feet. The mask they wore was like a more intimidating mask;it had a gap for the eyes, but you couldn't see the eyes and it looked like you couldn't see out of them. White lines came down from the holes for the eyes, and the base colour was black.

"Who are you?" Sayori asked. No answer. They just stared down at her. The taller clapped their hands and the shorter looked up at person towering above them. The shorter pulled out a gun that looked like something police or soldiers would carry, but with what looked like a silencer. They placed it to Sayori's forehead and they spoke, but the voice was changed, almost like it was changed to be a robot.

"Just your luck. You fall out with someone and look what happens. I guess karma comes to all of us." And with that, the person in the hoodie pulled the trigger.