Chapter 2 - Prologue III

I was running and running in a vast yet empty snowy forest...unable to save anyone and seeing them die.

~ Sins ~

It was Murayama Chiyuka, our homeroom teacher. She was pretty short even to called for a teacher, though. If I were to roughly calculate her height it would be around 150 cm. Still, she was like the mascot of our class and everyone liked her for her cuteness. I hated her, though because whenever I rarely came to school, she always bickered with me.

Chiyuka - "IS THAT HYOTARU-KUN!?"

Shiro - "Long time no see, Sensei."

Chiyuki - "Wah!? Don't long time no see me! Will you be going on the trip?"

Shiro - "What else would I be here? I had to come to the school anyway so I might as well raise my standard by going on this trip."

Chiyuka - "I-I see! Maybe you could use this opportunity to--"

Shiro - "Denied. Not interested.''

Akiyama & Chiyuka - "Grr..."

They both glared at me while the other students in the class gossiped about how rude I was. I don't care either way, so I ignored everything and looked outside the window.

Chiyuka - "Alright, everyone. As you have already read in the email, we will be going on a one week trip to Hokkaido for this year's field trip. There will be six groups with four people in it. Two boys and two girls. Now come over and pick up your lottos one by one."

Some of the students voiced their concern about the cold but Chiyuka explained the safety measures and they relaxed down. We all picked up our lottos one by one and...

Akiyama - "What kind of joke is this!? I mean I am a bit happy but why is this jerk on our group!?!"

Tsutsumi - "...Mii-chan."

Shiro - "How am I supposed to know!?"

I was honestly a bit relieved that I was not in the group of the bullies but now I have another troublesome one in the group and most importantly the Mr. Popular guy is in there too...

Yusuke - "Let's get along, Hyotaru."

I nodded with him and shook hands. While Akiyama was glaring daggers at me, and Tsutsumi trying to calm her down. Our group was made like that with Me, Yusuke, Akiyama, and Tsutsumi.

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Everyone was getting ready to assemble and get on the buses. I thought that since Hokkaido is 513 miles far from Tokyo, taking a bullet train would be faster but since we are taking a bus...it will take even more time. This makes sense then if we are going to stay for about a week. I was passing by the hallway, making my way to the entrance to hop on the bus but...suddenly my head started hurting badly and the same intensifying pressure fell upon and I started running towards the bathroom. As I was running I passed by my group who looked at me and said...

Akiyama - "Oi! Where are you going--"

Tsutsumi - "Hyotaru-kun?"

Yusuke - "Something's wrong..."

I rushed to the bathroom without even giving them single attention and upon reaching there, I vomited and fell, breathing heavily. I was shaking too as the after-effects of that pressure left me immobile for a while. Akiyama, Yusuke, and Tsutsumi soon came after me and saw me in that pathetic state. I washed my face and was staring at my face for quite a while. What's going on with these traumatic moments then and now...I was left dumbfounded...

Yusuke - "You okay, Hyotaru?"

Shiro - "Pathetic, aren't I?"

Tsutsumi - "N-No, you aren't..."

I picked up my bag and attempted to leave. I may not have realized while I was panicking, but I vomited blood as well. I turned my back to them and said...

Shiro - "Let's go. Everyone must be waiting."

Yusuke - "Y-Yeah. But are you sure you're okay?"

Shiro - "I'm fine."

We left from there and reached to where the buses where stationed. As we were approaching our bus, Chiyuka spotted us and said...

Chiyuka - "You guys are late! What were you guys doing?"

Yusuke & Tsutsumi & Akiyama - "We're sorry, Sensei..."

I simply hopped on the bus and was interrupted by Akiyama yet again...

Akiyama - "You should at least say sorry. It was because of you that we were late."

Shiro - "...Sorry."

Everyone was surprised by it. Even Akiyama who had asked me to say sorry was taken aback. Everyone mused over it but eventually smiled and Akiyama said...

Akiyama - "You could be at least be honest with yourself, you know..."

Shiro - "...I'll see to it."

I blushingly got on the bus while everyone smiling at me hopped on as well. As we got on we saw everyone already sitting on their respective seats with their friends. Akiyama & Tsutsumi picked a seat, and Yusuke sat with his best friend, Funai Masaki. As I was glimpsing over the seat arrangement, I saw that there was only one seat left in the last row. I went there and sat by someone unknown. He picked the seat by the window, so I was stuck by the open segment one. He noticed me, seating beside and said...

??? - "If it isn't the famous plaything of our school."

Shiro - "Who are you?"

??? - "How rude...at least remember the names of your classmates..."

Shiro - "Why would I care? I only come to school once in a blue moon."

??? - "That is true. My name is Nagase Takeichi. Nice to meet you, Shiro Hyotaru-ssi."

Shiro - "Wait, are you Korean?"

Nagase - "No, no. My father is Japanese, and my mother is Korean. I was born in Japan though, so I inherited a Japanese name and its language. But my mother told me to use Korean honorifics to express my mixed culture."

Shiro - "Seems legit."

Shiro met and faced many different interactions and events after coming to school after five months. Though he is yet unaware of the fact that this Hokkaido trip is...far dangerous than he can ever hope for.