Chapter 95: Ghosted

"Excuse me, sir. The aquarium is now officially closed. We apologize for any inconvenience but we will now have to see you off." A security guard startled me as I turned around to find his apologetic expression.

"Oh, no worries," I nodded at him, acknowledging his statement before turning around, "Aries, sorry about that. You must have been waiting lo-- Huh?"

I glanced around rather startled as I had expected Aries to be waiting behind me. I did a 360° spin, before the security guard talked again.

"Sir, shall I escort you to the entrance?" 

"Oh... No. It's alright. I'll head over... Just... I need to use the restroom." I scratch my cheek rather awkwardly as he narrowed his eyes at me and nodded.

Didn't Aries say he was leaving for the bathroom earlier? He can't possibly still be there... Unless the seafood wasn't all too fresh as initially expected.