89 Halloween Special - Familiar Faces In A Haunted House

I awoke to the sound of rain gently patting on my window sill and my alarm clock reverberating next to my ear drum.

Beep Beep

Beep Beep.

I couldn't help but moan as I instinctively rolled over to turn it off. I rubbed my eyes and wiped my mouth to get the sleep off my face as I gently sat up.

[ Since when were there alarm clocks in Tama? ]

I blinked for a few times and adjusted my eyes squinting to check the room around me. I was on sitting up on a futon mattress that was laying on a straw mat in a tiny apartment that could barely house a person.

[ Am I back on Earth?! ]

I looked around to see a small english fold that was nestled in a bed that I had made for him from cardboard boxes and blankets.

" Kibbs?" I said as I looked over at the sleeping cat.

It rolled over a little and blinked at me a few times before mewing.

" KIBBS!" I shouted after I jolted out of bed and ran over starling him.

It took for him to be cornered in the room before he allowed me to pick him up and pet him purring happily as I gave him attention.

The whole room looked familiar but foreign to me as I took Kibbs around to check my apartment.

" A proper toilet! "

" My tooth brush!"

" Coffee!!"

It was all here exactly as I remembered it.

I glanced over and looked at myself in the reflection of the mirror. I looked exactly like the dull boy that I remembered I used to be.

"Did I always have such big bags under my eyes?" I said as I pulled down my cheek to check my eyes before I shook my head.

" Loki/ Cupid? Are you here?" I said calling out quietly like I was a crazy person.

[ No Response? ]

Was I dreaming that it all happened?

Tap! Tap ! Tap Tap! Tap!

There was a few small knocks on my front door.

" Coming!" I shouted as I ran up to the front door still in my pajamas as my cat followed behind me.

I opened the door quickly and my eyes started to form tear drops as I stood there motionlessly.

" Geez Yu what has gotten into you? Have a bad dream!?" Anzai said with a wide smile as he patted my head.

" Anzai!.. ANZAI! It is really you!" I said as I walked over and hugged him. The warmth of his skin, the smell of his musk and the feeling of his body next to mine was overwhelming as I held on for dear life.

He was really here in front of me!

He tried to push me off for a moment before relaxing and holding me.

" Aren't you afraid that the neighbours are going to get the wrong idea? You crying while I stand at your door?" Isayama said while he gently patted my head.

" Don't care." I mumbled unable to contain myself.

He was a whole head taller than me so he rested his chin on the top of my head for a while.

It felt so surreal making breakfast for Anzai and I when I finished I got dressed for school fed the cat and Anzai and I left to go to school.

I was shocked as Anzai and I walked under an umbrella to school. The skyscrapers, pavement, cars everything that I had once taken for granted shocked me to the core.

We made it to school without any problems. There was a massive banner up with giant pumpkins on each side and well as some coloured streamers that were flying over the gates.

" There is a festival on today? " I said looking at Anzai.

" Yeah.. did you forget, it is halloween!" he replied as he pretended to be a ghost making me laugh.

" There is a sign here saying everything is in doors due to the rain, let's check it out!" Anzai said as he pulled me forward after checking the sign.

We walked through the crowds of people quite a few people would say hello to Anzai as we walked passed completely ignoring me but I didn't care in the slightest. I was back and Anzai was currently leading me to a festival!

A fellow university student was yelling at the front door " Wipe your shoes before you walk in! A clean school is a happy school!" He had brown hair in short spikes and a flat tone in his voice but his face was undeniably handsome.

[ He looks like that Hey You guy that I dreamed about...weird ]

" Yu- Yu Let's go and see everything" Anzai said as he pushed me forward while I looked at the boy near the door.

We entered and looked at all the decorations as we made our way forward. There were signs everywhere that pointed to different events.

Bobbing For Apples >>>

<<< Haunted House

Spooky Cafe ^^^

Costume Competition >>>

" Which one do you want to do first?" Isayama said as his eyes beamed. I thought this whole thing was rather lame but with Anzai next to me it didn't seem so bad.

" Want to see the haunted house?" I said quietly.

" Haunted House? Sure! Try not to get too scared!" Anzai said as he led the way.

We walked around a while before we finally made it. There were two people handing out numbers for entrance at the door. One was female with long blond hair. She had makeup on that made her look like a zombie and her clothing was that of a maid. The other was male and he was dressed up like an old style samurai with a blonde wig and a cardboard sword on his back.

" Hey Anzai you know those two?" I said as we approached the maid and samurai.

" Nope cool costumes though!" Anzai said as he took some numbers.

" Be sure to be careful Young Master" The lady said as she winked at me.

I couldn't shake the uncanny appearances of those two as we waited for our turn in the haunted house. I stood closer to Anzai for comfort as we waited and finally it was our turn inside.

It was dark and there was cobwebs and spooky noises assaulting my senses. I grabbed on to my best friends arm to stop myself from shaking. I really hated these sorts of things but Anzai seemed to be having fun and that was all that mattered.

All of a sudden a young girl came out of the corner of the room she was dressed as a princess with a knife and shouted " IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU NO ONE CAN!" Before running towards us at full speed and disappearing around a corner.

Next was a young boy with green hair and green eyes that was dressed like a vampire and jumped out of a costume. " Come and rest a while" he said in a cheesy vampire voice.

The last of the jump scares was a pair of brothers one had purple eyes and black hair while the other had black hair and purple eyes. They had the whole spooky twin vibe as they held hands while one of them had a fake severed head in their hands.

" Wanna play with us misters?" the boys said in unison.

What was scaring me more was not the costumes that the people were wearing but it was the fact that they all looked eerily similar to the people in my dream. I was sweating bullets thinking that I had taken crazy pills this morning.

I left still holding onto Anzai's hands as we exited the haunted house.

" Come on Yu it wasn't that bad, let's go to the cafe to calm your nerves" He said as he patted my back.

We walked around for a little before we made it to a cafe that had been decked out in a halloween theme and took a seat.

" What will you be having today?" A man's voice said as he looked at the two of us.

The server looked like he was in a visual kei band with long black hair, tight pants and tattoos he even had different coloured contacts in and black makeup.

[ Cupid? ]

I squinted at him as he smiled.

" Nice outfit whats the band you play for?" Anzai said in jest as he looked at our server.

" Cupid's Arrows" the server replied and laughed.

" Oh yeah you do look like Loki the lead singer! Very cool costume. I will have the spooky surprise and a cola, what about you Yuki? Anzai said as he looked at me.

" uhh.. Just a coffee thanks." I said still staring at the server.

"Coming right up!" The server said as he walked off.

" You doing okay today? Your acting pretty weird" Anzai said as he looked at me in concern.

" Yeah just having Déjà vu for some reason. I feel like I have met a lot of the people we have seen today, especially towards our Visual Kei server" I said thinking out loud.

" Of course you have we all go to the same school!" Anzai said holding in a laugh.

" I guess you are right" I replied uneasy.

" Wen Wen slow down!" A voice shouted behind me as I heard footsteps thumping towards me.

" Ro I can't! HELLlllPpp!" a females voice whined as it came closer.

I turned around just in time to see a girl charging in my direction with a tray full of food before she slammed into me knocking my head onto the table.

My vision went black and the next time I opened my eyes I was back in my school dorm room in Tama. Ki was leaning over me with a wet cloth as she smiled.

It seemed like she had been caring for me for a little while as she had backs under her eyes.

" Young Master.. Were you having a nightmare?" She said sweetly.

" I guess it was a dream" I said as I slowly sat up.

" Time to get ready for your first day!" Ki said as she handed me some green robes.

[ My time looking like an angry christmas tree as returned…]

I picked up the uniform and sighed.

" Young Master… what is.. Visual Kei and what is.. Coffee?" Ki said as she looked at me with her head tilted to the side.

" I take it I was sleep talking" I said flatly.

" Yep!' Ki said as nodded.

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