My Childhood Friend, a Cool, Beautiful Girl With a Pure Face, Is a Monopolising Yandere
Second day of the festival.
On this day, I only helped with the preparations a little in the morning, and the rest of the day was all free.
Both Ran and I had free time.
“Do you want to go around somewhere?”
“Yes, since Group C won’t be exhibiting today.”
We left the classroom together.
The hallway was decorated with posters and illustrations of other classes.
The sound of a volunteer band advertising that they are going to perform live on stage.
Me and Ran avoid the waves of the crowd.
I noticed …… that we don’t necessarily have to act together.
Somehow, as a matter of course, I acted on the assumption that I was going round with Ran.
I’m grateful (and it’s boring to see it alone), but I wonder if this is okay for Ran.
It’s a cultural festival after all, so I thought I’d go round with a girl from the same class or something. ……
I thought so and glanced at Ran next to me,
‘’Our class is doing a poster exhibition, but the other grades seem to be doing a lot of things, like theatre and cafés and stuff. Where would you like to go?”
Hmmm.
Sounds fun. Or rather, she’s excited.
Outwardly, Ran is cool and calm as usual, but I, who have known her for a long time, can tell. She’s kind of floating.
…… Well, it’s good if she looks happy!
I look down out the window and see a long queue, not only for the bake sale in the courtyard, but also on another floor of the school building.
That’s the second year’s haunted house.
We walk down the stairs and approach the second year classroom.
A student acting as a staff member is standing in front of the pitch-dark entrance, and it appears that he is guiding the lined-up guests in turn.
The classroom was covered with blackout curtains, and there were frightening decorations here and there.
“Wow, looks pretty solid. Isn’t this scary?”
“Yuto, are you not good at this kind of thing?”
“No, well, I guess it’s normal. …… Ran?”
“I don’t think it’s particularly scary, but since you’re here, I wouldn’t mind going in.”
Ran said casually, so we all joined the back of the line.
Looking around, we saw a couple-like man and woman waiting for their turn with their arms around each other, taking photos and having a great time.
This is …….
I wonder if I might look like a couple too.
My classmates treat me and Ran as a ‘regular pair’ and I’m used to it by now, but other than that I don’t know at all. ……
It’s not that I’m embarrassed, but I’m a bit nervous or uncomfortable.
When I glance at Ran’s profile, she doesn’t seem particularly nervous.
She is as cool as a statue made of ice.
Maybe I’m just too conscious.
“Next guest, please come in! Please don’t take any photos inside!
And no running!”
A staff student gives a signal and the group in front enters.
Other visitors waiting in the corridor let out a small laugh or whisper, ‘This is scary~’
This kind of liveliness is unique to cultural festivals.
My and Ran’s turn came soon after and we were handed flashlights by the staff.
“One is enough for two people. There are some staff members acting as ghosts hiding along the way, so please watch your step.”
“Y-Yes. …….”
The warning is a bit frightening.
The flashlight is switched on like a handmade, schoolchildren’s summer holiday craft.
“Okay, let’s go.”
“Yes, let’s go.”
Ran nodded quietly.
Together, we step into the dark classroom.
The narrow corridor, divided by corrugated cardboard painted black all over with paint, is filled with a hissing sound effect, and the walls are covered with scary drawings and eerie signs.
The set seems to be based on a graveyard motif.
Ran, for her part, had no reaction.
“Aren’t you scared?”
“No. We’re still three metres from the entrance.”
“I see. ……”
To be honest, if I were to go into a haunted house like this, I think it would be more fun to be with a girl who would scream Aaargh'' orhiiiiiiiii”, but it would be difficult to expect that from Ran.
I’m rather nervous about it.
Because it’s really dark! The flashlight is quite bright contrary to its appearance, but inside it’s like a maze and I can’t see anything.
Just as I was thinking that, suddenly from behind a hanging cloth, a staff member wearing a cheap gorilla headdress like those sold at 100-yen stores jumped out and said, ‘Whoa!’
Wow! Surprise …… Eh? A gorilla?
Why?
(Why don’t you dress up as an ogre?) (You just put a gorilla on your uniform.) (If there was a gorilla, it would be a zoo, not a cemetery.) (I guess they used up all their budget building other facilities. ……)
A myriad of thoughts instantly ran through my brain
“Waaa!”
I was too tweaked out to let out a startled cry. The flashlight wobbles.
A thump and a jolt to my body. I wondered what it was, but it was Ran standing next to me.
“Are you okay?”
“It’s nothing. It’s just that Yuto stopped so abruptly that I didn’t have time to evade.”
That’s right.
There is no way that that perfect superhuman Ran could have been surprised by such a cheap gorilla.
“Fufu, you two are so close. Have fun at the haunted house.”
“Ah, yes.”
Gorilla senpai gives a thumbs up.
already talking normally, and it’s not scary or anything, but …….
Is this okay ……?