Insect Aside (@ sharkprince)
Despite the fact that she’d owned a Suica card for seven months already, Akane still found it invigorating every time she swiped it through a reader. Her parents had awarded her one as an early present for getting into a prestigious middle school- Raira Academy. Ever since the merge with Raijin, the East Ikebukuroean school had become closer with its sister, though the buildings were still in two locations. Once she graduated, she would be eased into high school without the need for crushing entrance exams.
Akane pondered her future as the scenery whizzed past the window, filling her sight with grays, blues and blurred signs. She still had quite some time left on the trip, so when she tired of the window she turned to face her fellow passengers. There weren’t many. This was an off-day. No one had work to get to or classes to beat. Akane herself was meeting a few classmates at Yoyogi park, though she wondered if they’d invited her out of pity.
As she continued to sweep over the faces of tired old men and young mothers with children, she noticed a set of minimal features that seemed familiar. They belonged to a young man, his large, round eyes lowered in a pensive expression. His nose was small and round; cute, really. Akane knew she’d seen him somewhere before…
But at that moment, the mystery boy sneezed and turned his face away, allowing her a glimpse of his back as he searched his bag for a tissue. That was when she saw it. Huge, spindly, otherworldly and grotesque: a centipede. A shudder rippled through her body just watching it. The beast wriggled along his back, stopping by his collar to sniff it with its disgusting appendages.
It was the right thing to do.
Her legs locked up. Akane waddled towards him, too horrified even to unbend her knees. The train moved at a steady pace, so keeping her balance wasn’t too much of a challenge. Keeping her bile down her throat was another matter. She felt like a pale statue being nudged by an invisible support. Just a few more steps. The centipede seemed to swell in size the closer she drew. Soon it was more than just his back, it was taking up his entire body! It was enormous! Ghastly! An alien if ever she knew one!
“E-E-Excuse me-!” She cried out, quivering in terror. The boy turned to her and when he moved, the centipede scurried down his jacket to keep itself attached.
“You have a bug on you!” She practically shrieked, pointing to his back. She felt like she might faint.
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