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Haunted House AU

"Maybe this wasn't a good idea, after all...""What, ya wanna chicken out now? C'mon, we didn't even explore that much yet.""I know, but I got a bad feeling about this.""Don't tell me ya - o' all people - believe in ghosts?""Of course I don't!""Well, then we have nothin' ta fear, right?""... I suppose so."

A sigh escaped from Hiro's throat as he merely shook his head, his shoulders slumped down in defeat. There it was, his friend's stubborness - sometimes, Hiro just wanted to lie down as soon as Stella was being mulish again. It was one of Stella's bad characteristics and a tedious one to deal with. Hiro was always glad whenever he was successful with his attempts to talk through that thick skull of hers, but this time around, it didn't look like as if it would work. Thus, he was stuck with Stella in an abandoned villa offside from the town, flashlights in their hands as they shone ahead of them in order to see where they were even going. It was already night and this definitely added to the spooky atmosphere.

Spooky, but that was it.

Hiro was a man of science first and foremost, so paranormal things like ghosts were something that he didn't believe in. All of the so-called ghost sightings could be easily explained - something fell to the ground all of the sudden? It was most likely the wind. You hear something strange in a seemingly empty house? Probably some mouses running around in order to get something to eat. Seeing some kind of weird figure for a second? Your eyes could easily play a trick on you.

Either way, he wasn't worried that they would get haunted. The scientist was more worried about the condition of the villa - the floor was grating every single time when they placed their feet on top of it - heck, they even saw a hole in one of the hallways! The rotten wooden floor could give in if any minute, especially if they would move wrong. Hiro couldn't help but voice his concerns out as he sought out support on the nearby walls, squinting his eyes a bit:"We should be careful, Stella. One wrong step and we might regret it."

Stella threw a quick glance over her shoulder and nodded while answering:"Yeah, I know.""I hope so, Stella, because otherwise, Skye will kill me if something ever happens to you", he replied with a frown on his face and the eyepatch-wearer chuckled in response. His frown got only deeper:"Stella.""Sheesh, I know, I know! Loosen up a bit, Hiro, 's not like I plan ta do somethin' stupid here.""Says the one who-", Hiro just wanted to counter, but a sudden thud interrupted him. Both teenagers turned around to the source of the noise, but they didn't see anything - safe for a door that was slightly open. Stella tilted her head at this sight and said:"Wait, was this door open before?""I... didn't really paid attention to it, so I wouldn't know.""Huh, okay. Let's check it out. And before ya say anythin', yes, 'm gonna be careful.""Good to know that you heed my warnings at least."

The blacksmith grinned as she slowly made her way to said door, lingering for a few seconds in front of it before she pushed it open. Entering the room carefully, Stella shone her flashlight around. There wasn't much in there, just a desk, a chair, a nightstand and a drawer, everything in a less than desirable state. As soon as her eyes were fixated on the nightstand, she saw how a broken clock was lying on its front. When Hiro emerged right behind her, she turned her head around and told him about her findings:"'S just was that darn clock, nothin' more.""Ah, I see. It was probably pushed by a rat or something.""Yeah, makes sense. 'S not like as if there is another exit here, so can't be a human.""That's right, I also don't see anything that could hide you away from our view.""Well, let's continue then, shall we?"

Hiro nodded as they left the room after a brief searching. The next hour was "uneventful" - meaning they explained all of the weird happenings away with either the wind, some animals or the poor condition of the house. Well, there was also the sighting of a bloodied woman in white garments, but Hiro was insistent that they were merely wrapped up in the whole spooky situation and thus, were imagining things.

"Isn't it time for us to leave?""Hmmm... yeah, nothin' interestin' here, anyway. Darn, almost disappointin'."The young scientist raised an eyebrow at that and said as they slowly made their way out of the villa:"What did you expect?""Dunno, maybe some kinda funky secret?""Not ghosts?""Oh, screw ya.""Haha, I kid, I kid. I know that you believe as much in ghosts as me.""Meanin' not at all.""Right."

When Stella and Hiro left the house, both of them could almost swear to see a hazy figure in one of the windows flipping a table and cussing colorfully.

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Pretty please ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

32. Your muse hears my muse crying softly in their sleep

Lost in his own thoughts, Hiro walked silently through the corridors. No one else was around, though this didn’t faze him - it was night time, after all. Most people were either asleep or at least cooped up in their rooms, doing whatever they wanted. One might ask then, why was the scientist up for a walk?

Well, if you were dead, you wouldn’t really need to fear any monsters anymore. Or sleep, for that matter.

A sigh escaped his throat as he pinched the bridge of his nose. Even though he was dead, he still had a hard time to really adjust to the idea of being a ghost. Hiro had been a man of science, so it wasn’t to anyone’s surprise that it would take him quite a while until this would sink in.

Hiro ceased all of his thoughts about the afterlife and ghosts when he heard a small whimper. His heard turned around to face a certain door and his face fell a little. Right, this was what he had come down for, after all. The reason why he had parted with his girlfriend for the time being, to check up on something - or to be more precise, to check up on someone. No, not even that was entirely correct it was more than one person - there were actually two he needed to see.

Bracing himself, Hiro entered the room through the door - literally, that is, because as a ghost, he wasn’t exactly bound to the physics of the living world. As soon as he was past it, he could already feel how his heart dropped to his knees.

There were three people in this very room - the first one being Lynne, who had made herself comfortable on the couch. Internally, he thanked the blue-haired woman for all the things she had done up until now.

Though his main focus was on the other two people and one of them just turned around to face him, an exhausted and guilty look on their face. Quietly, Hiro stepped to the person in question and offered him a small smile.

"Hello Skye…", he greeted the other male calmly, who in response looked down at the floor, gripping the end of his shirt tightly. "H-Hey…"

Hiro stifled another sigh as he took a step towards Skye and placed a hand on his shoulder, studying the face of his best friend. “Skye, how many times do I have to tell you that it’s okay?”

At these words, the white-haired boy looked up with a frantic expression and stuttered immediately:”I-I know ya said that, but- but it ain’t gonna be that easy, I-“

"Take a deep breath, Skye. Okay?"

Skye did like he was told and took a deep, shaky breath, trying to calm himself down, instead of freaking out again. Hiro knew that his friend was being a dumbass yet again, though he also understood that he needed time.

"S-Sorry, even now y-ya just worry over me and-", the game developer started, but was interrupted by another whimper. Both guys instantly turned their heads around to the last person in room 7, the occupant of this very room - Stella.

Again, Hiro’s face fell as he took in the state that his other best friend was in. The ropes that were used to restrain the blacksmith reminded him all too painfully of the events that took place after the trials had ended. It still shook him to the very core to see the normally tough and strong Stella so weak. So desperate.

So broken.

Until the moment he had heard her uttering those ominous words, he would have never ever believed that she would attempt suicide. Not after her own efforts to stop him from ending his own life. Going so far to grab a knife, just so he wouldn’t hurt himself.

Witnessing how Stella attempted to do the very same thing he had in mind when he found out about Sonya’s death was a very frightening experience - especially, because he couldn’t even help her in his current state. All he and Nui had done was scream at Stella to stop, to cease her foolish action immediately, to not become a monster.

Hiro gritted his teeth when he saw tears streaming down Stella’s face, tightening his hands to fists. It was in this moments that he wished to be alive again.

Glancing to his best friend, he saw how Skye began to shake and hesitantly reached for Stella, before he pulled back his hand and looked away. Hiro could already guess what was going through his mind and thus, placed his other hand on top of his other shoulder and turned him to his way.

"Skye, I hope that you don’t think something along the lines of ‘What did she ever see in me? I don’t deserve her’ or so god help me, I’m going to punch you."

Judging by Skye’s expression, he knew that he was right and couldn’t help but groan. Why were his friends just so goddamn self-loathing?

"Before you say anything, let me remind you; you are a good person, Skye. No one will convince me otherwise, ever. If anything, we two were being big idiots about keeping your outbursts secret. Beatrice was right, we only wanted the best for everyone, but we screwed royally up. We really should have come clean with it."

"B-But-"

"No buts, Skye. That’s all there is to it."

Hiro looked at Skye with a serious expression, the slightly smaller boy hiding his face behind his hands, a few ragged breaths filling the silent room. “Y-You are far too-“

"I won’t hear the ‘You are too good for me’ bullcrap again, Skye."

A hollow chuckle escaped Skye’s mouth and he looked up, tears staining his eyes again. Hiro sighed and gave him a reassuring smile, before he pulled his best friend into a manly bro hug.

"J-Jeez, can’t believe y-y’ do that now", Skye managed to utter and cracked a small smile, returning the gesture.

"Every man needs a manly hug once in a while, right?", Hiro replied with a chuckle and battered Skye’s back a bit, before he pulled back and glanced back to Stella, who chocked in her sleep while crying even more in her sleep.

"S-Stella-!", Skye called out immediately, worry crossing his features now. Without even thinking, he went to Stella’s side, but still didn’t dare to touch her. Well, it’s not like he could actually touch her anymore…

Hiro walked also over and seated himself on the bed, turning to Stella as he threw Skye a look. His friend met his glance and seemed to hestitate at first, but after Hiro nodded, Skye finally managed to put a hand on Stella’s head. Hiro observed at first how Skye tried to mimick the ruffling he usually did, then joined in to pat Stella’s head.

"I…", Skye began to talk, gulping a bit before he continued,"I wish I coulda do somethin’ for her- She shouldn’t be so upset, she didn’t deserve this-"

"I know."

Without a word, Skye looked up to meet Hiro’s gaze yet again, the scientist having an understanding and gentle look in his eyes.

"All we can do now is support her like this. I mean, who knows, maybe we can reach out to her somehow? We just need to keep trying and be there for her."

It was silent in the room, other than Skye mouthing a grateful 'Thank you' to Hiro.

[cypselomorphae]

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scilentist replied to your post:tfw you wake up in the middle of the night with a... TELL ME EVERYTHINg….. SKYE HAS NO TIME FOR TALKING MUST KEEP FRIEND SAFE MUST NOT LET FRIEND COMMIT SUICIDE MUST NOT FUCK THIS ONE UP though at least he could feasibly voice my suspicions bc it's from what (very little) he knows haha no investigation Skye

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How's it shakin'?

2. Tickling them.

"I’m bored", Stella announced lazily and turned her head around to face Hiro, who sat there equally bored on a chair. Both of them were in the kitchen and had no idea what they could do. It’s not like there was much to do in this godforsaken hotel to begin with, but most of the times, they found at least a topic or two they could talk about before either Bubbles or Beatrice came in and amused them with their antiques. This time, however, nothing of the sorts happened and now they just sat there, doing absolutely nothing.

"I know", came Hiro’s response rather late. He probably just snapped out of his usual spacing out detours and only focused now on reality.

"What d’ ya wanna do?", Stella asked, her head still resting on the table. She saw him shrug, meaning that he had no idea what they could do right now. A frustated groan escaped her throat as she ran her fingers through her hair, not satisfied the least about this response. Well, not like she could blame him, because she also didn’t had any ideas.

"This is bullshit."

"I know."

"I shoulda have brought some cards along…"

"Sonya has cards."

"Oh really- oh yeah, right, she’s a magician."

Even though they could potentionally get rid of their boredom, neither of them got actually up to go to Sonya’s room and ask her for her cards. They were just too lazy for it.

Another minute passed before Stella got an idea. Or more like, she remembered a past event in the hotel with Skye and Hiro which made her grin widely. Oh yeah, that would be good.

Stella got slowly up from her seat - Hiro probably thought that she would ask Sonya for her cards. When she approached him instead, the scientist just raised his eyebrows in question, not expecting in the least what Stella was about to do.

When she reached him, her ominous grin told him that something was about to happen.

"It’s tickling time, Hiro."

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➑ a goodbye letter

Skye's handwriting was probably the last thing Hiro expected to see after everything that had just happened. 

"Hiro,

Think I've got some explaining to do. 

Okay, first off, I ain't dead. Kinda wish I was but that's beside the point. Second of all, yes. You all get to leave this damned hotel now. Don't worry about the fact that you guys fucked up the trial, you all get to leave anyway. 

You see, the deal I made was if I got away with murder, all of us who were still alive got to go free except for me. i'm not     i can't   come with you     you'll have to go without

Okay, so at this point I reckon you're gonna be staring at this note in shock or trying to form words or something, but... please don't worry about me, okay? I don't want you or Stella or any of the others to have to have anything more to do with this place or anyone involved in it. and that includes me now I... I'm gonna miss you like hell and I'm gonna miss not being around to joke around with you for the rest of our lives and I wish I had the chance to say goodbye to you properly because fuck you're my best friend and I don't know if I'll be okay   I don't know what i'll do without you  and you deserve better than this crappy note I left on you while you were unconscious. was Stella okay when you all woke up outside and found me gone? 

Don't tell Stella you've got this note. It's better if she thinks I'm dead.or that she thinks badly of me  she wouldn't want to be with a murderer anyway I don't want her coming back here to try and get me. 

I'm sorry Take care out there, alright? 

- Skye nobody" 

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scilentist replied to your post: when u get bored and reread everyone’s public... why u do that m8 i did it for the angst (Hiro said he was looking forward to 'actually making friends' bYE)

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intense ruffle

"H-hey!"

Skye jumped at the rather intense ruffle that had come out of nowhere, spinning around to see... Hiro? 

"...'S this for science or somethin'?"