TickleTober2023/Day 08 - Haunted
Nijisanji EN/XSOLEIL - Doppio Dropscythe feat. Meloco Kyoran
Meloco continued to stroll down the hallway, her umbrella resting on her shoulder as she hummed a random tune that came up to her mind. The girl suddenly stopped, feeling the one following her clumsily bump into her back.
“Dopi,” she mused with a chuckle, turning her head around to look over her shoulder. “You can’t be distracted in a moment like this.”
The first year student pouted, still holding his hands in front of his chest. “I’m not distracted!! I-it’s just-”
“I told you that there is nothing to be scared of, I’ll get rid of those ghosts in no time,” the exorcist reassured him, reaching up for his head to playfully ruffle his hair. Doppio sighed, but nodded to his senior’s words. He didn’t like the idea of investigating a haunted house, but it was true that, with Meloco’s ability, if any ghost dared to approach them, she would cast them away in a second.
Still, ghosts were something completely out of his reach, after all, how could he punch something without a body?!
“But… are you sure there are ghosts here? Maybe it was just a false positive…”
She chuckled again, continuing to walk ahead. “Of course! I can feel their presence…”
“W-wait for me!” Doppio gasped, continued to follow his senior, looking left and right and even over his shoulders to make sure there was nothing around them. This was just getting worse. “W-where are they, Meloco?” He stuttered, taking one small step after the other.
“Hmm… it’s hard to tell, but they are close.”
“C-close?!” Doppio gasped, continuing to eye his surroundings as he shyly reached out for Meloco’s hands, holding it tightly. “H-how clohoho- ah, Meheloco, this ihisn’t the time fohohor tihihickling!”
“What?” She scoffed, tilting her head, “but I’m not even touching you, Doppio.”
Realization struck him like lightning. Doppio widened his eyes and looked towards where Meloco’s voice came from. The girl was steps ahead of him, with a calm smile on her face and, instead of her hand, he was holding a translucent, ghostly one.
But as he was just about to let out a panicked shriek, he was reminded of the reason he was laughing in the first place: a sudden squeeze on his side made him jolt, continuing to laugh as he tried to fend himself from his spectral assaulters. “AhAHAh, h-hehEHElp!! T-thehey ahahre tohohouching me!”
Hiding her smile behind her hand, the second year student nodded, speaking a little louder so her voice could be heard through Doppio’s frightened laughter. “Indeed, but they are just playing around!”
Why did she sound so amused by that?! Doppio groaned through his laughter, wrapping his arms around his stomach as he leaned back in a wall, trying to protect himself. “G-gehehet rid of thehehem!! AhAHAhah, plehehease!”
The exorcist smiled, tapping her shoulder with her umbrella. “I’m working on it, hang in there!” Well, it was time to work.