Aiden had gotten there after Elena, she’d wanted to meet him at the party, wanting to surprise him with her outfit. At first everything had been fine, he’d seen a few people, seen some funny masks and some pretty elaborate ones. But then he’d seen one that looked familiar, a little too familiar and it had sent a pang of fear through him.
So he’d hidden, he’d found a corner tucked deep into some room that was too big to be a closet but seemed to be filled with nothing but junk.
He had already had what he was pretty sure was a panic attack, now all he could do was stare helplessly at the wall, a far off look in his eyes as his mind just bounced white static off his brain. He could see the Oni’s mask, he remembered staring directly into it right before it had-
A noise breaks his concentration causing him to look up though his brain still feels like static.