Chapter 5,5
-----------------January 19th--------------
Enanan
Hey, Kanade.
I'm really sorry about not being able to log on lately, there's a lot of stuff going on in my life.
K
Don't worry about it, Ena.
Is everything alright?
Enanan
Well, my brother went missing.
Pretty big deal, don't you think?
K
Oh.
Like I said, do not worry about Nightcord in times like this, Ena.
Finding your brother is more important than whatever we're making right now.
Enanan
Thanks, K.
I'll be back as soon as we find him.
K
No worries, Enanan.
"Ena, get off your computer, we gotta go talk to Akito's teammates."
Fuuta called Ena from the hallway, slowly poking his head through to look at Ena
"You really have no patience, huh."
"Hey, you have none either."
Ena huffed, grabbing her phone while Fuuta followed her downstairs.
"Damn, I haven't been here since I moved out."
Ena nodded as she unlocked the house's door and opened it.
"You missed the main years of dad being an asshole, really."
"I guess I was lucky, then."
Ena chuckled dryly, Fuuta changed the topic.
"So… Where exactly are we meeting up with them?"
Ena took out her phone.
"Well, I don't know, really. Hold on, let me check the name."
She tapped on her phone a couple of times.
"Huh… Weekend Garage."
She kept looking at her phone as they walked, before immediately being stopped by Fuuta.
"That one?"
Ena looked up and to her phone again, this repeating multiple times before running in.
"Come on, Fuuta, hurry up!"
"Ena, slow down!!"
Fuuta bumped into Ena when she suddenly stopped running.
They pushed the door and fell headfirst into the floor.
They heard distant voices running towards them.
"Ms. Shinonome, are you okay?"
Ena looked up to see Kohane, kneeling down and looking straight at her.
"Uh… Yeah, we are, don't worry about it."
"That's good. We're glad you could make it."
Toya was standing right beside her, helping Fuuta get up.
"Are these two…"
Fuuta leaned over to Ena.
"Yeah, his teammates."
"Okay."
"You two are also looking for him, right?"
Toya nodded.
"Not only Akito has disappeared. Our other teammate, An, is also missing."
"And many of my classmates, too."
"Yeah, Saki actually told me yesterday she hasn't seen Tsukasa in a while."
Fuuta lost balance, holding onto a wall as they said that.
"I have no idea who Saki is, but did you ask who else she noticed was missing?"
Ena asked, not even looking at Fuuta.
"No, but, Asuzawa goes to the same school as her, and we have a count of every person we know is missing."
"How many do you guys have?"
Fuuta asked, still having a hand on the wall to not fall to the ground.
"Well, there's 5 missing from Miya and 5 from Kamiyama, so…"
Toya answered, counting with Kohane.
"10 prisoners…"
Fuuta whispered to himself.
"Huh? Did you say anything, Fuuta?"
The Shinonomes made eye contact as Fuuta slowly shook his head.
Fuuta, Ena, Toya and Kohane continued discussing the disappearances.
"What about this Kamishiro guy?"
Fuuta held a paper in his hand, showing it to Toya and Kohane.
"Oh, he's of the ones we know the least about. I talked to one of my classmates about it and she completely ignored the question, even though they should be best friends."
"Otori just ran away when I asked her about it too…"
Ena snatched the paper away from Fuuta's hands.
"And what about Mafuyu?"
"There'd been rumors regarding her before she went missing."
Kohane said, Ena slowly putting the paper down.
"Oh, damn. Well, that explains why she hasn't logged into Nightcord in days."
"You use Nightcord? That explains why you never go out."
Fuuta laughed.
"SHUT UP! You're a regular Twitter user, you can't talk."
Toya and Kohane listened to the Shinonomes' teasing.
"You know what, now I kind of see how they're Akito's siblings."
Kohane giggled.
"Yeah… Let's continue before it gets dark."