Chapter 16: Escape Room

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"Is something wrong, Senra?", Shima asked when he noticed Senra grumbling over something as he shivered slightly. "I-it's nothing... Just finished the puzzle. But the words are too small for me to read.", Senra said as he squeezed his eyes trying to read what was standing there.

Shima leaned closer to read it as he chuckled seeing the blonde trying his best to read it. "If you want to I can read it out for you.", Shima suggested as Senra nodded shyly.

"Let's see... I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty. Wondering what I am? Come and find me in here.", Shima read the riddle aloud.

"That's creepy but something you can definitely solve, Senra!", Shima said knowing that Senra was able to do that but when he turned towards Senra he suddenly started to shiver.

"Senra?", Shima called out to him but Senra stopped him before he could reach out to him. "D-don't touch me!", Senra demanded.

Shima stopped and looked at Senra in shock when he saw how much the blonde was shivering. He was gripping his hair with both of his hands and it looked like he was about to pull them out. "Senra?! Are you alright?", Shima asked as he tried to approach him slowly.

"I-I'm alright... th-this happens sometimes... please j-just give me a minute...", Senra sobbed still trying to be polite at that time. "Senra. Please tell me what I can do to help you.", Shima said as he slowly put a hand on Senra's head.

He flinched but didn't bat his hand away which was a good sign. Senra muttered something but Shima didn't hear him because he wasn't loud enough. "What did you say?", Shima asked but then stopped when he heard Senra say his friend's name.

"U-urata...", Senra said as he tried to make full sentences but failed at doing so.

"D-do you want me to bring him here?", Shima asked feeling pained in the heart. He was sad that he couldn't help Senra while the blonde rather wanted to see the brunette than him.

Shima slowly stood up as he turned to walk outside but was stopped by Senra himself. "D-don't leave me alone...", Senra pleaded looking up at Shima who gulped before kneeling down again.

"If you want to see Urata I have to call him, you know?", Shima said in a weirdly soft voice which was unfamiliar to him.

Senra just shook his head breathing in and out before speaking again.

"U-urata gave you a s-syringe... g-give it to me.", Senra said and Shima finally understood. "...That is... how did you find out?", Shima asked. "...I saw it...", Senra answered after a while.

"Y-you want me to give you a shot?", Shima asked shocked as Senra nodded. After a long silence Shima nodded. "Alright, I'll do it.", he took the syringe out revealing a clear liquid in there.

Shima rolled the sleeve of Senra up but stopped when he saw how badly Senra was trembling biting his lips as he desperately tried not to break into tears. Seeing that Shima's heart tightened as he pulled Senra into a hug.

Senra just gripped onto his shirt sobbing into it. "Shhh.... it's going to be fine. It'll hurt a bit but it'll be better after that.", he whispered and continued doing so until he noticed that Senra calmed down a bit. He then pushed the needle into the other as he noticed his grip tightening.

When he pulled the needle back out he was about to tell Senra that it's over now but the blonde suddenly gripped the shirt stronger as he cried loudly and sobbed looking even worse than before.

He let out a loud cry and then everyone woke up and came running in seeing the scene before them. "What happened? Senra?", Sakata looked at Senra surprised such a thing happened while he was asleep for a while.

"I just gave him the needle like you told me to Urata! He looks even worse than before!", Shima shouted at Urata as he hugged Senra to calm him down. Urata looked apologetic but not surprised or shocked in any way. "That is a side effect.

He'll be back soon. Give him a few minutes.", Urata explained. But the others didn't understand anything as they demanded an explanation.

Urata sighed before explaining about the situation of the blonde. "Basically, you're saying that it's normal for Senra to have panic attacks?", Amatsuki asked distraught. Urata nodded grimly as he looked towards Senra who fell asleep.

He walked to the puzzle and read it out loud.

"I don't have eyes, but once I did see. Once I had thoughts, but now I'm white and empty. Wondering what I am? Come and find me in here.", Urata read aloud and frowned deeply.

He knew that no one could solve it based on their expressions and then looked at his counter cursing when he saw that they only had 2 hours left. He walked to Senra and muttered a small apology before shaking him awake.

He stirred a bit before waking up. "Morning, Urata.", Senra greeted Urata who nodded. "Morning...", Urata greeted as well.

Senra slowly sat up and gave the syringe he had to Urata who took it and put it away while the others just looked at them in shock at how they could do it so casually. "W-was that a syringe?", Mafumafu asked stuttering slightly.

"Yeah, I explained the situation to you guys already and Shima said so when we came in.", Urata said. "Senra? You alright?!", Shima asked worriedly as he put both his hands on Senra's shoulders.

"Eh? Yeah, I'm fine now I think.", Senra assured Shima as everyone except Urata stormed to Senra to give him a hug. "Don't make us so worried!", Sakata said sobbing. "We were all so shocked when we heard you scream and cry, you know?", Mafumafu sobbed as well.

Senra who just sat there surprised patted the head of those two as the others gave there opinion on this as well. "I'm sorry for worrying you guys. But I'm fine now because Mashi helped me.", Senra said as he turned towards Shima.

"Thank you for helping me Mashi.", Senra thanked him giving him a small smile as Shima just nodded in return baffled from the situation right now. He then smiled and nodded again.

"You're welcome. I'll be open for help at any time!", he said. Senra laughed slightly and noticed the expressions Urata was giving him.

"Right, I'll rest for a while after I tell you the answer of that riddle... The answer is—", but before Senra could tell them he slipped and fell down as Shima caught him again.

"Senra? Senra!", Shima tried calling out to him several times but failed.

"The medicine might have been too much for him.", Kashitaro said as he looked at Senra. "We should let him rest or it will have serious consequences.", Kashitaro told them and they nodded.

"He fell unconscious before he could tell us the answer... guess we just have to search for it for ourselves then.", Urata said as he began searching. The others wondered why Urata out of all people would be the one who would be the least worried about Senra. He just kept playing the stage instead of trying to help Senra.

Shima was also questioning the fact that Senra didn't want Urata to be with him but actually him. But he decided he would ask them later and so Senra and Shima leaned against the wall with Senra asleep using Shima as a pillow and Shima slowly fell asleep after too.

The others were walking around the whole room searching for the skull everywhere. "Ugh, why can't we find it?", Sakata asked as he sighed out in frustration. "Stop whining. Keep searching.", Urata instructed as he kept searching as well.

Mafumafu tried his best as he looked through everything. He then noticed a drawer which hasn't been opened yet. "Ah, I think I found something!", Mafumafu exclaimed as he found a black box.

They all gathered around him as Mafumafu slowly took the white bow from the present box away.

And when they opened it Mafumafu almost let the box fall while the others just took a step back or jumped. In the box there was a skull lying on a red cloth. They were all staring at it not knowing what to do when suddenly a voice came out of the skull making everyone jump.

"Congratulations! You've found me!", the skull congratulated them as they just stared at it in shock. "Hya!", Mafumafu screeched a bit almost dropping the box. Amatsuki clung to Kashitaro feeling scared. "I-is this a ghost?", Amatsuki asked scaredly. Kashitaro just patted the head of Amatsuki before staring at the skull in confusion.

Sakata just stared at it in amazement because he didn't know something like that existed. Urata stared at it a bit scared before sighing when he realized the truth. "Guys, this skull has a recorder in it. It's not real.", Urata told them as soon as he realized this. He opened the mouth of the skull and took the recorder out as it kept playing.

"You've almost reached the end of the game! All you have to do is play a last game with me. When you do that I'll give you the code for the door! What game it is? Look under me!", the recorder said and stopped for a while so they guessed they should look under the cloth.

Mafumafu slowly lifted the skull out of the box and lifted the cloth to see a revolver in there. And then he couldn't hold the box anymore as he dropped it. "Puhuhuhu! Seems like you have found it! Let me explain the game you're playing!

Game's called Russian Roulette, a potentially deadly gamble played with a revolver. Rules are simple: The player holds the revolver to his temple and presses the trigger which has like six slots in it with one bullet. Depending on the current position of the cartridge while a shot can be triggered, which usually leads to the death of the player.", the recorder explained as they all just wordlessly stared at the revolver in front of them.

"Y-you're saying that we have to play this game?!", Amatsuki screeched as his grip on Kashitaro tightened who looked very worried as well. "But rest assured.

Only one of you has to play the game! Choose for yourself which one has to play!", the voice said as it stopped momentarily again. No one said anything and Urata decided to speak up.

"Guys, I think we should—", but before anyone else could speak up the voice interrupted them. "I'm bored of waiting so let me decide!", the voice said as they all just gaped at it.

Suddenly the floor shook as a wall opened itself revealing an electric wheel with their faces on it. Senra and Shima both woke up from the sudden earth quake and just looked at them confused as Mafumafu quickly explained them everything that happened just now.

"What?! That is like one of us is going to die!", Shima exclaimed as the wheel suddenly spun from itself. They all stared at the wheel in silence as it spun fast. No one said anything when it got slower and slower until it slowly came to a halt and showed who was the person who would play Russian Roulette.

They all turned towards him as they looked at him in shock when he actually picked the gun up.

"The lucky person who gets to play the game with me is... Urata!", the voice shouted out.

"No! Don't do that! I'll volunteer myself!", Sakata cried out but Urata just shook his head as he took a bullet and put it in. "With your luck you're going to die... I am the best chance we have.", Urata said as he looked at the revolver in his hand.

"Oh, and a special rule for dear tanuki there! Urata has to put the amount of bullets in of all the times he ever broke a rule in the past!", the voice added as they looked at it in confusion.

"Then Urata-san will be fine right? He didn't break any rule like me and Soraru-san!", Mafumafu said but Urata shook his head.

"...Senra, tell me. How often did I break the rules in the past?", Urata asked as Senra frowned.

"...3 times.", Senra answered as Urata smiled bitterly. "I should have known that he was going to get his revenge on me someday...", Urata said as he put three bullets in the revolver.

"You only have a 50% chance to live? That's a game of luck! Are you just going to risk your life like that?", Shima asked shocked.

"W-when? When did you break the rules that you have to put three bullets in the revolver now?! And how does Senra know everything?!", Sakata asked tears in his eyes and Urata sighed.

"You don't need to know that.", Urata answered coldly and any normal person would have shivered and stopped asking further.

But not Sakata. Urata was important to him and he couldn't just let this be.

"Yes, I need to know! So explain this to me now!", Sakata demanded now crying and Urata was baffled at the sudden change of attitude. He then sighed again as he put on a small smile.

"Fine, I'll tell you everything about me, my past and my connection to Senra.", Urata gave in as Sakata's frown turned into a hopeful smile which turned into an expression of terror when he saw what the brunette did next.

Urata smiled sadly as he put the revolver against his head. "We'll talk about this after we get out of here.", Urata said and Sakata rushed towards him trying to rip the revolver out of his hands.

He desperately tried to reach him and stop Urata. But he was too late as Urata already pulled on the trigger and he could only stare at him.

"Ura-san!"

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