[Present time]

[Time: 4:53 pm]

In the present, in the lonely karaoke booth that both Yuji and hamada are now in.

They were both remembering the past of when they first met.

“Yeah, I remember it very well, when we first met at the Kido River…”

Hamada smiled, as she glanced at Yuji to see his comforted expression that moved a bit closer.

“That you use to be a very tomboyish girl at that time.”

As Yuji said it, he laughed as Hamada herself looked at him with beady eyes expression as confused about what Yuji was talking about until she starts to remember what she was at elementary, and her whole face was slowly turning red in embarrassment as she smacked Yuji on the head as she continues to smack him as Yuji continue laughing as he defends himself.

“Ha ha ha ha ha ha… I am sorry… ha ha ha ha….”

Despite smacking him in anger and embarrassment, Hamada joined him as she laughed.

And together, they both laugh, as they recalled again what they did during their last year in elementary school, middle school, and junior to senior high school.

As they continue to reminisce. Yuji looked at Hamada he sees her cheerful smile and laughter as he felt his chest with an unpleasant feeling that has been felt that it was held too long and it was screaming to him that It wanted to be let out that he began to feel that the time, has come.

He glanced at the clock that read “4:59”, as the second hand reached the number ten.

‘All right, this is the time that I will finally let it out of my chest.’

Yuji then turns to Hamada as she also notices it.

“Hm? What is it Yuji?”

Yuji then closes both of his eyes as he yells out the words that he has been meaning to get it out of his heart.

“I LIKE YOU VERY MUCH HAMADA-SAN, PLEASE GO OUT WITH ME!!!!”

………

………

It was now, quiet in the booth.

Yuji slowly takes a small peek to see Hamada stunned by what she just heard that her cheek slowly turns bright red and she starts to mumble something that Yuji could not understand.

“Er, Hamada-san, is there something you want to say-“

“EEEK!”

Hamada quickly covered her face as she moved away from Yuji as she grab a cushion from the sofa and block Yuji’s view from seeing her in a blushy mess.

And then the awkward atmosphere returns in the booth.

As the two students became very, very shy towards each other after the confession that Yuji had said, he covers his face in embarrassment as he began to have many negative doubts about himself, and what he did.

‘AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH, THIS SO EMBARASSING!!!!!!!!!!”

While Hamada looked at him, Yuji began to hit himself on the head, including slapping himself.

‘Stupid, stupid, stupid! Now she will never-‘

“Yuji-Kun”

Yuji turns to see Hamada, still looking down at the floor and clutching to the cushion.

“Is what you said, is true?”

Yuji stay silent as he tries to say something, but he could not as he tries to get words to come out of his mouth, but each time he says something, it will only comes out nothing as he struggles to say it.

‘ARGGGGHHHHHHHH. COM’ON TRY SAYING SOMETHING!’

As he tries to struggle, including fighting in his mind, to give his answer.

But he was stopped, as he felt his hand being held by somebody that he looked up to see Hamada the one holding it.

And everything became quiet for him as he and hamada locked eyes with each other.

Seeing Hamada’s face made Yuji calm down as his mind began to go blank as he finally felt confident as he gulp down his throat as finally gave a proper answer to the girl that he has feeling for a long time.

“Yes.”

Hamada’s eyes widen as she heard his answer as Yuji began to tell her about his whole feeling for her.

“What I said, is true Hamada-San. I have had feelings for you since we were in our last year of elementary to now, and even if I am not the perfect man that you would hope to date, but…”

Yuji goes silent for a while as he looked down at the floor, as he took a deep breath as remembered the memory he had with Hamada, the day when they first met, the days when they would always hang out, and that very day when he is now confessing to her deep down from his heart.

He then looks hamada straight in the eye as he finally said the last part of his confession.

“BUT NO MATTER WHAT! I WILL BE THE MAN THAT IS FIT FOR SO HAMADA-SAN!”

Hamada looked at Yuji as he looked at her with a straight (along with a blush on his cheek).

“PLEASE BE MY GIRLFRIEND!”

As he said those words to her, Hamada only looked at him as Yuji just closed his eyes tightly, as a lone stream of tears dropped down from her right eye as she was awed at his confession.

Yuji, with his eye, closed shut, was now waiting for Hamada’s answer as his mind now mixed with various theoretical answers that some show of her saying no and mocking him, while others are just showing Hamada saying yes with a smile but also teasing.

“Yes.”

‘Huh?’

Yuji slowly open his eyes as he sees Hamada crying in joy as she responded again.

“Yes. Of course, I will be your girlfriend, Yuji-Kun.”

Hearing these words. Yuji could not help himself as he jumped for joy.

“YAHOOO! YES! I FINALLY DID IT!!!!!!!”

 Seeing him jumped for joy at her answer. Hamada giggled at the childish reaction that Yuji is doing.

She then walks towards him and pulled him by the arm as they together sit down on the sofa, the next thing she hugged Yuji’s right arm and lay her head on his shoulder, which causes Yuji to be in deep red.

“You know, Yuji…”

Yuji looked at Hamada as she too looked at him.

“That confession sounded very cringe, you know that.”

Feels an arrow has been struck down on his head. Yuji looked at Hamada with a shocked and flustered face.

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY “CRINGE”!? DON’T YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS FOR ME TO CONFESS MY FEELING TO YOU!”

Seeing the face, he had made, Hamada could not help but laugh.

“BAHAHAHAHA! THEN WHO, THE HELL SAYS “PLEASE BE MY GIRLFRIEND” OR “I WILL BE THE MAN THAT IS FIT”? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…”

As Hamada continues laughing, Yuji who is very much flustered and angry slowly starts to laugh along with her as they together laughed happily.

[ At the other booth]

The entire room became quiet for a while until the sound of groaning and moaning filled in the booth as blood was splattered everywhere around the floors, the sofas, the television screen, and the wall.

Just then, a shadow was moving faster as it reveals steve smith, a tall American exchange student, crawling his way out of the booth as he look around to see anybody, before slowly getting up and quietly walking out of the karaoke. 

But what steve had failed to notice was that from the booth that he came out from, a grunt and groaning sounded loud as a hand grab the doorframe that gave out a loud bang.

*BANG*

Hearing it, Steve looks behind to see a now dead male student grabbing hold of the door frame as his head was sulking down and his red appearing behind his covered-up bangs, looking at steve as he slowly walks out of the booth while limping. And when he stopped, he looked at Steve again, the entire atmosphere of the hallway changed as it began to show a predator looking at his new prey.

As Steve witness it and even felt the entire intimidation and fear in him. He could do nothing but looked at the dead student, eye to eye as his legs became to feel like jelly as they shake in fear.

As for the dead student. He slowly walks towards steve as he still gives out a grunt/groan sound from his mouth.

Seeing the dead student slowly approaching him. Steve tries to run, but he could not as his legs don’t want to move so he tries to make them move by hitting them.

‘Come on, damn stupid legs, move already!’

But it was already too late as Steve looked at the dead student.

The student was now in a position to launch himself at him.

This causes steve to effortlessly tries to run away, but the dead student has already launched himself at him as he inhumanly opens his mouth as it showing his many sharks-like fangs in the act of biting Steve.

But as if a piece of luck had intervened. Steve luckily jumped out of the way, causing the dead student to fall.

And seeing that it had fallen. Steve, quickly run off as he wanted to get away from the body as far as possible.

While the dead student slowly gets up and looks around before seeing his prey running off as he groans loudly as he follows.

As steve run off through the hallway he looked at each booth to see only either a dead body or an empty room filled with blood splattered all over the walls and floors.

‘Shit! Are we in some kind of zombie apocalypse?’

As Steve runs and searches for anywhere to hide. He sees a booth with lights still on playing but with voices?

‘What!? Is there still somebody else still alive? But how are they-Wait!”

Steve stopped as he looks at the booth he was from, and realise the fare distance of the booth.

Knowing the distance and even knowing that they are still human beings alive. He can’t help but cry a little.

‘Thank God they are alive. Wait, then does that mean they don’t even know what’s going on…’

Realising that, Steve then went to open the door.

‘Which I still got time to warn them!’

As Steve opens the door to reveal Yuji and Hamada looking back at him.

‘Huh?’