
That day I got the answer straight from Reina. The day I waited for Arya alone in class, Reina came up to me.
At first I was happy to see him because he hadn't been in school for a long time. Over time I was annoyed to see his eyes that looked at me unnaturally. And as he got closer, he took out a knife from inside his bag. He swung the knife at me.
"Akhhhh!" I managed to dodge but my arm was scratched. He kept attacking me as I tried to get up and avoid him. I was overwhelmed with his attack.
Normally I'm superior to him physically and vigorously. But this time he managed to suppress me and make me trouble. Where did he get this much energy? From his anger? Or his hatred for me?
"Help me! Somebody help me!" I shouted in despair. I'm getting scared. I was afraid to die at the hands of my best friend.
The school is starting to fall. Plus we were in the top class. Can anyone hear my voice? My mind is desperate.
Arya came to class at the right time. He managed to hold Reina back, he also dropped the knife from Reina's hand.
"What do you want Reina to do? You want to kill him? Your own friend?"
"Take me off!" Reina continues to rebel trying to escape from Arya. After being tired and unable to escape, she ended up crying.
"What's my fault with you? Why are you doing this to me Maiya?" Reina Isaac. I trembled with fear and saw Reina like that. My knees were weak and could barely stand.
"Conscious Reina! This is not true! Whatever the case may be between you, everything can be spoken of, not in this way!" Arya.
Reina was crying hysterically. Finally she was silent from exhaustion.After making sure I was okay, Arya drove Reina home.
I picked up the locker key that Reina had dropped earlier. I kept it because I thought he'd come back to see me to get this key.
This incident was known to only the three of us. And I decided to keep this incident a secret from everything. Otherwise Reina could get in trouble again.
After Reina no longer goes to school. She locked herself in her room when Arya and I visited her.
On the advice of Arya, I came straight and apologized to Reina. But he attacked me again. Luckily, her brother managed to hold her back.
"Sorry is not enough! My life is ruined because of you! I lost my father because of you! It's all Maiya's fault! Even dying though I won't let you calm down until you've made up for all your mistakes!"
I visited her almost every day, but Reina kept rejecting me and I could only stand in front of the gate of her house staring into the window of her room.
Even as the rain flushed all over my body, the two remained unmoved. Can our friendship not be repaired?
That day, I watched with my own eyes how they stretchered Reina's body out of the house and into the ambulance. I'm getting haunted by guilt.
After that I heard the news of your death. I cried all day long until my voice was hoarse. Every time I walk through your house I fall silent in front of the fence and look at your dark bedroom window. Even on a rainy day I stood there as if hoping for your forgiveness.
I can't stand it. I scratched my eyes until I got hurt, so I don't have to see you anymore. But I was wrong. I still hear your voice as if it's hunting me.
If I die, will you let me go? If I die will you forgive me, Reina?
After I sliced the pulse on my neck and wrist, I didn't know what happened anymore. When I opened my eyes again I was already in this place. It all feels dark and cold. A large building with many hallways and quiet spaces. Dark and scary.
I don't know where to hide. I don't know where to run? I tried many times to get out of this building but always ended up back in the same place.
I don't know who to ask? There's no one I know here. There are only girls who are always hiding in the toilet. Or the ghost of a headless boy who always plays his head. Or scary girls peeking out from behind the mirror. There are many more terrifying ones here. I gotta get out of here! I don't want to stay here much longer.
I ventured to ask the girls in the toilet, to the headless boys, to the girls hiding in the mirror, they didn't know why I was locked up here. They said I had to ask the night watchman, the lantern-bearer grandmother guarding this place. He'll show me the way.
I managed to meet him. I also asked about my situation that could not get out of this place. But it's not the answers I get, it's the questions I can't answer.
"What did you do to get locked up in here? What do you still want to do until you don't want to leave this world?"
"I don't know."
"Those who die leave many regrets, those who die leave behind many bad emotions, or those who leave this world but have not had time to complete their tasks, often their spirits are trapped where they died. Can't find your way home or back. Which one are you from?"
"I don't know. I just want to go home. I don't want to be here."
"The poor spirit. You don't even understand yourself. I can't help you, but I'll let you stay for a while until that guy comes back and frees you."
"Who is that guy?"
"The one who keeps you here, the one who makes you die, if he still cares about you, he'll come again and set you free."
"What if he doesn't come back? What am I supposed to do?"
"Then you have to stay here forever. All you can do right now is wait for him."
After that the guard left and never showed up again. When the guard said someone, only one name came to my mind, Reina.
I know I have to wait for you. You're going back. But what if you don't want to come back here?
The days that I spent were heavy living with strange and frightening creatures. There was nothing I could talk to normally. I can't stand it here. Any normal person would go crazy if he continued to be here. My memory starts to run away from me from time to time. My consciousness began to erode and disappear. I feel empty.