Part 5 A huge step

The school has ended. I walk to the parking lots and ride my motorbike to the location that Nung send me. I text Nung telling him that I'm here and waiting. Nung responds with an okay sticker. I wait for about 3 or 4 minutes then Nung shows up. Nung's wearing a blue long sleeve with cargo short and a flip flop

"Yo, you pretty crazy you know, coming to a place like this because you were worried about me."

I look away as he said that because it embarrassed me. What he also has a point, because this place is somewhere that not many people will come often... Well, maybe no one will come here at all.

"Well, let not just stand here. Come on I will show you the place, or you could say my hideout. *Giggle*"

Nung looks like he has been looking forward to this. Both of us have been walking together for a short while, then we have reached the place.

It's a house... An old house, like very very old judging from how bad it looks. Nung looks at me with a smirk on his face.

"This is the place, come on. Or... are you scared?"

Nung asks me if I'm scared is like asking a fish if they can swim. I mean it's an abandoned old house who else ain't scared. I didn't say anything and walk inside the house very fast. This old house that I'm stepping on right now still feels very strong even though it looks like it has aged more than a decade ago.

"Hey, why did this house became abandon?"

I asked that to Nung. Nung then walk up to me and said.

"It because this house is a murderer house, that's why. The murderer kills lots of people and rapes lots of women here. Many people who don't know about this stuff once bought this house and later, that person suicide. So that's the beginning of the rumor that this house is haunted. Change your mind yet?"

I got a chill down my spine right after he said all of that.

"T-then why the hell did you still stay here in this place? aren't you afraid? I-I mean like this place is basically haunted from how you told me."

Nung then looks at me with a serious gaze.

"Ghost will scare normal one away but they are a friend to the crazy one."

I look around the house then I feel a sudden breeze hit my body. Nung then looks at me and grabs a knife on this left leg pocket and points at me.

"And did you know that the murderer that I'm talking about is me."

I shiver by his word and the gaze that he gives to me.

"T-that's not f-f-funny!"

Even though I say that to Nung nothing seems to change... Don't tell me it's the truth... Nung then proceeds to slowly walk toward me with a knife in his hand. I just slowly walk backward while facing him until I hit a wall... Right now I'm so scared. I can't tell if he just playing with me or not but this really scared me. My eye starting to get a bit blurry from my tears. Nung expression then changes instantly.

"Hey hey hey, I'm joking I'm joking okay."

Nung then put his knife away and pat me on the head.

"It's okay now don't worry. I promise I will never do this to you again. I was just teaching you a lesson not to trust a stranger or someone you just met this easily that's all... I'm sorry Six. Look like I went overboard."

Hearing that from him made me relive and mad. I wipe the tears from my eye and hit him in the chest.

"Ow, that hurt."

I know that trusting someone who I just met and rarely talk to each other is a bad thing but did he have to go this far? I thought that I will get killed.

"Anyways, come on I will show you the room that I put all of my stuff. You'll be surprised."

Nung starts walking to the room that he put all of his stuff in and I follow him. He opens the door and inside the room is empty but clean. So clean that I can tell that he has been cleaning this room only, while leaving the outside looking like an old haunted house.

"So you have been cleaning this room exclusively right?"

I asked him.

"Yeah, you got that right."

Nung walks to his bag and sits down. He pulls out a small pillow and snack.

"Here, make yourself at home. You could say that this old house is already like my second home."

I walk to Nung and grab the snack and pillow.

"Why did you bring a pillow with you?"

I asked him as I sit down.

"To sleep what else. And don't worry, I have another one. It also a pillow but I use it as a body pillow."

Look like he loves this place. I hug the pillow and open a snack bag. I start eating it then I notice Nung looking at me for a moment then he grabs his sketchbook and starts to draw.

"You drawing again?"

I ask him that.

"Yeah."

He replies to me and continues his drawing but if I'm correct, the paper that he's on is empty. So that means he starts a new one or something. I and Nung have a light and enjoyable conversation from time to time and time just passes by.

30 minutes later.

Nung and I are now sleeping on a floor enjoying the time here.

"Maybe I should come here with you more often."

Nung looks at me as I said that.

"Why?"

I look at him and answer.

"Well because it was peaceful and calm but I can't come here alone. I'm a girl, plus this area is scary as hell."

Nung gives me an okay sign from his hand and he closes his eye. It's 4:27 pm right now. Kinda late and I have to go home around 5:00 pm but the rule can be broke, after all, I'm a good kid that rarely breaks the rule so my parent will allow it. I look at Nung, and from the look of it, he must have fallen asleep. Guess I should have a short nap too but not very long. I proceed to close my eye as my consciousness slowly fades away.

After a while, I open my eye but I don't see Nung here at all but his bag is still here so I guess he goes outside. I have no choice but to find him because being left alone here made me feel strange, I mean who wouldn't feel that way. I open the door and called for Nung.

"Heeey, where are youuuuu. Nuuuung."

No, respond. I walk around the house to have a look but still no trace of him. There is however one room that he hasn't show it to me yet. Maybe he's in that room.

I walk toward the room that I haven't check out yet and knock on the door.

"Hey, you there?"

Still no response, I open the door and have a look inside.

"N-Nung...? N-no..."

Inside that room, I saw his body lying down on the floor with a big puddle of blood, and around him is a bone of a human some are from an animal, the animal corpses look like they just died a week ago or so.

The room was filled with the smell of iron and rotten corpses. I quickly walk toward Nung's body. His hand is holding a gun while the right arm of his long sleeve is soaked with blood. I roll it up and look at his arm and I found a cut wound, it was very deep... Deep enough to see a bone. I turn him to look at his face, but it looks like he's already dead. He shot himself... Tears starting to flow on my cheek like a waterfall. I now just realize that I like him... Not as a friend but as a lover. At least let me say "I love you." It's all my fault. I should have cared more or talked to him more.

"Right it's all your fault."

I heard a women's voice.

"W-what? Who's that?"

I look around but I see no one...

"You just act like you care but you don't really care about me Six. You are a lair... A coward... A *****... A slut. You want me to die, admit it. No use hiding it."

This voice... It's Nung's voice... I slowly look at him and our faces met. He cried out blood while his eye slowly turns black.

"You... Let... Me... Die..."

My whole body freeze. I want to scream but I can't. Nung grabs my hair and pulls me down.

"I don't need your fake empathy."

Before I say anything I wake up from the dream... No... Nightmare. I can feel the tears running down my cheek, I guess I also cried in real life as I cried in my dream. I try to move my hand but I realize that Nung is holding my hand with his right hand. He put my hand on his cheek... Maybe he just moves his body while he's sleeping. I feel relieved that everything is just a dream... But in that dream, his right arm has a cut wound... He's sleeping right now so I guess it wouldn't hurt to do it. I slowly pull his arm closer to me and slowly roll his sleeve up. I found a new cut wound, it's not deep but still... Why did he do it? What is the reason?

"Hmm~ Six... Huh?! You!"

He pulls his arm away.

"Just. What. Are. You. Doing... Don't you know a thing about privacy? And what's this you cried again?"

Nung looks really mad right now. He stands up with anger in his eye and turns himself to the door. I realize that he will walk out of this room so I grab his hand and pull him down.

"Ow, what are you do-"

Before he finishes his sentence again. I hug him.

"Nung... I like you. I have been thinking about it thoroughly now and I am sure of my feeling. I love you Nung, Love you."

I start to cry again.

"*Sigh* Alright let's calm down now. You say that you like me, why? What is the reason then? You don't say that just to get my attention right?"

He asked for my reason but I don't know how to answer.

"Well, when I first saw you. You are kinda handsome in my eye you know haha. But it because of me suddenly feel all of those things that's why I think that it just a random feeling so I didn't think much of it till now."

Nung looks at me in confusion.

"Now?"

I don't know how to tell him except from telling him about my dream. He must think that it's silly, but at that moment when I saw him died, I feel like I have lost my happiness... And myself.

"W-well, I know that it's silly but I have a nightmare, and it's about you. I found you dead in another room. That's how I know that I like you, in love with you. When I just see you lying down on the floor dead like that it just broke my heart and I can't take it. In that dream, I just keep blaming myself for your death. I just can't take it. Seeing my loved one die like that."

Nung pats my back slowly and gently.

"Like that? Like what? I mean about my death. How did I die?"

Nung asks me with his usual tone. I guess he's not mad anymore.

"You shot yourself in the head, and I also see a deep cut at your right arm that's why I want to have a look."

I hear Nung sigh.

"Alright, alright I guess the ghost wants to help you then... I cut myself again on my right arm as you now know. And I also have a gun hiding here inside this house planning to shot myself. Just like in your dream."

As I heard what he said I'm just shocked.

"if you were wondering how did I get a gun then, the answer is I don't, there's a gun in this house with live ammo. I found it and hid it just in case someone came to this and decide to call the police and take the gun away because they think it's a murder weapon."

I hug him tighter.

"Don't do any of this ever again... Please... For me..."

At this point, I don't know what going to happen anymore.

"I can't promise you that... But I can promise you that I will at least try."

Nung responds.

"But about the love thing you have to let me think about it first, this is way too sudden for me."

I nodded. Both of us still in a hug position, I move forward pushing him down while hugging him.

"I want to stay like this for a while... Can I?"

Nung just nodded, and let me hug him like this until I'm satisfied.

10 minutes later

*Nung POV*

Whatever happens, right now Six kinda caught me and my plan from her dream... I didn't expect her dream to be this accurate though. I guess all those times that I've been talking to the ghost really work and they actually listen... Wow. That just means a ghost is real then. If I lie to her, she will found out sooner or later anyway so no point in lying even if I want to.

Six has been hugging me like this for around 10 minutes or more now. I guess she falls asleep again since she hasn't talked or move much... outside right now is pretty dark too. I look at my watch and it already 7:13 pm. Great... I'm going to have fun explaining this to my mom. I look at Six and think about what she had said. All of those things that she says actually made me feel embarrassing. But is it okay to be her boyfriend? Thinking about it the answer is no. I still can't forget about Mumu. What will she think when I accept to be her boyfriend and she knows that I still think about Mumu, my dead girlfriend. And Six is just basically Mumu but not brave and lazy. Should I just be straightforward and tell her about Mumu? But I can't risk it because she might tell others about it... No, Six isn't like that, I just have to ask her to keep this a secret that's all. Six will understand if I told her about all of this.

I shake Six gently.

"Hey, sleepyhead. Wake up."

Six slowly move her body but her left arm is stuck under my body and my right arm is stuck under her body due to the hug position that we're in. My right arm right now feels numb.

"Ah, I'm sorry Nung. I must have fallen asleep."

Both of us slowly got up into a sit position. And let each other go.

"Who turns the light off? Can't see a thing."

That was a pretty stupid question. Even for a joke. But maybe she likes this only when she wakes up only.

"Six it's 7:15 pm right now."

Six eyes widen with a shocked expression on her face.

"My God, I shouldn't have fallen asleep. I'm so sorry Nung. Argh, my parent going to question me hard about this."

I turn my phone light on.

"Here, we can see things more clear no-"

Before I finish my sentence I look at Six face and my whole body freeze. The face that I looking at right now is not Six but Mumu... From yellows sunflower-like hair and red crimson eyes to her beautiful pink lips. That's definitely Mumu's face.

"Hey! Something wrong? Am I dead or something? You act like you just see a ghost."

I snap back to reality as Six called me. Well she's not entirely wrong though

"Oh, ah... Nothing... Six I have something to tell you. Since you said you love me and all so I just want to tell you fir-"

"H-hey let go home first please I don't want to stay here any longer."

Six ask me to go home with a scared look on her face before I finish my sentence. I can't blame her, We have stayed here for a very long time already, and once we realize, it's already this late and dark.

"Yeah, I guess that can wait maybe we can talk about it once we got home."

Six nodded aggressively, I guess she was really scared of the dark or something... Like ghost. Maybe it because of the place that we're at, or the atmosphere. I stand up but Six pull my sleeve, I know that the situation we're in is pretty bad and we have to go home now or else it going to get darker and darker, even now outside is already pretty dark... No very dark... There is a high chance that we might get lost while trying to go back to our motorbike.

"Six, come on. I know that you're scared but if we do not hurry then we might really be stuck here due to the time and how dark it is already outside."

Six slowly let me go. I can see it in her eye that she's already tearing up. I never know that she is this scared... Or it could be because of her parent too. But I told her that the house that we're in right now is a murderer home, so can't blame her on that one. plus it's not like I'm joking either. I quickly walk to my bag and Six bags, it's not far from me it only takes a sec. I grab both of our bags and return to Six.

"Here."

I give Six her bag.

"T-t-thanks."

Six quickly grab the bag and my hand.

"Six, I still have to get all of my stuff here inside my bag. It only takes a sec. So hold my phone."

Six doesn't say a thing and hold my phone that has a light on. After a short moment, I'm finished with what I'm doing and grab my phone from Six hands and give my other hand to her to grab on to.

Both of us made it out of the room and before we about to get out of the house the rain slowly set in.

"Shit."

Guess we have to hurry now.

"Six let go, we have to hurry now."

Six nodded. I notice that she barely speaks at all. No time to worry about this now. If I'm alone I would probably sleep here, but this time Six is with me. If I give her this idea then she would say no instantly, she would rather die than sleep here, judging from how scared she is.

"Then let her die."

This thought in my head again.

"Shut... Up..."

I said it out loud without knowing it.

"I-I'm sorry"

Six then respond.

"Sorry I was talking to myself."

Six just look away without saying a word. Enough distraction, We start walking and get out of the house. Six is behind me and holding my hand very tight as if her life depends on it. We keep walking and walking until we finally get out of this place... That's what I think. Both of us return to this old house again. The rain starts to get harder and harder as if we aren't wet enough already.

"N-N-Nung, why are we b-back here?"

I look at Six and I'm already full of guilt.

"I'm sorry, I think we lost the way and got here somehow. So we must have gone circle."

I don't know what to do now.

"Six let stay here until tomorrow morning."

Six looks at me with a terrified eye.

"We have t-to?"

I just nodded.

"No, I d-don't want to... NO!"

I grab Six shoulders and look at her in the eye.

"Six listen it already dark okay? We already walk in a circle and did you think that we can continue doing this without ending up here again? We can try but we will just end up here again trust me. Plus it's raining hard and also very dark, finding an exit at this time going to be tough. So we have to stay in some shelter, okay?"

Six just look down and stay still.

"Six, is it okay? I just want the answer. If it no then I will gladly find an exit with you again if you want to."

Six finally look at me. I can't tell if she's crying or not because both of us still standing in the rain.

"O-okay."

That the only answer that I hope, or else both of us might have to walk for an hour before giving up. Both of us get inside the house again, into the same room... But this time both of us soaked wet. Six walk in and sit down. I turn around and lock the door just in case if there's some crack head decide to stay here with us too. I turn around and point my phone at Six to get a good look at her. But I see Mumu again... Soaked in blood this time. I shake my head a bit and look at Six again. Six is soaked wet, to the point that I can see her bra through her school uniform. I walk toward her and hug her, try to calm her down.

"Everything will be okay Six, trust me. I will be with you. Don't worry, I will take care of you and won't let you get hurt no matter what."

After what I said to her. it seems like six have calmed down. I slowly let her go. I begin to take all of my stuff from my bag out, and I hit a jackpot. I brought a jacket with me too. It kinda became second nature to me already about bringing my jacket everywhere.

"Six take off your cloth."

Six look at me with a shocked expression and slowly slide her way away from me.

"What I'm mean is wear this. Since your cloth is soaked wet. Don't get the wrong idea okay?"

Six looks away in shame.

"O-oh... I'm sorry... Thanks. B-but no peeking o-okay? Heh... Heh..."

She tries to lighten up the mood.

"Can't I, didn't you want me to be your boyfriend? A small peek ain't gonna hurt hahaha."

Six blush.

"I-if you w-want to."

Shit. I didn't expect to get a response like this.

"I'm joking."

Six give me a smile, but that smile looks forced. Six starts to take off her cloth without turning away, so I left with no choice but to turn away myself. I can hear her changing cloth, from the sound of the wet fabric collide on her skin and hit the floor to the sound of her wearing my jacket and zip up the zipper. Then I hear the sound of her standing... Why is she standing? Suddenly I hear another wet fabric sound collide on her skin and fall on the floor... Wait... Don't tell me that it's...

"Y-you can t-turn around now."

I turn around and look at Six... She takes her skirt off too, like what I think. Right now she looks like a girlfriend wearing a boyfriend's cloth or a wife wearing her husband's cloth. It looks sexy and erotic.

"Y-you know that y-you don't have to take your s-skirt off too r-right?"

Six give me a shameful smile and look away.

"Y-you are m-my boyfriend now s-so showing my body to you ain't a b-bad thing... Ehehe."

I told her that I will think about it... About us being a couple. But the situation now moves way too fast. Wouldn't blame her if she thinks that way.

"Six, your parent okay with this? like you can just ask your parent to pick you upright?"

Somehow it got me thinking about this.

"Well... Think about how will they feel when they know that I come here with a man in an abandoned house. Sound fishy right? I mean no matter what I say it already bad. Plus while I was changing, my dad texts me a message. He says, 'I will go back home tomorrow evening, sorry. You have to make food and stuff by yourself, hope you don't mind.' So I guess he got work to do."

Oh okay then if it like that.

"What about your mom?"

Whatever she answers me, I just hope that I didn't step on a landmine.

"She works overseas."

I feel relieved from her answer. Kinda expect worse.

"Well let sleep now both of us have to wake up early if we don't want to miss school."

Six just nodded. I take a look at the stuff in my bag to see if there's anything that can be provided as a light source. But I found nothing.

"Sorry look like we have to sleep in the dark."

Six silently nodded again. I never see her like this before. This is all new to me and the thing about her having a crush on me also makes this situation weird now. While I say that I will think about it, Six act like we're already a real couple... I will just talk to her about it tomorrow. I grab my bag and put all of the stuff on the floor and move it to the corner of the room. Some of it got wet a lot and some just a bit.

"Let sleep here."

Six make her way to the corner where I'm at. There's a window not far from us but if we sleep here then no one will see us for sure.

"C-can I sleep there?"

Six point at the wall. Well, it was what I had in mind anyway, she sleeps near the wall while I sleep beside her away from the wall.

I nodded. Six then grab the pillow that I gave to her and lie down on the floor, and I'm next.

"Nung... I-I wouldn't mind if you sleeping close to me. A-after all w-we are..."

Before she finishes her sentence I slide myself next to her. Six quickly stop talking and stay silent. Then she slowly moves toward me and hugs me. I hugged her back.

Later both of us heard the sound of a footstep. I quickly put my hand onto her mouth and turn off the light from my cell phone.

"Shhhhh."

Six grab my arm tighter like she doesn't care that right now my cloth is soaked wet. Her breathing starting to become unstable. After a while, I hear a sound.

"*Bark bark*"

It just a dog... Whew scared me there. I look at Six and she already closes her eye.

"Hey, you asleep yet?"

Six shake her head slowly and bury her head on my chest.

"Let just sleep Nung."

Yeah, right. Before more scary stuff happen, and it will make us unable to sleep.

"Goodnight Six."

"Yeah, goodnight Nung."

Both of us then fall asleep...

Next morning

*Six POV*

I wake up on the floor next to Nung. I somehow still sleep in the same position as last night, Nung still hug me, and my head is still buried onto his chest, I move back a bit and saw his face, he looks at me with a gentle smile.

"Morning."

I can say that this is the happiest moment in my life. Despite what I went through yesterday... Thinking about it now it's pretty embarrassing.

"*Yawn* What time is it?"

I ask Nung about the time. Then Nung proceeds to look at his phone.

"It's 5:24 am. Let us get up now and wear the dirty cloth from yesterday. Your skirt is already dried up by now even if it's not it probably a bit soggy."

Oh yeah, I take off my skirt yesterday. I don't know why I do it. probably because of the atmosphere or the mood. I stand up and notice that Nung jacket roll up on my stomach revealing my pantie.

I quickly pull it down hiding it. Nung blushes and looks away.

"W-well, u-uhh, nice one you got there. hah hah."

Nung gives me a sarcastic laugh.

"W-want to see more than t-this."

I blush really hard as I play along. I can say that my face is now as red as a tomato.

"L-let not wasted any more time and hurry up on whatever we will doing and go back home."

I have to agree on that.

"By the w-way, you can still wear my jacket okay. Until you got back home you just have to wash it and return it back to me."

I nodded. I walk to where I left my skirt on the floor and flick it a bit to get the dust off and wear it. After we finish what we're doing we begin to head out of the house. We finally got back to our motorbike. Both of us haven't said a word as we continue to drive our way back to our home. Nung stops at his house, and I stop my bike too.

"Look like we've reached your house."

Nung nodded and proceed to open the gate. I take this chance and get down from my bike and walk to him.

"Hey."

Nung turns around and looks at me. I lean myself forward and peck him on the mouth, after that, I quickly run toward my motorbike and drive home.

I can't believe what I have done. This either the best decision in my life or the worst decision in my life. The last guy that I'm with still hasn't got this much from me. Whatever, I already made a move, a huge one too. While I was still daydreaming about what happens I realize that I have school. I quickly change take a bath, change myself, and make breakfast preparing for school while leaving my wet dirty cloth and skirt on my bedroom floor. What happens today will be stuck on my mind for a long time.

After what happen, Nung and I start to hang out more and more, I go to his house and he goes to mine. Later I realize that he still hasn't made up his mind about us being a couple yet so I feel down and guilty. But Nung said that he doesn't mind and when he thinks about it he thinks that it's fine for us to be like this. I was quite happy to hear that from his mouth. Our real relationship as a lover begins from that moment. All of this happens I just hope that it will last forever.

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