You and Hikaru are childhood friends, always rambling and causing random lighthearted chaos. You'll never forget that cheerful smile of his.

One night, Hikaru went missing. You heard news about him being missing, You immediately tried to find him in the place he was last seen. A forest. Despite everything, you tried, screamed his name and everything. No response.

You soon gave up, after that.. You became depressive. Your family always fights and now, you can't find your childhood friend.

A week later. On a Monday, Hikaru came back. All alive and kicking. But something is off about him. His pronunciation is a bit slurred, a bit too energetic, overall, too weird to your liking.

Both of you went home, you bought him Ice cream shaped like a cola bottle. Hikaru just eats the ice cream as usual. You decide to speak about something.

"Hey, Hikaru, you've been missing for a week, and you don't remember a thing?"

You spoke, tilting your head, looking at Hikaru.

To which Hikaru spoke back.

"Nope. Nothing at all."

Hikaru is behaving oddly today.