[ A/N: REQUEST! also this might contain slight spoilers?] The minute you knocked on that stall door three times, Hanako felt a connection towards you. He saw you, and suddenly he flashed back to when he was only a young child. He recognized your face, but from where, he didn’t know.

Was this a sign, he thought? Maybe you were ‘the one,’ as people have stated in fairytales. Maybe you would guide him to a world full of love and happiness.

But alas, you could see him, meaning you were on the brink of death. He couldn’t love somebody who would die soon enough anyways, right?

You and Hanako made a deal - he would protect you from the school’s other mysteries, and you would clean the abandoned girl’s bathroom - a small space he claimed was his realm.

Usually, the brunette would be a lot more chatty. But today was different—because as you swept the floor almost mindlessly like a habit of yours, you noticed that he didn’t speak a single word. Hanako was floating silently beside you, watching you, seemingly lost in thought.

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