Haunted: Chapter 7

Mar 27, 2009 14:13

Title: Haunted (7/?)
Pairing: Ohmiya
Summary: Ohno inherits a big and ramshackle mansion from a distant relative, but there is much more in his new house than it seems at first sight.
Rating: PG.
Wordcount: 940
Disclaimer: The plot is mine, and part of the wrapping is thanks to zazasukie ^__^
AN: Un-betaed and english isn't my mother tongue.

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6

CHAPTER 7

Nino was really satisfied with himself this time. "I've been able to lock him in the secret passage!" he chuckled evilly remembering the surprised face… well, the almost surprised face of the young man when the wall closed in front of him. "Though he was really slow in noticing the old book that triggers the mechanism of the passage's door. I was beginning to think I would need to give him a bigger hint," he snorted.
Four hours ago, Nino had followed the intruder into the library wondering what he could be doing there. He had observed the young man admiring the old bookshelves and choosing one of the dusty volumes to read it, sat in one of the library’s armchairs.

The little ghost had decided to take advantage of that opportunity and had slightly displaced the old book in the bookshelf, sure that it would catch the young man's attention. Some hours later, when he was beginning to get really bored, the intruder had finally seemed to notice the misplaced book and had taken it, as Nino was expecting, triggering the mechanism that opened the secret door. Nino had hidden his glee with difficulty, seeing the young man looking inside the passage, and then his deception when the intruder had left the library without entering into the secret room.

Luckily for him, the young man had returned to the library some minutes later, carrying a candle and a strange package, and eventually had entered the passage. Nino had laughed like a maniac when he had closed the door behind the young man leaving him locked inside the secret passage.

He hastily left the library still chuckling and enjoying his triumph. However, a small part of him was a bit worried because he didn't know if he had pushed the intruder too hard this time, "After all, I don't want to hurt anyone and that guy... what was his name again... Ohno?... isn't so annoying..." A few seconds later, he realized surprised his thoughts and shook vigorously his head to free it from those strange ideas.

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The ninth stroke of the old clock in the dinning-room made Nino realize that the intruder had been locked for almost two hours already. "I've lost track of the time when I was recalling former intruders and old pranks... I wonder how that guy is dealing with his current situation..." he thought a bit troubled. He went to the library and walked trough the closed passage's door to check how things where going.

Inside the passage in darkness, the little ghost could glimpse a little figure lying down on the old sofa... motionless. "Has he suffered an attack or something?" Really worried this time, he hurriedly went towards the still figure.
"Are you all right?" he anxiously asked the young man, in spite of his rule to never talk directly to the intruders  - only screams, howls, laughs... the normal things-  and bent down over him to check if he was still alive. The only answer he got from the intruder was a light snore followed by the creaking sound of the sofa when the young man changed his position into one more comfortable. After that the intruder kept breathing deeply and slowly, still asleep as if he hadn't any worries in the world.

"ASLEEP?!! ... HE IS ASLEEP?!! I WASTED MY TIME AND EFFORTS LOCKING HIM INSIDE THE SECRET PASSAGE AND HE JUST FALLS ASLEEP!!" the ghost felt an immense fury boiling inside him and saw everything red.
"WAKE UP! YOU TWERP!!" he yelled furiously at the innocent sleeping man and left the secret room kicking everything that got in his way, burning with rage. He crossed the library making the books fly and knocking over the furniture, still shouting incoherencies. In his haste, he didn’t realize he had moved the old book that controlled the secret passage entrance’s mechanism, leaving it open again.

Ohno, who had been rudely awoken by the ghost's scream, blinked owlishly looking a bit surprised at the scarce moon light coming from the corridor. "Sorry...?" he mumbled tilting inquisitively his head. He sat up on the sofa and rubbed drowsily his eyes. "This ghost is really bad-tempered... I don't understand what I could have possibly done to make him so angry..." he sighed sadly hearing all the ruckus the ghost was still making in the distance.

He lit his candle again and walked through the corridor towards the open door. "Well, he isn't so bad," smiled Ohno, "In spite of his bad behaviour, he has left the passage's door open for me." The young man turned on the library's lights, blew out the candle and looked around.
"What a mess!" he inspected a bit surprised the library in disorder. A lot of books were open lying on the floor, the armchair and two tables were knocked down, and there were a lot of papers on the floor. "Well, tomorrow I'll tidy up the room," he sighed tiredly.

Suddenly he sneezed and then looked at himself. "Mmmmmm, I'm covered in dust," he realized scratching his itchy head, "Who knows for how many years has been closed that passage accumulating dust and cobwebs... Well, it's time to take a shower~!".

In the bathroom, he put his clean change of clothes on a stool and turned the silver tap on. He waited till the water was hot enough to make steam and, with a sigh of satisfaction, hastily entered into the bathtub. Then he began to wash his sticky hair and dirty skin. "What should I prepare for dinner?" he pondered whistling happily while the hot water helped him to relieve his tiredness.

Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16

multichapter, au, ohmiya, haunted, pg

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