The Horror Story
Hollow (Part 2)

The sun had set and the clock was 20:00. Ayu and Nathalie had just arrived, while Rheagan and Oscar had already arrived first.

“Accurate once. Let's go in.” Rheagan welcomes Ayu and Nathalie.

“Ihh.. if the nights are like this, it's dark yes our campus.”

“Quiet, I'll be here, Nat. Hehee.”

“Ihh. Huft.” Nathalie grumbling while locking her arms showed annoyance.

Ayu and Rheagan just chuckled at Nathalie and Oscar's behavior.

“Ya already, come on, just go in.” Ayu brought her three friends.

“Let me just open the door.”

“Thank you, Rheagan.” Ayu looked at Rheagan's face.

Rheagan only replied to Ayu with a nod and a small smile on her lips. Without realizing it, both cheeks Rheagan red blushing because of his own misdeeds.

“Uhukk.” Nathalie pretended to cough.

“There are so many. Spider nests are everywhere.” Ayu Gumam.

“Now what should we do, Ip??”

“In order to quickly find the information we need, we will split. I'm with Rheagan, you're with Oscar. Remember, the book we will look for is a book catalog of 2012 and news related to events in that year. If there is any flickering of your flashlight many times to the roof of the library. At 22:30 we will regroup at this point. Understand?”

“Siapp.” Called his three friends.

“Ipp, it has been 2.5 hours we surround every corner of the library, but we found nothing. What are we going to do now?”

“Hmmm.”

Ayu watched her surroundings with the flashlight she was holding to get a hint. Then he saw something being stepped on by Rheagan. He shone his flashlight at Rheagan's feet.

“Rheagan, try backing down a little.” Ayu shone a flashlight at Rheagan's feet.

“CO2? What does that mean, Ip?” wonder Nathalie.

“See! There are 3 arrows: turning, straight, and right-left.” Rheagan.

“What do those arrows mean??” added Oscar.

Soon, Ayu picked up the paper and pen in her bag. He began to draw the molecular structure of CO2.

“Energy Translation\= degrees of freedom×energy\= 3×1/2 RT\= 3/2 RT.

Rotation Energy\= 2×1/2 RT\= 1 RT.

Vibration Energy\= 4×1 RT\= 4 RT.

Total Energy\= (3/2+1+4) RT\= 13/2 RT.”

“Rak Number 13!! Second column.” Ayu Seru. The three friends were just confused looking at Ayu, wondering what she was thinking. They began to count the shelves that lined the hall. Ayu highlights Shelf Number 13 a second column containing obsolete books and she eventually finds the catalog book.

But after cleaning and opening the catalog book suddenly there was a sound of security guards patrolling around the campus.

“Who's inside?” Shouted Mr. Satpam on the front page of the library.

“Cub down! Nobody closed the door?” Ayu Whisper.

“It looks like nothing. Sorry, we forgot.” Oscar whispers.

Nathalie stomped on the library's wooden floor, making the security guard increasingly suspicious of anyone secretly entering the library without permission. The security guard directed his flashlight to search for the source of the sound. Rheagan hinted at his three friends to remain silent and calm while pointing an index finger at his lips.

Because Pak Satpam felt his feelings getting worse, he finally closed back and locked the door of the library.

“Mampuss us!! Looks like Mr. Satpam really padlocked the entrance of the library.” Oscar whispers.

“Just shut up.” Rheagan tried to calm the mood of his friends' worries.

Rheagan helped Ayu shine a light on the newly opened catalog book.

How shocked the four of them, in the catalogue book with the same page had also been torn.

“Hah?? Torn again?!”

Ayu flipped through the pages of the catalogue book.

“You sure, Ip, this is the same catalog book as you found in class yesterday?”

“Sama, really. Just look at the cover design is the same. The year is also the same, 2012.”

They all looked confused and thought hard.

“Jeez here! There is the same catalog book on this shelf!”

“Try see, Car!”

“Lahh... Why are all the catalogues on this page torn all??”

“I don't know either. But somehow I feel all the information about this page is deliberately hidden and buried just like that by the campus. What really happened in 2012?”

“Year 2012, home number 13, hmm.” murmured Nathalie.

“2012.. 13.. 12.. 13.. 12 13!!”

Nathalie and her three friends just stared in wonder at Ayu and her thoughts.

He pulled the 12th and 13th books in the second column of shelf number 13. Both of these books are not catalog books and are just plain reading books. And how shocked the four of them were, suddenly the number 13 shelf turned itself slowly. There was a secret room inside. The four people entered the secret room. They were even more surprised when they found the contents of the room were already messy and dusty. Inside the room there are many books and papers scattered. Inside there is also a study desk and a chair. Ayu opened the drawer of the study table and found a frame containing a small family photo.

“Nat, have a look here! Isn't this a photo of a woman who was alone in the empty house we went to?”

“Wahh. yes, Ipp, betull.”

Rheagan came to Nathalie and Ayu. While Oscar still highlighted the books scattered in the room.

“Photo who is it, Yu?”

“Entahlah. But Nathalie and I feel like she's the face of a woman who's on the frame in an empty house I told you and Oscar!”

“Wait, it looks like I recognized this man's face.”

“Who, Gan?”

“Ohh, I remember!! If not wrong he was our former rector of the campus a few years ago.”

“How did you know about it?” Ask Nathalie.

“When I was collecting the books of my classmates to the teacher's room, I passed by the rector's room and saw the frames arranged in his room. Yes, I'm sure it's Him!”

“You! Look what I found here!”

“What's up, Car?”

“A diary book!”

I cleaned the book and watched the book.

“Xara Dawn!”

“Ipp, should we not just go back, later read it in kos is okay, right?”

“Iyaa, Yu. It is now almost 12 midnight as well.” Rheagan read the time on his left watch.

“Yes already, wait a minute, I will bring the frame earlier!”

At midnight they finally decided to return to their respective boarding houses. Because the library door was padlocked by the security guard, Rheagan and Oscar looked for a tool to open the library window. Eventually they managed to return to their respective boarding houses safely. Although they did not find the desired catalog book, but he instead got a frame and diary belonging to the figure of Xara Dawn who was being sought by these four students.

Arriving at the boarding house, Ayu and Nathalie immediately recovered and rested. Because Ayu was unable to sleep because of her natural taste, finally that night she read Xara's diary, page by page. Until finally we get to the last page.

Dear God,

If I get the chance to be reborn in this world, I want to ask for better living in a mediocre family.

Please tell Mama Papa all I need is their attention, not their money!

Looks like you guys would rather be busy with your work than busy taking care of me at home. From childhood I only knew the figure of an aunt.

Ma, Pa. You know, I haven't really had any real friends in the world all this time! The library was the only escape and the books were my friends.

I feel like I live in this empty world alone.

No friends, not even family, nobody cares about me.

Ma, Pa. I studied well, my values have been satisfying in my opinion. I think if I get good grades, you'll come back to me. But reality is not so. Everything I do feels so pointless, useless.

Ma, Pa. Lately my body has been hurting a lot. I have a fever and my chest is tight. My breath is decapitated. I've tried so many times to contact Mama and Papa but you guys always take calls from me.

I don't want to go to the hospital if the one who drove me to the hospital was Auntie.

I just want Mama and Papa by my side. To accompany me on these lonely and lonely days.

Sometimes I envy my friends in class talking about their closeness to their parents.

I'm ashamed Ma, Pa. I don't have stories that exciting and warm to share with them.

Had it occurred to me whether Mama and Papa really only care about work and I am not the only child God entrusts to them?

I'm so stupid to write all this, even Mama Papa would never know about this.

God, I'm sorry. My weak body is no longer capable.

Whoever ultimately found this letter, thank you for reading this stupid loner's writing.

I hope your life is surrounded by warm people who love you with all their heart. Live peacefully with them.

If you have read until the end of this letter,

it means that I have left quietly from this world.

Greetings to Mama Papa, please,

Xara Dawn

Ayu suddenly shed her tears after reading the letter.

“Why, Ip? Can't sleep?”

Ayu handed the paper to Nathalie and cried as she pleased.

Nathalie just hugged and tried to calm Ayu down.

The next morning Nathalie told all to Oscar and Rheagan. Ayu still looked pale and shocked after reading the letter written by Xara that night. Why would his own family cover all this up with their only child? And even more sadly, are they really putting work on top of the lives of their own biological children?

“Eh.. I want to go back first, yes.”

“You want me to accompany, Ip?”

“No need, Nat. Thank you.”

I walked to the toilet alone. During the walk he recalls various things that he and his friends have done to get this information.

“This is all my fault. I'm really late. I'm really late.” Ayu still seemed to regret and blame herself.

Bruckkkk..

Ayu looked directly at the voice and she rubbed her eyes repeatedly to make sure that what she saw was real.

“It's not all your fault, Ayu. I chose to end this destiny. Thank you for listening to my story, Ayu.”

“Xara?!”

Then the holographic shadow suddenly disappeared from his sight.

After Ayu returned from the toilet. He approached his friends again but he did not tell them what he had just seen.

“Thank you to Rheagan and Oscar for accompanying us to solve this case last night.”

“Not a big problem, Yu.”

Then Rheagan and Ayu threw each other a small smile.

Seeing this, Oscar suddenly approached Nathalie and sat down next to her.

“Iya, equally, Nat.”

“Idihh..who also said thank you to you.”

The four of them laughed together.

Sometimes, people just need to be heard.

Not to find a solution, but only to tell a story.

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