[Scene: Early morning, classroom. The atmosphere is unusually tense. Students whisper, glancing around nervously.]
Student A: "Did you hear? Kaito from Class 3 fainted yesterday."
Student B: "Same symptoms. Blank eyes. Like he saw something that broke him…"
Student C: "People are saying the school is cursed."
[Naizaka enters, his usual cold stare scanning the room. He stops mid-step—Mio is already at her desk, eyes closed, fingers tapping rhythmically on the table.]
Naizaka (thinking): She's thinking again. Planning.
Yuki (cheerful): "Morning!"
Naizaka: "You look unusually energetic for someone who saw a guy collapse yesterday."
Yuki: "Fake it till you make it!"
Naizaka: "Make it where?"
Yuki: "Your heart, duh."
Naizaka: [ignores her blush] "Right."
[Scene: Hallway – Class ends. Riko walks with Yuki and Toma.]
Riko: "I've requested the principal to investigate the hallway cameras. Too many weird things."
Toma: "What if we're in a horror anime?"
Yuki: "Don't. I already have enough to worry about."
Riko: "Like what?"
Yuki (quietly): "...Like losing someone before I've had the chance to matter to them."
[Scene: Rooftop. Naizaka sits alone, sipping juice. The second one stays unopened beside him. Footsteps—Mio appears.]
Naizaka: "You knew about the student today, didn't you?"
Mio: "I felt it before it happened. Like static in the air."
Naizaka: "Same. Only louder now."
Mio: "You're awakening, Naizaka. The more you deny it, the more it spills out."
Naizaka: [tense] "I don't want it."
Mio: "That doesn't matter. It wants you."
[Suddenly, wind picks up. The sky dims slightly—eerie.]
Naizaka (thinking): The air is heavy. Like something's watching.
Mio: "You sense it too?"
Naizaka: "Yeah. Like something crawling through the walls."
[Scene: After school. Yuki waits by the shoe lockers. She spots Naizaka and runs up.]
Yuki: "Hey! Want to walk together today?"
Naizaka: "...You don't live my way."
Yuki: "Today I do."
[He sighs but walks. They pass by the old library. The window is open slightly.]
Yuki: "Didn't they shut this place last year?"
Naizaka: [pauses] "Something's… off."
[Inside, an old lamp flickers. They hear soft crying. Naizaka steps closer.]
Yuki: "Wait, don't—!"
[Suddenly, the crying stops. Silence. Then—a blur moves past the window.]
Yuki: "DID YOU SEE THAT?!"
Naizaka (thinking): It didn't feel human.
[Scene: Mio confronts a teacher after school, alone.]
Mio: "You've seen the signs. This school is under a veil."
Teacher: [nervous] "Don't speak like that here."
Mio: "I'll protect them. Even if it means breaking the silence you all keep."
[Night: Naizaka sits in his room, unable to sleep. He sketches in a notebook—symbols he doesn't remember learning.]
Naizaka (thinking): Why does my hand draw these?
*[His phone buzzes. A text from an unknown number: "You're not alone anymore."]
Naizaka (thinking): ...Who's watching me?
[Scene: Next morning, Naizaka arrives early. Mio is waiting outside the classroom.]
Mio: "You drew them, didn't you?"
Naizaka: "You're in my phone too?"
Mio: "Not me. Something else. It's awakening. And it's watching both of us."
Naizaka: [tight voice] "Tell me what you know."
Mio: [softly] "After school. Come alone."
[Scene: Yuki watches them from the stairs. Her smile falters. She clenches her fists.]
Yuki (thinking): Why do I feel like she knows a version of him I'll never get to meet?
[Scene: After school – old library. Naizaka sneaks in. The room is dusty, quiet. Mio stands at the center, holding an old photo.]
Mio: "This school… is layered. Like paper over paper. The real one lies beneath."
Naizaka: "And the people collapsing?"
Mio: "They're touching something hidden. And someone—something—wants to keep it buried."
[Suddenly, loud thud. A window slams shut. Shadows stretch unnaturally across the wall.]
Naizaka: [stepping forward] "It's here again."
Mio: [calmly] "Then it's time we stop running."
To Be Continued...