Maria-sama ga Miteru:Volume30 Chapter3 3

Those two, on the other hand. Part 3.

The amusement park's haunted house started out with an area for on-foot free exploration, but part way through it turned into a ride with small, three-person buggies. People who weren't familiar with the haunted house, or weren't paying close attention, would invariably become separated from their companions.

"What should we do?"

Yumi asked, at the exit.

"Let's see."

Responding to her was, of course, her onee-sama. They'd been holding hands the entire time they explored the haunted house, then both went in the same buggy. There was no way they were going to get lost.

"I did see Rei-san and some of the others get in a buggy ahead of us."

Kashiwagi-san said, adopting a contemplative pose.

"Sorry, I didn't have time to see where anyone went."

Yuuki muttered. Although the ghosts and monsters were designed to scare little children, it looked as though he had been completely terrified.

Even so, it was admirable that the two guys had stuck together all the way through the gloomy, disorienting haunted house, much like Yumi had with her onee-sama. It's not like they were holding hands the entire way, right? Realizing her train of thought wasn't heading in a good direction, Yumi stopped that line of questioning.

Alright then. Standing here, now, in the vicinity of the haunted house's exit were four people: Yumi, Sachiko-sama, Kashiwagi-san and Yuuki. So Yumi's question of, "What should we do?" was really asking whether they should wait there a little longer to see if anyone else joined them, or whether they should move on and go somewhere else.

If they waited around, they may meet some more of their companions. But they didn't know whether or not there was anyone behind them, so it was a bit of a puzzle. Kashiwagi-san had just stated that he saw Rei-sama and some others (probably Yoshino-san) ahead of them, so at the very least they knew they weren't the first out of the haunted house. But the question of whether the White Rose sisters and the photography club duo were behind them or not still remained – .

"Let's go."

Sachiko-sama had decided.

"The original idea was that everyone was free to come and go as they pleased. And since Rei's group has gone on ahead, there's no need for us to wait for the others, right?"

Rei-sama's group had probably moved on because they didn't know whether or not anyone else was still in the haunted house. The White Rose sisters and the photography club duo would probably go their own way too if they didn't find everyone waiting when they exited the haunted house.

Having said that, it's not like Yumi and Sachiko-sama were about to bid farewell to the Kashiwagi/Yuuki pair. The four people standing here formed a single group. The 'Autumn Amusement Park Revenge' group.

Sachiko-sama still held the keys to the car she had driven here, so Kashiwagi-san was probably quite anxious to make sure he was in the passenger's seat on the way home. In other words, the two couples were in the same boat.

"What time is it?"

Hearing Sachiko-sama's question, Yumi looked at her wristwatch.

"Ah, it's just after one."

"I'm feeling a bit hungry."

"Shall we go and eat?"

They walked off, hand in hand, the two guys trailing after them.

"Don't go deciding these things without asking us."

Yumi completely ignored Yuuki's complaint. There was no way he wasn't hungry, despite his protest. Yumi had distinctly heard his stomach rumbling not that long ago.

Hearing the screams coming from the roller coaster, Yumi looked up at the sky.

It was nice weather.

Had Touko really made it to the amusement park?