[ Is Ouma... testing him? Or did he simply get it wrong after all? Maybe he overthought this and the other isn't even in there. He might have gone into one of the classrooms in the end; the argument Saihara used to eliminate them as an option is starting to feel less and less likely by the minute, when he remembers the silence that has them in this situation in the first place. Even if someone was in the rooms, they would have only noticed Ouma if they were still awake.
Although it's true that there's no way to tell in advance from outside...
It's by the time he starts moving, having half-given up on the paper with his message, that it finally disappears. One moment he's glancing over his shoulder at one of the other doors down the hall, and the next he's turning and it's gone. With a start, he finds himself almost holding his breath while he waits to see what happens. Although mostly... he'd just expected Ouma to walk out.
He should have known it wouldn't be that easy.
Unlike Ouma, Saihara picks up the note right away. It's not like he doesn't notice it's stuck halfway in return, but... he's not the one who's trying to hide in the first place. For a moment, he considers if he's allowed to go in now without risking whatever escape plan the other might have (because he knows Ouma has something, he always does). But then... looking down at the paper stops him. What in the world is that sticker? He doesn't miss the faint scent of iron that clings to it, very similar to the water from the buckets when he'd first woken up. Why does Ouma have something like this? And what is he even trying to say?
It's no use. That sort of tells him enough; he's going to need the other to walk out of there on his own if they're gonna get anywhere. There are a lot of things he could be saying here, but... he quickly writes back, continuing the game of tag: ]
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Although it's true that there's no way to tell in advance from outside...
It's by the time he starts moving, having half-given up on the paper with his message, that it finally disappears. One moment he's glancing over his shoulder at one of the other doors down the hall, and the next he's turning and it's gone. With a start, he finds himself almost holding his breath while he waits to see what happens. Although mostly... he'd just expected Ouma to walk out.
He should have known it wouldn't be that easy.
Unlike Ouma, Saihara picks up the note right away. It's not like he doesn't notice it's stuck halfway in return, but... he's not the one who's trying to hide in the first place. For a moment, he considers if he's allowed to go in now without risking whatever escape plan the other might have (because he knows Ouma has something, he always does). But then... looking down at the paper stops him. What in the world is that sticker? He doesn't miss the faint scent of iron that clings to it, very similar to the water from the buckets when he'd first woken up. Why does Ouma have something like this? And what is he even trying to say?
It's no use. That sort of tells him enough; he's going to need the other to walk out of there on his own if they're gonna get anywhere. There are a lot of things he could be saying here, but... he quickly writes back, continuing the game of tag: ]