"Thump, thump, thump!"
At this moment, Ayumi felt as if her heart were about to jump out of her mouth. She could hear the breathing of the creature and imagine that it was standing right outside the cleaning closet. If it opened the door, it would see them. And at that time, they would have nowhere to run...
"...Thud, thud, thud."
However, the creature seemed to be blind. It stood in front of the cleaning closet for a while, but without finding its prey, it turned and left. The two girls listened to the footsteps of the creature grow fainter and fainter until they completely disappeared, at which point they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then the short-haired girl quietly opened a crack in the door, cautiously looked around, and upon confirming that no one was there, she opened the door and walked out of the cleaning closet.
"Alright, it's okay now, come out."
"Phew..."
