30 Minutes or Less

Written by: avery999

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It was early in the evening, and although it was just beginning, the party seemed to be treating the contestants well. Even Squidward, who had been the most pessimistic about the event, seemed to be enjoying himself. Reigen was also enjoying the party, but more so that his idea was a resounding success. Although he did have some concerns...

"Hmm... we seem to be missing some people."
"What, you mean Mr. Burnham? Come on, he never shows up to anything nowadays. Do you think he’d show up to some party after all this time?"
"No, no, not him. I mean Miku. Is she not feeling well? Or maybe she didn’t get the memo..."

Reigen pondered on the subject for a while, as he often did. He never expected Bo to show up in the first place, but it was still concerning knowing that people were missing out on the party.

"No, I can assure you everyone got an invite. Billy made sure that everyone heard about it."
"HI SQUIDWARD!!"
(Sigh...) "Hi."

At that moment, everyone heard the doorbell. Seeming to know who it would be, Reigen quickly answered.

"Miku! Noid! Glad you could make it!"
"Hmph. 'fashionably late', I assume?"
"Ah! My apologies! But there was a reason we were late, right Noid?"

Noid aggressively shook his head, and pulled a box out from behind his back... a pizza box! As soon as it was revealed, many contestants started surrounding it, eager to eat another one of Vocanoid’s famous pizzas. In recent days, their pizza had become a delicacy, which would be impressive if the food options in the area weren’t so limited. Many contestants started voicing their excitement...

"PIZZA? I LOVE PIZZA!"

Fred, who seemed to be too scared to participate in the more spookier activities, immediately got his interest piqued when food was in presence.

"Ah ah ah, not yet. This pizza is a bit special..."

Miku opened the box to reveal that there were slices catered towards every contestant’s tastes inside!

"Wow, you really went all out on this! There must be something for everyone here!"
"Yeah! But we couldn’t do it alone..."

Just then, Remy was seen scurrying up the boxes.

"Heheh... I helped, just a little."
"Well, you all did an amazing job. Why don’t we dig in?"
"Sounds good to me!"

All of the contestants proceeded to enjoy the pizza, much to Miku and Noid’s delight. At least, all but one. That thought stayed in Miku’s mind all night...


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"...Bo? Are you there? We made pizza for everyone!"

...

"Well, I’ll just leave this outside your door. It’s not too late to go to the party, you know? Everyone would love to see you."

...

"O-okay, well... I’ll be going then. Let me know if you’re interested."

Miku slowly walked away, feeling anxious for whatever Bo might be going through...

And as she walked out of sight, a faint creaking was heard from Bo’s door.

"...Thanks."


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