It didn't take long for Shuusuke to realize he was no longer in the store.

He had, only a few seconds ago, landed hard on his rear after all. So as he shook his head to clear the stars in his vision (not caused by his synesthesia, for once), he suddenly found himself somewhere completely different.

It took Shuusuke just a bit longer to wrap his head around this whole situation.

He found himself in an elevator, surrounded by several other people. People, he realized, that also went to his school, judging by the fact that most of them were wearing the school uniform.

He slowly stood, before taking off his glasses and rubbing his eyes in disbelief. He put his glasses back on just as the elevator opened up to a large room that looked way too familiar.

[i]A dream, then,[/i] he thought.

And then just as quickly, he dispelled that notion. That wouldn't have been his first conclusion in a dream, and a quick pinch and twist on the back of his hand confirmed that.

So then... this was real?

What was more believable, the fact that someone had set this up as a prank and managed to get him and a bunch of people in this situation (that, he had to remind himself, he had found himself in in less than a second)? Or that this was all... what was this even?

Shuusuke found himself, for the first time in quite a long time, completely lost.