The closer Duncan got to the distant dot of light, the clearer its origin became. From a few steps away, he could make out the specifics; a light switch, turned off - the likely culprit behind the darkness. Relief washed over the athlete as he continued forward, sudden confidence in his steps.
That confidence was quick to falter. He hadn't quite reached the switch when something stole his attention. From somewhere within the darkness he'd left behind came a sudden voice, stuttering out the exact question quickly bubbling up in Duncan's mind: Is someone there?
For a second, Duncan froze; feet and mind and all. He only knew his heart hadn't stopped then and there in tandem with the rest of him because he could hear it drum up a vehement beat in his ears. He was overtaken by the kind of cold dread one felt when they realized they'd forgotten their keys or lost their phone - just amped up to eleven.
And then, just as quickly, his mind caught up and the feeling passed.
Duncan sighed, running a hand through his hair to try and drive away the post-jumpscare shakes. Right, so he wasn't alone; there was a girl in the room with him. So that's the kinda game his friends were playing, huh. A literal 'blind' date. Very funny.
He turned around to face in her general direction - not that it made any matter. "Yeah. Name's Duncan."
A shake of his head; another gesture that was entirely lost to the darkness. "Sorry 'bout this. Don't really know where we are but-- look, it's cool, I'm not a creep. This is prolly just Justin's shitty prank. Dude loves setting me up."
Guess Matthew was off the hook, then. But man, they could've at least told her about this beforehand. She'd sounded scared as hell. That was pretty fucked up, even from Justin.
"Oh-- yeah, want some light?" he suddenly remembered, trying to entertain a grin and a chuckle to lighten the mood. "Getting kinda sick of the dark, personally. Gimme a sec."
He took the last few steps needed to reach the switch and, without missing a beat, slapped it to the on-position.
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