The dorm was locked!

(chapter originally by Misayaka on writing.com)

It had been a nerve-wracking run to say the least. Every step Fuuka had taken in that cold evening had felt as loud as a gunshot, as if everyone in town could easily see her. Yet somehow... no one had, and she reached the outside of Iwatodai Dorm.

The ill-defended girl was cold, scared, and above all, plainly naked, but for once, she felt a twinge of relief.

Even that was taken away when she reached her shaking hands up and pulled on the handle, only to be met by the unforgiving resistance of a locked door.

"N, no...! Please open up...!" Fuuka raised her voice into the cold night, and meekly rapped her fists against the door.

Nothing. "No, they... they have to be there...!"

Fuuka looked around in growing panic. It was either get into that dorm somehow, or... or... she didn't know!

Fuuka took a deep breath, and tried to calm her rattled nerves. She had to focus. Some calm returned to her, and with that small resolution, Fuuka set her mind to...