Mother and daughter went on a trip.
The daughter is getting married soon, so this was the last time the mother and child were together.
The inn was a run-of-the-mill hot spring resort, facing the sea…that was all.
There was nothing to do once they were shown to their room.
They had already visited most of the souvenir shops in the hot spring resort area that runs from the station, and there was still time before dinner.
So they decided to go to the bath.
They decided to go to the baths, which were down the hallway. “The sunset is beautiful just now.”
The maid said so and went back to her place as if she was busy.
They did as They was told and came to a long corridor. On either side were bars and souvenir shops.
As they passed through there, the hallway turned to the right.
In front of it were the curtains for the “men’s” and “women’s” baths.
No sound could be heard from inside. It seemed that the two of them would enjoy themselves to the fullest.
After getting ready, they entered the bathhouse, and as we expected, no one was there.
“Wow, it’s so nice!”
The daughter exclaimed in admiration.
The front has a full-length window and a rectangular bathtub along the window.
Outside the window was the sea, glowing in the setting sun.
The two quickly got into the bathtub.
The daughter noticed that the right end of the bathtub was partitioned off, a small one about one meter square.
When she put her hand in, the water was so hot that she jumped up.
“I bet it’s just for adding hot water to the bathtub.”
At her mother’s words, the daughter instantly lost interest.
The bath was absolutely wonderful.
The hot water, the view, and above all, the feeling of freedom of being alone with her.
The border between the window and the bathtub was just wide enough for an elbow to rest on.
Mother was on the right, daughter on the left, and the two of them were standing side by side talking about trivial things.
Time passed slowly and gently.
At that moment, mother suddenly felt a chill.
She felt a cold object flowing from her right side.
It was not normal, she thought.
It was impossible for cold water to be coming from that hot tub.
And out of the corner of her eye, she couldn’t help but notice a glimmer of something.
Suddenly, a sense of fear welled up in her.
She looked at her daughter without thinking about it.
The mother felt her blood run cold.
The expression on her daughter’s face. A look she had never seen before.
And her eyes were looking at the person next to her.
Her mouth is moving, trying to say something, but she doesn’t seem to be able to speak.
The mother turned around and looked at her.
Sure enough, no one was there. And no one must have come in after her.
However, there was a strange woman right next to her.
She was in the same position as us, leaning on her elbows and looking out.
Her long hair was in the way, so I could not make out her facial expression.
However, she was looking outside while humming something.
“Mom, that woman…”
My daughter finally squeezed out a voice.
“No!”
Mother raised her voice as if to say to herself.
The daughter huffed at the sound of her mother’s voice and held her mouth.
Yes, it could be another customer. If so, it was very rude of her to say something like that.
But if someone had come in, she would have noticed. Especially if they came close to us.
It was strange after all.
The daughter looked at her mother and saw that the woman she saw earlier was gone.
But when she looked at her mother, she was pointing toward the washing area.
There, closest to the doorway, was the woman who was vigorously dousing herself with water.
She is covering herself with many, many, many glasses of water.
The daughter got goosebumps.
It was a truly ghoulish sight.
The mother’s face turned pale.
“Let’s get out of here,” she muttered to her mother in a quiet voice.
“But if that’s the case, it would be rude, wouldn’t it?”
The mother seemed to be upset as well.
“Besides.”
The mother continued.
“I’m too afraid to go behind her.”
The mother smiled a little as she said this, perhaps out of fear.
With that one word from her mother, the daughter almost fainted.
“The same for me. I’m too afraid to go through!”
“Then what are you going to do? Do you want me to call for help?”
“So, if that woman was a regular customer…”
Even the mother, who answered that way, knew. That woman is crazy.
“First of all, she was splashing water so vigorously, but I didn’t hear any sound of water.”
“What are you going to do?”
The daughter was half crying.
“Let’s just ignore it.”
The mother said and looked outside again.
“I have to be strong….” she told herself.
It was strange, I didn’t hear any sound of water earlier, but I could hear the sound of the water behind me, zap, zap, zap, zap.
The mother wonder if her daughter is aware of this.
The daughter was afraid to ask her mother, so she just stiffened up.
Then. Suddenly, the sound of water splashing stopped.
The daughter seemed to have heard it too. The moment it stopped, she turned her face toward her mother and called out to her mother.
The daughter was crying.
But they just look at each other and don’t dare to look back.
They just wish we could leave.
Time passed for a while.
“I think she’s gone.
The mother shifted her gaze toward her daughter.
The daughter looked down quietly. Every once in a while, she would hear a hiccup.
“Look, it’s all right now, okay?”
Her mother’s gentle voice admonished her, and she slowly looked up.
“Thank God,” she thought from the bottom of her heart and looked at her mother.
Behind her mother. A small bathtub filled with hot water.
There she was.
That woman with long hair.
She was in the bathtub, which was too hot for her to be in.
Her hair was floating in the bathtub. With her face above her nose.
She looked at her daughter and just stared at her.
Then she smirked.
Yikes!”
The daughter screamed and squirmed against her mother.
The mother did not want to know what her daughter had seen.
Her daughter’s skin was cold as she snuggled up to her.
“Let’s get out of here, You can walk,” she said and helped her daughter to her feet.
Come on, come on. It was frustrating.
It was so hard to walk in the water.
Even so, I managed to step over the bathtub and out into the washroom.
My daughter’s face was still covered her hand, so she was not sure where she was going.
The daughter suddenly felt a sense of relief.
Finally, my mother turned and looked at the bathtub.
There it was. The woman was standing there.
Water was dripping from her long hair.
She was standing there looking down and standing at the window.
Here, the mother felt another chill run down her spine.
There was no way she could stand.
There was only enough space between the window and the bathtub for her to rest her elbows on.
Floating?
Come to think of it, she think the woman’s body is shaking slightly.
she can’t tell for sure because of the steam.
the mother also screamed.
