The Sight & The Night

Chapter 9: Trusted Friend

Myle's POV

"May I ask who you are?" he asked someone whose face was blurry to my vision.

That time, it felt like my head was spinning when I tried to reach my arms to them. My ears couldn't distinguish their voices anymore. Yet, only that one line got stuck in my mind...

"I am... Kyou Zeyern."

And with that, my eyes opened. Going back to reality, I rolled out of the bed. My body thumped into the floor before I knew it.

"What a dream..." I said to myself while scratching my back.

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A few months had passed after my last conversation with Kyou. Our class went back to the original room so we rarely met. I also stopped sightseeing for a while, since just a glimpse of his hair might make me rush and talk to him.

"Where did I saw that creature..?"

As I took a stroll on our campus, beside me was Lev. I wondered what creature he was talking about...

"Hey, Myle... In our field trip, was there a creature named-"

He had been going about a 'creature' ever since he went back from the canteen. I thought that maybe he saw a resemblance in some food.

"-Kyou Zeyern?" Including his name in the question, I was frozen.

"Myle?... Myle??... Myle???" I was lost in thought as he called my name. When I came back to my senses, both his hands were shaking my shoulder.

"Sorry... I just... Aaaaah! Lev, you can stop now."

"Oh, right. Sorry!" He let go of my shoulders.

I told him that Kyou and I won't be able to hang out anymore without stating the reason. Yet, Lev stayed and listened.

"Then, you were alone again..?"

"Alone..? No, it's just that... Ahahah!"

I couldn't say 'Alone? When you're here?' since it sounds like asking him to be a replacement. I thought that maybe I was the same with Ms. Ayuri... I had friends but I didn't fully trust them.

"Myle... I've been wanting to apologize for what happened that day... on JS Prom."

I was confused at first. However, everything made sense when he told me about what happened last school year:

He was watching when our former classmate approached me. That time, my expression became dark but he turned a blind eye.

"It looks like our rank 1 was only full of intelligence. Other than that, she lacks everything, even emotions. Don't you agree, Lev?" His friends snickered.

The fear of losing his friends reached him so he nodded and giggled to gain their favor. He just stood and watched me drink alone.

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"I'm sorry... You shouldn't have been drunk if only I stayed with you," he said.

Lev had been carrying that guilt until the present and I didn't even notice at least once.

"It must've been hard for you," I said.

"Not really... It was you who suffered."

"Err, I... I'm fine!" I placed a fist on my chest. "Anyway, I got drunk?"

"Yeah, from fruit wine, I think..?"

9 seconds of silence, because we were out of topic, Lev clapped once.