Please, don't leave me alone !

Chapter 14 : New beginning

When I woke up, they had already buried Klein.

I saw that it would be night and searched for the cemetery.

I was worried that Klein had already resurrected and left without me.

If he left, how would I find him then ?

Would he still go to Blacklund ?

While walking under the dimly lit lamps, I recalled something.

It happened before I met Mr. Fool (because yes I had a life before that).

The memory of the streets that night deeply traumatized me.

It would often repeat itself in my head again and again and wouldn't leave me.

It was because it was the moment was when I realized that I wouldn't be free.

I was all alone, and unable to live alone. When I tried to leave, this fact made me understand that I couldn't escape.

However, leaving was my last hope and the consequences after all worsened my situation.

I won't enter into the details since it is a bad memory but it's just to say that I really dislike the streets at night now.

What's more, I am scared of the dark, I am alone and I get lost easily.

If I miss Klein, will I even have a place to return to ?

It would be totally different.

Now that you died once, everything won't be like before.

That's unfair, can't everything revert back to how it used to be ?

I'm scared.

I don't like it when things change.

I don't like to be scared...

I walked faster.

It can't be that complicated to find a cemetery by myself, right ?

A few hours later, I finally found Klein's coffin and stood in front of it.

Then, I waited.

I sat on the ground.

The more time passed, the more I was anxious.

Another hour passed while I still didn't move.

He... He didn't leave yet, right ?

He is still in his grave ?

I stubbornly continued to wait while strangely not feeling hungry after all this time.

All I felt was the coldness of the night.

After a while, I heard a bang from the coffin where Klein was supposed to be.

The cover of the grave was finally pushed away and a faint smile appeared on my face.

« Welcome back, Klein. »

(Welcome back to hell. Your life will worsen from now on.)

I'm so glad that I didn't miss you.

I was relieved and saw a tear roll down Klein's cheek.

I returned what he said to me.

« Don't hold back. You can cry, you know ? »

Klein began to cry.

Maybe he was crying for the loss of his captain, maybe it was because of the stress accumulated while he wanted to return to his hometown or maybe it was for a completely different reason.