My Childhood's Wish

Chapter 1.3

I, Eugene Alvarez, have found myself in a dire situation. Before I knew it, Reina became the Madonna in the entire classroom due to her "Debut". What do I think of this situation? I don't mind. It's already surprising that she came to the same school as me and met after 4 years. I find it fond of some people who see her as a Goddess. The fact that she is silent unlike the last time I met her makes me wanna believe that she is not used to her surroundings yet. I guess she is the same as me before.

Usually, I would stay in the classroom alone and chill for a bit. Nonetheless, I still laid back so one of my classmates saw me staying rather than leaving.

"Dude, are you seriously gonna stay in the classroom rather than leave?" He said.

"It's kind of my own thing whether I wanna process my thoughts you know," I replied.

"Guess I found something unique about you!" He smiles

"I'll catch up to you tomorrow Eugene, see you!" He added.

The person that I talked to before leaving is Vincent Doz. He came up to me at the time when I'm looking at some anime on my phone. At first, I got startled by him but we became friends over the matter. I do think he has that vibe where he jokes around most of the time. I wanna rest in the classroom so badly that I grab my bag and used it as a pillow to sleep on.

It ain't the most comfortable one but that will do. Flashes of thoughts come back as I sleep and man... I hear small creaks somewhere. Those glances I saw at her before made me remember some pieces of my past. A past that I have locked up due to many circumstances. To be honest, I don't wanna remember those at all. I can only remember the bad ones, It must have hurt the first time I experienced those. Imagine being hit by an imaginary knife, knowing that the wound is nonexistent but it's there to feel. My chest hurts whether I feel that tainted pain like a scar as the symbol. It seeps in even more as it goes too deep to those who have remembered. My absence of maturity never come in between those times. I didn't care about it. That's just how my life developed after that.

"Are you awake?" Someone whispered.

I grunted for a little while and slowly opened my eyes. Reina is seated at the teacher's table. I jolted after looking further into the classroom. 

"R-Reina, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you have gone and gone home by now?" I asked.

"Supposedly I would, but I heard one of our classmates said that you would be staying for a little while so I came to check." She replied.

I couldn't face her properly so I looked in a different direction.

"I have so many questions right now, noticing me earlier is already a jump scare."

"Why would you be scared of me?"

"Because... I thought that I can have a fresh start as a different person without anyone knowing who I was."

"Isn't the point of going to a new school to get to know more people in finding out who you are?" She sighed. Waiting for me to answer.

"Coming from you, you only knew me back then. In elementary."

"Some people are meant to meet but not to last."

I grinned.

"But here we are! meeting again for something unexpected it seems." I commented.

Those words are something meaningful. The time when she suddenly left the school made my heart fall apart. She is my hero, a savior, and my reason to keep going till I graduated from middle school. I grabbed onto little hope until I moved on to that.

"We really did." She laughs in agreement.

She approaches me and sat with me at the window that I was looking at. Her scent is fascinating to smell. Not that being weird or anything of the sort.

"I'll start with the main questions before we leave." 

Questions? So she also has questions in mind?

"What happened to the guy you once fought with?" She added.

She proceeded to go straight from that time. I began to think through it before I say something.

"I'm sorry, I don't really remember him as much anymore"

"Why so?"

"It's a long story- wait... How come that's the first one you want to ask me about?" My sudden realization kicked in.

"It's a follow-up question on checking up on you silly. We didn't have any conversations since we don't have each other's contact information before." She said.

"Well... If you asked me that, I have changed!" said proudly.

"Good for you. I got worried  for quite some time so thank goodness." She smiled.

Did she get worried for me?

"Well then, I'll be looking forward to that. As classmates I suppose." She handed me her hand to give a handshake.

"Same to you! I'll be in your care until the next." I shook her hands at that moment.

We both left the classroom and waved goodbye to each other. Realizing the fact that she didn't dislike me after the events, I have opened a new opportunity to rise for the better. It gave me air to breathe for the optimistic side of myself wanting to grow more as a person. Though, that conversation made me feel different. She isn't the same girl I have looked up to and that's okay. Or maybe I have forgotten most of it now. I did fall in love with a girl named Reina Herrera. That version of her will never exist any longer. Not even in my memories. If I did fall in love again, I wonder. Would I like someone like her again?