《I Just Want To Live》

Chapter 9

"It's already late, so that'll be it for today." Said Alexis as their meeting ended without much trouble this time.

Since the princes were hungry, Alexis suggested they go out to eat. Though those plans were foiled when he received a call from a student having problems getting into his dorm.

And so, Alexis as president went over to see the situation accompanied by Gion and Livio. Ailana exited the room next, after declining the princes offer to eat out with them. She wanted to get work done in her dorm so that she could sleep early since she's been feeling exhausted as of late.

In her room, Ailana placed all her paperwork on her desk. Though just as she was about to go and wash herself up, she caught a glimpse of an oddity among the scattered paper.

Ailana picked up the document to find that it wasn't her handwriting. It was Gions. Somehow, their papers got mixed up during the meeting.

Not knowing whether the document was important or not, Ailana opted to give him a call in case he needed it. Since he wasn't picking up, she decided to leave a voice message instead.

"Prince Gion, it's Ailana. I have a document with me that I think is yours so -"

Suddenly, the light in her room flickered at a rapid pace. Which was followed by the sound of electricity running through the wires. The lights kept flickering until...

!!!BAM!!!

"-AAAAHHH!!!"

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When the power outage happened, Gion and Livio rushed to get to Shintarou once they found out that he was alone with Leon. They went as far as to smash a window and climb down to the floor below just to get to him.

Luckily, they arrived just in time before Leon did something to trigger Shintarou's trauma.

"If you had stroked his head, then we would've been done for."

"What?"

"It's okay if you don't understand. Anyways, you were close to him for only a moment. If you don't want to stay by his side for the rest of your life, then it's better not to dig deeper into the matter." Gion spoke before turning to Shintarou.

"Shintarou!" He called making the Japanese prince jump.

"Give back what you took and follow us back!"

"Yes..."

Alexis and Leon, who were standing aside, watched the scene with smiles on their faces. Although Shintarou had his difficulties, they were happy that he had Gion and Livio to help him through them.

While Shintarou was placing back the wires he cut, Gion suddenly felt the urge to check his phone. Once he did, he found that there was a missed call from Ailana. Holding the phone up to his ear, he played the voice message she left.

"Prince Gion, it's Ailana. I have a document with me that I think is yours so -" Her voice stopped, and in the background, he could hear electricity sparking. The sound was then followed by something exploding and Ailana's screams.

"-AAAAHHH!!!"

The sound was so loud that others could hear it even if he wasn't on speaker phone. The line went dead after, and he couldn't reach her no matter how many times he redialed.

"Prince Gion? What was that?" Alexis questioned, yet was ignored as Gion was busy calling her again and again. After his seventh attempt, he finally gave up.

"When was the last time you saw Ailana?" Gion demanded.

"She was heading back to her dorm the last time we saw her." Leon answered.