(it was silence that kept the secret of the night's splendours. tonight was special. but this was a secret. no one was supposed to know how special or how significant it actually is. no one except for one.
alice sat in her untidy room, ripping the newspaper that reported about the death of arthur hewer. everyone in town knew exactly why arthur had made the choice. it was a lie that his parents, his friends didn't know about why arthur hewer had made such choice. alice was fuming in her own silent way. everyone, even alice, knew the academic pressure arthur was under from his family. he was always pushed to the limit. of course his grades were good. if you see how hard he works, it's obvious why he's so smart.
that he got great friends? does news nowadays only write jokes? arthur doesn't have friends. his "friends" had been the ones ripping off money from him. that's why he had to starve most lunches. girlfriend? what girlfriend? alice wanted to screw and swear at the people who were acing like the victims when they were the perpetrators. it was sick. this world was fucked up. and she wished now more than ever for noa to fix everything. for noa to finally be by her side. for noa. for noa…
tap.
there was a knock on the window. probably some leaf. it was particularly windy tonight.
tap. tap. tap.
hmmm… ?
tap. tap. tap. tap. tap. tap.
alice approached the window. in her mind, all the scene in a horror was running through her mind like a cinema. it can't be like 'saw'… right?
tap. tap. tap.
but it wasn't like a horror movie. no, it was something so much better. )
"noa!"
(and there he was. the one and only lost boy. noa held a rock that he was going to throw awkwardly in his hands. )
"hi"
"where were you?"
"taking care of some stuff…"
"like what?"
"just somethings…"
"why did you come back…"
"what do you mean?"
"why did you come back to me?"
"because i missed you."
"why?"
"because i love you alice. not only as a friend. but as a lover. i love you alice. i love you."
(tonight was special. and the silence laughed in joy. alice cried with joy. noa confessed by joy. )
