Chain of Events (Magi!Solomon & Sheba)

XIV: When You're Gone

SOLOMON'S ARC IS NOW STARTING

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Solomon's P.O.V.

"I ran away. Do not look for me. I am sorry."
-Sheba

Those words echo in my head.

"I ran away."

Dammit Sheba! I cursed, running to the direction of the apartment.

"I'm sorry."

Why? I know I broke your heart, but something so drastic?

Please tell me this is a joke!

"Don't look for me."

You're always so impulsive! Acting childish like this!

I panted as I opened the door to the apartment complex.

I saw Arba crying and covering her face with her hands, Falan hugging her child while being comforted by Wahid, Ithnan losing his serious and calm composure, frantically yelling and cursing at his phone(<= This was when he was calling the detective), and Setta stood there, by Ithnan, clenching his fists so hard it was turning white, with a worried frown on his face.

I couldn't see Ugo, but that didn't occur to me at the moment.

"Where is she?"

I nearly yelled out, and I would have yelled, had I not been so out of breath.

Arba's sobs became louder.

No... This wasn't... Dammit Sheba!

I felt my eyes watering, but I looked away and forced them back.

I couldn't break at a critical time like this.

I remember hearing Arba's panicked voice
in the phone,

"Sheba, sh-she ran away!"

She had not even fully explained to me before my body automatically ran outside the meeting room without explanation.

I remember seeing Ugo finally get out of his room in the evening with blank, dull eyes.

When he spoke, it was monotone, and lifeless.

"She ran away."

He said to me, who was currently alone and sitting in the armchair, eyebrows furrowed and face propped by my hands.

"I know."

Though I was not emotionless like him, I was not in a much better state.

My usually neat hair was messed up for having ran through it too much, and I looked weary and stressed.

Everyone else was asleep, or finding something to help with the investigation Ithnan instigated.