{LEVIHAN} My True Lover

Chapter 20: Cycle Repeats Itself

Marshall's POV

Even with 12 years passing, I still remember me killing those 3 cops. Those kind of things... never fades away in your head. We had a clean start. Our first names stayed the same, though Zackley isn't a good last name... but Mom said we had to, that way police won't arrest Dad or me... after all, I'm close to being 18.

"Marshall!" Raven then jumps on top of me, toppling me to the ground. She maybe be 16... but she still acts like child. "Haha,  come on, smile a bit, okay?"

Pushing her off, I grumbled as usual. Dad says it's normal for me now... only normal to me. Saying that... I'm just like him. Explaining that... I'm an emotionless person... Raven was the only one who was normal, like Mom. Even for me, having a sister that was all happy like her... that was good enough for me.

"Come on, Raven... leave me-"

"No! Smile first! You act like Dad..." Maybe... it's because I am like him. Just without the same hair and eye color. Those are Mom's... Raven had Dad's black hair color and his gray eyes. "Please!"

Sighing, I love my sister... so in defeat, I smiled. "Happy?"

She pouts, "That's not a real smile... but, whatever, right?" She jumps onto me, hugging me. "I love you, Marshall, okay? Don't ever forget that."

"Heh, why would I ever forget that, Raven? I'm your older brother,  and it's my duty to make sure nothing bad happens to you, okay?" And it's true... several times... when Raven got bullied, I was there and beat them into submission. That's when they all did my bidding.

Raven's smile gave me hope, "Thanks Big-Bro!" I always wanted to ask if that one guy she killed still haunted her dreams... but it seems that she forgotten all about it... saying she has nightmares every now and then.

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Dropping Raven off at her classroom, I went down to mine. Seeing her happy, that's how I wanted to be... happy and able to feel those emotions again. Whenever I'm close to Raven, I feel those emotions, just a bit-

"Ack!" I was too busy thinking about being normal when I bumped into someone. Everything we had in our arms tumbled to the ground as we both fell. "S-Sorry..." I managed to say as I tried to pick up the stuff that fell. Looking up, it was a girl.

A girl who seemed around Raven's age... blonde hair and pale green eyes, that's what I saw. She smiles at me, and I felt my cheeks grow warm- something new I never felt before. "Heh, I should've seen where I was going..." She says.

Picking up her books and putting them back in her arms... they felt warm. When I looked into her eyes, everything else seemed to disappear around us until my only view is her. "It's fine... I'm Marshall." I held my hand out for her.

She takes it, "Clarissa."

"Nice to meet you, Clarissa..." I helped her up to her feet, and we began to walk. "What class do you have right now? I got English."

"Heh, same here, Marshall."

"In room 215?"

Once more, she smiles, which was so beautiful. "Yep, I guess we have the same English class. At least I'm not lonely when we get there." Clarissa looks at me with a sparkle in them. "Well... it seems that school's been going on for a couple weeks... yet I never saw you- did you just move here?"

Chuckling softly, I answered her. "Yeah... more like a last minute kind of thing. We had to move back in Trost, which is why we're in Shinganshina now."

"Heh, well, I'm glad that you're here... you're gonna have so much fun..." Her voice trails off, but now, I see what Dad meant about 'finding the right one.' Because... I may have found her...

I'll ask Dad for more details when I get home. But as of right now, I want to protect Raven because she is my little sister, and I'll do anything for her... but now with Clarissa, I feel that I have to protect her as well... to hold her in my arms and hold her tight. Maybe this is how Dad felt towards Mom, and like a curse, I'm forced to feel the same feelings.