Twilight of Shepherd and Calamity

Ch. 4.5 A night we start to know each other(short story)

Sorey pov

"Grumble"

It was a rainy days with thunders, and it is not a peaceful night for me.

In such a disturbing and noisy night, I always cover my ears with my head until I can fall asleep. I don't want to hear the thunder not only because I am afraid of itself, but there is also more than itself to be afraid. I want to have the quick sleep to avoid thinking about it, but I was wrong. As long as I have the thought, it follows me to the dream to reflect----My guilty.

"Grumble"

Gramps is standing in front of me, saying nothing.

I can't see his eyes as always, they are hidden by his eyebrows. It is nothing different from him, not showing anger or sad, just stand indifferently.

I really feel sorry to Gramps, for killing him, after all, he raised me.

"I am sorry...Gramps" I apologized powerlessly to him.

"Grumble!" He cast the lightning artes to strike it on me.

"eh....um.....I am sorry, really!"

He didn't answer, only cast more lightning and chasing after me, like the ghost.

"Please!! forgive me!! Gramps!"

"Gramps" shows no difference at all but chases like an avenger. I realize for his anger, he raised me up but I kill him, I am such a bad child.

"Sorry.....sorry...sorry, I have no choice, please, forgive me" I still think there is no other possible choice for the better situation in that time, and it is not like that was a satisfying decision for me.

"Er....er.....sorry...sorry" The scene of apologies and lightning chase repeated infinitely.

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Velvet pov

At the rainy midnight, murmuring sound from the next door woke a light sleeper such as me. This is abnormal, so I go check for its sources.

I found the source is from Sorey's room, and the door isn't locked.

I slowly open the door of the room next to me which is Sorey's room, while making sure that the smallest creak sound I would make.

"er.....so...sorry...sorry, Gramps...." words leaked out from his half-opened month in crying like murmuring.

I see Sorey is sleeping with the posture of hugging his head and curling up his body, the fetal position. Laphicet had slept like this when he felt uneasy too, that days, Laphi stated his fear of death. I promised not to let it happens when I didn't want it and I rather believe a better future.

That time, I embraced him tightly to calm him, just like this situation.

By the time I back to myself, I already embraced Sorey tightly. Maybe it is because he made me thinking of my little brother, full of curiosity to the world, and love books. However, Sorey has lofty eyes sometimes, like looking to the world itself rather just watching where he is. He has eyes with purity and unwavering will, just like the Shepherd vision, I will not be surprised if he is a Shepherd. He is certainly a different type of person to me, he would hate me if he knows who I am and what I did, it is inconvenient, for now.

Although he is clumsy sometimes, he will try to fix it, never afraid of difficulty. I wonder what things worrying him to make him murmuring. I somehow want to fix this, it is not a good idea to wake others. However, I have no clue of what to do when someone similar to my age comes to cry, so I try the same technique that used to comfort my little brother.