Reversed Circus (Finished)

Chapter VI

The next day, Uro woke me up early. He came to my room and lit the light, then told me to wake up. I looked at the bedside clock, seeing that it was 07:30 in the morning.

I didn't dare comment. I agreed, telling him I was ready in ten minutes.

If I didn't want to bear the consequences, I had to do what I was told.

I did my morning routine very quickly, then went where Uro told me: in the living room.

He gave me a piece of paper where the tasks I had to complete today were written, then he left.

They weren't very humiliating, as I expected.

Long days, full weeks, busy months, all passed over me faster than I thought. Being busy all the time I didn't realize how time goes by.

I became to appreciate Uro as a person. He wasn't that bad as he wanted to be. Or maybe...I saw beyond what he wanted to be?!

He was indeed very cold and distant, especially with me, but some days I was spending time with him, helping him with certain things, making me understand him better.

Even though I was trying hard to not get attached to him because he was still my enemy, and I am there like his slave, I began to have a certain appreciation for him.

After about two weeks, he told me that I would help him every day with some things, involving some experiments.

I saw him much better and I was more and more confident in what I saw. He was a very attentive and organized person. When some contradictions came up, he was always ready for what was to come.

I started getting used being there. Even though I first went into chronic depression and couldn't get out of my own sphere, now I feel much better.

*Meanwhile at Circus*

Hirato:-How much time do we have left, Tsukitachi?

Tsukitachi:-I haven't started the countdown yet.

Hirato:-We have to start it! If not, we can't bring her back, and without her, Circus is as if it didn't exist. It's been two and a half months already, how long do you think we can wait?

Tsukitachi:-I will announce the others. We need to decide on an answer together.

*Back to Kafka*

Me: -Erishuka, you can come and drink your tea!

Erishuka:-I'm coming!

She sat down at the table, in front of me, starting to enjoy the tea I prepared. After the smile she gave me, I understood that she liked it.

Erishuka was a fifteen-year-old girl who became friends with me pretty quickly. She is Palnedo's niece, Uro taking care of her.

In the early days, Erishuka did her best in avoiding me, and everytime I was thinking that she was just a spoiled little girl. Everytime I worked with Uro, she didn't even looked at me and if I tried to talk to her, she would ignore me.

Until one day. After the first month, I was wiping the dust in her room, when she suddenly entered the room, crying. She threw herself on the bed, placing her head on the pillow. Uro also entered the room, but noticing me, he told me to take care of her.

I sat down next to her on the bed, trying to get her head out of the pillow and to tell me what had happened.

Even though I saw her as a spoiled child, at that moment I felt very sorry for her. She was crying very bad, as if she was almost screaming. She seemed to cry from the soul.

It was an order from Uro to take care of her, so I had to do it anyway.

I somehow managed to persuade her to talk to me, finding out why she was crying: the boy she liked almost died in front of her.

After I let her vent on me, after a few days, I cut myself with a knife while I was cooking. I went to my room to get a bandage, and she noticed me and helped me put my bandage on. Since that day I started to appreciate her. I completely changed my vision about her. Since then, we started talking every day. At the end of each day, she told me to make two cups of tea so that we could talk about the day just passed. She made me feel more comfortable into the association and not feel really like a servant.

While we were enjoying our tea together, she looked out the window and noticed that it was a bit cloudy outside.

Erishuka:-I think that this night, it's going to rain.

I smiled in the corner of my mouth, taking another sip of the hot tea.

She stared at me for a while, and when I made eye contact with her, she broke the silence.

Erishuka:-Do you like Uro?

I made big eyes, not knowing what to say.

Me:-Uhm, why did you bring up this topic?

Erishuka:-I'm curious. I've seen how you look at him in the last few days and I've asked myself that question a few times.