Asylum

Chapter 19: CRAZY

Cleo

"Cleo? Cleo?? Oh for the love of Lumiere what happened to you?? Wake up!!"

I snap my eyes open and immediately sit while catching my breath, then suddenly I can't stop my tears from continuously flowing. The moment I woke up there is a sudden ache on my heart. A feeling of being lost, longing for something and a stong feeling of sadness. I feel like there was a big part of me that was lost and has been forgotten.

" Hey Cleo?...Why did you wander too far! Didn't I warned you many times to stay on my sight?! Then I will just fond you laying in the middle of the freaking forest unconscious! Then finally you woke and now this you suddenly burst in crying, what happened to you?" Alexter ask frustratingly he is now raising his voice, I think he is also the one who bring me here well who else if not him? And maybe he is the one responsible for waking me up scandalously yelling psh. 

I am now back at the clearing beside the river catching breath and also still crying. I just can't stop myself the strong felling of sadness and longing consumes me to the point that as if my heart was clench by someone so tightly, I can't breath. 

"Cleo what happened? Please calm down and tell me everything" Alexter said softly now. Despite being frustrated I think he is truly worried for me that he can't help himself being angry. And now he is considering my feelings

I tried to calm myself even though the strong ache on my heart is still there. The dream, or is it really a dream or a memory?? I can't seem to remember the details of it. It is all blurred now all I could salvage from the dream is the strong feeling of sadness and longing while saying 'come back'

Whats happening to me? What is that mist and fog that trigger something like this within me or is it really those things that trigger it? The real question is whom I suppose to come back?

Confusion, lost, longing, sadness those feelings make my head spin "that we go back now? I remember collecting everything on the list did you able to bring it here?" I ask instead of answering him, for now I just can't bring myself to talk about what happened earlier.

Alexter heave a deep sight, I think he notice that I don't want to talk what happened for now. "Yeah I've been able to bring to bring those here. I realize it the moment I see you laying with those ingredients beside you. Hays just what happened to you? Never-mind if you don't want to talk about it for now. Let's head back everything is complete and you need a long rest after this"

I smiled at him gratefully, even though Alexter sometimes could be able to compare to a menopausal lady. He ia quite nice and caring he just didn't want to show it. He preferred to be strong infront of the other people but he is really a softy inside he just took it too far, frowning every minute every second haha.

He help me to get on Sammy then he collect our things and the ingredients then immediately head back to the academy.

I notice that it is now slowly getting dark, maybe 5:00 pm? Just how long I was out?

"You were out for almost 5:00 hours, the moment I get off the water I notice that you were gone, you were not even within the perimeter. I won't really find you and just leave if not for the ingredient I task for you to collect. Your stubborn and stupid to wander that far and that deep of the forest psh" he informed me but be was so defensive when saying the "i will leave you if not for the ingredients" as if he did not want me to know that he was worried.

I smile but he can't see it because I'm behind him. Then tiredness seeps in, I slowly give in and lean my head against his back. Once again he's body freeze in awkwardness because I even wrap my arms on his waste to prevent myself from falling but he did not protest. I did not have any strength to be embarrassed because slowly darkness takes over my consciousness.

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"Cleo, Cleo were here" someone is tapping my hands not so gently though. And who else would do that? Alexter

I open my eyes, we are now infront of the main gate of the academy. "You can unwrap your arms now, too comfortable huh?"

I realize I'm still in a backhugging him "ohh.." I instantly unwraps my arms because I could feel the awkwardness od our position now but too instant that I once again fall on my but. I thing something has been broken on my back.

Stupid! Clumsy! Cleo! I immediately cover my face out of embarrassment when I heard Alexter chuckles. To amused huh? Psh.

Alexter land on his feet gracefully tsk. Then he get our things and set Sammy free to wander around. We can't bring him inside because it is not allowed but no worries though Alexter said that animals like him is too loyal that they will only follow their masters orders.

So even they will be captured they wont have any use of them plus Aurochs is basically just like horses on the mortal world so no one won't be bother to capture one if they already have one right?

We head directly inside the Academy and was surprised to see Dexie waiting just on the bench on the of the gate.

"Lexter! I was really worried, what took you so long?? You could have get the ingredients on the Academy's garden why did you have to go out? You know it is dangerous out there." Dexie scream in an irritatingly high pitch tone and head directly to Alexter to check if he is okay or maybe he have bruises.

But wait what!!! We get can All of those ingredients inside the Academy?!! Then why bother to go to the Forest of Lumiere?!! I nearly even die!!!!

I send a death glare to Alexter direction and he also turned his head towards me with a raise brow as if saying 'what?'

He once again turned to Dexie to answer her "we preferred to get Pisces instead for a hight quality and effective potion than getting beta fish on the academy's pond. Plus we could get high quality ingredient outside than here"

I raise my brow still glaring at him irritatingly, what kind of reasoning is that?! Just for a quality ingredients to get highest points we risk our lives out there?! It is suppose to be dangerous for a student to wander around because of the shadows then here we are risking our lives for a high points?!

so that's why I feel something isn't right, no one leaves the Academy except us but I still trust him, because he is the son of the Mistress duh I thought it is safe. How did he even get a letter to let us go out? Son favorism? Arg! Just how crazy is He?!

I just stomp my feet like a child while leaving them and make sure that he could feel how irritated and how furious I am because of what he do.

I head directly to our dorm room and fall flat on my stomach on my bed. I'm too tired to even get off on my boots and clothes.

I see Shine immediately fly towards me the moment I get inside. She even get my boots off for me. I smile at her gratefully, now that I think about it I should have bring Shine with me so that I was not left alone there when I was lost tsk stupid I didn't think it was necessary to bring her everywhere what a waste. My mind is a waste, hays what a day.

"You look awful for someone who just spend her day with a gorgeous being like Alexter haha" Ree start to tease me.

"Gorgeous haha what part of his whole being is gorgeous? Even his attitude isn't pretty!!! He's crazy Ree! And I look awful because this days is much even more awful arrg!" I rant to her irritatedly, I still can't believe what happening ok Alexters mind, much more believe that I even consider him being nice and caring yuck!

"Whoa haha calm down,  just looking at you now I think it did not turn good? What happened?" Ree starts her unending question

"Just know that this day is the worse, just let me rest Ree" I tiredly said

"Worse huh? Haha fine I will let you rest for now" she said with a chuckle.

She won't definitely pass this, I'm sure

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