[Book 2] Gate Guardian - Song of the Frozen Soul

PHASE 71 - RIKKUN'S FUNERAL

PHASE 71 - RIKKUN’S FUNERAL

This is a brand new normal day for us.

It’s been thirty minutes after the classes ended. The afternoon sunlight is about to make orange out of the surroundings. Rikkun and I were on classroom duty, and we just finished sweeping the floors, wiping the windows, and taking out the trash can. 

When we were about to leave, Rikkun held my hand. The warmth of his fingers together with the gentle smile and passionate stare made me fall in love with my boyfriend for the billionth time.

“Eh?” I cocked my head.

“You don’t have anything to do after this, right?” Rikkun awkwardly laughed. 

I just shook my head slowly. Is he going to ask for… master-and-slave playhouse again!?

“That’s good! I will introduce you to the boys.” Rikkun said.

“The boys?” Rikkun’s words made me a little more confused.

“Yes. I have introduced you to my parents, so the next step would be to introduce you to my friends. My nerd weeb circle of friends. This might be the perfect time since all of them are already back… except for Heushac of course.”

That’s right. Rikkun has never introduced me to Chrisprel, Ranley, and Daughty as a girlfriend, but due to Necchan’s memories implanted in me, they already knew Rikkun’s crush back in Book One. I don’t know if the same applies in this timeline though.

“O-Okay.” I nodded. 

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It’s already five in the afternoon, and the sun is about to set. Rikkun led me to the uphill part of the school grounds which are full of grass. There are also tall trees in this field that makes it look like a mini-forest on top of the hill. There, Rikkun’s friends are forming a circle and they are already discussing. They are quite loud so we both can hear their words.

Chrisprel, Ranley, Daughty, and the new timeline best friend John are wearing black tuxedos. They are also wearing shades and they have bouquets of flowers on their hands. They are all looking down on the ground which has the tombstone and a picture.

The tombstone has the name “Alaric Eisenhower” in it, and the picture contains the face of the arrogant king. I can’t believe Rikkun is late at his own funeral!

“The f*ck is this!?” Rikkun muttered.

All of a sudden, John laid down a bouquet of flowers in Rikkun’s grave and started his speech.

“Thank you all for coming to help us celebrate Ric’s life and share our grief in his passing. I know that you’re all been friends with the arrogant king until his tragic death a few weeks ago. When I found out, I was shocked to see his passing. There’s so much life in him, so much profanity, so much toxicity, and so much hate. That’s why we love him. But now, he’s no more.”

At this moment, John is already sobbing as he spoke.

“This is so stupid,” Rikkun said as he slowly walked towards the boys. I just stood there hidden by the trees and watched what was going on.

“I should have noticed the signs. He stopped having lunch with us. He stopped buying my anime merchandise. He stopped sharing h-nuke codes and premium xxx subscriptions. He stopped playing Warzone. He stopped coming in the public jerk-off dungeon.” Ranley said, crying. “I know something is wrong with him. Then it happened… he died.”

“Ha.Ha.Ha. Very funny guys.” Rikkun cringed.

“Shhhhhhhh!” John angrily shushed him. “Don’t you have an ounce of f*cking respect?”