My Life was a Game

Chapter 17

April lay on her bed as she was drowned in her thoughts. She wanted to know if she had done anything wrong with Alabaster. Things had changed significantly between them. At first, it was a plan to get closer to him for her survival. She got to live her life in exchange for her loyalty to him. As long as they didn't go together to the party. But things had changed since she chose to behave differently.

Alabaster became closer to her than the dream had shown her. He even allowed them to stay at his villa which was a very personal matter but April couldn't complain about it. She knew he had treated her specially but kept on denying it. However after today's incident, she questioned herself if his treatment was meant for something differently. Something she felt uncomfortable with.

Also, a lot of things had changed along with his situation. Onyx got more aggressive with his plan. Although, they weren't sure of his plan at that time. Marble hadn't made any move since the spying incident. He always patient with his game or probably got distracted with something else.

Quartz however didn't even recognize her since she didn't remind him of her identity. So, he wasn't being persistent to get closer with her. Whereas, Tuff and Tufa didn't seem too interested about them. Moreover, she trusted Alabaster more because he sided with her in the dream and kept June by her side.

Compared to herself in the dream, she was more daring. She accepted more people by her side. All the images of her friends came to her mind. They too accepted her as their friend. So, it was no longer Onyx's route. She finally got her own route.

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Since young, April attracted a lot of people whether they were young or old. The sisters of the orphanage had told her that she almost got kidnapped multiple times since she got to the orphanage. Back then, she wasn't paying much attention as she still a naive little child but as she got older, those incidents became more real to her. But none of them were traumatic, so she survived the ordeals. The sisters also helped her a lot in dealing with it.

The problem became worse during her middle school. She felt like the only live animal of an extinct species in the zoo as all eyes were focused on her. Maybe it was her red bright hair that made everyone's attention directed to her or perhaps her innocence. Needless to say, those boys had her as their main focus and she became the victim of their plaything.

After she met June and transferred to a new school, the spotlight became lesser and not a lot of people noticed her. She thought being invisible was the solution, so she avoided the crowd. Although June had other friends, she wouldn't allow them to get closer. She was afraid that they would target him because of his innocence. She was cautious and guarded.

As she got to the university, she had to adapt to the new environment. She definitely overwhelmed with university life as she was forced to burst out of her safe bubble and lived with the society. Nevertheless, she was defensive and never tried to get closer to anyone. It had been her nature to push people away except June. Because of that, it was hard for her to find any job even if her result was excellent.

In the dream, April was exactly how she would behave. It was as predicted and expected from someone who secluded themselves from the society. Repulsive and cowardice. She rejected everyone and only sought comfort.

However, it all had changed. The choices she made after witnessing the dream had influenced and changed the flow of her fate to yet an unknown path. The choices also changed the people around her. They changed perhaps for the better or worse. Little did she know but her choices had a butterfly effect on her family, friends and acquaintances.

Herself inside the dream only managed to get into Alabaster's sight after he himself found out the corruption of his employees. She was only there because of her innocence during the incident.