That night, Mashauva tossed and turned in her sleep as her dream was all kinds of messed up, with all sorts of people saying all sorts of things. One moment, it was Qiana ridiculing her. The next, it was Freddy comforting her.

Later, the scene changed, and she saw the words the forum-goers had said to her.

The last scene was of Bruno. He stood there, quietly looking at her with eyes full of adoration and nothing else. He spread out his arms.

"Mashauva."

Following that, Mashauva rushed to him without a care in the world. However, before she could jump into his arms, the scene before her changed again.

Bruno was gone. She saw the faces of strangers, both men and women, looking at her with disdainful eyes.

"Look at this fatty. How dare she make a move on Bruno when she's this ugly? Who does she think she is?" "Gosh, she'll crush him to a pulp with a figure like that, won't she? And she still wants to go after him?" "Seriously, are all fatties nowadays so confident? Does she never look in the mirror?"

Those words sliced into Mashauva's heart one after another.

To say that Mashauva was feeling uncomfortable was an understatement. She shook her head while crying. "No, I didn't. I don't..."

The girl haunted by her nightmare was unaware that Bruno was peering at her as he sat at the edge of the bed, frowning when he saw that she was crying as she dreamt.

Bruno had originally come to wake her up, but she wouldn't respond no matter how many times he knocked. Worried that something might have happened to her, he pushed the door open only to hear her cries.

As soon as he sat down, Mashauva began sobbing miserably.

Was she having a nightmare?

Bruno placed his hand on her forehead and realized her temperature seemed to be running a little high. He patted her face lightly, calling out, "Mashauva."

"No, I didn't..." Mashauva was still weeping.

Bruno could only continue to call her name while coaxing her. "Don't cry. You didn't. I'm here. Don't cry, okay?"

The sleeping girl suddenly hugged his arm and relaxed. After a while, she tugged his hand over and mumbled out softly, "Bruno."

Bruno's heart melted into a puddle that instant.

Would this girl ever grow up? She was still the same after all these years. Although she would be reaching adulthood in a year, she was still oblivious to the world around her. Her naivete made people ache for her.

Bean was more

slowly pulled his hand away, however leading

as she opened her eyes, she saw

Mashauva thought she was still dreaming. Otherwise, how was it justifiable that he was right in

forehead. "You're finally

Bruno wiped the remaining tears from her eyes and asked softly, "Did you have a nightmare?" Mashauva had not realized that she was in tears until then. She sat up nervously and touched

to find

"Huh, I was crying?"

girl, do

said, "This isn't the first time, but I don't know why. Sorry, Bruno, I don't

you for anything. Why are you

and meek, so she would never say or do anything that would hurt anyone. Hence,

apologizing to him because she had

What logic was that?

Bruno frowned. "What happened?"

lowered her head, and panic and guilt flashed in her

and raised it. Just as he

exactly are you

"Bruno."

"Tell me the truth."

would tell Bruno what Qiana said to her the night before. If she did, she would be laying

Bruno would press

QUA

and suddenly gave a subdued whimper. "Actually,

"Huh?"

"What did I

You thought I was a bother and ate too much. So I was

you? I thought you were

I asked you for food and you thought that

Mashauva's eyes turned red. She hugged his arm and asked, "Bruno, you actually

regain his senses. In a hoarse voice, he said, "Of course not. There's no way I'd abandon you. Dreams are the opposite of reality. They won't come true." "Then you have to keep your word. You can't

"Alright."

arm, even if he

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