The Author's POV

Chapter 605

Pitter! Pitter!

The muffled sound of rain hitting against the window beside me, woke me up.

I groggily opened my eyes and glanced toward the window, where I was greeted by a gloomy scene. It was a dark and dreary sight, typical of any rainy day.

It perfectly synchronized with my mood.

[You have 37 missed calls]

When I finally had the opportunity to check my phone, I noticed several missed calls. They seemed to come from my parents, Amanda, Kevin, and the others. I ultimately didn't answer them back and just shut off my phone.

I wasn't in the mood to talk with anyone at the moment.

Everything felt like a dream to me at the moment. No, rather, a nightmare. One that I couldn't possibly escape from.

'What time is it?'

An unknown period of time passed while I lay on my bed just blankly staring at the ceiling of the room I was in.

Raising my hand and turning my wrist, I checked the time. I felt a sudden pang in my heart while I stared at the time. 16 : 39 P.M.

"...It's almost time, huh?"

I reluctantly got out of bed and stumbled toward the closet where I pulled out a set of black clothes. Grabbing onto the clothes, my hands shook.

It was almost time for Smallsnake's funeral to start.

A few days had passed since the incident, and those few days had been among the most difficult in my life. It was difficult to prepare a funeral for someone you had assumed would accompany you till the end and would always be around.

I...I just couldn't stomach it.

How?

Just where did things go wrong?

Why must things have turned out this way?

"What's this?"

Unknowingly, I felt something wet stream down from the side of my face.

"..Ah, shit."

I raised my hand and clenched my chest as a sharp, heartbreaking agony swept across my chest.

It hurt.

It really hurt.

I...I really didn't expect things to turn out this way. I...I really didn't.

***

Ryan looked toward the empty casket in the distance as he passed through the long aisle that was covered in a long red carpet and seemed to stretch for miles. It was probably shorter, but to him, it looked endless.

His footsteps felt heavy, and his eyes were rather blurry.

It still hadn't sunk into his mind.

...The fact that Smallsnake had left him.

The fatherly or brotherly figure he had been missing throughout his entire life was gone just like that.

"I..shouldn't be like this."

He mumbled to himself while he walked down the aisle.

'Fix your clothes, you look like a total mess like that.'

'Is that really how you want to look at my funeral?'

wipe your

a mess, I thought I taught

suddenly thought of his appearance. Raising his

would probably nag me if he saw me in this

laugh escaped from his

swept past Ryan who felt something grip his chest. Once again, he felt the corner of his eyes

mustn't show him

here, but to

He was always here.

Ryan lowered his head. He

filled with familiar figures. Angelica, who was currently disguised as a cat, Ava, Hein, Leopold, Kevin, Amanda, Emma...all of Ren's friends and people that were previously on the other planet.

But...

was only one

'Where is he?'

Ren. It didn't take long for him to spot his parents whom he had met once with Smallsnake...they

here apart

'Why?'

wondered while he continuously

'Why isn't he here?'

the only one that was looking for him. Practically, almost everyone in the chapel was

...How could they not?

supposed to speak first. He was supposed to be the one guy that known him the

wasn't he

of all people, he should've

Why?

Why!!

Why!?

'D..does he not care?'

he had witnessed as a result

just think of us as

when he was watching everything. In the first place, he didn't understand much of the content

...It made no sense.

thing he managed to pick up from the flashbacks, was Ren's mentality and the

showing any remorse and treated everyone as though they were expandables that could be

knew them or not. If they were in the way of

that made

He wasn't.

Never.

was what

time ticked, and everyone quietly sat down waiting for him to arrive, Ryan started to

no, no, it

the fact that he wasn't in the finest emotional state. No one could blame

Ren being the Ren he knew,

are not the same

of Smallsnake conversing with Ren in the same way as before was the only thing keeping him from going further down. He was also the

that kept him from going down an even

"Keum."

of his thoughts was a small cough. Raising his head up, he found Kevin standing

"Why is he there?"

at Kevin. He barely knew Smallsnake, what right

that some of you are uncomfortable with my sudden appearance here,

head, Kevin turned his wrist and checked his

it doesn't seem like Ren is here yet. Since we can't

Clank—!

than half of the audience turned to look in the direction

'Ren?'

as he spotted him

his appearance as the chapel was filled with

black circles, pale face, crooked

the chapel as several figures rushed to him, only to be rejected by him who slowly walked toward the altar. His steps were rather slow,

clenching his teeth, Ryan

of shame rise from deep

me

thought that he should've been the one who was supposed to be the saddest about his apparent death,

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