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

thought I taught

on Ryan's face as he suddenly thought of his appearance. Raising his arm, he wiped his

if he

laugh escaped

toward the empty casket, another wave of sadness swept past Ryan who felt something grip his chest. Once again, he felt

show him that

may not have been here, but to

He was always here.

a couple of good minutes, Ryan lowered his head. He then

Amanda, Emma...all of Ren's friends

But...

only one

'Where is he?'

long for him to spot his parents whom he had

was here apart from

'Why?'

wondered while he continuously looked

'Why isn't he here?'

only one that was looking for him. Practically, almost

...How could they not?

supposed to speak first. He was supposed to be the one

wasn't

of all people, he

Why?

Why!!

Why!?

'D..does he not care?'

dream he had witnessed as a result of the

he really just think of us as just

put much thought into it back when he was watching everything. In the first place, he didn't understand much of the content that was

...It made no sense.

if there was one thing he managed to pick up from

and treated everyone as though they were expandables that could

way of his goals, they were nothing but

behavior that made Ryan understand that the dream was probably a fake. The Ren he

He wasn't.

Never.

least that was what he thought

time ticked, and everyone quietly sat down waiting

no, no, it can't

negative direction, possibly as a result of the

Ren being the Ren he knew, Ryan just couldn't stop overlapping the

not

was the only thing keeping him from going further down. He was also the one that informed him

him from going

"Keum."

Ryan out of his thoughts was a small cough. Raising

"Why is he there?"

looked at Kevin. He barely

some of you are uncomfortable with my

head, Kevin turned his wrist and checked his

Since we can't afford to take the whole day, I can

Clank—!

began to speak, the doors slammed open abruptly. As soon as that happened, more than half of the audience turned to look in the direction of where the noise came from, and there they

'Ren?'

spotted him from the

wasn't the only one that notice his appearance as the chapel was

glaring black circles, pale face, crooked tie, and wrinkled clothes, Ryan

rushed to him, only to be rejected by him who slowly walked

his teeth, Ryan

deep sense of shame rise

me to

death probably hit Ren the hardest. He previously thought that he should've been the one who was supposed to be the saddest about his apparent death, but staring at Ren who had trouble walking,

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