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?'

least wipe your

thought I taught you

as he suddenly thought of his appearance. Raising his arm,

nag me if

hollow laugh escaped from

casket, another wave of sadness swept past Ryan who felt something grip his chest. Once again, he felt the corner of his eyes tear up, but as he

mustn't show him

have been here, but to Ryan, he was

He was always here.

good minutes, Ryan lowered his head. He then made his way to a seat and sat

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. All of them were mourning Smallsnake's

But...

only

'Where is he?'

look for Ren. It didn't take long for him to spot his parents whom he had met

was here apart from

'Why?'

wondered while he continuously

'Why isn't he here?'

that was looking for

...How could they not?

He was

why wasn't he

people, he

Why?

Why!!

Why!?

'D..does he not care?'

thinking about the dream he had witnessed as a result of the demon's

just think of

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

...It made no sense.

he managed to pick up from the flashbacks,

everyone as though they

whether he knew them or not. If they were in the way

visions, and this was also this behavior that made Ryan understand that the dream was probably a fake.

He wasn't.

Never.

least that was what

quietly sat down waiting

no, no, it

as a result of the fact that he

and unlikely the probability of that Ren being the Ren he knew, Ryan just couldn't stop overlapping the two

are not the

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

from going down an even bigger downward spiral

"Keum."

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

"Why is he there?"

at Kevin. He barely knew Smallsnake, what right did he

you are uncomfortable with my sudden appearance

head, Kevin turned his wrist and checked

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

Clank—!

As soon as that happened, more than half of the audience turned to look in

'Ren?'

spotted him

only one that notice his appearance as the

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, yet, seemed extremely

his teeth, Ryan lowered

sense of shame rise from deep

was stupid of me to

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

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