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

a mess, I thought

bitter smile formed on Ryan's face as he suddenly thought of his

nag me if he saw me in this

laugh escaped from his

felt something grip his chest. Once again, he felt the corner of his eyes tear up, but as

him that

may not have been here, but to Ryan, he was

He was always here.

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

But...

was only one

'Where is he?'

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

here apart from

'Why?'

wondered while he

'Why isn't he here?'

didn't seem like he was the only one that was looking for him. Practically,

...How could they not?

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

wasn't he

he should've been the first one

Why?

Why!!

Why!?

'D..does he not care?'

found herself thinking about the dream he had witnessed

just think of

it back when he was watching everything. In the first place,

...It made no sense.

one thing he managed to pick up from the

showing any remorse and treated everyone as though they were

they were in the way of his goals, they were nothing but a roadblock that needed to be

in the visions, and this was also this behavior that made Ryan understand that the dream was probably a fake. The Ren he knew wasn't like this at

He wasn't.

Never.

least that was what he

ticked, and everyone quietly sat down waiting for him

no,

possibly as a result of the fact that he

the probability of that Ren being the Ren

are not the same

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

was Smallsnake's words that kept him from going down an even bigger downward

"Keum."

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

"Why is he there?"

quietly mumbled while he looked at Kevin. He barely knew Smallsnake, what right did he have

know that some of you are uncomfortable with my sudden appearance

his head, Kevin turned his wrist and checked his

currently running late, and it doesn't seem like Ren is here yet. Since we can't afford to take the whole

Clank—!

than half of the audience turned to look in the direction of where the noise came from, and there

'Ren?'

spotted him

the only one that notice his appearance

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

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

teeth,

sense of shame rise from deep

stupid of me to

the one who was supposed to be the saddest about his apparent death, but staring at

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