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

I thought I taught

thought of his appearance. Raising

if

hollow laugh escaped from his

something grip his chest. Once again, he felt the

show him that

here,

He was always here.

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

currently disguised as a cat, Ava, Hein, Leopold, Kevin, Amanda, Emma...all of Ren's friends and people that were previously

But...

only

'Where is he?'

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

here apart

'Why?'

he continuously

'Why isn't he here?'

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

...How could they not?

was supposed to

why wasn't

Out of all people, he should've

Why?

Why!!

Why!?

'D..does he not care?'

thinking about the dream he had witnessed as a result

just think of us

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.

pick up from

treated everyone as though they were expandables that could be tossed

not. If they were in the way of his goals, they were

and this was also this behavior that made Ryan understand that

He wasn't.

Never.

that was what

sat down waiting for him to arrive, Ryan started to

no,

downward in a negative direction, possibly as a result of the fact that he wasn't in

of that Ren being the Ren he knew,

no..they are not the

memory 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 one that

words that kept him from going

"Keum."

cough. Raising

"Why is he there?"

while he looked at Kevin. He barely knew Smallsnake,

some of you are uncomfortable with my sudden appearance here,

his head, Kevin turned his wrist and checked

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

Clank—!

happened, more than half of the audience turned to look in

'Ren?'

thought as he spotted him

his appearance as the chapel was filled with

his glaring black circles, pale face, crooked

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

his teeth, Ryan lowered

deep sense of shame rise from deep within his

was stupid of me

should've been the one who was supposed to be the saddest about his apparent death, but staring at Ren who had trouble walking, Ryan

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