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

I thought

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

probably nag me if he saw me

hollow laugh escaped from

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

mustn't show him that I'm

not have been here, but

He was always here.

lowered his head. He then made his

figures. Angelica, who was currently disguised as a cat, Ava, Hein, Leopold, Kevin, Amanda, Emma...all of Ren's friends and people that

But...

only one person

'Where is he?'

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

was here apart

'Why?'

while he continuously

'Why isn't he here?'

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

...How could they not?

to speak first. He was supposed to be the

why wasn't

Out of all people, he should've been

Why?

Why!!

Why!?

'D..does he not care?'

herself thinking about the dream he had witnessed as a result of the

he really just think of us as just

watching everything. In the first place, he didn't understand much

...It made no sense.

thing he managed to pick up

treated everyone as

If they were in the way of his

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

He wasn't.

Never.

was what he thought

sat down waiting for him to arrive, Ryan

no, no, it

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

unlikely the probability of that Ren being the Ren he knew,

are not

Ren in the same way as before was the only thing keeping him from going further

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

"Keum."

cough. Raising his head up, he found Kevin standing at

"Why is he there?"

at Kevin. He barely knew Smallsnake, what right did

of you are uncomfortable

Kevin turned his wrist and

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

Clank—!

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

'Ren?'

he spotted

only one that notice his appearance

circles, pale face, crooked tie, and wrinkled clothes,

be rejected by him who slowly walked toward

clenching his teeth, Ryan lowered

deep sense of shame rise from deep

me to think like

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, Ryan realized how immature

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