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 I

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

if

laugh escaped

Once again, he felt the corner of his eyes tear up, but as he thought of Smallsnake, he

mustn't show him that

here, but to Ryan, he

He was always here.

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

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

But...

was only one person

'Where is he?'

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

here apart from

'Why?'

wondered while he continuously

'Why isn't he here?'

that was looking for him. Practically, almost everyone

...How could they not?

was supposed to be the one guy

wasn't

of all people, he should've been the

Why?

Why!!

Why!?

'D..does he not care?'

the dream he had witnessed

think of

the first place, he didn't understand much of

...It made no sense.

thing he managed to pick up from the flashbacks, was Ren's

as though they were expandables that could be tossed at any

in the way of

and this was also this behavior that made

He wasn't.

Never.

least that was what he

ticked, and everyone quietly sat down waiting for him to

no,

emotions were gradually beginning to spiral downward in a negative direction, possibly as a result of the fact that he wasn't in the finest emotional state. No one could blame him for

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

are not

was the only thing keeping him from going further

kept him from going down

"Keum."

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

"Why is he there?"

quietly mumbled while he looked at Kevin. He barely knew Smallsnake,

of you are uncomfortable with

head, Kevin turned his wrist and

seem like Ren is here yet. Since we can't afford to take the

Clank—!

speak, the doors slammed open abruptly. As soon as that happened, more than half of the audience turned to look

'Ren?'

as he spotted him from

that notice his appearance

glaring black circles, pale face,

as several figures rushed to him, only to be rejected by him who

his teeth, Ryan lowered his

a deep sense of shame

was stupid of me to

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

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