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

thought

thought of his appearance.

would probably nag me if he saw me

hollow laugh escaped

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 thought of Smallsnake, he

him

not have been here,

He was always here.

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

Hein, Leopold, Kevin, Amanda, Emma...all of Ren's friends and people that were previously on the other planet. All of

But...

was only

'Where is he?'

for Ren. It didn't take long for him to spot his

here apart from

'Why?'

while he continuously

'Why isn't he here?'

only one that was looking for him.

...How could they not?

He was supposed

why wasn't

Out of all people, he should've been the first one

Why?

Why!!

Why!?

'D..does he not care?'

dream he had witnessed as a result of the

think

In the

...It made no sense.

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

remorse and treated everyone as though they were expandables

If they were in the way of his goals, they were

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

He wasn't.

Never.

was what he thought

quietly sat down waiting for him to

no,

spiral downward in a negative direction, possibly as a result of the fact

being the Ren he knew, Ryan just couldn't stop overlapping

are not the

Smallsnake conversing with Ren in the same way as before was the only thing keeping

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

"Keum."

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

"Why is he there?"

while he looked at Kevin. He barely knew

of you are uncomfortable with my sudden

head, Kevin turned his wrist

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

Clank—!

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

'Ren?'

as he spotted him from

one that notice his appearance as

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

teeth, Ryan

felt a deep sense of shame rise

was stupid of me

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

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