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

thought I taught

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

probably nag me if he saw me

escaped from

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

mustn't show him that I'm

not have been here, but to Ryan,

He was always here.

minutes, Ryan lowered his head. He then made his way to a seat and sat

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

But...

was only one

'Where is he?'

didn't take long for him to spot his parents whom he had

was here

'Why?'

while he

'Why isn't he here?'

was looking for him. Practically,

...How could they not?

speak first. He was supposed to be the one guy that known

why wasn't he

of all people, he should've been

Why?

Why!!

Why!?

'D..does he not care?'

about the dream he had witnessed as a result of

think of us as

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

...It made no sense.

he managed to pick up from the

any remorse and treated everyone as though they were expandables

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

Ren that Ryan saw in the visions, and this was also this behavior that made Ryan understand that

He wasn't.

Never.

that was what he

as time ticked, and everyone quietly sat down waiting for him to arrive,

no, no,

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

the Ren he knew, Ryan

are not the

as before was the only thing keeping him from going further down. He was also the one that informed him that Ren

words that kept him from going

"Keum."

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

"Why is he there?"

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

are uncomfortable with my sudden appearance here,

turned his wrist

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

Clank—!

slammed open abruptly. As soon as that happened, more than half of the audience turned to look in the direction of where the noise came from, and there

'Ren?'

thought as he spotted him from the

that notice his appearance as the chapel was filled with murmurs and

face, crooked tie, and wrinkled

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

his teeth,

a deep sense of shame rise from deep within

of me

death probably hit Ren the hardest. He previously thought that he should've been the one who was supposed to be the saddest about his apparent death, but

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255