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 taught you

as he suddenly thought of his appearance.

probably nag me if

escaped

swept past Ryan who felt something grip his chest. Once again, he felt the corner of his eyes tear up, but

him that I'm

have been here,

He was always here.

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

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

But...

only one

'Where is he?'

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

was here apart

'Why?'

while he

'Why isn't he here?'

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

...How could they not?

first. He was supposed to be the one guy that

why wasn't he

of all people, he should've been

Why?

Why!!

Why!?

'D..does he not care?'

ultimately found herself thinking about the dream he

think of us as just

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

...It made no sense.

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

any remorse and treated everyone as

matter whether he knew them or not. If they were in the way of his goals, they were nothing but a roadblock that needed

Ryan saw in the visions, and this was also this behavior that made Ryan understand that the dream was probably a fake. The Ren he knew wasn't like this

He wasn't.

Never.

was what

down waiting for him to

no, no,

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

that Ren being the Ren he

not the same

the only thing keeping him from going

going

"Keum."

his thoughts was a small cough. Raising his head up,

"Why is he there?"

looked at Kevin. He barely knew Smallsnake,

of you are uncomfortable with my sudden

head, Kevin turned his

running late, and it doesn't seem like Ren is here yet. Since

Clank—!

that happened, more than half of the audience turned to look in the direction of where the noise came from, and there they saw a ragged figure coming

'Ren?'

spotted him from the

only one that notice his appearance as the chapel was filled

of his glaring black circles, pale face, crooked tie, and

be

clenching his teeth, Ryan lowered

of shame rise from

me to think like

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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