Chapter 145: I Don’t Want To
It’s been so long since I last heard Night’s cold and unfriendly tone that it made
freeze still. "I-It was..." I looked at Kaoru who was standing behind Night for help, but he appeared to be more afraid of Night than I am right now. Kaoru was looking down while holding both of his hands in front of him.
"I just bumped into sothing. It’s no big deal. You already know how clumsy I am." I let out a nervous laugh.
"Stop lying."
It didn’t fool Night’s sharp observation. ’When can I fool this guy?’ I don’t know what will happen if I tell him the truth. He wouldn’t do sothing dangerous, wouldn’t he?
I sighed. "Don’t you have class—" I tried to change the topic, but I rembered that Bethany and Night are from the sa class. ’If Bethany sees
with Night right now, she’ll surely make a fuss.’ I thought as I imdiately took the ice pack from the table.
"Kaoru, we need to go," I said, ignoring Night’s question.
When I was about to pass by him, Night grabbed my arm. "You can’t leave until you tell
who did that." His voice was stern, and I am aware that he was not joking.
"Night, where did you go?"
’Oh no.’
Bethany arrived right on ti and her expression really turned bad. "You! Night’s stalker!" I heard Bethany saying and she slapped my hand away from Night which really hurts! "Why do you keep bothering Night? Stop it already. Do you want another bruise on your face, huh?" She said while I massaged my temples because her shrill voice makes my head hurt.
"Was it you?"
Uh-oh... Bethany dug her own grave.
"Night?" Bethany’s voice turned soft as she looked at Night with confused eyes.
"Did you slap her?"
Bethany smiled and nodded lots of tis. She looked proud of what she did.
"Why?"
Bethany clung to Night’s arm. "It’s because she was the one who spread the rumors about being engaged to Night."
"Stop touching ."
Bethany looked baffled after hearing Night say that with his cold gaze on her. "B-But Night, you hate this stalker, didn’t you?"
I grabbed Night’s arm to stop him from doing whatever he was trying to do. "Hey, calm down," I whispered to him.
"You don’t have the right to hurt Noelle." My eyes widened and so did Bethany’s after Night grabbed her by the collar and lifted her up.
’What in the world is he doing right now!?’
"N-Night?" Bethany called for his na, but this idiot wouldn’t listen.
I slapped Night’s hand causing him to look at . "What do you think you’re doing?" It looks like he ca back to reality after I asked him that. Night let Bethany go, and due to fear, Bethany ran away. "You’re an idiot." I also ran away after saying that.
How could he lose his temper like that? What will people say about him if they learned that he grabbed a female student’s collar and looked at them with a threatening gaze? This will make his reputation go downhill!
"Noelle!"
I stopped running after hearing Kaoru call for . "U-Uhm, do you feel alright?"
He shouldn’t be asking
that. It was Bethany who got terrified. "I’m fine." I clicked my tongue as I sat on the floor due to exhaustion. I know that Night will soon bla himself for reacting like that again. I’m aware of that, and he’ll surely hate himself again because of what he showed . ’I don’t want him to feel like that anymore.’ That’s why I tried to stop him.
After Miss Valencia saw the bruise on my face, she asked
about what happened and I answered her honestly. It surprised her, to hear that I was being bullied. She then started asking
if I was always being bullied like that by the students in the advanced class, so I explained to her that it was not always like this.
They wouldn’t always resort to violence like this. But because Miss Valencia was worried, she let
take a half day and she wanted to talk to Bethany too. I told her that I’ll go, but she just told
to rest.
"Is the lady mad at the young master?" I heard Kaoru ask as I was about to open the door to my room.
"I’m not." I turned to him and smiled. "I guess we need to talk later after he goes ho."
"Was it my fault?" Kaoru looked like a sad puppy. He’s lovable.
I chuckled and tapped his arm. "You did nothing wrong. And I’m really not mad at Night, so don’t worry. Just go and rest."
I am more worried about how Night will feel about his actions. Despite looking all strong and brave, Night has a soft heart. I’ve learned that after spending more ti with him. That’s why I don’t want him to get hurt whenever he does sothing for .
I lay on the bed after changing clothes. Rika’s not been around since she went grocery shopping with Himari and Shiho. They’re all getting along well. Makoto’s not around either, and I don’t even want to know where he went. I’m glad there’s no one teasing
about this bruise right now.
Actually, Tomoe’s the only one in the house but I can’t talk to her. She probably still hates , she doesn’t even try to hide it from , but the other people around us aren’t aware of it. For example, Night.
When I heard a knock on the door, I imdiately got up from the bed and opened it. Night might have skipped class after learning that I took a half day today.
"I know you want to apologize but—"
I imdiately stopped as I pursed my lips after seeing Tomoe outside my door instead of Night. ’I thought it was Night. This is awkward!’
"Tomoe?" I called for her na after she just stared at . "Uhm, do you need sothing from ?"
Her eyes were staring at
blankly, and I don’t know how to react as she didn’t answer my question.
"Do you really like Yoru?"
My forehead creased. ’Where did that co from?’ I thought that she was just trying to annoy , but she seed serious. "Yes, I do like him." More than she could ever think of.
"What if Yoru dies because you chose to be with him? Are you still going to choose to be by his side? You’re in danger, aren’t you? What if those people after you hurt Night because you wouldn’t leave him alone?"
I blinked lots of tis after being asked such a question. Does Tomoe...
"Yes. I am aware of the truth since the beginning." She sighed. "You were only using Yoru to be safe from those people after you, and now, everything’s over. That Italian mafia group stopped chasing you, so you don’t have any reasons to stay with Yoru."
I balled my fists as I looked down. Even Tomoe’s feet look beautiful while she’s wearing white socks. She’ll surely beco a better wife for Night than . But...
"I love him, and he loves
back."
Tomoe’s expression turned grim. Did she hate hearing that from ?
"Are you willing to die for him? Are you ready to see him get hurt because of you?"
"W-What are you saying?"
Tomoe scoffed. "If soone’s after you, why must you involve Yoru? What if he chooses to die for you?" I can feel her hatred with every word she says. "I don’t want him to die for soone like you."
Soone like ? What am I for Tomoe?
I felt like soone was piercing my heart with sothing small and sharp. "That’s up to him." I didn’t want to hear these things from Tomoe. "If you want to stop him, then why don’t you tell him that?" My tone was cold and I looked at her with no emotions. There’s no way I would let Night die because of .
I heard her scoff again making
ball my fists. If I end up getting punched by her because of what I said, I’ll accept it with no complaints.
"You’re becoming a lot more like Yoru now."
Tomoe left after saying that. She didn’t punch or did sothing bad to . ’What was that about?’ Am I in danger again? Is Night going to be in danger because of ? Her words lingered in my head and made
think of what could her reason be for saying all of that to .
’There’s no point thinking about sothing too grim.’ I thought as I let out a deep sigh. ’It felt like I was being too stiff in front of Tomoe.’ It was easier facing Bethany and those other girls than talking to Tomoe. She has this aura that intimidates
even without doing anything bad to .
But I don’t want to lose Night to her. ’I don’t want to lose him to anyone.’
As I was about to enter back to my room, I felt soone’s hand on my arm causing
to look back. And this ti, it made
smile.
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