"Hey…" I started. "What are you doing?
"I'm drawing."
"I can see that, but…"
Why?
Sitting across from , separated only by a round small table, was a girl with long black hair. Her ruby eyes focused on the paper on the desk, while her white small and soft hand holding the pencil, scribbling on the paper.
If anything was weird, the pencil hardly made any sound, it was as if she was drawing on the air rather than the paper's surface. Also, her drawing skill…
Her drawing skill was… uhh, suck.
Looking at the paper, I couldn't even tell what the drawing was about. There were two stickn, one without hair and another with long hair and red eyes. The background, I was not sure what it was actually but, it looked like sowhere in a room, maybe? A hospital room, to be precise.
When she was done, she grabbed the paper and showed it to , and said "Look!"
Her finger pointed at the two stickn.
"This is you, and this is ."
I nodded.
"We t in the hospital, a few years ago. You found crying in the corridor."
She smiled warmly as she said that, though the fact that I couldn't precisely figure her out was bothering .
Even the Clairvoyance skill. It was the second ti I had failed to get information from the target when using the Clairvoyance, the first ti was when I used it on the cat during the entrance exam…
'Co to think of it, the cat that day also had red eyes, right? And before that too… when I was in the flash dungeon… The strange girl with red ruby eyes…'
Realizing sothing, I imdiately looked at the girl in front of . She didn't flinch at my sudden motion, instead, she t with a smiling face.
Our eyes were locking on each other. The silence engulfed us, trapping the girl and in our own's world, where only the two of us existed.
The strange girl I encountered inside the flash dungeon. I was sure her eyes were red like a ruby, and her hair was long and black…
The black cat too, that I found in the park. That cat too had red eyes…
And now this girl, who claid to be a friend of mine when we were a child.
I might be thinking too much, but what if all of them were actually the sa person, and that very person was the girl that now sitting with , in the dorm room, as a roommate?
"Did you get dragged into the flash dungeon that occurred a month ago on this island?"
She responded to with a dumbfounded expression, and a mont later, she laughed.
"Haha. No, of course not! I was in my hotown at that ti."
Did I wrong?
This girl, said that her na was Zia Vonzy. Her na, was sowhat alike to mine when spoken, as they share similar phonetic elents. When I heard it the first ti, I thought that she was calling my full na when I asked for her na.
She claid to have t when I was young–which I wouldn't ever rember because that wasn't who she referred to, but rather the real Zio Varrez.
I asked her a few questions about the details of our first eting, and her overall thought about Zio in the past. It was a chance for to know this body's past. To know about Shannon, and Zio's lost sister too.
But, the answer I got from her left with a bitter feeling, unsatisfied. She was saying that she actually didn't rember that much about the past eting. She only rembered the place where we t, and who she was eting.
I thought that was a bit strange. How could you forget everything but retained the mories about alone? About how I was kind, my favorite food, and what I had spoken to her about at that ti.
I eyed her suspiciously. Did she really Zio's childhood friend, or a stalker?
"Why do you ask though?"
Her eyes looked innocent when she asked . Sohow, it made calr though.
"Nothing, just curious."
As I said that, her mouth pouted. She crossed her hands and held her chin high.
"You're an, Zio. How can you even forget when you are the one who promised that you will not ever forget about ."
My face changed to a deadpan expression imdiately, staring at her in disbelief.
'Haven't you also forgotten about it, why bla ?'
The atmosphere between us had turned lively once again, but it was not the 'lively' I expected. Rather than anything, the situation just made awkward as the only thing she did when we were silent was just stare at with a smile.
I pinched my nose bridge, trying to get out of this awkward situation.
"By the way, you're also admitted to this academy, I guess?"
She straightened her body and replied, "That's right." Her cheek was now resting gently on her palm.
"Did not you bring your luggage here?"
in stark contrast to my side of the room, which was now cluttered with the things I'd just taken out of my suitcase, hers was empty. If soone was to co to check on this room, they might think that I was living alone.
"Ah no. I just bring so spare clothes. It's already inside my wardrobe," she said, pointing at the dresser beside her bed.
Looking in the direction of her side of the room, I couldn't help but feel that she was suspicious. But, at that mont, when I was about to ask her another question, the throbbing pain in my head was back.
"Ugh!"
I held my throbbing head, feeling dizzy as ti went by.
"Zio! Are you alright?"
Oh yeah. A very reasonable question. Did you think I was fine, huh? Could that eyes of yours see what was happening in front of you?
Suppressing my annoyance with her worries, I held my other hand high, gesturing for her that I was alright.
"Just a bit of headache, it will be gone soon…"
Her face looked worried as she clenched both her hands in front of her.
I did not know if it was because of my headache or not that I was seeing her form turned a bit transparent, like a ghost or sothing.
I stood up from my chair and headed straight to sit on my bed.
"I think I'll be resting first…"
Zia stared at in the distance, still sitting at the table. Looking at her from this perspective, where her back was to the window where the moonlight was shining on her, she really looked ghostly, and transparent.
"Okay, good night…"
Her voice trailed off in my ears when the throbbing feeling in my head continued to torture .
"Good night," I said before I lay down on my bed.
Hoping that the throbbing pain in my head would subside, I closed my eyes and tried to wander to the dream world.
As I drifted into a fitful sleep, I could hear soone's voice, whispering softly.
"Have a sweet dream, I'll always be by your side…"
I did not know what that ant, but I weirdly found solace in their words.
The room faded into darkness, and my dreams were filled with nothing but an endless void of darkness. A dreamless sleep.
When I woke up the next morning, the throbbing feeling had gone.
Yawning, I looked around the room. My side of the room was still in a ss, cluttered with my unorganized belongings. anwhile, Zia's side of the room was clean, even the bedsheet looked like it had never been used. Also, the person herself was nowhere to be found.
I looked at the ti on my Nova Watch, "It's still seven in the morning… And she's already going to class? so diligent."
The class usually started at nine in the morning, so waking up at this hour was considered early you know? So, let make it clear, I didn't wake up late but it was Zia who woke up too early.
Knowing that the class would start in two hours. The first thing I did after waking up was to organize my belonging, then after that, shower and breakfast. Finally, attending the class.
An hour had passed since I woke up, and my side of the room was now organized, looking pretty neat and clean.
pαndα`noνɐ1--сoМ Today marked my official enrollnt as a student at the academy, and I was determined to make a good impression. I made sure to dress impeccably, as I didn't want to risk ssing up my first day by appearing untidy.
As I stood in front of the mirror, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitent as I flashed a smile to my reflection.
The black blazer hugged my shoulders perfectly, adorned with red buttons and lines. The black tie with a red striped pattern was neatly knotted, adding a pop of color against the dark background.
"Uniform… check!"
For today's occasion, I specially combed my hair to fit my attire. Though every hairstyle would suit even my attire was just a t-shirt and short pants. That was how handso and good-looking I was.
"Hair… check!"
With a final glance in the mirror, I took a deep breath and headed out the door after I grabbed my sleek white sling bag that was resting on my bed.
As I made my way to the lift, I swung my bag effortlessly by my side.
"Lupus Class. Here cos the trouble!"
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