Chapter 21: Night’s Stalker No More
"I’m sorry, Noelle."
I pouted after hearing Ace say that.
"Sothing ca up today. I can’t go to the ice cream parlor with you." She said as she picked up her bag. It’s dismissal already. "I’ll go with you next ti, I promise." I waved my hand at her and bid her goodbye. It’s not like I could be selfish and force Ace to treat
to so ice cream today. She’s busy working part-ti jobs, after all.
It was still too early for the advanced classes’ dismissal, so I stayed alone inside the classroom. "You’re still here?" I looked in the direction of the door and saw Andy. Right, he’s a mber of the student council, and he’s also our class representative. "You forgot to take off your ring again. If you lose it, you’ll cry like before, do you rember?" I noticed that I had forgotten to take off my favorite ring.
It’s a glamorous golden ring with a garnet gem in the middle. My daddy gave it to
on my 16th birthday because I fell in love with its beauty. I always put it in my jewelry box whenever I go to school because I almost lost it before. And I would only wear it to sleep because I feel protected when I have it. It’s like a protection charm to keep away bad dreams.
"Thanks for reminding ," I said as I placed it in my bag’s inner pocket. "Are you going ho now?"
Andy frowned. "No. They’re making
write tons of things again. Oh, the consequences of being the student council’s secretary and the vice-president’s absent again." Andy said as he bid
goodbye as soon as he got what he needed. Ace’s the student council’s vice-president because she wanted to get the scholarship, but she’s also busy with her part-ti job.
It’s almost ti for the advanced classes’ dismissal. Should I wait for Night outside? I want to introduce myself to him properly this ti. A-Also I’ll apologize if he indeed saw my underwear. That was inappropriate of
as a lady.
I wore my bag and walked towards the hallway. As I left the building, I sat on the bench near the flowerbed. You’ll pass this way if you’re going ho through the main gate. That’s why it’s the perfect place to wait for Night. I waited and waited, but what’s taking him so long? So of his classmates have passed by, but he’s still nowhere to be found.
"It can’t be." I stood imdiately as my head turned back to their building. "What if he chooses to go through the back gate today?" That’s what I thought, not until I saw Night walking out of their building which quickly made
sit back on the chair.
I tried hiding my face using the newspaper on the bench. I don’t know who owns the newspaper, but it could help
hide for a while since I need to find the right ti to talk to Night. Maybe if he goes through the busy street, I’ll just greet him and say sothing as an excuse to keep the conversation going. Yup! That should do it.
And so, that’s what I did. I followed Night behind and took so of his pictures using the new cara daddy bought . ’Even his back looks so cool, and I couldn’t stop staring at him.’ As soon as we got into the busy street, other people’s voices almost distracted . There are too many people today, causing
to stumble as I try to follow Night, even with people being in the way.
"Ah!"
I almost lost him when he suddenly turned to the back alley of the karaoke place that Andy kept telling
about. "I know you’re following ." I froze from where I was standing as soon as I heard Night say that. Is this my chance to introduce myself? ’Of course! If this isn’t the right ti, then until when am I going to wait?’ I took a deep breath—
"As expected."
I was about to say sothing until soone suddenly appeared in front of , and it caught
off-guard that it left
speechless. "What do you want?" Night was still facing the other way, but his voice sounded weird. It’s as if he’s trying to warn this person behind him. But why?
"I want revenge." The man behind Night said, which made Night turn around, causing
to hide behind the huge trash bins near . I almost got in between their fight. "How could you take my parents away from ?" Is this an act or skit for sothing? Am I getting in the way? Are they shooting sothing? I don’t understand. What’s going on?
I peeked and saw how Night’s eyes changed. There was tension in the atmosphere, and it felt like I should leave soon, but seeing this different side of Night made
want to capture every mont. So, I took my cara out and snapped so pictures. ’Should I take a video of Night? Since he might be speaking with this other guy longer. I could hear his voice more.’ And that’s what I did.
"It isn’t part of my duty to deal with your kind."
Hearing such an words from Night’s mouth felt bad yet also cool. The loud sounds of the cars in the busy street behind us caused
to grimace as I couldn’t hear anything else after that. How will the cara hear Night if I can’t hear him from this distance? No, let’s trust this high-quality cara.
When I was focusing on the cara, the unknown guy suddenly pulled a punch on Night which he didn’t avoid. I gasped in surprise, but Night pulled sothing out of his right leg. It was too fast, and I didn’t even understand what happened, but the unknown guy fell to the ground with red liquid coming out of his head. There was no sound; only the people in the streets were the only thing I could hear.
Night turned his back, and I stood up, but I accidentally dropped my cara, which stopped Night from walking away. He turned to
with those dead eyes, making
freeze. ’W-What should I do?’
I gulped as I watched Night walks toward . He stopped right in front of , and I couldn’t breathe as I could sll his scent. Night doesn’t sll like that nose-punching scent from cologne n use nowadays. Instead, he slls like a flower. A fragrant sll of a flower that makes
go crazy.
My heart’s going to burst, but I’m sowhat scared of what he will do. Night picked up the cara from the ground, and the video started playing. He witnessed how I was spying on him. "You took this?" I blinked hundreds of tis as I nodded, feeling fear all over my body. ’Is that other guy dead? What happened? Are they really shooting sothing?’ I was confused.
Night dropped the cara to the ground. "Stop following
around." He said as he stomped on the cara and wrecked it. "If you don’t shut up about what you saw today, you’ll be next." I gulped as he moved closer to my ears. "I don’t hurt won unless they get on my nerves." Night turned his back on
after saying that, and my legs gave out as soon as he was nowhere to be seen. I still can’t believe Night talked to .
"W-What was that?"
Despite being flustered about what happened, I didn’t forget about the other guy. When I was about to look at him, I felt soone’s hand on my shoulder. "Miss, I think you should go." It’s another guy who looks like he’s the sa age as . Long hair that’s tied up in half ponytail, and he’s wearing a black suit as if he’s going to attend a party. He smiled at
and gently pushed
off the back alley.
’Who was that? What just happened?’ I thought. Don’t tell ... Night shoot that guy in the head? I an, there’s no way. Maybe they’re just acting. That’s right, Night might have been hired to act as an extra in so kind of action drama. That’s also why he accepted that punch before.
That must be it.
...
I was really na??ve back then. Denying that Night is a murderer, even though he has the guts to murder soone in broad daylight. That reminds , that unknown guy also lost his parents to Night. At least that’s what I thought before about myself, but that guy lost his family. And also, that long-haired guy was Kenji. Although he has already cut his hair short, that explains why he looks so familiar.
After that encounter, when I went ho, I also lost everything, and he’s in the middle of that change. I am no longer obsessed with him, and I despise him.
"Milady?"
I shook my head to remove those thoughts from my head. "Let’s just go back to class," I said as I walked back towards the classroom, and Kaoru followed
without asking any more questions. It’s useless to think about the past. It won’t help
now anyway. I already know that Night isn’t like what we expect him to be, which teaches
a lot.
"Right, I still need to go to the faculty room later."
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