Adventure In The Dark
Tragedy 180 - A group of strange men
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The man grimaced as Rei flashed nearby causing him to fall towards the table. They spoke and chuckled again. Their laughing voice was so disturbing in the ears of everyone in the cafeteria, some of them yelled asking them to stop because they were disturbed.
Before long, they began to sit back at their respective tables and enjoy eating while occasionally chatting while chuckling.
Rei took a seat at one of the tables at the end, he sat by the window.
Heru was still confused by what happened. He could only wait for calm before he started to ask. Heru sat opposite Rei. They sat down with one empty chair beside them.
I don't know why, but I'm really upset to see them. My heart also hurt when I heard them laughing, although I did not understand what they were talking about. Rei grabbed his glass, gulping down the contents until a quarter was left.
"Rei?" Heru ventured after a moment of silence without a word.
"What?"
"I just want to know, do you know them? I mean those guys, it looks like you guys have a bad relationship. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interfere in your affairs. I just feel like they're too much."
"I don't know if I know them or not. But never mind, no need to think about it. We better enjoy our lunch time, and ignore them."
"All right." He refocused on his food. Silence then enveloped their togetherness on the table.
What's the matter with me? Did they actually have a relationship with me in the past?from their tone, they seemed to know me very well. But if I knew them, why would I feel annoyed and sick of seeing their faces? What exactly was my relationship in the past with all of them? rei said in his heart.
Rei turned his gaze in the other direction as he could clearly hear one of them pointing at him as Rei was caught seeing them all from a distance.
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On returning home from school, Rei again meets the same people he met in the cafeteria during break time. They talked to him again and laughed for no reason. Only Rei did not understand where they were going.
Rei tried to ignore them and focused on walking. He wants to go back to his house. Her body was completely exhausted after having her first day at school.
Rei drove on his motorbike, leaving the school now decorated by people scattering out of the building there.
After Rei passed, he did not realize that there had been someone watching him not far from the entrance. He was a man in all black clothes, sitting on a high concrete wall rising up to the main gate.
"He... wasn't he the one at the time? I didn't expect, after I looked for him everywhere, it turned out that he had been so close to me all along" he murmured softly.
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