Adventure In The Dark
Tragedy 315 - Master's memory
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"Give me time to think!" pricilla told Derek.
"Your time is only twenty-four hours. The day after tomorrow, I'll go straight to Oslo."
"alright. Then I'll go first." Pricilla left Derek.
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Rei walked into his classroom. Arriving there, he saw some of his friends sitting at the table. They sat in groups staring at her who had just arrived, some of them whispering while laughing staring at her.
Rei tried to ignore them and walked straight towards his seat which was located on the third table from the back.
Arriving there, he found his desk out of place. Rei was silent for a moment, he turned his head towards the group of men sitting there. They now switched focus, not staring at him like before.
Where are they hiding it? thought Rei who then circled his gaze around the classroom, but did not find the thing anywhere.
Rei stepped out from inside his classroom. At the door, he met Wika who had also just arrived.
"Rei?"
"Hi."
"You're looking for your desk?"
"Where do you know that?"
"I just saw him in the back yard of the school."
"What?!"
Rei ran towards the place he meant. Arriving there, he finds his desk now in full adorned by writings that mock him. The biggest one was inscribed with something insulting him as a same-sex lover.
"Huft~" He sighed softly trying to be patient.
It was written using a marker. After cleaning everything up, Rei decided to bring his desk back.
But unexpectedly, he was just about to bring his desk back. The bell suddenly sounded.
Rei could only sit at his desk resignedly. Even if he returned to his class, there he was still asked out to serve the punishment for entering late.
Rei leaned his back on the chair he was sitting on with his head turned to look at the tree branch that was now covering his body from the scorching sun.
"I don't understand what's wrong with me until they hate me so much" he said. He closed both eyes slowly.
Rei flinched and spontaneously woke up from his sleep. He sat on his bed with a roaring breath.
"A... What was that?" muttered Rei while trying to catch his breath.
"Dreams?" Rei was still trying to gather his entire consciousness.
"Why can I dream like that?" Rei started to feel calm. His hand moved sweeping across his face that somehow felt wet. It turns out he was crying.
"Why am I crying?" Questions began to approach him. Rei closed his eyes.
Louis, call. The man appeared in front of him. Rei looked up at Louis who was now standing on the edge of his bed.
"I was just dreaming, and I was dreaming of something strange" Rei said, staring at Louis. "Do you know what the dream means and why I suddenly cried?"
Louis bowed, he let out a heavy sigh before saying, "it wasn't a dream. But, the memory you have."
"Remember?" Rei repeated Louis's words which sounded difficult to pronounce each word.
Louis nodded slowly. "That's the master's memory of the past."
"Remember me?"
"About a group of men who have been bothering you all along. Didn't they show up in it?"
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