Ares: Never Grow Up
Last citizen.

..."What did you see in the lab?"...

POV: Ares

My eyes were fixed on Riot's eyes. His eyes were so calm and curious. I was about to open my mouth, but Ken's kick came first.

BUAGHS!

"AMG!" Riot stirred up in pain while holding his stomach, he curled up in a tilted position.

"Let Ares rest or I'll make you my fist? Hm?" Ken smiled at the devil. For whatever reason, now I feel Ken is very protective of me. I immediately closed my eyes, trying to sleep.

"You can ask that tomorrow, now we have to sleep" Ken said, healing Riot. I heard Riot snorting in annoyance at Ken.

Is Ken more of a tsundere mother?

"Don't pee Ares! Sleep quickly!" snapped Ken at me. I flinched and immediately tried to sleep.

Srek.

Looks like Ken is sleeping next to me, ah come on, I need to get some sleep.

***

"Hey! Don't noise! You're gonna wake him up!"

"Isn't it our goal to wake her up?!"

"Hoaam ... I'm still sleepy, can I sleep for a while?"

"Can't! You've been sleeping since 12pm!"

Why are they so noisy?! My head hurts to hear their noise!

I opened my eyes quickly. I could see them jerking and then taking a few steps back.

"You are so noisy!" I said with annoyance. Ken looked at me flatly, while Riot and Vani instead laughed loosely.

"Why are you laughing?!" I said while pointing at Riot and Vani alternately. They did not answer but instead laughed louder and louder. Ken sighed and walked towards me.

"Your morning hair is funny?" said Ken while tidying up my hair.

They laughed at my hair. But the way they laugh is really upsetting me!

"Ah? Looks like we need new clothes for Ares!" vani said while looking at Riot. I looked down and saw my shirt .. It was badly damaged.

Don't tell me since last night I look like this?!

I curled up while covering my exposed body. It was pretty cool last night. Vani who saw my gelagat so a sneaky smile, no idea what else he thought.

"Ey~ why are you ashamed of Ares? Don't worry, there's nothing to see in your little body that's~" Vani said with a chuckle.

Jamb.

For some reason, it felt like it was stabbing right in my heart.

I puffed my cheeks in annoyance, my eyes looking towards the chast in my right hand. It looks like it will be fine if I make one outfit.

"Don't!" Ken's blocking my hand. I looked at him in surprise, did he know what I was thinking?

"You should save your chast from now on! No one knows what kind of danger is after this!" ken said with a firm tone. I lowered my head, it was true that yesterday I was almost made the object of the study.

"Ron ... did some kind of brainwashing on them? I don't know, I'm not too sure either .. but from what I've seen, they've been given drugs and treated like animals" I explained. Vani nodded her head, while Ken was still shocked at what I said.

But Riot ..he looks calmer. As expected of this situation.

"Is there anything else you know?" I asked Riot. She looked me in the eye, her gaze was riled up and doubtful of something. His hands showed how nervous he was, as well as the sweat that had sprung up on his temples.

"I think what Ares said was too 'normal', Ron should have done something else! I feel like I've seen it .. but I forgot," Riot explained.

His eyes still showed that look. I'm sure he's hiding something. But even so, I couldn't force her to tell a story. I'd rather be satisfied with the information I have now.

"What did you say? WHICH ARES SAW INCLUDING 'NORMAL'?! THEN WHAT DID YOU SEE BEFORE TO JUDGE WHAT ARES SAID WITH 'NORMAL'?!" Ken shouted emotion at Riot. Vani is shocked to hear Ken's scream, quickly he approaches Ken and calms him down by patting Ken on the shoulder.

"Calm .. maybe Riot can't tell you now, we have to be patient" Vani explained while whispering to Ken.

"You whisper too loud .. I can even hear it." I stared flatly at Ken and Vani. They were silent while looking at me.

"Too hard huh?" ask Vani. I nodded my head.

"Did Riot hear that too?" ken asked while looking at Riot. He nodded his head.

"... Can you pretend you didn't hear?" asked Vani with a plain face. I looked at Riot, then we laughed together.

"My stomach! How can you tell us to forget?" I said while wiping the tears that came out.

"Haha! Right!" Riot instead laughed loosely while rolling around. Vani snorted annoyedly and then sat back down.

"I'm trying to be a wise boy!" lamented Vani with an annoyed look. Ken laughed after hearing Vani's words.

Over 5 minutes we laughed, now it has finally stopped. Our breath was still irregular because we were tired of laughing. My eyes looked towards Ken, Riot, and Vani who also looked tired.

"If it's like this, we're like normal 12-year-olds!" origin kataku. They all noticed me.

"True, if it's like this .. we're like normal kids, playing around .. laughing as much as possible," Ken added as he stared at the sky of the culvert. If you forget, our headquarters is still under the waters of the city, which is where the river under the city.

"Hey .. have you ever thought ... if this kind of world is fun?" ask Vani. Everything was silent for a moment. All that was heard was the flow of the river next to us.

"This world is fun? I don't know .. but if I remember, my life is more colorful now than it used to be" I said without looking at Vani.

"I hate this world." Riot suddenly made a sound. I saw her empty and empty eyes.

"Here you go, what's our next plan?" Riot shifted the subject. I sat down and started thinking.

"Before, I wanted to ask you something, Ron's lab, how many branches do you know?" ask Ken to Riot. That's right, I don't know how many branches Ron has. One of its branches was The Ants research yesterday.

"I don't know for sure .. but it looks like about 5 branches or more?" said Ron. I choked on my own spit.

"Uhuk! 5 branches or more?!" I just can't believe it. Riot nodded his head.

"He has kidnapped all the remaining citizens of the city" Riot said with a bitter smile. He stood up, walked away from us.

Her little back looked so lonely and fragile. From a distance, he turned his body. Even though it was a long distance away, I could still see it.

Riot crying.

..."I'm the only city resident left."...

TBC.

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