Ash-boss
The Thousand Stories: The same shadow

that morning drizzling rain flushed the campus area and surrounding areas. The barrel with a pink umbrella given by his neighbor's grandfather, entered the spacious campus courtyard and was filled with students who had to pass through the courtyard to reach his faculty building. Just as Laras had to pass through the main courtyard to reach his faculty building, so Laras walked down the path with yellow turmeric paving stones. Each one of his steps Laras saw another step in that memory. One footstep and another black step was like a step from a shadow.

Laras stopped his steps as soon as he met the stairs at the end of his journey. Immediately entering the building, Laras got a probing look from the other students. Some even match the Barrel with something that is on their phone.

"I didn't expect, he could do that bad!!" muttered a student with his gang.

"Yes! Absolutely disgraceful!" another looked at Laras with disdain.

But Laras did not respond. Baras chose to continue his steps. Until the two figures of the man who yesterday he binoculars appeared before him. Stepping leisurely past Laras, the two men instantly grabbed the female student's cell phone matching Laras with something on her phone.

Laras did not care, he still stepped up the hall to head to his class.

"Poor!" muttered Eren after seeing the photo on the female mobile phone.

While Aksara smiled wryly looking at the photo.

"Just a photo apparently." responded Aksara casually.

The two men exchanged looks. After thanking the student who of course did not mind Eren's actions, Eren decided to look for the other figure of Laras. The short-haired barrel that always comes with seeking everyone's attention.

Not long ago away from the faculty building, the short-haired figure Laras smiled with satisfaction when he saw Eren sharing an umbrella with Aksara.

"Are you looking for me?" laras said excitedly as Eren and Aksara stopped in front of him.

"Sure!" answer Eren.

Instantly, the short-haired Laras thrust his umbrella to protect Eren, and Aksara immediately withdrew from the drama.

"See you later." The characters waved at Eren who was countered with a knotty smile.

"We're going to class?" bring the short-haired Laras.

"Sure!" The short-haired barrel instantly twisted the direction of his goal, he turned to head towards the economics faculty. Eren still follows all the steps of Baras. Joining her class, together at lunch in the campus cafeteria, enjoy time in the campus grassy yard while waiting for the next lecture schedule, he said, and the latter entered the same class as the long-haired Laras with bangs that covered up part of his brow.

The short-haired barrel looks pongah when passing through Laras by holding Eren's hand. Meanwhile, Aksara sitting next to Laras just casually wrote on the page of the book in front of him.

Stunned barrel. He did not feel anything with all the things that the short-haired Laras showed him. Even in the rumors that spread where the long-haired Laras with his bangs covered the middle eyebrows drinking hard with some old men in neat suits at a bar.

Barrel rubbed his cheek when he felt something touch his cheek gently. It was a new golden feather that was blown by the wind and entered through the window of the classroom.

Laras caught the feather and turned to the side. He found Aksara was shaving his hair. Then smiled kindly at Laras.

"Did you guys switch roles?" ask Laras relax.

"You're asking me?"

"Silly!" pergap Laras looked back. Where the figure of Rein or Laras short-haired in everyone's view, was sitting opposite with a flap-haired character. And Eren was sitting next to him casually.

"Enjoy your lessons!"

"certain."

The barrel refocused towards the front. Focus on the explanation of their supervising lecturers in the classes that Laras follows. From the beginning of the class until the class was over and all the students in the class disbanded, Eren remained only focused on staring at Laras. Eren was sitting next to him, not Eren who was with Rein or Laras short-haired in everyone's sight.

"When do you want to look at me like this?"

"Until I get bored and fall asleep like you did yesterday!"

"Class is done, want to go home together?"

"A good offer." replied Laras who immediately took his bag.

While so passing through Laras, the figure of Eren with Rein or Laras short-haired, mengedumel is not clear to Eren who sits beside Laras.

Eren beside Laras waved a little at Aksara who seemed to dislike the role he was playing.

So on the main campus and walking under the same umbrella, the real Eren immediately instills a curse on Aksara. So that Aksara looks like himself to all campus residents, and Eren is free to do his activities without being occupied by a short-haired figure Laras who in the view of Laras, the figure is Rein.

"Before the road, is there anything I want to know about you?"

Eren's other figure appeared behind Eren. Making the lights in the class twinkling is not clear. The entire classroom area became pitch-black and Eren's other figure burst out to fill the entire class. It should have been so scary and creepy, but in Laras's view, absolutely nothing happened. The atmosphere was still as calm as ever. Classes that are quiet and class lights that are off because the class has been used.

"Stupid!" muttered Eren pulled back all the darkness that was on him. "You are not at all affected by anything around you."

"Why should I be affected by the things around me?!" respond Laras to the words Eren put out. "Better we go home soon, the rain has not stopped at all since morning. I'm afraid it's gonna be a storm."

"Are you afraid of the storm?"

"I'm more afraid of the lightning that accompanies the storm."

"I'm with you. So there's no need to worry about such a thing."

The second step leaves a voice that makes it the center of attention in the faculty building that began to be quiet.

"How can I count on you?"

Barrel turned. Stopping his steps beside Eren who immediately stepped back as soon as he knew Laras turned to him by directly stopping his steps.

"For everything!" the answer came out spontaneously from Eren's mouth. His gaze could no longer turn to this girl before him.

"Help me find a book!" her door.

The look came from the golden blue eyes. The eyes that Eren never saw perched on the girl before him.

"Book?!" reworked. "What kind of book?"

"Old black-clad books..."

The barrel bowed and then again displayed the barrel with his black eyeballs. In the shadow of his eyes was a small figure that floated up and filled his vision. Laras rubbed his eyes and found Eren too close to his face.

"What are you doing!!" Laras pushes Eren's body away from him.

"Fast fast!" whispered Eren who raised both hands to show that he did nothing to Laras. "I didn't do anything! It was you who asked me to blow her eyes out. What still?!"

"Is that so?" Barrel looked suspiciously. The tip of his eyes pinched sharply and was only greeted with laughter by Eren.

One pat Laras got from his action. Make the barrel feel the heat on the part of his face. The heat that made his face meet red. It escaped Eren's sight, but not from the other figures who had been stalking them since they were in the classroom.

The figure evaporated as soon as Eren cast his gaze towards the back. There was an air that Eren was familiar with from behind him. Eve that felt so stifling but also so heartbreaking to her.

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