Hogo No Yujin (Protective Friend)
Episode 39~ Childhood Friends

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*Dylan Leviano

Hah, after a tiring day at school, I was finally able to arrive home as well. I opened the door, then closed it again after the Takana came in.

Sitting in front of the door while opening my shoes, then standing up again and walking slowly to my room.

Really tired. I want to sleep now. But, when I was in front of my room, all of a sudden my brother shouted my name. His voice came from the kitchen.

I picked it up by shouting too. "What's up, kaaak?!"

"You should take your medicine first! Don't miss the time!"

Come on, take some more medicine. It feels so lazy. I just answered yes to my sister. Then I entered my room. In the room, I just opened my alma mater and placed it on a chair near my computer. Then after that, without changing any other clothes, I immediately slammed my body onto my bed. Then, unconsciously, I closed my eyes and began to fall asleep.

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"Well!"

I opened my eyes quickly. This where is it? This isn't my room. And I'm not on my bed either. What is this place? Why is everything white and quiet. There's no one in this place but me?

I'm going to go down this weird place. I also want to find a way out.

But the longer I walked, the heavier my legs became. I feel like something is holding my leg.

Out of curiosity, I looked down and was shocked. Because there's a chain that ties my legs. And at the end of the chain was an iron ball that made my feet hard to walk.

I'm trying to take that chain off. But it wasn't as easy as I thought. I'll keep trying. I hit and I pulled the chain off my feet. But in fact, what I did was it made my legs hurt even more.

"Huh, huh... What should I do?" My breath began to gasp and my head hurt. My body also instantly became all limp. Is it because I haven't taken any more medication?

"Dylan...."

Uh! I quickly lifted my head. I heard someone calling my name.

"Dylan... Come here!'

The voice appeared again! My eyes glanced in all directions to look for the person who called me that.

"Dylan..."

Ah, there he is! Found her. The voice came from a teenage girl who was my age. I think I know that girl!

A short-haired brown girl who looks like her friend Takana. But I'm sure, it's not Takana's friend. His face is not foreign. She was the girl who always appeared in my dreams, and now, she appears here too? Is this the world of my dreams?!

"Dylan... Come here!"

Uh, the girl showed her face slightly covered in hair. It turns out that her face looks so pretty.

"Dylan, come here...."

The girl called my name again gently. Her beautiful face smiled sweetly at me.

Then, subconsciously, my feet began to step. Approaching the girl. The girl extended her hand. My feet were moving faster and closer towards the girl to try to grab the girl's hand. Until finally....

Hap!

I managed to get his hand. Then after we held each other's hands, the girl immediately pulled my hand and brought my head closer to her face. We looked at each other. My face with the girl was slowly getting closer. Then....

"WRAAAAGGHH!"

Suddenly the girl's mouth was torn and her jaw was wide open. I was very surprised to see the figure of the beautiful girl who suddenly turned into the monster I had seen. His big jaw started to devour my head and....

KRAUK!

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Chapter 39: [Child childhood friend ]

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"YYYYYYYYY!"

DUK!

"A, ouch, ouch...."

Suddenly I woke up from my sleep and hit something in front of me. Turns out, my head had hit my own brother's head.

I was surprised by the presence of the woman I called my brother. Why is he in my room? Was she in my room while I slept?!

"Ka, brother what are you doing in my room?!" snapped to him.

"Oh, of course I woke you up!" replied my brother to reply to my scolding. "You are it, yes! Naughty! I told you to take your medicine, but why haven't you taken it?! Now, let's drink this fast!"

Well.., my sister nags again. It's noisy. Then, with a still slightly irritated feeling, I received the medicine capsule that my brother had given me.

I put the medicine in and swallowed it. Then, I quickly directed my left hand to take the glass that usually likes to be placed on the room table beside my bed. The glass was filled with water that I drank to push the medicine into my body.

But it turns out this is bad! That glass of water is not on the table! I also started to choke. "Ka, brother! Ma, where's the drink?!" I asked while holding my neck. Uh! The medicine was stuck in my throat.

My brother was very surprised. "Oh yes! I forgot!" Then, as soon as he ran out of my room, he came back soon. He had a glass of water that I asked for. "I, it's Dylan! Drink up!"

I sipped the water quickly. Certainly, with the help of my brother as well. The water dripped from my lips. Really am! I was so panicked. Fortunately, it still has time. Without that water, the medicine I was taking would not have been able to come down to my stomach. My brother is really, yes!

"Huh, thank goodness...." My brother wiped the sweat on his forehead while exhaling a sigh of relief. Then pat my head. "Hey, you're okay, right?"

I forcibly removed my brother's hand from my head, then put my body back to bed. I face my back to my sister. "Be quiet! I'm dizzy!"

"O, oh, okay! Sorry about that, huh?" said my brother slowly. He was silent for a moment. His eyes still glanced at me. "Em..., you're asleep again, aren't you? Dylan?" My brother kept quiet again.

Fely's sister raised her eyes in shock. Then, he slightly muttered as he lowered his head. "Oh, fine then! Brother. will go." My sister left with a sad face.

After my feet left, I immediately pulled my blanket over my head. A sound suddenly came out. And no matter when, this clear water came out of my eyes....

Am I crying?

I opened my blanket. Then I got up and sat down on the side of my bed. I touched my right eye. Feels wet. It turned out to be true, the clear water that ran down my cheek earlier was my tears.

My chest hurts. So too with Fely's feelings. He must be feeling sad. I'm sorry I hit him earlier. I have been beating him a lot. Perhaps, because of my actions, it hurt his heart. Oh no! It'sfucking-lucky fault....

Now what am I supposed to do? Pardon you? Aye! I have to apologize to my brother!

I quickly ran out of my room. I'm looking for my brother. There is no living room. In the kitchen, he was not there either. Then I checked into his room. It turned out that in his room there was only Takana who was asleep.

Geez! Where is my brother?! He really left? But get out of the house?! Is Brother Fely really that angry with me?

Oh no! It's critical. I have to find him!

I quickly returned to my room, and took my jacket and put it on. After that, I went straight to the front door. Put on your footwear, then turn the doorknob and open it.

I'm appalled. Because in front of there suddenly there was Tanaka who was standing at the door. Uh! I don't care about it. I just went right past Tanaka and walked out of my house.

"Dylan? Where are you going in such a hurry?" ask Tanaka who's behind me. I kept my feet up and replied, "I want to find my brother!" while running away from my yard.

"Eh? Where is he going?" ask Tanaka again.

But that question I didn't answer because I didn't hear it. I was far away from my neighborhood.

Tanaka just fell silent as she looked at me who slowly started to move away from her. Soon, he entered my house.

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Where did my brother go, huh? As long as I ran to look for the figure of that woman, I couldn't find her. My brother who usually likes to go where, anyway? I don't know. Even looking around, I've run quite a distance and now where am I, huh?

Really am! I don't know this place. The place looks familiar to me. But I don't remember where this is. Looks like I'm entering another resident's housing. And apparently, I am not far from my home area either.

Ah, then, I'll turn around. Go leave this area.

"Eh? Dylan!"

I'm appalled. Suddenly someone was shouting at me. I looked back too. Apparently, there was a girl who was not far from where I was standing right now.

I shook my head. "Huh?" that's sahutanku. Then, after that, the girl ran up to me with a happy-looking facial expression.

"Dylan! I can't believe we can meet here! Oi! It's been a long time, you know!" said the boy was excited himself. His steps stopped when he was close in front of me. I scrunched my forehead in confusion. Who is this kid? I don't know him. But. There are some traits of the boy that have shocked me.

That kid looks like a teenage girl in my dreams. In fact, not long ago, I had just dreamed of him. Short brown hair and yellow eyes. The girl in my dream is real?! But who is he?

"Sorry, who are you, huh?" my many. My feet slightly stepped back to get away from the girl. Because, in my dream, when the girl was close to me, she suddenly turned into a creepy figure who wanted to kill me.

"Dylan! How are you, anyway?! Time doesn't know me! Huf!" The girl put up her jutek with the right cheek that she raised. "I'm Olip. Time don't know, anyway?"

I'm getting confused. "Huh? The olip? Who yeah? Excuse me. Have we met before?"

"Then we met often. You always call me this by the name of Liplip. My name is Agnesa Olipia. It seems to be flicking my name. Huh! I'm not myself, you know!" Lah, how is this girl even grumbling indistinctly? What was her name? The olip?

"Tu, wait a minute, Olip. Actually, you're who I am, aren't you?" ask again.

"Huh! Basic forgetful! I'm your friend. Your best friend from when we were kids, Dylan! You do not remember me?! It's so bad I've been neglected!" He snapped at me. I was surprised. Not surprised by his expression, but surprised by his words. He said I was his childhood friend? Wait up! Childhood friend? What could it be that he's this....

The girl who left me when I was a kid? Is she really that girl? Tu, wait! Ow hell! My head's dizzy. I remember something....

Some shadow of my past. In my head, I was again shown the figure of the little girl who was always with me. We always played together until finally, I had feelings for the girl. And is it true, this girl I like is the one who is currently standing before me?!

"Dylan! You all right, all right? Are you sick?" the girl asked with her anxious face expression.

But I didn't answer. I remembered something again....

Long ago, after I was left behind by the girl who became my childhood best friend, my parents also left me for good. And then after that.... Eh? I locked myself in my room for too long and I ended up getting sick and causing trouble for my brother. Left by friends and parents. The raging pain.

"Aah!" My head is getting sick. But just a few seconds. And after that, I just felt the usual dizziness. "A, I'm fine."

"Oh, thank goodness!" The girl clapped her hands and smiled again.

"Oh, yes. I don't remember about you. But, can you tell me? About. our friendship first."

"Oh. Coulda. Briefly word. Dylan, you're my best friend. I'm sorry, I left you without telling you because, I guess I suddenly wanted to move out. Excuse me. I didn't know I was moving and I didn't know you were looking for me either. Oh right, last time we met, it looks like there's something you're gonna want to tell me. What'sthat?" obviously and he asked.

"Huh? Said what?" I shook my head.

The girl named Olip shakes her head. "Huh, Dylan? You must have forgotten, huh? Uh! Better just forget it. But, you must not forget our long-standing friendship, huh?" Olip smile. Then, he opened his eyes wide again and asked, "What happened to you when I left? How can you forget so many things. I'm not alone, huh!"

"Ah, I don't know.., I don't know." Reply slowly.

"Hmm.. alright then. Oh yeah, aren't you happy? We've met back here. The time from now on looks like that just from earlier. Smile dong!" olip resolute.

I flinched with my slightly flushed cheeks. "Ah, anu...., I can't... eh?!" My eyes glanced in another direction. I finally found him! I saw my brother.

"Eh? Dylan's? You can't what?"

"Ah, sorry! I have to go!" My feet are moving again. I ran to the street a straight patch that was in front of me. Then, pass a small alley between two houses.

I'm glad I found my sister. But, suddenly my eyes jerked when I saw him being alone with another guy I didn't know. My steps stopped before I got out of the alley.

I watched my brother. Fely's sister, with a stranger, was standing by the roadside waiting for something. Shortly after, a car approached them. Taxi car in blue.

Brother Fely with the guy got into the car, then after that the driver of the car returned to run his vehicle. After they left, I got out of the alley. Look at the car my brother was riding in. I don't know, I don't know where the car is going, but what worries me and some of the questions that come to my mind are, "Where is my brother going? And why would he go with a man who was the same age as him? Does she want to leave me again?!"

Oh no! If that's true, then bad! I can't live without him. He has helped me a lot and not long ago, I just made a mistake that has hurt my brother. And until now, I haven't had the time to apologize to my brother! I... What should I do?!

To be Continued