Five Seconds

I patiently waited for Benjie to get up but once he picked up his dagger and assumed a stance, I reached a certain point in my breathing before I looked like I was about to fall flat on my face.

It was at the point where my body felt the lightest—almost feeling like I've given up all control, but when I was at the perfect angle, my whole body tensed up as everything felt freezing cold then scalding hot in an instant.

Every bit of negative emotion rushed into my head and Benjie looking like that certain someone with a dagger on his hand didn't help him one bit. Even the deranged smile he was wearing earlier looked a little too familiar and it made it easy to draw from those.

Benjie who was several feet away was suddenly in front of me but it wasn't because he was the one who bridged the distance.

My legs were screaming in pain but the whole ordeal was already getting transferred into my arms.