suspecious

THE SAME DAY

"Do you think they're gonna be fine? Rose was a bit impatient about something" Rick bit his lower lip in anxiety and stared at Aura's eyes

"chill, it's fine" Aura answered lying on her bed upside down and thinking about something and Rick seemed to be lost in thoughts about the medicine which made Aura unbelievably good.

"what are you thinking," Rick asked her, finally breaking the silence between him and the girl whom he loved.

"Nothing, you see the bruise in my hand?" she pointed out the big hole where a couple of syringes were sucking her blood out just a night ago.

"doc told us it was an insect bite, I kind of don't believe it" he confessed and seeing the look on Aura's face, he realised that she shared the same instinct.

"Even I feel the same, I don't feel the pain anymore, but when I felt it, it was deep, I don't think so I've seen an insect with so long needle and such deep effect without any irritation" Aurora rolled her eyes and sat back leaning on the wall, hugging her knees. she was thinking about Kaz and how he would've reacted if he was here

little did Rick knew she already held someone in her heart, since he didn't have guts to confess, Aura wouldn't probably open up about Kaz randomly right now. Rick continued to think about the life they would have if she accepted him, he was thinking about escaping this place together and smiled without realising Aura was looking at him for a reply

"huh?" Aura questioned him with a raised eyebrow.

"nothing, and did you just say needle?"Rick suddenly looked serious when he realised the new possibility for all the symptoms she faced and looked startled.

"what?" she eyed, thinking he had gone nuts, seeing the astonishment he was giving out within just a few minutes after she pronounced the word needle

"you know you looked as if you lost a lot of blood, and the hole in your hand"

"might be syringe sucking out blood" she realised and shared the same reaction as he did, they heard footsteps approaching towards them and guessed it might be Rose and Vii.

"hi guys" Rose looked a bit out of place with her messy hair and her thoughts being somewhere else

"what happened?"Rick asked Vii, out of curiosity and when he noticed Rose blushing, he pretended he wasn't interested to know the answer.

"I confessed guys," Vii told and Aura smiled, and she rushed to hug Rose.

"I'm so happy for you" she whispered into Rose's ears and she giggled

"something more happened"Rose winked and Aura eyed Vii. Vii looked down as if he didn't notice Aura looking at him.

"and Rose, you really want to come out with us?" Vii asked her, he knew that they already had this conversation and Rose told him that she was ready to go anywhere with him, as long as they live.

"of course, this place isn't more important than you" she smiled and it was Vii's turn to blush.

Rick seemed to be lost in thoughts again, Vii and Rose sat together in Aura's bed and they smiled at each other, they noticed at the tense atmosphere Rick was giving out and they have a questioning look to Aura.

AURORA'S P.O.V

I knew something was fishy, but when I used the word needle by accident, it was so clear that I had lost so much blood and I could relate the agony I felt in the bed until the super cool, a new drug was used upon me, it felt so refreshing and energetic on me, but I felt suspicious on the effect.

I looked around to see any evidence left over, to justify what had happened to me, and who would've done such a thing to me.

Rick left the room in hurry and I knew he was up to something from the moment he was suspecting the super fast curative drug, and I know he'd do the right thing by me.

"what happened?" Rose asked me, but I was in no mood to answer her, I need time to analyse what happened, I need time to think about this. For no reason, I wished Qwezyl for near me, not because of some infatuation I used to have on him, just because I need someone with brains and loyalty towards the people he loves like his and the only person I had been thinking of each and every minute I am her was Kazuo, all I wanted is just to see him

I regretted not spending enough time with him, I regretted fighting with him in all the time I had, I could've been more mature, but right now, I wanted to focus her, maybe that's what Kaz would've wanted me to do, to figure out what was happening.

"Aura?" Vii called out my name, and I realised I've been mute for almost 10 minutes they had been talking to me and asking me about what happened.

"I just need some time alone" I looked at Vii and he seemed to understand it, he dragged Rose out of the room when she was about to persuade me to tell her what happened.

I looked around the strange and comfortable room I've been living in for the past half month and realised that it was getting more and more strange by the time I started noticing minor details such as the shape of the windows and the tilted ceiling.

I looked at my bed and I noticed the cover had been changed after the day I was moved out from here, and I wouldn't expect it to have any evidence though. so I looked at the wood my bed was made up of, and it had no scratched except for the small white arrow mark and I knew it was Joey who would've just doodled around here when she had no company.

I reached for the door wanting to see my friends and discuss the possibility of me being used as a blood bag for a god-knows-what reason, but I suddenly realised that Jo isn't a doodle person, I remembered seeing Jo's rough books being doodle free and the Arrow mark on my bed, wasn't just a mere coincidence

I rushed to my bed and rechecked the arrow. It pointed downwards, I slowly bent down and looked under my bed to find a small white metal box plugged with a portable charger and my heart skipped a beat