The Old Friend

Aaron ran immediately toward the forest when he heard the woman's scream. When he arrived at its border, he stood up for a minute watching it.

The trees were very big to the point that it seemed dark there.

" Tarou warned me to not enter it! What should I do? "

Suddenly, another scream came out.

Aaron couldn't hold himself back any longer and ran immediately into the woods.

" I will save that woman and get out. "

He ran as fast as he can until he arrived deep in the forest. He looked around him while taking his breaths.

"Where should I go? This forest is bigger than I thought. "

- AAAAAAAA

- The scream again! It is not far!

He continued running in the scream's direction until he reached a house, an old worn house.

He stepped forward cautiously.

" Is she here? "

The front door was open. He pushed it carefully and entered the house while looking around.

- Hello...is anyone here?

"No one is here, Maybe I was wrong? "

When he was about to get out, suddenly someone showed up from the darkness and attacked him from behind with a big stick on his head.

Aaron didn't get the chance to defend himself and fell to the ground unconscious.

Meanwhile, Tarou was still in town with Sarra. He bought almost everything he needed except clothes. Sarra grabbed him by the hand:

- Let's go to that shop, he sells affordable clothes.

- I think we are late, maybe we can do it another time.

- Don't worry, that shop will be the last one.

When they went in, Tarou was surprised by the different styles of clothes. The monsters don't have that much interest in clothes. They had been only wearing shabby pants and shirts that were made only from cotton.

- Do you wear all these sorts of clothes?

- Yeah, we like changing our styles from time to time...do you want to try something?

- Alright...

Sarra chose jeans and a red T-shirt for him.

- Try them. Meanwhile, I will choose something for Anna.

Sarra looked around and picked up what she think Anna would like.

Tarou popped up in front of her while wearing his new clothes.

- So what do you think?

Sarra became speechless. She knew that everything will suit that handsome face, but he was more ravishing than she thought.

She turned around and pretended to pick up some clothes.

- It...It...it is okay...you can buy them.

" This is very bad for my heart.."

- If you say so, I will buy them and I will buy another set for Aaron.

- Alright, wait for me until I finish choosing something for Anna.

When Tarou was waiting for her to finish, there was a dress that caught his eye. It was a short red dress with an exposed collar.

He took it and gave it to Sarra

- I don't think Anna will wear this kind of dress. it is for much younger women.

- It's for you. You always wear pants, I think this will suit you.

- It's okay, I'm more comfortable with pants.

- I want to see you wearing something like this.

Sarra's face turned red:

- Why would you want to see that?

- You accompanied me and helped me. I want to give you a present. Besides, it is the same color as my shirt...Don't you like it?

Sarra looked at the dress. She didn't remember when the last time she wore one, it seemed beautiful. Will it suit Her?

She snatched it from his hands:

- Fine, I will take it...Come on, let's go back.

When they head out of the store, Sarra bumped into someone and fell off.

- I'm sorry, are you ok?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

Tarou couldn't believe his eyes.

- YOU...IT IS REALLY YOU? HOW CAN THAT BE POSSIBLE?

Sarra stood up:

- Do you know each other?

-Of course, we do! That's Dylan, an old friend!! What are you doing here?

- Oh my! Tarou, it has been so long! I can ask you the same. What are you doing here? This is my town.

- You did never come back from your mission! What did happen to you?

- Let's have some coffee. I will tell you everything. By the way, who is this beautiful lady?

- This is Sarra, my little sister.

Sarra glared at the man. Brown hair and blue eyes...he was quite handsome too.

" Are all the monsters this handsome? "

She extended her hand:

- Nice to meet you, Dylan.

- Since when do you have a sister?

- It is a long story, I will tell you later. Now tell me yours.

The three of them went to a nearby coffee where Dylan told them their story.

- After I went to the human world, I fell in love with it. I couldn't understand why we hate humans, they are very smart and full of emotions ( love, hate, passion, care) so I decided to let go of my mission and my power to live like one of them. And here we are ,10 years had passed in a blink of an eye.

- Didn't you regret your decision?

- Never, I will never regret it. I'm happy, I feel like I found myself here

- I remember that you were a bookworm, you were never satisfied by your power because you had a weak body. I'm relieved to see you finally happy

- Yeah, so do I. By the way, what do you do here? Isn't it forbidden to leave the land after your task is completed?