Weird Resonation

"Aaaaaggghhhh!!! It's already 6:00 a.m.???" Ascrid shouted upon seeing the time in a wall clock inside his room. He got up and went straight to the kitchen.

He saw his mother --Clarrisse-- preparing food, and he immediately helped her.

"Ascrid, it's fine... I can prepare all of this myself." Clarrisse said and gave off a smile.

"Ma, not everytime you'll have to do things by yourself. I'm always here to help you wether I'm busy or not." Ascrid said as he started to cut down onions.

Clarrisse giggled and Ascrid stared at her confused. "What if I'm not you're real mother..." Clarrisse stated a fact, but she disguised it as a joke. The room was filled with silence as Ascrid stared at her suspiciously.

"Sigh, I consider everyone my family as long as they treat me as a part of them. For as long as you show me the love I needed... That should be enough.  Anyways, Ma! Don't joke around like that, I'm not that dumb to not notice the details..." Ascrid said while he mildly laughed.

"Sorry..." Clarrisse apologized and then she laughed.

Ascrid nodded with satisfaction, and they both continued preparing their food.

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"Ma, I have to go to school now. Bye!!!" Ascrid said and left their house.

Clarrisse stood in their doorsteps as she watched Ascrid walk away. A tear fell down her eye as she watched his --Son-- head to school. Ascrid wasn't in her vision anymore, so she went inside the house. She slowly closed the door, and said something to herself, "I may not be your real mother, but I'll make sure you'll get the love you'll need."

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Another day for school has arrived. Nothing much had happened yesterday. I just stayed in my bed and kept on reading the book I bought the other day.

I really felt a huge betrayal from the author, when my favorite side character died. How can the author do such stuff!!!

Anyways, while I was walking, I saw Mark on the other side of the road. He seemed to be in a good mood, because he's literally smiling.

I decided not to interfere him, and went on without calling him. I didn't notice it, but he actually noticed me as well.

I only knew about it, when he approached me while I was about to enter the school gates. We walked the school grounds together, whilst talking about stuffs that happened during the weekend.

"You won't believe it, I saw a guy jump off a tenth floor building!" Mark told me a seemingly familiar event. I was shocked when he told me about it. I felt a bit of discomfort about our topic, but that's what Mark wanted.

"Really?! I also saw that! Xeno, Gaia, and I went on a stroll last Saturday... And we happened to stumble upon it on our way to the bookstore..." I stated while still surprised that Mark also saw it. It's going to be a hassle if someone won't trust what I say straight away. So, for as long as I have Mark by my side... Then it's a win-win situation.

I was expecting a surprised reaction from him as well, but he just silenced his self.

"Eh?! Are you okay?" I asked him. He sighed and answered, "Who wouldn't be okay if his best friend didn't invite him when he was planning to go on a stroll?!!" Mark stated with a disappointed tone.

Eh?! I wasn't planning to tell him that, but I guess it slipped out. What's done, is done, no taking back. I don't know how to respond to that statement. I looked around looking for answer, and I eventually saw it.

--Xeno-- he's the answer.

I pulled Mark towards Xeno's location. Mark looked irritated, so I have to restore his mood faster.

"Hey Xeno, do you remember what we talked about last Friday?" I asked Xeno. I placed all my bets that he remembers it. If he doesn't, then Mark will be so upset to me.

"Yeah, I do. I asked you to hang out with me, but you disagreed. You told me that you want to be alone, but I insisted that we should go in a walk cause' I was worried about you the other day. You forgot your phone last Friday so it was quite unfortunate." Xeno gave a long statement, and gave off a sinister smile.

Mark nodded with satisfaction. He patted my head, and voiced out his thoughts, "Sigh, I was kinda worried about you as well, but seriously... Are you okay now? You mentioned that you personally saw the guy falling off a building..."

I sighed and rolled my eyes, "I'm totally fine, don't worry... I don't have suicidal thoughts."

"Huhu, what're you worried about Mark? Ascrid still haven't confessed to Gaia. I'm a hundred percent sure that he won't suicide yet." Xeno stated in a irritating tone. I sighed and kept my self quite.

Mark laughed and agreed to Xeno's statement. They looked at each other, and they both nodded at the same time.

"I sense something bad..." I said inside my head.

It was still too early for the classes to start, so we decided to head to the school's cafeteria. When we were in the hallway towards the cafe, we overheard a conversation between a group of students.

There's six of them, and they all seemed to be our juniors. There are two males and four females. They were talking about the school's newest rumor --The girl inside the library mirror--.

"Psst, guyssss! I heard that she only shows up when you're alone inside the library." I heard the girl with a red hair and cute face say it. The girl with a purple hair looked like she was shivering because of there topic.

"Don't worry about it my beloved Kyla, I will protect you even if it means that I have to sacrifice my life." The boy with a lavender colored hair stated.

Kyla, who was the girl with the purple hair, immediately restored her physique and mood after hearing the boy say it. She stood properly and placed her right hand in her waist. "Really?! Don't worry, if you badly fail, then I'm here to ruthlessly laugh at you." Kyla stated in a serious tone.

Mark and Xeno were holding up their laughs, when they heard Kyla's reaction. I didn't laugh, because I felt bad about the boy with a lavender colored hair. He felt sad for a moment, but it seems like he really has a huge crush on that girl. His sad face disappeared and was replaced with a smile, when the boy with a orange hair beside him gently tapped his back. He deeply exhaled and forced his self to smile.

"Wooo, how inspiring. You can do it lavender boi! Win her heart and protect her.", I cheered him up inside of my mind.

We went pass the hallway and reached the cafeteria. Xeno bought a blueberry flavored donut, Mark bought two vanilla cupcakes and gave the other one to me. I wasn't planning to accept it, because I was gonna buy something my own. Though, he insisted that I'll accept it.

I accepted it anyway and we went back to our respective classrooms. The group of students that were in the hallway wasn't there anymore, maybe because the classes are about to start.

Xeno and I entered our room, and we waited for our teacher to arrive. While I was waiting, I started to eat the cupcake that Mark gave me.

I ate it and felt something weird... Not about the cupcake, but the way how the cupcake entered my mouth...

"Huh, weird..." I said.