Chapter 8

We are in the infirmary now. The doctor is treating the wound on my arm because it is too deep.

"There, I'll just wrap it. Maybe you're the one I heard earlier in the cafeteria fighting with the Rulers?", He continued putting the bandage on the whole arm.

"That's Her, Doc. Isn't she great?! She's our new President of Room 683-F", Mist said proudly.

"Is that so? You're brave. Be careful because you're holding a big role. Okay, it's over!", The Doctor reminded.

"Wait Doc.! I'm just clarifying that I'm not the ------", Mist suddenly snapped.

"Alright Doc. We're leaving.", I glared at her but she just raised an eyebrow at me. She immediately pulled me out.

"Stop your madness! And then are you going to make decisions for me now? In my life?", You're a bitch!.

"Hey! Silver with white hair! Don't think of us as crazy! If only I could be the President, I would! But I can't because I'm scared and weak!", I just noticed that they always putting themselves down and feeling sorry for themselves.

"Stop it, I don't want to interfere in your problem!", I turned my back but what she said next stopped me.

"Bitch! Do you think it's just our problem? It's not just our problem! It's yours too! Alright! We'll stop the madness you called, after all, You're a useless person! No care! No feeling! Numb! We think we're the weak ones but you're even weaker than us. You can't gamble because you're weak! You're afraid!", She shouted. Good thing we're the only people here.

"Shut Up! You don't know what I've been through! So you have no right to tell me like that! Do you know anything about my life? You know something, don't you?", I shouted. "It's hard to gamble in this day and age, especially when you know that you are weak and afraid..", I couldn't stop the tears from falling in my eyes.

I left her there without looking at her. I don't know why I blame myself for the tragedy happening in my family. Am I really weak? Or am I just too afraid to gamble?

But what did I gamble then? My life? I'm still alive, right? I don't know but I'm confused. I stumbled into the gymnasium. It's good that there was no one so no one could see me cry.

'Don't cry anymore Because those who cry are only for the weak'

Suddenly what Mommy Akio said when I woke up came to my mind. I used to cry every time I remembered my experience and since then I promised I would never cry again, that would be the last time I would cry.

Right! I shouldn't cry! I must not let my promise be broken! I will fight if necessary! I will gamble again no matter what game it is!

I wiped my tears with the back of my hands. I stood up from my seat and went out. When I entered the classroom, they were all looking at me while Mist averted her gaze.

I sat in my seat right next to her. Instructor Owen continued to discuss. He is our instructor all day every Monday.

I didn't listen to Sir's discussion about manipulation because I was still wondering if I would accept the position they were saying. I'm not used to this position, yes but now it's different. I don't know if I can.

I'm still confused about myself, I'm too stuck in my past. I can't focus now because I always see, think and hear words similar to my past.

There is one more problem. This Mist I don't know how to talk to. Even today, the first day, a lot has happened, how can I stay here longer?

"Class Dismiss!", Hearing the end of our class for the day brought me back to my senses. I was still sitting here and let my classmate go out.

I looked at Mist when she stood up and walked out of the classroom without paying attention to me.

I was left alone in the classroom. I just stared at the wall clock hanging in front.

***

After what happened earlier, I didn't pay attention to Silver anymore. I didn't even glance. She was quiet and her carefree aura was there.

Is she that numb! What am I to her?! Just classmates and new acquaintances.

This Bitch! If I can't stand it, I will tweak it until all of its hair is removed.

But even so, I'm not mad at her, I'm just sulking. I just want her to be the President of our Class because I think we are too weak in that position, I said that the position suits her because she can fight well. We need such a courageous and unyielding leader.

We need a leader because she/he will lead us and encourage us to fight and we saw that in her when she fought there in the battle arena so we were happy when we knew she would be with us but because of what I said earlier she got angry with us.

Why didn't I feel her feelings before I blurted it out? Maybe I'll talk to her the next day.

She remained seated even though she was left alone. She was staring at the front and looking stupidly at the---wall clock. I went out and saw in my peripheral vision that she looked at me but I ignored her.

What is that?

I was already outside and barely looked at her. She was still looking at the wall clock. When does she intend to stay there?

"Mist? Let's go?", I didn't realize that I stopped walking because I was thinking about her.

"Alright! You go first. I forgot something in our classroom.", They just nodded and left me.

Peeked to see if Silver was still in the same position. It's already five o'clock and she's still dazed.

A few minutes passed and she still did not stand up. What is she doing?

Let her take care of her life! I'm leaving! What is she a celebrity to make me wait?!

It will be up to her when the curfew catches up with her. I don't want to sleep in the detention room for three days, it's dusty, it smells like blood and the whole area around there is dead.

****

I stood up when I heard my cell phone ring. I looked at it and it was just an alarm on the cell phone. It's six o'clock. The sun had already set.

I got out of our building and walked to where the bikes were lined up. There was only one bike left so I was lucky because there was one left for me.

I was about to pick it up when someone also grabbed it on the other steering wheel. I looked and a frowning man was also looking at me.

I pulled the bike hard because he pulled it too. We both have no intention of letting go. We both sighed and looked at each other.

"Let go!", We said at the same time so we looked at each other. I admit that even if he looks bad at me, he is still handsome. He has long eyelashes like me, he has black eyes as black as coal, and he also has a pointed nose and kissable lips. He is what I can call handsome, even though I don't want to say it.

Wait! Why am I describing this man?

"Miss! Let go so I can leave..", Wow!..

"Mr. Whoever you are! Be a gentleman", He stared at me.

"What am I? A Dog?! Maybe you don't know me, Miss?",

"Did I say you're a Dog?! I know you Mr.!", His forehead furrowed. "You're Destruction!", I shouted as soon as I saw the codename on his nametag. Its codename is ugly.

"That's all you know! Which Section are you Miss? Silver!?", Wow! You are truly speechless with this man.

"Why are you asking?! Let go!", I pushed him but he quickly got the bike back.

"Hey, Miss.Silver! I'm the first and you have no right to push or touch the God of Destruction!", I looked at him and I was speechless again.

"How artistic is this?! God of Destruction? Wow, God really should call him here!", I whispered and because I lost my sense of what we were fighting for, he quickly grabbed the bike causing my grip on it to loosen.

He quickly got on and left.

"Hey! Your codename shouldn't be God of Destruction! What you should be called is God of Shameless", I chased after him and pulled him as quickly as I could catch up with him.

But it looks like I grabbed it wrong and pulled him because his blazer was damaged, so he was stopped.

He got off the bike and let it fall to the ground. I stepped back as he walked towards me and he came closer and closer to me.

Wait? When do I back out? It's not possible!

I immediately stopped backing away and met his gaze.

"Why did you ruin my clothes?!", he asked slowly but with annoyance as he raised his eyebrows.

"Hey! God Of Shameless! You're overacting! You still have some clothes left! You still have long sleeves!",

"But you don't know how important that is to me!", he shouted and grabbed my jaw. " Do you want to be sent to the cemetery?", I angrily tapped his hand on my jaw because I was already hurting from his grip.

"And who likes the cemetery?! Huh! Did you think I was afraid of you!!", I yelled back at him.

"You want to try me!", My gosh! He is really scary but I don't want to be defeated by my fear so I still face him.

In the blink of an eye, the dagger was pressed against my neck. Shit!

I swallowed and slightly looked at his dagger which was stained with blood from the wound on my neck because of his pressure on it.

"What? You want to kill me? Just do it!", Where did I get the courage? Still in this situation?!. One mistake and I'll fall here lifeless but even if I'm dead, I won't allow myself to fall just like that, I'll pull him down too.

He moved the dagger away from my neck and took three steps back. He pointed the end point of his dagger at me and without saying anything he threw it at me. As the dagger moved quickly towards me, even though I knew that at any moment I could lose my life, I became calmer and did not panic unlike before.

My hand moved quickly and caught it. My hand was injured and blood started to flow immediately.

"That's the first warning! Be careful next time!", He picked up his blazer on the cement and left me. I kept staring at his moving bulk. I just felt dizzy and I knew I had been poisoned. So I didn't stay long and also left the place where I first met the man.