Chapter 18: Hits

A week had passed since my intense encounter with Caroline. I avoided contact with her during that time, observing her behavior at school from afar. Every time our eyes met, she looked away, probably embarrassed.

"I need to clear things up with her," I thought, determined to resolve the situation. "For me, what happened was just sex; I don't feel anything romantic for her."

The next day, at the end of classes, I saw Caroline talking to Bonnie and Elena.

"CAROLINE!" I called, approaching.

She stopped mid-sentence, petrified. Bonnie and Elena turned, curious.

"Hm, Caroline, Clark is calling you..." Bonnie commented.

"I know, I heard..." Caroline replied, embarrassed.

With a forced smile, she turned to me. "H~~hi, hi, Clark. What's up?" she said, trying to hide her nervousness.

"Hm, okay, come on, Elena. Let's leave these two alone," Bonnie said, pulling Elena by the arm.

"Caroline, can I take you home?" I asked, watching her shiver slightly.

"Actually, my mom is picking me up today. No need," she replied, looking away.

"I wanted to talk to you about all this..." I insisted.

"What do you have to say?" She asked, her voice breaking. "I seduced you into doing all that... I'm upset that you didn't come talk to me afterwards... I feel used and discarded... I'm not going to say I'm a virgin. I went out with a guy once, but this... this was different."

She paused, taking a deep breath. "I've also been wondering if there's something wrong with me. I shouldn't have done it so... sneakily."

"Thoughts: That's it. It's never black and white when it comes to these things. There are always issues; feelings aren't as simple as people make them out to be. They always say it's just sex, that it doesn't lead to anything; just move on."

"Caroline, listen to our desires. They are things we often cannot control," I said sincerely. "They are part of our nature. When we give in to them, we end up doing crazy things."

"I haven't spoken to you these days because I was afraid you would get pregnant," I confessed.

"WHAT? I'm not pregnant!" she exclaimed in surprise. "Before this happened, I took a pill."

"Oh, I see. Phew, I thought I was going to be a father at 15," I joked, relieved.

"Actually, I thought I was going to die at 15. Because if you got pregnant, your mother would kill me, bring me back to life, and kill me again," I finished, laughing.

"PUFF, hahaha, yeah, you're right. I think she would really kill us," Caroline agreed, laughing too.

"I don't regret doing this with you. It was really good. If you ever want to do it again another time," I said with a wink, "just give me a call."

Caroline blushed. "You idiot... Okay, if anything happens, I'll call you."

"So everything's okay between us, right? No hard feelings?" I asked, to be sure.

"Of course, you silly thing. I know you don't love me," she replied, with a sad smile. "But I can't say I didn't get jealous when you talked about that 'girl from L.A.' And also, I wasn't having those thoughts, but when I saw how you talked about her, I knew she wasn't just anyone... What was her name again?"

"Her name is Tory. She's the same age as me, and she carries a lot of weight too. She's been working since she was 13 to take care of her sick mother and her younger brother. She gives it her all."

"I wanted to meet Tory and be her friend," Caroline said sincerely. "I would help her..."

"But you know, it's over between me and Tory..." I revealed sadly. "I came here fighting with her. Her anger may have already turned into hatred."

"I see..." Caroline murmured thoughtfully. "I don't know about her... But you definitely still have feelings for her. And unfortunately, I'm not her... I wish I was more."

"Thoughts: Nothing is good then..."

Caroline looked down sadly.

At that moment, Caroline's mother arrived. She ran out and didn't even say goodbye to me.

"..."

Two months have passed.

Caroline found a boy to date. "Hahaha, thank goodness everything worked out in the end. She became my friend again and moved on."

During this time, I focused on strengthening my magical powers. "I'm using magic to strengthen my body physically," I thought as I practiced my spells. "It's really hard; it's like I'm using all my concentration for this all the time. But using magic, I'm just below a vampire in terms of physical strength. Sure, I'm not as fast as one yet, but I'm already above Olympic level in terms of speed. Maybe I can run as fast as a cheetah."

Meanwhile, I eagerly awaited the arrival of the story's protagonist in Mystic Falls: Stefan Salvatore.

"I want to borrow his diary without him knowing, of course," I planned. "I need to find out what he knows about vampires and werewolves. I don't know if he knows anything about werewolves. I don't remember if he knew they existed in the series. I hope he has some information."

I continued training at a nearby gym. "It's not a big deal, but I'm already close to 5'10.". For me, that height is enough; I don't want to be that tall."

I'm on a strict diet to lose weight. "I'm very thin, but extremely muscular. I have almost no fat on my body, only muscle. I'm getting very close to what I want: a body similar to Garou's: thin, 'tall', muscular, and flexible."

"I've been learning several martial arts online, copying movements and other things."

"I'm looking for information if it's possible for me to turn into a werewolf, but I'm still thinking about all of this. I don't know if it's a good idea. I'll still think about it."

"I mean, the only werewolf I know is Tyler Lockwood. Like, what exactly would I say to him? 'Hey, bite my arm so I can turn into a werewolf, hahaha.' That would be totally gay, man. It's really weird."

"That's why I'm also researching hypnosis spells. The best way would be to use a vampire to hypnotize him for me. The only 'nice' vampire I know who would at least consider doing that is Stefan. But I'm not so sure about that."

"I don't know exactly when he'll be back in town, so the only thing I can do is wait."

Three weeks later... in my room, at night...

"I took a look at my finances. Hmm, money is definitely not an issue anymore. $20 million. When Bitcoin launches in this world, I will definitely invest around $1 million. But I'm not sure if that will happen here either. It's not literally the'real' world, so I'm not sure about that. The only thing I can do now is wait."