"Gusion. Gusion Paxley would the best." He is really staring at me and doesn't have a plan to let go of me.
"Good choice. He is one of my favorite assassins. But may I ask why did you choose him?"
"Well, I have read his story. He's interesting." Isn't he? "A rebellious mage who broke the rules and abandoned his family just to do what he wants to do in his life."
"Alright. Then, see you tomorrow?"
"See you." Then I inserted my phone in my bath robe's pocket.
I looked at his hand that's holding my arm. He loosened his grip but he won't let go of me.
"Don't you have a plan to let me go?"
"Not unless you answer my questions." He seriously said.
Questions. I rolled my eyes.
"Look, I don't know if I am dreaming right now or the world's just playing with me. But I seriously don't know you and I don't even know how you came here. Ah, I wasn't even interested in video games!"
"Video games?"
"Why are you asking me that? You are obviously from a video game! Didn't you know Mobile Legends?" This is so annoying.
"I do not know what you are talking about." He said as he let go of me.
"Video game," I opened my phone and entered Mobile Legends. "This is a video game. You are here as a hero. You are an assassin/mage and everybody's using you when they play." Why am I even explaining these things to him?
"That's absurd."
"Indeed." I inserted my phone in my pocket again. "You don't belong here. You should come back to where you came from."
"The video game is absurd. I don't understand why I found myself there. I live in a far a way land, in Land of Dawn. My world exists andㅡ"
"You are not sick. You are fine." I said while touching his forehead. "But you are telling me that there is another dimension."
"Land of Dawn exists and that is where I live."
"Really? Then, you're supposed to be in a video game instead of talking to me right now because Land of Dawn exists in Mobile Legends."
"Are you making fun of me?" He grabbed my wrist. He is giving me deadly stares again. "You have read itㅡmy story. You knew who and what I am."
My throat dried up. He is an assassin. I was a taekwondo player for twelve years. But when it comes to this thing, like when he was pointing a blade in my throat, my knees would tremble in fear.
"You can't kill me."
"Of course, I can." He said, letting me go. "But not now. I still need you to help me."
"I don't think you need help." I mumbled and touched my wrist. It hurts.
"This is not my world and I need you to help me to go back home."
"You ran away." I said. "You broke the rules and abandoned your family. I don't think you can just go back there after what you've done."
"You do not know anything."
"Yeah, whatever." I rolled my eyes and turned my back at him.
"You will help me."
I looked at him. "Is that a threat or something?"
"You decide."
I rolled my eyes. He is annoying. I continued walking. It is very, very late and I have to sleep. I don't want to go to school tomorrow with a tired face. Lawrence would laugh at me.
"Renesmee," he called me when I was about to open the door of my room.
"What is it again?"
"It is improper for a woman to go around without clothes especially when she is in front of a man." I hate how he said those words in a calm tone, as if what he said was true.
"I am wearing a bath robe, you see." I blushed when I realized that I wasn't wearing anything inside when I was arguing with him. How stupid can you be, Ren?
"Bath robes are merely cover-ups," he crossed his arms across his chest. "You are naked to me."
"Pervert!" I opened the door immediately and slammed it. Pervert. He is weird, annoying, and pervert. I can't believe him! I changed into my pajamas and jumped into the bed.
Ah, this is crazy!
I woke up at exactly 7 o'clock in the morning and went to the kitchen to prepare my breakfast after I took a bath and wore my clothes. I was about to open the fridge when I saw that weird guy standing in the window, like he's thinking about something. He is dressed up already and he doesn't look like a fashion terrorist anymore.
"You'll leave today," I said as I pour a fresh milk on a glass.
He turned and looked at me. He look so serious. He always look that way and it's like he's saying, I know you remember what I said last night.
"Is there a way for me to go back home?" He ask.
"I told you I have no idea!"
"I should go back as soon as possible," he said before coming in front of me. "Do you usually eat breakfast like that? Standing and drinking a glass of milk with a slice of bread on your other hand?"
"What are you saying?" I threw him a spiteful look.
"You look like a stray kid standing on the corner of the street while eating leftovers." He said without hesitation before going to the dining table and took a seat.
"Leftovers? Are you kidding me?" I can't believe this guy! "This is how pretty girls have their breakfast, do you understand that?"
"I am hungry." He said, ignoring what I just said. I rolled my eyes and gave him a glass of milk and a slice of bread. He glanced at the food before turning his eyes on me.
"What? That's all I have. I don't really eat here. I always have no apetite to eat when I am alone." I said while almost mumbling the last sentence. I am always alone and it's a waste of time to cook at home when you're alone.
He just nodded and started to eat the slice bread. After we had our breakfast, I said good bye to him and told him not to go anywhere and not to let anyone enter the condo. I had no choice. I had to leave him and keep him because it will be a big trouble if I will just let him wander the city. He is an assassin and this world is new to him.
I want him to go back home but I don't even know how. This is really driving me crazy.
"Ren!" Lawrence called me when I arrived at school. He waited for me. My heart thumped when he greeted me with a hug.
"Are you nervous?" I ask.
"No," he shook his head. "I am confident now that you're here."
I blushed when I heard those words. What does that mean?
He was about to say something to me when his classmates called him. The competition is going to start. I went to the covered gym with him and sat at the bleachers. There are enough students inside the covered gym, enough for them to cheer for their friends and classmates.
There are four tables in the center where the four teams are going to sit. Four teams will compete in the first round and two teams for the second round. The one who will win in the second round will have to fight the champions last time. There is a cash prize and chance to be in the national e-sports competition.
This is what I like about our school. There is a yearly MOBA competition that helps the players to enhance their skills and to entertain themselves as well. I wasn't interested in games. I only knew these things because of Lawrence. He's a gamer. He really likes game. I wonder if he likes me, too.
Kidding. I chuckled at the last thoughts that came in my mind. He won't and it doesn't matter.
"Good day, Stuart University!" The emcee greeted. He announced a few things before the game started. The students started to cheer while the players are being serious while looking at their cell phones.
Lawrence look so serious and calm at the same time. It's like he is used to what he's doing right now. I wonder what it's like to play games like Mobile Legends.
I looked at the big screens on the other side. It is showing the gameplay.
"Mr. Dixon is live for team A!" The emcee announced. "Mr. Baguio for team B... Ms. Gonzales for team C... and Mr. Ignacio for team D!" He added while pointing the four big screens one by one with his finger.
Wow. It looks interesting. Lawrence is the one who's live for team A. The gameplay on the first screen was his.
"Magic lies in the mind, but my blade follows my heart." I heard from Lawrence's live. Huh?
"Lawrence is using Gusion again," I heard some girls talking beside me. "I bet they will win."
"Of course, he is using his signature hero. And look at his fingersㅡah, Lawrence is really good at it!" The other girl said.
Gusion? I look at the big screen and watched the hero carefully. It's really him. Gusion Paxley. He moves fast and his skills are amazing. I wonder if he's actually like that or it is just about how Lawrence handle him.
"Take a guess at how many swords I have," even the voice is the same. I played my fingers and started to think why a fictional hero came here. Is the world being mean to me? I wasn't really interested in games!
"Look, there's a clash in bottom lane and Lawrence is coming!" The girl who's sitting beside me said.
"An ally has been slain," the big screen. "Enemy double kill! Enemy triple kill!"
"Ah Lawrence, hurry up!" They said.
Gusion came in bottom lane. He sarted to fight with the enemies and my schoolmates cheered for Lawrence when he shut down the enemy.
"Triple kill. Maniac!" It's the voice of the announcer of the game. "Savage!" The cheers were even louder than before. I couldn't catch up. I don't understand anything.
"Excuse me, may I know what happened?" I asked the girl beside me.
"Ah, Lawrence killed the five enemies at once. Isn't he amazing?" She answered.
The hero he's using is amazing, too.
Then, I felt my cell phone vibrated inside my bag and I took it. My heart skipped a beat when I saw the caller's name. Melissa. She's calling me. I went out the covered gym and answered it.
"Hello..."
"You are such a bitch, do you know that?"
"Melissa, I'm sorry for not comingㅡ"
"No," she stopped me. "I don't want to hear anything from you. You know how much I hate your words, right?"
"Yes," I bit my lower lip.
"If you are really sorry, why don't you change your major and study abroad? That would be the best apology for me." She chuckles, and hanged up.
Here we go again.
I immediately wiped my tears and cleared my throat. I don't want anyone to see me crying. They will only laugh at me.
"Ren?" I turned around and I saw Lawrence. He's coming to me.
"Hey..."
"What are you doing here?"
"My sister called me," I said with a smile. "And you were great, Lawrence." I patted his shoulder.
"Thank you. Do you want to have a snack with me? We have a fifteen-minute break before the competition continues."
"Ah, Melissa told me to come home. I am sorry I can't watch until the end of the competition." Excuses.
"It's okay. I can just send you the copy of game replay later."
"Thank you," he touched my cheek and smiled. "I have to go now..."
"I will call you later." He said before he went back inside.
I am sorry, my mind says. I can't just go back inside and act as if nothing happened. I went to the parking lot and drove my car to the beach. I started to walk at the seashore when I arrived. I like the smell of salt water and I like the warmth of the sunlight. Even though the nature is comforting me, I still can't hold back my tears.
She really hates me.
I remember when I was a kid, I would always greet her with a hug but she'd always push me away and hurt me. She'd do bad things and blame me for it. Melissa hates me ever since I was born. I don't know why but I still tried my best for her to love me. I tried to impress her, to obey her, and to listen to what she said to me. But I stopped when I grew upㅡwhen I realized that I won't have a chance to be loved by my sister.
I am not also close with my brother, Tim. He is cold to me and never talk to me unless it is really important. But our mother loves meㅡat least in her own way.
The only person inside our family who's nice to me is our father. He's always quiet and calm. He was the only one who defended me against Melissa when I was young. We are not really close to each other but one thing's for sure: he never hurt me.
Maybe this is the reason why I distant myself from other people and never had the chance to be friends with other people. Lawrence is my only friend. I just don't want to enter other people's lives and eventually feel unwanted. I want to be loved but I got tired asking for it. I couldn't even do what I really want to do in my life.
"This is crazy..." my fingers wiped my tears.
I stayed at the beach for many hours and decided to come back home when it's already dark. I am tired and I want to sleep. My sadness drained my energy.
"Ah!" I screamed when somebody pulled me in the corner the moment I entered the condo. The entire place is dark and this person is pinning me on the wall while pointing something on my neck.
"Who are you?" He asked in a serious tone. It's him.
"Are you crazy?!" I exclaimed and tried not to move. This weird man is pointing his blade on me again. "You are reallyㅡ" I tried to push him away but I suddenly felt the blade touched my skin. I moved. I fucking moved.
I touched my neck and my knees trembled in fear when I felt the blood on my skin. It stings.
"You are crazy!" I exclaimed at him and I didn't expect my tears to fall. I must be tired from everything that's why I can't hold back my tears anymore.
"You are crying." He stated. I couldn't see him because it's too dark. This is a good time, right? Eventhough he is in front of me, he can't see me. I can cry.
I closed my eyes. Why am I even breathing when everybody doesn't want me around?
"I hate this. I really hate this..." I said as if nobody's listening. "I reallyㅡ" what? I opened my eyes when I felt something on my neck. It's softㅡand I couldn't move an inch when I realized something.
He kissed my neck. My heart raced when I felt his tongue on my woundㅡwhere his blade cut my skin. What is he doing?
"There," he says. I can feel his breath on my face. "You should not have moved when you are afraid to get yourself hurt." I only realize these things now: his voice is manly, he is cold and calm at the same time, and his lips were soft. I blushed at the thoughts that came in my mind.
"W-What did you just do to me?"
"I kissed it," he says. "It's Paxley's medicine, young lady." His voice was so manly that my heart almost jumped out my chest.
And I slapped him before running inside my room. Paxley's medicine, really.