"Welp, that was a close call"
I caught the ball Ten centimeters away from her face. I took the ball in front of her and ask her if she is okay..
"Hey Vallen, are you alright?"
She slowly turn her head and look at me.
"Montefalco"
And she started to having teary eyes...
"Montefalco...."
Im thinking what will I do..
"(Sigh... is she going to cry in her age...although she is cute in crying face too)"don't worry, it's okay now"
And I gentle pat her head like what I do to my siblings when they are scared or hurt..
She look up on me and smile. Her tears are gone and it she go back on her usual mood...
"Montefalco, thanks for saving my life. I thought I'm going to die.."
She smiled and stop patting her head.
"I see... alright, let's go buy some snacks.."
Vallen and Hamington agreed and go back where we going to. But still Hamington is speechless until we arrive at the convenience store...
"Hey Montefalco, can you treat me with this?"
Hamington just buy 2 premium white chocolate that cost 100 coins each..
"(So 200 huh...) sure I'll treat you with that..."
And I ask Vallen what she wanted to buy...
"Hey Vallen, do you want to buy something? I'll treat you.."
She said...
"I'm good for now..."
I feel like, she looks worried while looking at her. I buy 2 chocolate drinks for me and her and pay at the cashier. After paying I gave the chocolate drink to her...
"Here, I'll treat you with this..."
She thanked and drink up...
"Hey Montefalco, I wondering why you are emotionless?"
"(Heh?!)"
An unpredictable question and so unreasonable to make that worried face..
"Hey Vallen, there's no reason to make that face you know.."
She look at me and said...
"Montefalco, there's no human will live without emotion in their faces without any reasons! Now tell me why your emotionless!"
She making a serious face and I feel like she will not stop asking until she found the truth...
"Sigh.... this emotion of mine is usual for me and I do have a emotions but they are rarely to see.."
When I finish answering her questions, she stare at me.
"Montefalco, I doubt on your answer.."
She said it with a somewhat in detective tone...
"Montefalco is just like that because he is like his father"
Hamington butt-in in our chit chat.... (nice Hamington)
"mmm... somewhat I understand now... so my problem solved"
Now I escape from her questions. But what I said is a lie. Theres a reason that I'm emotionless sometimes...
At the crossroad not far away from the convenience store. We separate ways and go back in our homes...
"Bro, welcome back!"
Zeah saw me outside of our gate while she's sitting on the garden chair in front of our house..
"What are you doing?"
I ask her after I went in and close the gate...
"Nothing, just sitting here"
I'm somewhat curious about what she gonna do, but I ignore because there no reason to know what she gonna do. We three gathered around the table to start to eat.
I went to the kitchen to start cooking a dinner. After 30 minutes of cooking, an delicious food serve at the dining table. After we ate dinner, Zeah wash the plates and while I go to my room.
I lay down on my bed with a pillow on my head.
"(What a long day.... sigh~)"
The weight of my body just became light after I sigh... for somehow I feel a sleep and woke up in the next morning...
.....
A very nice day when I wake up. The rain gone and the sun has show up.
"(I wish I could leave in peaceful life)"
After I finish cooking and preparing myself, I went off to school. Apparently a bad things happen. Vallen pop out in the right side of the crossroad and in the left side a suspicious girl waiting black hoodie and black pants standing in the light pole. Vallen walk toward me to greet me or something but the suspicious girl charge toward me with a knife...
"(Sigh~ why now~)"
I ran to girl whose charge with a knife and knock her down and Vallen surprise,
"Montefalco! Why did you knocked that girl.... why she has a knife!!"
The way she surprise is kinda priceless but.....
"Don't try to assassinate me in the front of the public especially in the front of our classmate. They might misunderstood and call a police...."
She stand up and Apologize to Vallen...
"Vallen, As you can see, I'm very sorry for what you see here"
She is very confused what happing but...
"How do you know my last name... who are you..."
The suspicious girl remove the hood and reveal herself...
"Ashley Luxwell, nice too meet you Vallen"
Vallen thinking who is she....
"Ah! Your the girl whose sitting beside me!"
Ashley Luxwell, 14 years old In a height if 5.6 feet. She is my cousin and wants to kill me for some reason. Her black and long hair with a pair of one sided front and blue pigments eyes makes her unique. She is straightforward and helpful, she is good at sports but she cant stab me with a rubber knife...
"Jayden! How's my ability?"
Ashley ask me about her ability to kill me and answer back...
"The way of your assassination is too naive. Your clothes are easy to notice and try to hide your presence when you come to kill"
After saying that she grab the knife and put on her bag. And go to the nearest park to change her clothes to school uniform...
In out of nowhere, Vallen ask me...
"By the way Montefalco, why are we waiting for her?"
"(You scared me...) yeah, we're waiting for her..."
I realized that I use her question as answer, am I an idiot. (It's okay, she is an airhead girl.) Meanwhile, after Ashley changed her clothes we immediately go to school. While walking going to school, Vallen ask something...
" Luxwell, why are you calling Montefalco first name? What your relationship to each other?"
Ashley grin and replied..
"Actually~ Jayden is my Boyfriend~"
I raise my arm and land on her head like head chop...
"Stop making misunderstandings. They will start a weird humor about us... Hey Vallen I'll tell you the truth"
When I look at her, she pout.
"Vallen, what's the matter?..."
She look away.
"Nothing on your concern"
"Sigh... actually, Ashely is my Cousin"
She look at us and ask something.
"Then, why would Luxwell would kill you, Montefalco?"
A curiosity face of Vallen has appeared again...
"Hey Ashley, you should explain that to her..."
"Eh?! Why me!"
I don't say anything and trying to turn the attention to her and Vallen took the bait.
And now I divert Vallen's attention to her while I go to school without them.when arriving in our room, I'm not the first person who's arrive early. I look at my watch..
"(Oh.... Its 6:58 AM....)"
I sit on my seat and stretch my arm while leaning back. When I sit straight, Hamington appeared in my front.
"You arrive late today, what happened?"
"It's none of your business..."
"Heh?~ so there's something happened"
His smirk face makes me annoyed. Vallen and Ashley arrive at the classroom. Hamington ran toward them to greet. I'm so bored at that time, so I stand and walk to the hallway to find a nearby vending machine. I found a vending machine in the corner and near in the stairways. I pick a coin in my pocket and buy a Flavored tea. After the can drop and grab it, I suddenly felt a presence. But this presence is very familiar to me..
"Ashley... please, don't do that inside of our school and Vallen- nice try on your first time"
They show up in the corner...
"Your always sharp, Jayden"
"Eh?! Montefalco knows that we are here?"
I walk through pass on them and they tag along...
"Hey Montefalco, why your so quite?"
Vallen ask me out of nowhere. I answered,
"There's nothing to talk about..."
"Eh... come on, let's have a talk!"
Vallen shake me while we're walking. Soon as we arrive at our classroom, the lesson started.
.....
After lesson, the lunch break begins. Vallen and her friends went to the School park while me stays in the classroom.
"(So quite here, I'll enjoy this while eating my lunch)"
As soon I open my lunch-box, a spoon appeared and scoop some rice and dish in my lunch-box.
"Thanks for the food"
He eat the food that he scooped. it appeared that the one who scoop and eat is the one and only Hamington...
"Hey Hamington, please eat your own food..."
"Ah, sorry. Your food is so delicious, I can't help myself to scoop some"
That he said is making me happy but I don't accepting praises in that..
In a meantime, in Vallen perspective. They having conversations with her friends at the school park.
"Its so nice to relax here~~"
One of her friends lay down on the grass.
"Hey respect who's eating here!!"
"Sorry sorry! By the way Vallen, why your so quite? Something happened?"
One of her friends curious about what she thinking..
"Nothing, nothing interesting!"
Her two friends grin..
"Hey Vallen"
"What is it?"
"Perhaps, Are you thinking about Montefalco?"
"Eh?!"
-Vallen flustered....
"No- no- no!! I'm not thinking about him!!"
One of her friends ask her..
"Hey Vallen, your mostly beside Montefalco this days. What kind of guy Montefalco really is beside his cold personalities?"
Vallen think deeply.
"Montefalco is kind. That's all I can say"
Her friends looks disappoint in her answer. The friend in her left ask her:
"How's your being airhead? Your acting very good."
"Welp, its helping to get close to him and-"
At that time, I stood behind the tree and heard that part of their conversation.
"(Sigh... I feel like, I'm the idiot...)"
In a distance, Hamington calls me. I walk toward him and tag along where will he goes...
"Hey, what's the matter? You look sad right now?"
Despite on my emotionless face, Hamington knows.
I replied:
"Nothing. Let's go to the rooftop and take some fresh air"
He agreed and we went straightaway to the rooftop. When we open the door on the rooftop, the breeze of spring season make me feel relax. I remove my eye glasses and sit on the bench.
While looking at the sky, I said something:
"I really want to see my Older Sister today"
Hamington replied fast:
"Are you sure about that?"
And I answered without hesitation:
"I change my mind..."
"Hey Montefalco, let's grab some food before going home..."
"Yeah... sure...."
At that time, our mind has become one because we relaxed so much until we realize that the bell ring for the next lessons.
....
We ran until we got back at our room. Luckily the teacher hasn't come yet. We sit in our chair and prepare for the next class.
"Montefalco, where are you guy's come from?"
-my seatmate Vallen ask.
I'm hesitating to answer or not, but...
"In the rooftop, we relaxed so much and forget about the time..."
She asked me again but in different topic:
"Can I tag along with you again?"
Hearing that makes me quite for a seconds. but in the end, I nod my head...
"Thank you Montefalco"
....
After our last lesson. Me, Hamington, and Vallen walk to the convenience store (again). After buying Hamington go to his home and left us.
"Hey Vallen, I overheard your conversation this lunch break. Is that true that your acting like airhead right now?"
I subconsciously asked her. And she replied.
"You miss something. Being airhead is part of me! I wanted to befriend with you so I became like this!"
-she answered with some confidence..
"I see.... (so you really wants to befriend with me... huh...)"
Hearing that makes my shoulder light..
"Why did you ask? And by the way, how did you overheard our conversation? Where are you there?"
Her curiosity face appeared again but in a upset tone...
"Secret... you will learn someday..."
After I said that, i walk in the path where I live.
....