Kiera was shaken awake by the librarian.
'Huh?' was the only thought in her mind as she rubbed her eyes groggily. The librarian peered at her with sharp eyes.
"You have been sleeping the whole day," she informed her, "I didn't want to wake you up, but I don't think you'll like the idea of being locked inside the campus."
Kiera took in the librarian's age. She wasn't much older, perhaps just in her thirties, with a curvy figure, raven hair which was probably coloured and caramel eyes. She had a kind expression as she stood hovering opposite her.
"Oh," was the only response that could be gotten out of her. She had missed a whole day of class. Not that it actually mattered. The university would somehow excuse her for missing class. She couldn't just wrap her mind around the fact that Liam was sleeping with Stacey. It somehow bothered her that her own cousin would do something like that. Besides Kent and herself, Liam knew what happened that night. And yet…
Kiera shuddered when she thought of returning home. Her mother probably wouldn't be there right now, but the thought that her mother actually didn't want her around brought tears to her eyes again. Blinking them back, she greeted the librarian before grabbing her bag and leaving.
She had just gotten out of the campus when she had collided with a wall.
"Ow," Kiera rubbed her nose slightly as she wondered from where the hell a new wall had come up.
The wall was in fact, not a wall.
A pair of shining blue eyes met a pair of green ones. Disgust filled in Kiera's eyes as she tried to walk away from the person to whom those eyes belonged to. She would recognize those eyes anywhere around the world.
"McKinnon," she spat as she tried to move past him. She had learnt basic manners to at least greet someone.
"Kiera," the voice added as a hand held her wrist.
"I don't want anything to do with you, McKinnon," Kiera breathed heavily, trying her best to swallow down the sobs that had been suffocating her.
"Kie, please listen-"
"No you listen to me Connor "I can sleep with any girl" McKinnon," Kiera yanked her hand away from him, "I thought I made myself clear at Kent's funeral, I don't want to associate myself with a murderer."
Connor's eyes softened at her remark, "Kie, you know it was an accident, I was drunk,"
"You still pushed him off the balcony, McKinnon, I am not gonna forget that."
"Kie, I'm sorry, I think my drink was spiked."
"You ruined my life, McKinnon, you ruined every single thing I held dear to me. You killed Kent, you're the reason my best friend hates me, and you're the reason I am like this. Unless you can bring Kent back, you can take your sorry and shove it up your ass."
Kiera walked away to her car and drove away without sparing a second glance at Connor.
"God, please, provide me a way out of this world." she sighed.
***
'Looking for the lost hope
In your eyes
Waiting for the first snow
And the next sunrise.
You'll never walk alone
Cuz I'll be waiting at the horizon
It's the promise
When the first snow touches the ground, your wish will come true.'
The members of Ivy walked out as they finally finished recording their new song. It was called "Promise" and was a part of their new album called "Winter Sunrise". It was one of the most anticipated songs in the whole album and KaS entertainment knew fans had been waiting for it most patiently.
"Katsu," Hanseok swung his hand over his shoulder as the two of them walked to the changing rooms with the other members.
"Hanseok-hyung," Rin acknowledged.
"Did you speak to Joon-nim? Or Seojun hyung?"
Rin stiffened. After their talk, Rin had tried his best to avoid everyone like a plague. He didn't want anyone to know about his health. He hadn't even visited the hospital for his regular check up. He just didn't want anyone to worry about him, even his brother.
"Yes," the lie flowed out so easily that Rin himself found it hard to not believe himself.
Crinkles appeared at the corner of Hanseok's eyes as he smiled.
"Glad you did that, you don't have to stay late then."
Rin didn't want to burst his bubble as they continued walking home after their recording. He plopped himself on his bed as his vision board ceiling appeared in his view. His parents were against him having using the ceiling as a vision board, worried about his neck. Who wouldn't? Hanging stuff right above your head so high? But Rin liked it like that. He liked to see it before he fell asleep and right after he woke up.
But today, the vision board seemed like a faraway dream. He didn't know what he was doing. What once was his dream, was now just something he did for money. It didn't seem worth it anymore.
"God please provide me a way out of this world."
Little did they know the Webnovel gods were looking down on them.