Now that Irina was out of the picture I thought about something, something so obvious that it became completely hard to tell before. I was a complete stranger to everyone in this scenario.
Just a young kid who wandered into the unknown for some unnecessary answers.
The unknowns where hundreds of people looked at me like wolves to sheep, while some misunderstood me into someone who had something incredible, a place where only Irina knew me.
No, perhaps even if Irina was here, I barely knew anything about her. Just because she was helping me does not mean she was much different. Like the Pig Guy, who gave me all this authority but he was the one who dragged me in here in the first place... Irina wasn't much different.
Perhaps she is the one who killed the Pig Guy and used his phone to make that announcement.
I cannot read Irina, so maybe all of this was fake, all of her feelings, her acts and everything... fake and lies.
Rather was I familiar with anyone to begin with? Last I remembered everyone who I know now have tried or completely took advantage of me at least once. Dad, mom, Luke, Noelle, Charlotte, Norman, Clay, Camille, Robin and now Irina.
The only person who did not do that was Chandler, that was until now. Even if this mission is his final request for help, it was still a betrayal to me that he didn't trust me to even tell me what was going to happen to him.
These dark thoughts surrounded me, as I looked up at the sky, it was painted in black. There was no escape when I was covered by-
*Ring* My almost realistic dream was shattered with a single phone call.
I took deep breaths before I picked up the phone.
"Hello." I still answered the phone in a sleepy and irritated voice.
"SHADE?!"
"That's my name."
Took me a second but I could recognize Noelle's scream.
"Wh- Shade answer honestly".
What? She seemed too shocked for some reason, first screaming now questioning. I cannot help but think that I did something.
"Why are you answering from Irina's phone while being sleepy?! You two didn't-"
"We didn't".
"That's too quick! It's almost suspicious!"
"Still I'm not letting my 14 year old sister's imagination run wild in my relationship with my girlfriend, and stop seeing those weird dramas."
"I cannot believe you! Why do you sound exhausted?! You're usually up by now on weekdays but you were sleeping as if you were awake at night! Agh! Just give the phone back to Irina!"
"She is sleeping in her room also good morning." Greetings are important after all.
"Wha-" I hung up the phone before she could reply.
I thought I was too excellent of a person to be doubted by anyone based on my behaviour but I guess it is impossible to live without phones nowadays.
I was up last night but it was to think about White Mage's plan. Also why does Noelle trust Irina more than me, Irina lies almost ten times more if compared with me.
That stupid dream annoys me the most. It didn't make much sense and is technically implying me to live alone in a cave away from the humans' dark side.
So what if my social circle is made up of liars and deceivers. I'm one of them if not the worst one out of them. Also speaking of Irina I should check on her.
I went to the room she was sleeping in.
I moved her last night to Noelle's room with the help of others for her safety. She looked fine without any abnormalities. I slowly scanned her through my eyes from head to toes.
Seeing her lying down I could see how amazing her looks were even without any makeup or surgery. Even her figure was incredible by today's standards, her thin waist and-... NO! Agh! Why did I start thinking like that again.
My thoughts were disrupted by the feeling of guilt for Irina with head wrapped around with a bandage lying defenceless on Noelle's bed unaware of my thoughts.
I could not only have saved her if I wasn't fantasising like an idiot but I also could have saved many more lives if I somehow revealed the Hunter.
It was not new that I found someone attractive but it was the first time that I was openly showing it. In my mind I could think of two scenarios for it, I have either developed a type of fetish or I'm developing a crush on Irina.
Both, or at least one of the scenarios may sound good compared to other but are concerning for me, who has never acted his age. This was only because of the acting of the couple we did.
Deep down I knew she would start to act like a stranger the moment her job with me was done. Even with less than a week of connection I knew just what kind of person Irina was, as she said we were quite similar who could know what the other person may think…
In my mind there was also a theory about her relationship with Chandler that I was intentionally avoiding for my own sake, what if she was really a lover but instead of mine, she was the partner of Chandler. She knew his death and what if he asked her to act the way with me as she would treat Chandler...
A replacement.
…
I looked at Irina with a somewhat weird expression filled with mixed feelings and left her room right after.