It had been 12 days since my relationship with Leila broke up, I haven't talked to her since then and even If I somehow meet up by accident she avoids me. At first, Adrian wanted to know what happened between us to help us mend our relationship but that stopped when I flatly declined him.
I felt awkward when I met Adrian so I also started to put some distance between us but my act or the intention of distancing from himself failed when he cried. The memory of him desperately crying while pulling my clothes is still fresh in my mind. His hands were shaking, His face drowned in tears as he begged me not to do it, to not cut ties with him too.
In the end, it was Jack who suddenly came out of nowhere and pulled Adrian away from me, He took Adrian with him and came after nearly 15 minutes. Adrian had stopped crying but his eyes were still red, seeing his face made me think Leila was crying like this too but I threw that thought away as soon It came to me.
We still talked but he and I never mentioned or brought up the topic of Leila, It was hard for me to talk to him like everything was alright but after some time I adjusted to everything.
Today was the day Jack had asked me to come up with him, I initially wanted to know what he wanted but he declined and stubbornly said that I have to come with him.
I met him at the edge of the village which was secluded and had hardly anyone coming here, He sat on the ground and was enjoying the summer heat.
I looked at him who had called me here On such a hot day, It's not like it affected me and I could even think of it as training but he was not me. The last thing I wanted was for him to get sick.
"Jack I knew you had a strange fetish from the first time I met you but I didn't think you were a masochist"
"Mas-what, hey I don't know what you mean but I can tell it doesn't mean anything good"
We lightly bickered and he made an annoyed face at me, Even though he was sitting and not doing any exercises still his entire body and clothes were drenched in sweat.
Now I think about it Jack and I had become closest friends, unlike Adrian and Peter I felt most comfortable Talking with him, I think it was because he knew what to say and when to back up.
I looked at the sun, The 2 suns which hovered in the sky were shining and illuminating the world. A planet can have 2 suns if each of them emits half of the energy as the Earth's sun but it is also possible that it is some kind of fantasy phenomenon, I mean the game had many secrets that were not uncovered even at its end, The hardcore gamers were waiting for the 2nd part of the game and after there was no news of it they tried to track the developer but it was useless.
I am not even sure if the laws of physics work the same here, The basic Laws of physics like fire being hot and ice being cold are the same but I can't be sure of more advanced laws or principles that govern this plane.
I was lost in my thoughts when suddenly Jack stood up and poked me in the face.
"What are you doing?"
"You know you should change that habit of yours, It doesn't give a good impression to others when you suddenly go into a daze during a conversation"
He looked at me and shook his face making it look like I was a child and he was an adult teaching me the ways of society. A vein bulged in my head in annoyance, I wanted to punch him but calmed myself repeating in my mind he was just a child.
I am not someone to get ticked by others but he has a way with his words that too in a negative way, While I was beating him in my mind he suddenly became serious and asked me a question that stunned me.
"Dustin are you going to join Arcane Academy in the future"
I became quiet for some time and then replied to him with a question of mine.
"Why are you speaking like it's a given I can join the Academy anytime I want, Do you even know what the academy means and how many geniuses compete to get in it? The nobles train their children with Treasures and elixirs that we can't afford even if the entire village works for a lifetime, There are lineages so old that they trace to ancient times so why do you think I can do it"
Jack looked at me and said without any hesitation in his mind.
"You ask me why I think you can do it, I don't know why but I just feel that if it's Dustin you might be able to do anything or be anything"
"Is that what you told Adrian that I am going to join the academy, The reason I am going to such an extent pulling everyone away from me is cause I think I am going to become a bigshot and that you people are not qualified to be with me"
"Yes I did say the exact same words you said to me"
I became speechless when he said this to me, shouldn't he deny saying this about me or Is it just me being weird? He looked at me with a smirk on his face and told me.
"I just lied to you right now, I didn't say anything close to this but I simply wanted to provoke you"
I was exasperated right now, he wasn't this kind of person in the past. Did my bad habits rub on him in the wrong way?