9 Friend?

"Aahhhh it's so cold." Putting on a blanket and sitting in the back of the ambulance, I wrapped my arms around him to keep him warm.

This chill didn't come from the air temperature outside this hospital, but from a man who had been blowing his mouth at me beside me ever since.

"Haaaa-huuuu… Haaaa-huuuu… How are you, are you feeling better?"

"No, I'm not sick at all."

"OK. Haaa-huuu..." He blew me again.

When Shiva and I managed to get out of there, Shiva and I were immediately taken care of by quite a several members here. They quickly gave us treatment, including on the back of my body that was hit by the Astral's claws as well as on my head.

Here so many military cars, police, even luxury black car parked on the road. Some of them wore white uniforms with blue pants/skirts, full black with a helmet covered with a bulletproof vest, and uniforms like the medical team in general.

And this man beside me, who was constantly blowing at me, was wearing a medical uniform covered in a long white robe. Although his hair is quite tacky, like wearing pomade with brownish-black hair, his face can still cover the lack of hair, his face is so handsome with slightly white skin.

But still, until now, I don't know why he did this to me.

"Haaaaa-huuuu..."

His mouth smells so good, he must take good care of his teeth.

"My father said, if something is hot, it must be blown first."

"No, I'm not food." I turned to him, "why are you seeding me with food that is still hot?"

"Your body temperature is so hot, so I have to lower it."

"No, that won't help."

What he said was true, that my body temperature was so hot with a temperature of 40° Celcius. They, apart from treating me, also checked my entire body, whether I was a human or an Astral disguised as a human. They did that for their safety as well, so it didn't matter to me.

But the problem now is my hot body temperature. Even though they checked my temperature it was so hot, but I didn't feel the fever at all. This is quite strange to me, especially since I just got hurt and exhausted by constantly thinking about what happened in that hospital.

"How? Has your body temperature started to drop? If not… Haaaa-huuuu… Haaaa-huuu."

"That won't help at all."

After saying that, I immediately turned to the front, just as Shiva was taking something in the van. A few moments later, I found out that she was taking out her equipment, a rifle, earphones plugged into her ears, and a gun in her thigh pocket.

"What does she want to do?"

After having prepared all the equipment, she walked over to me.

"Akio, I will go in there, you stay here until everything is finished," said Shiva, having reached in front of me.

"Haaaa-huu… Haaa-huuu." Ignoring Shiva's presence nearby, he kept blowing on me.

"You want to go there again?"

"Yes."

I don't know what happened thereafter I went out, but I could still hear gunshots from inside. So chances are, the creature is still alive and the nineteen people are fighting it.

If that's the case, I should have helped them to fight it too.

"May I join?" To make sure that I have to help them, I asked Shiva about it.

"Do not! You don't go there, it's too dangerous for you, Akio. You don't even know how we fought the Astral yet, and you just got injured. So you just stay here."

"Oh, I see..."

In reality, I couldn't help Shiva to fight the creature. Because my previous life was just a laborer in the fields, I never got involved with anything like this. Plus, I don't know how to operate various weapons properly. So, what's best for me right now is to stay here until all of this is over.

"Then..." Shiva turned around, "I'll go first."

"Wait!" Holding her hand before she walks, I stop her.

"Why, Akio?"

"Be careful. I don't want to lose my family again. So, I beg you, you must be safe."

"Okay, I promise."

Releasing her away from me, I could only see her walking towards the door without another word.

"Haaaaaa-huuuu..."

"Can you stop doing that?"

After I told him, he immediately stopped and turned to Shiva who was walking, then he lit a cigarette and offered me.

"You want?"

I immediately took it because it's free cigarettes.

I am not yet allowed to smoke, but because my environment is filled with parents who always smoke, I have followed them to smoke since I was 14 years old. And strangely enough, they were happy about it and thought I was an adult.

"You're very lucky to have known Hermawan-san, aren't you."

After he said that and after I burned the cigarette, I immediately turned to him and saw him staring at something from the part of Shiva's body, namely her buttocks.

"You don't mess with her. You know, if you look at her like that, the rifle in her hand will aim at you later and kill you."

"Wow, that's terrible. What is she all that?"

"I do not know. But it's just, she is not comfortable when seen like that."

"You know a lot about her, don't you."

"Yeah, because we've been friends since childhood."

Are Shiva's strengths and weaknesses, I know more than anyone else. We were always together since childhood and lived peacefully in the village, so we understood each other well.

If Shiva chooses A, then I will also be forced to choose A because it was forced by her. If I refuse not to take care of her livestock, then she will keep asking me to take care of her livestock until I agree to it. If I reveal one thing about her foolishness, then Shiva will reveal all my foolishness. That's how close we are.

She will always want to win and won't give up on me.

But even so, she kept an eye on me.

"No wonder you know so much about Hermawan-san, it turns out that you've been her friend since childhood."

After he said that, Shiva had already entered in there, and I immediately turned to the man.

"Why are you suddenly talking about it?"

"Before she entered Wlynina Military School, I met her once."

"Hmph? You met her?"

"Yes."

"Is that so... So?"

"At that time, she was lost when she first arrived in this city. Having silver hair like that makes many men want to approach her with the intention of not helping her."

"..." I heard what he said about Shiva who just arrived here.

"Some grown men started to approach her and take her somewhere. At that time, I was just passing by and saw something in the narrow alley. When my eyes were clear, I saw her breaking the hands of some of the grown men."

"Shiva-chan did it?"

"Yeah, she did. After a while, suddenly she looked at me sharply and scared me. I asked what were you doing there, but she instead ran up to me and picked me up and threw me up."

"Haha..." I laughed at what he said. "She is fierce, isn't she?"

"Several times I tried to explain that I just happened to be passing by, but she didn't even hear me. After a while of being tortured, I was finally saved thanks to the appearance of someone who knew me. After my friend explained that I was a medical team member, she finally apologized to me but with an innocent face."

"Haha, she is like that, don't want to be wrong. All women are like that too, don't want to be blamed."

"After that incident, I didn't see her again. Two years later, I met her while helping her squad in operations in Voniyu Village. I was surprised to see that she was already good at fighting with those creatures, I didn't even think that what I saw was she. She is just like everyone else when it comes to fighting. Her abilities are great."

"You were with her when… what was that?"

"During the operation in Voniyu Village."

"That is what I mean."

"Yeah, we met each other and got to know each other, and she also apologized to me once again about what happened."

Hearing stories about Shiva from him, made me feel that I was no worse than him. After all, Shiva was that kind of woman, so I didn't hear any stories about her like that.

I think this guy is cool to talk about Shiva. He showed me what I didn't know about Shiva while she was here.

"Yeah, I couldn't believe she was like that, even though she has a pretty face."

"Yes, you are right."

Sharing stories is so fun for me, even with people I know. Since the first, I have always been a good listener when I was planting rice with other farmers in the fields, in the village where I live. What they talk about always cheers me up and makes me feel that time flies. And the time with them is now gone.

Since I need a new friend here, so I want to make this person my first friend here.

I turned to him.

"I'm Akio Samsudin, what's your name?"

He turned to me with a smirk on his face.

"My name is Sakata."

"AKIO, BEWARE!!!"

Suddenly I heard Shiva's voice on the other side. When I turned to look at her, I saw people aiming their guns at me.

Surprised by that, I once again turned to the man. However, suddenly my neck couldn't move and I couldn't turn my head towards him.

By turning my body towards him, I can see him and he is smiling broadly in front of me with his eyes turning dark red.

Seeing his slowly changing face, I was instantly shocked.

"You…"

"Die, Akio-kun, and… nice to meet you!"