Chapter 11

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"Hey kiddo,why are you here crying all by yourself? Don't you have anyone to take care of you?"

"Who ar...r...e y....you?"I asked trying to move away but I stopped in my tracks because he.....

"I'm.... let's just say I'm your shadow..."

"Shadow?" The four year old me asked with wide eyes and a voice full of curiosity. I immediately regretted it because the boy came and sat really close to me before he began to speak.

"You are crying because you feel lonely right? I'll tell you something, crying is only for the weaklings... I've never seen my parents since I was born, I only have my butler to watch over me....yet I've never complained even if I wanted to. Don't cry....you are too beautiful to be crying.."

I looked up and saw the distant look on his face but what mesmerized me was how pretty his face was. I don't know why but the four year old me wanted to feel how smooth his face was,it took all I had to hold myself back and luckily he stood and left. Before he left,he bent down and kissed my lips before running away. That had caught me off guard that I failed to completely process what had just happened.

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As I looked at Moulyne,all those childhood memories came rushing back and I found myself hugging him. He didn't try to protest but he didn't respond either,he too was lost in thought. We stayed that way for a while and I felt him easen up.

"Why do you always appear where I am?"

I withdrew and look at him but he had the same distant look like earlier, it's like he was talking to himself. He stood up and began to walk away without saying a word. I followed him and asked him where he was going and he said home. I offered to escort him but he rejected my offer saying he was alright. I felt like he needed me but for the first time I didn't have the courage to do something so I simply stood there and watched him walk away. What he had said bothered me so much

....what did he even mean by saying that? When I got home, I sat by my bed and all that I could think of then is Rowlyne....what was wrong with me? I went down for breakfast after shower then headed out for school. When I got there, I found Rowlyne seated and in all honesty, I was shocked. I had always been the first to get to class but today,I was second. He smirked when he saw the suprised look on my face and before I knew it,our eyes locked and I felt my heart skip a beat. I took my seat n pretended to read my physics book but my brain couldn't understand a word...when did he begin messing with my brain like this? I felt movement behind me but I dared not look back and I prayed for someone to walk in and gladly three girls walked in and the shock on their face could not be assumed. I heard Rowlyne curse at the three girls and a breath of relief escaped my lips. Shortly after he tapped me on the back and gave me a note and what was written in it gave me chills...

"I heard that, it's not over though"....and when I turned to look at him,he stared at his comic book and pretended like he did nothing.