Behind lies

"Don't worry, we'll surely help you! That is Affirmative!"

"All the time!"

"That's a thing that I'll never say no!"

Mark, Xeno, and Aldrich shouted in order. I was confused why Mark was inside our classroom. I asked him, and he responded with, "I saw Miss Rhealyn pass by the hallway, and I approached her then I helped her carry her stuffs. While we were heading towards her office, she suddenly told me that you were sleeping during her class. I literally laughed in front of her. Anyways... Sigh, don't worry about it... Xeno already explained the situation to Miss Rhealyn, and I just backed it up. No need to worry -- Amigo --."

"Ohhh..." Was the only reaction inside my head. I placed both of my hands on top of my head, and my mind suddenly turned crazy.

Weird letters appeared in my front, and a huge amount of electricity came running towards my eye.

My head kept on displaying letters inside my vision, and suddenly... The electricity that I had seen in my front closed it's distance on my position. I was about to shout "Help!", but Aldrich suddenly stood up from his chair and stood up in my front.

"Hey Crid---" he tried to say something, but I interrupted him with a hug. My teardrops fell as I hugged him from my seat. It's maybe just my imagination, but I think I heard him say, "Mou".

I didn't mind it anyway and I just kept hugging him while I was crying. Xeno stood up from his chair and tapped Aldrich's shoulder. Mark, who was standing beside our classroom's entrance, approached me. He patted my head, and I saw the three of them nod in unison.

I wondered about what they're planning, but I shrugged of my curiosity when Aldrich raised his arms and hugged me back.

After that, Aldrich and Xeno went back to their chairs. Mark also went back to his classroom. I decided to put my doubt aside for now, because I really think that it's the one destroying me.

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Aldrich and Xeno went back to their chairs after calming Ascrid down. Aldrich was still worried about him, even though he stopped crying.

He's knows that something is off about his friend, or rather he literally knows what is off about his friend.

"Mou... I literally heard that name earlier, when that system error occured." Aldrich argued about something inside his mind.

Xeno on the other hand, remembered something about the abnormal occurrence earlier.

The memory he remembered was blurry, but for him... He knew that he did something unforgivable to Ascrid. Although Xeno wasn't able to hurt his friend, the guilt of making it cry is devouring him. He stayed in his chair quietly, as if he's meditating... Though deep inside him was a heart overflowing with guilt and a mind that is full of confusions.

Mark also felt that something was off. Because everytime they're near Ascrid, a strange event occurs. He wanted to believe that all of it are just coincidences, but all of it are occuring too often.

"The time that someone jumped off a building... he was there, earlier this morning I felt a static shock when I touched his shoulder, and earlier while I was inside our classroom... My head keeps saying that i should kill him..." Mark said inside his mind.

The three are starting to realize that something was off about Ascrid. Little did they know that they're on their ways to unravel the truth about the simulation they are in.