Chapter 8

My Birthday already arrived and I invited Claude and Cythe

I'm still not sure if Cythe would come but we're friends of course he'll come!

Night fell and all of the visitors came

Bustling noises could be heard from afar because of the guests

They talked here, there, anywhere

I got bored by my own party so I looked for Claude

But surprisingly he's very popular

You can see his red hair sticking out and he's surrounded by a bunch of ladies

Oops, he saw me he's asking for help

I covered my face and turned around walking away from him

So sorry my friend but I don't want to be the center of hate if I decided to help

So talking with Claude could lead to danger so I look around and looked for Cythe

"Where is he?"

I can't find him anywhere so I decided to go outside to take a fresh air whilst trying to find Cythe

I heard rustling noises

I followed the sound and there I saw Cythe

He seems to be looking at the moon

"Hey!"

He jumped

"Hehe I scared you huh?"

He looked at me and turned back to look at the moon

I sat down beside him he didn't ask why and didn't even look my way

We both sat there silently

...

This is getting a little awkward

"So... Why are you outside and not inside?"

I asked to stop this awkward silence

He didn't look at me but answered

"Why, can't I be outside?"

This boy he's being very rude but at least he still answered

In the past even if I asked him he would not even budge, this salty boy

While I was thinking and talking inside of my head

He turned to look at me and asked

"You, why are you here? This is your birthday"

Oh he asked a question that's good

"Well this may be my birthday but there's a little too many adults and it's no fun, there's nothing to do"

And if you're wondering on how we could afford this birthday my mother asked for her sister's help to make this birthday

Both of us looked up the moon it's getting a little quiet again so I asked him

"Is there something wrong? You look sad"

He looked at me surprised he must've trying to hide it

"That's none of your business"

*gasp* this-

"Hey what are you talking about?! My friend has a problem and it is logical to ask for what's wrong, hey Cythe WE. ARE. FRIENDS."

I said those angrily

Saying it's none of my business hurt me

Maybe i'm just overreacting he must not be ready to say anything

So I regretted what I said

"Look Cythe i'm sor-"

I was about to finish my sentence but then he answered

"I am just missing my mother it's no big deal"

He said in a sad tone I can't see it in his face but I can tell it in his tone

He and his mother were very close even his father

But their relationship cracked when the wife/mother died because of an illness she had

Cythe cried very hard and his father shut himself up

I can't say anything knowing what had happened

"...hey Cythe"

He looked at me and I looked at him w

We both met each other's eyes

"I can be your mother"

I smiled

He then looked at me cringing his face

"What? I can be your mother or I can be your big sister!"

He kept cringing his face and asked

"How old are you anyway?"

What?!

He didn't even know my age I thought we were friends

"I am 8 today how about you?"

Truth is, me too I don't know his age Author never really mentioned this side of the story

Author only mentioned their age when him and the female lead met

"10"

He answered

So he's older than me huh

"That's why you can't be my mom your to young"

He said

"Why? I can be your big sister then"

I answered enthusiastically

He shook his head

"As I said you can't be my mother nor be my big sister because you are not older than me"

He answered disagreeing

"You can just pretend that i'm older Cythe"

He shook he's head again

"I disagree, i am older so I could be your big brother"

Cythe is talking a lot now that's good

"Yes yes, I understand you could be the big brother and I can be the big sister!"

He looked at me and made a face

But then he stopped arguing

"Hehe I win!"

I answered while pointing at myself

"We weren't even fighting"

he answered

Both of us looked at the moon

I kept thinking without his mother beside him

Without his father taking care if him

He must have took care of himself and forced to mature quickly

He's still 10 he should be playing around

"Hey Cythe, your mom may not be here anymore but i'm here, me and Claude are here with you"

I looked at him and he looked back

"You see if your having a hard time you can always come to us, Claude might be hostile to you but... I'm sure that he also consider you as his friend"

He looked at me like he was about to cry

"Why are you even doing this trying to make me feel better?"

He asked

"Because that's what friends are for"

I smiled gently and patted his head

He won't show it but I know he's very happy to hear that

I went near him and hugged him and patted his back and said

"Cythe you can cry... you can cry loudly, softly, anything"

I can't see it but he must be crying right now

I can hear a small sniffle, he tried to hide it but I can hear clearly

He matured alone he has friends but not real friends

I read in the novel that his friends grew up to just betray him

I hope they die honestly

My goal is to not die help my mother, protect Claude but I think i'll add a little bit... To save Claude from despair and not only them if I ever meet FL I will also give my best to help her!

I hear him sniffling he must be really crying

When I was still trying to make him feel better

"What are the both of you doing?"

Someone talked from the back i turned to look and there I saw Claude standing

"Why are you guys hugging?!"

Cythe quickly pushed me away and wiped away his tears and said

"You, what are you doing here?"

Claude looked at him angrily

And the both of them stared at each other menacingly

One is a cat and the other is a dog

This must be a great start for my first birthday in this novel

To be Continued~