Complete Puzzle

The boy wakes up to a crackling fire sounds. He collects his own soul and grasps the new unfamiliar place. A young man sits in front of him, looking at the bonfire at night. The boy is wrapped in a worn-out blanket on the ground. The young man notices his eye gaze that pierces through his body. He turns his back to the boy.

"You finally awake! I know you're still alive cause we're immortal."

The boy's eyes gleamed with curiosity.

"You are immortal too?" The boy inquires.

"Yes, you remember Professor Davis Watson? "

"You mean the one who injected some strange liquid on my body and then you and I become miserable immortals?"

"What? no, Mate. That professor saved our lives."

The boy's eyes widen.

"What do you mean he saved our lives? he turned us into immortal beings that couldn't die, I hate that." The boy creases his eyebrows

"Gosh, you forget everything." The young man stops his sentence, then continues, "We were about to turn into the creatures. He gave you and me the antidote. Though it's not perfect."

"What?" The boy rasps.

"He was really nice. He couldn't stand looking at us being lab rats. But, he also couldn't let us go from that place." He shuts his eyes remembering their time with Professor Watson.

"You said that I'm number four, and you are number one. Then, where do other children go?"

"They all die in the Lab before us…we were the last ones that received strange injections from the mad scientists, Professor Watson knew that the injection was killing most of the children one by one. He managed to make the formula to save the children after several attempts, but only both of us survived." Number one explains.

"But it is still not perfect…right?" The boy shots back.

"Yes, that is why you and I…" The young man pauses.

"We have no heat," The boy completes his sentence as if he's reading his mind.

"Then…why did he leave us?"

"Oh come on, four…he did all he could. He had a family to be protected too. You and I, we both had a crush on his daughter."

"His daughter you mean…" The boy gulps anxiously knowing that he has misunderstood the situation all along.

"Brooke Watson, she's the most beautiful girl we have ever seen." The young man smiles.

The boy gets into silence mode. All along she has been liking the girl for a long time without him knowing. That is why he always feels a strange tingling around her. She's all he ever wanted.

"Professor Watson, he showed us her picture so many times." The young man chuckles. "We can't help but like her." He adds.

"Then why do I have memories of living in the city and stuff?"

"That's maybe the movies that we watched with Professor Watson. All of us couldn't go out of the lab. Sometimes, he brought a projector to show us the world."

"Actually, he gave you and me a name." He states calmly.

"It's Aiden, your name," The young man curves a smile.

"Aiden…" The boy's pupils dilate.

"As for me, I'm River."

The boy looks at him jealously.

"Hey! why did he name you River and I'm Aiden. Your name is cooler," He protests.

"Hey, I didn't get to choose too. God, you just don't change at all," He sighs.

"Then, why was I alone in the woods then?"

"I was the one who told you, we were together before. After the disaster happened, we got out of the lab. We survived in the city for several months. However, I decided that we should go to the woods because it's way more dangerous in the city. But on our way to the woods, we encountered dangerous creatures."

"Then…did you sacrifice yourself?" Aiden presses his mouth together.

"Yeah, I lured the monsters and I got badly hurt too."

"Why didn't you go to the woods to find me?"

"I did, I got lost in the woods and met other people instead. They asked me to join the government organization that kills zombies as our last hope for humanity."

"So you gave up searching for me?" his eyes become teary.

"Oh come on, I just thought maybe you find a better life. You probably find someone else too." he reasoned.

Well, he is not wrong. He met Brooke instead. He likes her. Thank God, River was not the one who met Brooke. He probably gonna snatches her away. Now that he looks at him, he hates to deny but River is a handsome young man. He got two cute dimples. Two big brown eyes. Plus a cute smile. He looks cheerful too, unlike him.

"So unfair," He lets out the words from his mouth unconsciously.

"What is?" River's left eyebrow raised in confusion.

"Nothing, really, how long have I slept?"

"About three days,"

Aiden jumps up. "Three days?!" he exclaims.

"I need to go back now," He hurriedly grabs his bag beside him.

"Mate, calm down…you're still hurt. Why do you want to go back so early, is someone waiting for you?"

"Huh…?no, no," Aiden avoids River's flashing eyes.

"Is it a girl?" his eyes stare suddenly change.

"No, it is not."

"Then I'll take you there,"

Aiden does not answer him and just stands silent.

"I know it. It's a girl." River smiles mischievously.

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