Hypnosis

(Adam's POV)

Leaving the SC room with the absent-minded Honami. I decided not to say anything. Letting her process the information will be the right course of action.

We walked through the hallway with only the sound of our steps rang through the corridor. It's almost dusk so it's understandable that no one will stay on the campus at this hour. We talk in the SC room for hours after all.

I also search around if there is any CCTV camera. Since I didn't want to school to see us like this...

"Ne, Kirusu-kun. Is everything you said earlier the truth?"

After a brief moment of silence. She finally said something.

"You don't trust me?"

I asked her which she shakes her head.

"No, I trust you. What I mean to say is that... Is that the whole truth?" She said forcefully.

I stop walking and stood still making Honami also stop at her track. Rather than directly answering her, I answer with a question...

"Honami, everyone has their secret that they don't want to share even with their loved ones. And I'm sure you have one as well, correct?"

Silence follow afterward. Honami only stared at my back with sudden realization. For "no apparent" reason... her eyes suddenly widened, her body started to shake and tears started to form in her eyes. When I look at her and saw her current state, I was surprised. But I didn't comfort her, I only stood still, and waited. There is no turning back...

"I-I'm s-sorry, *hic* Kirusu-kun, I-I didn't mean to..."

'I may have overdone it,' I sigh, looking at her appearance now, she looks like an abandoned child in contrast to her usual bubbly and confident self. Seeing this side of her made her look more "human" to me.

I turn my back to face her. She didn't look at me in the eyes but only stared at the floor, avoiding eye contact. I silently walked in front of her.

"Honami, look me in eyes,"

"B-but I..."

"Look at me," this time, I said with the most gentleness I could make.

She stopped shaking. Her body slowly relaxes then she finally looks at me with teary-eyed.

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(Honami POV)

I'm scared...

Why do I feel like I'm going to be abandon again?

NO, ANYTHING BUT THAT! I DON'T WANT TO BE ALONE AGAIN!

This situation made me remembered the crime I committed in the past. The crying face that my mother made, and the disappointed look that my sister had. I don't want to see the same look on Kirusu's face. I don't want him to look at me as the failure that I am.

Imagining that possibility made me cry. It's suffocating. It made me so scared that I would do anything to prevent that from happening.

He started walking in front of me. I could feel my perception of reality crumbles.

It feels like time slows down.

"Look me in the eyes, Honami,"

I didn't look at him but only stared at the floor.

"B-but I..."

I couldn't be able to say anything because my mind is in a full mess. I only become even more afraid and anxious.

"Look at me," He said with the most gentle voice I ever heard from him.

When I heard those words, suddenly all of my anxiety and nervousness slowly faded away. My broken perception of reality which was in a state of crumbling slowly return to normal. I fell... alive.

My body and mind slowly relaxed because of those words, I suddenly feel like sleeping. I remember my past when mom was singing a lullaby to me and my sister.

When I lift my head to look at his eyes. My imagination of him looking at me with anger or disappointed look was shattered by his gentle eyes and with a gentle smile.

My heart started to beat fast. Adrenaline rush through my whole body, including my face which made my face become red.

"As long as you understand Honami, that's all that matters,"

He said while crouching a little to look at me after that he put his hands against my cheeks, wiping my tears away. He put his face a few inches away from my face to the point that we could feel each other's breath.

This action of his made me blushed more to the point my whole face is red.

"Why are you so damn cute, Honami,"

I just stood there, absent-minded. I only come to my senses when Kirusu started walking away and was already quite far away from me. I run to catch up and walked beside him.

I never realize that that was the moment I started to have feelings for him...

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(Adam POV)

Closing the door to my room. I immediately went straight to my bed and lay there. I ignored the rumbling sounds my stomach made. Because satisfying my hunger was the last thing on my mind.

I just lay in there, rewatching the scene that happened earlier in my mind. I was bewildered. I would never have thought that my power would have such an effect on people. I remember the sad look Honami made, the tears that indirectly show that I made her sad. Somehow, I feel a pain in my chest. As for that power...

Hypnosis, a state of consciousness in which a person loses the power of voluntary action and is highly responsive to suggestion or direction.

I discovered a couple of weeks ago that I have this power within my grasp.

Making people entered the state of hypnosis exist a long time ago. But hypnotist can only hypnotize people if the victim wants to be hypnotized.

But my power is different, I could hypnotize any living things. This, however, has a setback. I could only hypnotize any living thing which is in an emotional state. Meaning, this would be useless to someone like Kiyotaka.

I'm still oblivious to the science behind these powers, or if there is any in the first place. But I notice that when I intent to hypnotize something, my body started to sweat a lot. This is the only thing I discovered weird. But other than that, nothing else is worth mentioning.

Anyway, I wasted a couple of hours relaxing, without doing anything particular. As for my hunger, it's completely gone now... another weird thing about my body is that I don't require to eat as much as an ordinary person would do. This is always a plus in my book.

*ring, ring*

The quiet ambiance of the room was disturbed by the sound of my phone ringing. "who is calling at this hour?" I thought. I reach for my phone and open it to see who is the caller. It was Honami, well, it's not surprising she would call me, I should expect this. The only thing I'm confused about is why she called me this late in the night.

"Hello, Good evening Kirusu-kun. Did I bother you? are you sleeping?" She speaks heavily like she was in a hurry. She bombarded me with questions before I could even say anything.

"Honami, is something the matter?" She normally wouldn't speak like this.

'Is my hypnosis still in effect?' No, I doubt it.

"Um, no, nothing particular..." after that, she didn't say anything.

I didn't want to make the situation awkward so I asked her another question. These situations are one of the things the red room didn't teach me anything about. That's why I'm so clueless on what to do.

"So, um, is there anything you need from me?"

She didn't answer, I could only able to hear a quiet shriek before the line got cut off.

"...*toot*"

'Did she just... did she just hang up on me? What the hell.' I looked at the screen of my phone, speechlessly.

'Now I'm seriously worried that I may have done something wrong somewhere... I just hope that she's ok... Should I called her? no, it's better if I leave her alone for now'

Putting those thoughts at the back of my head. I went to sleep.

The next day, I entered the classroom as usual. My friends greeted me as I walk to my chair.

"Yow, Kirusu. Good morning," Tetsuya greeted. "Morning," I return the pleasantries.

Pulling the chair and taking a seat, Yukino, greeted me. "Good Morning," She said while holding a book as usual. I greeted her in return and we just seat in silence. Ever since the first day of school, she and I never had a proper conversation. She and I only acknowledge each other's presence but never got close enough to call each other friends.

Nevertheless, I want to at least become friends with her. But wanting and actually doing it is a completely different story. I lied when I said that I made friends with everyone because she is the only classmate that I haven't learn anything about.

'I guessed let nature take its course,'

Speaking of which, Honami returns to her usual self but the bad thing is that she is avoiding me. But I am glad that nothing happened to her. I wouldn't be able to make an excuse if something bad happened to her.

I take one last look to observe everyone. Finding that everything is the same as usual, I close my eyes and wait for the class to start... and before I even know it another day of doing absolutely "nothing", ended.

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A couple of days passed since then, and here I'm in my room watching some sports on the tv to pass some time. I continue to glance at the time every once in a while. Getting bored watching, I decided to do stargazing. I got up from my couch and opened the window to glance at the beauty of the night sky.

This made me remembered when I was a kid in my past life.

As a kid, I have a habit of looking at the night sky. The idea of life exists out there, fascinated me. The idea of maybe we are not alone in the universe, maybe there are civilizations out there that we can encounter if we just look closely... this thought process gives birth to a dream... an incomprehensible dream...a dream of exploring the unknown universe.

I envisioned myself to be the one who will lead humanity to explore every star, planet, or even entire galaxies. As a kid, my grandparents didn't think too much about it. I mean, after all, I was just a naive kid who doesn't know anything about this world. But as I grow up, they started to look at me like I was insane... as a teenager at the time who depends on them for survival, I was traumatized. As a human being, not being accepted by the people who raise you is a terrifying thought.

So as a defense mechanism, I unknowingly hide that part of me deep down in my subconscious. But that also made me lose my motivation to look forward to the future. At that point in my life, I only live to satisfy the expectations that my grandparents and everyone around me have. At that point in my life, I only live for others.

And now, as an adult(Mentally not physically), I completely understand them. And they were right, I was naive to believe that I could lead an entire species. I was naive to believe that I alone, could lead Humanity... I was truly naive...

But now, I have something my past self does not have... I have the power and capability to do that... the only thing I lack is pawns, tools who would help me achieve that lost dream of mine.

This sparks a new flame inside me...

No, I only regain what I lost in the past. This time for sure... I will make it into reality...

"Pft, hahahahahahaha","

I couldn't help myself but laugh, laugh at my childish thoughts. I laughed so hard that tears started to flow down my eyes. If anyone saw me they would think that I'm a psychopath. Which is a be a bad image for my good reputation I currently have, so I quickly calm myself and took a glance at the clock on the wall.

"Looks like I'm going to be late to the gathering," I thought. "Let's hope that I didn't change the timeline too much..."

I grab a jacket in the closet. After putting it on, I went out in my room to witness a reunion between brother and sister and some "random" witness...

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