Chapter 85

When the sun rose again, Nai got out of her bed after a sleepless night and got ready to go to school. She went to her apartment and she wore her uniform, then she got out again, tired of having to do the same things everyday. Wake up, go to school and finish some stupid homeworks, complete some missions for the mafia, then sleep, however, she never imagined that that day would be different.

"Good morning", Beran said

"Good morning", she said, then her jaw dropped as well as everyone else's

"Have you just said good morning?" she asked

"Is it that strange?" he asked with half a smile that blinded her eyes, yet his smile blinded someone else too. The cute girl that all the girls love as a little sister and all the boys love as a hottie, the girl who got rejected for the first time in her life, Lylia, was actually burning in jealousy.

At lunch time, Lylia at beside Nai as she usually does

"Nai.. can we talk for a moment?" she said, with her normal smile replaced by a serious look

"Sure", Nai said, then they both went upstairs to talk in a quiet place

"I'm sorry, Nai.. I'm really sorry", she said, yet once Nai raised her head, Lylia pushed her down the stairs. Time slowed down for a moment, with Nai seeing Lylia's tears only and feeling her body floating in the air as if she was swimming, then bang, and she got her arm broken. She felt dizzy to the point she didn't feel the pain in her arm, then she saw Lylia getting away, and blank

When Nai opened her eyes again, she was laying on a soft bed in a room with black everywhere. Black walls, black roof, black curtains, black carpets, and even a black door. She tried to get up yet his voice stopped her beside the pain in her head.

"You woke up, are you hurt?" he said

"No, just a little headache", she said

"Sweetie, why the hell did you let her push you down the stairs?" he said

"What? How do you know that? And why am I here in the first place?" she asked

"I am the mafia snake honey, and I am your boss so I must know everything. That idiot couldn't protect you even though you are at the same school, and for the girl, don't worry she would get what she deserves", he said, then he got out and walked away while Nai tried hard to stop him, however, she fell down again, and he came back to help her stand

"What did you do to them?" she asked while pressing on his arm.

"Do you want to see?" he said, then they both went to a floor she had never been to, floor zero.

Once Nai reached the end of the spiral stairs, she froze as if she saw the devil himself. Lylia was hung on the wall, covered in blood and bruises to the point it was hard to recognize her, however, Nai walked towards her slowly, trying hard to not press on her leg, then she stared at her face for a while.

"What do you think, sweetie?" the snake said

"Release her, and send her to a hospital soon", she said, then she walked past her looking for Beran who was imprisoned

"Are you ok? Does your arm hurt a lot?" he said once he layed his eyes on her

"I'm ok don't worry, I will get you out now", she said

"No, Nai. I have to stay here for a while", he said

"If you are trying to punish yourself, then don't worry, I've got a better punishment for you", she said with a sly smile, then she turned to face the snake and said "I want to go with Beran on a vacation, can we, grandpa?" she said with a warm voice, leaving Beran's jaw to drop down as well as the snake's heart

"Of course sweetie, you can go wherever you want, just make sure to stay safe and have a lot of fun", the snake said while hugging her.

Lylia was sent home after being threatened to shut her mouth, while Beran and Nai went to her apartment together after she insisted.

"How could you do that?" he asked

"He once told me to call him grandpa as I look just like his dead granddaughter. I refused at first, but I had to act a little in order to get a vacation", she said while winking, then she left Beran in the living room and went to make some tea, forgetting the fact that her arm is broken. Nai was struggling to open the jar, yet out of nowhere, his hands were surrounding her. His body was so close to hers, close to the point she could hear his heartbeats and feel his breath, however, she didn't feel unsafe or heavy, she only felt calm, as if the world stopped for a moment while she was in his arms

"Let me help you, Azora", he said with a low voice

"How did you know that name?" she asked, not worried at all even if that fact was dangerous

"You said it, when you were drunk", he said

She turned her head to look at his face that was only a few centimeters away. His eyes seemed deeper than the ocean, and his hair was covering his forehead this time unlike usual. She stared at him, with an empty look he couldn't understand, then she smiled warmly and said "you are still as handsome as when we first met"

Beran blushed to the point she could feel the heat getting out of his face, so he stepped back a little, with two tea bags in his hand, and he started preparing the tea himself while she was telling him where things were.

"Here, be careful it's hot", he said while handing her the cup

"Thank you", she said

"Azora.. why do you want me to go on a vacation with you?" he said, staring at the tea in his cup to avoid looking into her eyes

"Well, I think we deserve it. You and I are still very young you know, yet we are handling heavy things on our shoulders. School, exams, and missions. Beside that I.. have no one else to go with. But if you didn't want to go then it's ok I totally underst..", she said, yet he interrupted her saying "No, I would love going on a vacation with you, but I'm afraid that I'm not the perfect person to have fun with"

"Don't worr~y. I am this perfect person so you just need to have fun with me", she said boastingly, and the sparkles in her eyes while saying that forced him to smile, a smile that sent a spear towards her heart

"Can I… call you Levi from now on?" she asked with her face blushing and looking down

"Only if you let me call you Azora", he said, yet she looked at him again, with a determined look that didn't match her blushing face, and she said "call me Ora, that's what my loved ones call me"