Demand 2

"Look, sooner or later I'll also take my sight away from you," Galant muttered to himself with an uncontrollable outburst of anger. He inhaled oxygen and crammed it into each cavity of his lungs, resisting the desire to keep chasing.

This time Galant let the man run from his clutches, but next time Galant wouldn't allow the man to escape breathing free air. Galant thought the man who had made Arghi look like this was already behind bars, but in fact, the man was still roaming free as if nothing had happened.

Once a sharp glance at the corner of a small alley between tall buildings, Galant clattered and left the place. He recalled the piercing dense scent of the man that drenched his smell and imprinted in Galant's mind the plans he began to arrange inside his head.

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Galant walked urgently into his house, he instantly felt sadness pervading the air in a way that Galant didn't know about. In Galant's mind realm, now Arghi is one of the people who became Galant's focal point, successfully causing Galant to fidget.

"Arghi!" Galant shouted for Arghi who was not found in his downstairs room. Galant's handgrip tightened and a feeling of anger suddenly came as he recalled if there was Reiki that must have been involved in it.

No matter that Reiki was Arghi's friend, if he dared to hurt Arghi then Galant would not be silent.

Arghi looked into every corner of the lower floor, not finding Arghi there. So he went upstairs in a hurry to break into the door of Arghi's room which was unlocked.

When he saw Arghi's back facing him on the balcony, Galant instantly felt as if someone was dousing his entire body with ice. Felt a feeling of relief that radiated to every inch of Galant's throbbing chest. The fear came earlier when bad thoughts were attached inside Galant's head about Arghi leaving his home and leaving Galant alone. Thinking of such a thing made Galant speechless, if Arghi left Galant, he wouldn't know what Galant should do in the future.

Galant winces for a moment drawing his full awareness to Arghi who is far from Galant's reach. He remained silent for a while on the doorstep to further ascertain whether what was standing there was indeed Arghi or just his illusion.

However, Galant realized this was not his illusion as he inhaled the deep air. He seemed to float towards Arghi until he stopped right next to him, Arghi still seemed to be unaware of Galant's presence next to him.

"Arghi?" called Galant slowly who immediately found a response with Arghi's head turning towards him. However, Galant knew something was wrong with Arghi when Arghi didn't even say anything after Arghi's arrival.

"Arghi what's wrong? Something's wrong?" asked Galant wrapping his fingers around Arghi's shoulder gently. Arghi didn't answer, the face he made didn't express anything at all and was too flat.

"Arghi, is Reiki doing anything to you?" asked Galant again slightly shaking Arghi's body.

"Galant, how does the group work?"

Galant snorted at Arghi's question which was completely unrelated to the one Galant had asked earlier. Arghi blinked slowly waiting for Galant's answer and completely ignored the questions raised earlier than Galant.

"You did it again," sighed Galant with his unscannable eyes to look at Arghi's face in front of him. It was Galant who was in Arghi's position now, with Galant constantly searching for answers when he had to be forced to lie after a fight at school. "You're shifting the conversation. I just want to know, Arghi."

"Nothing happened, Galant."

"If nothing happens, why are you going to this room again? Where is Reiki, didn't he have promised to be here until I return?"

Galant looked at each corner of Arghi's raised lips. That's fake. Galant is well aware of the falsehoods Arghi is making at the moment.

"He didn't want to go home actually Galant, but I told him to go home because there seemed to be more important things for him to do. He just doesn't know how to talk to me."

Galant knew it must be the truth, but Arghi didn't say it all. Why are there so many things Arghi covered up from him? Don't they just have each other now?

Galant's hand slumped from Arghi's shoulder and fell to his side, he was disappointed. However, what else could he do besides accept it?

"Okay. We have to go down, Arghi. I brought your favorite cheese sandwich that is still warm."

Galant immediately turned to his wrist grasped by Arghi, Galant's head lowered to see Arghi's face more clearly which was now frowning. Then Arghi said quietly, "Regardless of your physical changes, I wish you were still the same Galant.