Time

"Wait..!"

"Oi.. Damian!!"

His steps stopped, staring at what Damian was doing right now "what the hell are you doing! Keep avoiding me! What kind of puppet am I! Damian..!!"

Theo snorted, angry at Damian's attitude, which had always been like this. That guy would be so annoying sometimes, like now!

Just because he was the same as the world Damian lived in, the man just kept watching him and ignored him. I don't know what he was thinking, but Theo didn't like it. It was better for them to talk to each other, even though it was impossible considering Damian wasn't a conversationalist.

"If it's about me being the same as you then talk, don't be like a child!"

"Tch..! In the first place, I shouldn't have needed to know about that book. It sucks that I have to know facts like this when I don't remember anything!"

Again and again, Theo kept talking without caring about anything, even though since that day Damian had been a mute who didn't want to talk to him. Thinking how interesting it would be to do such an annoying thing, he felt like he was going to beat the guy into talking.

"Damian!!" Theo shouted again, looking at Damian who was still ignoring him at a brisk pace in front of him.

Inevitably Theo relented, choosing to run towards Damian who still didn't care. Did the man not have anything he wanted to say? Does not seem! Because the man stopped with a straight face looking at him before walking again.

"Crazy man! You should have helped me to remember about our world! But what are you doing, silent without saying anything!"

He had been patient enough, this time he was going to make Damian talk to him. It's been two days since he's been ignored like an idiot, and let him do the interesting things now.

"Help?"

Uh..

Damian talk?

The man stopped his steps, looked at the owner of the red bead. Tried to find something he could find interesting, but all he got was annoyance with a devious thought in it.

In the end, Damian knew, that Theo still didn't fully understand what had happened two days ago.

"Yes! You have to help me. How could I know about that world if not from you, because you know and remember about that world" Theo replied, hoping Damian would help him now.

The reason why he was here and why he couldn't remember anything about the word he used to live in. And Theo wants to know everything, what happened and what kind of game will await him because of this strange destiny...?

"Then tell me why you don't remember anything!?" Damian asked lazily because he knew there would be no answer.

But Theo wouldn't just answer that, even though he knew that all he could say were two small words that would surely make Damian even more unwilling to help him.

The man's gaze was clear, his expression flat, but Theo knew very well how the curiosity sparkled in Damian's eyes. The purple-colored bead made him wonder the same thing, was it just a small change? Or was there a reason for Damian's changing eye color?

He exhaled slowly, his eyes blinking before opening wide. Staring right at the beaded light of the night with confidence, he stood up straight to show that he didn't want to destroy all his hopes.

This time let him say clearly, that he wanted to know all about the fate game they were going through.

"There's one thing that can answer your question this time, but I don't want to say it that easily...." Theo smiled crookedly, stopping his words amidst Damian's curiosity.

"...I won't say that I don't know anything, but I will say that I was wrong for not realizing it. Realizing that I'm also part of the destiny game you're going through"

Damian's brows rose, confused at what Theo was saying. The man with the red hair seemed to want to play with him, but for some reason, he felt quite excited to hear Theo's answer at this point.

"Before I answer, how about I ask you. Do you remember your family?"

Damian had a look of surprise on his face, stunned at what should be such an easy question for him. But for some reason, he didn't seem to know what to say. Family, he certainly has. But it was as if he didn't know anything about his family.

What he knows is that he is not alone because he is studying in a place far from his home. But that's not the case, the problem is that he doesn't remember who his family is.

Father? Mother? Wait it feels like there's something wrong with his head right now. His father, who? Then mother?

"It's true, I understand now" Theo spoke again, taking a deep breath before turning his gaze back to Damian.

"Do you also remember the woman who brought you here? I think you may have forgotten about her since you haven't talked about her latest" he smiled crookedly, mocking Damian who couldn't answer.

And the answer is....

"The time we spent in this world, slowly erodes our memories. Maybe from the smallest things, such as where you live, your family, your closest people, to who you are"

Theo was not a stupid man, he could realize things that others couldn't so quickly. Observing other people is a habit for him, finding out his attitude and what that person is always doing is something he always emphasizes. Because he doesn't want to trust the wrong people.

For him, it was an advantage but also tiring at the same time, but with it, he really helped. Like now, he realized that Damian was starting to forget things from his world.

"My answer, time that erased all my memories" he said again, approaching Damian then smiling widely with both eyes showing a sense of pleasure.

Glad that he was able to answer Damian's question which was quite difficult for him.

"But I haven't forgotten who I am!" Theo continued, patting Damian's shoulder to wake the man up.

Damian was lost in thought, that was what Theo knew. It seemed that Damian was deep in thought about the things that made him start to doubt and Theo would have no intention of judging Damian's doubts at this point. Because he deserved to start doubting his memory.

"Want to bet with me? I think there are many like us, but their situations are certainly different and I'm curious about this world now. So do you want to find them before all your memories of that world disappear?"