A/N: Hey there guys. Guess who's playing Silent Hill Origins? Me!... so... if you find out in the news that someone died of a heart attack, that would be me... that freaking game is scaring the hell out of me. This is the first time I ever played a Silet Hill game... except of Shattered Memories, that was an entertaining game with the psychology tests, this one is too with all that puzzling thing that is hurting my brain... XD... I'm running out of Health Drinks dammit T-T I know... this has nothing to do with the story... I just wanted to share some things ^^.
QUESTIONS:
Q) Seriously dude, she is cute, and hey, that's just my personal opinion. But, I do woner what path you'll choose.
A) I'm just gonna say that: Don't expect too much from me... and Haru is cuter in my opinion ^^
Q) Cael seem's to be having quite the normal life, but that girl might be someone he knows. Is it Yumi?
A) Probably... probably not.
Q) I swear, that voice sounds to much like Loki god dammit! It's not him, is it?
A) That is a good guess since we all know that Loki acts like a troll sometimes in some SMT games... but no... it's not him.
Q) Good luck sensei! And merry christmas and a happy new year!
A) THe same for you and all of the people that read this :D
Guys... we all know that I kind of suck at writing stories, so I just ask that you leave at least a review about in what things should I improve... so please leave a review :D
Enjoy the chapter :D
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''Oh come one, don't feel bad.'' The girl said to him with a warm smile on her face. They were walking on their way out of school. Cael was with a depressed look on his face, the girl at his side couldn't help but to feel a little worried.
''I do… How could I forget o put my own name on the sheet of paper…?'' Cael said without lifting his sight from the floor.
''But I wrote your name on the test without anyone noticing it… so what's the problem?''
'That I don't know my name.' He wanted to say, but that was reckless and stupid. He still doesn't know his own name; no one has told him his name… except for gnome.
''Nothing I guess… By any chance… you didn't write Cael right?'' He noticed that he made another stupid question. The look on the girl's face was filled with wonder.
''Cael? What is that, a new candy?''
…A candy?
''All she can say about your name is that it sounds like a candy name?''
''Actually… it sounds Latin…''
''Yeah… but she won't notice anyway…'' Both of them agreed that the girl was dumb when it's about other languages.
''In any case, thanks for putting my name there… I appreciate it.'' He gave her half a smile, but the girl was looking at him with a serious look on her face.
''…I know when something's on your mind, every time you put a face like that is either that you're hiding something or that you have a problem.''
''Both actually'' he thought without putting away his smile. He tried to fool her so she could believe that nothing's wrong with him, but it looks like she knew him too much.
''Don't try to hide it… tell me what's wrong.''
He started to look at her with a serious glare that said nothing, that's how he felt: he doesn't want to say anything.
He sighs and starts to look down at the floor again, he was trying to come up with something that wasn't a lie but not the whole truth, tell her his problems but not in the way that she would start to think that he went nuts. He opened his mouth ready to tell her some things, while omitting some parts.
''You see…'' He wasn't sure to either speak or be silent, he didn't know if he was making the right decision to say things to her. The girl noticed that his face was sad; she noticed that his face showed how dead he felt inside, she didn't know the details, she didn't know that the friendship of his friends, Kazuya, Yuji and Takeshi were falling apart into pieces. Every time he remembers how Takeshi departed, and thinking that either one of Kazuya or Yuji would do the same thing, he couldn't help but to feel empty, almost like his heart was being torn apart. She noticed his sadness, so the thing she did was to grab his hand.
''…'' Her hand was warm… he never felt such a warm hand as hers. Her hand was holding his, the strength of the grasp told him that he can trust her… or rather his memories told him that. He looked her in the eyes, he wanted to know for sure if he can trust her. He looked directly at her eyes only to find a beautiful glow that the sun reflected in her eyes, a friendly glow that could cheer you up.
He noticed that her eyes were sad, she was feeling the same sadness as him when she looked at him… or rather, she was emulating the sadness, he wasn't sure.
''Could we at least… talk in somewhere more private…? I don't feel safe around too many people.''
She nodded with a smile without letting go of his hand; she leaded the way to a place that fitted Cael's request.
They arrived to the side of a river near the school, it was very quiet and hardly someone ever passes through there, so it was the perfect place to chat about something private like Cael now.
They sat in the lively green grass near the riverbed, the sun setting, the reflection of the sun made a thousand sparkles in the water.
''It's too beautiful here…''
''…''
The voice didn't answered, Cael didn't care, he maybe thought that he was thinking the same thing.
He didn't stop looking at the beautiful scenery that was in front of him, he never thought that his life had this beauty. Just thinking that something ruined his life like this, made his chest hurt.
''You can tell your problems any time you want, take your time… I'm here for you…'' Her smile was prettier than before with the sunset, making her look very beautiful in his eyes.
''Dammit… What's wrong with me…?''
''In my opinion… I think you just fell in love Romeo.''
''I-I don't think so… besides, you call someone Romeo when a man charmed a woman.''
''…You know all that and you're still oblivious about Vestis… interesting.''
''What's wrong with Vestis?''
''Nothing bro…''
He sighed with all the things that the voice said to him… 'I don't even know her… why would I fall in love with her?' he thought over and over again.
''Agh… calm down, analyze and think…'' That was his way of concentrating on something important. He shook his head and started concentrating on the things he was going to tell her.
''Are you okay?'' The girl asked with a worried tone on her voice, still looking at him with the famous puppy eyes.
''Y-Yes… I'm just kind of tired…'' He said while he was blushing slightly.
''If you are a little tired then… you can rest your head on my lap.''
''Dude!''
Did he hear that right? His face was going redder than before, even concentrating on it, he couldn't help it.
''You know… like you did every time when you felt depressed when we were kids and up till now.''
Oh… well, at least is something.
Like the girl did, he lay on the girl's lap, she putted the palm of her hands in Cael's forehead, he felt safe around her, he started to remember that she was something special to him.
''You can tell me anything…'' She gave him a smile that made him blush, his felt the heat on his face and tried to hide it, but he failed to.
He tried to start what he has been experiencing this whole time, his memories erased, not having a name, arriving in a world full of demons… everything was too much to handle. He decided to tell her in a way she would understand and without making of himself a maniac.
''You see…'' He stopped again, but he began at second.
''You see… I had this weird dream last night.'' He was lying of course, but he couldn't wish more of believing that it was just a bad dream.
''What was about…?'' She was paying her whole attention in him.
''I dreamed that I awakened in a very dark place with nothing but darkness in it…'' His voice was half calmed; he trembled a bit every time he thought of the time he arrived at the dark place with the five individuals, but he never trembled before… he realized that he trembles now because he saw the life he had, and it was ruined for whatever the reason was.
''I was alone there for a brief time… until five people appeared, they told me I lost my memories… the fun fact is that I actually didn't remembered anything in the dream. They gave me powers… a cursed power only to gather the fragments of my memories.''
''The fragments of your memories…?'' She asked with a worried face.
''In the dream I have to go to many worlds only to gather these fragments and remember everything…'' That part was easy to confess… but the hard part was to mention his three friends.
''Is the part that are you going to tell me now is the one that troubles you?''
He nodded, his eyes were watering, he was almost sobbing.
''When I arrived at the first world, it was a world where all Japan was destroyed… it was also full of demons. There I met three teenagers, they were three years older than me… their names are Kazuya, Yuji and Takeshi… I made friends with them… good friends.'' His voice broke every time he said 'friend', he doubted if Takeshi considered him a friend.
''Were you close to them?''
''I was very close to them… but Takeshi… he decided to leave us… He received demonic powers and killed a man that humiliated him, he did it for revenge. He decided to go through a path of power.''
''I see…''
''But the interesting thing is… that he was always distant and not very friendly with the others, especially Yuji. But… those two… Takeshi and Yuji are the exact opposite of each other.''
''Did he left because of him too?''
''No… actually… the two of them… no… the three of them are different from each other… and still, their friendship never broke, not even in that apocalyptic world… until one of them decided not to listen anymore.''
He kept talking about all the events, all his worries, his experiences, everything that happened there; of course, he said all that to her with the excuse that it was only a dream.
He said everything about the Psycho-diver, the girl at Shibuya, Yuji's girlfriend that had the same name, etc. … he only skipped the part that he asked the Psycho-diver to make him dive into his own soul.
''And that's how the dream ended… for now at least. I still feel sad with everything that happened to them and their friendship, their family, friends, all that they had, it was gone thanks to that I.C.B.M. attack that destroyed everything.''
There was silence in the air, she now knew why he felt so down since the beginning of the day. She admitted that it was a sad story, scary and disturbing, the existence of demons in all Japan thanks to a nuclear attack sent by a demon that was manipulating the U.S.A. … God himself that it was supposed to be a good deity, sent a demon to destroy an entire country… it was rather surprising for her, and a weird dream to have.
''I'm sorry for all that…'' She said with a sad expression on her face, she felt also sad for him, he thought that it was a good thing to share your troubles with a person like her, but it was bad for that person since they will get depressed as well.
''I'm the one, who should be sorry, all that jibber jabber about my story got you all depressed… I should just keep it all to myself…'' He was tired, even though the only thing he did was go to school, maybe he was tired of sadness, being sad makes your energy deteriorate… that's what he figured out.
''Never keep things to yourself. Friends should share those kinds of things, people feel lighter after that… you are a precious friend to me and I'm willing to help you in any way I can…'' She smiled at him, he didn't know why, but he felt happy with a smile like that. Hearing the word friend didn't make him go depressed, on the contrary, he felt very happy knowing that are people that really appreciate friendship.
''Friends… huh…''
''You have a good girlfriend there dude.''
''…She's not… but I…''
''Ah, don't need to say it, if you don't want to say anything just keep it to yourself… for now at least, you know… because of the thing she said just now.''
''Yeah… I bet you already know though…''
''Hehehe…''
''…You're… You're a precious friend to me too.'' He gave the best smile that he could do. In answer, she gave him the same smile, this time, the smile that Cael was giving… was genuine.
They spent a long time talking, some of his troubles and some of hers. The sun was hiding in the horizon, making the darkness of the night embrace everything.
''Can we go home now? …I uh… I'm not fond of darkness.'' That's right… he started to fear a little about dark places, being at the border of life and death was a good excuse for fearing the darkness.
''Sure… wanna grab hands at the way home?''
''Score!''
''Shut up!''
''…Sure… I would appreciate that…'' He was blushing slightly, but it vanished in just a second, he hesitated a bit on holding her hand for the way back, but he was scared of the darkness, her hand made him felt safe with that warm pressure she made… he wanted to grab her hand badly.
She held her hand at him with a soft smile.
''…'' He smiled back and grabbed her hand with a strong grasp just only to feel safe… and probably because he felt something strange about her… a good thing of course.
They walked for a while still with their hand together; it took a while for them why people were staring at them…
''Finally you realized it you moron!''
''Sh-Shut up! How was I supposed to know something like that! ?''
''Right, right.''
When they noticed they were blushing, more and more when people were starting to talk behind their backs.
''Should we just stop?'' She proposed.
''Please no… I told you that I don't feel safe in the dark.'' He said with a hint of fear in his eyes.
''F-Fine… b-but don't say anything at school tomorrow okay?''
''I promise…''
They kept walking ignoring every person that passed.
They arrived at his house; they were at the entrance which was lit up with the light bulb that was outside, plus with the ones inside the house.
''Will you be okay on your own? You know… walking by yourself at your own house.''
''I'll be okay! Did you forget that I'm number one in karate?''
Oh my…
''You cheat on her and you're doomed.''
''Shut it.''
''Right, I'm sorry… but still, I don't wanna see you hurt okay?''
''I know, I know. And you, try not to get into another fight like with Oushi today!''
''Yes Ma'am… good night, see you tomorrow.''
''Bye bye! Oh wait… I forgot to give you this.'' She searched on her school bag; she kept digging and digging until she found what she was looking for.
''It can't be…''
''Dude… those are…''
''T-They are…''
Cael and the voice sounded surprised of what the girl searched on her bag.
''Tadda! Here are your headphones that broke the other day, they were very hard to fix!'' She gave him a pair of headphones to him; they were black and they were one of those that kept holding on your ears with a part that went to the back of your head almost to your nape and to the other speaker, you can adjust the part of the back in the way that is more comfortable.
''What a coincidence…''
''Weird one actually… but at least you have music to listen to.''
''Yeah…''
''Thank you… I'll use them…''
''You better, I fixed them in a way that it wouldn't break very easily… it should last at least… five or six more years.'' She said with a cocky smile on her face.
''She fixed them?''
''Five or six years?''
That was really impressive.
''Anyway… I gotta go, mom and dad should be worried because of how late it is now and I still haven't arrived, hehe…''
''Take care…''
They waved hands while she walked away. He opened the door and stepped inside the house, putting the shoes at a side and going up to his room.
''I'm sorry, but I'm going to sleep early today.''
''Oh, okay honey, have a good night.''
''You too mom… and tell dad good night when he comes.''
''Sure honey…''
He slammed the door to his room. He changed clothes, brushed his teeth and went to bed, he was too tired with the events, even if this is practically just a dream, he was still tired.
He kept repeating to himself that there are no demons in here just so he could sleep calm.
He started to close his eyes slowly, they fatigue won him over, he just wanted to sleep in the most comfortable bed as he himself stated.
He closed his eyes and went to sleep.
''Good night Sleeping Beauty… hehehe…''
Do any of you are very pensative some times... you know... like Squall from FFVIII? Because I'm very much like that... just the pensative part... It would be cool to be someone like him XD.
Oh yeah... this also doesn't have to do with the story anymore XD
Back to the story... I think I made a fair romance scene... See that if I try I can make a decent one at least? ^^ Also, I couldn't describe the headphones pretty well... so try and find in google or in anything the ''Genius Headset HS-02i'', that should give you an example.
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