"Mina, I am not going to leave you alone- you hear me?" Alan frowned. "I will keep asking you again and again until you tell me the truth! Why did you leave us?!? Why?"
"You know what I am going to answer, Alan." Mina stared blankly at him.
"Mina, please…"
"No."
"MINA!"
"I said no." Mina whispered. "And I will never tell you… ever…."
"If I read your letter, would I know?"
"NO!" Mina regained her composure. "I would appreciate the fact that you are not someone that barges into personal things, Alan."
"Mina, are you hiding something from me?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Alan, we have both changed." There was a pained look in Mina's eyes, and she turned around and started pacing the floor with uneven footsteps.
"WHAT WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!?" Alan was getting sick of asking all the time.
"WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW SO BAD?!?!" Mina flung her hair back and glared at him squarely.
"WHY WOULDN'T I?!?" Alan took a deep breath, and let it out slowly. "Mina, she and I were your best friends. We were grieving for so long… thinking you were dead! How could you leave us like that? We would have understood if you had to go away! We would have!"
"But you would keep track of me. You would know where I was…"
"Mina, why didn't you want to know where you were?" Alan's troubled eyes looked into hers.
"It is a reason which should not be told."
"Mina, TELL ME."
"Alan…"
"Mina, why are you SO GOD DAMN AFRAID OF ME?!?"
"I am afraid FOR you, Alan…"
"What?!?" Alan frowned. Mina bit her lip. "I'm telling him too much…" she thought. "Well, I'll just tell him the half truth…"
"Well? Why?" Alan's blue eyes darkened and met Mina's.
"Alan, I knew that monsters of higher power were coming to Japan. I wanted to protect both of you… you would have wanted to help me. I knew that I had a weird power inside of me- but you guys don't. The monsters here attack with black energy- unlike in London, where they just try to punch you. I knew there were other scouts over here, and I knew that the monsters would grow stronger and stronger. If I told you guys where I was going, you would have risked your lives for me. But it would be in vain, Alan. The blows would kill on contact. That monster that you watched us fight- it was nothing. It was nothing compared to its master, which all of our powers must combine to an imperial power to beat it. You wouldn't be able to help. You would be in danger, and if both of you died… I would feel responsible, thinking that if I faked my death- both of you would have been safe… and wouldn't have died. To die from an attack is the worst way a human can die, Alan. My powers make it a little less painful, if it injures me- but to both of you, they would have been hell." Tears sprang to Mina's eyes and she turned away, brushing them quickly, murmuring a small "sorry." Alan looked at her sadly.
"It was a hard decision, huh?"
"It was very hard." Mina sniffled.
"You sacrificed your happiness… but don't you remember that you sacrificed ours too?"
"Alan, you had eachother. You would have gone on… you would have survived without me. I knew I would too; but it would take a little longer for me. I still don't get enough sleep these days. I have to stop myself from writing a letter to see how you guys were doing. I used to drink the sorrow away at night. It took me a very long time to just get half of the pain away. All the other scouts helped me cope up, and I feel better now. Alan, I never forgot you guys. Don't ever forget that." Mina whispered. Alan said nothing. He had no idea how bad Mina had been hurting by leaving them.
"Well, you have some great friends here."
"Ya." Mina sighed. There was a long pause between them.
"Um… well, I have to go. See you later, Mina."
"Cya." Mina watched Alan walk out of the door, closing it behind him. "I told him way too much. I shouldn't have told him…"
"You know what I am going to answer, Alan." Mina stared blankly at him.
"Mina, please…"
"No."
"MINA!"
"I said no." Mina whispered. "And I will never tell you… ever…."
"If I read your letter, would I know?"
"NO!" Mina regained her composure. "I would appreciate the fact that you are not someone that barges into personal things, Alan."
"Mina, are you hiding something from me?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Alan, we have both changed." There was a pained look in Mina's eyes, and she turned around and started pacing the floor with uneven footsteps.
"WHAT WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!?" Alan was getting sick of asking all the time.
"WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW SO BAD?!?!" Mina flung her hair back and glared at him squarely.
"WHY WOULDN'T I?!?" Alan took a deep breath, and let it out slowly. "Mina, she and I were your best friends. We were grieving for so long… thinking you were dead! How could you leave us like that? We would have understood if you had to go away! We would have!"
"But you would keep track of me. You would know where I was…"
"Mina, why didn't you want to know where you were?" Alan's troubled eyes looked into hers.
"It is a reason which should not be told."
"Mina, TELL ME."
"Alan…"
"Mina, why are you SO GOD DAMN AFRAID OF ME?!?"
"I am afraid FOR you, Alan…"
"What?!?" Alan frowned. Mina bit her lip. "I'm telling him too much…" she thought. "Well, I'll just tell him the half truth…"
"Well? Why?" Alan's blue eyes darkened and met Mina's.
"Alan, I knew that monsters of higher power were coming to Japan. I wanted to protect both of you… you would have wanted to help me. I knew that I had a weird power inside of me- but you guys don't. The monsters here attack with black energy- unlike in London, where they just try to punch you. I knew there were other scouts over here, and I knew that the monsters would grow stronger and stronger. If I told you guys where I was going, you would have risked your lives for me. But it would be in vain, Alan. The blows would kill on contact. That monster that you watched us fight- it was nothing. It was nothing compared to its master, which all of our powers must combine to an imperial power to beat it. You wouldn't be able to help. You would be in danger, and if both of you died… I would feel responsible, thinking that if I faked my death- both of you would have been safe… and wouldn't have died. To die from an attack is the worst way a human can die, Alan. My powers make it a little less painful, if it injures me- but to both of you, they would have been hell." Tears sprang to Mina's eyes and she turned away, brushing them quickly, murmuring a small "sorry." Alan looked at her sadly.
"It was a hard decision, huh?"
"It was very hard." Mina sniffled.
"You sacrificed your happiness… but don't you remember that you sacrificed ours too?"
"Alan, you had eachother. You would have gone on… you would have survived without me. I knew I would too; but it would take a little longer for me. I still don't get enough sleep these days. I have to stop myself from writing a letter to see how you guys were doing. I used to drink the sorrow away at night. It took me a very long time to just get half of the pain away. All the other scouts helped me cope up, and I feel better now. Alan, I never forgot you guys. Don't ever forget that." Mina whispered. Alan said nothing. He had no idea how bad Mina had been hurting by leaving them.
"Well, you have some great friends here."
"Ya." Mina sighed. There was a long pause between them.
"Um… well, I have to go. See you later, Mina."
"Cya." Mina watched Alan walk out of the door, closing it behind him. "I told him way too much. I shouldn't have told him…"