Chapter 3: Despair or Dismay
After two long hours of hugging Neuro, the girl finally removed her hands from him. Neuro seemed to care less about the girl and continued his way to his favorite chair behind his desk. Godai-san was still in the shocking mode and as for me; I felt a heavy feeling rumbling within me. Why didn't he avoided her when she was about to hug him? Why didn't he move when she was crying onto his shoulder? Why, Neuro? Why did you allowed her to do whatever she wants to you? Neuro, I could never understand you… I tried to force myself to walk to Neuro's side but my feet were so hard to move even I had put all the force to move it. I tried to hide my true feeling, far from Neuro's sight and tried to act normal as if nothing had happen in the room.
"Athen…why don't you even speak to me? Do you even remember me? It's me, Ai. Don't you remember?"the girl outspoken herself. So her name is Ai. I looked at her despair face. She seemed to have trusted that Neuro was someone who is important to her. Very important as she would not let go of the figure. Then I looked at Neuro, who was sitting at his chair, twitching his hands as he always does. Neuro seemed to ignore Ai's calling because he thought that it was not his problem. He heaved a heavy sighed allowing Ai to hear it.
"What's wrong with you, incompetence human? I didn't recall who you are. I am not who you think I'm. Now, get out from my sight. I have an important job to do…" Neuro finally spoke his thought. Godai-san looked at him and then at Ai. My little heart spoke, "Neuro, you are mean and ignorance as always. He would not change his true nature for someone who didn't give him any profit. It is just truly like the way he was born to be."
Ai stood at the centre of the room motionless. She neither speaks nor moved. It was just like she was cursed beyond her own imagination. She was shaking so much as well as her mouth was trembling for any word that she could speak to Neuro but she couldn't. Her heart must be filled with agony. I was pity with her but I could not do anything to ease her pain. I walked towards Neuro and stopped just a few inches from his desk and in front of Ai.
"Neuro…could you be more considerate? After all, she just recognized how you look. She must have been mistaken you for someone…"
"No! He is Athen. I knew it deep inside my heart. No, his name is not Neuro! Don't you dare call his name like that! His name is Athen. How can I mistake the person who I gave my whole world and heart just for him? Where all my devotion goes to him? And who are you anyway? You are nothing to him. What do you really mean to him? I see that he hardly noticed you when I first entered the room. Is it he really means anything to you? You don't seem to bother whether he is around or not. All you cared about is whether he didn't have to make your whole day suffer. I know all about you, Katsuragi Yako. And you are really nothing except a dish rag for him. You mean nothing to him. Your existence is only to become a decoy! You are nothing worth about! Let him decided whether to move on with you or not." I rolled my eyes disbelieved about the sentences