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Chapter 8

I once again, standing in front of the room of doors like a clueless person not knowing where to go.

Seeing the scenery, I remember the first time meeting him. At that time he asked me about which door I was going to open…

"Ah, Rin. We meet again." Someone says from behind, making me turn immediately to see who is there. Though actually it's not needed, I know who's going to be here.

With a smile, I say, "Len! Good evening!"

He smiles and sighs, "Is it evening now? You really never sleep in the afternoon? Even at the school when the teacher is explaining?"

"Never, I think…" I said in a wondering tone. "How about you?"

"Prefer drawing." He says. "Though I need to pay attention to the teacher."

"Ahaha, you're right. The exams will be horrible if we don't." I say and laugh.

So he went to the school after all. Someone friendly as him must have many friends in the school, right? But if he keeps on sleeping, then…

What about his friends? Don't they feel worried?

"Rin, why don't we go to that other room rather than talking here?" He asks, not really interrupting my thought, though.

"Sure, of course." I answer silently. Right after I say that, the scene changes in front of my eyes.

"Fuwaaah~" He says as he plops down to the comfortable chair happily.

I blink seeing his action and the 'fuwaaah' he said. "…what did you say?"

"Fuwaaah." He answers with no expression. "I just want to say that for once."

I give him a weird look, "Bored, aren't you?"

"I practically have nothing to do, and no one to speak, of course I'm bored." He says with a heavy sigh.

"Well, if you say so… Would you mind to listen to me? I'm going to tell my progress in making a change in my friend." I say, and without waiting for an answer I continue, "Okay then. She turned out to be a social person who gets along with people easily."

"Like that?" Without questioning me at all, he comments.

"Like that." I say. "Maybe she has gotten over with the death of her friend… We really shouldn't look back at the past, right?"

"You right and that's great, anyway. You should be credited for it."

"Though I didn't do anything?" I ask, trying to recall anything important I had done to her.

I think I just befriended her, and nothing else. Is that a thing that changes her?

"You became her friend, then she opened up for you, you do something, Rin." He says. "Do you think she would change back if you didn't befriend her in the first place? Because I don't think so."

I'm still a bit unsure about this, though. I was just trying to make her happy…

"Exactly, you want to make her happy right?" He says, snapping me out from my thought and successfully freaks me out.

"Are you a mind reader or what?" I snap, pulling myself 'away' from him.

He just smiles innocently, "No. I'm not, Rin." Maybe it just my opinion, but that innocent look is unusual… "And you haven't answered yet."

"O-oh well…" My answer comes out with a slight stutter. "Maybe I do want her to be happy. Or maybe it's just me? I love seeing people smile, laugh. It reflects happiness, you know."

Still with the previous smile, he continues to stare at me with a far-away look before he asks, "Do you love her?"

"Excuse me?" That answer comes out automatically from my mouth as soon as the words get registered in my brain. "I'm sure she's a girl, I won't love her in that way. Why do you even ask something like that?"

"Just curious." He says and starts to look around the room—he probably has done that for like 1000 times before. "I just wondering… People might describe 'love' differently, that's why I get confused."

I stretch my arms forth, "Why?"

"My best friend, I always love it seeing her smile, hearing her voice, seeing her face. Then her way of speaking to the others—how she gets along easily, her cooking, her kindness, her way of being happy… I don't think it counts as 'love', though." He explains.

And I only sit there, not saying anything.

"Sorry for bothering you with those things, Rin." He adds after he saw my face. "Then, do you have someone you love now?"

Love?

The feeling of wanting everything from one person? That feeling of selfishness and self-satisfactory? Or the feeling of not wanting to let that person go?

Falling in love sounds like a crazy idea for me. It doesn't really matter for now, though.

But I feel something is being crushed inside me.