Emilia's POV

It's been a week since the school year started, it's been a week since i got a proper sleep, i became restless because of my worries about my sister and our friends graduating and leaving me behind but still i don't know what to do, i hate being alone but i can't do anything about it.

It's also been a week since i met Leon, as usual he's still his annoying self and he keeps following me from time to time. But secretly i'm really thankful to him because even though he annoys me, he makes my day better, he makes me forget my problems, insecurities and fears temporarily.

Suddenly while walking on the hallway i felt my body fall, luckily someone grabbed my arms before falling, then when i look to see the person, it was Leon. "so you're playing Snow White now?" he said with a blank expression, i quickly grab my hand away from him "go away and don't touch me!" but since Leon is already immune to those kind of words, he still followed me.

When we reached the classroom, we sat beside each other again but as if i can still complain cause my head hurts like hell, yeah it's been 6 days since i got a proper sleep, dark circles already appeared under my eyes and i feel that someone is pushing my eyelids. Our teacher arrived after how many minutes, but in this moment i don't give a damn about it because i'm too busy keeping myself awake. But when the teacher starts to discuss felt my eyelids drop, so i pinch myself every 5 minutes, i looked at my watch, 30 minutes left for the 1st subject and 2 hours for the second subject, i don't think i can make it. Then suddenly Leon traced my ears with his finger, so i shivered and regained my full consciousness, i don't know if i should scold him or thank him for that.

Finally our 2nd teacher arrived, but that doesn't change the fact that i'm dead sleepy fortunately Leon is keeping me awake without him, the teacher might have scolded me already. I know this is my fault because, i kept on thinking about being alone but i can't help it, it's making me lonely, i just can't imagine my sister dorming in the university and leaving me alone in our house. I hate it, you can call me brat but they're only ones who gave me attention, not even my parents give me that much attention.

Finally, the lunch bell rung then when i finished getting my things instead of going to the cafeteria, Leon grabbed my hands and lead me somewhere. "Leon, slow down! Where are you bringing me?" i asked without looking he said "just follow".

we finally stop when we reached the rooftop, it's beautiful, blooming flowers are everywhere. He sat in one corner the the tapped the floor signaling me to sit down, but being my usual stubborn self "what are we doing here?" he scowled "just shut up and sit down" then i sat down beside him. "you seemed to be disturbed lately?" he said while looking at the sky "why do you care?" i said looking down. "i care, so may i know why?" He looked at me, it's the first time that i saw him with that expression, he looks kind of worried. So i looked away, "t-that's none of your business!" i stand up "and i need to get going my sister and my friends are waiting for me."

Leon looked down then when he looked at me his expression changed, it's more serious now. "like i said earlier, i care so that makes it my business" then he grabbed something from his bag and he continued "do you want your love ones to see you like that" he gave me a mirror when i look at my reflection, yeah i look terrible, my skin is paler that usual, my eyes are red and i have huge eye bags already, then he continued "and if they ask you can you explain to them why are you being like that?" no, no i can't, then my body dropped to together with my tears, "i c-can't, because i know that feeling bad about it will n-not do anything, i'm just being selfish like always, thinking only about myself and relying on them, i'm so selfish!" i cried, i didn't even bother to hide my sobs. " but still i don't want to be alone, all my life i spent my days with my sister because our parents are busy working so they don't have time to see us always. But after several months she'll move in to her University dorm and leave me alone. What am i gonna do?".

i felt Leon's hand rubbing my back "sometimes we become busy thinking of others that it comes to the point that we forgot to think about ourselves, like you said they're growing up, they'll enter college soon but come to think of it we just entered high school right? We also need to grow up and learn how to stand with our own feet" he said looking at me, yeah Leon is right i'm also growing up, i must learn not to rely on others, he's right. I started crying more but dizzyness is overtaking me, suddely he leaned my head on his shoulder. "sleep Snow White, let go all your worries and fears" "thank you Leon…" then i finally fell asleep, i don't know why but i feel safe when i'm with Leon.

Li Xiao's POV

I can't believe that it's been a week since i met Emilia, i feel that i already met her before because of my attachment to her, i know that's something bugging her,but what's making ne worry is she seems restless the past few days, it looks like she's been losing sleep because eyebags are already forming under her eyes and she gets paler day by day. What could be her problem? I need to know it, i don't want her to get sick because of it.

Speaking of the princess i saw Emilia walking so i followed her then suddenly her body collapsed so luckily i grabbed her arm "so you're playing Snow White now?" i asked then she removed her arm from my grip "go away and don't touch me!" her eyes are reddish this time so i felt more alarmed, i just decided to follow her thinking that she might collapse again. I can clearly see that she's too sleepy to concentrate because she keeps on pinching herself from time to time, so id to keep her awake by tracing her earlobe with my finger, as expected she shivered, cute, repeatedly do that to keep her awake until the end of our second period.

When the lunch bell rang, i waited for her to finished getting her stuff then i quickly grab her hand to bring her somewhere. "Leon, slow down! Where are you bringing me?" she asked "just follow"i replied without looking at her, finally we reached my favorite place in this school, the garden rooftop, this is where i hang out every lunch time since it's refreshing and quiet, i sat on the corner then signaled her to sit down by tapping my hand on the floor, since she's stubborn "what are we doing here?" i scowled, she can be annoying sometimes "just shut up and sit down" finally she obeyed.

"you seemed to be disturbed lately?" i said while looking at the sky "why do you care?" she asked looking down. "i care, so may i know why?" i said looking at her with my worried expression, i cared about Emilia, a lot. Emilia looked away "t-that's none of your business" it is because it makes me sad seeing you like that. Emilia stand up and fixed her uniform "and i need to get going my sister and my friends are waiting for me."

i looked down for a while, please let help you Emilia, i really want to protect you, then i looked up with my serious expression "like i said earlier, i care so that makes it my business" i get my mirror from my bag "do you want your love ones to see you like that" i gave her my mirror then she looked at reflection, then i continued "and if they ask you can you explain to them why are you being like that?"

Emilia paled even more and she dropped on her knees then her tears starts to flow, it breaks my heat seeing her cry, i want to hug her but maybe she'll get mad at me. "i c-can't, because i know that feeling bad about it will n-not do anything, i'm just being selfish like always, thinking only about myself and relying on them, i'm so selfish!" she cried no you're not your just afraid " but still i don't want to be alone, all my life i spent my days with my sister because our parents are busy working so they dont have time to see us always. But after several months she'll move in to her University dorm and leave me alone. What am i gonna do?" i'll be always with you, i won't let you be alone, i rubbed her back to calm her.

I know what it feels to be alone it's terrible, i grew up alone, my mama is a billionaire heiress in mainland china, so she's busy dealing with her business, i may have a twin sister, Mei, but i never got to be with her because she's living in Taiwan and i was sent in England to study so i can prepare for the company's succession, i was in the care of Miss Alice, a British friend of my mom, together with her American husband and their son, i decided to live by myself when i entered 1st year of middle school because i know i can do it and my mom provided me everything that i needed.

I held her face "sometimes we become busy thinking of others that it comes to the point that we forgot to think about ourselves, like you said they're growing up, they'll enter college soon but come to think of it, we just entered high school right? We also need to grow up and learn how to stand with our own feet" i explained while looking at her sincerely, i know you're a stong person Emilia and you must not be feared of being alone because i'll be always with you.

she started crying more but it is obvious that her sleepyness is overtaking her, i leaned her head on my shoulder and said "sleep Snow White, let go all your worries and fears" "thank you leon…" then she fell asleep "you're always welcome my princess and ngor ho chung yi nei" i whispered and kissed her forehead.

Too many new character clues in one chapter,don't you think?

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