Episode 16 – Promise (2/2)
One couldn’t tell from her expression, but her body was in soto consciousness with every shred of willpower she possessed
The people around them showed a mix of curiosity and excite on the boy’s face
Dread, indignation, urgency and self-loathing
The eet that the origin was a young child There was no trace of i in his eyes as he ran like the wind
Cold sweat glistened on their sun-kissed li heavily Even so, the boy didn’t stop running for a long while It was only when he heard a sweet irl that he halted and hid in the shadows of the e us”
“It’s not ok!” The boy hissed angrily “You went in alone! Withoutbut watch you die right in front of me!”
His aura was in turmoil It clearly projected the pain and helplessness of watching your e between life and death She was right there, in front of him, yet the distance felt like the divide betorlds
He was safe, and on the other side, she was alone and dancing with death He was afraid to blink, afraid that when he opened his eyes, he would see her perish right in front of him Wade had never felt that kind of fear before, that kind of powerlessness
He had wanted nothingwith her on the edge was better than being alone in a sanctuary To die together was far better than to live alone They had always been together Inseparable He felt as if even their hearts were beating together He couldn’t iine a world without her
The girl’s aura tickled hi is fine I am fine”
The boy glared into the space in front of him “All's well that ends well AS if!” He rested his hands on his knees “The next tiht not be as lucky!”
Before the girl could answer, the boy growled “Don’t tell me you are sorry I can tell you aren’t”
“But I am I am sorry that I worried you I aer I a you with me” The soft voice sounded completely sincere
“You’d still make the same choice next time!” The boy puffed up his cheeks in dissatisfaction “I don’t want there to ever be a next time!”
“The risk orth it”
“No, it wasn’t ‘When the risk outweighs the potential benefits it is not worth taking’, reued
“A life for a life The weight is the saor than the boy
The boy storily “Not all lives are equal Some are more valuable than others”
If soive the with hiirl on his back had her eyes and her mouth shut, undisturbed by the boy’s temper tantrum
“Who decides the value of someone’s life? How do you know that the life I’ve saved wasn’t as important as mine?”
The blonde boy stopped to think for a second before replying “It is decided by how valuable one is to society and the people around thees, thus, zero value As for the people around them… no one came to save them, I rest my case”
The childish voice responded in a tired voice: “Babies can do even less es Does that enius that changed the world started out as one”
The blonde frowned, his cute face scrunching up “Babies have potential worth Their worth will rise as they grow up”
“Right The worth of life can change For all you know, the one I’ve saved could grow up to become someone incredible”
The boy’sHe is a non-e! But he wouldn’t be able to convince her otherwise He changed his tactic “Or it could stay worthless It is a ga with your life, sooner or later you’ll lose it This world is cruel It is the survival of the fittest… you can’t save everyo… ”
His speech got cut down instantly as a sad voice reached his ears “Does that ht to live?”
He grew silent How did the conversation suddenly end up like this? Stupid ht into the trap Darn it
He opened hisseveral times but he didn’t kno to refute He sat down and put the girl down They huddled together like pechuhs on a cold winter night
“You aremy head hurt I don’t know the answer to those hard questions I just don’t want you to die!” The ht of it made his heart lurch and twist in his chest painfully “I just want to be with you”
The girl, lying pressed onto him opened her mouth for the first time “Everyone dies I’ll die too sooner or later There are places where I can’t take you with me, no matter how much I want to stay with you” Her voice was raspy and contained a profound sadness within, yet it was un with previously
The boy hugged her tighter “If you can’t take me with you, then I alk by ht behind We’ll go there together”
The girl’s hand that was on the boy’s chest grabbed onto his shi+rt tightly “Don’t say that If I die, you must live for the both of us”
The boy covered the girl’s clenching little hand with his “What point is there to life without you in it?”
To him, the redhead was the sun When she shi+ned down, everything around her turned into flowers, rainbows, and light With her gone, everything would di into a desolate land of death Wade didn’t want to live in such a lonely place She was the light to his darkness A part of himself he never wanted to lose
The girl opened her large orbs that could make anyone’s breath catch in their throat She looked his out there So ical phenos we have yet to experience”
She could see the beauty in everything She could never truly understand how he felt To her, life was a precious gift, and he too was a precious gift in her eyes
The boy stared at the large orbs that flickered with glowing golden lights, his gaze not wavering for a second “Then let’s experience all of theether Let the Gods be my witness! Be it the abyss, the eye of the storo! Never again will I let you leave me behind”
The girl’s face finally contorted into a pained expression “Stupid! I don’t want you to die!”
The boy’s rin “Then you should keep that in a with two”
She gasped, realizing that she had walked straight into his trap “Lo!”
The boy’s face spread into a foxy grin and his chest puffed up in pride You think you can outsmart me? Fat chance!
After sulking for a while, the girl ain We’ll always be together In life and death” She offered her pinky finger “Pinky promise”
The boy’s eyes lit up like the sun, and he gripped her pinky with his own “Deal! Don’t you dare go back on it later!”
As the two smiled, the time seemed to stop, and the word around theht and sound It greedily devoured everything, leaving nothing behind but a lingering pain