“… What are you doing here?” I sighed troubled and she smiled up to me, her green eyes as if sparkling after seeing me. “You really took your time on that date. I had to wait for an hour here.” She hugged her knee while stretching out one leg seemingly numb. I shook my head then just pointed with my …

Sylvia appeared from behind as she patted my shoulders with a lively voice. “Eh? Leon? Someone you know?” “Ah. Yeah, she’s my-“ “Friend! I’m an old friend of his, but I had to move out and so we broke our connections one year ago.” She interrupted me out of nowhere then just sat down beside us, Alice looking at her …

[You barely did it…] “Hey, I did it, didn’t I? Stop worrying now.” Alice’s voice was rather deep and worried but I simply shrugged my shoulders while continuing working while the phone rested on the table, letting both of us see each other through a video call. After we got the exam results, I barely had time to look over …

After finishing another exam, I signaled to Alice that I’ll be going first after placing the paper on the teacher’s table, grabbing my bag and opening the door relaxed. “Kid, you better take things more seriously, or you’ll just end up doing shady business for the rest of your life.” Just when I wanted to exit the class, the teacher’s …

Later that day, I finally went back home with Alice walking me to the station. Her face was still blushing while a satisfied smile was etched on it. “Next time we’ll chat, will it be at my competition?” “So we can’t chat in the pauses at school?” “Besides that.” “Then yes.” “And after that will be…” She blushed again and …

“Oh my~! So this is the rumored Leon! My daughter won’t stop talking about you. Now I understand why~.” “M-mom!” After seeing me, madam Kurosaki greeted me with a wide warm smile, Alice blushing beside her and pouting embarrassed. Just like Alice, her mother was extremely beautiful but with a more mature allure, giving any man a hard time taking …

The next day at school, besides the fact that I was extremely sleepy after fighting with my uncle over the broken mirror, my heart and mind were tranquil and calm, my usual confident smile being present on my face once again. “You’re finally smiling.” “Was I not smiling lately?” Alice appeared beside and leaned closer to me from the other …

After half an hour passed, I was finally able to recover and get up. I picked all the bigger shards then took a brush and started cleaning the bathroom from all the smaller shards that went flying around. While I was cleaning the bathroom, my insides were completely empty. Let alone my heart and mind, even my stomach was completely …

After I finally got back home, my uncle saw me all dirty with blood painting my shirt, and chuckled amused. “Pfft, look at you all trashed. Another failed deal with the kids?” “Yeah…” I answered plainly as I was putting pressure on my injury on the stomach. “Where was that disinfectant?” “You mean the pure alcohol? On the second shelf …

Calm down, calm down! They’re not worth it. Just leave before anything worse happens… I breathed in and out then just grabbed my blades and bag, gazing at the others sharply, “If you need weapons, I will make them for you as long as you pay. No need to be so childish and throw kicks and punches left and right …