Chapter 59: Encounter
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"Enlighten me again," I said.
"… A-about what…?" Selene asked with a confused face.
"What were you doing at that time? I mean like what was the reason you went upstairs?" I asked.
"I w-was thirsty... So I w-went to get some water..."
"Ah, now I recall, the water that was handed to us had run out."
As soon as I was done with explaining the Principal about the incidents that had occurred that night. But what didn't make sense is that how come the defense was broken twice when she said she was prepared.
I'll ask her tomorrow. Even though she told me not to talk about that incident but this is different. Earlier there was no cause or reason for me to raise that incident but now I got to know something important.
"Hey, Selene a considerable amount of time have passed. I don't mean to suspect you but what got you delayed?" This is not something that should be concealed. Even though she was reluctant to tell anybody, the longer she waited, the more difficulties she could cause for the Principal and might for me too.
"… I attempted to talk to you several times, but each time I blew the opportunity, and you told me not to. This heightened my anxiety. But not today. Today I mustered the strength today to confront you and say it to you," she said. The explanation was reasonable, but that wasn't what startled me. I was taken aback by the fact that she spoke this in a single flow, without pausing or even stuttering.
"You know what you just did?" I asked her.
"What…?" she looked totally confused.
"I don't make fun of you but just now you said all that without pausing in between, even for a single second."
"W-w-w-w-what are you s-saying…?"
"And now she back to before," I commented, "Anyway, I apologize for saying all that before about not talking to me and being rude to you."
"… D-don't be…"
"But I still don't want you to talk to me in school," I said. I assumed the rationale was self-explanatory. My reputation is almost touching the ground, and if she becomes involved with me, soon, she will be standing by me with her reputation shattered.
"Allen…! Is that really you?" I heard a familiar voice calling out to me.
I turned around to see who it was and to my surprise I saw a person I saw every day.
"A-allen who is she…?" Selene asked me as I
"That person is my mother," I replied, "Mother, what are you doing here…?"
I saw a couple of polybags in her hand. She must have gone shopping.
"Well isn't that question supposed to be asked by me? What were you doing out this late? The school day was scheduled to finish an hour ago; if you were going anywhere, shouldn't you have notified me or dad?" why was she acting all cranky?
"I'm sorry that I didn't tell you earlier but you don't need to act so cranky, I have my friend with me," I said to her as I arrowed my eyes down to Selene who was partially hiding behind me.
"Oh, you should have said this earlier," she glared at me, "Anyway, what is your name? Are you two friends? I'm delighted to know that he made friends at school; I've always been concerned about whether or not he made any friends. Seeing him all dismal at home made me worry all the time, but now that I see a gorgeous lady who is his friend, I have to say this," she let out big sigh, "I'm relieved."
"A-a-a-a… I-I… t-thank y-y-you…" she was acting all fidgety and her face all flushed all of a sudden.
"Oh my, you are such a cutie," she laughed a little.
"Don't tease her, mother." I said.
"Okay, okay I won't but she is so cute," she seemed happy all of a sudden, "Are you sure she is your friend? I my expectation of you making friend was certainly low but who knew you would hit a homeroom." She exasperated.
"…." Selene wasn't able to let out a single sound out. But her whole face was turning red especially around the ears.
"Are you feeling okay, Selene? Your face is completely red," I asked her.
"That should be expected from Allen," my mother commented.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked her.
"I'll take care of her, you walk in front of us," she said and came closer to Selene.
"Alright," I said while I took the poly bags from mother's hand. I noticed a few marks on her palm at the time. The bags must be rather hefty. Maybe that's why she was so cranky. She must have been exhausted after carrying all this.
*Shud*
Whoa, was she holding all these by herself? I am confident in my build but the weight in those polybags was quite large. That's the reason for those bruises on her hand. I don't usually went to guy some groceries for home but if my memories serves me right the super market is almost a 20 minute walk from home.
If she was thinking of buying so much she should have asked me instead. Well I'll talk to her about this at home because I'm a thinking about what's she talking about with Selene.
I don't know what is she going to do but if it's my mother I can rest assured, probably. I quickened my speed and put some space between Selene, my mother, and myself. They were both walking so slowly that I didn't even need to exert any effort, yet our distance was fairly considerable.
I wonder what they are talking about.
I tried not to look back but that made me even more curious. It's not like I don't trust my mother but rather I don't trust her tongue. If she continues to talk she never stops. I had experienced it.
Since they were walking so slowly that even after 15 minutes have passed we were only halfway from my house. It doesn't concern me that much walking to match up their pace is kind of troublesome. I have this a weird habit that whenever I am walking with someone I know I instinctively match up their pace even if they are slow or fast. I just match up their pace. This time also I'm doing the same thing.
"Hmm…"
I ignored it since it might be coincidence so I went up ahead.
Maybe because of all this ruckus in school and in my daily life I might be imagining things.
"… alright, that's far enough," I mumbled to myself.
Just now I noticed something on the mirror of the car parked on my right side. Not once but twice, I don't particularly bother me when someone is watching me or stalking me but it bothers me when this type of thing happens to my family.
For the past few minutes a couple of men are following me. Nor did they close the distance in between us nor are they have spoken to each other much. They were mostly staring straight ahead. It's just like the last time, when a person was tailing me.
I know for sure is because the area from we are passing buy is a place famous for sale. A couple of meters from here there is a super mart for everyday things and once every month there is a sale, and I mean a big sale.
Buyers park their automobiles on this side of the road since the parking lot fills up as soon as the Sale sticker is posted outside the mart. To avoid causing traffic, many of them park their vehicles here. And I've been noticing these men following us for a long now through these mirrors. It's for certain that those men are following us.
I stopped on my track and waited for mother and Selene to reach at my spot.
"Mother I'm placing these bags down for a second here," I placed the bad down beside an electric poll, "I will return in a minute so wait for me here."
"Wh-?" before she could even finish her sentence I have already taken off.
Without losing a moment I paced in the same direction I saw those men's.
Seeing me run at them they turned on the nearest alley and before I could reach that alley they were gone. I lost track of them. I thought of going further but I also need to return.
"Forget it…"
I again paced down to where mother was waiting for me.
"Where did you go…?" she demanded me.
"I… say a cat down that alley being bullied by some other cat's so I went to save that cat…"
"After coming so much further you decided to protect her…?"
"Well… you always tell me to help others, I thought for a moment that someone else would help her but instead I took the action…" what am I saying? I don't even know for myself.
"… Fine."
"Where is Selene?" I asked her as I noticed she was missing.
"Her house is up right at that corner. See that big house. That's her house," she said.
"… Okay?" why is she telling me this?
"What am I going to do with you…?" she looked a little bit unhappy but a slight glimpse of smile was noticed on her lips.
With that, I tried to forget about the men who were following me and returned home with my mother, who informed me about how wonderful Selene is. All until we got back home.
TO BE CONTNUED…
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"Enlighten me again," I said.
"… A-about what…?" Selene asked with a confused face.
"What were you doing at that time? I mean like what was the reason you went upstairs?" I asked.
"I w-was thirsty... So I w-went to get some water..."
"Ah, now I recall, the water that was handed to us had run out."
As soon as I was done with explaining the Principal about the incidents that had occurred that night. But what didn't make sense is that how come the defense was broken twice when she said she was prepared.
I'll ask her tomorrow. Even though she told me not to talk about that incident but this is different. Earlier there was no cause or reason for me to raise that incident but now I got to know something important.
"Hey, Selene a considerable amount of time have passed. I don't mean to suspect you but what got you delayed?" This is not something that should be concealed. Even though she was reluctant to tell anybody, the longer she waited, the more difficulties she could cause for the Principal and might for me too.
"… I attempted to talk to you several times, but each time I blew the opportunity, and you told me not to. This heightened my anxiety. But not today. Today I mustered the strength today to confront you and say it to you," she said. The explanation was reasonable, but that wasn't what startled me. I was taken aback by the fact that she spoke this in a single flow, without pausing or even stuttering.
"You know what you just did?" I asked her.
"What…?" she looked totally confused.
"I don't make fun of you but just now you said all that without pausing in between, even for a single second."
"W-w-w-w-what are you s-saying…?"
"And now she back to before," I commented, "Anyway, I apologize for saying all that before about not talking to me and being rude to you."
"… D-don't be…"
"But I still don't want you to talk to me in school," I said. I assumed the rationale was self-explanatory. My reputation is almost touching the ground, and if she becomes involved with me, soon, she will be standing by me with her reputation shattered.
"Allen…! Is that really you?" I heard a familiar voice calling out to me.
I turned around to see who it was and to my surprise I saw a person I saw every day.
"A-allen who is she…?" Selene asked me as I
"That person is my mother," I replied, "Mother, what are you doing here…?"
I saw a couple of polybags in her hand. She must have gone shopping.
"Well isn't that question supposed to be asked by me? What were you doing out this late? The school day was scheduled to finish an hour ago; if you were going anywhere, shouldn't you have notified me or dad?" why was she acting all cranky?
"I'm sorry that I didn't tell you earlier but you don't need to act so cranky, I have my friend with me," I said to her as I arrowed my eyes down to Selene who was partially hiding behind me.
"Oh, you should have said this earlier," she glared at me, "Anyway, what is your name? Are you two friends? I'm delighted to know that he made friends at school; I've always been concerned about whether or not he made any friends. Seeing him all dismal at home made me worry all the time, but now that I see a gorgeous lady who is his friend, I have to say this," she let out big sigh, "I'm relieved."
"A-a-a-a… I-I… t-thank y-y-you…" she was acting all fidgety and her face all flushed all of a sudden.
"Oh my, you are such a cutie," she laughed a little.
"Don't tease her, mother." I said.
"Okay, okay I won't but she is so cute," she seemed happy all of a sudden, "Are you sure she is your friend? I my expectation of you making friend was certainly low but who knew you would hit a homeroom." She exasperated.
"…." Selene wasn't able to let out a single sound out. But her whole face was turning red especially around the ears.
"Are you feeling okay, Selene? Your face is completely red," I asked her.
"That should be expected from Allen," my mother commented.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked her.
"I'll take care of her, you walk in front of us," she said and came closer to Selene.
"Alright," I said while I took the poly bags from mother's hand. I noticed a few marks on her palm at the time. The bags must be rather hefty. Maybe that's why she was so cranky. She must have been exhausted after carrying all this.
*Shud*
Whoa, was she holding all these by herself? I am confident in my build but the weight in those polybags was quite large. That's the reason for those bruises on her hand. I don't usually went to guy some groceries for home but if my memories serves me right the super market is almost a 20 minute walk from home.
If she was thinking of buying so much she should have asked me instead. Well I'll talk to her about this at home because I'm a thinking about what's she talking about with Selene.
I don't know what is she going to do but if it's my mother I can rest assured, probably. I quickened my speed and put some space between Selene, my mother, and myself. They were both walking so slowly that I didn't even need to exert any effort, yet our distance was fairly considerable.
I wonder what they are talking about.
I tried not to look back but that made me even more curious. It's not like I don't trust my mother but rather I don't trust her tongue. If she continues to talk she never stops. I had experienced it.
Since they were walking so slowly that even after 15 minutes have passed we were only halfway from my house. It doesn't concern me that much walking to match up their pace is kind of troublesome. I have this a weird habit that whenever I am walking with someone I know I instinctively match up their pace even if they are slow or fast. I just match up their pace. This time also I'm doing the same thing.
"Hmm…"
I ignored it since it might be coincidence so I went up ahead.
Maybe because of all this ruckus in school and in my daily life I might be imagining things.
"… alright, that's far enough," I mumbled to myself.
Just now I noticed something on the mirror of the car parked on my right side. Not once but twice, I don't particularly bother me when someone is watching me or stalking me but it bothers me when this type of thing happens to my family.
For the past few minutes a couple of men are following me. Nor did they close the distance in between us nor are they have spoken to each other much. They were mostly staring straight ahead. It's just like the last time, when a person was tailing me.
I know for sure is because the area from we are passing buy is a place famous for sale. A couple of meters from here there is a super mart for everyday things and once every month there is a sale, and I mean a big sale.
Buyers park their automobiles on this side of the road since the parking lot fills up as soon as the Sale sticker is posted outside the mart. To avoid causing traffic, many of them park their vehicles here. And I've been noticing these men following us for a long now through these mirrors. It's for certain that those men are following us.
I stopped on my track and waited for mother and Selene to reach at my spot.
"Mother I'm placing these bags down for a second here," I placed the bad down beside an electric poll, "I will return in a minute so wait for me here."
"Wh-?" before she could even finish her sentence I have already taken off.
Without losing a moment I paced in the same direction I saw those men's.
Seeing me run at them they turned on the nearest alley and before I could reach that alley they were gone. I lost track of them. I thought of going further but I also need to return.
"Forget it…"
I again paced down to where mother was waiting for me.
"Where did you go…?" she demanded me.
"I… say a cat down that alley being bullied by some other cat's so I went to save that cat…"
"After coming so much further you decided to protect her…?"
"Well… you always tell me to help others, I thought for a moment that someone else would help her but instead I took the action…" what am I saying? I don't even know for myself.
"… Fine."
"Where is Selene?" I asked her as I noticed she was missing.
"Her house is up right at that corner. See that big house. That's her house," she said.
"… Okay?" why is she telling me this?
"What am I going to do with you…?" she looked a little bit unhappy but a slight glimpse of smile was noticed on her lips.
With that, I tried to forget about the men who were following me and returned home with my mother, who informed me about how wonderful Selene is. All until we got back home.
TO BE CONTNUED…
"Enlighten me again," I said." A-about what?" Selene asked with a confused face."What were you doing at that time? I mean like what was the reason you went upstairs?" I asked."I w-was thirsty... So I w-went to get some water...""Ah, now I recall, the water that was handed to us had run out."As soon as I was done with explaining the Principal about the incidents that had occurred that night. But what didn't make sense is that how come the defense was broken twice when she said she was prepared.I'll ask her tomorrow. Even though she told me not to talk about that incident but this is different. Earlier there was no cause or reason for me to raise that incident but now I got to know something important."Hey, Selene a considerable amount of time have passed. I don't mean to suspect you but what got you delayed?" This is not something that should be concealed. Even though she was reluctant to tell anybody, the longer she waited, the more difficulties she could cause for the Principal and might for me too." I attempted to talk to you several times, but each time I blew the opportunity, and you told me not to. This heightened my anxiety. But not today. Today I mustered the strength today to confront you and say it to you," she said. The explanation was reasonable, but that wasn't what startled me. I was taken aback by the fact that she spoke this in a single flow, without pausing or even stuttering."You know what you just did?" I asked her."What?" she looked totally confused."I don't make fun of you but just now you said all that without pausing in between, even for a single second.""W-w-w-w-what are you s-saying?""And now she back to before," I commented, "Anyway, I apologize for saying all that before about not talking to me and being rude to you."" D-don't be""But I still don't want you to talk to me in school," I said. I assumed the rationale was self-explanatory. My reputation is almost touching the ground, and if she becomes involved with me, soon, she will be standing by me with her reputation shattered."Allen! Is that really you?" I heard a familiar voice calling out to me.I turned around to see who it was and to my surprise I saw a person I saw every day."A-allen who is she?" Selene asked me as I"That person is my mother," I replied, "Mother, what are you doing here?"I saw a couple of polybags in her hand. She must have gone shopping."Well isn't that question supposed to be asked by me? What were you doing out this late? The school day was scheduled to finish an hour ago; if you were going anywhere, shouldn't you have notified me or dad?" why was she acting all cranky?"I'm sorry that I didn't tell you earlier but you don't need to act so cranky, I have my friend with me," I said to her as I arrowed my eyes down to Selene who was partially hiding behind me."Oh, you should have said this earlier," she glared at me, "Anyway, what is your name? Are you two friends? I'm delighted to know that he made friends at school; I've always been concerned about whether or not he made any friends. Seeing him all dismal at home made me worry all the time, but now that I see a gorgeous lady who is his friend, I have to say this," she let out big sigh, "I'm relieved.""A-a-a-a I-I t-thank y-y-you" she was acting all fidgety and her face all flushed all of a sudden."Oh my, you are such a cutie," she laughed a little."Don't tease her, mother." I said."Okay, okay I won't but she is so cute," she seemed happy all of a sudden, "Are you sure she is your friend? I my expectation of you making friend was certainly low but who knew you would hit a homeroom." She exasperated."." Selene wasn't able to let out a single sound out. But her whole face was turning red especially around the ears."Are you feeling okay, Selene? Your face is completely red," I asked her."That should be expected from Allen," my mother commented."What do you mean by that?" I asked her."I'll take care of her, you walk in front of us," she said and came closer to Selene."Alright," I said while I took the poly bags from mother's hand. I noticed a few marks on her palm at the time. The bags must be rather hefty. Maybe that's why she was so cranky. She must have been exhausted after carrying all this.*Shud*Whoa, was she holding all these by herself? I am confident in my build but the weight in those polybags was quite large. That's the reason for those bruises on her hand. I don't usually went to guy some groceries for home but if my memories serves me right the super market is almost a 20 minute walk from home.If she was thinking of buying so much she should have asked me instead. Well I'll talk to her about this at home because I'm a thinking about what's she talking about with Selene.I don't know what is she going to do but if it's my mother I can rest assured, probably. I quickened my speed and put some space between Selene, my mother, and myself. They were both walking so slowly that I didn't even need to exert any effort, yet our distance was fairly considerable.I wonder what they are talking about.I tried not to look back but that made me even more curious. It's not like I don't trust my mother but rather I don't trust her tongue. If she continues to talk she never stops. I had experienced it.Since they were walking so slowly that even after 15 minutes have passed we were only halfway from my house. It doesn't concern me that much walking to match up their pace is kind of troublesome. I have this a weird habit that whenever I am walking with someone I know I instinctively match up their pace even if they are slow or fast. I just match up their pace. This time also I'm doing the same thing."Hmm"I ignored it since it might be coincidence so I went up ahead.Maybe because of all this ruckus in school and in my daily life I might be imagining things." alright, that's far enough," I mumbled to myself. Just now I noticed something on the mirror of the car parked on my right side. Not once but twice, I don't particularly bother me when someone is watching me or stalking me but it bothers me when this type of thing happens to my family.For the past few minutes a couple of men are following me. Nor did they close the distance in between us nor are they have spoken to each other much. They were mostly staring straight ahead. It's just like the last time, when a person was tailing me.I know for sure is because the area from we are passing buy is a place famous for sale. A couple of meters from here there is a super mart for everyday things and once every month there is a sale, and I mean a big sale.Buyers park their automobiles on this side of the road since the parking lot fills up as soon as the Sale sticker is posted outside the mart. To avoid causing traffic, many of them park their vehicles here. And I've been noticing these men following us for a long now through these mirrors. It's for certain that those men are following us.I stopped on my track and waited for mother and Selene to reach at my spot."Mother I'm placing these bags down for a second here," I placed the bad down beside an electric poll, "I will return in a minute so wait for me here.""Wh-?" before she could even finish her sentence I have already taken off.Without losing a moment I paced in the same direction I saw those men's.Seeing me run at them they turned on the nearest alley and before I could reach that alley they were gone. I lost track of them. I thought of going further but I also need to return."Forget it"I again paced down to where mother was waiting for me."Where did you go?" she demanded me."I say a cat down that alley being bullied by some other cat's so I went to save that cat""After coming so much further you decided to protect her?""Well you always tell me to help others, I thought for a moment that someone else would help her but instead I took the action" what am I saying? I don't even know for myself." Fine.""Where is Selene?" I asked her as I noticed she was missing."Her house is up right at that corner. See that big house. That's her house," she said." Okay?" why is she telling me this?"What am I going to do with you?" she looked a little bit unhappy but a slight glimpse of smile was noticed on her lips.With that, I tried to forget about the men who were following me and returned home with my mother, who informed me about how wonderful Selene is. All until we got back home.TO BE CONTNUED
