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Chapter 15 - Hic!!!

Larissa turns her head towards the academy as sound of bell ringing spread throughout the surrounding as their senior students have more classes than them to attend everyday.

"Luna, its been 40 minutes since we are sitting like this near the lake maybe it's time we go back to the our dormitory."

"Why you are always in rush Larissa, sometimes you need to take some rest and take a sweet time off for yourself. We are not running out of time, we are still young and has lot to see in this world than just this classroom walls and dormitory room."

"You are wrong about that Luna, we are really running out of time. We need to prepare for the war, even though government keep telling us everything is under control and there's no need to worry about the war for another half century but everyone knows that's just lies. As long as this blood thirsty savage werewolfs exists war won't end till last of them are dead." Larissa clunch her fist as she looked at the sky with sharp as she blue sky seems like fragile membrane in disguise that hiding dark and grim future that, they will have to face one day.

"Why do we need to fight the war? Why we need to start the war? Why we need to kill every werewolf till extinction? Why were werewolf need kill us all human? Why there's no peace or compaction for one another as we all live on the same planet together with all the different species. If we stayed united what a wonderful this world would be don't you think Larissa." Luna voice holds deep sorrow as the world seems bit to cruel for to live in, she watch as as flower close to her butterfly lands on it and began to drink its nectar as the nature is in perfect harmony only intelligent species like there are fighting and killing each other for ages probably forgetting even what first started the war in first place.

"I apologise for being rude this time Luna but your line of thought is quite naive and delusional as there's no way in this entire world any human being ever going to forgive or tolerate the existence of werewolf who for hundreds of years slaughtering out human being and treating us worse than the livestock. No one can erase the burns and scars of war in our history just because of one sunny day in our life, instead this clear blue sky represents what we have lost throughout the history because of cruel heartless and mindless inferior demons like werewolf that had massacre millions of human being till this day. Their claws and fangs are dripping with innocent human being blood. You might have never lost anyone close to you Luna but to the rest of the world your words might sound like mockery to their bleeding wounds." Larissa pluck the straid of grass and tighten her fist as she couldn't understand the reason behind why Luna think this way. She follows Luna line of sight as rare blue butterfly flutter it's wings as it fly in the air its wings spread out in air with boundless freedom and hope as it searches for next flower to land on too. But after flying for blue butterfly wings remains spread out as if it got stuck in the air and unable to move. As gust of wind blew and tree leafs flutter along with wind ray of sun light shines upon the butterfly from canopy of the tree as it reflects the shining web in under the sun light as butterfly remain stuck in it as more it struggle more it wings get stick to the web. Spider hiding in tree finally comes out of its hiding spot after feeling vibration of struggling pray trapped on its web.

Larissa didn't turned her gaze away from the butterfly for second as she watch butterfly desperately trying to break free itself from the trap, Larissa stood up from the ground and began to walk towards the nearest tree branch hanging below. She breaks the tree branch enough in length to free the butterfly, with small thin tree branch in her hand she gently free the butterfly from the spider webs. As it gets out the spider web butterfly fly away from the place.

"Larissa why do you have to interfere in natural cycle, everything is working in nature order if you save the butterfly what spider going to eat now. It will probably die from the starvation at this rate as it has to repair its web again." Luna find it amusing as the way Larissa react to her surrounding.

"Doesn't matter much if I interfere or not within natural order but it will still save the one life atleast. If I didn't do anything than I will just remain as hypocrate who only talks and do nothing about the problems and fate we are going to be up against. And for me it doesn't matter whether they are werewolf or human, who ever harm human will face same judgement." Larissa tighten her grip around the tree branch like it's sword and made swinning motion as it cut through air with sharp sound.

Thud!!!

Larissa and Luna turned their head around as they heard sound of something falling behind them and they saw Leatitia looking at them nervously as she picked up her bottle of water. "I didn't meant to disturb you, I was just passing by from here."

"What are you doing her Leatitia?" Larissa got startled by the sudden arrival of Leatitia, she didn't know someone was here besides two of them.

"Ummm, I... I'm just walking around the campus. I'm sorry, I didn't know two of you would be here as usually this place remain empty." Leatitia lower her head in apology as she might interrupted them.

"You don't have to say sorry, you didn't do anything wrong." Larissa put on awkward smile on her face, as she shouldn't asked this in high voice.

"So, you usually sit here after our classes ends? As you said no-one usually come here." Luna inquire with curiosity as she catch on to words Leatitia just said.

"Not everyday just sometime as this place is quite peaceful and flowers growing here is quite beautiful along with the lake." Leatitia corrected her words, she still have this nervous and timid look on her face and voice.

"Don't be afraid of us, Leatitia. We are not going to bully you, you don't have to act so formal and scared around us." Luna said with smile as she stood from the ground and wrapped her arms around Leatitia shoulder.

"Tell me Leatitia, have you seen better place than this inside our campus that usually remains empty and most people don't go around there?"

"Umm, i don't know I'm sorry. Its just few days since we school started and I didn't go outside as much as you might think. I usually sit for sometime that's all." With her small and soft voice Leatitia clarify herself as it was quite awkward for to as she wasn't used to such friendly behaviour.

"Luna, don't make her feel more awkward than it's already is let her take a breath first. Maybe she not used to this." Larissa saw through nervous and fear in Leatitia eyes as she seem to be not being good with dealing with people. She might prefer alone time more than remaining in group or with few friends.

"Yeah...yeah but Leatitia you shouldn't act so fearful around everyone, have some confidence in yourself while talking to others and us."

Larissa raised eyebrows as that was quite rude to say it even though it might comes out as the good will but Luna just turned her faced away after seeing Larissa reaction as she did realise she shouldn't have said to this or she can have choosen better words for this.

"Don't mind me, I usually don't think before speaking." Luna said awkwardly as this is become quite cringe for her and everything seems to getting awkward in just few moments.

"I know, everyone also says that about you." Leatitia said without realising that she just spoke out words that she she is thinking inside her mind.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..." Leatitia nervously lowered her head as she's about to apologise for her speaking out of her mind this isn't usually like her.

"You don't have to and stopp apologising for everything you know, it becomes awkward everytime you keep apologising like this to me. And you didn't said anything wrong either, I know what others talked about me." Luna almost felt her voice cracking as she becomes bit emotional as this wasn't like what she imagine her school life going to be liked on her first day.

"Hey...hey let's change the topic, its becoming too serious for something like this. Why don't we just walk around here for before going to dormitory." Larissa wave her hands up and down in air in small motion as tried to lessen the awkwardness among them.

"Yeah, you right. Wanna try this this chips, its new flavour just came out in market." Luna offered her opened chips packet to Leatitia with her other hand.

"Its okay, my stomach is already full. I can't eat anything anymore."

"Come on Leatitia you had to try one or two potato chips for taste, its quite good. I insist." Leatitia nervously took one chips out of the packet and ate it. Within seconds her face turned red and she started cough out loudly with hiccups.

Cough!!!

Cough!!!

Hic!!!

Hic!!!

Leatitia unzip her bag pack and pull out milk bottle and began gulping down furiously. Larissa quickly run over to her side and gently tap her back. After emptying whole bottle Leatitia took in deep breath, seeing her like Luna couldn't control her laughter as she laughed out loudly.

"Oh, dear you can't handle the spicy food. You should have told me this before and why you are carrying bottle of milk with you." Luna try to control her laugh as she did realise it was bit insensitive of her to laugh at Leatitia like this.

"I... I can't eat spicy food."

"You have alergy to hot pepper or hot chili?" Larissa adke with concern.

"No, but that chili was deadliest thing I ever ate in my life. Oh, god it feels like my stomach and tongue is on the fire." Leatitia cried out in tears, she couldn't handle the spiciness of chips she just ate.

"Here drink this water." Larissa offered her bottle of water to Leatitia as she didn't felt good about this, this time it does feels like they're like bunch of bully. As Leatitia hiccups still didn't stop as her body temperature was raised by the single hot chips she just ate.

"I'm sorry, Leatitia. We didn't know that you can't handle the spicy food, let's go to nurse office. She might have something for you that can, help you with this."

After drinking mouthful of water Leatitia gave back the bottle of water to Larissa, "its okay now, I think I can handle this...hic... And it wasn't your fault as I should have told you first that I can't eat spicy food."

Hic!!!

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