I woke up quite startled still feeling a sense of dread that I had never felt anything like it before, after I woke up, I kept darting my eyes around the room and after a while, I was finally able to calm myself down .
It was one weird and scary memory, one that was able to make me doubt reality itself, but luckily all my doubts were cleared up after I remembered where I was currently .
I was back into my room at the Hostel, I saw that it seem that at some point of time, I had fallen into a deep sleep, could what I have just experienced be nothing but a dream, a nightmarish one, the possibility was there, but it was very low in chances .
After all, I had already understood that for us dreams or nightmares like those could be acting as a window to a past life memories that we had, that's why I was feeling that much alarmed, have I broken the balance of something by trying to revive Regina .
Was that why that sea of Green energy appeared to perhaps judge me for it, even though the me in the current life felt dread wash all over it as the vision, dream, nightmare, whatever that was ended, even to the point of me having sweat formed on my forehead and back .
The me in the memory was more angry than nervous or worried, angry at the fact that the ritual was interrupted, angry at whoever made the spell to go astray and fail, he was so angry that with how closely I was to him in the memory, I was able to sense that whoever was responsible for this, he or she or even it should pray that I don't lay my eyes or hands at him .
He will not be given a peaceful death, he will continue to die for the rest of his cursed lifetime over and over and over until his spirit finally gave out, but his body will not, not until I feel that he had suffered enough .
That was what the me in the dream just now was feeling like, he was angry that he was still not getting what he wanted the most, to get Regina back, thinking of that, I couldn't help but appreciate my current life with Regina, thinking like this, I was dumbstruck when I saw that she was nowhere to be seen .
But just as I was thinking of that, the voice of the girl on my mind sounded from outside the door, she was saying :
Rise and shine dear, you really need to take care of yourself a bit more, at least by some groceries, I tried to make a good breakfast for us, but only found a few eggs and some ribs together with some ice creams and cakes, you luckily had some bread so that was good, I was able to...., to make us some sandwiches, that was all that I can do .
What's wrong, you have been acting weird all night, you kept calling my name and now this, did you recall another bad piece of memory ? .
She opened the door and I saw that she was wearing his normal formal attire without the jacket, instead she was currently wearing an apron, the moment I saw her entering the room, I couldn't hold on and directly caught her into a hug, one so tight that it made her both startled and bewildered at what was going on, the sudden hug made her pause slightly, but then she seeing my current state, said nothing and after we broke the hug, she continued to finish her talk .
She was asking about the reason why I was acting weird in my sleep, I nodded at her and said :
" I was having a bad dream that only you could have been able to help me come out of and just by you appearing like this in front of me, I can already said that you had already did .
Oh, what a romantic thing to hear in the beginning of the day, I'm happy that I was able to help but now, let's eat or our humble meal will get cold .
I then broke the hug and my emotions were now quite stable, I took the sandwich she had made for me and I was able to see that she had put a lot of efforts in making it, even though there was a huge lack in ingredients .
After taking the first bite, I couldn't help but praise her cooking skills, the girl in front of me had some good skills in cooking, even though this was nothing but a sandwich she made using what she could fine in the fridge, so remembering her identity in our past life and how she used to not be able to make anything back then and I couldn't help but find it a bit amusing and started to chuckle a bit and said :
" Your culinary skills have improved .
The moment I said this, I earned myself a glare from here as she understood what I was trying to say, she too seemed to have remembered how she used to cook in the past and after her face flushed a little and her glare at me, she said :
It came with training and I guess you need to thank Maya for that, she was sent to live with me from a young age, so one of us two needed to have some skill in cooking or we might have not survived living only on fast-food and that junk, so I was the one who took upon the rule of learning how to cook as her older sister .
As I heard this, I was indeed thanking Maya in my head for that, Regina's original cooking skills in our past lives were horrendous to say the least, this girl back then had some liking to just be tossing all kinds of ingredients in one or two pots and start experimenting with them, as if she were a mad food scientist or something like that .
So I'm indeed really really thankful for Maya for this, I saw that her glare at me become even more intense, she asked me if I was thinking about something rude regarding her and her cooking skills just now, but I directly shook my head, I would be too stupid to confess doing something like that .
But speaking of Maya, I couldn't help but tell her about the situation with Maya and ask her about the reason for that weird arrangements of her, allowing that girl to stay with Moroha .
Ummm, how to explain this, hmmm, Maya is in love with that Moroha, that's why she approached me and asked for my help, but I didn't know what can I possibly do to help, so in the end I decided to go along with her suggestion .
Before you criticize me for doing something like this, I will have you know that I had already tried to talk her out of this but all my tries, ended in failing, the girl was determined to do this as a way to cultivate a strong and stable relationship with that guy, so she still urged me to reconsider .
If it was before you and me recognizing one another, I might still wanted to disagree with her, but knowing how mature was Maya in mind and the two of us falling in love again like this, stopped me from trying to do so and instead I decided to grant her wish, that's all that was there to this .
After hearing what she had, I couldn't help but agree to some parts of it, seeing that I had not obligation in interfering, I decided that the best thing, I should be able to do was to stand aside and do nothing and trusting the so-called maturity of Maya .
I also couldn't help but imagine how would Shizuno look like when she realize who her new rival in love be, I let go of the subject and continued to eat after giving her a nod as an indication of that I was agreeing with her wait and see strategy .
After we finished eating those sandwiches, I thanked her for her hard work then held her hand as she was trying to escape in a hurry, already seemed to be aware of what kind of subject I will be talking to her about .
" So what's your answer ? .
My answer regarding what ? .
" Don't act oblivious, your sudden movement just now already confirmed that you have an idea about what I'm asking about, so what's your reply .
She fell silent after hearing that she was caught red-handed, she seemed to think for a while in search for a response she could give me, but all I got from her was a question in return, she was asking me about what she should do, she said :
What do you like for me to do ? .
" I'm asking you what do you want to do, but if you were curious about my opinion on this, then I will be glad to tell you that I believe it was time for you to meet my mother, it's just that I don't know how would you feel about under the limelight of many people and how will that work out for you and your position .
She was a bit happy at the response I gave her at first, but as I continued to talk more, her expression continued to change, as I finished saying everything that I have, she widened her eyes at me as if she was hearing about something for the first time, then she directly asked, saying :
What other people, who else will be attending this dinner ? .
She yelled at me directly to clear everything to her, I coughed slightly and said :
" That what I was initially going to tell you about yesterday, but things happened, my mother was expecting you, Tokiko, Sophia, Haruka and me, those were the people who were invited to the dinner at the mansion and she will probably invite you and Maya as well .
As I said this, I saw that the girl's in front me eyes were beginning to redden slightly and she was beginning to try and break free from me holding her hand, she was beginning to react in a similar fashion to what happened yesterday, well, she might be reacting more severely than yesterday due to knowing those new pieces of information .
Seeing her about to cry, I couldn't help but blurt out a question that disturbed to the extreme, I looked her in the eyes and said :
" Can you at least tell me, why are you crying ?.
After I asked this question, her face flushed and she became a bit flustered and tried to break free with all her strength, but seeing that there was no point in continuing the struggle, she collapsed on the floor and said with an almost inaudible voice like that of a mosquito, she said :
I'm nervous about meeting your mother because I'm worried that she might refuse the idea of me dating you, so I wanted to take a bit more time to steady myself, but now that everything become like this, I'm not even able to think of how I should be talking or interacting with her, that's why I'm panicking and that panic led me into crying .
Now, now, now you're telling me that I will need to confess my liking to you in front of other classmates of yours, I would rather die .
As I heard the last part, I couldn't help but pull her up and hold her tightly close to my chest and said :
" Don't wish for something that will made me loath living in this world, I had only recently got you back and you recklessly wished for your own death like that, then wish that I would die too and at least join you in death .
Lucius, I didn't, I didn't mean it like that, don't think deep about it, I'm also glad to be able to meet you in this life, so how I could possibly let you go like that, I'm just speaking what on my mind without thinking, I too wanted to live with you in this world .
She said this and buried her head deep in my chest, we were now both laying on the ground, she was laying on top of me, I hearing her words sighed in relief, my emotions from before were agitated suddenly when I heard her say this, so I couldn't help but lash out like this .
Now that we both calmed down a little, I couldn't help but think that it was weirdly funny that she was actually crying because of not knowing how to act and was just nervous to meet her future Mother-in-law .
I began caressing her head and give it a few pats while saying :
" I don't believe that my mother would try to split us a part or anything like that, I had already told her much about who were you to me in the past life and how I cherish the fact that I was able to find you in this life too, but she just want to check a few things with the two of you, so you really don't have to be nervous for something like that .
At my words, she raised her head from her chest and looked at me affectionately for almost half a minute, she then gave me a deep kiss then smiled sweetly at me and asked when the dinner will be held, I told her at 7,30 PM, she nodded her head and agreed to be there in time .
Seeing her like this, I couldn't help but ask her about whether would she really be okay with Sophia and the other being present, she just shook her head slightly and said that she would still feel a bit uncomfortable, but at this point of time, there were really nothing much for us to do .
So she would just what needed to be done for my sake and this relationship of ours sake as well, just as she said this, I felt overwhelmed by so many different emotions suddenly assaulting me and I decided that to do what those feelings were suddenly telling me to go ahead and do .
Just as I was about to lean closer and kiss her, a knock on my doors suddenly forced all the current development of the situation to come into a sudden halt, the person who was knocking on the door was none other than Tokiko, she was asking if I were inside .
Normally, I would have still went ahead and continued to feign ignorance and carry on with what I was about to do, but as I heard Tokiko's voice, I felt like a headache was about to hit me, let's hope that I can be able to survive today .