Hope Like an Angel

This Night

Why do I have to search this place again...?

See... triangle shape.. with many long chairs...

...

The seat in the middle...

Last time I sat there...

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WORLD, DAD?!"

...

"QUICK!!!"

A. I have to go...

I ran away from Miss Liona alone near Triangle Park.

"Fal? Fuckin' fal!" He called me many times.

I'm sorry. I can't. I don't want to remember that incident again, please...

But where to? I don't remember the way home. Brother Liona brought me here but I daydreamed all the way...

People were pacing back and forth, riding in a trontoon guarded by several troops in the middle of the road, I was alone on the left, beside small houses I had never seen.

Hey.. My legs can't stop shaking.. Come on stop! That memory is just a memory!

"FALISHA'S MAN!"

I sat on the edge, covering my head with both hands.

It's just a memory... Fal... memories!

Mom's dead, Dad's dead, there's nothing I can do!

There ain't! I can't do anything! Can't! Can't do...

...

"Well, Falisha?"

Someone said my name from behind.

That's Nessie with her mom, carrying two suitcases in the back. Their clothes were thick, preparing for evacuation...

"You why? Is it sick?" His mother asked briefly, his face anxious.

"No..."

"Wantas? Why sit alone on the side of the road? Looks like unemployment..." Nessie helped me up, patting my shirt.

"I'm cynical, but that doesn't mean I don't want to help. If there's anything, talk." She's straddling, her mom's researching me.

"Wait.you're part of the army!"

"Well?!" Nessie was surprised, her eyes wide open.

"Y. yeah.. actually..."

"Wait on! Falisha?! A loner?! People like you?! At this age of yours to be a team?!" Nessie pushed, pulled, pushed, pulled my shoulder, I felt dizzy...

"Nes! Stopit! Her headache!" His mother pulled him, made me free.

"God... Look at you. Great, beautiful, more dashing than in class! I'm so envious.It's worth Raphael to like you!"

"!" My face flushed, what did Nessie say? Raphael's?

"H... huh? Raphael likes-"

"Yes! At least from your behavior, it looks like Raphael likes you!"

Phew, just a hypothesis. But...

"Well, Nessie... Falisha, I salute your struggle, but we can't stay here, we have to go on the tronton, so you take good care of yourself, yeah." His mother touched my shoulder, encouraged me.

"Yes, be careful, Fal..." Nessie chimed in, then picked up two of her suitcases.

"B.. good..." I nodded, they walked away, riding on the tronton in the middle of the road.

"Bye, Fal!" He waved his hand, I hesitated to reply.

Nessie turns out to be a good person, yes.

All right, for now, I'm part of the squad, don't think about anything else just yet.

After all, the day after tomorrow, I will actually meet the Fedora Hats Monster...

At least that's what I was hoping for...

Now, how do I get home?

"Faal Ooi!" That voice... Brother Liona?

Yes, there he is. running waving, very fast...

"Oh, you. don't..." He was exhausted, breathing out many times, wiping the sweat on his forehead.

"It's okay..." He patted my shoulder, telling me to stand up straight.

"I think you have bad memories, yes, of that place..." Brother Liona looked at me politely, worriedly.

"..." - ".I can't talk about that..

"Hmm. alright, not being answered is also okay, I understand what it feels like to have a deep grudge against something."

"Really?" Liona's serious? He understood?

"of course. Why do you think I want to be a doctor at headquarters?"

"..." - ".I nodded, not knowing.

"Because my brother, Isabella, died being killed by a monster eight years ago..." He answered flatly.

Uh... Isabella...? Isabella...

"So I owe him a lot, he's the best big brother in the whole world. Feed me food when I was a child, teach me how to survive, give me money with a smile even when he is in an angry mood, support me until I can be a good Doctor. Since I couldn't save her, I changed my life's purpose by saving the people in the base, as a thank you to her." Sis Liona's mouth was flashing, staring down...

...

Grep. I hugged him tightly...

"Eh... Fal...?"

"It must be hard. This life..." I tightened my arms to her, my God. It was behind all her good manners...

"Hahahahaha.it's okay." He returned my embrace, finally letting go.

"All right, now I'm gonna take you home. Rest until the day after." Brother Liona rubbed my head, I agree, we both walk towards home now...

***

At 18:00, it was getting dark.

Turn on the lights outside the house, the lights on the roadside become a light source. The switch is right next to the entrance.

"Well, if you need help, call me..." Brother Liona waved her hand, I bowed.

"Thank you, really."

"Together, Falisha..." He smiled widely, then left, I closed the door.

I walked towards the sofa in front of the TV on the right, sitting on it...

Tomorrow night...the three of us will check the mysterious place, approximately....what is it?

Hahahaha.comical also imagined Raphael who was secretly drawing during a meeting, his face must be in a panic...

BRCRC... BRCRC...

My cell phone I left on the couch rings, rarely like this...

I opened my hpku screen.

"Raphael has created a group" On the screen, below the clock, there is information that Raphael made a group.

Pfft.. His name is "Cool People". What's the matter?

"Hey, Fal... Jenn..." There was a message from Raphael in his group.

"Sorry, wrong number." I was answering.

"Yeeeh, it's been hard to get a number, if I'm wrong I destroyed my phone now..." Replied, right too..he used to painstakingly get my number, I still had a hard time trusting people back then...

"Oh hello Fal, Raf, what's going on?" Jennifer finally replied.

"Don't know, Raphael suddenly made this group."

"Hahahaha. His name can be too."

"Well, of course, I'm cool." Reply Raphael.

"Look, I've been thinking about this all day, but I need your opinion." Raphael said, thinking what?

"Oh? What's wrong? What are you thinking?" Jennifer curious.

"But it's a bit scary too if you agree. Otherwise it will be too long..." What does Raphael mean? Too long? Kinda spooky?

"Hey, explain quickly, what's up?" I'm astonished.

"Look... Leo said he suggested we attack the place tomorrow night, right?" Raphael says.

"Yes, continues?"

...

Raphael suddenly kept silent.

"What's up, Raphael?" Jennifer wants to know.

"How about.. how about we attack that red-circled place tonight...? Today, eight o'clock at night..."

Whahuh? Why...?