Patencies

Chapter 13, The strong shadow.

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"Thank you for shopping"

It became customary for Alland to go buy a bottle of mineral water first before continuing the journey.

His body he's taking it somewhere. A place that offers peace to him, but also becomes a pain when the memory comes over him.

Alland sat beside the tomb while looking up at the sky.

It was a cloudless sunny day, a weather that Alland loved very much because he thought, at a time like that was a time when everyone would not be sad because the weather was very good.

But in fact, even though the weather he liked so much appeared on this day, his mood was not happy at all.

Alland still maintained his position. He sat down and let the wind gush slowly over his body, as his eyes closed for a moment.

"Ah, that's it!"

Alland opened his eyes quickly as a voice greeted him. As soon as his eyes opened, the first thing he saw was something standing in front of him. When Alland confirmed his vision, he saw clearly what was in front of him.

"Uncle, your wallet fell in front of you. Here, I brought it for you."

Alland smiled, embarrassed by his reckless deeds. What if his wallet falls and doesn't come back to him?

"Ah, what's your name, son? Thanks in advance yes"

The boy smiled. "Sama-sama uncle. I'm Kenzo. Please be more careful next time. Excuse me first."

Alland. The young man smiled again and retreated from the place, leaving Alland who still maintained his smile.

"Look, I almost lost this wallet. Do you remember this wallet?"

Alland asked, I don't know who. There were no gales, really just gusts of wind that sounded.

Despite that, Alland continued to speak.

Is it okay there? Is it comfortable there? Would all this not have happened if he had not boarded the bus with them?

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"Instant noodles for me, fizzy drinks for Lesya, milk for Savier. He still has milk? Seriously is?."

Andreas shook his head slowly remembering himself forgetting Savier's habit of still drinking milk. He said it was good for growth.

Andreas takes his shopping cart to the cashier when his net accidentally catches a girl sitting alone out there.

Quickly the young man looked towards the wall clock, then turned to the cashier guard.

"Sir, this is the shopping count first yes, I want to go out for a while. Not long ago mbak. You can see me from inside."

Realizing that the cashier's woman did not believe him, Andreas put down his phone and said that it was a guarantee that he would return soon.

"Woy Kaila, what's that?!"

Feeling that he was being called, he turned around and found the shocked face of Andreas half-living.

"Hehe, Aerylin asked me to try this fake hair and- ADAW!!"

"YOU'RE BRAINLESS, BERHYL! WHY ARE YOU SITTING ON KAILA CAKE!?"

"Excuse me, I'm a friend of both people there. I want to pay for the groceries and take the phone," he said, spending some money.

"O-oh.it's fine."

Aerylin came out carrying a grocery bag in her left hand, and Andreas' phone in her right.

"Oi, come on, let's go. Lesya the same others have been waiting," he said in a flat tone, but managed to stop the activities of the human duo whose stupidity is rampant.

Andreas nodded and walked together with the two of them, towards the school.

"Weh, my phone-"

"There was. I took it."

"It's stupid to be human."

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It got a little cold when Alfred set foot inside the house. While circulating his gaze around every corner, he could not find Alland.

Where the hell is he?

"Oh, call in."

"Hello?"

"Oh, hello Alfred."

Alfred slightly moved his phone away to see who was calling him. No, no names listed, just a line of numbers there.

"Who is it?"

"It's me, Nalea. I'm sorry if I called you all of a sudden. You must be surprised."

Alfred nodded. Getting a call like this surprised him. Especially when he was a little bit confused. His heart seemed like it was about to jump when it heard its own ringtone.

"So, what are you calling me these nights?"

The Alfred he met in person and Alfred who was on the phone were completely different. Nalea was quite understanding of that because for sure, Alfred did not know that he would call.

"Yes, you know, I just wanted to thank you for being with me yesterday. I don't think I said it right."

I heard a murmur from across there. Alfred did not say anything, making Nalea think that the young man must have been annoyed by her suddenly calling.

"Sorry, you must be sleepy now. Then, I'll switch it off-"

"Don't!"

Alfred involuntarily raised his tone slightly. She was afraid that Nalea would cut her phone unilaterally, while she had not said anything.

"Am.ok. Is there anything you want to say? I thought you were sleepy so I'd shut it down soon."

There is no link from across. Nalea patiently waited for Alfred's next speech. Maybe that's the important thing, right?

"Yes. You welcome. Thank you." Thank you."

Pip's!

Nalea immediately stared at the screen of her phone. "He turned off the phone?! Seriously?! After I waited for him because I thought something was important?! Alfred!!!"

While the young man in a distant place there, hit his pillow several times because it was too happy.

Yes, happy because the girl called him, and a little sad because she was nervous and immediately decided the phone unilaterally without hearing the girl's voice again.

"When I was curious.."

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His steps are irregular. Several times he fell and stood up again. Nature gave all the rain to him. Yeah, his whole body was wet and he left without a vehicle. Feeling that his house was near did not keep the man going. There was a mini-park there and he preferred to go to the park instead of walking a little more and set foot in a house that was certainly warm.

Speaking of his wet body, Alland reached into his pants pocket and found that his phone was missing.

"Ah. Is my phone missing? If it's true, I have to go back to pick it up" he said, then stood up to go get his phone, but a second later sat back down.

"No, it looks like my phone is at home. After all, even though my phone is gone, no one will be aware of it. Its alright. I can buy it again and it'll all be back to how it was."

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As soon as his eyes opened, the first thing he saw was the ceiling of his own room.

"good. Next time you want to leave, leave everything and don't come back. "

That's Alfred. Alland recognized his voice and was lying down in his own room.

Alfred came to bring water and food, as well as some chocolate-flavored sweets.

"Why should sweets?" he asked confusedly.

Alfred thought for a moment. "Eitherway. Doesn't it taste sweet enough?. Perhaps your tongue is bitter."

Alland stared at the porridge in front of him, not intending to directly eat it as it was not tasteful.

Alfred went straight out of his room after making sure everything was in place.

Alland tried to remember how he got home, but he could not remember the incident.

What he remembered was that he was sitting in a mini-park and everything went dark. Then when his eyes opened, he knew he was already in his own room.

Alland managed to finish off a plate of porridge and three chocolate-flavored candies. As Alfred said about his bitter tongue, now slightly improved after eating the candy.

He should be asleep by now, but his mind seemed not to allow that to happen.

Alland could not escape the shadow of the past, where everything happened and he blamed himself for everything.