Chapter 34: Forgiveness From the Fated Day (1) (1/2)
*knock* *knock* *knock*
”I'll get it! It must be them,” Emria rushed to the door and opened it.
”We're here! Damn, this place is fancy!” The masked man ran through the entrance as Emria opened the door, followed by the rest of the boys.
”Huh? Who let the mystery mask guy come?” Asked Emria, confused after he barged in. He stood in front of the rest of the boys, all of them waiting for him to move out of the way.
”My apologies. While I was setting up my room, I found out that he was my roommate. He somehow knew about our meeting and insisted he come. I didn't see the harm in doing so, so I allowed it,” explained Clyde.
”This is my room you know? You can't just 'allow' people in,” remarked Rein jokingly, which caused Clyde to grow a devastated expression.
”O-oh, my deepest apologies Rein… I wi—”
”Haha, it's fine. I'd rather have him here anyways. It'd make explaining things a lot easier,” expressed Rein, as he smiled at the masked man.
”Nothing gets past you now, huh Rein? I had a feeling you knew,” said the masked man, beginning to remove his mask.
”Yeah yeah, you guys can do this spooky shit later. Sit your ass down first at least,” Quint pushed the masked man forward, making his way to the spacious couch that could easily host 10 people.
”Come on dude, I was about to make a dramatic reveal! Now the mood's all wrong!” The masked man sat down on the couch, and everyone could tell that he was pouting under the mask.
Saphrilla entered the room, holding tea and cookies in her hands, struggling to hold them as she usually to used her Spring to carry things like that. Reggie helped her deliver the refreshments before taking his seat, which Saphrilla thanked him for.
3 large couches were situated in the living room. Emria, Saphrilla, and Chloe sat on one, Clyde, Quint, and Reggie sat on the next, and the masked man sat with Rein on the last. All eyes were now focused on the two sitting on the final couch.
”Well, nows as good a time as any I guess,” the masked man sighed, removing his mask discouragingly.
”Ta-da! I bet you're surprised to see me, aren't you Greeny?” The man's blue hair and pierced face were revealed, along with the tattoos that covered his arms.
”Wow!! It's you Core!!” Emria stood up and pointed at him, then looked over at Rein. ”You knew this entire time Rein!?” She looked at him with amazement.
”Well, I didn't know for sure… But I was fairly certain,” he professed.
”Stop being modest Rein… I can call you that, right?” He asked him, which confused the others in the room.
”Yeah, go ahead…” Rein's face grew a sad expression. Core's face turned from a laughing expression into a serious one. The rest of the room didn't know what it was about but brushed it off.
”Is miss D8 here too, Core? I wanna talk to her again…” Emria asked him, Core then nodding his head.
”Yeah, she's in the Gulf, but she's busy right now. I'll let her know that you wanna meet, k?” Core promised.
”K, thanks!” She smiled at him.
”Hold on. Please explain who you are first,” Clyde asked, whose question was also on the mind of the rest of the people in the room.
”We'll get there… Let me start from the beginning though…” Interrupted Rein, who caught everybody's attention.
”There are some details that I have to leave out of this story. First of all, as you may know, my name isn't really Rein Xilris. Emria and I were adopted by Saphrilla's father after the war began. Only Emria, Saphrilla, and Core know my real name here, but for certain reasons, I can't tell the rest of you what it is. I hope that's okay with you all,” he explained. The room nodded, and Rein began his story.