I AM AN ATHEIST

The Starry Night

" No"

" no father, don't burn me "

"no"

In a room of five people, where everyone looked to be in a deep sleep, suddenly a silhouette woke up with a bad nightmare.

She was sat up and was sweating heavily, she had a very bad dream in which she was being punished for breaking the sacred rule of her goddess, her family were the ones who initiated the punishment, it was really something she feared.

I must not make it come true.

She declared to herself, she laid back again and tried to sleep, but for some unknown reason, her thoughts revolved around the nightmare, she doesn't wanna sleep, she was afraid of having another nightmare again.

To calm herself down, she decided to go out and take fresh air, hence she stood up and walked towards the door that leads to the outside and opened it up.

" You...."

" Why are you here?"

She was shocked by finding a man sitting on a chair a few steps away from her.

" Shh...you would wake them up with your voice"

" come out and close the door, let's have a chat"

The man said as he leaned forward while keeping one of his legs onto the other.

She did as instructed by the man in front of her, after closing the door, she walked towards him until she was just a foot away from him.

Looking at her, the man asked: " Tell me where is Golu? Is he the one who got injured or the one who injured the other? ".

" How did you know? No.."

" I mean when did you realize? "

The woman was none other than Dragon63, and the man was Xavier.

" First tell me, what happened to Golu? "

Xavier refused to answer all her questions before knowing the whereabouts of Golu.

" Actually when you left, Boar4 gathered a bunch of people together, and began insulting you for a specific insult, Golu could not control his anger and charged at Boar4 with his sword ".

Surprised by his sudden strike, Boar4 pulled the nearby woman in front of him and defended himself from Golu's sword while making her a meat shield.

Then followers of Golu enraged resulted in a mutual fight, and you know what happened later, Herald told the rest".

Sigh...

Xavier sighed after knowing the truth, either it Golu being injured or injuring the other person, both of them were a serious matter.

Dragon63 thought that Xavier would get angry, contradictory to her expectations there was no change in his expression, so putting up her courage she asked without fearing " I did answer you, now tell me when did you realize it?"

Xavier closed his eyes for a second, opening them back again he answered: " When you told me that he followed Chicken20, but as far as I know, he will never be willing to separate himself with Molu, food and sleep".

" that damn Herald almost fooled me, but thanks to you I recognized his lies "

Xavier said, then his face turned sad.

Dragon63 astonished because Xavier looked to be completely different now when compared to his previous self, he did not look like the mighty prince, but more as of a depressed guy.

" wait, what are you doing? "

She got more surprised by him, as he stood up and leaned on her which almost looked to be as if he was hugging her.

" Don't move"

Xavier said as some tears fell from his eyes,

The scene was truly spectacular, under the full moonlight and stars, in front of the house a man leaned on the shoulder of a woman while shedding his tears.

" I am tired, I am tired of being the prince, let me be myself for a while "

" I am doing my best to live up to the expectations of my father and uncle, but looks like I failed, I promised them to protect my brothers in the Gurukul"

" But sadly I could not"

The tears which fell from his eyes onto her shoulders made Dragon63 realize how much he was going through.

"As a prince, I did everything closer to perfect, I sacrificed my childhood, dedicated my playtime to learn swordsmanship and literature, I accomplished a lot, but I failed today, I could not protect him, nor her"

Xavier shed more tears and unknown to himself he got much closer to her, Dragon63 felt uncomfortable for being so much closer to the prince, but she did not complain, she let him cry his heart out and consolidated him with her following words.

" No, you did not fail. Believe in your god or goddess, nothing will happen to Golu, he will be alright"

These words made him feel a bit comfortable even though he did not believe in any god, somehow these words gave him a little comfort.

" And stop crying like a baby, you made my shoulder wet, you are a damn prince, don't you? then behave like one".

Hearing her words, Xavier came back to his senses and pulled himself away from her with a shout " I am sorry, I did not mean to that "

"ha..ha.ha..ha...prince I know, don't worry "

Dragon63 laughed out while looking at his sudden change in attitude.

" prince, don't worry I won't say it to anyone that you cried on a girl's shoulder"

Dragon63 teased, then she asked: " By the way where did you get that chair from? and the hell you were sitting on it in front of my house at the midnight like a Grim Reaper ".

She paused a second then she teaches:

" I almost thought you came to kill me, you feared me to death and prince you should learn to smile a little, your serious looking face makes you appear as if you were going to murder someone"

Xavier nodded, he felt a bit ashamed of what he did, he showed his weakness, he must not have done that, but somehow he was feeling good and a little bit less stressed.

" That chair, it was there right there" Xavier pointed to an empty place next to the toilet where the chair actually was.

" Forget it, now you knew the truth, you should go and sleep, I am getting the sleep again," with a yawn Dragon63 said while putting her hand in front of her mouth.

Xavier nodded, seeing him nod Dragon63 said: " Then I am going ", but soon when she turned around to walk inside the house she heard: " no wait, I have a favour to ask you".

" I want to meet Chicken23, I have something to discuss with him".

Hearing his request, Dragon63 who almost put one of her steps inside the house called had leg back, then after turning around she asked: "now? , right now? "

" Yes," Xavier replied.

" Prince, have you gone mad? who would go to somebody's home at this hour and wake them up ".

Dragon63 said in a domineering manner.

" Did not you say that he was pulling an all-nighter? "

" Don't tell me that, it was also a lie ".

The confused Xavier asked.

" Yes I lied about it, that guy might right now be dreaming about his life in heaven with 120 virgin wives".

Xavier did not pursue her to bring him to Chicken20 anymore.

Hearing no further enquiries from Xavier, she asked: " Anything else? ".

" No" Xavier replied.

" Then good night," Dragon63 said as she went in and closed the door with a " thud".

What the hell is wrong with me?

Did I just cry in front of a woman, how weak I am to do so? That's not manly.

As Xavier was thinking, he heard the opening sound of the door again, but it did not open fully, from inside the door Dragon63 pulled her head out, while looking at Xavier she said: " Oh! I forgot to u tell you if you have anything to share which you could not do with others, feel free to approach me and don't do rake any extreme steps right now against Boar4 either, just go and sleep bye "

Following her farewell wish, she pulled her head back and closed the door, after closing the door she leaned on it and thought " Did he say he could not protect her? Who is her? no I can not let him take away by some other woman, after all, he removed my hood ".

On that night, Xavier also returned to his house which was next to her house, he opened the door and found Molu and Herald were still asleep.

Without making any sounds, he approached his blanket and covered himself, he did not get any sleep for the next few hours, but at some meant his eyes began to close themselves before he fell asleep.

The next day when Xavier woke up, as usual, he found Henry's Bible lying on his chest, He had no interest either to open it or flush it in the toilet.

So Xavier just kept Henry's Bible aside, then he looked for Herald and Molu, they seemed to wake up first, they were not in the room.

In search of them, he opened the door and saw them outside, they were discussing something, but when they saw Xavier, they looked over to him.

Xavier walked towards them and said, " Molu, I know Herald is a stranger, he lied to me, but you, I did not expect that, how could you lie to me ? ".