The Invisible Mystery

Chapter 20: Section A's Truth

Evo looked at me with a serious expression on his face, which made me feel as though a chill had run down onto my spine. It felt like I suddenly got frightened because of him, but I did not back down, as I still looked straight into his eyes.

I never looked away from him as I had a serious but confused expression on my face. I continued to look straight into his eyes as though I was anticipating that I would find something, anything, which could tell me the truth.

Though I already knew better than thinking that something like that would happen. I already knew that it would never be that easy to read someone like him.

I already knew that he was one of those people who were so good at hiding what they were really feeling - to the point that even the emotion in their eyes was gone. I knew that he was those kinds of people who looked like indifferent ones, even though they were only trying to hide the truth from anyone - and as of this moment, I knew that someone was me.

I continued to look straight into his eyes, as I did not bother to hide the confusion that was bothering me for days. I did not care about bottling up inside of me any longer.

After all, this feeling has already been bothering me for days. It was always there and was hunting me on whatever I was trying to do. It has been bothering me for days no end and I never wanted it anymore.

I never liked the idea that I would still feel it. I never liked the thought that I would be like this way because of the truth that I could not seem to find. I did want to think that I would still be confused over this thing, even though the truth was already in front of my eyes.

It was tiring. I never liked that feeling that has been hunting me these days. It made me feel restless as I did not know what to do anymore. It made me feel like I was a d*mb person, even though I knew that I was clearly not one. It made me feel like I was only f*oling myself, that was why I was there in front of him as I did not hesitate that question anymore.

I did not have any second thought any longer, as I already knew that this would be the only way for me to know the truth. This was the last chance that I could see that I would be able to know the truth.

This would be the last thing that I could do so that I would be able to find out everything that has been kept in the dark. The last time that I would be able to tell the truth that I badly wanted to know, because this was related to them - to the people that I learned to care for other than my family even though I had just met all of them.

I let out a sigh as I kept on looking at him. I did not bother to feel a bit hesitant about this, because, after all, I already told him what I found out that day.

I had already told him what I had heard in that one phone call. I had already told him what I had found out in that one single phone call that I never thought I would ever receive in my life.

Even though it was not meant for me, and even though I was clearly confused about it, I already knew that it was connected to the truth that I wanted to find. It was connected to that secret that they never wanted to tell me - a secret that only the students of Section A knew.

“Well?” I suddenly said to him, which made his eyes falter as though he never expected that from me. It was as though he was deep in his thoughts that he only snapped out of it when I suddenly talked to him. “Aren’t you going to talk?”

Will he be silent about this? Will he still keep the truth, even though I already asked him why I was acting like this way towards all of them? Would he be like this way, even though he could clearly see that I was so desperate to find an answer?

I wanted to cry because of frustration. I wanted to let all of my bottled emotions out of my heart, but then again, I guessed that I was already long passed that phase and all I needed to do was to s*ck everything up and find out the truth that I badly wanted to have.

All I had to do was to do everything that I could so that I would be able to find out the truth. All I had to do was to do something so that I did not have to think about it all the time - so that I would be able to know the secret that they badly wanted to keep from me.

“Was there something that was stopping you from saying anything?” I told him as I looked straight into his eyes, as though I was hoping that I could find something in his eyes - as though I was hoping to find his true emotions as of that moment. “Am I not supposed to hear that? Am I not supposed to find anything out?”

Because if that was really the case, then I did not know what to do any longer. I did not know what I was supposed to do. I did not know what I should do about every single thing that I heard and saw on that day.

I did not know if I would still be able to be with them when I knew that they were trying to hide something from me. I did not know if I would still be able to trust them, when I knew that they could not even trust me back.

We stared at each other for another minute, when he finally looked away from me as he let out a loud sigh as though he had given up. It was as though whatever he was trying to think earlier, he had already foregone the thought that he should consider it, because it seemed like it did not make sense any longer.

It seemed like he thought that it was no use any longer, and all he had to do was to accept the fact that he needed to say something to me. He already knew that he had to explain everything that I was so confused about. He already knew that I would never let it go that easily, and I think that I was right with what I had thought about him.

After all, I have seen how he looked at me once again, this time with an expression that I could not name - though I must say that it might be hesitation because he was still considering the fact that he wanted to keep it from me. He was still thinking about not saying anything at all, even though he already knew that it would just all go to waste.

“I will tell you the truth,” he said to me, which made my eyes widen as I looked at him as though I never expected that I would hear that from him. He was never bothered by it though. He just continued to look at me as he added, “Though I think that I should say that you should promise me that you will never be that bewildered by what you were about to hear.”

I was about to nod my head to him, because I really wanted to find out the truth, though before I could even do that, we both heard the loud shouts of our classmates as though they were still having fun not so far from where Evo and I were.

It made me realize that we were still in this part of Lost Soul’s Forest where they had decided to celebrate, and I could not even think of the thought that I would act like I was having fun, even though I was clearly bothered by everything that I had found out that day.

“Let’s discuss this in a place that they cannot hear.” Evo immediately turned his back as soon as he had said that, and I just followed him behind as soon as I had heard him say, “I did not want to ruin their fun because of this,” which made me nod my head as I agreed because it really seems like they were too happy, and I did not have a heart on ruining it.

“Alright,” I told him as I looked at our classmates who were still enjoying their time while dancing around the bonfire. “Let’s talk in some other place.”

I looked at him once again, and that was when I saw that he had a small but meaningful smile on his face as though he was glad that he had heard something like that from me.

“Thank you, Liana.” I frowned at him because I really did not know why he was suddenly thanking me, though I stopped on my tracks because of what he had said next. “Thank you, because even though what you had found out that day was so shocking, it still did not stop you to become so considerate about us.” He looked at our classmates once again as I heard him whispered, “About them.”

I tried to process every single thing that he had said to me, and that was the moment that I felt like my heart was about to burst, because, even though he did not directly say the words that I wanted to hear – the words that would confirm everything – I already knew that was what he wanted to say to me.

I already knew that was what he wanted to imply, but then again, I still could not help but to have second thoughts about it. I still could not help but to not believe every single thing that he was saying, because it seemed as though it was far too impossible to happen.

Even if I wanted to ask him, to confirm the words that he had just said to me, and even though I wanted to know if what I had on my mind was the right thing, I could not open my mouth to really ask him those questions.

Though I guessed that I did not have to ask him about it any longer, because as soon as I saw the expression that he had on his face, and as soon as our eyes met, I knew that he already had an idea as to what I wanted to ask him – I knew that I did not have to speak anymore because he would tell me the truth, the truth that I did not know if I would be able to hold onto because I knew that it was far too impossible to be the truth.

“We do not exist in this world anymore, Liana,” he said, which made my heartbeats rise as I did not know what to do any longer. “We were not supposed to be existing alongside with you, because it has been five years ever since that tragic incident had happened.”

“It has been five years ever since we died, together with our adviser, in the very same place where we are now.”