Chapter 16 - 16

"Hey, why are you blocking my way if it's only for that reason?" Roger asked in a static voice.

Meanwhile, Luna just lowered her head in shyness and reluctantly answered him.

"I was t-too guilty of it. P-Please forgive me. I mean, him!"

Roger cringed more as he saw how Luna was acting too strange. It was not that annoying for him, but this setup was just too bizarre for someone who had prideful eyes like her.

Technically, it was his impression of Luna. Luna had prideful eyes, and that's where her rude personality came from.

"Okay. I accept it. But can you move? I want to go home." Roger said.

Luna nodded, then moved aside without looking at Roger. Then, Roger just passed through the girls with his head shaking.

As Roger finally left their surroundings, the girls approached Luna with curious intent.

"Why did you act like that, Luna?" they all asked, but forgetting something, Luna wasn't that friendly towards them that they could just ask her anything.

"Huh? Why do you even care?" Then she left like a prideful lioness, but deep inside, she was still remembering Roger's face.

Meanwhile, Roger just got out of school. However, there was a slight scene that was bothering him. It was what Luna was doing earlier.

'Did that girl like me? Strange. It must also be puberty.' Then he disregarded it after the second he thought of it.

Luna was into Jake. And Jake was a popular athlete in her class. However, to get Jake, she must be a smart student since he likes those who are diligently responsible for their grades. That was the reason why she befriended Kyla.

But with how things turned out yesterday, Luna's heart beat with a flower blooming inside. Roger's face was all over her mind and unexplainably she thinks she fell in love with him.

Actually, Roger had good looks. His body was not the best compared to the rest, but he had a tall stature and a powerful gaze that could melt any girl's heart.

However, even with it, in the past, she disliked Roger. But when she saw him up close, she felt a different aura from Roger.

'Why am I acting this way?' she asked herself as soon as she arrived home.

She went straight to her room, but while on the way, she was still spacing off which makes Yuno ponder.

Luna passed through the living room, and as his curiosity was piqued, he asked her.

"Luna, did you see Roger? You seemed too dazed."

Luna stopped, then snapped out of her thoughts. When she heard about Yuno, a wave of disgust washed over her. Then, she faced him.

'This sis-con brother of mine, here he will act like a freak again.' That was what Luna was expecting. But just when she saw his brother's eyes, she felt different.

Yuno, as if he had become mature. He wasn't looking at Luna with adoration; instead, he was serious.

"Why do you ask? Are you going to attack him again?" She retorted in a ridiculed tone.

"Nah. We're friends. Why would I attack him?"

Luna's eyes widened in surprise. She thought that it was only a lie from her brother and was not taking it. However, she knows her brother. Yuno won't act this way in front of her. Something was off that made him act this way.

"Yuno, you look different. Why are you acting like that?" she asked.

"Why? Something with me?"

Luna was about to ask why he wasn't acting like a freak but when she realized something, she stopped in the midway.

"Nevermind." Then a thought came after that. 'There must be something behind it, but I am not curious enough to ask him. Tsk.'

Then, she continued heading to her room and left Yuno.

On the other hand, Yuno was concentrating on something. There was an idea that was staying in his mind that he couldn't overlook.

'That Roger... he really sends some strange vibes at me. Why do I feel that way?'

***

It has been a normal week and days for Roger. There were no students that came in his way, and even though he was avoided by some of the students, he cared less about it.

However, he had just remembered an important task he needed to complete in a week: he needed to visit the hoodlums.

Roger gathered them, and the look of obvious unwillingness was printed on their faces. They were as if following him out of their own will, but what could they do? They believed that Roger was an Awaken, and they couldn't go against an Awaken for obvious reasons.

"So... what did you do in the past few days? Did you extort those hoodlums from other groups?" Roger asked. "Number one, answer me."

'Giving us names with numbers. Just what's with this kid's naming sense?' the leader-like of the group thought.

Roger just smiled as 'number one' came to his call. And expecting news from him, his face became sour after hearing it.

"What did you say? They were from the other neighborhood? Why are they causing trouble in our territory if they were from another neighborhood? Ah... I thought that I only had to manage the hoodlums in my neighborhood, but it turned out there were others. How about those hoodlums that live here?"

"We already obliterated them."

"How? Did you beat them?"

"Yes. Of course, we beat them. We had the numbers and they didn't have them. We outnumbered them, then took all the money." Number one said.

However, deep inside, he worried that Roger might be taking the money from them.

"Keep the money."

And such thoughts disappeared from his mind as soon as he heard them.

"Did you mean it?"

Roger nodded. Then after it, a smile was painted all over their faces, which made Roger just smirk at how simple they were.

"So, where are they? Were they with you now? I said that I would make them my subordinates as well."

'Ah... What an impossible dream you had, kid.' Number one ridiculed him inwardly.

"What is it? Why aren't you answering?" Roger asked.

Things were getting suspicious at this point, actually. Even if he thinks that the money might be from the same path, extorting from the people, he should remain calm.

"Well, they escaped to the other neighborhood. They might even ask for some help from them." Number one answered.

Roger was in deep thought after that. Technically, this isn't normal since people tend to care about their territories. But since this isn't the murim world, they should probably be friends with the other hoodlums in the other neighborhood.

'This makes me remember those memories of the past.'