Chapter 44 - [Bonus ] What Are You Doing

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(From Ella's Perspective)

"Leandro? What do you think about Jed and Miles?" I asked.

"Who is Miles?" he asked, his thumb moving delicately on my waist. I felt heat throughout my body, but I tried to ignore it. I could not even tell him to stop doing so. Not just because I did not want to look like he had any effect on me, but also because I kind of liked it and I did not want him to stop. His breath was falling straight on the side of my neck. His nose was pressed right against it as if he was taking my scent in.

"You don't know Miles? Miles Silas? I didn't tell you about him? Well, he is the boy living in the next house of Edrich. Did you see him? Let me tell you. He has black hair and he has central heterochromia. You know what I mean? Did you see his eyes clearly? He has a different color near the border of the pupils. You know what a pupil is? The black thing in the central of our eyes... That's a pupil. Anyway, he has a shade of gold around the border of his pupil in the center of their iris, with the rest of his iris blue. It's cool, right? He looks good because of that. It's a rare condition, you know. Anyway, he has a good figure too. I mean, he is not fat, and nor is he slender. He is not athletically built like you, but he is healthy. He is good-looking too. And he is kind of like six feet which means... let me calculate... no, I don't have to calculate. He is like one hundred and eighty-two centimeters. Have you seen him?"

"I've seen him. He is gay too?"

"I don't know. But I hope so. Jed really likes him. I mean, he more than likes him. You know what I mean? I think it's more than just a crush."

"Love?"

"No, not love. Not just like either. Kind of in the middle of like and love. Is there anything like that?"

"Perhaps there is. But this situation doesn't have a name. At least, I don't know."

"It doesn't matter if it has a name or not. It's the situation with Jed's feelings towards him. Huh, I'm going to make sure that Silas falls for Jed. It would be cool to have a brother-in-law."

"Brother in law?"

"Yeah. Jed is basically my brother now, just unblood related. It doesn't matter. I'm sure he's a lot better than that scumbag Linda is dating. I wonder if she's still dating him. He is horrible, you know. His name is Rex. Horrible name, who names their child Rex? Really people have no choice! If they would ask me for a name, I could give a good name. But no, people never listen to me. Oh, but how would I give him a name? I was not even born that time," I breathed out. "You know, he is even older than me. I mean, he is eighteen now, perhaps has turned nineteen already. Anyway, he is still in high school. He is not supposed to, you know. Because when we are eighteen, we usually graduate from high school and go to college. I was supposed to graduate this year as well."

I sighed. I had a lot of plans of what I was going to do after graduation. Firstly, I would get out of that town and go as far away from my family as possible. But things turned upside down and now I was stuck in a different world that was full of those creatures who were ready to kill me.

But was I unhappy that I would not be able to graduate and I had to be in this world? The answer shocked me. Why was I kind of relaxed being here when I was supposed to be depressed and frightened of those Orgades killing me at any time? I knew the answer to this question as well.

"What are you doing to me, Leandro?" I pondered in my head.

"Anyway, so he is in the same grade as me. But he is dating Linda even though she is so little. I mean, she is fifteen only. He can't just mess her life up like that, can he? Doesn't he have any sense? Is he stupid? Oh, he is stupid. It's not like Linda is smart as well. She is the dumbest person I've ever seen in my entire life. She is so stupid that she fell for that Rex's good looks, at least they say that he is good-looking. All the girls drool over him. I mean, seriously? What do they even see in him? That purple-haired squib with those long legs looking like two boats, nose looking like someone broke them, and with that horrible nose piercing... literally the definition of stinky trash. Can you believe he even convinced a girl right in front of me that he was born with purple hair? I was laughing my ass off behind them as the girl was behaving as if she could go insane with excitement just because that git talked to her. People are stupid. Linda and he have been having their bodies attached to each other for two years. You know what that means? Linda has been sleeping with him since she was thirteen, only thirteen!"

"When I was thirteen, I used to think about how to steal more marshmallows from Mom's cabinet. Do you know that Linda even wears pushup bras? I mean, she has been wearing them since thirteen. But hey, my boobs are bigger than hers. Huh, she is jealous of my boobs though I don't know what the big deal is," I continued.

"Anyway, do you think I look bad with a slender body and big boobs? Do I look too bad? Do I look evil?"

"Why would you look evil?" he asked. He had been quiet for too long, after so long he talked. I thought he had fallen asleep, listening to my blabber. Part of me thought that he was listening to me, but I still was not sure. But now he made it clear that he was listening to me. I smiled thinking about it.

"I don't know. I'm just asking."

"Your breasts are a bit bigger as per your body, but they... they don't look bad."

"You mean I look good?" I asked.

"You look approachable."

"Great! Then I won't have to worry about looking like a proud duck," I said. I did not know why his words meant too much to me. I would never believe it if others said this, but he... he was different.

"Anyway, what kind of girls do you like? Girls with round full butts, big chest, narrow waist, curvy hips, full lips, blue eyes..."

"Why are you saying blue eyes?"

"I don't know. I felt like adding it. Do you want me to remove it from the list?"

"Ella, I don't have any choice in choosing girls."

"So you mean, you will like someone just like that? I mean, you won't look for a particular feature? That's cool, you know," I said. "So do you think..."

"Ella."

"I don't understand why..."

"Ella."

"Jed said..."

"Ella."

"What?" I asked.

"Sleep."

"But I don't want to," I mumbled. It was true. Even though I was a bit sleepy and I was sure that if I closed my eyes, I would fall asleep right away, I did not want to sleep. I wanted to keep myself busy in talking so I would not fall asleep. I was afraid that the nightmare would come back and I would have to look dumb in front of him again.

"You have to. It's late."

"But..."

"Sleep," he said in a way as if it was final.

"Alright, but one thing. Just one thing. It's the last one, I promise," I said. "Well, can a servant take a day off?"

"A servant can take not more than seven days off a year," he replied. "Are you taking a day off tomorrow?"

"No, of course not. I need to know about things tomorrow. The king is supposed to be dead, right? I mean, the two men that day said that they will kill the king?"

"Nicklaus isn't dead."

"How do you say that? Have you met him? Have you seen him last night? Was he among the Orgades who came to kill you? But he wasn't supposed to be there. He was supposed to be in the castle. He..."

"No, he wasn't there. But if a king dies, there is a bell that is rung. The sound will get to everyone's ear."

"Are you talking about the huge bell in the tall tower beside the castle?" I asked.

"Yes."

"What... What if I ring it? What will happen then?"

"Don't even think about. They will catch you. And besides, there is no point in doing that," he said quickly.

"I know.. I just want to see how it feels."

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