Who said that to me, its not Ken’s voice, whose voice is it? He called me Meg, there isn’t a single soul in this world who knows that name, Megwenneth Seilendra is dead, she is only a past I had forgotten.

“AARGHHH!!” I woke up sweating and panting, again, the nightmare haunted me like it always does.

“Ugh…” My stomach still feels awful, I cried unconsciously, sobbing in pain and stress about the nightmare that never fail to haunt me.

I suddenly remembered that I’m not alone, how will Ken deal with this situation if I’m acting like a 5 years old. I wipe my tears away, “Ken?” I saw him watching me all this time, he must be in shocked.

His face is pale, his small and skinny body shaking with fear, and his hand and squeezing tight to the blanket. He must feel utterly confused. I sighed at the sight of Ken, how pathetic I have been.

I summon my power to get up and embrace him, “Its okay, I’ll be just fine, you don’t have to worry.”

He finally burst into tears and hug me so tightly, he kept repeating ‘don’t leave me alone’ word to me.

I hug him until he calms down, then I take out the 5 bucks I got from working today, “Lets get some food?” I smiled at him. I really not feeding him properly, its 11.34 pm now, almost a day since we had a meal.

“Have you applied ointment on your bruises?” I asked him. He nodded and I stroke his soft brown hair praising him for being a good boy.

“Let’s go.” I certainly couldn’t keep my expression calm when I try to stand up, I hissed under my breath to cover for the pain.

Ken holds me hand, looking straight into my eyes with his puppy eyes, “Can I go by myself? I will buy the food for us sis.” He said.

I understand the goodwill of this lil boy, but how can I let him go by himself? What if he met the fat man from yesterday, there will be no one to save him. “I don’t think I can let you go by yourself, its too dangerous, besides its really far away from the 6th floor to the 3rd floor.”

Feeling dejected, he can’t hide his disappointment and sadness from me, “But…..” I don’t bother to listen to his complain and just slowly walking to the door.

After walking for 5 minutes, I find my stomach is in a better condition, that’s why I hate to spoil myself when I was sick. On the other hand, Ken who slow down his walking pace, I really feel bad for making him worry like this.

“What would you like to eat today?” I asked Ken.

“Anything will do sis.” Ken replied.

“Let me pick you a yummy food then.” I stroke his hair.

I ordered a bowl of ramen for Ken, and I got udon for myself, after years of eating cup noodles, I really fond of noodles. Ken insisted to carry our food, so I decided to carry mine and give him his. We sit on the closest empty table, but since its lunch time, the food court is pretty crowded, I really worried that Ken will drop the tray, but thankfully he didn’t and we got to enjoy our lunch.

“How old are you?” I asked when finished the noodles.

“I don’t know, maybe 6?” He answered abruptly.

“6? That means you can go to primary school, but you still need to master your alphabets.”

“I don’t want to go to school.” He pouts.

“Why?” I asked.

“That……..” He hesitated, “I’m not telling.”

“Eh?? Not even to your own sister?” I’m surprised by his reply.

He kept his mouth shut, showing me that I won’t get any explanation from him anymore.

I took him back to our room since both of us were not in our fit condition to take a stroll.

“Ken.” I called him softly as he snuggles himself in my arms. He looked much like a child now, but most of the time, he is too mature for his age.

“Nmmgh?” Ken murmured.

“Can you keep a secret?” I asked.

“I will not tell anyone if sis said so.” He confidently answered to my request.