It was not long before they found themselves looking all over the campus, helping her find Wenic. "Are you sure about it!?" Bobby still couldn't believe it.
They ran all over the campus, " Shin, where do you think he might have followed her!?" Bobby asked him; If the situation gets serious this might get problematic.
"Even I can't think of something this quick, anyways why are we even going together."
"We don't even know where to search, we have literally searched every corner of the campus."
"What if they are already out of the campus?" To the girl's words.
Shin stopped. Collecting his thoughts; he went over all the information he had in his head.
—There might be less time, but searching aimlessly is pointless.
The problem here was, not exactly Wenic, but a girl named Sia, also Bobby's sister. To elaborate what they Heard…
— Bobby's sister had a crush on Wenic, and finally on this day she confessed. Whatever happened after that from her confession to Wenic's reaction to his response, This is the result. After which She ran somewhere. And after sometime Wenic also went missing. Both of them could not be found.
"Does your sister have friends?"
"There's a group she hangs with but she is more of a loner, and a serious one at that."
"Well, if that's the case then we should look for your sister instead, people already don't know her much. From how popular Wenic is, if people saw him then we already would have heard from someone."
"We would have found her when we searched the whole campus."
From what Shin could gather about Sia it was clear that she didn't have many friends, or seemed to be a person who preferred being alone; at least for assumption Shin wanted to go with that.
— There are three places she could be in. First the pool area. Second, the library. And the third, The roof, which doesn't seem to be plausible.
Library was supposedly locked today. The pool area was always locked unless you had the key, but there's a way to go there. Teachers were aware of it but it hadn't been fixed because very few people knew of it and those who knew didn't bother to exploit it, so it wasn't an urgent necessity to fix it, from what he knew.
"Umm, liya? Have you checked the locked places? especially the roof." Shin was a bit confused about her name, but while confirming his memory he asked her.
"No, I have not."
"There is a chance they might be there. But I would like to prioritize, The roof and the pool area. There is a secret way to get into the pool area but, I don't think someone would use that. And another is the roof."
"Well for that, I think we should check the roof. Though the lock there is not broken. We don't need the key either. The lock to the middle starecase is always open."
"Let's try those areas then."
Shin, Bobby and Liya splitted and searched the last places, which they had not. Bobby went with liya to the pool while also checking the library. Shin went to check the roof.
He didn't know if he would find them on the roof, that would be a way to romcom like. He just wanted to get it done with, with no hope of finding them here. He thought of possible places they could have gone to, especially considering the possibility they might not even be together. Wenic wasn't really a concern but Bobby's reaction to her sister's was what made him seriously think about it. He had no idea about Sia's personality. From what he could tell about her personality from the little as no interactions he had with her, it would be cold, lacking any interest, maybe his forgetful mind remembered it like that; not so reliable.
If he could estimate the time they had spent searching then it would be around 15 minutes. He was thinking of the possible places his sister could be at.
— I wish I hadn't come today. Plus that girl, why does she have to just confess today? And why disappear?
He clearly wasn't enjoying it. just thinking they would have to search—
"Nah, let's not even think about the effort."
He could see the gate which opened straight to the roof—
Shin watched his steps at that sight.
He didn't hope he could find them here but it seemed not so far-fetched now that he had reached here; at least he hoped.
He could hear someone's voices distorted by the wind and distance. He stopped near the door. Sun was hidden by clouds today so he didn't have to worry about his shadow.
He couldn't make much out of the voice his ear could catch from that distance. He hid at the right side of the gate. He could see the faint ambient shadow of a boy. On focusing he could hear the voice of a girl not so far from the boy.
The voices that were still muffled could now be made sense of as he tried to focus on them.
"Why, are you even here then! Just—-"
It seemed like whatever the boy had said had just made the situation more of a mess, to Shin it seemed like that. And now the boy stood silent while the girl's words overwhelmed the air which muffled her voice.
"If you don't even wanna justify yourself, why!? Why are you even here!?
"From the last 20 minutes you!— Haven't said anything new, this, that! I am tired."
Still the boy stood silent, his gaze lowered.
The girl having no words left, calmed herself wanting to go
"Look, I get it, you don't like me, but please try not to make a mess of my life with your sympathy."
Shin could see and feel footsteps coming upstairs. On them just about to reach Shin, he signaled them with his hands to stop. They were none other than Liya and Bobby's.
—Don't come.
Shin could already feel as if the girl had already noticed someone's presence near the door.
He tried his best to tell him to go with just his hands and eyes. It took a moment for Bobby to guess what Shin was getting at. On understanding the situation he Left. Liya on the other hand was just confused. Bobby tried to take her with him but Shin signed him to leave her there.
It seemed like someone was approaching the door Shin was standing at. Bobby went from there as fast as he could.
He understood what Shin meant, it would have been really awkward for her sister, with whom he shared the home with, to talk to his brother normally if he knew about all the stuff personally.
The girl passed by him, she looked at him for a second, but after seeing liya standing down stairs she walked straight down stairs and then to who knows where.
— I hope she walks home or somewhere Bobby can find her.
Shin could still not get the image of the girl who went past him. The aura; could only be described as strong, rough, mysterious. Though that came from a place where he still didn't know much about her; even now. That girl, Sia.
But, shifting his focus to the boy still standing there. Shin didn't try to move before he could no longer hear the footsteps of Sia.
Liya stood there confused as to try to approach Sia or try to confirm if Wenic was here. And She chose to confirm. Well, it wasn't much of a surprise for Shin. Nobody would dare to approach Sia right now, with that look in her eyes; of a wounded lionesses.
Shin followed Liya, who went running to Wenic as her eyes confirmed his presence. He stayed at a bit of distance as Liya was already trying to talk to Wenic about what had happened.
"Ah, it's nothing. you don't need to worry about it."
Shin didn't wanna process whatever liya was asking Wenic. For now he had more important things to worry about, Why was it Wenic who looked more miserable; at least to Shin he looked.
Wenic wasn't crying so far, it was the opposite if Shin must say. From, perspective of Liya or anyone he knew, Wenic didn't even lose a single social point. if Shin put his thoughts in words. Instead it looked Like it was Wenic who acted calmly and didn't try to hurt Sia by saying anything bad in the heat of the moment. That was the image anyone or even Shin would come up with. But he couldn't get an uneasy feeling as to whether it was Wenic who was more hurt here. He would say Wenic's voice at that moment was as if he was trying to mask something shaken up inside him; with a blanket of calm, bright, and kind tone.
"But.."
"It's fine,"
Wenic looked towards Shin, who was standing there, a blank look in his eyes as if drowned in his own thoughts.
"Shin, I think you should stop with that look… Shin?"
Shin heard him, but it took a moment for him to come to the present as he saw Wenic walk towards him.
Wenic put his hand on his shoulder.
"Ahh, Yeah." Shin, at a loss of words.
"So, should we go now? I think It's been pretty messy already."
"Well all thanks to you for not picking up your phone." Shin complained.
"Haha~ that well you already know—"
"What about Sia?" Liya recalled in a worried tone.
"Oh, well, I think It's… well…—" Wenic seemed at a loss of words to properly explain the situation.
"Don't worry about that. If I were you, I would have left that for Bobby and time." Shin interjected.
"Yeah, Shin's right. I think it was me who was responsible for not giving an honest answer."
"Honest?..." Liya repeated his words in an unsure tone.
"Oh, don't to worry about that, it's nothing"
Liya didn't want to say anything rash to upset the mood so she didn't persuade him further.
"Right, I still have some work to finish. Liya thanks for worrying about me but I think we have left something necessary undone."
"Heh? Oh," as it slowly dawned on her, the thing Wenic was talking about, she hurried "I think I will go check it, you can take some rest. But please hurry."
And went past Shin as he slowly saw her disappear as she went downstairs.
"Well I have dragged you into this too. I guess." Wenic said apologetically as he confirmed that Liya was gone.
"Well, no doubt about that," Shin complained. "But just thinking I didn't have to search the whole sector, I feel much better."
"Whole sector?... "
"Don't worry about it. You don't need to act unfazed either, at least for now. I don't know what happened but I hope it's concluded for now." At Shin's words Wenic didn't react any different, but a gentle smile spread across his face
"... about that. Yeah you are right. Well it was surprising for me to. But I hope things will be normal soon." Wenic wanted to say something but hesitated, suppressing his old thoughts he agreed with Shin.
"Well nothing can be done about that for now." Shin sighed, on not getting anywhere with it he decided not to push Wenic further with his words.
"Can't deny that. But it looks Like I won't be able to worry about that anyways," Wenic looked at his watch. " I have got 15 minutes or so. You wanna talk about anything?."
"I don't have anything to ask. And also I don't even know what this got to do with me. " Shin said. There was no point dragging himself into the other's mess. His days that were yet to come were already looking busy this month. "Well, I don't need to consult you or anything. I will go check on Bobby."
"Yeah, I would much appreciate some alone time."
"Takecare then."
Shin walked downstairs all the while not noticing Wenic who was sizing him up.
On his way to his class Shin texted Bobby.
Message* you have important things on your plate. I hope you won't be needing my help for now.
And yeah I am leaving the campus right now so if you need anything remember that.
Shin finished what he deemed necessary, otherwise it would have just bugged him in the back of his mind.
He was still walking through the halls of the 2nd floor when a sound resonated in the hall, not crowded by anyone. A ringtone rang, Shin checked his phone which was displaying an incoming call.
Shin accepted it.
"Ah, sorry if you searched for me in school, but I am already outside the campus." Even Before He could speak anything Bobby's voice rang in his ear.
"No one searched for you. Anyways, what's the situation?"
"No worries at least she ain't crying or anything. Talked pretty normally to me. I will give her time. But can you do without me? Let's plan some other time." Bobby joked but in an apologetic tone.
"I don't remember there being a plan anyway. You take care of things there." Disregarding Bobby's poor attempt at not sounding worried, Shin said. "You are her brother. I don't Think I need to say this but. Give her some alone time."
"Oh, you don't need to worry about that, that's why I am only following her."
"I don't know why but I think I need to call the authorities."
"What! No I mean I am not. Look It's better if I don't mess with her. I wanna live the rest of my days peacefully."
"You sound like me. I was just joking."
"Yeah, I will talk to you later. I think I won't be able to talk for now."
"Yeah, takecare."
"Yeah"
Bobby cut the call.
Shin now had two options. First, go straight home, but that would be a waste of all the effort he had put into coming here. And Second was to search for other options.
—No choice but to wander now.
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