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"Yeah, I know. I'll be there in a few minutes." Galant almost rolled his eyes and couldn't bear to wait too long. His attention was distracted by another conversation in the living room. However, the person on the other end of the phone didn't want to understand at all to keep his mouth shut so Galant could hear better whatever conversation was going on with Arghi as well as Reiki. "Fine, I'll be there. No need to come to pick me up."

For a few seconds Galant was aware of his actions that immediately turned off the cellphone, he usually never did that rude act but all that was strange happened to his drastically changed nature.

Galant came back where Arghi sat stiffly in his chair, he squinted looking back and forth between Reiki and also Arghi there. Galant's silence didn't mean he didn't know what was the dividing line between this tense atmosphere between them, it was just that Galant acted like he didn't know anything.

"Arghi." Galant didn't want to leave Arghi alone in this house while he did his group work. Bad thoughts can always land in Galant's head, especially after everything that happened.

"Galant, what's wrong?" Arghi asked standing up, his face turned towards Galant and a painful throb rising in Galant's chest when Arghi wasn't really looking at him now. He had always hoped that this was just part of Galant's nightmare and he would wake up next to Arghi who greeted him with a smile and a sparkling wine that was looking at him not a blank stare like now.

Galant glanced briefly at Reiki who was raising his eyebrows eagerly and Galant turned back to face Arghi completely. "I have an appointment with a friend at a cafe nearby to do a group assignment, but I should probably take you too."

That is a good idea. He had to invite Arghi to join him so that Arghi could also get used to people and crowds. Maybe Arghi was tired of being in the house locked behind the walls and cold of their house.

"Not. What for? I don't want to go."

"But you are alone."

"What nonsense is this, I am here now. Galant doesn't have to worry about anything." Reiki interrupted even before Galant was about to make another excuse to Arghi and also Galant didn't want to leave the two of them alone at home, not knowing what would happen next.

"That's right, Galant. Now your school comes first." Galant completely stopped trying to persuade Arghi. He also didn't want Arghi to say that he was just a burden in Galant's eyes. Galant sadly left Arghi in this house with Reiki in the end, and he only said goodbye with a heavy heart.

When the door closed completely behind Galant, he still couldn't ignore how Arghi spoke again afterward which managed to make Galant pause for a while.

"Reiki, you can see it. I really can't keep being a burden to Galant. I can not."

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Galant took a sip of the cup of coffee in his hand, his eyes fixed on the soft clinking sound of the cafe door opening. He inadvertently exhaled and took another sip of his coffee.

"If I were Arghi, I would definitely find myself running away from Galant's house. Isn't he ashamed of being a parasite?"

Galant's eyes widened and darted for that faint voice among the buzzing of other conversations, his ears strained to hear the voice of the woman who had just spoken bad words about Arghi. He put down the empty glass and accidentally caught the attention of his friend sitting across from his seat.

"What is it Galant, you seem restless?"

Galant smiled faintly at his friend, even though he felt hot from the anger welling up in his chest. "Nothing, I was just thinking about Arghi at home."

"You said that Arghi was with his friend, right? You don't have to worry about that."

Galant again smiled and nodded, precisely because there was Reiki that made Galant nervous as well as any words from people Galant didn't know in this cafe. "Everything has changed."

"You know very well that Arghi doesn't want to make you worry about his current condition, he just wants things to get back to normal."

Even Galant's friends know how Arghi's attitude should be and that draws Galant's displeasure to come. He felt that no one knew Arghi better than Galant himself. Galant saw his friend who was putting the glass on the table and their gazes met at that moment Galant spoke again, "

That's all Galant can say before he again hears a murmur from behind him which sounds very direct. "Like what you said, I'm not right. renew what made Galant's parents accommodate him. Arghi is just wasting space or he could just be waiting for the right time to take over Galant's treasure, right?"

"He's blind. How can a blind man do that." The sound of laughter that followed made Galant unable to hold himself in any longer, he rose to his feet causing the chair he was sitting on to roll backward attracting many pairs of eyes towards him, Galant turned sharply. His eyes immediately fell on the two people women two tables away from him.

The piercing glare Galant gave them was enough to make them look down and it was certain that they were the ones who had said so much nonsense to him. He was in a public place now not at school and Galant didn't know girls at all that woman.

"Galant what are you doing?" Galant didn't take his eyes off his friend who saw Galant's anger was overflowing now. His eyes were still on the girls and they were still lucky enough that Galant wouldn't do anything bad to repay them because they were a girl.

"I want to go home, too many mouths that can't be closed properly." Galant hissed as he grabbed his cell phone which was lying on the table. He was here enough now, his schoolwork was done.

"Whose mouth? Did those over there do something to you, Galant?"

Galant ignored him, he immediately darted out of the cafe when he had reached outside Galant took a ravenous breath as if he had been holding it in for so long. Galant felt now so bad to be in a place where so many people gathered in one room.

Scents that emanated from their bodies were so piercing into Galant's nose that they penetrated his lungs and Galant found it very disturbing. Not to mention that his ears were hearing unimportant voices from other people that made Galant sick. He should probably check with the doctor.

Galant walked away, he ruffled his hair and ponder a while to decide whether he can suck an electric cigarette again after a couple of weeks ago Galant promised not to do it again. In the end, Galant snorted and moved from the front of the store that sells the stuff and obey what Arghi told him on the ride

Galant was standing on the side of the road waiting for common for him to ride home and can't wait to see Arghi again, it felt like Galant had left Arghi for hours and the thought of Arghi still with Reiki made him even more uneasy.

Bruck!

Galant moved backward immediately when someone accidentally hit him hard. Galant's eyes moved to see a man who was the same height as himself, Galant couldn't see the face that was looking down covered by a black hat. However, inside Galant, it was as if he had met this person before.

"Sorry."

Galant's eyes widened instantly when he recognized the voice, he immediately grabbed the man's arm firmly. Galant's rage quickly rose in the grip he made so strong and Galant wanted so badly to crush this man and send him straight to hell.

"How dare you still roam freely, after what you did."