1 Lovers Of Modena

VIPER HUTTON POV

"During 4-6th Century. We don't know how people fall in love. Some people are suddenly killed and buried, or they will be buried alive by what they did to the two men in love called 'Lovers Of Modena'. Are you listening, students?"

I seemed curious, so I immediately opened my phone and looked at the result of Lovers Of Modena.

"Some say it's just siblings or soldiers who were buried alive at the same time. But look at the picture. Doesn't it look like they're holding hands?"

I believe they are just siblings. But I was confused when I saw two skeletons holding hands. It was as if I had a headache thinking about what they were.

I don't know what's in them, which I suddenly regret. Probably very tragic.

"Until now, everyone still has a lot of questions. So I thought you would write an essay about it. See you at the next meeting."

I arranged the books in front of me and hurried to the library room. I want to get even more information because I want to know everything about the two skeletons.

"Viper! Hey, Hutton!"

I turned around because of the shout of my friends sitting in the big chair outside our room.

Sawyer Smith was sitting to the right as he was busy drinking his cold coffee. Miller Gray is busy playing rubrics and was just lying on Sawyer's legs, so I quickly laughed at him because of his pretentiousness.

"Where are you going?" Smith asks, so I shrugged and looked at them.

"You look serious now, eh?" Miller asks a funny question as he plays with the rubrics he was holding.

I was irritated and sat down next to them. "Well, because ... I seem to be confused by what we discussed with Sir Alfredo earlier. It seems like I was curious about our topic earlier."

They laughed together, and I looked at Smith. "Oh, that's new, huh. We all thought you were just sleeping in class. By the way, are you going to write an essay?"

"I feel confused. My brain hurts!" I answered. 

Sawyer kicked me so I kicked him back as well. "There seems to be something wrong! It seems like I want to know all the incidents in 'Lovers Of Modena'."

"That is better. Since you're listening now, your History grade will increase by two points, WAHAHA!"

"Mil, he's not kidding." I was surprised by what Sawyer said. "Maybe he's crazy, HAHA!"

My forehead curled so I just opened the laptop that I was supposed to take to the library. "Am I your friend? You talk badly!"

"Oh no. Looks like he's going to do the essay. Copy!" Mil smiled at me, so I just looked at him. "This is stupid! Don't you want to help us?"

"Fuck you! You have a brain, don't you? Use it now."

"Tsk! What a pretentious person. We just saw you like that, and that's new to me. What's with those two skeletons? You know, I believe there were gays in the 4-6th Century." He chuckled.

I just shuddered at Sawyer's sense of humor. They don't have a brain. Don't they see that I'm serious here at what I'm doing? I just took a deep breath and focused.

So, how do I start this essay? Hays, I don't know how to do this yet, it's annoying!

"Vipe? Have you eaten yet?"

I smiled at Sandra Merlon, my girlfriend. She is in front of me now, so I shook my head and I resumed a smile.

"I'm already hungry. Can you buy me one at the canteen?" I asked and she suddenly started to nod.

"Yeah, sure."

"Love you."

I looked at the laptop again and stretched out my fingers before pressing letters. How do I get started?

I can't believe everything is fine. I was halfway through the essay so I rested first, and quickly shut down the laptop because the two were already copying in the back.

I laughed at them. "Guys! Don't you dare copy my work!" I looked at Saw. "I want to drink, can I drink your coffee?"

He shook his head. "I don't want to! You don't want to teach us right?"

I just shook my head too and got up to head to the canteen. Looks like Sandra won't be coming back. Profs always order him because he is the Mayor of our school.

Because I'm busy searching for information on the internet from my phone. I was just startled by the collision of a man as I was entering the canteen, but I did not look at him.

"Here! I finally have some information as well!" I whispered to myself as I turned to smile.

"Vipe? Where are you going?"

I smiled at Sandra as I met her inside the canteen. "Buy something to drink, I'm thirsty."

"Here, just hold that tray. I'll buy it."

I shuddered and laughed. "Nice, I'm very lucky with my girlfriend. I thought you were ordered by the principal so you didn't come back."

"The queue was a bit long so it took a while. All right, you go to the table first."

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"Sono spaventato."

"Non ti lascerò fino alla morte. Tienimi la mano finché non ci addormentiamo."

"L'oscurità. Non mi piace l'oscurità."

"Sono qui, ok!? Non aver paura. Ci ameremo fino alla morte. Iloveyou! Iloveyou finché morte non ci separi."

"Finché morte non ci separi!"

"Viper!!!"

I was startled by the library teacher's shout, so I woke up quickly. I also wiped the saliva on my face, which caused the person next to me to grin.

"If you're just sleeping, get out!"

What a bad dream. It's so dark. I see nothing. And what were the words I heard earlier when I was dreaming?

"Vipe!"

"Yes?"

"Can you hear me?"

I nodded and I was embarrassed. "Oh, I'm sorry. I'm a little tired because of the essay I'm preparing."

"Oh, come on!" She murmurs.

What is the word 'Sono spaventato'? That's all I remember in my dream. Tsk, I think I'm going crazy. Maybe I'm just tired.

I looked at a man while he was choosing books. Looks like he's just new here. I just saw him now at the University Of Fatima.

"Can I read with you?" a woman asked but he didn't say a word.

Another arrogant student. But I'm still Fatima's Bad boy!

I continued my essay again until I finished it. But why is that? I feel like I want to extend it. Wait, what is the reason and why am I interested in their story?

First of all, I don't care about those two skeletons, because I don't like gays. Secondly, what will I gain when— I find out everything from the two skeletons?

Urgh! This is so stupid! I just want to study that thing. Wait? What exactly do Lovers of Modena mean?

I noticed that Sir Alfredo was reading a book so that's right ... I wanted to ask him.

I immediately approached him and sat down next to him. I also noticed that the bad boy transferee was next to him.

"Vipe?" He nods.

"Ah… Sir, can I ask a question?"

"If you're just asking for nonsense please-"

"No sir. This is different ... I'll ask a different question. It's about our topic earlier."

He nodded in surprise. "Really? That's new."

"I'm confused about what Modena means?"

He thought and smiled. "Modena is a city and comune in the southern part of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy."

"Huh?"

"I know you don't understand. But I'm impressed with you because you're the only student to ask what that means." He smiled and stood up. "Do you want us to talk about that later? I have free time, let's eat out."

I nodded confused. "Ok, sir. Is that ok with you?"

He chuckled. "Yeah of course."

There he came out and I noticed the man staring at me so I nodded. "What's up?" He just averted his eyes so I smirk secretly.

Really?! He just ignored me? This idiot is so rude.

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"Hey, Vipe! Aren't you going to change your mind? Are you going to be smart?" Mil asked, laughing so I immediately kicked them.

"Sir and I will just talk! And one more thing, I feel like... I want to study now… I don't know."

"K, go ahead. If you change your mind, we're just at the bar."

I nodded to Saw and headed to Sir Alfredo's office. I know there are many answers to him that I can figure out. Maybe he knows a lot.

A few minutes passed and now Sir is out of school. I smiled at him as he walked out of the Office. "Hi, Sir. Will you give me some ramen outside?" I was joking.

"Sure, as long as… I just want you to listen to my subject and the other subjects."

"In that case, you'll often give me Ramen?"

"Let's go!" He chuckled, so I laughed too.

We got in the car and headed to the restaurant. This is my favorite pasta shop, so I invited Sir to eat here.

What would I ask first?

"So Sir, you said that Modena is a place from Italy?"

"Yup."

"So you mean, the word 'Sono spaventato' is Italian?"

"That's right. That means, 'I'm scared.' My Dad is Italian, so I've adopted a few languages, but I'm not very fluent."

I nodded and thought. 'I'm scared'? That's what I heard in my dream when I was in the library. But what does it mean?

Lovers of modena ~ Modena ~ Italy ~ 'Sono spaventato.

Why does everything seem to be connected? What's that, I feel like I've been going crazy since I heard about these two skeletons.

"Looks like someone's bothering you?"

I looked at him and smiled. "Ah, nothing… Sir. Maybe I'm just a little confused." I couldn't help it so I opened up to him. "Sir, I'm confused. Why did I seem to hear that word when I was in the library? I fell asleep and I had a dream as if I was in an uncrowded place, dark, then I was talking to someone who I couldn't even understand what he was saying."

"Really? That's weird." After he sipped the broth, he looked at me. "You know? I just noticed a while ago that you seemed surprised while I was discussing. Do you seem to know anything about the story of Lovers Of Modena?"

I shook my head and laughed. "The truth of the matter is, my head suddenly hurt when I saw the skeleton holding hands. It's like that's where my curiosity started."

"Sometimes you suddenly feel things that seem to have happened to you before, you feel me?"

I just shook my head and ate ramen again. Another one makes me even hungrier when — I think about it.

"Do you still remember anything in your dream?"

I looked at him and shook my head. "Nothing. It's like we're talking, but I can't understand so the first thing I heard is what I remember now."

"Sometimes, that's why we dream that match real-life events because we think about what happened to us. So there are times when you dream about events that have already happened. Suppose that's it because you're curious about our topic earlier, you won't lose them in your mind, that's why… you created a dream based on what you were thinking. "

Anyway, Sir has a point. Maybe it's just a coincidence because I was thinking too much about 'Lovers Of Modena' when I was at the Library.

"Maybe it's like that. I hope it's just like that. Because I have a hunch that everything that's happening is connected." He laughed and shook so I rolled my eyes.

"Have you finished the essay I'm asking you to do?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I finished earlier when I fell asleep in the library, HAHA!"

The shock was obvious to him, so I pouted my lips. "Good. I have no idea how weird it is, but I'm happy." He suddenly grinned.

After we ate, he said goodbye because it was already eight o'clock in the evening. I also didn't read Sabrina's messages and calls so I was just patted on the forehead.

I have gone home and am now entering my apartment. My forehead furrowed when I noticed that there was a pair of slippers outside the door.

"A pair of slippers?" I murmur.

I threw away my bag and went to the bathroom to take a shower. I was nervous and didn't go to the bathroom because I heard something strange. Suddenly the faucet turned on.

"Is anyone here?"

I slowly opened the door and jumped because of a man covering his body while he was applying toothpaste

"W-who are you?!" I asked.

"Hmmm?"

"Who are you?! Why are you here?"

I realized that he was the man in the library and the new transferee to Fatima.

"Here's my room," he answers.

"What?!" I responded. "You're Nash Thompson?" I asked, then he nodded. "The Landlady's right." I make a face. "Where are my bathroom utensils?"

"It's in the other bathroom."

"Wait, did you fix it?" I asked while wondering.

"Yes."

Because I was annoyed, I pointed at him, so he was shocked while pouting. "Hey, you. Don't touch my things again ok?! If you break what I'm saying, I'll fine you 500 pesos! There's only one bed and I'm the only one who can sleep there, so just sleep on the sofa."

"What sofa?" He came out of the bathroom with a smile. "I paid a lot for this house. I can kick you."

I just shook my head. "Fine! I will sleep on the sofa."

After I take a bath. I noticed my belongings were missing in the cabinet and the men's clothes were already in place. I saw the big suitcase so I opened it and I wasn't mistaken. He put all my clothes here.

His thick face! How could he!

I opened the cabinet and split the space to put my clothes back on. I also pay for it, so we have to share everything here.

"Hey man! What are you doing with my stuff?"

Because of his question, I turned around and was surprised. "What! W-why aren't you wearing underwear?!" Shit! Disgusting!

"Why are you looking at my body? Are you gay?"

I averted my eyes. "W-what? Are you fucking insane?! Of course I'm not!"

"So, why are you looking at my body ---"

"Stop!"