Chapter 3

Alarkin. How can he possibly here?

Evrything about him came to mind.

The day when I lost balance, almost fall from the highest trees. 

I shivered when his gentle embrace startled me. Before I come to realization that I'm falling, I hear a soft whisper of my name.

“Encrinch,” and I saw the weary of his eyes staring straight at me.

“Alarkin!” I gasped.

Even though I wants to adds that he should let go his hands off of me, my lip glue to each other, my eyes actually couldn't look away.

“You care yourself,” he softly said, causing my heart to skip.

Our eyes meet, and I can't stop myself from finding out why someone is heads over hill in him, and he is such to fall to not bite the opportunity! Yes, even though his eyes is seems always tired, I was shock to notice it's like a stars blindingly in the dark sky. I was immerse and unconsciously trace everything worth noticing in his face. Perfectly...and flawlessly! How can this fool be a heavenly bless, yet still be a foolish?

“Hooking up,” suddenly a voice rung in my ears down below. “I see.”

My eyes widened, realizing of who that was. Not only it's impossible, but right now I realize the most impossible! Looking at Alarkin, he really look at me so much that I found something hard to believe. The curse... isn't working this night?

“You saw me!” I couldn't believe it, but the laugh down below cause my heart to boom. They also can see me in my curse, perhaps this is an exception?

“You think he's blind, Encrinch?” It was Milley, there's a hint of mock in his voice. 

“Are you alright?” Alarkin ask, not minding the voice below us. Now that I think of it, I realize we're still in the hightest part of the trees!

 “I'm just being paranoid!” I push away the noise below. “Though, it's your fault, you foolish! How long will you hold me here anyway?” The way I spoke those words, as if I'm being gentle, cause my heart in chaotic beat.

But then another voice heard coming from a very familiar voice, “Don't be shy, Encrinch! Go with your heart content!” It's William, though sounded bothered and disappointed for something, he force himself to voice his support. “Alarkin was...yours! Just...attack!”

“No way!” I shook my head, force myself to believe the possible. “They are not there... I'm just being paranoid!”

But then, Alarkin gulped, that's change cause by the words came from below. That's when I realized the absurd of this all! Not only it's unacceptable to have them talk to me as if they seen through this invisibility, but also...the hooking part that makes my heartbeat in a constant chaos!

The very understanding of hooking up send my blood aboil and my world to shame. 

I wish Alarkin will just dropped me as he climbed high when he realized my uncomfortability, dropping me through the highest part of this tree so that I will save time to hit my head with axe because of the shame I was starting to understand. And one more thing, my mind was starting to think of something that gives me chills through my body. I...never wish to think how the feeling of hooking up with this bastard! 

Yet my thirst on understanding...

How I wish Alarkin just dropped me now, or else I wonder what's more he could do if he knows what this crazy mind of mine have think about?

Yet the two familiar voices down below, giggled to my reaction. Was this really happening? I wish I have never make fun of them earlier...

“I'm mistaken,” I thought. “I've been so rash...at the same time harsh to this siblings who hold grudes! Who ever thought they are this shameless?”

I was wrong, the follower of the bastard wasn't at all dung of all dung! The two who deserving to the title was the very own siblings down below!

“Impossible...” I keep saying when I couldn't really come up with reason why the two saw through this invisibility, not even with this Alarkin! If not for the sibling who hold grudges who make me realized that this curse sometime can have its consideration, I must be part-party with the YOLO believers. 

“Don't let them affect you.” Alarkin voice stiffened me, his warm breathe that soak through my ears.

Yet the hope that perhaps I'm being crazy because of some sort of guilt toward the siblings drained to never exist again. The hope vanished just the words coming from the bastards. Heartless! How can a person be so heartless?! Can he really have to say something now?

“Brother, are we fine now?” Milley ask strangely. “Let's forget that the heartless bitch already have her own hooking partner! So...”

“Sister, you'll never know how fine I am!” William exclaimed excitedly, yet there some sort of bitterness in his vooce. “So refreshing! I wish I have seen through their hooking performance...”

“You... Don't ever dream, Brother! Forget the heartless bitch!” The last words meant to be a whisper, she pointed his heart, “forget that heartbeat.” 

It confuse me and even though hardly understand the situation, I look down and saw them down below. Was there something to the heartbeat that I yet know about?

The two down below was really none other than Milley and William! Right now, they starts a conversation that's the subject is none other than myself, as if they forgot that I was at the top of their head!

Yet the very bastard near me never let my heart at peace, whisper on my ears from time to time. “Don't let them bothered you,” he said, feels like blowing near my neck. 

“You...”

He wink, his warm breathe makes me a complete fool, choke to the bone by this sudden development I couldn't help but keep to mind as a nightmare!

“Young lady?” Misty horrified beside me that I came to my senses.

My eyes goes back to the summit, and found no one. “Where is he?”

“Who?” Misty look at the summit and strange to look back at me. “There's no one there, young lady.”

I can't believe it, my heart tremble. “Impossible... Am I overthinking it?”

“Young lady...” Misty reveal a worried expression.

I calm myself and didn't pondered of it more. For someone such myself, this thing is nothing but a mere hallucination. Even the event of that night...

Just how can the curse not working that night? 

I already accept the fact that it's just nothing, but then the figure is so familiar I remember the night in the darkhole.

Am I really just overthinking it? But impossible... There's no way for the curse to stop functioning just because it's him who I'm with. 

Even that two... 

I wonder if they are alive, but that's so impossible I give up for the thought. Misty really is native here, and she already preparrle the resident we going to stay. Where as much possible will be filled with pressure that as if an awakening will going in any moment!