Memories Of Us - Chapter 9 Her Memory?

“Do you think this guy will die in the end?” Charles, leaning on Sienna’s shoulder, pointed at a character name on a novel that Sienna read. They just finished eating their lunch together a few minutes ago, before they sat back on the bed and read a book -or more precisely, Charles was watching Sienna read a book.

“Who would read a book in which the main character died in the end?” Sienna rolled her eyes. She actually loved the main character in this book a lot and hoped the main character becomes strong. She felt bored so she chose to read a fantasy, fiction book.

“Why? It would be interesting that way,” he said, confused. Charles was not the kind of person who liked to read a fiction book. He was busy enough with his work, so he didn’t have time for other things unrelated to his works. When he was younger he was also liked to read a nonfiction more than reading a fiction book -in fact, sometimes he still read those heavy and thick nonfiction books if he had the time.

“So you are saying that it’s okay if the Demon Lord wins and destroyed the world?” Sienna pointed at the image of the Demon Lord drawn on the cover of the book.

“Why not? Even if he dies, there will always be another Hero popped up, right?”

“You have a strange logic… Anyway, just shut up with your comments. I want to read this book and you are annoying me now.”

“How am I annoying? I was just telling you my opinion. You are so not cute.” Charles held Sienna’s chin and made her turned to look at him.

“Dunno. You are just annoying. And yes I’m not cute, you could go and find a cuter girl out there,” she said coldly, then turn her head away.

“Why would I do that if I have you? Who cares if you are not cute?” Charles wrapped his other hand around Sienna’s waist.

Sienna slapped Charles’s hand and shifted her body away from him. She looked at Charles, who smiled coquettishly. She felt that they are truly incompatible, like a cat and a dog. She really couldn’t understand how the hell they ended up as a couple.

‘Why did I accept him when he confessed to me?’ she thought, feeling the whole thing was really inconceivable no matter how she thinks about it.

“Hey, did I accept you right away?”

“Huh? Why the sudden question?”

“I just thought that we are really incompatible, we even fight for every little thing.”

“Ah, you are curious? Hmm… I didn’t know about you, but that was one of the reasons that made me attracted to you. Don’t you find it fascinating, to find the similarities in the midst of our differences?” Charles asked her with a dazzling smile.

Sienna really didn’t know how to respond to this question. Was this what she was thinking when she fell in love with him? Did she even love him? She didn’t know. What she knew was: she felt strangely comfortable around Charles now, even though they often bicker about unimportant things. But she was still not sure about love.

“Don’t think too much about it, it doesn’t matter if you love me or not right now. Sooner or later you will fall for me again,” he said with confidence brimming on his face.

Sienna thought: ‘Isn’t his confidence is too over the top?’

“Uh.. okay then,” she responded without too much thought. She suddenly felt really sleepy now, probably the medicine effect kicked in.

“Sleepy? Sleep then.” Charles took the book in Sienna’s hand and tucked Sienna in with a blanket.

“Emm.” Sienna only replied with a mumble.

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“Sienna, you can’t go anywhere again,” the man said with a smirk on his face.

Sienna was out of breath from running so long, so it took her a few seconds before she could speak. “Who.. who are you people? What do you want with me?”

Sienna knew she had to find some help as soon as possible or something bad will happened to her. But it was really dark and she could not find a single soul except for the people in front of her.

“Hehe.. you don’t recognize me? I’m hurt, you know.”

Sienna squinted her eyes. The face of all the people in front of Sienna was blurry, she couldn’t recognize any of them. But she felt like she definitely heard that voice before, but she just couldn’t remember who.

“Wha… what do you want? If you want money, I will give you as much as you want.” Sienna kept backing away then felt her back against the cold wall. She was panicked and really scared.

“Money? Haha. Do you even know who paid us? It wa..s….” The voice fading in her ears, she couldn’t hear the last few words. Everything blurred, fading into the background. She could only faintly see the shape of the mouth of that man but couldn’t recognize what words he was saying.

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“Hah.. hah..” Sienna woke up drenched in sweat. She could hear her heart beating so fast it almost burst out from her chest. She gasped for breath as if she had done a strenuous exercise.

‘What was that? Is that my memory or just another nightmare? But who are they? When did that happen?’ Sienna felt that it was too real to be a nightmare, but she was also not sure about that.

“Nightmare again?” Charles handed a glass of water to Sienna, which interrupted her train of thought. She took the glass and drained it quickly.

“Why are you still here?” She saw that it was almost six in the afternoon. She slept for quite a long time.

“I can’t?”

“You can.” Sienna felt it was better to have someone by her side for now.

“Then, can I sleep here tonight?”

“No. Don’t try to take advantage of me.”

“Hmmph who would take advantage of you?”

‘Obviously, you,’ Sienna thought in her heart, but she didn’t say anything. Her hand was still shaking a little, so she put the glass on the side table and hid her hand under the blanket.

“Hmm? Your cold is gone now. I guess that medicine is a good one.” Sienna also noticed she didn’t feel sick now.

“I’m gonna take a bath.” She felt a bit sticky from sweat and really need a warm bath right away.

“Want me to help?”

‘Thump!’ Sienna threw the pillow to Charles face hard then swaggered away to the bath without even bother about Charles anymore.