Mila stared at the blood spreading on Aaric's hand with wide eyes in disbelief.

"You said, you and I are the same!!!" Mila exclaimed hysterically when she saw Aaric's futile attempt to stop the bleeding, but it looked like the wound Mila had made was quite deep. "Then why are you bleeding now!?" ​​

At first, Mila just wanted to make sure that Aaric wasn't fooling her with stupid stories about non-human beings, or using a trick that could cut the hem of her shirt without injuring her at all, but now that she saw how Aaric was bleeding, Mila felt like she was indeed stupid to trust him.

"Oh, shit!" Aaric cursed, the expression on his face was not one of a panic because of the pain from the wound on the back of his hand, as his eyes were staring warily at the door while the drops of blood continued to soak the special floor in this padding room. "Why did you attack me?" Aaric asked, sounding desperate.

"You said you and I were non-human beings!" Mila exclaimed with a scared expression, because Aaric's bleeding wouldn't stop. "You have to go and stitch up the wound."

"Too late," Aaric grumbled.

"What?" Mila didn't understand, but when her eyes followed Aaric's line of sight, she heard rushed footsteps leading to this room.

It seemed that Aaric's time was up and the CCTV cameras in this room were working again, so that the supervisor in the monitor room could see that Aaric was injured, especially with blood splattered everywhere.

"Mila," Aaric said hastily. "Listen to me. Mila!" He raised his voice to get the attention of the girl before him.

"What?" Mila asked with a frown. She didn't want to be blamed for this, but how could she explain it?

"Tell them that I carried the knife with the intention of threatening you, because I wanted to molest you, but you managed to grab it and injured me," Aaric said hastily, his eyes turning back to the door as the sound of footsteps drew closer.

"What?" The wrinkles between Mila's eyebrows deepened. "No! I wouldn't say something like that!"

"Listen!" Aaric was now holding Mila's shoulders tightly, making the blood in his hands run down the white dress she was wearing. "Do what I said or they will treat you worse than this and it will be hard for me to find you again."

As the door to this room roughly opened, Aaric leaned over to forcefully kiss Mila while saying against her lips. "Do what I say."

"What is this!?"Exclaimed one of the three men who entered the room.

In the midst of the sudden upheaval, Mila's brain was forced to work fast and she witnessed how Aaric was being pulled away from her by two men in gray uniform, while one other person walked up to Mila with an injection in his hand.

"Shit! Whose blood is this?! Who's injured!?" One of them looked confused by seeing so much blood.

Everything was so messed up and the first thing Mila realized after the man who approached her injected something into her was; Aaric's eyes turned red for an instant before returning to their original color.

As if giving her one last warning to remind her; do as he asked.

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It had been two days since the incident and Mila reluctantly complied with Aaric's request to say that the man had come to harass her and had threatened her with the penknife he was carrying.

That man is crazy!

Mila could not understand why out of the hundreds of reasons they could think of, only that reason crossed his perverted mind, and he even kissed Mila for a second time.

Of the four times they met, Aaric had already kissed her twice, really?!

But, that's not what bothered Mila right now...

Mila stared at her room lights, while lying on her bed in this padding room, but a moment later, the lamp turned dim and darkness enveloped her.

This was a routine every day that Mila must follow. She didn't even know how many days had passed since she was ambushed on top of the building, next to the corpse of a man. Hell, Mila didn't even know what time it is now...

All she knew was; every time the light was turned off, she had to follow the unspoken order and go to sleep immediately.

While staying here, Mila did not see other patients like her.

Mila sighed and tried to close her eyes, trying to sleep. But couldn't. Mila wanted to meet Aaric. The man had not answered her questions yet.

Where is the man now?

With the accusations that Mila made, he couldn't possibly get away without receiving punishment, right? Knowing this, Mila was a little regretful for having complied with his ridiculous request.

Right at that moment, Mila heard the sound of footsteps that were so low, but with a rhythm that she recognized.

Impossible…

Instinctively, Mila sat up, staring at the door, which was now moving, as someone pushed it open.

And there he was, standing with a dazzling light behind his body. Even though Mila couldn't see his face, but she was sure that it was him...

"Aaric," Mila said his name.

"Hi, miss me?" He asked in the same light voice.

Mila snorted. "You wish." But, she felt relieved, if Aaric could still joke like this, it seemed that the situation he was facing was not as difficult as Mila imagined. "You are still alive?" she asked curtly.

However, this actually made Aaric laugh softly. "Your character still hasn't changed and your words are still very sharp." Mila saw Aaric shaking his head. "It would take more than just scratches to kill me." He shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.

"That's great," Mila muttered, but then she realized that Aaric wasn't going into her room as usual and chose to stand in the doorway. "Why are you standing there? Afraid that I'll attack you again?"

Aaric laughed again at this. "No, my dear." He shook his head, then glanced down the hall for a few moments. "I can't be here for long, I just wanted to say goodbye."

"Say goodbye?!? You're leaving??" Hearing him, Mila widened her eyes.

"Yes, just for a short period though. Maybe a few days or weeks, but I'll see you again," Aaric spoke hastily. "Bye, Mila munchkin." And he closed the door.