The Fate Of The World Is In My Hands, But All I Want To Do Is Eat! - Chapter 266

Chapter 266: …why were you so frightened by Leo?

Chapter 266: …why were you so frightened by Leo?

Nicholas was confused.

With what he just saw, Leo cleaning her tears and worrying for her, how could he not come to that conclusion?

Even in class, they had this weird atmosphere around them, like they were acting lovey-dovey, but it was so natural that one could tell they had been at it for months.

If they weren’t dating, then there was one other thing he could assume.

“Then, are you two related?” He asked but both denied it right away.

“No!” “I thought so.” Nicholas said.

“You two share no similarity.” He glanced away.

This was weird.

If they weren’t dating and they weren’t related, then what sort of relationship did they have that made them act so close?

“Are you two childhood best friends then?” He asked but they shook their heads.

Alice shrugged her shoulders and said, “I’ve not even known him for a year.” Nicholas’s eyes widened.

Not up to a year yet they were already so close?

Was it so easy and simple for beautiful people to synchronize?

“In any case, we aren’t dating.” Alice answered.

“Our behavior probably implies that but trust me, it’s not a big deal.” Maybe for someone like Alice, but for every other person, it was a big deal indeed.

Like, who went around kissing guys just because they asked and she wanted to be ‘polite’?

Well, she did like it too, but still…

She wasn’t normal in the head and her heart was messed up.

Her way of thinking was messed up.

So, for the normal and average person to understand her, it would only make them spin like they were on a rollercoaster ride.

“Alright.” Nicholas answered.

‘I still can’t believe it.

But Alice has no reason to lie.

And if this guy,’ he looked up at Leo.

‘Was really her boyfriend, I don’t think he would hide the fact in front of a nobody like me?’ “Then, Nicholas, why were you so frightened by Leo?” Alice asked, going back to the topic they went off track from.

“You looked like he had beat you to a pulp before.” She looked genuinely curious but Nicholas felt even more embarrassed now.

He had come to his conclusion and was scared for no reason.

He had no face to say his thoughts.

“Come on, tell me.

I need to know if Leo did something so I can give him a good beating.” Alice said and Leo’s forehead irked.

“Yes, tell us.

What did ‘I’ do to receive such fear from you?” He folded his arms.

“You didn’t…

You didn’t do anything.” Nicholas said.

“It wasn’t you, but the situation,” he shook his head.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t feel comfortable talking about it.

Please, don’t get angry.” They went silent and Nicholas shut his eyes tight, scared that they, or Leo, rather, since he held Alice in high regard, would get angry that he had made him a suspect in Alice’s eyes and then refused to explain.

So, he might hit him.

“P-please, don’t hit me.” He pleaded.

“Huh?

Why would I do that?” Leo asked.

“Unless I want you dead, I wouldn’t do such a thing.” He said but Nicholas still shivered.

He couldn’t take words as simple as they came, especially when it had to do with violence.

His bullies had used the words, ‘Don’t worry, we won’t hit you if you stay a good boy’, ‘Just keep your mouth shut and we’ll let you be’ or ‘I have no reason to dirty my hands on shit like you’, but they always ended up hitting him, inflicting him with pain and hurting his heart.

So, even when Leo said he wouldn’t hit him, he couldn’t be sure because he had been rude, refusing a ‘demand’.

“Nicholas,” Alice called.

“Who hurt you?” Nicholas’s eyes widened.

What did she say?

He opened his eyes and found Alice staring at him seriously.

Her eyes were firmly fixed on him and her lips were pressed together in a fine line.

“You are acting like this because someone hurt you, right?” She asked.

“Are you being…

Bullied?” His eyes widened even more.

How did she…

Know?

She had just come to their school, so there was no way she already heard of the bullying that led him to awaken.

No one was even speaking about it anymore.

So, how did she guess it?

Alice bit her lip and threw her gaze away.

Why?

He wondered.

Why was she looking like that?

“This is why I hate school.” He heard her mutter.

“It’ll break you and even when you reach your hand out, no one will take it.

No one will pull you out of the pit of despair.

It’s the same everywhere.” Leo looked at her and then reached his hand out to her head.

He pressed it on her forehead as if checking her temperature, and she closed her eyes.

“Sorry, Nicholas.

I have bad memories so I get…

Weird, when I hear about this topic.” She turned her head to see her saddened face and that smile seemed forced.

“I feel for you and I like you a lot.

So, tell me, do you want me to help you get rid of the guys that are pestering you.” Nicholas’s heart thumped.

Ah, what was this?

She wanted to help him get rid of the people pestering him?

She had the same experience?

How was that possible?

Who would dare bully someone as beautiful and powerful as her?

She looked like she would be very popular in her former school.

Wait, maybe it was before she became an awakened.

Just like him, she must’ve been weak and tormented.

But…

How was she so bright regardless?

How?

How was she standing strong if she had faced the same torment as he had?

“I’m serious,” Alice said, a certain murderous intent leaking out of her eyes.

“I’ll kill those bastards for you.

So, just call a name or better still, point them out.

I will rip them to shreds.” Alice looked scary.

But why did it make his heart thump even more loudly in joy?

‘Where have you been all my life?’ Nicholas wondered as he clenched his fists with his eyes growing teary.

‘Why are you late?’ CREATORS’ THOUGHTS Author_fredah I feel sad for him, mehn.

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