I BECAME THE VILLAIN OF A NOVEL | BOOK I

Volume 2 - The Beginning of the End| 59: Compensation.

Alexandra hung her lips open, looking at me with hesitant eyes. "Lass..."

My brows knitted as I whispered, "professor, don't be too loud, you'll disturb Pula."

Alexandra pulled up her inner eyebrows, staring at me helplessly, and with cautious steps, she approached me like I'm some wounded animal.

Seeing her posture made me frown, however, since
Alexandra isn't disturbing Pula; I decided to ignore her as I held Pula near me, remaining seated on the ground.

"Lass..." Alexandra called softly, sighting. Her arms wrapped around my shoulders, hugging me sideways. "Pula is...dead."

I became paralysed, feeling my heart stop beating. It only lasted for a second as my face crumpled distortedly, looking at Alexandra with a glare.

"That's not a good joke, professor," I muttered in a low, dangerous tone.

Alexandra didn't respond, but only sighed more as she embraced me tighter.

I frowned as I held Pula tenderly in my left arm, shoving Alexandra with my right elbow, scooting further away from her. "Professor, I told you that Pula is sleeping, she isn't..."

Biting my lower lip hard, my sore eyes started to wet again. I swallowed, feeling a huge lump on my throat. "Pula is not..."

I look down at Pula, feeling her lifeless body in my arm. "...dead," I finished, feeling empty and cold.

Tears poured out from my eyes, staring down at the small pink rabbit in a state of trance. No beating pulse or comforting warmth and only a body without a soul.

I inhaled sharply. I took deep breaths.

I swallowed again, feeling my intestines twisting and churning; causing storms inside my stomach. I look at Alexandra, kneeling a few distance away from me.

The red haired woman approached me again, wrapping her arms around me, patting my back comfortingly. "I'm sorry, lass..."

I didn't respond as reality slowly sinks in.

Like a paper being ripped into tiny little pieces; I felt my heart aching in pain.

Like glue to my paper; I held Pula's freezing body near me as if it was the only thing that could keep my heart together in one piece.

However, the glue has already expired, and a glue that is past the expiration date will not provide the appropriate bonding properties.

Which means no matter how much I hug Pula, she will no longer be able to comfort me.

Pula will never wake up again and for eternity. She went on a sleeping journey, taking a piece of me with her. While I'm left alone with grief, sorrow, and memories. It's a warm memory, but the more warm it was, the more cold I felt. It tears me apart and into tiny little pieces.

Despite feeling the chilling body, I embraced Pula for comfort as I cried hard, sobbing loud. Alexandra hugged me even tighter.

After a while, the liquid droplets grew weak until there was nothing more left to give.

Sore salty eyes; numbing freezing body; stuffy nose. All of it makes me feel exhausted as I breathe in through my mouth. I looked up and saw Alexandra, giving me a gentle smile similar to my mother. Her brows were pulled up, staring at me in distraught.

My nose felt sour again, seeing Alexandra's pale complexion and comforting smile. Yet, it didn't give me the slightest of comfort as I remember another person to her face.

"Professor," I called, sniffing as I stared down at the pink rabbit. "I want to give Pula a proper funeral."

"By all means, we should," Alexandra replied affirmatively.