Chapter 17

Ryan's POV
Lately my mind has been very full and filled with lots of questions. Especially questions about Rei Watanabe's status and background. He is very mysterious and raises many questions in my mind. Is it true that he didn't mean anything as bad as what he said to me at that time? But my mind kept wandering about Rei's figure, which I felt was not human. But he is also a stealth like us, although I don't know for sure what type of creature he comes from. But I think he has powers beyond human limits that he tries to hide. Just because I saw the aura radiating from him, I felt that there was something different about Rei.
Even some of my friends like Mark, Tom, Jake and Dylan also agree that it is not from humans. That means our vision and sensitivity regarding Rei's figure is almost the same, it could even be said to be similar. I will explore further who Rei Watanabe really is. Because I won't stop finding out until everything is clear and clear. I want to know clearly and definitely about Rei and his purpose in entering our environment, including the suspicion that he is targeting Alina. My thoughts drifted far away to Rei's figure. Until I forget that there is another person who I must immediately solve my problem with. Yes, Alina, that woman is a bit different and in my opinion very unstable. Even though I know he is innocent and has a soft heart. But I felt swayed by him who had no certainty in his behavior.
"Hey Ryan, I saw you were just daydreaming. What does it look like you were thinking about?" Dylan asked while patting my shoulder.
"Obviously what's on his mind is Alina." Jake said chiming in.
"Huss... Isn't Alina now Mark's property? So there's a love triangle between you." Tom explained while joking around with me.
I just kept quiet and listened to my friends say whatever they wanted. I didn't argue in the slightest because it was clear that what was on my mind now was indeed the figure of Alina. So if I deny then I'm lying.
"Uh, That's it, Mark has appeared?"
"Yes, that's Mark, Mark finally came here."
This is our training schedule. Initially, Mark said he would not come because he had one important matter to finish first. What's that deal about Alina? I don't know but it turns out Mark came here too. That means the matter is now finished.
Mark walked over to us with a normal expression like he usually does when he meets us friends.
"Hey Mark, are you coming too?" said Jake.
"Yeah, it's me."
"He said you wouldn't come." Tom said.
"I still had time to attend and come here. I still had time, so I rushed here for you, my friends."
We embrace each other as one.
That's how close our friendship is. Moreover, Mark and I are the closest of friends. Because our relationship has been around for a longer time than others. Not to mention that Mark can be invited to communicate seriously, unlike the others who are always joking and making jokes. So my closeness to Mark can no longer be doubted. We are very close and many even say like twins. Twins in terms of behavior, but our appearance and appearance are clearly different. I always share everything with Mark and so does Mark. But what about Alina? Would Mark like to share it with me? Huh, why do I dare say something like that?
Since that incident with Alina, I started to feel captivated by her charm. To be honest, I can no longer hide that I seem to have had a crush on Alina since the incident at the bar at that time. I couldn't lie to myself that this incident made me feel good and I couldn't forget it and let it pass. But I see that lately Mark has been walking with Alina more often. Although I don't know for sure what happened between them. Whether they have a special relationship or not I don't know. Mark hasn't told us, especially me, about Alina any further. It's just that we often caught him walking together.
Alina and we have known each other since school. Alina always holds joint training with the team on my campus. I also know other children who come from Alina's school. Including those who look a bit sentimental towards Alina. I'm actually quite concerned about Alina. I think she is in a bad position at school. Because I see her friends like to bully her as they please. I feel like I'm protecting Alina from her friends who have bad intentions. But I don't know what the initial problem was until Alina was always criticized and ridiculed by her friends. I have to find out the culprit and be able to straighten out their problems so that Alina can live in peace and spend her days comfortably at school or in her club.
"Look Mark, your best friend has been daydreaming all this time. Looks like he's in love." Dylan started to taunt me while putting his arm around my shoulder.
I looked at Dylan then at Mark. Mark looked at me without responding with words, he just smiled faintly in response to Dylan's chatter.
"Suuttt, don't dismantle it, it will explode!" Tom said while touching his finger to his lips.
Mark and I could only shake our heads. Can't understand their attitude.
"What's wrong with you, Ryan?" Suddenly Mark asked me like that.
I was nervous when Mark started asking me questions. It felt like he was being interrogated by him. Even though only one question came out. But I felt my heart start to beat fast. I was going to be nervous but I tried to cover it up by distracting myself from other things.
"I was just thinking about the continuation of Rei Watanabe's figure."
"Huh, Rei?" They responded to me in unison.
"Yeah, what do you think?"
"Hmmm... I think it's about Alina." Just for fun, Jake suddenly cornered me again in front of the other friends.
I was a little annoyed with Jake this time but tried to cover up my annoyed feelings and went back to discussing Rei without paying attention to what Jake said about Alina.
Others are not so interested in discussing Alina. They are more curious about Rei Watanabe's figure. Yes, I, like them, am just as curious about Rei's figure and want to uncover the mystery about her.
"I feel there is something strange about Rei Watanabe's figure." Mark said.
"Yeah, I feel that way too."
"Me too."
It means they really feel the same way as me.