Chapter 45

"Oh, never mind! Forget it, it's not your fault entirely. I'm the only one who wasn't firm!"

"Is that so? But, I'm confused about you. Do you always forgive other people's mistakes? Are you always like this?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, you're very kind, I'm thinking, maybe you're often used by other people because you're too kind!"

"Yes, like you! You always take advantage of me, right?"

"Hahahaha..."

"Not funny!"

"Hey Aiden, put some music on! I want to hear old boyband songs!"

"What old times do you mean? How old do you look?" Aiden said while setting the music player in his car. As Nina expected, Backstreet Boy's As Long As You Love Me was heard as the opening theme.

"I don't care who you are, where you from, what you did, as long as you love-" Nina also sang with enthusiasm.

Aiden smiled, not expecting that Nina's voice was quite good. Women like her also turned out to have some advantages too.

"A very good song, my heart is happy. Why are you smiling like that?"

"It's okay! Is smiling really forbidden?"

"Yeah... no, but five minutes ago you looked angry. So it's weird to suddenly smile!"

"I smiled because I didn't expect it, it turns out that your voice is not bad either!"

"Huh? Really? My voice is pretty good, is that so? But people say my voice is good, not bad! You are praising people, don't be half-hearted!"

"I rarely praise people, especially ones like you. So you should be grateful!"

"Julian? Aiden, that's Julian, right?" Nina shouted while pointing at the figure of a man who was accompanied by a beautiful woman out of the restaurant.

"Yes, that's right !" Aiden said as he pulled his car to the side of the road.

"Stop...! I want to beat up that jerk!"

"What do you want?"

"I want to beat him!" Nina shouted annoyed and immediately opened Aiden's car door.

"Why is he the one who is upset? I should be the one angry. My money was borrowed to buy something useless!" Because he was provoked, Aiden came out and followed Nina to catch Julian.

"Julian...!" Nina called out to Julian who was standing at the door of the restaurant with a beautiful blonde haired woman.

Hearing his name being called, Julian immediately turned around and caught two grim-looking humans walking dashingly towards him. Julian, who is mentally weak, immediately becomes suspicious. Without warning, Julian took a thousand steps to avoid the tantrums of his future crush and old friend.

"He's running! Aiden, let's chase him!" She said while running after Julian who unexpectedly ran very fast.

"Why am I following?" Aide thought who was confused with himself. He was annoyed with Julian, but to chase him, it didn't seem that far.

"Come on, Aiden! Don't let us lose track of him!" Nina who kept on provoking, made Aiden have no choice but to follow along.

Julian went into an empty building and hid, hoping Aiden and Nina couldn't find him because it was so dark. Julian hid in a corner of the gym. A few seconds later, the sound of footsteps could be heard entering the building as well as the sound of someone speaking.

"I saw him enter this place!" She said. Aiden frowned, looking at the big, dark building that looked scary.

"So, want to come inside?" Aiden asked.

"Of course! I saw him go inside."

"I don't want to go in, you just go!"

"Why? Aren't you also annoyed at him? Do you want to give up?"

"I'm not too annoyed with him, I'm just helping you catch up. But if it gets into a place like this, I don't want to!"

"Why is that? Are you scared? Huh... you coward!"

"Don't talk carelessly with your mouth! Who's a coward?"

"Yes you, who else? You had gone to great lengths to chase him, it's only a little longer before you give up. What kind of man is that?"

"You really can't guard your mouth, can you? Feel this!" Aiden said while pulling Nina's cheeks in annoyance.

"Ouch...it hurts, don't pinch it! Ok, if you don't want to, just let me go in!"

"Okay, let me accompany you!" Finally, with his generosity, Aiden was forced to accompany Nina into the empty, uninhabited building.

As soon as their feet stepped inside, the room was dark and cold greeted their arrival. They shuddered, as if something was waiting for them up ahead.

"I'll turn on the flashlight first!" Nin said as she took her phone from her trouser pocket and turned on the flashlight.

"What is this place? Looks like it's been empty for a long time."

"Like in horror movies, look! It turns out that this place is wide too!"

"Where's Julian? Are you sure you saw him enter this place?" He asked.

"I'm sure he-"

Tukk...tukk...tukk...

The footsteps sounded from behind. Aiden and Nina suddenly turned their heads.

"Julian?"

Krieeeettt...bruuum...

Quickly, Julian closed the door and locked it from the outside.

"Hey Julian, open the door! What is this?" Aiden shouted as he pounded on the metal door that was tightly closed.

"Julian, open the door...! You idiot...!" Nina shouted angrily. There was no answer from Julian other than footsteps that could be heard leaving this empty building.

"Damn! He left us! That bastard, just watch him!" Aiden cursed while continuing to push the big door that was tightly closed.

"How is this? This place is terrible dark, damp-"

"It's all your fault! Because you forced your way in, that idiot locked us from the outside!"

"Why is it my fault?"

"So, who's fault? Me?" Aiden felt very frustrated, what dream did he have last night that all of this could happen to him?

"Shit, there's no signal here! Aiden, look at your phone. Is there a signal or not? We can ask the police or anyone for help!"

"I left my phone in the car."

"What? Why?"

"How should I know? Agh... Julian, you bastard! Just watch out if I see you, I'll beat you up!" Aiden shouted emotion.

Nina was silent, suddenly the hairs on the back of her neck were goosebumps. If you pay attention again, this place is really dark and terrible, making her head filled with bad thoughts.

"What now? Are we stuck here until tomorrow?"

"Okay, let's try to find it around there, who knows there's another door!" Aiden began to step into the darkness that felt pierced to his bones.

He shuddered, this place was too dark to explore. While Nina who was frightened, immediately pulled the jacket Aiden was wearing.

"Why are you pulling my shirt?"

"I'm afraid, I don't like places that are too dark!"

"You think I like it? Give me your phone!"

“This-” Aiden lit the path in front of him with the flashlight from her phone and walked cautiously glancing around.

"What is this place?" Asked Nina

"I don'r know, looks like a former factory."

"Wow... there must be a lot of ghosts here, bad-"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Aiden gulped. Nina's words made him even more scared. But, he's a man here, it's impossible to show his weakness in front of women. He tried to muster up the courage.

"Aiden, looks like there's a window over there!" She said while pointing to the left.

"Let's see!" They walked towards the window Nina pointed out.

It is indeed a window. However, it is not an ordinary window covered with glass or wood, but iron which is deliberately closed so that not just anyone can enter.

"Ugh... can't be opened!" Aiden muttered as he pulled the pile of iron covering the window.

"H-how about this? We're done here!"


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