The man was tugging at her arm, another hand wrapped around her neck. âYou think thereâll be anyone coming to save you today, Blanca? Quit dreaming! Iâll show you what itâs like to be stepped on today...â
âAh! D-donât come over, go away...â
Blanca backed up, turned around and ran, but the manâs cackling laughter came from behind, encircling her like demonic whispers.
She ran and ran and suddenly fell. She tried to get up, supporting herself on her palms, but then she saw the manâs face, blown up to enormous proportions.
âRun! Come on, why arenât you running? Keep running!â
The manâs contorted grin drew close and his fist hammered down. Blanca yelped, âAgh! Matthew, help me... help me...
âMatthew!â
A shrill shriek broke the sky. Matthew was a light sleeper and jolted awake, turning on the light at the end of the bed. He saw Blanca struggling and calling out, her pale face covered with sweat, and immediately realized she was having a nightmare.
Probably something to do with what happened that afternoon.
âBlanca, wake up.â Matthew took a deep breath and slapped her lightly on the cheek. But she didnât just keep slumbering, she reached out and grabbed his arm.
Normally, Matthew would throw it off, but this time... he didnât.
He called her name a few more times before Blanca opened her eyes in a daze. âNo!â
âItâs me, youâre safe.â Seeing her wake up, Matthew didnât realize that heâd heaved a sigh of relief himself as he comforted her lightly.
Blancaâs brain was still blurry, and she just thought about how she almost...
She didnât want to bring up that painful memory again, and seeing a drowsy Matthew before her in his pajamas, Blancaâs eyes welled up instantly.
Maybe it was because a girl whoâd just woken up was in a weak state, but she threw herself into Matthewâs arms right then and there, her voice tinged with a sob. âI thought Iâd never see you again, Matthew, I wonât ever say that youâre cold and nasty again...â
â...â
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So that was what she thought of him?
A cold aura gathered around Matthewâs body, and Blanca shivered before finding that she was... hugging Matthew again?!
Face ashen, she backed out of Matthewâs embrace, stammering, âSorry, I-I j-just... sorry.â She couldnât find an excuse, and kept on apologizing.
âSince youâre fine, go to sleep.â Matthew had no intentions of bringing it up against her, mainly because he didnât have the heart to with her looking like a little bunny whoâd just been bullied.
But... it seemed the afternoon had left a huge impact on her. Matthewâs face went shadowy.
Seeing that Matthew had fallen asleep like nothing was wrong, Blanca calmed down herself and tried to lie down, closing her eyes. Maybe because Matthew was next to her, but she wasnât so afraid now.
Matthew had said that Todd would disappear from Oakshire, and she believed he could accomplish such a thing. Considering that, she slowly drifted off again...
But, when Blanca started breathing long and deep, Matthew suddenly opened his eyes, his deep gaze shining in the dark. He felt like something was slowly changing.