EVERY TIME YOU will wake up, you will feel like a new born person they say because sleeping is like dying for twelve hours and waking up is having a new life. So technically, every day is a brand new day. But for me, every time I am waking up from sleep, I always have a strange feeling in my chest, a heavy and tightening feeling of emptiness that I don’t really understand.

“Experience is the best thing that you will carry throughout your lifetime or the next.” I remember someone told me before but I don’t know who it is.

I believe it for a long time but I don't know what is the used of these experience to me.

"Ahh!" I scream, close my eyes, and cover my ears when a loud gunshot filled the air. I quickly open my eyes because I'm scared that something happened to him but before I can absorb what's happening, he already hold my hand, automatically entwined with my fingers and he pull me together with him.

"Run!" I heard him shout and we both run away from there and go inside the forest.

"Hey!" One of the men shout.

I have a deep breath before holding his hand tightly and run away with him. I felt the guys trying to chase us so I keep trying to keep up with his long legs that's running too fast. I feel my body getting heavy and legs feeling tired but the thought that the guys are running towards us are giving me adrenaline to run faster than I could.

While running I look at him and watch him pant as he run, he glance at me and nod then look in front of us again and focus on turning in some trees. His hold tighten more and he pull me with him with a little much force. I almost trip but he held me immediately and we run again.

I still can hear the guys calling us and cursing but we manage to hide behind a big rock with trees and vines covering us.

We are both panting and catching our losing breath. He is leaning his back on a the rock, looking up with open mouth gasping for air while I'm holding my right knee, crouching and trying to regain my muscle strength and gasping for air too.

"We are safe..." He breathe. "At least for now."

I nodded even he's not looking at me. I can't talk because I'm still so tired and out of breath, my chest is very heavy.

I look at my left hand that's holding his right hand loosely. His hand is tightly holding mine so it won't drop, but my eyes widens when I saw something glowing from my bracelet to his arm.

"What..." I ask slowly.

He look at me then look where I am looking. His eyes widens too. He quickly let go of my hand and touch the glowing thing that's spreading on his arm like travelling in his veins up to his shoulder.

"What's happening to you?" I ask worriedly.

"What did you do to me?" He ask accusingly.

We almost ask at the same time.

We look at each other, both mirroring the fear in our eyes. But our gaze got cut off when he suddenly scream in pain.

"Argh!" His knees fall on the ground and the glowing thing spreading through his veins are glowing more.

"What- How-" I'm starting to panic as I saw him slowly drop on the ground. I tried to hold him but his scream got louder like my touch is painful to him. "W-what should I do?" I ask in shaking voice, my hand is shaking too and my mind is getting blank.

What's happening to him?

"Stay..." His body lay on the grass and he hold his chest like it is itching painfully. "Away... from me. Arghh!" He said while groaning in pain and shut his eyes so tight.

I don't know what to do so I just did what he said and with wobbly legs, I take a few steps away from him, scared and worried.

Don't die please, don't die.

I never expected this. An incident that will change my whole life, the incident that will cause my life...

or my death.

A few days ago before that happen, I was still in my normal life. Not that exciting or boring but enough to keep me going.

"Ainoa, Good morning!" Aurea greet me while I'm putting my books inside my locker.

I look at her, she's now leaning sideways on the locker while looking at me with a mischievous smile.

"Good morning, Aurea!" I simply greet with a smile and arrange the things I need for the next class.

"Are you heading for your class now?" She ask curiously.

"Nah," I shake my head. "Just preparing. I'll go to the library first and spend my 30 minutes there to do my assignment and then go to the club."

She roll her eyes. "You surely spend most of your time on that club."

I chuckled. "Of course. I love it there."

"Ainoa!" Someone called my name.

I look at my back where the voice came and saw Fei running towards me. I smile and wave at her.

"Don't ever think of the devil because they will come out even you don't speak about them." I heard Aurea said so I look at her.

"What do you mean?" I ask curiously. What is she talking about?

She put a big smile but it didn't reach her eyes. "I just read it somewhere. I'll go now, just see you later."

Huh?

I nodded but I'm still confused but I can only watch her walking away. Sometimes Aurea is speaking in the way that I can't understand.

"Always avoiding me." Fei stated beside me.

I snap my head to look at her. I didn't even noticed that she's here already. "Hi, Fei! Good morning!" I smiled.

She smile to. "Good morning!"

"What do you mean by always avoiding you? Does Aurea intentionally avoiding you?" I ask.

I'm not dense. I'm noticing it, Aurea is always going somewhere whenever I'm with Fei or Fei is coming closer to me.

She shrugged her shoulders. "Not sure. We're not that close, maybe she's just not used to me?"

Maybe. Because I heard that Aurea never had a friend before but started being a little friendly since she met me. I sighed to just shrug it off.

Aurea is my friend since high school. We live at the same apartment so we got close. I've been living alone since I started high school so I have a rental apartment at the Frias downtown just near my high school Academy. Aurea seems to be a runaway kid at a young age, she have no choice but to live with me and share things with me, at the first year we are so awkward because she's really not friendly and she's studying in Ventimiglia Academy while I'm in Frias National High school.

I don't know where we start being friends but I think we just happen to get closer when we are at 9th Grade.

"Bye the way, are you heading to the club now?" Fei ask me, pulling me out from my long thinking.

While Fei became my friend just a year ago, when I met her at the music festival. I love listening, creating, and playing music and she does too. We have been keeping in touch even she's also studying in different school and we reunited here in Ventimiglia AU as senior high school students and we got closer because we are at the same Music club.

"Uh, actually I'm going to the library first." I held my books in my chest and started walking to go.

Fei walk beside me. "Can I go with you? I promise I won't bother you. I just really need something to do to avoid Jeff."

I chuckled. "You have a fight with him again?"

"Nope." She shake her head and shrugged her shoulders.

"Then why?"

"I'm planning to break up with him." She said like it's nothing but for me it's a big thing so I stop walking and face her. "What?" She ask, genuinely not aware why I'm looking at her with my mouth open.

"Are you serious?" Jeff is her very serious and loving boyfriend. They are dating for 2 years and now...

"Yup. Deadly serious." She smile and continue walking so I followed her urgently, still shock but a little sober.

"Why? I mean- he loves you so much and--"

"Exactly why. Because he love me so much and I don't like him anymore. I will only hurt him."

That made me silent. Is it the best thing to do? I frown at myself. But it will hurt him if you break things up with the both of you, right? But he will be hurt too if you stay with someone you do not want.

I sighed and just continue walking while in deep thought. I'm not in the right position to say something about that, or maybe I'm the best one to comment on that one because at the same standing as Jeff.

I am the person who do not want.

"Bye the way Ainoa. Do you want to go with me at Mad Cool next month?" Fei ask while we are passing by the open field to go to the library building.

Yes, Ventimiglia AU has its own building for library only and it's really big like a national library.

The soccer players and baseball players are having their training and practice so it's kinds loud, not because of the players because it's an open field but because of the girls fan-girling on the handsome players.

"Ahhh! Go! Txomin!" The girls shouted at the same time.

"Stop flirting you dumbass! Get the ball!" A guy shouted angrily.

I got distracted at that but I look at Fei quickly when she ask me. "Mad Cool? Of course I'll go with you, I'm looking forward to it this year." I smile and look at the field again.

I found him.

"Go! Go!" He shouted when he get the ball and run with it in his feet to go to their base.

I blink when I notice his sweat falling like a rain drop as he run fast. His muscles is tightening and his hair is dancing in the motion in air because of his every move.

"Are we going to the library or we will stop here?" Fei ask, once again dragging me out from my reverie.

I slowly move my eyes to her and notice that I really stop to watch the players. I mean, him. "Uhm..."

Her arms is cross in her chest as she look at me with eyebrows shot up for intimidation. I just look at her apologetically and she roll her eyes and smile.

"Fine, let's watch them for a while." She said.

I am smiling big as I watch him play. He's really good at soccer and he always have that bright vibe. His body is a little bigger than the other players and his height is I think 6'4 or less. He is moving gracefully but powerful, it is precise and without hesitation. His every turn, every step, every tilt, it's perfect. Or it's just my eyes playing with my mind, creating a perfect image of him in myself.

No, it's not just my illusion because most of the girls in this school think so too.

"Kyaaahh!" The girls shouted when he kick the ball and goal.

He is Izar Sanchez, captain of the soccer team. He is in the last year in high school, graduating with high honor, we are sure even it's just the middle of the school year. He is the prince among the princes. His hair color is dark blonde and his eyes is bright chestnut brown, he is really handsome. He has been my crush since my first day here.

I'm a year younger than him.

"Your saliva is flowing out of your mouth, may I ask you to close it?" Fei.

I close my mouth and glare at her while she just playfully smirk at me.

"The ball! Watch out!" We heard someone shout and we look at the field.

I look at the way they shout and saw the ball flying so fast to my direction. My eyes widens but in reflex I crouch to dodge it but someone behind me is hit by it instead.

"Ugh!" I heard from the person with a loud thug.

"Oops!" Fei said and tried to hide her laugh but her chuckle is really noticeable. She’s such a witch.

"Oh my God! I'm so sorry!" I immediately go to him to check him. I shouldn't have dodged from it, now someone is hurt.

He is crouching while holding his face. I think the ball hit his face, obviously.

"Are you okay?" I ask and heard people coming this way to check this guy too.

"Tss, I'm fine." He said in bored voice.

I froze at that. It is...

I'm thankful I dodge from that ball and hit him instead.

He slowly stand up and I feel that people is coming nearer. I took a step backwards to run away but before I can completely run, he held my wrist.

"Wait." He said.

Err. I grimace and look at his hand on my hand then I look at him. He is now looking straight in my eyes, his eyes look like sleepy as usual and the way he stand look like he is tired to something, his hand holding my wrist is lazily holding it but I can feel its tightness.

"Uhm, would you please let go?" I ask kindly and tried to smile but I know it is failed because he smirk mockingly at me.

"You're still following me?" He ask in bored and lazy tone. His deep voice make it sounds like he want to sleep.

"Uhm, no." I remove his hand on my wrist but I'm right he is holding me lazily but tight enough to not let me go.

Aish! I can feel that the players and the people who watch the ball hit this guy is coming closer.

"Can you let go of my hand now?" I'm still trying to smile to lighten it up even though I'm getting annoyed because I know what will happen next.

"Tsk, you're always where I am. You know it's getting creepy. Can you stop stalking me?" He ask in a bored tone but I didn't like how he said it.

What?!

"What's happening here?" It's Izar's voice.

I stilled in my spot and felt everyone near my back, watching us.

This brute look at Izar lazily and said in bored tone. "My stalker is here again. Following me like a puppy lost for her master."

Hah! Puppy? Who? Me?!

My cheeks heated up and I'm sure I'm very red now. Oh my Gosh! I can't believe this devil!

I heard Fei's amused laugh not so far from us. I can't find her to glare at her because I'm too embarrassed to even lift my face up and look at anyone. I can die right now, I swear.

What the hell is wrong with him?!

"She's always following Leal." I heard a girl said.

"I pity her."

Oh... My... God...

And the fact that my REAL crush is here.

I can't take it anymore. I look up at the monkey in front of me and glare at him intensely. You freaking lazy jerk brute devil! I want to kill him! I'm cursing your freaking face to--

"See... She's even looking at me so passionately." He nonchalantly said and roll his eyes.

My mouth fell open. Does he have eyes to see? Passionately... looking... Wow. My eyebrow twitch. I give up.

"Alright! Alright! Enough." It's Fei. She get my wrist off of this devil's hold and put me in her back.

I wanna hug Fei and cry. I peek in Izar's reaction. He doesn't seem to mind me as he talk to the brute devil. He doesn’t mind at all…

"Leal, that's a jerk way of treating a girl." He scold him.

My eyes got teary. I'm so touched and embarrassed at the same time, should I be thankful he's thoughtful, or sad because he's defending me for being this brute's stalker when in fact, I'm. Not.

"Tss, it's so hard to be handsome. Creepy stalkers are always around." He look at me with a mocking smug face. "But this one is really shameless."

I want to punch his face hard until I can't see his face again. I don't know if he's really annoyed that I'm stalking him-- which is really not. Or he like it and acting like he don't for his damn big ego.

This is Leal Cano Santiestevan, popular in this school because he's handsome-- I'm not gonna deny that, it's a fact. But he's a damn jerk! He's a loner, I think Izar is his only friend-- my angel Izar is this devil's best friend. He's lazy, always looking so bored, he have no club and only sometimes scene in the class and if he's there, he's just sleeping. He have droopy deep set beautiful dark eyes, and messy curly raven hair.

He have a bad attitude but he's not really mean to others, just me. Don't think it's because he have a crush on me and he just want my attention. I'm perfectly sure it's not the case because my existence is nothing to him before, it just changed because of a freaking misunderstanding.

I transferred here in Ventimiglia AU just this year when I started Senior high. I met Izar Sanchez and he's really nice, he's sometimes in the music club even he's not a member. He is always nice and every time I will mess up he will help me. My 3rd month in here, after the period exam, I put a love letter on Izar's locker because I want to confess to him.

"Hi! I'm Ainoa Landaverde, we always meet in the Music club. First, I wanted to thank you for everything you've done to me, for helping me, and teaching me. What I really want to say is I like you. I really really like you. Will you please meet me at the Garden after class? I will wait. I want to tell you this in person, if you want to hear me... please come." That's what I said on my letter that I slip inside Izar Sanchez's locker.

But I'm surprised when I go to our meeting place Leal Cano Santiestevan drag me to the hall where everyone is and told me with his usual lazy way of talking and bored expression,

"I'm not interested with you, and stop your delusions... I never help you in anything, how did you like me?" He sighed. "Tss. My handsome face is really annoying. Stay away from me." He said coldly and then walk away.

"Huh?"

I was left dumbfounded in front of everyone in this school.

I was rejected.

By the guy I barely know.

And got accused of liking him and stalking him.

It's not my fault that he is always where Izar is! Why is he even always with Izar?!

Fei manage to escape me from the crowd and we go to the library. I am fuming mad and very very very very annoyed as we walk inside the library.

"Ugh! He's a jerk! Freaking monkey brute devil!" I shouted in whisper because the librarian will kick us out if I scream. "Argh!" I mess my hair in frustration.

The scene kept on playing on my mind like a broken disk. I am so embarrassed every time I'll think that Izar heard what Leal said.

"Why did this happen to me?" I wanna cry.

"You know there's a way to stop Leal in thinking that you're stalking him." Fei said.

We both sit down on the chair and table beside the window. I get my book from my bag and put it on the table.

I know what she will say. "No, I can't." I shake my head no.

She chuckled. "But it's the only way or Leal will ruin your last years in high school, or if you plan on studying here for college, your whole life in here will be always like this."

I sighed in defeat. "But I don't want to confess to Izar right now, what if he think that I will just use him to get close to his best friend?"

"Hmn..." She smiled like she realized something good. "You're messed up."

I wince and sighed. Yeah, I'm messed up. Argh! It's so frustrating! What to do?

"Is there anything worse than this?" I ask in depressed helpless state.

I shouldn't have said that because there's worst things than that. I should just have shut my mouth and try to make things cool.

Regret is really always in the end. Now I'm tangled in this situation.

The unfortunate event that will bound me to this jerk.

"Argh!" He shouted in pain and continue to twist and turn in pain while lying on the ground in the middle of the forest.

"What to do..." I started to cry because I'm hurting to see him cry in pain.

What's happening to him?

Please someone help us.