After all that happened, Sebi ultimately fell back into his mundane life as an ability user in college. Numerous backlogs began lining up, waiting for him to catch up. Because he had missed out on so many of his classes, he had so much work just piling up for him.
But Sebi was fine with that. Feeling busy, going crazy over his workloads distracted him from his thoughts. The stress and exhaustion left him unable to deal with anything other than his academics, so he was able to successfully escape from his problems.
It wasn’t actually what he intended for himself. It was all because Headmaster Juno wanted him to stay out of the political mess since he was still a student. He just needed to focus on training and studying while he still can. When he graduates, he will have all the time to seek opportunities and get into his own messes. Since that was her wish, Sebi could only do his best to fulfill it since she was his legal guardian.
But that didn’t mean his underlying issues disappeared.
“Why didn’t you follow up, then?!”
The senior student was dumbfounded when he heard Sebi suddenly shout at him, the folder filled with paper flying towards him as a telekinetic expression of his anger. Aside from the rumored instances of Sebi flipping out, he had always seen Sebi as a pushover which is why he took for granted his part of their groupwork. He didn’t think he’d react like this.
“Sebi…” Bellona called out to him, taking his hand to calm him down, but Sebi pulled away.
“No, senior has to understand if he doesn’t do his part, I am going to the professor and making him drop you out of our group. At this rate, you and I can handle it without his parasitic ass. We’re helping society by not letting him graduate while he’s still incompetent,” Sebi sneered. His face was twisted in rage, and anyone else who saw him could feel a deep sense of primal fear.
The senior stared at him for a while before he gathered his courage and laughed mockingly. “You can’t do that, Decebal Yan.”
“Oh?” Sebi smiled threateningly as he walked up to him. The senior was a lot taller, but Sebi didn’t back down as he brought his face closer to his in a show of intimidation. “Do you really think I can’t? Do you want to see it happen now? We can go to the professor right now, let’s see if I won’t make him drop you.”
Suddenly remembering that Sebi was a telepath as well, the senior flinched away and stuttered, “Y-You can’t use your ability against fellow students and school staff outside of training, you psycho!”
“It’s cute that you think I need my abilities just to prove a point,” Sebi laughed as he turned around. “You better work on your part again, senior. I’m giving you one last chance this week. It’s such an easy thing to do, you don’t have to sacrifice your units for graduation just because you have something against me or whatever.”
Gritting his teeth, the senior gathered the papers and rushed away.
Bellona finally let go of the breath that she had been holding in unintentionally. She watched as Sebi walked over to the couch and grabbed his jacket. He put it over his shoulders and looked over to Bellona with a gloomy smile, “Let’s grab lunch. The others are probably already there.”
Following him, Bellona observed Sebi as they headed for the dining hall. She felt a little lost, not knowing what to do seeing Sebi act like a taut string in danger of snapping these past few weeks. She knew it had all to do with Necomir, but she didn’t know what she should do. She didn’t exactly have the power to go to the Aquilas and demand what was happening. The Yahontovs didn’t make it a habit as well to get involved in things they had no business in, so it was more unlikely her family would help her.
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When they reached the dining hall, they immediately spotted their friends sitting in their usual table. Everyone sat in their usual places, only the spot next to Sebi was empty.
Misharu saw Sebi stare at the empty seat for a moment before he looked away like nothing happened and started eating.
“I heard the headmaster was finally cleared out of all her charges,” Akhenaten spoke up with a bright smile as he put some more beef on Sebi’s plate.
“Thank you,” Sebi smiled slightly as he ate the beef. “It’s finally over, the whole situation was starting to look ridiculous since so much footage came up online already and everyone already dug up about the identity of her sister.”
“Technopaths are scary,” Chunmi spoke nonchalantly.
“Coming from you?” Sebi laughed. “How much should I bet that you were secretly contacted by the lawyers to help out spread evidence to sway public opinion?”
“I was paid a lot of cash,” Chunmi answered with a straight face.
“Since you have a lot of cash, we need to go shop around my family’s new mall downtown,” Misharu butted in.
“My family’s cash has already been burned for Chunmi,” Sebi joked as he made a face.
“I can pay for you,” Misharu declared.
“I hate the rich,” Bellona rolled her eyes while the rich kid only laughed out loud.
The atmosphere quickly lightened up as they conversed and joked with each other. They stayed there until it was time for their next classes.
The stress accumulating first thing in the morning all the way to the afternoon always made Sebi feel lethargic by the end of the day. He didn’t have to do training that day, so he can go back to his room to rest after grabbing his dinner. He’ll catch a power nap before waking up to finish up on homework and papers for tomorrow and the next few days.
Sebi was incredibly sluggish as he dragged his tired body to the dorms towards his room. The halls were quiet, since it was already past nine and everyone was settling in for the night. When he was finally near his room, he was startled to see someone’s presence hovering by his door.
It was dim, so it was a little hard to see anything. The person was tall, his long hair tied up in a ponytail, with a hat on his head that shaded his features. He had a long coat on, his whole attire completely black. When the person noticed Sebi, he tilted his head a little and a pair of golden eyes peered out.
“Neco…?” Sebi called out, eyes fluttering as his whole body buzzed with attention.
“It’s been a while.” He could see the hint of a small smile through the shadow of the hat on the taller man’s face. “Mind if we talk? I couldn’t contact you, so I had to personally come and see you. I’m sorry.”
An ache inched through Sebi’s heart when he heard the loss in Necomir’s voice. He definitely knew Sebi didn’t want to talk to him, but he didn’t hold it against him and even came over to see him personally.
Without saying anything out of guilt, Sebi opened the door, turning the lights on, then stepped back, letting Necomir in. He was overly aware of Neco’s presence as he turned his back to him to close the door.
Pink immediately dusted Sebi’s cheeks when he turned to face Necomir and he was standing there directly in front of him. They were so close for the first time, after many weeks of not seeing each other. Attraction, desire, and longing flowed through Sebi’s veins in reaction to their proximity, making him feel all jittery and weird.
“I won’t stay long,” Necomir assured him, misunderstanding Sebi’s tension as discomfort. “I just came to say goodbye.”
Sebi flinched as he looked up, finally gaining the courage to look into Necomir’s eyes as he felt a sense of deprivation. He hurriedly asked, “Where… Where are you going?”
“I’m already like this, I’m better off training and being with the military so I don’t turn into a menace to society,” Necomir lightly chuckled as he lifted his hand. The emotions he was suppressing made his power grow stronger as currents sparked across his fingertips. He sighed and dropped his hand, digging it deep into his pocket.
The little action didn’t escape Sebi’s notice. He stared at him, thoughts wanting to be verbally expressed yet could not be put into words echoing through his mind. His heart felt like it was tearing with several emotions – sadness, frustration, yearning – it felt painful as his chest tightened and his throat constricted.
“But what about… everything?” Sebi said, his voice becoming smaller and smaller with every word. He wanted to ask “What about us?” but who was he kidding? Sebi himself put this distance between them in the first place. He’d look shameless demanding an answer from Necomir who was the one trying to keep them together all along.
Necomir turned his head towards the window, looking out to the full moon in the sky, its light seeping into the room. “Then… they will be nothing. For now. When I’m stable and older, I think I can go back.”
Sebi’s mind creaked as he imagined ways the military will make Necomir suffer. He knew Neco was capable and his family was involved with the military forces, but Neco chose to be a mechatronic engineer. The alterations on his body will make the military push him more than the average person could handle, and it made Sebi feel so distressed.
So distressed he lost himself in the agonizing emotions brewing like a tempest inside of his painful chest, and suddenly pounced forward. Necomir was taken aback when he felt Sebi suddenly press up against him, his arms wrapped around his waist in a hug.
“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry…” Sebi’s voice cracked as he began to sob. Tears dripped down his cheeks as he burrowed his face into Necomir’s chest, his sobbing sounded so broken as all the emotions he’d been trying his hardest to keep in his heart finally burst out.
“It’s all my fault, I couldn’t save you in time. If I was a bit more powerful, if I wasn’t so useless, you would never have reached–”
Necomir suddenly pushed Sebi slightly away and grabbed his face before he could choke on his regrets. He saw Sebi’s face all red from crying, his eyes shiny with unshed tears. His heart ached seeing him cry, so he wiped his tears with his thumbs and said, “It’s not your fault, okay? It was never your fault. You risked your life for me already, you don’t deserve to bear that kind of emotional burden especially when it’s not meant for you.”
“B-But…”
Necomir couldn’t stop himself. He leaned down and planted a kiss on Sebi’s forehead before pulling him into a hug to secretly hide the blush on his face. “Don’t worry about it, okay? It’s going to be fine. You have to remember to take care of yourself. Contact Dr. Zhao, don’t forget about your treatment. I’ll try my best to keep in touch and check on you.”
Sebi doubted that would happen, so he didn’t hold on to a promise.
There were still a lot of things that Sebi and Necomir wanted to say to each other. But because of the circumstances and their lack of courage, they let this meeting end with hearts silently carrying regrets.
In the dead of the night, Necomir snuck back out of the Academy and drove back to his family’s manor. The next day, he would be traveling to Yiupra, where he was assigned to train under a unit that specialized in high-risk special operations. He would be trained to handle his ability well, then undergo even more rigorous training as a soldier.
And just as Sebi suspected…
“Take care, I’ll see you soon” – it was the last message Sebi would receive from Necomir in a very long time.
Author’s Notes:
Oh gosh it’s been awhile! University has been a pain the arse because I’m graduating next year, but I’m pushing. No matter how many years it takes, I’ll finish this story aaaccckkkkk
Anyway, I’m so excited for future chapters~ It’s gonna be a thrill to write more action scenes~
Why can’t they just be togetheeeer 🥲🥲
for the plot 😭😂 thanks for reading!
Please don’t drop this story author! It’s one of the few original novels on this site that I really enjoy! I hope you’ll keep writing! 🤞
Argh. Sad qwq
Thanks for the chapter <3
Is this story dropped?
I just cried because of the story and now I’m crying because there’s no more chapters…