I remember causally reacting, stunned with butterflies in my stomach:
"Oh, is that so..."
Maybe because he was saying it so nonchalantly, with his unserious fake face expressions, but slowly panic was covering my head, i felt i was releasing too much adrenaline.
'Uh... Are you going somewhere?'
"Yeah... To the police station. Or maybe, take a train and stop at the furthest point from y'all as possible."
I was beyond stressed and panicked, literally i couldn't stop shaking. Making rational decisions when I'm in that state was impossible. I felt clustered. I needed some comfort. Staying away from the city might make me chill.
'Hmmm, i don't think you can get by like that, plus, i don't think even the police would be able to stop Anna...'
"Oh."
I stayed silent, i didn't want to respond anymore, i needed to act, in that moment, i was waiting for a chance to run away.
And before i tried to do anything, Nadeer continued.
'As you can see, we both have interest on the each other, you have a problem, same as me, and every party have the solution that the other side needs, i think this a completely perfect deal.'
I wasn't trusting a single word coming from him, even if i gave him the chance and wanted him to help me, what could he do...
We stopped under a pedestrian overpass and he pulled out his phone for contacts.
'Don't worry, i have something Anna would never refuse, as you probably know, she's my friend, she is familiar with some of my peers at Southern Academy, we're tight as a group, so she can't do anything if the group disapprove it.'
That removed a bit of my uncertainty in him, i was thinking the exact same thing, but i couldn't fully trust him yet.
'She's a real pain in the ass, but she's not that bright, hopefully everything will be handled as well as we planned.'
After the shock, i started to breath more naturally. I was holding my tears from falling which made my voice sound fragile and weak.
This relationship was bringing me nothing but problems, i thought, but being defeated all the time can't sit with me right, i have to move on, and save myself.
"Hhhhh, what did i walked into... And if i don't accept your deal, would you just let her kill me?"
'Technically no, but it wouldn't move my spirits to act and stop her from doing so, if you know what i mean~'
Spirits? Does he mean what i think he does.
"You?! You love Inna, don't you? How do you even know her? What is it that you want from her?"
'Welllll, as far as how i know her, let's just say it was love from the first sight everything else was... everything after was just a domino toppling.'
'And what do i want? Inna... She's an angel, she's closer to an angel than to a human being, being pretty and loveable is just a part of it.'
"When i used to look at my future, i used to see someone there along with me, my dream was to find him, that was my ultimate goal, and when i found Inna, it was like i hit the jackpot, she was what i was asking for and more, the one who's going to fulfill my dream and make it reality..."
That was a long rambling, very emotional, deep down though i wanted him to keep going...
I couldn't take off my eyes off of his when he kept going, i was hooked with his words, they were like they were coming from me, and i was saying them with his dumb voice.
Here, i let my worries on hold for a second and started investing in his plan.
"Alright, so... Do you have a plan then, what do you need me to do?"
'Ahahah, so we got to this part...'
He left me and told me to meet him tomorrow in school, where he's going to show me the plan.
I left thinking what procedures would i use to meet with Inna, am i self-conscious about talking to her again?
I was worried that she moved on, and went to a different space where she's very invested in her studies, and determining to make the most out of the final exam.
But since she's smart enough, i thought about the chance that she changed locations and went to a different house to continue her studies with a more calm atmosphere.
In the meantime, i was thinking about what was Nadeer saying and the way he has those feelings for Inna, reminding me of how i felt at the start of my relationship with her.
I was in a deeper state of admiration for her, i was thinking that i was a mess, and slowly i started to pick myself up even though it didn't workout the way i intended it to.
I determined to put on a list, write everything we needed to do into a sheet of paper and make it as fair as possible to both of me and Inna, even if i don't wanna talk to her anymore.
I thought about replacing her friendship with someone else, maybe that would finally put me at ease. As much of tough task as it is.
...
We finally met up at an empty class to see his plan.
'Well of course i have a plan, a masterplan if i say so, i can guarantee as much as a human could that it gonna work.'
"Huh? Really?!"
He nodded: 'Yeahhh, just trust me, after reading one hundred and forty mangas and one-shots, it was a success everytime.'
That actually made lose my trust in the plan even more.
"So~ what is it."
Directy pointing a finger at my head, he uttered one of the most absurd plans I've heard.
'You going to convince Inna that you have fallen in love with her.'
"... Sorry what?!"
'Listen, if I'm aiming for the grand prize right here, i have be thinking on the grand scheme of things, and what better way to gain someone's trust than to make them fall in lov-'
"Nanananah, you're gotta be kidding, what sort of freaky stuff are you trying to make me do?!"
'Relax, don't worry. I said CoViNcE her, not actually fall in love with her... It's all under this pretense.'
"That's even worse! You want me to lie about my feelings to someone and then misguide them with that same lie?!."
'No, it's not a lie, it's going to work because i know that you do actually love Inna, to the point that Anna wants to wipe you out of your life. You two have this sort of dynamic, and with my plan we can do it.'
Tell her that i love her, so i can gain her trust, then put her and this kid together, in the end i have a chance to gain Inna's friendship again and finally get a rest from Anna's bs. That was how i envisioned the events that are about to happen.
'... Alright, good Miss Bina, do we have a deal?'
For some weird reason he put on a scissor hand gesture instead of a normal handshake, which prompted me to return the gesture to him the same way.
"Deal."
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