I Became the Drug-Addicted Childhood Friend

The academy had been shut down.
Some buildings were already being demolished.
There were no students or teachers to be seen.
They said it was because the world no longer needed the Awakened.

Perhaps the cruelest thing in the world is loneliness.

"...Ugh..."

I don’t even remember what nonsense I muttered to myself on the way to the academy.
I slumped against the cold wall of the abandoned grounds.
The ground was freezing.
Not that it mattered.

I wanted to use again.
Even now.
The thought of it disgusted and infuriated me.

I hated that if the drugs were in front of me, I’d take them without hesitation.
I hated it so much.
Why isn’t willpower enough to stop it?

"Seo Ah?"

I looked up at the sound of my name.
It was someone I knew.
Rena.

Rena...
Were we friends?
What had happened between us?
My jumbled thoughts made it hard to figure out how to respond.

As I stared at her, bits and pieces came back.
She was one of the few people who had ever been kind to me.@@novelbin@@

"Rena."

"It is you, Seo Ah. Your hair’s so long now, I almost didn’t recognize you. Wait, where’s Shihu?"

I tried to smile.
I probably ended up with some awkward, indecipherable expression instead.

"He’s... somewhere."

That was all I could say.
He had to be somewhere.