Ronin embraces my

  body into a loving

  hug.

  I don't hug back,

  thinking this has to

  be my imagination.

  "Is it really you?"

  I inquire, pushing

  him away as my

  face

  wrinkle in disgust.

  "It is. Are you

  MAD about what

  This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.

  you saw at the

  cafeteria?"

  "Mmm….maybe a

  little. Maybe a lot.

  You bastard!" I

  burst into a fit

  of laughter.

  Ronin has been like

  a drug, making me

  forget all of things

  that broke me

  until now.

  "She's all game.

  Do you recall?"

  I eerily watch

  Ronin talk,

  knowing

  that he's

  not lying.

  He just has a funny

  and distorted way

  of destruction.

  Or maybe another

  word for it, is

  tricking

  others.