World After Worlds
Chapter 356 - 356: § HALF AS GOOD §

Tiana jolted awakened from her slumber and massaged her throbbing temple. Her body was sweating profusely and her lungs were contracting, she was having a hard time breathing.

'What just happened? Azkin? Mia? Francis?' How did those images in her dream so vivid? And those faces, that Mia, wasn't that her? Isn't that her appearance? While Azkin's face was very similar to Yanarym's.

And that Francis... It was him, no, the man, she forgot the face of the man. Was it Kraig? Or was it Lyndon? More importantly, what was that? Did her brain create those scenes? Or were they real? Tiana stood up from her bed, she better asks Lyndon about this.

Guide-sama: "Why aren't you doing anything Yanarym?"

"Doing, what do you mean?"

Guide-sama: "It's been months… but nothing's happening. You're not doing anything. I thought you wanted to have revenge?"

"I don't think that's the case Guide-sama, everything was developing into the strategy that was set in placed."

Guide-sama: "You're just goofing with these three men."

"Guide-sama, I'm not goofing, and as I said, everything was set into place."

Guide-sama: "Will you send me some clues to know what I am supposed to anticipate?"

"...A brawl." She sneered and peered at the man beside her.

"Does he have to fetch you every time? I can send you home myself." Kraig groused, he walked Yanarym out of his room, they didn't even have enough time to make love because she suddenly remembered that her 'uncle' would be fetching her at his house before sunset.

"Why did you even tell him that we are here?" He kept on whining until they reached the front door. Yanarym cupped his face and gave him smooches but it didn't help to lighten his bitterness. "He's not even your real uncle."

"I didn't tell him where I am, where else would I go than to your house?" Yanarym halted at the front door and looked at his grumbled face.

Surely, Kraig doesn't like Matteo very much, even Lyndon doesn't like Matteo. Maybe Matteo has some sort of atmosphere that is off to these men that are causing them to feel hostility toward him. However, based on Yanarym's perspective, the three of them are very similar though. She could not point her finger at it but they had some common denominator.

"He will be leaving sometime soon, I told you, he travels often. You won't be able to see him for the next two years." She said to make him feel a little better.

"Then, why doesn't he just travel for the rest of his life?!" He growled and glared his eyes at the door as if he could see through it and glare at Matteo's location.

"You're not a kid anymore, why does he keep taking away my job to take care of you?!" Kraig kept on complaining, Yanarym had enough of hearing his jealous rage.

"Kraig." Yanarym sighed, she felt like she was dealing with a flared-up kid at kindergarten. It was certainly hard to cajole a man who was left hanging in the middle of having sex.

Kraig composed himself after seeing her disappointment and 'had enough' expression; she hated it whenever he was ranting about Marcus or he was getting jealous. He can't help it, he was too aggravated at that guy to keep it all to himself. Can't he even share his agony with her? … she would think it was too absurd to be jealous of her uncle, wouldn't she?

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, are you mad at me?" Kraig sighed and tugged on her dress. She shook her head and reached for his hand to hold them.

"I'm not, it's just… that is not like you, you don't hate people, why do you even hate him?" She asked nimbly.

"I don't know, I just do. Maybe there are just people you hate even if you don't know them." He caressed the back of her palm, "I didn't like Marcus the moment I met him."

"Rym, let's go!" A shout from the outside made Kraig's face more wrinkled. "It's raining out here!"

"I would never like him," he grumbled. "Why is he acting like your lover? I see, that might be it, I hate him because he acts like you are his. But you are mine!" Yanarym giggled at his possessiveness and kissed him on his cheeks.

"Alright, my lover," she chuckled and tiptoed to cling her arms to his neck, "Should we go on a date tomorrow? Our rest week will be over the next day, I want to go out of town." She uttered sweetly, Kraig bobbed his head to bite her nose. "Aw." He smiled when she whined, letting go of his neck he held her waist for her to stay close. "Why bit me?"

"Because you're unfair, I'm still mad and you charmed me like that. I can no longer act mad here." She tittered and gave him smooches. "See that? Stop charming me. Anyway, where do you want to go? I will arrange everything before you arrive here tomorrow."

The school was currently on semester break for two weeks. The rest of the break would be over by the next two days. For the past few days, Yanarym was solely entertaining Kraig and Matteo, with no Lyndon on the schedule.

She should commence her love test so that she could begin her revenge.

"I want to go to… mm. How about where you lived? I want to see where you spend your teenage years."

"There's nothing to see there, I'll bring you somewhere---"

"YANARYM! GET OUT! NOW!" Their lovie-dovie was abrupt when Matteo growled from the outside. Yanarym turned her head to the door and Kraig before she let go clinging to his neck. Kraig's face wrinkled again.

"I have to go now, bye, Love." She opened the door and there was Matteo with an umbrella under the pouring rain. "You only bring one umbrella?" She asked and waited for him to come over to her.

"We could share, let's go." He walked towards her and held her hand. Kraig was about to pull her to his side but Matteo was fast enough to snatch Yanarym from him.

Matteo settled his arm around her shoulders and they walked together in the rain.

Kraig's face was dragged down by gravity in aggravation, this is what he is trying to point out. That man who pretends to be her relative flirts with her openly. And because his precious innocent Yanarym was oblivious to the ways of men, she doesn't notice the douchebag's seducing tactics at all!

"Be careful on your way home!" Kraig yelled at her and she turned to him to smile sweetly while enthusiastically waving her arms.

"Alright! I love you!" As long as Yanarym doesn't consider that douche as a man, it's good. After all, she's crazy for him, he doesn't have to worry about a single thing if it's about her.

Lyndon was waiting for a call from his communicator when Tiana barged into his room. He glanced at her and she threw herself on his bed before lounging at his back to back hug him.

"Hello." She kissed his cheeks and trudged her way to sit on his lap. "I was knocking but no one was answering, so I let myself in." Tiana paused her movements perceiving his unresponsive reply. "Why are you frowning? Are you in a bad mood today too?"

He looked at his communicator and redirected his attention to her. It's almost been two weeks and he hasn't received any message from Yanarym, she was supposed to be here yesterday but she didn't come nor gave an excuse why she would not becoming.

She's been ignoring him since the semester break began. He doesn't know her reason and, even though she would have a reason for this avoidance, he doesn't think he would condone it. He was not used to it when she didn't see him or make contact with him. She's completely dependent on him, with her not consoling him about something for two weeks, he felt frustrated.

"Lyndon? Hey." Tiana called him, he directed his eyes to her. "I have to tell you something, it's about my dream. It was really weird."

"I'm not in the mood, Tiana." He lifted her to get off him, she glowered and sat on the bed.

"Why are you so grumpy? You've been like this since last week. Did I do something? That you are treating me so coldly?"

"I told you, I'm not in the mood. And stop coming to my house as you please."

"Why can't I? I'm your girlfriend."

"Just do as you are told."

"No! What's wrong with you?! Can't you be half as good as Kraig? I heard that he's even taking Yanarym out of town yesterday. You don't even date me for a while now…" Tiana scowled and stood up from the bed. She cannot contain her outburst. She had a bad dream and her boyfriend was not even consoling her!