The night pulled in. It had come like a fire in the ice, dragging its beauty into what little was left. The shadow lurking behind every crook of the corner but I should have known to disagree. Even when Mr. Hanan and those other three 'friends', who were nothing less but some mere friends hoping I got buried somehow, had brought forward the plan to hide at different places, I had fought back. "But if he finds out...." "What? You are gonna tell him?!" Julia's remark brought much suspicion which I couldn't suppress anymore. I screamed, "What the heck do you guys want me to do? Bury myself alive?" And when Kaneki said that, I had my swollen eyes swell more. "Better.." And there, that whisper which had traveled every corner of my room became the hardest pain ever. Not even a slight