World After Worlds

Yanarym heard the ring of the bell. The class started and there were no Tiana and Lyndon appeared in the classroom. She was 'listening' to the professor discussing on the front while her consciousness was drifting somewhere else. Without a doubt, the plot proceeded like there was no intervention, no matter how much she changed the past some of the events transpired like how it was supposed to be.

The direction of the characters had altered but the same events were transpiring as it was from the book. She was wondering that after the changes she made today, will the other chapter of the story still play the same?

After failing to bully Tiana, Ejai's group shifted their attention to the original. The original was bullied instead of Tiana. The difference was that Kraig was not the original's boyfriend and Lyndon was using her as a pawn but he was getting closer to Tiana. On that version, Lyndon did not care what would happen to the original. No one was willing to save the original from the torment of the students. Everyone stood and watched her getting shoved and treated badly. Unlike Yanarym, the original did not stab Ejai and got her face smashed on the floor instead.

However, at almost the end of the bullying, Tiana stepped in and stopped Ejai from tormenting the original. And assuming that Lyndon was with Tiana, Ejai did not dare to lay her fingers on Tiana. They left but the damage had been done. She was covered in bruises and wasted food, her dress was ripped. She was bleeding, her skin that was milky white had red lines, the wounds of scratch nails and messy hair. Contrary to her appearance and situation where she was surrounded. She was standing up high, valliant and proud. A wounded beast refused to back down and only got her defense up when Tiana stepped in.

It was supposed to be where the original should be grateful for Tiana's aid. Regardless, as the main villain of the story, that only ignites the original hatred. Which externally solidified her title of being so arrogant and ungrateful to her Tiana who all did good things for her.

Yanarym narrowed her eyes on the white board. If I was the original I would feel the same. Who would want to get saved by the person they despised? I will not be pleased. It would tamper my dignity. Some might see it as an honorable and a kind characteristic, but for Yanarym it was offensive. It was not foul, but degrading. Of course, that only happened because the original did not fight back to those girls. She failed to give them the impression they should know who to mess with. Because the original thought her enemy was just Tiana.

Guide-sama: "You are the original, Yanarym.'

No, I mean, if I am the real original. I will feel very wrong in the situation.

Guide-sama: "I don't get it but okay. Why are you analyzing the story again?"

Well, I just want to see if I missed a detail.

Guide-sama: "Alright, call me when you need me."

Yanarym continued to replay the plot.

The original saw how worried Lyndon was for Tiana when he did not even blink an eye when she was the one who was being attacked by Ejai. By that time, the original was already in love with Lyndon… her love for Kraig was just not there.

She pulled Tiana's hair and beat Tiana that lasted for less than a minute. Lyndon intervened, he was so angry at the original that he pushed so hard that it almost made her collapse when she had an impact on the floor.

Tiana was devastated. She was so … clueless why the original attacked her and fainted from crying. Lyndon rushed her to the infirmary and the original remained at the cafeteria. Kraig came and when he heard what happened to Tiana he glared at the original and left in a hurry. It was stacking. The hatred the original had was compiling. She felt everyone was against her. No one was going to save her, she got herself only to rely on.

She realized that somehow the original was forgiving…? Was that what it was called? Yanarym pursued her lips, she could not give it a term. But the original was always giving chances to the main leads. Yanarym noticed it at the very beginning. When the original said she was not aiming to kill the trio but just wanted them to be sorry.

Anyways, according to the traversing of the story, Kraig and Lyndon would often have a fist fights on the campus. In addition, Kraig was commencing on gaining allies and bringing Castor, Lyndon's father, down. In the academy, there were three people who could help him in tainting Castor's good reputation to the people. Kraig was intending to send a message to one of those people earlier but Lyndon became a hurdle.

"What's wrong?" She blinked her eyes when she felt Kraig's whisper in her ear. Yanarym trembled and shrank from the ticklish zaps. She frowned upon recovery, he knew very well how sensitive her left ear was, and he kept on targeting it. "You're not taking notes?" His arm that was wrapped on her waist loosened and used that hand to scrape the hair she had on her cheek to her ear. "What are you thinking?"

"The assignment of Mother." She muttered, "I realized I cannot do it alone. It was a potion and I need your ability to activate it. I'm just thinking that it was a good thing you aren't busy—" Kraig's smile condensed. Yanarym shifted her eyes on him and grimaced seeing how he lamented from her statement. Kraig saw how her expression became glum. "You can't?" She forced a smile, "It's fine, I'll figure out a way."

"How about we… do it later tonight? I'll finish my business as soon as I can and I'll fetch you at your house around eight or nine in the evening. How about that?" He studied her expression and she seemed not to believe his excuses anymore. This happened many times, where he promised something he could not fulfill. Many of them were unfulfilled, in fact, none of them were.

Kraig was aware how negligent he was of her. When he said to himself that he did not want to impose on her any more reason get over him. He did not consider it was not that easy to pass on old habits. Though, he would be at his best on treating her when they were together, showing to everyone that he was, they were perfect lovers. Within them, he was starting to have an impression, he was not deserving of her. Because he still liked tormenting her, he liked making her sad. He wanted to see her cry, he was craving for her tears. He was the worst person she could have… he will not let go of her.

However, these days, it was strange, because the aftertaste of tormenting her was bitter. Before it was sweet—now it was just infuriating. Like today, it was pleasing to see her suffering but seeing her bruises was not delighting. The way her eyes directed at him with disappointment was not comforting, it was making him anxious.

"No, it's fine. I don't want to become your problem." She said softly and shifted her eyes back to the professor and listened intently. Kraig remained staring at her and hung up by her forlorn statement. She blinked a few times, and he saw her eyes glimmered, there were tears on it. But it did not fall, she was resisting to cry.

"Rym, you're not a problem, I told you that earlier in the cafeteria right? Don't say such a thing, I promise we'll finish that assignment tonight. And you can sleep over too." He offered her a suggestion, he would try. This time, he would try to execute the promise. Once he made that happen she would be happy and he would not have to worry about her for some time.

"That's nice." She replied without looking in his direction, "You don't need to go to fetch me. I'll come to you." She added and gave him a quick glance of assurance.

Yanarym could see through Kraig, without Guide-sama informing her what was going on his mind. The transparency of his plans was visible in her vision. Kraig… was a cunning bitch. Surely it was mostly how the villains of the story describe. He liked playing with emotions, no, rather than that, he liked playing with the original's emotion. Tiana was targeted for a while but mostly it was the original that received the damage.

It was a story of salvation. Where the heroine saved these two bastards from turning evil. However, this was not a story about good winning from evil anymore. In this version, Yanarym would play with the fire using fire.