White Eyes

Chapter 29 - Departure

— Eyder —

Before we could answer the brown-haired woman said, "I know I interrupted; I'm sorry, but I think Reid would have killed me if I hadn't".

"It was just that you didn't say anything," I said without even realizing what I had said.

Ayra hinted at laughing but turned her face away so I wouldn't see.

"You don't have to go, do you?" the woman said.

"I'm coming, Esther."

I looked at Ayra and pulled her into a hug, then said in her ear,

"I'll see you in a week."

"Come back soon," she replied in the same tone.

So we parted ways, and I was forced to go my own way. I couldn't help but look back and see once again his eyes that followed me—those beautiful white eyes. I wanted to go back there and pull her up to me and kiss her. But Esther wouldn't allow me to do that, so I looked at her once more, deep in her eyes, and smiled slightly, and she smiled at me. I hadn't even moved away, and I was already missing it.

I went on my way.

But something bothered me about that mission; she had just been sent, and no one had checked on her, as they always do. That made me a little worried, but sometimes it was just my thing and nothing more; after all, Reid was very responsible when it came to the missions... That day, I was wrong.

— Ayra —

He was gone. I knew that at some point it would happen, but I couldn't help but admit that I wish I had kissed him before he was. You never know what could happen. I always knew he was powerful, but that worried me. But I always knew he would have to part with me, and that wasn't a goodbye but just a goodbye; at least that's what I expected.

Esther had taken over Eyder's post, and now she would be able to meet the people for my training.

"Let's do this," she said. "I know you must have already picked up my special ability, but I don't want you to use it yet. First, I want you to go through three people first, so let's train my skill, shall we?"

"Yes."

She called someone else in there; she didn't ask questions about why we were in that place to train, but I figured the reason for such a feat was her ability. It was a somewhat interesting skill, but I did what she asked for, which I didn't use for 3 days, exactly as she wanted. Later, I found out why such a feat.

She called on the first day a man with a somewhat interesting skill, and he explained to me when he understood his ability that, like everyone else, I had so many skills; I had enough before, but now I had so much more. It was good to a certain extent, but I was starting to think that I would never use so much, only that once I had acquired a skill, I would have it forever.

Part of me wanted to keep thinking about Eyder, who had gone on a mission, just because my brother couldn't bear to see us together like that. And I made sure to read his thoughts; he still saw me as a 4-year-old who needed his brother to protect. Times changed; I was grown up and strong, seeing things he would never have imagined seeing. Eventually he would have to accept it. I grew up and grew up away from his eyes.

I paid attention to what the training guy said, but I didn't see a difference. I still had the same problem; I had no idea what name I would give it, and creating it wasn't my forte; I didn't want to end up with a name like a stun gun or illuminator. So I wanted a really cool name that told the truth about me. But it was really hard.