33194 || The Promised Neverland

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"Ow! That hurts!" Emma pouted while sitting on the dirt as she hold her head.

"Norman! can I talk to you for a second?" Ray ask Norman as I helped Emma to stand up, she stays on her ground while I followed Norman and Ray silently.

"Could you whack some sense into that idiot!? She's being unreasonable! it's gonna get us all killed!" Ray yelled to Norman but my white haired twin just giggled.

"Yeah! Totally, but I'm glad that she's back to her usual cheerful self, I missed seeing her being this joyful." Norman said, Ray stomped his feet on the dirt before pointing towards the direction of Emma.

"You're missing my point! you better stop her or the three of you will get killed!" Ray yelled to him, Norman just look at him and gave him a smile, a sincere one that always makes me blush when I'm seeing it.

"You knew that from the very start right?" Ray said to him seriously.

"Emma was crying and she never cries, I thought she was crying because she's scared. I was scared too, but I was wrong. I was scared of dying, scared of dying from the hands of those demons, but Emma, she was so scared of her family dying and that makes her amazing." Norman said, his eyes were full of emotions that only someone can tell, Ray looked at him with wide eyes before opening his mouth again.

"Then why are you dragging Lorraine?" Ray ask him again.

"She's my beloved twin sister, Ray. The moment that I told her about the demons and the plans, she was so eager to help us, she was thinking several steps ahead of us, she's the most intelligent here, she's one of the trump card I have. Lorraine is the most calmed one here, and when I told her that Emma and I wants to escape, she showed me her face, full of worry and there was tears on them but they never spill..." Norman stopped a bit to exhale, I blushed from his words and twirl the strands of my hair between my fingers.

"Lorraine is worried about me, she is thinking about my safety before hers. Emma is also thinking about our siblings instead of saving herself." He added before smiling, Ray almost slammed the book in his hand to Norman but held it back.

"But it's not the correct thing to do! It's like trying to make a boat out of mud! Honestly if it's just the four of us, we can all escape from here safely." Ray said while looking at Norman.

"No, they won't agree." Norman said to him and smiled.

"Don't distort your decision based on emotions!" Ray yelled.

"It's not that, Ray, you need to understand us." Norman said while still smiling widely to the black haired boy in front of him.

"And I also want to make a boat out of mud!" He added cheerfully making Ray pissed more than he already is.

  I stopped twirling my hair and look at them closely, Ray would snap any minute from now and Norman would still smile no matter what, to tell Ray that our plan would work.

"You're different Norman! you're as calm as Lorraine and always make the best decisions! So why?" Ray yelled and pull Norman's collar, I almost stepped out of my hiding place but I was caught with Norman speaking.

"Because I care about Lorraine, I love Lorraine that's why I always want to see her smile and I always want to see my best friend Emma to be always happy beside her." Norman said, I blushed in the deepest shade of red but I slapped myself, he's probably thinking about the love for siblings, I also love Norman of course! as my twin brother!

"You're crazy!" Ray let go of Norman and hissed, "And what if Lorraine dies because of your reckless decisions!?"

"I won't let that happen, I will use myself to accomplish it, to see her smiling outside this cage." Norman said, his eyes turned a little darker, making a spider crawl on my spine.

"Luckily, I've always managed to accomplish what I set out to do and if you bake mud, it can become a vessel. So a boat made out of mud won't necessarily sink. Think outside the box, Ray." He said while smirking to Ray.

"You're foolish!" Ray yelled to him.

"Maybe, so what are you going to do? Emma and I are insane and I'm about to pull Lorraine with us, We've completely lost it." Norman said while spreading his arms wide for Ray.

"Don't you dare take Lorraine with you and your foolish acts!" Ray said, I slowly sit on the dirt, not minding if my skirt would be dirty after it.

  Honestly, this is my first time seeing Norman and Ray argue, it is bone chilling, it felt like the sea is fighting the storm. They are both intelligent, they make the best decisions and if we combine them together, they can form the best weapon for the demons, we can turn the tables and instead of demons harvesting us children, it will be us who will harvest the demons.

"You can't let us do this on our own, right? you can't leave Lorraine." Norman said to Ray, mocking him, provoking him, teasing him and finally making him approve with our plan.

"I wouldn't leave Lorraine in your hands even if she's your twin sister, I don't trust the demon world outside, she might get killed if no one protects her." Ray whispered but I can read his lips saying the words, meant for only Norman and him to hear.

"Then, can you leave Lorraine to us?" Norman ask again.

"Damn, of course not!" Ray answered.

   I finally went out of my hiding place, a blushing mess as I go back to Emma, I pull her from her almost sleeping state and pull her with me to locate Norman and Ray, as soon as we found them, I quickly smiled to them.

"Look at this." Ray said and handed us his book, Emma took the book and scanned the title of it.

"Mechanical engineering and human history? What's so interesting with this book?" she questioned while looking on it confusedly.

"Not the title Emma, look at the year it was published." Ray said to her, Emma quickly followed the instructions and her eyes widens, the same as Norman but I only chuckled at their expressions.

  I can still feel my burning cheeks while looking at the two male beside us.

"The year 2015..." Emma mumbled.

"Oh! that's the newest book in the house right?" I told Ray and he quickly nodded his head.

"So at least until 2015, it was a world where book could still get published." Ray said and I frown, he knows this much?

"That's 30 years." I told them.

  But what happened to those 30 years?

"Despite what I said, there might be still human society outside who can help us survive as we escape." Ray said while crossing his arms above his chest.

"Know the outside world, the demon world, your enemy, their weaknesses, come up with a strategy and finally, all we have to do is to survive." I said to them, they look so determined to escape from this house, aren't they?

"If were going to escape with everyone here, then were going to win." Ray said and turn his back, we all started to follow him with a small smile on our faces.

  Convincing Ray isn't that hard but trusting him? I think would be the hardest part, I can still feel something about Ray.

I felt a hand hold mine and as expected it was Norman's, his hands were never too small but it was big, it's big enough to give me comfort and the warmth that I needed. The truth is, I never had any dreams or I ever wanted to leave the Grace Field house before, but as I saw the demons with my own young eyes, I got scared, maybe not for me,

  But for Norman and for everyone.

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(A/N)

  Sorry for my wrong grammars and typos!

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