“Hayley, where are we going?”

“Just follow me, don’t ask.”

“I’ll follow wherever you go, my beloved.”

“Stop calling me that! I’m not your beloved, and my name is Hellen!”

“But, you are Hayley… my beloved.”

As soon as Hellen stopped walking, they arrived in her favorite place, their school’s backyard.

“We may talk privately now, no comes heres often.”

Hellen slumped under the tree, as she feel tired from walking too fast.

“You still love being surrounded by nature…”

“How did you know that?”

“I am your beloved, Hayley… I know a lot of things about you.”

Hellen glared at Jin.

“I’ll stop now, if that’s what you want.”

She just looked away and stared into the meadow.

“You may not believe me, but I’m just telling the truth.”

As he approached Hellen, she looked at him and scanned his features.

“What? Is there something wrong with me?”

“If you really know me… and you’re the same like me, show me.”

“If that’s what you want, I will then. But…”

Jin looked at their surroundings first, and then made strange hand movements in the air.

“What are you doing?”

Hellen asked Jin, as she kept on looking at him curiously.

“Just making precautions, in case someone’s watching us… I’m just making an illusion.”

“Wow… you can do that? That’s amazing!”

Jin just laughed in response.

“Why are you laughing?”

“This is just new to me… you hated this power of mine before.”

Jin smiled at Hellen, and then she blushed at his remark.

Jin took off his shirt and laid out his hands.

“This would be fine now… Hold my hands, Hayley… I meant Hellen.”

“Why should I?”

Hellen looked at Jin skeptically.

“I want you to focus on me, as I change… This way, if you ever feel scared of what you’ll see… I’m holding onto you, so you’ll never fall.”

“Try me…”

Hellen said the words with determination, as she stood up and held Jin’s hands.

By then, his eyes’ color changed from hazel to jet black,

*It’s so dark… like I’m being into nothingness… but beautiful…*

His skin from his head to his arms, showed some scales like a dragon’s,

*We have the same scales… but, why does he have big g