Ronin embraces my


    body into a loving


    hug.


    I don''t hug back,


    thinking this has to


    be my imagination.


    "Is it really you?"


    I inquire, pushing


    him away as my


    face


    wrinkle in disgust.


    "It is. Are you


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    you saw at the


    cafeteria?"


    "Mmm….maybe a


    little. Maybe a lot.


    You bastard!" I


    burst into a fit


    of laughter.


    Ronin has been like


    a drug, making me


    forget all of things


    that broke me


    until now.


    "She''s all game.


    Do you recall?"


    I eerily watch


    Ronin talk,


    knowing


    that he''s


    not lying.


    He just has a funny


    and distorted way


    of destruction.


    Or maybe another


    word for it, is


    tricking


    others.