Chapter 66 - I'm Sorry

Ayami did not expect this, she truly did not expect this. She thought that since she regressed with her memories intact, Yanna would be the same since in her previous life, she also had future memories. But that was not the case this time.

Ayami took a deep breath and released it and leaned back on the sofa. She massaged her forehead as if suffering from an intense headache.

"Um… If you're done then could you get out of here?" Yanna spoke with a frown on her face. She was really uncomfortable with letting her bully inside her place.

"Shut up." Ayami glared at her, making Yanna frown even more. With a huff, Yanna gave her a pointed look, while containing her irritation. "What? Do you think you own this place or something?"

"Obviously, I don't." Ayami rolled her eyes and continued with a smirk on her face, "I want to stay here for a while. What are you gonna do about it?"

Speechless at her shamelessness, Yanna could only stand up with her face ready to fight with her. "Are you picking a fight?"

"Haa…" Ayami only let out a sigh and looked at Yanna like she was a brat. She didn't really want to go in a war of words with her at the moment. If only Yanna knew the future like before then, she wouldn't have to face this naive brat in front of her.

"Well, 'Young Miss', I think you should be on your way as the sun is already going down."

"But I don't want to?" Ayami tilted her head and continued while making Yanna exasperated. "Besides, I want to experience this pajama party or something between friends."

"F-friends?" Yanna felt like she heard the most unbelievable thing coming out of her mouth. In fact, when she associated the word friend with a person like Ayami, who uses them for benefits, she almost wanted to puke out of disgust. 

Take for example, the innocent Celine. The two of them were friends, yet it seemed one-sided. Yanna lamented the fact that Celine, who was nice and innocent, was friends with this wicked witch who only knew how to take advantage of her friends. Of course, that was just her own speculation based on what she observed these past two months and that was enough time for Yanna to judge her character.

Ayami nodded her head, "Yes, friends."

Yanna's shoulders shook as her breathing ragged, while her face was burning with anger. Her eyes almost turned red as she looked at Ayami, who continuously bullied her. 

Yanna scoffed at her. "Now you want to be friends with me? Is this one of your schemes, huh? Befriending me then once you gain my trust you will betray me?"

Ayami was ticked from the words that came out of her mouth.

Oh. Didn't she use that on me in my first life? Does she know that because she used it on me? I was going to use the same method in my second life. Though she wild-guessed about my plans on my second life, unfortunately, this time she's wrong. 

Ayami narrowed her eyes as she observed Yanna's demeanor. There was hostility seething out of her, as if they were just in a life-long feud. It seems like this Yanna wasn't different from the future Yanna. There was something missing and that was her memories.

Meanwhile, Yanna didn't know why she was so opposed towards Ayami. Though she hates Ayami because of the bullying, it wasn't to the point where she felt enmity towards Ayami.

"Eh? What are you talking about? I came here to apologize and befriend you. Why are you speaking ill about me? Do I look like that kind of person?" Ayami widened her eyes while her lips formed an 'o' shape. She shamelessly lied through the skin of her teeth.

Yanna knew that Ayami was not obviously here to apologize and become the best of friends with her. Why would she believe her lies?

"Yes, you look like that kind of person." Yanna replied with her face dead-serious. 

Seriously, they would never get along. Just thinking about it made the both of them shiver at that thought. The two of them were like oil and water.

Ayami smiled mockingly at her. "Well, between the two of us, which one betrayed the other's trust?"

Yanna was suddenly confused. What was she talking about? But soon her heart started palpitating as headaches assaulted her. "You…"

"Wasn't it you?"

Yanna looked at her with confusion and started to get muddle headed. 

"I was really sad when you betrayed me. Maybe that was when the last thread hanging on to my sanity snapped. I thought at that time, 'Why must it be this way?'"

Ayami started ranting. Perhaps she was angry by the fact that Yanna was able to spout some ironic things, or perhaps she just wanted to vent the bottled-up feelings inside of her, Or perhaps both?

"You know, if you had just confessed that you love him, then I wouldn't have gone to the lengths of destroying the both of you. And maybe we could have something like a friendly rivalry."

A bitter smile appeared on her face as she continued, "I was also once a naive fool like you."

"At first, I thought we were the same. But then, as time went by, I realized we weren't. You were like a light. You still retained some of your innocence. Even though you were shrouded by the darkness, you shined. I was envious of you.

"While you were the light, I am the darkness. After all, a shadow cannot exist without light." Ayami chuckled. "I wanted to be like you. So I tried to steal him away from you, in the process, I fell but there was no one to catch me. I tried to scheme against you, sabotage your relationships, and ruin your reputation. As you guessed, it always backfired.

"I didn't want you to be happy and pinned every blame on you. I hated you while at the same time, I admired you. I thought that if I can't be happy, then nobody can. I was… swallowed by the darkness and went insane.

"Isn't it funny? You were like a heroine while I am the villainess." Ayami laughed although there was nothing funny about it.

"At the time of my death, I cursed at you, in hopes to at least remember the wicked woman as there was no one to remember me anymore. I swore at that time to get revenge on you. I scared you, saying, 'You will regret this!', so that you would know that even if I was dead, I would still haunt you.

"Actually, I wanted to say sorry too, but my prideful self didn't want to. And so, this time, I…" Ayami trailed off as she stood up and went towards Yanna, who sat down in confusion.

"Even though I'm sorry, I still hate you and that will never change." She muttered as she raised her hand and delivered a cold hard slap on Yanna's face. An audible sound of a slap resounded throughout the four corners of the room. Ayami didn't notice it but a small spark ignited as soon as she touched Yanna's cheek. 

While Yanna was feeling shock, the girl in front of her started speaking profanities.

"You f#$#$ b#(@)!" Ayami smirked at her. "Feeling guilty? Make up for it because you deserved it!"

"Ha! You think I'm gonna suddenly do a friend hug and then say sorry? In your dreams!

"Ahhh~ I can't believe slapping you was the best feeling I could ever imagine. I must remember this for the rest of my life.

Ayami laughed happily as she had always wanted to do this but didn't get the chance last time as she was too busy thinking.

"This is revenge, b****!"

"Betray me again and I'll go to the next life to slap you. No wait, I could just do this again." And so, she turned her head with a wide grin on her face to Yanna who was still stunned and confused. 

"Let me slap you again. I forgot the feeling and want to relish it again so I can remember it this time." Ayami raised her hand again. 

Before she could hit her target, the dazed girl finally snapped out of it and defended herself in reflex by grabbing Ayami's wrist. Yanna glared as she shouted at her. "Are you crazy!?"

All the while Ayami was blabbering her nonsense sob story, Yanna was feeling a strange headache. At times, she could feel her heart getting squeezed while an indescribable feeling of guilt swallowed her. But then, all of that disappeared when Ayami suddenly slapped her.

What is wrong with this lunatic?

"No, I'm not! Let go!" Ayami tried to fight back and grabbed Yanna's hair. Of course, Yanna also retaliated. They got into a tussle and made their appearance a mess. 

As they were too busy in the middle of a cat-fight, they didn't notice the spark appearing around them. Only when the spark was large enough and was affecting them, did they stop. But it was too late!

Before they could even react, the sparks struck them at lightning speed.

Crack!

The two of them felt like they were struck by lightning bolts as they slowly lost consciousness. Soon, the sparks disappeared and the only remaining thing were the two girls laying on the ground side-by-side.

At the same time, on Mt. Starlite, the place where Ayami died, clouds were starting to form making it seem like it was going to rain.

People who were on a drive on the mountain started to hurry due to the fact that it was slippery there whenever it rains.

A few minutes later, rain started pouring like there was no end, then thunder came after that.

CRACKLE! BOOM!

The bright lightning struck down on the middle of the mountain. It was so bright that it felt like it was blinding. The people who were on the surroundings of the mountain flinched due to the thunder that was like a punishment from the heavens. 

That was a really strange occurrence but they soon returned to their normal lives.

On the middle of Mt. Starlite, there, a strange person was laying on the muddy ground wearing a cracked mask and a worn-out outfit. The rain droplets continuously hit that person, making them frown.

Their eyes suddenly shot open when it realized something was wrong. It revealed their dark obsidian eyes that were like a void, yet there was also a dangerous glint found inside it. Their eyes carefully eyed the surroundings. That person opened their mouth and muttered under their breath with a trace of disappointment.

"Why… am I back here again?"