"The day I returned by your side 2"

Luna: I-Is this the consequence of my wish?

She sat on her bed and closely looked at the photo.

Luna: They seem really happy in this picture. So basically this will be the only consequence? *scoffs* This is pathetic. How is this supposed to be the price of my wish?

As she looked at it again, she felt sad.

Luna: *sigh* Lucky for them...Sheon and I had never went out and took photos like this one. His.....his smile is so...........genuine. He looks so happy compared to the time he was with me before.

She slowly ran her fingers through the photo while watching it melancholy. After a few minutes, she placed the photo inside a brown box and went to lay down on her bed.

Luna: Recieving photos of them and being able to read Sheon's notes during our time together before? That's the only consequence which is pretty weird. Though it might hurt me a little bit, it won't be too much. Is this really it?

She stared at her ceiling while she just started thinking and thinking. Then suddenly, she felt nervous and immediately sat up on her bed.

Luna: Would this wish end tomorrow? By the time I wake up, will I be back from the future?

She shook her head repeatedly.

Luna: Nope, no, no, no. Please don't. If I don't sleep would it work? That's right! That's the solution.

She stood up and started to do all sort of stuff. She did a hundred jumping jacks, read a few books, wrote some essays, jumped on her bed and so on. After a few hours, she sat on her bed all exhausted.

Luna: *breathes heavily* That was tiring. Now I just need to rest for a bit. Right, rest and not sleep.

She just sat there quietly. After some time, she unknowingly fell asleep. She was too tired that she fell asleep instantly.

The sun rose and the birds began to chirp. Luna was still asleep in bed. Suddenly, she was awaken by a loud bang.

Luna: What, what!?

As she panickly looked around, she realized she was still in her own room and with the same clothes as last night.

Luna: I-I'm still here! Yess!!

She jumped around her bed and quickly stopped, realizing she still hasn't figured out where that loud noise from earlier came from.

Luna: That noise. Where was it?

She jumped out of her bed and walked out of her room. As she slowly comes near her parents' room, she heard screaming and shouting. She slowly and quietly opens the door, an opening only enough for her to peek onto. She glanced inside and saw her parents arguing.

Luna: I guess even after the time travel they still fight. They're at it. Again. *sigh*

Stuff were scattered down the floor and all she could really notice is the furious faces of her parents, their screaming and argument. She gently closed the door again, making sure to make no noise and headed back to her room. She sat on her desk, spacing out—not until she took a quick glance on her clock.

Luna: 10 AM!? What!? I'm lateeeee!

She quickly stood up and hurriedly went inside the bathroom to prepare herself for school. After half an hour, she ran out of her house.

Luna: I'm late, I'm late, I'm late.

She repeatedly muttered to herself as she ran towards her school. After some time she managed to reach the campus but it was already lunch time. As she ran through the hall ways, she bumped into Sheon.

Sheon: Ah—

Luna: Oh no I'm so sorr— Sheon?

Sheon: Luna? Why are you just here now?

Luna hugged Sheon tightly.

Luna: I overslept. But that doesn't matter, as long as I'm still here with you.

Sheon hugged her back happily.

Sheon: *chuckles* You? Overslept? Funny Luna. You're always so punctual, what happened really?

Luna: I was just to excited to see you today that I couldn't sleep last night.

Luna moved a step back and looked at him straight in the eyes. Sheon looked at her lovingly.

Sheon: You know...you're really weird ever since yesterday but no matter what, I still find that cute.

Luna: *giggles* First time hearing that from you after all those months.

Sheon: Months?

Luna smirks at him and held his hands.

Luna: You won't understand but just remember that I will do my best to change the outcome of our story. I promise you.

Sheon looked confused and flustered while Luna looked at him with her eyes assuring him she'll do it.

Sheon: O-okay?

The bell rang and Sheon dragged Luna to eat at the cafeteria. They spent the whole time asking each other questions.

Luna: Sooo tell me more about you!

Sheon: Like?

Luna: Like your favorite food or stuff you dislike.

Sheon: Alright so first and foremost I don't eat spicy food.

Luna: Wait what?

Sheon: Uhh I don't eat spicy food?

Luna recalled the time where Sheon used to eat all the spicy dishes when dining out together.

Luna: *mumbles* Could he have done that before because I said I liked guys who eat spicy stuff?

Sheon: Hmm?

Luna: O-Oh nothing! So what else?

Sheon: I like western food, cookies and cream ice cream and strawberry milkshake. I also like to wood carve and create tons of different things!

Luna: I guess there's so much I didn't know throughout the whole time......maybe I actually knew nothing about you.

Sheon: What? Don't blame yourself silly, it has just been our second day, I don't expect you to know those stuff immediately.

Luna: R-Right! Of course.

Two months passed and everything went pretty well. Luna completely changed and was happy to be given the chance to be with Sheon again but of course, she still had a price to pay. Every single day, a photo with a note at the back just magically appears on her desk. She read every single one and everytime, her heart felt heavy to the point she'd cry to sleep. Some of the notes said:

"Luna 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑠𝑜. 𝑆𝑜, 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 3 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡-𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑏𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦! 𝐼𝑡'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡?"

"𝑀𝑜𝑚 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑦. 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑦, 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 Luna'𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘. 𝐼 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑡."

"Luna 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑓𝑓 𝑠𝑜 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝐼 𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜𝑜. 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑. 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑓 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡."

"𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦, Luna 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑡. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝐼......𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑡."

"𝐷𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒.....𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒?"

It was the weekend and Luna went out at the park trying to calm herself down as she just finished rereading every single note and looking at the photos. Every bit of her felt regret and great guilt as if it was slowly killing her. Out on the cold night alone, she got lost in her thoughts.

Luna: Was I actually the one wrong all this time? Was I really that selfish?

She looked away trying hard not to cry.

Luna: I didn't even dare appreciate the small things he did for me nor did I care for what he might feel. I-I.....I'm a monster!

She lowered her head as tears started falling out.

Luna: He wasn't happy! I don't deserve him! I didn't treat him well! I-It's all my fault!

She covered her face with her palms as she cried and cried. Her heart was heavy and the fact that after all that she'd done, Sheon still managed to love her and smile through the pain made it hurt more.

The temperature was getting colder so she wiped her tears, stood up and slouched her shoulders as she walked back home. Despite that, tears began falling again as she was crossing the street. She sobbed and sobbed and her mind was lost from recalling all the happenings that clearly hurt Sheon. She finally snapped back when a blasting beep was heard. She quickly glanced at the direction of the sound and found a huge red truck coming at her direction.

Luna: Tha—

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