Chapter 8

"Oi, That's mine! ." I said when Zero suddenly took the cheese stick that was on my plate, he just smiled then took a bite and returned the rest to the plate.

"One bite only." He said, I took the cheese stick he put on my plate then ate it whole. I watched his reaction with a smile.

"You ah, that's an indirect kiss." He said so my eyes widened and I looked at him. My heart pounded even more when he suddenly wiped the edge of my lip with his finger.

"What food do you eat outside of Moonlight?" He suddenly asked. I came to my senses and thought.

"Many, but the best is what we call Pancit." My answer.

"Do you know how to cook that?" He asked. I nodded immediately in response. "In that case, cook for me tomorrow so that I can taste your proud Pancit." He said so I laughed.

“Are you sure you’re going to eat our Levite food?” I asked.

"Yeah, I'm already shivering on the foods I always eat here." He replied and took a bite of the cheese ball. I watched him take the wine he had brought and pour it into two wine glasses. I honestly don’t know what the taste of the wine he’s talking about is, because in our area we can’t buy such an expensive drink. We have enough water. He handed me a wine glass with only wine. He smiled at me but I first looked at the wine and then took the glass he was holding out.

"Don't worry, it's not poison." He said and laughed. I smelled the wine in the glass and it was as if my throat immediately receded as I smelled it strongly.

"That's good, promise." He said and lifted his glass in the air. I also lifted the glass I was holding to the air and then he put it on and drank the wine he said.

I also drank the wine slowly and even before it reached my stomach, I felt like I was going to vomit.

"HAHAHAAH don't spit, that's how it was at first." He said that's why I swallowed the wine with my eyes closed.

"Obviously you haven't drunk it yet HAHAHAH don't worry, I'll give you more to drink." He said from a grin. I immediately took the water near me then drank it causing him to laugh.

"It taste bitter." I said. All night we just teased and talked. In the middle of the night we started hunting for meteors while lying side by side outside the tent I had prepared.

"What would you ask for just in case?" I asked him, he smiled as he turned to look at the sky.

"It's simple." He answered and looked at me. I could see the sadness in his eyes, something I didn't know why. "Justice." That's what he said so I frowned.

" What for?" I ask. He laughed but I knew that his laugh was not true. He looked back at the sky again.

"I have a friend." He said. "He died two years ago." I suddenly became interested in his story so I listened to him. "While he was fighting against the MLA, he was suddenly killed by a backslider." He said and I could see the sadness in his eyes.

"Did you know, that the person who made that is his best friend?" He asked and looked at me.

"Why did that person kill your friend?" I will ask. He smiled sadly.

"Because that person is undercontrolled by a powerful force." He answered and I could see his tears dripping.

"Where is the person who did that to your friend?" I ask.

"I don't know, but I only know one thing. He's free to move around and move after what he did to my friend." He said, something that kept me quiet. This is the first time I have seen Zero cry. It was as if my heart was pounding because of what I had seen and learned. Very animal man who did that to Zero's friend. Slowly I wiped the tears that dripped from his eyes, he looked at me.

"That person will be catch too." I said and looked at him. "Don't be sad, I'm not used to seeing you sad." I said so he smiled and looked back at the sky again.

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"Moon wake up!"

"Moon!"

"Let me handle this." I felt something cold pour down my face as I slept. I sat down and caught my breath then opened my eyes. Red first exposed herself to me holding a glass and she was obviously the one who poured me water.

"Wake up stupid, Admiral will be mad at you, fool." She said and lifted the bottle of wine that Zero had brought last night. I rolled my eyes to look for Zero but he was no longer here. He probably went home to their building.

"Where did you get this wine?" Rain asked.

"Wait, isn't that Mr. Light's wine?" Ice asked then looked at me.

"Brought by--"

“"You stole this, that's why you're here alone because you took something you didn't own." Red said frowning at me.

"I didn't take that." I said.

"Ah, so why did the wine come to you on purpose?" Red asked while smiling, a fake smile.

"Moon, how did you get that?" Shadow asked me.

"I didn't take that, Zero brought that here." I said silencing them. "I was with him here last night and--"

"Are you losing your mind?" Red asked me.

"But--"

"What's all the fuss about?" We looked at the speaker and saw the Admiral looking at us.

I am currently in the office of the Admiral and Admin with my friends, I am sitting in a chair while my companions are standing and cross arms while looking at me without emotion. Admiral and Admin were looking at me while holding the bottle of wine that Zero brought last night.

"Didn't I tell you that it's forbidden to go to the Steler's Building?" Admin's authoritative question. I bowed. "What is this? We will instruct that any Moonlight student is not allowed to go, which one do you not understand?" Admiral asked us then looked at me. "What Moon?" It asked me so I looked at them.

"It's not my friends' fault." I said and looked at Admiral. "None of us went to the Stelers' building." I said.

"Zero, he brought that last night. We were together last night on the rooftop." I explain. I could see the anger in the Admiral's eyes.

"And do you think anyone will believe you Moon ?!" Suddenly it shouted which made me nervous. Admin immediately calmed him down, I slowly looked at my companions who were bent over and could not look at Admiral.

"I'm So disappointed." The Admiral whispered as he rubbed his forehead.

"You're a Moonlight student but why do you behave like that? You really blame the son of the owner of this school for the nonsense you did?" Admiral said so I swallowed.

"Don't bring your squatter habit here to the Moonlight, robbery." I looked at the Admiral when he said that, I swallowed and bowed again. Don't fall, don't fall I'm begging you to you don't fall. Stupid! I immediately wiped the tears dripping from my eyes and took a deep breath. I didn’t expect the Admiral to say that.

"You're being educated here for free so view that as a big thank you Moon." It added that my personality became even smaller.

*"Then this should be the last time I hear you pull yourself down, you don't hit the ground Moon. You'll always remember that."*

I remembered again what Zero had told Me. I just closed my eyes and tried to get the Admiral's words out of my mind.

"All of you, except Moon. Go back to the facility because you still have practice." Admin commands and looks at me. "You'll be left Ms. Moon, As punishment you'll clean up the whole Moonlight." Admin said hard so I swallowed. With the extent and size of the entire Moonlight, it takes a week to clean the entire Moonlight.

"That's too much, Admin." I looked at Cloud.

"I'm not asking for your opinion." Admin says tough.

"I don't need you to ask for my opinion Admin, I will say everything I want because there is no law that says it is forbidden to express opinions." Cloud said widening my eyes. Where did he get the courage to say that?

"Mr. Cloud, fix your speech." Admin said threateningly.

"As you said, Moonlight is teaching Moon for free and she really needs that scene to be grateful for, but from what you're asking her to do, do you think Moon can learn anything? Is she just being let in here to clean the school? " Cloud asked.

"Cloud." I called, He looked at me. Suddenly my heart beat faster when I saw his eyes. Why do I feel like Cloud isn’t the one speaking? Why do i feel like he is Zero?

"All of you have left except for Moon And Cloud." Said the Admiral boldly. I was devastated because Cloud was also affected by the punishment given by Admin.

"What are you waiting for?" Admin asked angrily to Shadow who was looking at me.

"I'll go with them." Shadow said coldly and suddenly leaned over me. I looked at him.

"Shadow what are you doing?" I whispered to him, he just looked at me and smiled.

"Accompany you." He answered so I calmed down.

"Are you really stubborn? You left before I changed my mind to involve you all in Moon's punishment." Said the Admiral. I looked at my friends as if no one had heard.

"Where do we start?" Star suddenly asked me, frowning at me. Didn't he say he was coming?

"I'll take care of watering the gardens." Rain said and looked at me then winked.

"What are you doing?" I whispered.

"And do you think you're heroes of that?" Red suddenly asked my companions and walked to the door.

"If you want to be involved with her punishment the go, take care, don't try to convince me to be with y'all, fools." It said and opened the door. We just looked at her standing in the doorway.

"Fuck y'alll." I heard her cheap then looked at me.

"Hurry up. It'll take a long time to clean up." She then looked at me and stared at me.

"What are they doing." I asked myself then I looked at the Admiral in disbelief at the behavior of my comrades.

"We'll go first, we'll have a long time to clean up." Ice said goodbye to the admiral and then left the office with Red. I was devastated and I could hardly believe what they were doing.