The next day, Eon made sure to start at Rebella’s house. There, Eon ran into Rebella’s brother, who then directed him to the back yard where they would be occupied with fixing the boat. “You broke it yesterday. What happened to you anyway? You just ran away, just like that.”
Eon would not answer. Eon did not even want to answer that. What would he say? Rebella’s brother always thought that Eon was there to spend time with him. Telling him about his feelings for Rebella had the possibility to ruin their friendship and possibly make Rebella’s brother question the validity of their friendship.
“But it is okay. I fixed it again. Say, we should take it to the river now.”
“Now?”
“Yeah, let’s go—”
“This early?”
Still, the brother insisted. Eon had no choice but to go.
At the river. Not m
