Why it never ends

Chapter 1189 Tomorrow
Eleven walked beside Hesta, and they hurried through the front hall. Now the room was empty except for the sound of their footsteps.

Halfway through her walk, Hesta suddenly felt something was wrong and gradually slowed down her pace. It was not until they reached the stairs that she realized that November seemed too quiet today.

The two walked to the door of the children's dormitory. The teacher who was sleeping next door heard the noise in the corridor and came out to see what was going on. When he saw that it was Hesta who led Eleven over, he was immediately shocked: "... Sorry! I... I thought... I didn't hear anything... Before I left, I confirmed that every child was-"

"It's okay." Hesta explained quickly, "It's not your fault. She just appears and disappears mysteriously."

The teacher walked quickly forward to hold Eleven's hand, but Eleven suddenly started running around Hesta, just to prevent him from catching her.

"What are you going to do?" Hesta asked.

"...I don't want to sleep." Eleven replied, "I want to stay here."

"where?"

"You, I want to be with you." Eleven grabbed Hesta's pants with both hands, "I won't go in."

Hesta was a little confused, but still agreed. She pulled up two chairs and sat with Eleven in the corridor.

At first, both of them were silent. Hesta reflected that she was probably not a qualified guardian. After leaving District 14, she had basically given up learning District 14 language. Until now, the communication between her and Eleven could only rely on some simple short sentences, and basically relied on Eleven speaking District 3 language.

However, compared to when he first arrived in District 12, District 11's District 3 language has improved a lot... although the child himself does not feel that way.

"What happened, did it?" Hesta looked at Eleven.

Nod at eleven.

She held Hesta's hand and thought over what had happened recently in her mind - she and Qiqi broke up.

Although there was no quarrel between them, and no one said "we are no longer friends", for two once close friends, when one person began to push the other away, this change did not require any words, and the other party could feel it deeply.

Eleven jumped off the chair and hugged Hesta.

Hesta was a little surprised and thought for a moment: "Is it because of Qiqi?"

"No." Eleven whispered, "I'm just fine... I'm fine..."

How do you say loneliness?
Eleven thought about it for a long time but couldn't remember the word, but Hesta suddenly patted her back, just like she patted a fox. This time, Eleven suddenly felt even more sad. She hugged Hesta tighter, and wiped her tears and snot on her clothes.

"Qiqi and I...are no longer friends."

Hesta was startled, and suddenly felt very awkward: "Well... have you talked to Qiqi?"

Eleven shook his head.

"You need to... talk to her," Hesta said softly, but as soon as she said this, she felt a little guilty. After a moment of silence, Hesta grabbed Eleven's shoulders and pulled the child away from her so that Eleven could look into her eyes.

Hesta imagined some kind of reliable adult figure and whispered, "You need to go talk to her. I don't know what happened between you...oh, what happened between you?"

"...I don't know." Eleven muttered, "How should I know..."

"Then go ask her," Hesta said in a firm tone, "Tomorrow morning, walk up to her, let her look at you, and you look at her - then ask, what's wrong with us? What happened?" Eleven couldn't help but imagine this scene in his mind, and his face immediately turned red.

——How could she not know what happened? She knew it too well. If she were to walk in front of Qiqi tomorrow, look at Qiqi, and let Qiqi look at her, then the first words she would say would be "I'm sorry, please forgive me."

Eleven lowered his head again, feeling ashamed and scared.

Hesta didn't say anything either. She frowned and looked at the scene in front of her with unfocused eyes. She was lost in thought. After a while, she took a breath and whispered, "You can't just assume that a door can't be opened when you see it ajar... If you care about the person behind the door, how can you not break in and take a look?"

Eleven looked up blankly - there were too many advanced words in this passage, and Hesta spoke so softly and quickly that she could not understand it.

"Door? What door? Is there anyone there?"

Hesta looked at the girl: "So you will go to see Chichi tomorrow?"

"Not necessarily!" Eleven answered stubbornly, "It depends on my mood!"

"I'm going to see Rico tomorrow," Hesta said calmly, "She's mad at me, and I'm going to apologize."

"Ah?" Eleven opened his mouth wide, "You...why are you..."

"Competition?" Hesta looked at Eleven. "Who of us can talk to our friends first?"

It took Eleven a while to understand what Hesta was going to do. Her first reaction was not to compete, but she cherished the opportunity to do something with Hesta. After hesitating for a long time, she hesitantly asked what the benefits would be if she won.

"No good." Hesta stood up.

Eleven stared at Hesta suspiciously, not knowing what the other party was up to.

Hesta put his hands on his waist: "He who apologizes first is braver - I am very brave, how about you?"

Eleven immediately tightened her face and put on an expression that she would never lose to Hesta - she felt that Hesta seemed to be suddenly very happy, but she was not quite sure why.

Hesta pointed to the clock and said, "I have to go to work. You should go to bed too."

Eleven snorted and made a face at Hesta. She deliberately didn't say goodnight and ran straight to her room.

Hesta moved the two chairs back to another place, and then walked quickly towards her study. At this moment, she really felt that her mood seemed to have become lighter again. The heavy thoughts that had just diffused in the car were far away, and the desire to move forward with enthusiasm returned to her body.

There was a dull sound of thunder in the distance, and the wind blew in from the half-open window, bringing a slight smell of earth. At this moment, she didn't want to think about the afternoon, Office 2, Kendai, Deep Anchor... All of this was not as good as listening to Hazel analyze the electricity consumption of the farm tonight.

Tomorrow, she will meet Lai Lin and Si Lei. They will come up with a countermeasure plan to catch those parasites that are sucking blood from the farm's account books.

Tomorrow, she would wait for Simonya and Zoe to come back and listen to their stories of what noteworthy events had occurred at Mrs. Brownbo's mansion tonight.

Tomorrow...she has to go see Rico again.

She would walk up to her, look at her and let her look at herself, and then ask: My friend, tell me! What happened to us?