New World Reunion: A Bonus Chapter

America, San Francisco.

April 27, light rain.

Red Light District, 8th Street.

The sky was gloomy.

Rain poured down in torrents, splashing dirty water mixed with dust across the ground.

In a narrow alley, beside a trash can.

Grrr~~

A pitiful rumble came from the stomach of someone inside a brand-new yellow cardboard box.

The box wobbled, then suddenly toppled forward.

The sealed end hit the wall. A strip of tape that hadn't been stuck down tore open, leaving a gap.

A little head with short silver-blond hair poked out. It belonged to an adorable boy with soft, delicate skin.

"I'm so hungry."

Rhaegar pouted, his little hands covering his rumbling stomach.

Stop growling. You're so loud I can't sleep.

When you're hungry, you can't feel sleepy.

Honestly, what a stomach. It didn't know that?

Rhaegar licked his lips and peered out of the alley, watching rainwater splash across the wide road.

He wanted to go out and take a look, maybe find something to eat.

After being abandoned for so, so many days, his stomach had stopped sharing his hardships.

Thump!

Suddenly, a muffled thud came from outside the alley.

"Hey, freak with the white hair, think you're too good to talk to us?"

"You dare not say hello? Let's teach her a lesson."

"Yeah, nobody likes a loner!"

Several girls' bold declarations were followed by a series of smacks and the clatter of a schoolbag being dumped out.

Don't ask Rhaegar how he could tell.

Books with brightly colored covers lay scattered all over the ground, and a black schoolbag had been tossed at the alley entrance.

"How scary."

Rhaegar hugged himself. Better to let his stomach suffer a little longer.

Before long, the bullying was over.

Three dyed-haired high school girls each lit a cigarette, then swaggered