Luna sighed and laid next to Gwen. She placed her head against Gwen’s and stared at the ceiling with her. "You...still can't forget Luke, huh?"
Gwen closed her eyes as tears rolled down her face. "Yes."
She smiled bitterly with her eyes closed. " Actually, I know everything. A long while ago."
Luna's heart skipped a beat when she heard that.
"W... What do you mean?"
"I know Luke is no longer with us." Gwen curled up her lips bitterly. Her voice sounded weak and faded as though it came from far away. "You've all been lying to me in hopes to protect me from the truth. You want me to believe Luke is still alive and that he doesn't want to be together with me anymore, but..."
Her voice choked. "I knew he's long gone for a while now. He gave me his heart and wants me to live a happy life together with him...but he forgot how much I love him. How can I live happily without him?"
Luna was so shocked by this news that she did not know how to respond. She sat on the bed and looked at Gwen with pity." Gwen, when . did you find out? "
"About the same time as you." Gwen sniffled.
All the while, she had been pretending she did not know. It was as if by doing that, Luke would still be alive. She knew everything but pretended to know nothing and acted like she was her jovial self in front of Luna and Bonnie that she had nearly forgotten Luke.
That was until she was in Saigen City. She realized how pitiful and sad she was. It was just impossible to forget Luke and avoid the sadness she felt. In spite of that, she kept deluding herself that she could pretend to live a normal happy life and not face how she truly felt.
Luna bit her lip. Her heart was in pain when she saw how sad Gwen was. She bent down and slowly picked up Gwen's head and placed it on her thigh.
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