Runaway From The Labyrinth (Run Away Trilogy #1)

Prologue

She happily hops out of the door and she met Vlax leaning onto the wall.

"Vlax!" she happily goes near to him.

Vlax—a boy who has the same age as her, stared at her seriously.

"What's wrong?" the little girl asked as she creased her forehead.

"You're moving out?" he asked and sadness is evident on his face.

"How did you know?" asked the little girl.

"It's obvious," Vlax said as he looked at the man carrying the luggage out of her house.

Esche on the other hand just sheepishly smile but her smile vanished when Vlax asked her a question.

"Will you leave me?" she saw a hint of sadness in the little boy's face. She wanted to deny it, she was fidgeting her fingers because she doesn't know what to say.

She was shocked when suddenly Vlax dragged her out of nowhere and her eyes widened when they arrived on the playground.

She remembered the day it started, the day they first met.

They met coincidentally when he saved Esche from the bullies. Esche seems to be an outcast of the group and can't play with other kids normally. She tends to distance herself because she thinks the other kids hate her.

Not until she met Vlax. The little boy became her one and only friend.

Days, months, years passed. They became closer to each other.

In every laughter, cries, smiles, talks, they only have each other.

They made memories. Fun memories of their childhood.

They reminisce about the past with hands holding tightly on each other with smiles on their faces.

"Will you really leave?" Vlax once again asked while staring at the playground in front of them.

She remained silent and because of this he turned at her and panicked when he saw her silently sobbing.

"W-why are you crying?" he was hesitant to touch or hug her. But in the end, he hugged her.

"I-I want to bring y-you with us but m-mom don't w-want to," she said between her sobs and cried out loud.

Vlax even more panicked with her shout. She faced Esche and cupped her face, she stopped crying but her sobs won't stop.

"Wait for me," he said and ran away. Esche was confused but decided to follow Vlax's command.

She waited for minutes and then Vlax came, he's panting and catches his breath. Esche came closer to him, still sobbing.

He tiredly handed over the strawberry ice cream, she immediately grabbed it out of his hands.

Her eyes then twinkled and excitedly licked the ice cream. Vlax on the other hand just smiled, thinking how naive and silly she is. He patted her head.

"Esche!" Esche's mom is now calling her.

Esche on the other hand was startled. She looked at Vlax with sadness but Vlax just smiled.

"Go on. Don't worry about me. I'll just find you in the future. Promise me, you'll be my wife." Vlax said. Esche innocently smiled and nodded.

She then runs onto her mom, not knowing what will happen in the near future.

"Did you say goodbye to your friend?" her mom asked and she nodded.

She then hopped onto the car. She looked at the window and saw Vlax, she then waved her hand as a goodbye. She hugged the unicorn tighter as Vlax got out of her sight.