79. It was me!

Victor swallowed several times before finally approaching John who was busy sketching. It was in front of the house and sitting on the bench while leaning against the wall. He stopped in front of it.

"Sir John..." he began.

It stopped doing so and looked at him.

"Can I ask a question?"

John nodded.

"I know it's a bit personal. But because..."

It waits for whatever he has to say. He took a deep breath.

"May I ask how you and Ma'm Alice became together?"

The face of the person in front of him suddenly blushed and a large red question mark suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Sir John, I just want to know... How did you court with her?"

John shook his head and laughed softly. Then, it stood up and messed up his hair then left. He heard Orphen's weak laugh behind him.

"Why are you asking that? I don't think that one knows how to court. Why don't you ask me?"

Victor look at Orphen annoyed.

"Why, do you have a love-life? Nothing, right?" he replied annoyed.

"Ah... So, you already have a love-life? You didn't trained in the jungle... You flirted there ah!"

"No ah! I really practiced there!"

"Asus! Why did you look dizzy when you came out of the forest?"

Victor bent down and frowned. His whole face was warmed.

"Maybe you met someone there? One of our neighbors?" Orphen's teasing language.

Victor suddenly walked out in front of him and entered the house.

"Uy! Victor is now a young man!"

FGH!... TINK! a sharp knife sank near his feet. Orphen just laughed softly.

The next day... Rusty noticed that Grimm was quiet and lethargic. It was alone on the rooftop today. She approached it and sat down next to the young man.

"How are you? Are you all right?" she asked.

Grimm looked at her, his face serious. It was held in the chin.

"Kuya Gaunt and I talked yesterday..."

"Are you fighting again?"

Grimm shook his head.

"No. It's funny, he greeted me because I beat Lucifer. But he told me, I still lack strength. He showed me his demon form. And I admired him there, his coolness and strength. He told me that I would be able to match to the Seven Prince of Hell in fight when I was able to release my own demon form."

Rusty could not speak. She could not comment.

"But I don't want to let out my own demon form. I'm scared, Rusty. I don't want to be bad and even more... I don't want to be like our father Belphegor."

Grimm's face was full of concern.

"You are not bad, Grimm and especially you are not like Belphegor. You are very different from him because you are kind."

The young man looked at him.

"Really?"

"Of course. The Grimm I know is kind and cool even if he is a bit engot and numb sometimes..."

(engot-stupid)

Grimm smiled.

"You praised me and then you suddenly dropped me too. Your bad friend too?"

"Is that how true friends are?"

"If I wanted to get my demon form out, would I have been bad then?" Grimm asked again.

"Not at all. I know as much as you will not use your ability to evil. I trust you."

Grimm nodded. Maybe he is not bad even if he wants to release his demon form because it is not for his personal sake.

"You know, forget about that thing first. You're too stressed. Just eat with these."

Grimm looked at the food Rusty was offering him.

"Cloud 9?!" Grimm laughed.

"Yes, cloud 9. I like it."

Grimm took it and immediately opened it.

"I like it too."

Rusty didn't say a word but she smiled. She took out another cloud 9 and ate well. They were dismissed early today because the whole faculty had a meeting. The Kuwarog boys of Grimm with Victor are busy cleaning the classroom.

"I've been looking for you for a while, you're just here and dating!" Victor suddenly appeared.

Grimm frowned.

"What now?"

"We're done cleaning. Come on, let's fix the old garden in the woods." Victor said excitedly.

Rusty smiled at this. This morning Victor was teasing them about that old garden. She stood up first, she was excited to see that.

"Come on, Grimm! I want to see that old-garden that Victor says." she said.

Grimm stood up and shook his clothes. He grabbed his bag next to him and they walked away one after another. They all rode bicycles to Orphen's house. Rusty rides on Grimm. When they got there, Rusty immediately got off his bike and ran to the newly built rose garden. She was amazed to see the landscaped plants.

"Nice!"

She was about to pick one of the red roses' flowers but a tight hand stopped her. She looked at the owner then and saw Victor's serious face.

"Sorry Rusty, I just moved them yesterday." its language is uncertain.

Rusty smiled awkwardly.

"I understand, I'm sorry too."

He let go of her arm and confronted their other comrades.

"Come on, let's go there to the old garden." excited its language.

"Just our snack ah?" Salv reminded.

"Yes, I know." Victor said.

Everyone who followed it was curious. Orphen let out another violent sigh as he watched the youths heading into the forest.

"This Victor seems to have a bad hit. He was still paranoid since yesterday. And he really dragged the troops ah?" he just commented.

Then an idea he suddenly thought of. He would follow them into the old-garden and he would see what they would do there.

Meanwhile... Everyone was amazed to see the old roses garden in the forest.

"Seriously, that's nice. The amount of roses is a bit too much but it's beautiful." comment by Rodel.

Victor confronted the friends.

"Okay, Guys... I need your help to fix this garden, let’s trim and fix the oversized roses. I have removed the others here, which is not necessary. And do you see that broken hut? We will fix it and make it bigger, we will make it better too."

Mikee raised his hand.

"Why?" Victor asked

"What is this for?" Mikee’s curious question.

"Yes, for what?" second by Grimm.

Victor's face turned red...

"Ahm... B-Because... Ahm... This is for my new friend. Her name is Canary and here we met in this place because she said, she likes this old-garden... That's where she lives in that big house. I am her new friend and you will also meet her when we become closer. That way..." Victor explained shyly.

"Unusual! It's just for your girlfriend!" Rey retorted.

"No ah! That's just my new friend! Ahm because... Her family is too strict with her, she is not allowed to leave the house when she is not in school. She just ran away when we met here, so I was her new friend. I just feel sorry for her, like that. For even if I am not here in the garden, she will be happy when she sees this place in order."

But Victor was shy as he explained everything. After that, they all started with gardening. They have already cut off the extra branches of roses to fix them. They did it easily because Victor drew out many sharp knives that they used to cut off the extra branches of roses. That's all, they took a long time to repair the old and broken hut that was there. They carefully roll those curled roses there because that gives the classic ambiance.

Rusty did nothing but pick the cut branches of the roses. She intends to plant it in their garden. Hopefully, it will grow. She looked at the boys who were busy at carpentry. She smiled and sat down on an old ruined wall. She sighed and took a deep breath. The fresh air. She saw the tower in the big house where Victor's supposed new friend lived. She felt sympathy for it even though she did not know it yet. Sadly, it still has to run away just to get to where it wants to go... And most of all, it has no friends other than Victor.

After a while, they finished their hut, they built a two hut and they built a bridge between them to connect.

"Hoy, Grimm... Do the finale! The one I request to you." Victor said.

From the top of the hut Grimm jumped and went to the middle of the garden. He took off his uniform and left his white shirt underneath. He stretched out his hands and jumped.

"Get ready!"

Everyone looked at Grimm. There was a thick mist around it and it was followed by a loud hailstorm in the middle of the garden. It rained snowflakes and there was a thick mist all around. When that subsided, they were exposed to a magnificent sculpture made of ice. A warrior angel holding a sword standing in a field of roses... It seems to indicate that this is the guard of the garden. They looked closely at the statue. The face seemed familiar to them... Ricky came down from the hut and he was the first to approach the statue made by Grimm. He looked at the face of the statue and then looked at his companions on the bridge between the two huts. He was dazzled.

"Unusual! Victor looks like this angel statue!" he exclaimed.

Grimm was a little tired of what he did but he laughed softly at what Ricky said... True, Victor was the medium he used in the statue because that was his request.

"Why, my handsome face should only be the guardian of this garden. At least even in the statue, I became an angel." Victor said with feeling.

Everyone laughed as they approached the statue made by Grimm.

"Your statue is more handsome." Mikee's stubborn language.

Everyone laughed. Orphen scratched his head while watching the children. He left and went home. He was right in his suspicion, there was a reason why that Victor was acting strange lately. He had already met one of their neighbors. Meanwhile... Grimm approached Victor.

"The food ah? You must cook a lot." he requested Victor.

"Yes, I will cook a lot for you all at home later. Just, don’t forget my order cupcakes for tomorrow ah? Rose design."

"I will never forget that because you said it a lot of times." Grimm's annoying language.

They rested for a while and did nothing but take a picture in the garden. After that, they picked ripe cherries. Grimm smiled as he saw what he had picked up. He has toppings on his pastries. His Dad and his older brother will surely be happy with the cherries he will bring home.

After that, they immediately went home to Orphen and Victor cooked them something to eat. Really, he prepared this day for that in the garden. Soup and puto(steam rice cake) pineapple flavour with toppings of large cheese. Ice tea for their drinks and they really ate a lot because of fatique.

The next day, Victor smiled as he picked up Grimm's box with pink rose cupcakes inside it. That is cherry flavour.

"Uy, Grimm! Thank you ah? I'll get back to you too, promise."

"There is no need. I have to repay more because I owed you a lot when we were kids. The biggest thing is when you helped me escape hell on the day of my execution. I never forget that."

"Don't even dramatize, it doesn't matter to you." Victor retorted.