Chapter 39: Guilty As Charged
Yera and Xander went out to the cinema because Xander insisted that he wanted to watch a particular movie. "You want to watch that?" Yera asked in a high-pitched voice upon seeing the trailer of the movie on the preview screen in the cinema hallway.
Xander nodded with a grin while holding popcorn and drinks in his hands. He was smiling broadly because Assistant Ron had advised him to choose a horror movie, so every time things got scary, Yera would cling onto him.
Just the thought of Yera hiding her face on his chest almost made Xander’s heart leap. He was really looking forward to it that he quickly gave the popcorn to Yera, so he had a free hand to hold hers and pulled her inside the cinema hall. The movie they were going to watch was the top-grossing horror film, and all the reviews raved on how terrifying it was.
They were sitting in a VIP seat for couples. "I heard this one is really terrifying, so whenever you get scared, just remember that I’m right here beside you, okay? You can use me to hide..." Xander assured her, but Yera only twitched her mouth as an answer.
The movie started...
"Ahhhhh!!!" The people inside screamed.
Yera was startled by a pair of hands holding onto her arm. It was Xander’s hands... He hid his face on her arm as his body winced from the terrifying scene on the screen. Yera did not even flinch and kept watching the movie keenly. She was not fond of the horror genre, but this one was actually quite good. It had an exciting and solid plotline.
Xander had never watched any horror movies before. The thought of ghosts did not really scare him, but the terrifying and intense scenes on the screen were really creeping him out. His heart could burst right out of his chest at any moment from fear. He looked at Yera.
’What is she?! She’s this cold even when watching a scary movie!’ He mused in disbelief. He could not comprehend how Yera could still be so focused on the screen when he already wanted to run out of there. He shifted his gaze to the screen once more and immediately got a fright at the sight of a ghost that suddenly popped on the screen in a close-up shot. Together with the other audience, he screamed, "Ahhhhh!!!"