Sage told me that night, she went after and saw me.
“It wasn’t someone else, it wasn’t someone who looked like you, it was you.”
“I called your name, and you answered crisply”
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“I said, ‘Aria, you liar, saying you were sleeping in the dorm, do you take me for a fool!”
“You apologized to me, saying you didn’t want people to find out about you and the campus heartthrob, and begged me to keep it a secret.”
“We’re the closest, we’ve known each other for so long, I know your way of speaking, the little gestures you like to make, even what clothes you usually wear, all like the back of my hand.”
“I was 100% certain it was you!”
“But just as I was chatting happily with you, I received a call from you…”
“You called me from the dorm.”
“So, who was the you in front of me?”
“I was terrified at that moment, didn’t dare say another word, and hurriedly made an excuse to leave.”
Sage clenched her fists tightly, as if only through this action could she muster the courage to say these words.
Her entire state was very poor, after just a few short sentences, her forehead was covered in cold sweat.
I had many guesses.
I originally thought that maybe it was just someone who looked extremely similar to me, and there was some misunderstanding between them…
But seeing Sage’s reaction…
I understood Sage, she wasn’t a person without courage.
Her reaction was too real, making me unable to help but wonder, could there really be another me in this world?
I forcibly suppressed the surging in my heart and stepped forward to grasp her fists, trying to help her escape from the terror of that moment.
Her body trembled slightly, and she glanced at me.
I gave her a comforting look.
Her facial expression relaxed slightly, and she slowly exhaled.
At this time, Wendy, who had been silent all along, also spoke up: “I also suspected something was wrong with my brain before. After Lily moved out, one night, probably close to when the dorm was about to close…”
“I got up to use the bathroom, and when I came out, I saw you.”
She stared straight at me, indicating that “you” referred to me.
“You were fully dressed and about to go out.”
“I was very surprised and asked where you were planning to go so late.”
“You said you had a friend to meet, had to go out for a bit.”
“I told you the dorm was about to close, and if you went out now, you might not be able to come back to sleep.”
“You told me not to worry, said you had a way.”
“After you left, I was actually quite worried, couldn’t fall asleep.”
“The dorm closes at 11:30 PM, I was counting the time, thinking if you came back before 11:30 it would be fine, but you never came back, I thought you must be sleeping at a hotel, however, the next morning, you climbed out of bed again.”
“I asked you where you went last night?”
“You told me you never went out…”
“You seemed to have no memory of our conversation at all.”
“I felt something was off about you, secretly observed, and found that you would sneak out of the dorm almost every night, not waking anyone, and the next day, wake up on time from your bed.”
“I was always very confused, how did you get back to the dorm? The dorm doors were clearly locked.”
“That night, I heard snoring from your bed, curiously climbed up to look, and saw you sleeping.”
“However, just a minute ago, I had clearly seen you leave the dorm with my own eyes.“”
Wendy’s words made my hair stand on end.
It was only then that I realized, the “me” they saw was actually sleeping in the same bed as me!
She was so close to me, yet I knew nothing about it.
I couldn’t help but feel a surge of panic, as if without my realizing it, another me had silently infiltrated every corner of my life.
I asked in a terrified tone, “What exactly is that me?”
In my peripheral vision, someone’s body noticeably shuddered.
I suddenly remembered, oh right, the first person to apply for a room change was her!
I abruptly turned to Lily: “Lily, what about you? Why did you want to change rooms?”
Lily looked as helpless as a frightened small animal, faced with my questioning, seemingly at a loss, her eyes darting around nervously.
Seeing this, Sage spoke up to encourage her, “Just say it, no one will think you’re crazy, after all, the three of us all saw it, we can’t all be crazy, right?”
Lily was still timid, her teeth grinding against her lips repeatedly before she finally spoke in a trembling voice: “What I saw was different from all of you…”
