Story Title:
Sharing Your Emotions
Genres/'Tags':
Romance / Drama / Yuri / Angst / Friendship / Hurt & Comfort / Tragedy / School Life
Summary:
Rena Nightingale is a member of her school's student council. And a very responsible one at that. One day the headmaster of her school asks Rena to bring Eve Silvermoon, a girl who has been absent since the beginning of the school year, her homework. This seemingly simple task however, has a far greater impact on Rena's life than she could ever imagine.
Author's Note:
Hello there! (Or in case we haven't met before, 'Nice to meet you!')
My name is Zarosguth and ever since I started writing Fan Fiction I've wanted to write a story with a high school setting. This was what I originally wanted to do with my story 'Silver Hair and Golden Eyes' but I changed my mind at the last moment for that one.
This is a Rena x Eve yuri Fan Fiction. Meaning it will contain love between two girls. I doubt I will go the direction of explicit adult content so for now this story is 'T'-rated.
I don't know why, but I really like the Rena x Eve pairing. Obviously this story is an 'Alternate Universe' or 'AU' story so details about the world of Elsword will be changed to suit my needs.
I'm also trying a bit of a new thing with the formatting, spacing etc. Please let me know what you think.
Disclaimer:
I do not own Elsword. Elsword and all related trademarks are owned by KoG Studios.
Actual word count for this chapter: 2752
Actual word count for the story so far: 2752
*~-[ Chapter 1: The Absent Girl ]-~*
In the land of Elrios there lived many races of beings, all unique in their strengths and weaknesses. The three most prominent and successful races were the so-called humanoid races.
The first and most successful of them was the race this group of races was named after, the humans. The humans lacked in individual physical strength or magical ability when compared to the other two. But they had strength in numbers as they had the largest population out of the three races. They were a wealthy race as well as they had specialized themselves in trading and negotiation.
The second race was relatively young. These were the nasods, a race of mechanical beings created by the humans initially as servants. But in time the nasods became independent of their human masters. Not wanting to risk an all-out war, the humans gave the nasods their independence and freedom. The nasods were experts in the fields of technology and science and while not as plentiful as humans, each individual harboured great physical strength due to their mechanical limbs.
The final and most ancient race were the elves. They were in harmony with nature and possessed great wisdom and knowledge. They were masters of magic and a close ally to the humans. The elves had a certain fondness for humans that was akin to parents being fond of their children. Watching them grow and make their own decisions in life.
In a sense, the humans' relationship with the nasods was similar to that of the elves with the humans. Though the difference was that while the humans were directly responsible for the creation of the nasods, the elves weren't at all responsible for human existence.
In the modern world of Elrios the three humanoid races live together in peace. Humans, nasods and elves all inhabited the same villages and cities. Sadly, there were always people who disliked the other races out of fear or misunderstanding. There were even certain villages and cities that only allowed entry for one of the races while denying the others access. These places separated themselves from the outside world and formed their own closed communities for their race only.
Our story takes place in Velder. A city that was not like this. No, in Velder, humans, nasods and elves all lived together. Working together, having their children go to school together and having relationships with each other. It was a prosperous city with plenty of kind and caring people living within the city.
*~-[ X ]-~*
This story follows Rena Nightingale. A young elven girl of about 16 years old, attending Velder High. The most prominent high school in the northern regions of Rurensia, the western continent of Elrios.
Rena stood on the balcony-like walkway of a cheap but not poor-looking two-storey apartment building in front of a door on the second floor. She had just come from school and was wearing her school uniform. A white long-sleeved blouse with a green neck-tie, a short black skirt, white knee-high socks with green accents and black, leather shoes without laces. The uniform normally also came with a light-grey jacket but since the weather was nice enough, Rena wasn't wearing it.
Rena had greenish-blonde hair that was tied in a ponytail that was adorned with a long black ribbon. Both tying the tail and running along the hair itself. She also wore two white flowers in her hair. Her eyes were emerald green and, as was typical of an elf, she had long and pointy ears.
"Number 26." She sighed, clutching the stack of documents and papers she was holding tightly to her chest. How did she end up here?
*~-[ X ]-~*
"Eve Silvermoon?" Rena asked, not recognizing the name of the person the school's headmaster, Vanessa just told her about.
"Yes, I'd like you to deliver some papers and her homework to her house." Vanessa explained in a voice that made it sound more like an order than a request as she looked over her glasses rather than through them.
Rena blinked as she tried to process what Vanessa had just told her. Apparently there was a girl in her class that had been absent every single day of school since the beginning of the school year which was a month or two ago. And now headmaster Vanessa, a strong-willed woman that was strict but fair, had asked Rena if she could deliver Eve her homework as well as a number of other documents.
Vanessa straightened her glasses as she looked at Rena. Vanessa was always very stoic and her face always showed a certain determination that could move mountains should she wish to do so. Her medium-long light-blue hair was always neatly combed. Vanessa could be very strict and wasn't afraid to punish students who disobeyed the rules. Most students nicknamed her the 'Iron Lady' because of this.
Rena played a bit with a loose strand of the bangs of her long, greenish-blonde hair. Rena was a member of the student council and a very responsible one at that. Her emerald-green eyes sparkled. She let go of the strand of hair and gave Vanessa a smile and accepted the responsibility with a certain sense of pride, knowing that the headmaster wouldn't entrust such a task to just anyone.
*~-[ X ]-~*
Rena felt quite nervous. She had gone to the address Vanessa had given her. She didn't know what to expect. Since Eve had never been to school Rena had no idea what this 'Silvermoon' girl was like or how she looked. Taking a deep breath Rena gathered her courage and pressed the doorbell.
It was quiet for a moment and as Rena was about to press the doorbell a second time she heard someone stumble in the apartment's hallway. She heard the door before her unlock and it opened.
On the other side of the door stood a young man, presumably around 25 years old, probably a bit older. He had jet-black spiky hair with a patch of white in front. He had golden-yellow eyes, tanned skin. His somewhat angry-looking expression and the scars that covered his face startled Rena slightly. He wore a red sleeve-less shirt, black leather pants and white socks. What really startled Rena was when her eyes fell on the man's left arm. It looked scary, almost demonic. It was black and red and had a hand that more resembled a claw. Rena quickly recognized the arm to be nasod-made even though it looked more organic than mechanical.
"Yes?" The young man asked with a voice that sounded tired as if he had just woken up. The rough sound of it definitely didn't help Rena to calm her nerves.
Rena was quiet for a second, observing the man that stood in front of her closely. Was she at the right address? She quickly snapped out of it and spoke. "I-I'm Rena Nightingale. A-a classmate of Eve's. I have some things for her!" She spoke somewhat nervously, offering the young man the papers she was holding.
"I see." The young man spoke, sounding a bit more awake. He gestured Rena to come in.
Rena quietly let the man lead her into the house and followed him as they walked through the apartment's hallway. There were four doors, all on the right side of the hallway. The young man led Rena to the third door. He opened it and moving his head he motioned Rena to go inside.
*~-[ X ]-~*
Rena stood inside the room as the door behind her had closed shut. The room was not too big and not too small. There was a window on the wall left of the door with a desk standing below it. In front of the desk stood a comfortable-looking office chair. On the desk there laid a small pile of books as well as a few notebooks and a desk lamp. On the right wall there was a big closet with a mirror on the door, presumably a closet for clothing. The room was dark as the curtains were closed. Only a small sliver of light managed to make its way into the room.
The small sliver of light reached over the desk onto the big bed that stood in the middle of the room against the back wall. The light allowed Rena to see that the bed sheets were light blue and were decorated with a pattern of white stars and moons.
As her eyes adjusted a little to the darkness the blonde elf saw the bed was quite extravagant. Not only did it look big enough for two, or maybe even three people but it also had at least five pillows on it as well as two big plushies that looked like knights. Little round, chubby knights. One was clad in white armour, holding a spear in its right hand and a shield in its left. The other wore black armour, holding a spear in its left hand and a shield in its right. All in all the bed looked extremely comfortable and for a split second Rena felt a bit envious of it.
She caught movement in the bed as she noticed it was currently in use. She heard a groan and saw a girl about her age sit up in the bed, staring at Rena as she rubbed her eyes.
"Who are you?" The girl asked in a monotonous voice as she observed Rena from top to bottom. Her expression showed no surprise while others would have been surprised for sure, having an unfamiliar face appear in their bedroom. But this girl, she showed no emotion whatsoever.
"U-u-uh," Rena stammered, trying to remember her own name. She shook her head in an attempt to clear it. Her attempt was successful. "I'm Rena Nightingale." She followed her introduction with a question. "Are you Eve Silvermoon?"
"Yes." The girl spoke. She reached for a remote on the night stand next to her bed and pressed one of the buttons on it, causing the curtains to open automatically.
As the curtains opened and the room filled with light, Rena finally got a chance to properly see what Eve looked like.
Eve had smooth- and soft-looking pale skin. Her eyes were a yellow-golden colour similar to the eyes of the young man that'd let Rena in. Eve's hair was a pinkish-silver colour. Below her eyes she had light blue stripes on her face. In the middle of Eve's forehead a bright blue gem was situated. She had a very pleasant to look at face. She was in fact looking pretty cute.
Seeing the gem Rena realized eve was a nasod. She didn't pay much mind to it but made a mental note of it for some reason.
Suddenly Rena started to wonder why this girl before her was sleeping at broad daylight. Was she ill or something? Is that why she hadn't come to school at all?
"So why are you here?" Eve asked and Rena realized she had been staring.
Blushing lightly in embarrassment, Rena answered Eve's question. "Headmaster Vanessa asked me to bring you your homework as well as some other stuff." Rena smiled a friendly smile.
"I see." The silver-haired girl said as she got out of her bed. She was wearing a clean and bright white nightgown which reached to just above her knees. As Eve stepped out of bed she slid her feet into a pair of greyish-pink soft-looking slippers that stood next to the bed. The silver-head walked up to the blonde. The latter handed the former the stack of paper she had been holding onto until now.
Eve studied the printouts closely. "When are these assignments due?" She asked without looking up.
"Next week." Rena remembered from what headmaster Vanessa had told her.
"I'll have them finished by tomorrow." Eve stated matter-of-factly as she looked up from the piece of paper she'd been studying. "Will you come pick them up?"
"Tomorrow?" Rena asked somewhat surprised. Not only has she seen the amount of homework it was that Eve would have to do, but it was also starting to get late in the day. To finish it by the time Rena would get out of school the next day would mean Eve would have to pull an all-nighter.
Eve simply nodded. Rena could only stare blankly into space while Eve placed the stack of paper on her desk and walked back to her bed. She crawled into the large bed, kicking her slippers off her feet.
"Anything else?" Eve asked as she sat in her bed and stared at Rena.
"Uh, no." Rena answered, still bewildered by Eve's claim to have the huge amount of homework done by tomorrow.
"I'll see you tomorrow then." Eve said as she used the remote to close the curtain again and lied back down under her blanket.
"Yes, I'll see you tomorrow." Rena confirmed with a smile and she walked out of the room,
*~-[ X ]-~*
Once she had gotten home, Rena collapsed onto the sofa in the living room. Rena lived with her parents in the suburbs of Velder. Both her parents were successful people. They'd gone on a business trip however so right now it was just her.
Rena reached over to the phone on the small table that stood beside the sofa. She pressed the button beside the blinking red light that indicated there were messages left on the answering machine.
In a robotic, feminine sounding voice the machine announced there was one new message.
"Hello dear." an older woman's voice sounded. "This is your mother here. How was school? I hope you had a fun day. Please call us back as soon as you can! We miss you!"
The answering machine beeped and announced there were no further messages.
Rena thought back to the strange girl with the silver hair she'd met today as well as the man with the scary arm. Thinking about it, Rena realized she never learned that man his name. Also, he was way too young to be Eve's farther. Maybe he was her brother. Except they didn't really resemble each other. In fact, she remembered Eve was a nasod and that man was definitely human. Except for his arm maybe. What was it with that arm anyway? Was it a prosthetic limb? If so, why go with a design like that?
Thinking back to when she left the apartment, the man she for now simply regarded to be Eve's brother had been waiting right outside Eve's room the entire time. As soon as Rena had left the room the man had instantly led her to the front door. The strange thing was the manner in which he had done so. Not at all making it seem like he wanted Rena to leave as quickly as possible but still getting her out of the apartment pretty quick.
Realizing it was getting late, Rena decided to stop worrying about what had happened today for now. It was best to just have dinner, take a bath, make her homework and get to bed.
"Eve Silvermoon. She's an odd one." Rena thought to herself as she walked into the kitchen to prepare dinner. "And she's quite pretty as well."
*~-[ X ]-~*
Rena lay in bed in her bedroom which was slightly lit thanks to the moonlight that seeped in through the window, landing on the bright green covers of Rena's bed.
Rena's room was nice and tidy. It had a window in the right wall while Rena's bed stood against the left wall. Next to her bed stood a nightstand with a desk lamp serving as a nightlight and an electronic alarm clock on top of it. In the dead centre of the room there stood a small table surrounded by pillows on the floor. Against the back wall stood a bookcase filled with a combination of novels and study books. Next to the door that led to the hall there was a door that led to a built-in closet.
The greenish blonde elf had just finished a chapter in the book she was reading and had placed the book on her nightstand and had turned off her nightlight.
Making herself more comfortable by crawling deeper under the covers Rena thought of what she'd do tomorrow at school. She wondered if any of her classmates had ever heard of Eve before. She'd be sure to ask around a bit.
"I wonder if she'll really be finished with all of that homework tomorrow." was Rena's final thought before she fell into a deep and sound sleep.
Author's Note:
And with that a new story has begun. I am quite pumped to have started work on this. Updates will be quite a bit slower than during my previous stories. I want to put a lot more effort into the chapters and since I really only have time to write while in the train/bus going to and from college, it will take some time.
However, I do plan to seize pretty much every scrap of free time I can manage to work on this so there's that I suppose.
I've been reading a lot of Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Fan Fiction. So much inspiration that I've gained from those. Especially the more tragic and dramatic stories. Nothing like a good bit of drama with a (hopefully) fluffy ending. NanoFate is true beauty.
Feel free to leave any criticism or whatever else you want to say in a review. Also, don't be afraid to point out typos or other errors. If you point them out, I can fix them.
*~-[ May we meet again, fare thee well! ]-~*