EPISODE 1: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
[SELENE'S POV]
It must be Valentine's Day today, well, since there are roses everywhere, isn't it obvious? I came to the Bee hive together with Aaliyah-nee-chan and Sylvette who just decided to tag along. But once we entered the Bee Hive, something or someone was missing…
"Where are Lag-kun and the others?" Oh them. Sylvette got the point. I don't see them anywhere… Did they get sick or something?
"LOOOOK!" Aaliyah suddenly shouted then ran towards a table with our names on it. Sylvette and I followed Aaliyah while she picked up a card and opened it which was on top of the center table.
"Hey! It's for us, they did something with such ugly handwriting… I think it's from—"
"THE BOYS!" Sylvette suddenly squealed.
"I was going to say from Largo but that's close enough. Selene you read it! Maybe it's from Zazie!" That made my cheeks heat up but I took it anyway.
"Since today is the Day of Hearts,
There are clues here in every part.
Please look closely in every way,
We wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day."
I finished reading the poem and I gave the card to Sylvette while Aaliyah was looking at me, rather, glaring at me.
"What the hell?" Aaliyah said, not having any clue. And she keeps on telling me that I'm so dense.
"Wow… THEY ACTUALLY SUCCEEDED IN MAKING A POEM!" Sylvette said, shaking me back and forth.
"Sylvette… stop sha-ha-ha-ha-haking meeeeee!"
"Calling Selene Cross, Aaliyah Cross, and Sylvette Suede, please come to the Director's Office, arigatou!" We looked at each other since it wasn't Aria-san's voice or Largo's. We followed and once we reached the office, no one was there.
"What are they up to?" I asked Aaliyah-nee-chan who was also feeling the same, until Sylvette found another card on Largo's table with our names on it too.
"Look what I found!" Sylvette gave the card to me and I started reading it, it was another poem.
"Here it is…
You might think this is a joke,
For us it's a fun galore.
The next clue is over there,
Be careful, beware."
I stopped and looked everywhere, I looked at Aaliyah who seems to be deep in thought while Sylvette was busy reading the other poem again and again. I turned around and tried to look at the environment but what does the poem mean?
"This is soooo idiotic." Aaliya commented, rolling her eyes.
"Well, be careful it said—WAAH!" As expected, I fell and slipped.
"Hoho! I think I knew who wrote that!" Sylvette said before kneeling down.
"Hey look, another clue!" I said looking under a table near me. I picked it up while Aaliyah-nee-chan helped me stand up and we all went outside. Something is definitely up.
"Well, Selene, read it already!" Aaliyah said, patting my back.
The last and final clue lies here,
You need to be quiet and really still.
Find it then, and dash outside,
And you will see the big surpise!
PS: Somebody says: "Selene fell HAHA!"
I looked at Aaliyah and Sylvette who suddenly became still and quiet that was until Aaliyah broke the silence by laughing then Sylvette came after, giggling.
"What?" I asked.
"I think I knew who put that!" Sylvette said.
"Be quiet everybody." Aaliyah said, trying hard not to stifle laughter, but even so, we quieted down. I can feel a very queer, suppressed excitement in the silence about us. While we were waiting for something to happen, footsteps suddenly sounded.
"Come on!" Aaliyah said quietly then ran outside while Sylvette and I followed her outside.
We all halted, Zazie and Lag and Raphael are all outside with flowers and chocolates. I was dumbstruck. Sylvette was squealing, and Aaliyah… was being Aaliyah.
"I knew it…" She said, with a very dark aura, until suddenly I saw Zazie already lying on the floor and Aaliyah standing over, over, over, over there with her fists clenched and was… smoking. How the heck did she do that?
"I'm the only person who knows what will happen to Selene, and thus, I shall go forth back home… VICTORY IS MINE! Wahahahahaha!" And off she runs, only to be caught by Raphael, a little while later, he had her on a rope.
"Mission accomplished!" Raphael laughed while Aaliyah was biting the ropes off. Sylvette just laughed along with Lag while Zazie was rubbing his cheek which was quite red. I think Aaliyah just punched him—
"Okay, Sylvette-chan, blindfold!" Lag covered her eyes with a cloth and guided her somewhere. I looked at Raphael and Aaliyah whom I think are getting along quite well but Raphael's having a hard, no, little, tiny, small problem… Aaliyah kept on biting him.
"THERE!" Well, at least he succeeded… he just used Aaliyah's cap to cover her own eyes.
"Finally!" Raphael carried Aaliyah and went towards the same path where Lag and Sylvette went. I think it's going to be an awkward day…
"What a day…" I commented, "Aren't you going to bring me there too?" I curiously asked Zazie.
"Not yet." He said and pulled me to a way I've never been on before. I looked and saw a fountain hidden by the trees and bushes. It was sooo out of the way; nobody would have thought that there was a fountain there. It was very, very beautiful. I just looked and absorbed the beauty of the place. Until I felt thirsty and told Zazie.
"Aaliyah told me this was made by old Amberians." He informed me, while getting something behind the fountain. I looked around more until I saw a splendid statue of a very beautiful young woman. I looked back at Zazie and saw him holding a cup.
"That's the statue of Vina, Goddess of Love." He got some water from the fountain using the cup and gave some to me. I took it gratefully, since my throat feels dry.
"Aaliyah used to believe this is the Fountain of Youth and used to play around it." He said remembering, "But eventually, she found out that this is where old Amberians use to 'seal' their love." I looked at Zazie in a queer way. I never thought he was this type of person. And what is he trying to say? I noticed he also drank from the cup. And the other thing I noticed? He blushed while drinking it.
"How do you know all this stuff Zazie?" I asked him. Zazie looked at me in disbelief but I don't know why, until he walked towards me and sat right next to me.
"You don't get it, do you?" he said. I didn't so I just nodded.
"Idiot…" he said under his breath, smirking. I really don't get it! Maybe Aaliyah's right; I'm just so dense to wonder what this is about—
Wait… don't tell me… those explanations… Goddess of Love… sealing of their love… him drinking the same cup as I did… is it… indirect… WAAAAAAAA!
That thought… no, he couldn't. It couldn't be an indirect kiss! No! It… can't! Maybe it is, no it isn't… yes? No? These thoughts is making my cheeks heat up while I felt Zazie's hand touching my forehead.
"You okay?" he asked.
"Aah, of course! I'm… yeah… I'm okay!" I said, with sparks everywhere. I can't think like that! What if Zazie only thinks of me as a friend, but… why would he bring me here? Is it because… no!
"Heh, you really don't get it?" Zazie asked me one more time.
"Just tell me already!" I replied back.
"Nah, I want you to find out by yourself. Come on; let's go where the others are." Zazie said, helping me stand up and walking right behind me as he put on my blindfold. I wonder what he is really talking about a while ago… (A & Co-A/N: SO NAÏVE SELENE!)
I felt his hand touch mine as he helped me walk towards the place where they want us to be together with the others, I just patiently waited while I felt my cheeks are blushing. We walked for a while until I heard noise and talking almost near.
"Here we are." He said but after taking my blindfold off, I felt his lips touch my cheek which made my heart thumping hard again back and forth, I can't stop it!
"Where have you guys been?!" Raphael asked us while Aaliyah was eating cake together with him. All of them were sitting on the grass with picnic blankets while in a long table; there were lots of cupcakes, cakes, chocolates, roses, and balloons!
"Selene-chan!" I saw Lag and Sylvette wave at me while having good times together since well… they're together. I saw Aria and Gauche-senpai who are also eating cake while Gauche-senpai gave Aria roses. I also saw Largo-san together with Elena-san, who was sitting together in a picnic blanket, how come all of them have their own pairings?!
"So, care to… sit with me?" Zazie asked me, with his cheeks a slight pink blush. I nodded and he walked me towards a picnic blanket and we sat there, facing each other.
"For you." Zazie gave me a moonflower. Wait, how did he knew about my favorite flower?
"Selene! Come here for a sec, I want to talk about something!" Aaliyah-nee-chan said and I followed her until she dragged me behind a tree where nobody can hear us.
"Where did that stupid idiot take you?" Aaliyah-nee-chan asked.
"Just in a beautiful fountain where Vina, the Goddess of Love presides." I replied back.
"Ohh, so did he say something to you?" Aaliyah asked again.
"Uh-huh. He kept on explaining about the fountain since it was a way of 'sealing' love for two couples, but he kept on asking me if I got what he was saying but I couldn't!"
"Ugh, dense as usual… it means he loves you Selene!"
"Whaaat?"
"He does! Why would he bring you to that fountain since that is where old Amberians seal their love! And the statue of Vina is also there for a hint! You're dense as usual." Aaliyah said.
"I'm… I'm not dense!" I replied back, even if I knew I lost.
"Stop pretending, Zazie wanted to confess to you from the start but your 'denseness' defeated you! He could have asked you out, if only you just pretended to understand it!" Aaliyah said, screaming.
"AALIYAH-NEE-CHAN!" I replied back, "…Zazie only thinks of me as a friend!"
"…MORE THAN THAT!" Aaliyah said running back to Raphael. Ugh, sisters as always… I walked back to Zazie and he looked clueless.
"Uh, hehehe, um… uh…" I began to stutter.
"Cake?" he asked, not looking at me.
"Sure!" I said, trying to make it normal again. Aaliyah's the cause of this, Zazie must have noticed that sister told me everything even though he wanted me to figure it out by myself.
"Here, uh… I'll just… go there… and… uh…" Zazie said then stood up, but once he did, he nearly tripped but he got hold of himself. I think Zazie's adorable whenever he'll trip but catches himself, heehee.
But even so, is Zazie really trying to confess? Oh well, I think I'll just have to wait…
What a weird yet happy Valentine's Day…
ME: First Episode… done!
SIS: Look! AJ sent you chocolates!
ME: Look! Nico sent you chocolates!
SIS: Never speak of this again.
ME: Agreed.
