So... I found this from the file buried in more files - don't ask - and decided to put it up for the community to see. It's cliche and sappy, I know. Gah, I have no idea what I was trying to write back then!
It was supposed to be a oneshot but I split it up to a few chapters for the sake of the readers. Who considers 10,000+ words a oneshot anyways?
And uh... this one seemed to resemble... one (Or two) of my other story...except more modern... Well, I don't think it was meant to be resembled. I can't remember.
Rant done. Enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Elsword. But I demand for an anime!
Four adults sat in a room, each nodding to another. One of the four placed a box on the coffee table and slid it to the center.
"Chung," One of the two females of the four called. "come here."
A young boy made his way into the living room. He had been in the next room, playing with his toys.
"Yes mother?" He was taught to be polite when being in the presence of strangers. And his demeanor brought an approving smile to the four adults in the room.
His mother, a blonde beauty, showed him a photo. It was of a girl with silver hair and golden eyes. "This is Eve. What do you think of her?"
He didn't know why they would as his opinion but even at a young age, he knew what answer would please the adults. "She's pretty."
As he expected, they smiled in approval again.
Chung looked back at the photo, finding interest in her silver hair. They look almost like silk. And her golden eyes? They really did look pretty. Mesmerizing, if he knew the word.
Years later - Present
Chung fought with his parent about a certain subject that he refused to go along with - again.
"I NEVER EVEN SEEN HER!" He roared, slamming a fist against the table. "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO MARRY A GIRL I ONLY SAW IN A PICTURE?!"
"IT IS TRADITION FOR A SEIKER TO FIND A SUITABLE PARTNER!" Chung's father, Helputt, bellowed.
"YOU CHOSE TRADITION OVER YOUR OWN SON'S LIFE!" Chung shouted back with equal volume of anger. "YOU NEVER CARED TO GIVE ME CHOICES IN MY LIFE!"
His father glowered at the blonde as he thundered. "I DO CARE! THIS IS AN ENGAGEMENT CREATED FOR THE BENEFITS OF BOTH OF YOU!"
"BENEFITS?!" Chung threw his arms in the air, having just about enough of his father. "YOU USE ME AS A TOOL SO THAT YOUR COMPANY CAN BENEFIT FROM IT!"
Before his father could yell at him again, he turned his back to him and stormed off. "For the last time, I'm not something you can use to seal a deal with! I have my own freedom in who I want to spent my life with and it's definitely not that girl!"
He stormed out of the room, slamming the door loudly to make sure his father would get the message that he will never marry to a girl that he have never met with his own eyes.
Chung place a hand in his pocket and felt something cold and solid brush against his fingertips. He knew what it was and frankly, he didn't care about it anymore. The blonde took it out and flipped open the box to take one last look at the blue gem encrusted with gold.
It was a family heirloom, the Guardian Stone, and he was supposed to give it to that girl.
"Stupid engagement." He muttered and threw the necklace as far as he could, not caring where it landed. He never wanted to be a part of this and he knew that girl didn't want it to - wherever she was - so he's doing them both good.
"Chung!" came a cheerful voice when the blonde just arrived at school. He turned around just in time for him to be tackled by a certain ravenette. If it was any other girl, Chung would have shoved them off but this one was by far from 'any other girl.'
Chug chuckled before sharing a quick kiss with her. "Hey Ara, what got you so hyped up in the morning?"
Said girl pouted. "You didn't call me at all during the weekend! How could I not be happy to see you!"
"You could have called me." The blonde quipped.
"How could I?" Ara retorted. "You told me that you were going to talk to your dad and I know that that was going to be a long one."
Chung sighed and pulled the ravenette into a side hug. "I know, but it's over now."
Ara perked up at his words. "You mean..."
"Yep, father finally came to his senses and let me be." He replied with a grin. Well, not really. He didn't wait for his father's reply but he was pretty sure he made it clear that he wanted the engagement cancelled.
The girl under his arm looked happy for a second before slightly frowning and staring at the ground. Chung noticed this and asked if there was anything bothering her.
"It's just that..." Ara replied guiltily. "Wouldn't it hurt that girl? I mean..."
Chung placed a hand on her head, smiling. This was why he loved Ara. She was always caring about others and think of their feelings first. "We never met before remember? So I don't think she would be hurt in the slightest when we never exchanged a word. I'm sure she's more happy than disappointed."
Ara smiled meekly. "If you say so..."
...
"Class, we have a new student with us today." Ms. Lucy announced, which roused up a bit of excitement. The students were beginning to wonder what their new classmate would be like and whether if it was a cute girl, a handsome guy, or just plain decent-looking.
"Hey Chung, what do you think about this?" Elsword asked. Being the one sitting in front of the blonde, he leaned on his chair and hung his head upside down. "It's weird to have a student in the middle of the year."
"Mmm..." The blonde hummed, sounding disinterested. "Not sure."
Ms. Lucky clapped her hand to get everyone's attention and called for the student to come in. The door slid open and a petite girl entered the room. Her silver hair tied into two buns with bangs parting in the middle; golden eyes stared curiously to the rest of the class. She looked as fragile as a girl could be with her porcelain skin and her small figure.
She stood in front of the class with hands clasped and placed in front of her. Her back was poised as she stared at the entire class, emotionless. There was an air of regality and elegance around her that brought immediate respect from her future classmates.
"Please introduce yourself." Ms. Lucy instructed politely.
The silverette nodded at the teacher and returned to the class, taking a meek bow before speaking. "Hello, my name is Eve Silvia and I will be attending Hamel High beginning today. It is a pleasure to be here."
Her elegant voice struck the hearts of many guys, except for Chung who wasn't paying attention and Elsword, who was whisper-arguing with the purplette sitting beside him.
Ms. Lucy beamed at Eve for her manners. "Thank you Miss Silvia. Now... How about you sit... next to Mr. Seiker. Chung, please raise your hand."
The blonde did so without looking up to the teacher. The silverette nodded, walking to her new seat that was assigned to her. She let her eyes linger on the idle blonde for a split second before taking her seat.
...
After class, everyone flocked over to Eve's desk, asking her various questions while the silverette looked at all of them with a blank expression.
"Hey guys!" Aisha ordered, shoving people away so that she could get to Eve. "Stop giving our new classmate a migraine by throwing your questions at her all at once! And give her some space, will you?"
Eve peered at the purplette with curiosity but did not say a thing. She wondered if this was an everyday thing and how Aisha was able to shoo all of those people away as quickly as she did.
"Eve right?" Aisha asked rhetorically, a friendly smile on her face. "My name is Aisha Cerise and if anyone troubles you, you can come to me."
The silverette nodded for the third time. "Thank you for your assistance."
"Whoa, this girl is formal as heck!" Elsword came up to stand next to Aisha. His remark prompted the purplette to hit him over the head.
"Ow! Aisha, what was that for?!" The redhead whined.
"You're being rude to Eve y'know!" Aisha retorted. The two started to bicker in front of Eve but she didn't bother to stop them. She was wondering if the two were friends, because she didn't detect any hate in their words... even though they were insults.
"Don't worry," came a new voice. "they're like that all the time. You'll get use to it."
Eve looked up from her desk to see a boy with spike blonde hair and cerulean eyes. It was the person sitting next to her, she realized.
She tilted her head to the side delicately, as if not registering what he was trying to say.
"If they are like so, why does no one cease their altercation?" The silverette queried innocently. "Is it normal for two humans to fight all the time?"
Chung scratched his head while looking over to his two friends' banter. "It's normal for those two and it's because they fight that they're friends"
Eve frowned, she didn't comprehend this. Do people show friendship through arguments? This was something new to her and she jotted down a mental note for it.
"By the way, I'm Chung Seiker." the blonde introduced, extending a hand for a handshake. "But you probably know from earlier."
Eve looked at it and then back at Chung. "What is this for?"
"Huh?" Chung piped in confusion, not knowing whether to take offense to that or not. "What do you mean? It's a handshake."
"Yes, I can process that much," Eve responded placidly. "But I am taught that these types of hand interactions are for business purposes only."
"What...?" The blonde said blankly, wondering if the girl in front of her was crazy. If not, then just what kind of life did she lead before coming here. "You're joking right?"
"I do not joke." Eve replied with a poker face.
Chung laughed nervously, feeling as if he just upset her. "R-right..." There was something off about this girl but he didn't know what it was. He just felt the need to help her in any way he can. "Um... it's not only for business purposes only. Handshakes are also for friendly greetings between two people."
"I see..." Eve trailed, staring back at Chung's hand before gently taking it. "I apologize for my rudeness earlier. I do not know the ways of the inferior class culture."
"... Inferior class... culture...?" Chung echoed uncertainly, but it did amused him at how Eve's thought process worked. Seeing the innocence in her golden eyes, he knew that she didn't mean to insult other people and that she was probably like him, from an upper class family.
"Is there something the matter?" Eve asked with a tilt of her head.
"Um..." Chung replied, rubbing the back of his head out of habit. "I don't think you should say that... I know that you don't mean it but other people might take offense to what you say."
"Is that -"
"THAT'S IT!" Aisha exclaimed in anger, cutting Eve off and grabbing the petite girl by her hand. "You're not worth my time! C'mon Eve, I'll show you around school."
Eve didn't reply for she merely oblige. She took one last glance at Chung, who was waving at her, and a fuming Elsword before being dragged out of class.
Chung was packing his bag to leave for the basketball courts when he noticed that there was a notebook on Eve's desk. He sighed and shook his head, "She's smart but forgetful."
He grabbed the book and head out to find Eve, hoping that she hasn't gone home yet.
Chung rounded a corner and found Eve talking to someone. He was about to call out to her when he heard a slam. The guy that Eve was conversing with suddenly pinned the silverette against the wall, both of his hands on either side of Eve's head to make sure she wouldn't escape.
The blonde knew instantly what he had to do and jumped in. "G-Gah!"
Grabbing the guy's hand twisting it behind his back, a menacing smile graced his face. "So, what were you trying to pull on my friend?"
"W-we were just... just h-having a chat." The guy stammered, grimacing.
"Oh?" Chung said sweetly, twisting his arm even more. "Then you won't mind if I borrow Eve, will you?"
"O-of course not!" The guys squeaked and when Chung let him go, he scurried off in the blink of an eye. The blonde sighed in relief and faced Eve, whom he found to be surprisingly calm - but that was probably just an act.
"Are you okay Eve?"
"Affirmative." The silverette replied monotonously with no hints of distraught.
"Are you sure?" The blonde asked in concern. "I'm surprise that you didn't look scared at all after he tried to hit on you."
Eve remained with a poker face, which Chung noted that she has on since this morning. He hasn't seen or heard any other emotions from her.
"Hit on me?" Eve repeated with a side tilt of her head. "He certainly did seem like he was trying to bring me physical pain."
"... No... that's not... never mind." Chung responded, not wanting to tell the silverette what he meant. He learned from the day's experience that Eve may be intelligent but she lacked common sense. She was unusually innocent for someone her age - if not oblivious.
He rather her retain that innocence and away from those things that will hurt her, but that would only mean that he have to look out for her - which was something he doesn't have time for.
"May I assist you with something?" Eve asked, snapping Chung out of his thoughts.
"Ah, actually, yes." He handed her her notebook. "You forgot this on your desk."
Eve looked at her notebook and then at Chung. "I apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for returning my belongings."
"... Do you ever show emotions?" Chung ended up asked without any thought on it. He then mentally berated himself for asking something as offended as that.
"Pardon?" Eve took it quite calmly, but her answer troubled the blonde slightly. "I cannot comprehend."
Chung didn't know exactly how to react to that. It was just impossible to hear someone saying that they didn't know what emotions are. If they don't, then were they even human?
Staring into Eve's golden orbs -which he found to be as beautiful as pure gold- he knew that it wasn't a joke. He didn't find anything in her eyes that indicated happy, sadness, surprise, fear, or hurt. They were hollow and only filled with curiosity, but Chung hardly considered that as an emotion.
"You -"
"CHUNG!" Ara came running towards the two, interrupting Chung's question. "What is taking you so long? Everyone is waiting for you to start the match!"
"Oh shoot!" Chung exclaimed, looking at the time to see that he was late to the basketball game. "I need to get going!"
"Who's this?" The ravenette queried when she say Eve.
"This is Eve Silvia, my new classmate." Chung introduced quickly. "Anyways, I gotta go before Elsword yells at me."
He started to run, leaving Ara and Eve behind.
"Well," Ara started. "My name is Ara Haan, nice to meet you Eve."
"A pleasure to meet you as well." The silverette replied politely. Ara suddenly grabbed Eve's wrist and pulling her in the direction of the basketball courts.
"Now c'mon! You're going to the game right? Let's go support our friends!"
To Eve, she had no idea what was going on and it was a sudden gesture.
In no time, Eve found herself sitting on the bleacher, watching people bouncing an orange ball across a floor of colorful lines. Eve heard of this... basketball... before but she didn't understand what was the enjoyment in people chasing after a ball and throwing it in a hoop. There was no real meaning in this 'game' as she has read.
"Eve?" came Aisha's voice. The silverette looked up to see the purplette and someone that she did not recognize. "Are you here to watch the basketball game as well?"
"It seems so." she replied in monotone.
"Aw, she's adorable!" The green-haired girl next to Aisha gushed, tackling Eve into a bear hug that was quick to stop her intake of oxygen.
"R-Rena!" Aisha exclaimed, trying to pull her friend away. "You're going to suffocate poor Eve!"
"Ah! I'm so sorry!" Rena apologized, releasing her grip on Eve and letting her regain her breathing.
"I-It's quite aright." Eve replied, a little breathless. She has to take a mental note to avoid embraces from other people, or she might as well die from the lack of oxygen.
"Oh, I'm Rena Lire!" The greenette greeted, sitting next to Eve while Aisha sat beside her.
"Eve Silvia."
Rena and Aisha conversed for a few minutes before Rena brought the silverette in their conversation. "So Eve, Aisha told me that this is your first day at Hamel High. How is it so far?"
"Unusually pleasant." Eve replied, staring down at the court to the players running around and the cheerleaders doing whatever acrobatics they were doing. Her eyes trained on a certain blonde as he scored a point that ended the first half of the game.
"They're doing pretty well." Aisha remarked as she watch Elsword and Chung high-five each other and talking to a raven-haired player. Ara went over to pass Chung a towel, which he took gratefully. She then returned to her position in the cheerleader squad.
"And Ara's being as supportive as ever~!" Rena gushed. "They're so cute together!"
Eve did not want to enter into a conversation that she found no interest in. She didn't understand the overall game and the point of it and doubted that she ever will. When she obtained a message on her phone, she grabbed it out of her bag and confirmed the sender.
She then stood up, gaining the attention of Rena and Aisha.
"I must go now," Eve informed while returning the text on her phone. "I have other matters to attend to."
They bid goodbye and Eve made her way down the bleachers. But before she headed across to the exit, Chung called out to her, followed by Elsword and someone else she did not know... again.
"I didn't know you were here." Chung said with a friendly smile.
Eve scanned the three of them with the unfathomable poker face. "I did not anticipate to be here either nor did I know there was a game."
"Ouch," Elsword remarked. "That's kind of harsh."
"Erm..." Chung sweatdropped at Elsword's quick response to Eve's momentary pause. "I think she has more to say."
Eve nodded. "Your friend, Ara I believe, took me here before I could comprehend what followed."
"I see..." The blonde trailed and then noticed Eve looking curiously at the friend beside him. "Oh, this is Raven Corvus. Raven, this is Eve Silvia, a new classmate of mine and Elsword's."
"Hello." Raven greeted simply.
Eve simply nodded again, making Chung wonder if she was just being polite or just not want to talk to them.
Her phone rang again, gaining Eve's attention. She looked up at the three boys, "I must get going."
Without waiting for a response, Eve sauntered off. Chung's eyes followed to where she was heading to and saw two people waiting by the exit for her - one in a maid uniform while another in a butler's.
They bowed to her and followed her out without a word exchanged between them. That was pretty much the last conversation they had for a while, except for the occasional greetings in class.
Last note: If you know where this is going, I have nothing against Ara - if you have read my other Elsword fanfic, it might seem that way. It's just that she seemed to fit the criteria, with there being Elsword x Ara and Chung x Ara ships... and me (being stubborn) liking Elsai and Cheve.
I'm okay with reading those shippings... as long as I like the story.