It was a glorious day for Terressia. Gueld , the female Terresian descender , had just defeated Widdershin and saved their world, and many others.
Before she departs to go back her world tree, Arche decided to have a sleepover at her house with Gueld and all the other Ad Libitum girls in Ailily, Doplund and Gavada invited.
It was the final party she could have with her close friends before they all go back to their worlds .
While Arche, Raine, Gueld and Kanonno were talking about it at the inn, Chester overheard them...
~ At the Ailily Plaza ~
" Yo, Chester!" Lloyd waved as he came towards the blue-haired archer. " So, why'd you call me here?" asked the dark-haired swordsman. "...You grew up with Raine, right Lloyd?"asked Chester.
"Yeah...What about it?" Lloyd replied, wondering what Chester was up to when he asked him that.
"Oh, no, I just mean...I was just wondering if you ever, you know, thought about your long-time friend...You know...Like that?" Chester asked, feeling a bit awkward about him asking this to Lloyd.
" W-what?! Are you crazy?!" Lloyd felt his face burn red from embarrassment.'Was it THAT obvious?!' He thought.
" Hey, hey! Don't get all angry!You don't have to try to hide it." said Chester.
" There's nothing to hide!" denied the blushing dual-wielder.
"Aw, Nothing at all? I never realized you were still such a kid!" Chester teased, making Lloyd admit, but not entirely.
" Well I mean, I guess a little..." Lloyd stammered. 'A little'...It's not really what I'd call it, but hey...Lloyd thought as he remembered how that ' little' feeling bothered him every second of the day.
" He he he...Then listen close.." Chester looked over his shoulders, then whispered " I just over heard that Arche is gonna have a sleepover, with all the Ad Libitum girls in Ailily, Doplund and Gavada . This could be a great opportunity to , you know, learn something... Whaddaya say we hide in Arche's garden and eavesdrop on them?" Lloyd didn't know whether to say 'yes' or 'no'.
It was a girls' sleepover, which meant girls in Pjs, playing games and having the girl talk . The latter was more important to Lloyd. Girl talk means confessing, giving advises and opinions, which really meant talking about boys. Talking about THEM . Well, in Lloyd's opinion, that's what girl talk is, and Lloyd really wanted to know what Raine thought of him . "Okay." Lloyd said, firmly.
"Great! Let's meet tonight behind the bush next to Arche's house's left window." Lloyd nodded and left without saying a word.
It was 6:00 pm and Chester was walking down the streets on his way to Arche's house.A bungalow, wooden house painted white.She just got that house because she forced Reid and Lloyd into building it.Chester thought .
Never in his life had he met a more forceful, obnoxious, flirtatious , annoying, sassy, bubbly, clever, beautiful...He shook those thoughts out of his head. He had to admit , he did feel something for her. They have been through a lot together. Back in their world, they, and a few other friends saved humanity.
He still remembers how he and Arche always argued along the way. But they weren't serious arguments. They were just childish bickering that seemed to be filled with playfulness at times.
He did love her, but pushed her away. It started when he found a young girl lying outside of town . That was Kanonno . He saw so much of his little sister in her.
His little sister, Ami, was his only family. He still had not recovered from his loss , so soon he started to treat Kanonno like his little sister .For a long time, he gave his full attention and care to Kanonno only, Not even noticing the nice things Arche had been doing for him . But then time came when Kanonno started to act differently . He felt like he couldn't treat Kanonno like a sister anymore, so he decided to back off from Kanonno and be strong.
There's no way Arche would want to be with me now..Chester thought as he stood across the street from Arche's house. " I'm still in love with her..." Chester sighed.