The traitor.
Chapter two: Could this be truthness?
Alright, I am ready. I… I still wonder how I can be this nervous. This is ridiculous with the capital r!
Kane… the wonderful Kane who's… so passionate and gracious. He… has the most delightful voice and… What am I thinking?!
I slapped my cheeks and tried to snap out of it. Why would I even consume several minutes for nothing? Before I knew it the clock was already seven minutes in five and I realized that I had to make a run for it. I painted with the eyeliner quickly around my eyes and adjusted my tassel before I took a deep breath and looked myself in the mirror. Damn, by my opinion… I succeeded.
I looked damn hot, almost as if… I tried to… impress… him? No! It's just… if you're going out you wanna look good, right? A sea blue velvet dress which reaches to my knees, dark leggings, a denim jacket, earring in the shape of gray, slender leafs, a golden neckless and high heels…
Yep, I was defiantly trying to impress him! The question is… why?!
Bemused I sighed and scratched myself in the head.
"Oh, well, it can't be helped I guess…"
I uttered quietly before I waggled with the wand and casted a spell over myself which transported me to Triton Avenue. I could have taken a walk to the spot but since I were late I figured this would be the better alternative.
Triton Avenue:
"Kane!"
I shouted and started to search for him…
"Kane!"
I called again without any respond… In the end I decided to head up to the mill. On my way over the street I suddenly stumbled into a haunted minion. Clumsy as I were it surely took a while before I reached the bridges between the mill and the haunted area… Well as I could breathe out and continue my "journey" someone grabbed me from behind. It came as a… blitz.
I was lift up in the air and arms hugged my upper body…
"H-hey! …"
By a glare over the shoulder I could distinguish Aridian's face. I wondered what she was doing here…
"Hello there, Esmee!"
She smirked and wouldn't let go of me.
"Aridian? What-…"
"I heard about the incident in the corridor… Say, are you and Kane-…"
"Aridian!"
People were encircling us in public. I blushed a little and made my best with a signal that I wanted her to let me down. She minded her actions finally and rubbed her cheek.
"Hehe… I am sorry."
"It's… alright…"
I mumbled.
"How come you knew that I would be here?"
"Well… rumors, you know? I would watch my back if I were you, Kane is sought after all… Don't give the girls the wrong idea."
"Why… you, miss-…"
"Yeah, yeah, I saw a new Asian food stall in old town not too long ago… I wonder if it's still there."
Her stomach rumbled.
"I absolutely gonna find out! I'm hungry!"
"Good luck with the date!", she called as she left the area.
I pulled my hand through my long, turquoise hair…
At the very least I know that I can trust her… My best friend-…
"Esmee!"
I interrupted my own thoughts. As soon as caught his eye I felt petrified. His perfectly boy messy, orange hair, those incredible irises, his kissable lips, his heart-shaped cheeks…
He was dressed in a sweatshirt, black pants and tied converse.
"Kane!"
Act normal, for god's sake!
"I am sorry, I should have given you a clearer destination…"
"N-no… don't worry about it…"
His concerned face… why would he be so attractive?!
"So, what did you want to talk to me about?"
"Could we… go to a more private place? I didn't expect so many… people to be here…"
"Oh, it's probably because of the event in old town, I met Aridian and she told me that she had seen a food stall somewhere…"
"Hehe, that's typical for her, isn't it?"
"Yeah, I guess you are right… about that…"
It's still embarrassing somehow…. Come on, relax!
"Oh, and, what a fair dress you are wearing today!"
He complimented which was a fact that really made me… flustered.
"Y-you… t-think so?"
I stuttered and wired a hair lock nervously around my index finger.
"Yeah… yes, I do."
"Thank you! I… like your shirt."
He laughed and eventually the situation felt less and less… tense.
"So… where should we go?"
"Unicorn way?"
From darkness to blazing twilight… Well, I wouldn't mind.
"Sure."
I nodded obediently as we switched our location.
Unicorn way:
Ah, sweet smell of vanilla in the wind, new baked bread and sea air… On the terrace stood an older lady with a plate of freshly baked scones in front of her. I wondered if I shouldn't ask the auntie if I couldn't get one of these delicious looking things, but I didn't want to stand out as voracious in front of… Shut it! Except from that you would only discover this "duel master horse", Diego standing outside the arena and a badger who ran an arena-ticket shop. We wandered over to the small island downhills which was surrounded by this small rill and sat down next to the unicorn statue.
"So, Kane… What's your business?"
Well as he knew me he brought me a bread anyway, even one for himself which was a relief.
"Actually, Esmee… I wanted to tell you that…"
That?
"I am… going to move away next session."
What?!
I coughed.
"E-ehm… could you please repeat that… again?"
"Esmee…"
It seemed to be hard on him… Wait, were the others already aware of this?
"Hey, did you already tell the others?"
My flutter slinked away and I stared severely on him.
"N-no…"
And now he was the anxious one?
"You are actually… the first one…"
And only one…
"Who… I've said it to."
"I… see… But, why?"
"Esmee… would you… do me a favor?"
He didn't seem as… merry as he usually were… And, now he wouldn't even look at me?
I tried to make eye contact with me but he just… avoided my gaze the best he could.
"What kind of favor?"
I gave up.
"Would you… not tell anyone else about this?"
What? What is he plotting? As much as I wanted to please him I already understood that I never could bear with such a secret without letting it "slip out".
"Why wouldn't I tell anyone about this?"
"Because… Esmee!"
Now he stared directly into my eyes, causing me to lose my focus for a moment. He took my hands and held them in his. My eyes expanded and puzzled I spaced out.
Was this… a confession?
"You are the only one I trust to 100 %! If I can't count on you, then… I don't know what to do?!"
Wait a minute… trust, friendship? Where did my love story get lost?
Traitor, you aren't following your script at all!
"I…"
My dreams are broken… sadly enough.
"I-I…"
Stuck in the friend zone…
"I… won't let you down."
Now I would at least deserve a hug, wouldn't I? And, that's what I got.
"Thank you, thank you!"
He threw his arms around my shoulders and chest to chest we just sat there for a while…
I didn't know about his feelings but… for me it felt like… my body was melting like butter.
Of course he… wouldn't feel the same way, right?
I wonder who his love interest is…
"Hey, Kane…"
What am I doing?
My brain was commanding my body to do something… that I didn't claim it to do.
I shoved him away and with a lowered head I would glance at the ground with tear drops taking place under my eyelids. I just couldn't help it…
"This isn't right… towards you. Not at all..."
"Huh, Esmee?"
He tilted his head and cautiously he hesitated, while he waited for an explanation.
"You see, Kane… I have a confession to make."
His eyes widened.
"You see… I'm not that trust worthy as you think. I let you flirt with other girls and personable as you are they gladly let you. But… it hurt. I… think that I might have got some kind of… feelings for you, and…"
Now he got it. He sighed on ease and patted his forehead.
"Esmee, stop it."
"Huh?"
I were too… shy to watch his facial expression.
"I… like you, as a friend. And, the thought which emblematizing that we could be something more never… hit my mind. It's… cute of you to share this with me… not to mention very courageously, but…"
"Then… please, let me prove that I can be some good girlfriend material!"
"Esmee…"
I gulped and covered up while I hugged my arms. Please, don't-…
"If this is how you feel then… maybe the transference isn't that bad? I'm sure that you will get over me by no time! …"
"D-d-…"
I were way too shaky to even… speech a word?
"D-… don't say that! Don't you care about our emotions? Your group of friends?! We… we have been buddies for ten years! Ten years! You can't just… leave us behind like this without any proper explanation!"
I felt frustrated, fumed. It ached in my fists. Somehow… I even desired to punch him.
"Please, Esmee, try to comprehend-…"
"I won't listen to your… your nonsense any further! If a sense call won't change your mind then…!"
I grabbed his face, gloated into his eyes and parted my lips, creating a space between them.
I threw myself all over him and kissed his lips, passionately. All kinds of sensations streamed through my brain and while I wanted to kiss him all over again he also awoken my damned side.
It surprised me that I hadn't hurt him yet… though I knew that I couldn't.
His soul was too pure and I didn't want to structure it.
I gave him another kiss and continued like that for a while. Of some reason he didn't mind it.
He just laid there with closed eyes and let me do whatever I wanted with him till I were satisfied.
I cried, even screamed now and then, but he wouldn't reply to my prayers.
We just laid there, for an hour or so, till he finally pushed me away and stood up on the ground.
He brushed off his pants and turned around to look at me.
"It's over, Esmee."
Back then I couldn't imagine how grievous it was for him.
"I think it's better if I disappear as soon as possible. Two days after this you won't be able to meet me again. Maybe we might meet in the further, but tomorrow night, I will flee."
"Kane…"
This must have been a nightmare, right?
"Kane!"
"KANE!"
He left me to be on my own. The evening sky shaded a light blue tint and I knew that the stars would pop up soon.
Esmee's room:
The next upcoming days I were too heartbroken to do anything, for principal. I barely drank nor ate.
Iridian and Abigail tried to cheer me up after the incident but I envisaged that nothing could make me smile again.
"You know that… the exam week is arriving, right?"
"Mm…"
"Shouldn't you study? You know that these reviews constitutes 50 % of our grades, don't you?"
"Yeah, yeah…"
"You won't do anything no matter what I tell you, isn't it?"
"Correct…"
"Then… fine. There is nothing that we can do to help you with this… All we can do is… being there if you need a shoulder to lean on, right?"
"I guess…"
"Come on, Kane is an asshole, Esmee…"
This made me annoyed. How would she dare to talk like that behind his back?
"Is that your opinion?"
"Yes. Yes it is."
"Sorry, but I can't agree with you…"
"Why not?"
Because it's not true at all?!
"Just… leave me alone, Abigail…"
"Oh, is that how it is, huh? Then, excuse me for being worried about you!"
She slammed the door as she went outside.
The girls' dorm:
"Can you believe this, Aridian? She just… she just pushed me away, as if I were offending her or something?!"
"Maybe it is because you were offending her?"
The blue, spiky haired girl sat in the common sofa in the living room and watched TV.
Right now it was some sort of sport channel she observed.
"How? All I said was that I think that Kane is an asshole after what he did to her!"
"And, that's your idea, not hers. You know, Esmee fell in love with him…"
"In that case she has gotten extra ordinary bad taste! You won't do something like that, especially not towards your friends! Kane is on my hate list now! I-…"
"Won't you shut your mouth for a moment? I'm watching the match now…"
"F-… fine! You jock! I'm going to get myself some tea."
Garden:
"Ah… a serene place where you don't have to confront people!"
She out busted as she picked up the cup between her thumb and long finger and took a sip with her little finger out pointed in the air.
I hope nothing will spoil this one jiffy! … Wait, what? …
"Ah!"
Someone jumped up ahead of her on the terrace and caused her to make a skip.
She spilled out the tea and the cup tumbled over on the tree floor.
"What do you want?!"
She asked and felt how it twitched in the corner of her eye.
It was Isaac.
"No meaning to interrupt ya…"
"Really?!"
"But… I think you better see this…"
"See what?"
"Well… Richard… isn't as guiltiness as we thought he were…"
(End of chapter two! Please leave a comment and tell me what you think of the story this far! :3
How will Esmee get over her loss, why did Kane leave and what's happening with Richard?
Find out further on! ^^)