Chapter 2: Tied Fates

Arcane scanned the surroundings and sighed. She was at the amatsu bar taking a rest. Sitting alone was kinda boring for her, and the funny looks that some of the people gave her didn't help forgetting the most embarrasing moment of her life. She tried to avoid any eye contact and drank her red wine that was just teensy bit too strong for her to handle. Her throat burned with every sip and she liked the way it feels when it passed by her throat. Her mission is due on friday which is about writing a written report about the Miyabi doll's past. She has like 3 more days to prepare it and used this day to relax for a while. She glanced through the table and saw the drinks of the other people. She never tasted beer or anything like that. She only stuck to wine which was the only alcohol-contained drink permitted to be drank by the Priest class. "Maybe I should take a sip of something other than wine", she thought. "but that would be disobeying the rules of my kind. I musn't." She changed her mind.

Her eyes went back to where it was before which was her glass of wine. Next she moved on to the ring that was worn on her hand. It had a red gemstone on it that sparkled everytime it was dirently hit by the sun. Arcane never knew what the ring was for but her foster parents said that her brother has the same ring as hers. She sensed something magical about the ring but was never curious enough to look it up.

"You alone?" a man's voice spoke. It was a knight. A handsome one too. He had short blonde hair. He had eyes that could sooth you as you look at them. He had a smile that could cheer you up and an aura that can relieve your stress. Sounds like mister perfect? Well, you'll be the judge.

"Uhh..yeah" Arcane replied, blushing lightly. She secretely stared at the man's face and blushed more. Her heart was beating a little faster. The young knight pulled a chair and sat beside Arcane, still smiling. Arcane looked away, hiding her reddish face from the handsome knight. "Okay, Arcane. Calm down. Don't do anything stupid,okay?" She said to herself. She took a deep breath and sighed. "Something wrong?" The Knight asked.Wow. Didn't expect him to show a little concern. "Uhh yeah I'm okay" Arcane let out a forced smile as she replied. "The names Van. Van Thanatos." He introduced with a smile.

"You?"

"Arcane." She smiled back after taking a sip on her glass of wine.

"Nice panties by the way." He muttered making Arcane spurt out the wine she had drank. She blushed red again as she saw the Knight slightly giggling at her.

"Hey! That's not very nice." Arcane shyly said with her arms crossed.

"Sorry Sorry..." Van apologized, still giggling.

"Hmp!" Arcane's angered face turned into a smile as he saw the Knight giggling with his eyes closed. "I wonder if he could be my brother." She thought. "I wonder if my brother's personality is just like his? or is my brother the type who would care for me instead of teasing me all time? I wonder if.."

"...just like that..."

"Eh?" Arcane spaced out approximately 44 seconds and missed out what Van said. "Sorry, but I didn't get that." Arcane said.

He looked at Arcane's ring and took out his hand and placed it beside hers. "See? I have the same ring as yours. Except that mine is color blue and yours is re--"

"YOU'RE MY BROTHER!?!?!?" Arcane exclaimed as she slammed the table with her hands. Everyone in the bar were stunned by Arcane's sudden outburst. All of them stared at her, including Van. It was quiet.

Arcane slowly sat down and gave out a forced laugh. Another embarrasing moment for Arcane. Then after, the people went on with their bussiness. Some still stared at her, but only for a while.

"S-sorry..about that." Arcane shyly apologized as she was sinking in her seat,avoiding Van's tantalizing eyes. Van smiled and stood up,saying "I suggest we talk about this "YOU'RE MY BROTHER" bussiness somewhere else."

"Ehehehehe...Y-yeah." Arcane agreed as she followed Van towards the exit. He opened the door for Arcane and they left the rather not-so noisy bar of Amatsu.