Three reviews and favorites and 56 reads on the first day?! Wow, you guys are crazy. xD Anyway, I'm sure you'll want to see what happens (maybe) so let's get on with the story!
Elsword's eyes widened in shock, and he recoiled a few feet back.
"Well, that was not expected. Rena, mayb—you know what, screw it, I can't imagine my best friend with any girl." His words were said thoughtfully, although perhaps they were a little too harsh.
"Gee, thanks. I can't exactly imagine you ever getting along with Aisha, either." It wasn't the best comeback in the world—in fact, it was terrible—but it seemed to subdue Elsword for the time being.
"Touché. So, what are you going to do with her? Are you just going to flat-out tell her? That's what I'd do. I mean, not like I've done it before…" His last words trailed off. Chung recalled to when the redhead had confessed—no, admitted that he liked Aisha. It was somewhat of an awkward situation, but Aisha had just silenced him with a kiss, and ran away like the cowardly grape Elsword claimed she was.
Chung rolled his eyes. "Of course you haven't. You and Aisha are too headstrong for that. Anyway, what I plan to do is—''
He was cut off by a loud clap from Rena.
"All right, everyone, let's get moving! Chung said we'd get there by dusk, and he knows best when it comes to Hamel. Aisha, get over here. Stop cowering behind that tree. Chung, Elsword, stop yapping and get a move on. Eve…you can think of a way to resurrect the Nasods on the walk." She turned, gathered the provisions they had brought, and set off, Raven close behind.
So the gang set out again. Somewhere along the way, Elsword started complaining about how sweaty his legs were getting, which in itself was pretty funny in the way he was saying it, but it caused Chung to practically explode with laughter.
Elsword cocked his head and raised an eyebrow. "Seiker, you alright? What's so funny?"
Chung wiped his brow and reduced his extreme laughter to a small chuckle. "It's just that you're not even wearing a lot. I mean, your shirt is literally a piece of cloth pressed to your chest. I suppose your—what, pants?—are thicker, but look at me, and I'm barely sweating. Suck it up, man. You're better than this."
At these last two comments, Aisha snickered. "Yeah, Eldork. You just got told by your best friend. You're weak." She made a point to exaggerate the word "weak", since Elsword believed he was the strongest of the strongest. And he was pretty strong, but in his own special kind of way.
"Shove off," he muttered. Getting lectured by his best friend was one thing, but having his rival-slash-girlfriend agree was on a whole different level.
The trio bantered until they reached the outskirts of Hamel, which was sooner than expected. Raven stepped in and broke the argument with a small lecture, and turned back to the other two.
"So, what's the plan? We can't just rush in with no sense of direction, or not knowing what we're doing," Raven commented, after the three had broken up into separate sections of the party.
"I don't need a plan. I can just rush in and destroy them," Elsword muttered under his breath. This comment earned him a questioning glance from Rena, a glare from Raven, and two snickers from Aisha and Chung.
While the others were preoccupied with Elsword's little comment, Chung stole a look at Eve. She was sitting on one of her drones, and picking at her nails. Some expression showed on her face, which could probably only be described as amusement and boredom.
She caught him looking at her, and gave him a questioning look. He quickly turned his head away, a blush spreading furiously across his cheeks.
The dispute between Elsword and the rest had settled, and Elsword ran over to Chung.
"The prince has finally found his princess, eh?"
