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Upon hearing that, Ryan eyes widened. It must be Lire, he thought. Why would she be here? Mentally he came up with a list of questions to ask Lire once he got the chance to. Lire was still staring at him, and he realised that he was the center of attention of the class. He then quickly pulled out his chair, put down his bag. He gave Lire a small grin before turning his attention back to the teacher who was infront of the class.

During lunch, Ryan met up with Ronan and sat with him in the school's cafeteria while eating their food. It was silent before Ronan realised Ryan had stopped eating, and he was spacing out. He followed the direction of where he was looking at and he realised Ryan was staring at a certain girl with blonde hair. He waved infront of Ryan, 'Hey, whats with you? Are you alright?'

'H-huh? Its nothing, its nothing,' blabbered Ryan, after coming to his senses and continued eating his food.


'Hey, that newcomer has been staring at you since forever,' giggled Arme.

Lire only smiled. 'Do you know him?' probed Arme.

'I guess so, childhood friends?' replied Lire.

'Ooohhh sounds interesting! Tell me more!' said Arme excitedly.

Lire smiled and stuffed a piece of bread into Arme's mouth. 'Hurry up and eat, little girl,' she laughed as she looked at Arme's face. She then took a glance at Ryan a few tables away from where she was sitting and thought, I can't keep running from this, huh. She smiled again and continued eating her food.


Few days passed as Ryan got more closer with Lire. Having his seat beside her, he would tend to turn to her if he had any questions and sometimes during pairwork or discussions during classes, they would be paired up to carry out the activities planned by their teachers. It was not long until Lire and Ryan became part of the same group of friends, which also included Ronan, Arme and a few other people from their class.

Once school ended, that group of friends would often meet up along the corridor outside the classrooms to discuss their plans for the day. This time, it was also to discuss their plans for the upcoming summer vacation which would last around a month. 'Let's go to the ice-cream shop opposite the school!' suggested Amy, a bubbly girl with pink, long flowy curly hair and often tied up in twin-tails and she was also the school belle. The others agreed with her suggestion and they all headed to the ice-cream shop.

They all found a suitable place with enough chairs to slack around with their ice-cream, and soon a random conversation which involved all of them had begun. 'Ryan, did you know Lire before you came to this school?' asked Arme. Everybody looked at Ryan and Lire with beaming faces, and soon Ryan cleared his throat, and said 'Yes, I knew her, she was my childhood friend.' Upon saying that, he got reminded of all the questions he wanted to ask since he met Lire again during the first day he attended school. Everybody exchanged glances. Lire's cheeks started to redden.

'You sure only friends? Or childhood lovers?' teased Ronan. Ryan's heart skipped a beat.

'Oh shush Ronan, you're making them feel embarrassed! Look at their faces, as red as tomatoes!' giggled Arme.

Ryan and Lire could do nothing but be embarrassed while the group made silly grins at the both of them. The leader of the group, Elesis, cleared her throat and changed the topic.

'So hey, what are you guys planning to do for summer vacation?' she asked.

'I'm returning to Silver Land with Amy,' said Jin.

Before the teasing started, he raised his hand up and said 'It's to meet up with our elders back at home! Don't think anywhere else!' Amy nodded vigorously in agreement to Jin's statement.

'Oh really, well if you say so,' said Ronan in a sarcastic tone. 'I'm returning to my parent's home to take care of them back in my hometown. Elly, are you going back there as well? Since we come from the same hometown.'

Elesis' posture stiffened. 'N-No! Ah y-yes I'm going back there b-but you don't have to go back with me!' she stammered, with a face glowing bright red. The rest laughed.

'Lass, how about you?' Arme asked.

There was a long silence before he spoke, 'I suppose I'll just be returning to my hometown like everyone else is,' before managing a small smile for Arme who smiled back.

Lire turned to Ryan who was beside her amidst the conversation, and spoke in a low voice. 'You're heading back to Elven Town right?'

Ryan nodded. 'You?'

'I suppose so. My parents are living here so I don't really have any hometown to return to. Do you mind if I return with you?'

Ryan's heart skipped a beat again. 'S-sure...' he replied.
Lire smiled back.

This is a chance to clear my doubts of that day, he thought. To find answers for the list of questions I've long wanted to ask.


A/N: yeah its end of the chapter! somehow got inspired to continue this again after coming back to read some grand chase fanfiction stories after quite long time! was tempted to continue this and finish it off, but i guess that'll be no fun! XD i shall apologise if its a little short D8 will continue with the next chapter sometime soon! please do review 8D