Notes: Hmm...I feel like I'm missing something, but I'm not sure what it is. I'm not getting that "satisfied or unsatisfied" feeling. More like it is just is feeling. I read it over but I'm not sure if I need to put more or if it's fine the way it is. Maybe I established for myself my style of writing which is why I don't feel a difference? I'm not sure.

Chapter 4: Experiment

Many wires slithered and stuck onto Elsword as he sat on the chair in Add's room.

"Heart rate is normal...blood pressure is good..." Add mumbled as he fiddled with colorful buttons on a strange looking machine.

Elsword wriggled feeling uncomfortable. "This feels weird..." Elsword said. He was starting to get itchy.

"Think of something...happy." A few minutes passed by but nothing happened. Add scribbled down more notes. "Now sad." A light on the strange machine emitted a dim light. "Angry." The light became bright. It became so bright that the bulb shattered. The tiny fragments littered the machine and the table it was on. "...Elsword?"

"...ngh...sorry...I just...I just had the urge to kill something." His head was pulsing again. He gritted his teeth.

"Here, take this. It's a prototype but I think it might work." Add handed Elsword a small pill and a cup of water.

Elsword gulped it down and the pain ebbed away. "...Wow...it really did work. What is that stuff?"

"Umm...it's best if you don't know." One of the ingredients were ground up light shards. Add began to take the wires off Elsword. "We're done for today."

Elsword gazed at Add in front of him. He seemed so focused. It was quite cute. Elsword felt Add's gloved hand brush against his skin. He tried to think of something else to distract himself and to prevent the blush that was forming on his face. "...Is...Ain giving you trouble?"

Add only then realized that he was so close to Elsword's face and that Elsword had been looking at him with intent eyes. Add licked his lip. "...He wants to murder me. Not that he can...I think. We've been meeting secretly...I don't think he's found out." After that incident in Elsword's room, they had been meeting every day for another two weeks. Even though it wasn't needed, Add would always take Elsword's measurements. But, he didn't dare tell Elsword that he didn't need to know them anymore. Seeing him vulnerable had become a secret pleasure to Add. In fact, there wasn't much left to figure out. Add already constructed a formula to counter the dark El but he kept quiet about it so he had an excuse to see Elsword. It was the only time he could have him to himself because Ain was always around. Elsword would find a way to avoid Ain but only for so long; most of the time, like now, they met at night.

"I think I'll tell him to—" Elsword lips were taken before he could finish. Elsword closed his eyes relishing the sweet taste of Add's kiss. It tasted like a mix of coffee and chocolate. He gripped Add's coat collar in attempt to pull him closer. Add's hand held onto Elsword's knee and was squeezing tighter as the kisses deepened and continued.

BAM!

Add's door was busted open. The two of them froze.

"...So...this is what you've been doing..." Ain seethed. He stomped over to where they were. "...Elsword...I was looking for you." The tone seemed friendly when addressed to Elsword but the two of them knew Ain was boiling inside.

"O-oh hi...A-ain...W-what do you need?" Elsword said as he loosened his grip on Add's collar. Add slipped his hands away and took a step back.

Ain was glaring at Add. "...Well, Elsword, it seems that Raven and Ara has secured your sister." Add could have sworn that he saw a spark of triumph in Ain's eyes.

"...Big sis...? Really? For real?!"

"Yes...why don't you go see for yourself?"

Elsword shot up from the chair but paused. He glanced at Ain then at Add. He grabbed Add's hand and ran for it dragging him behind. Add never was good at running and he was exasperated as they ran. But, all the while, Elsword was laughing. Add couldn't help smiling. The laughing rung through the halls as he tried to find where his sister was located.

-/-/-

Elesis was secured in a room bound up so that she couldn't escape. She kept on mumbling strange and creepy words. Raven sat by her to keep things under control.

"...Big Sis..." Elsword uttered as his eyes were wide open. Add felt Elsword's grip tighten around his hand. Add followed Elsword as they went in front of Elesis. With his other hand, Elsword brought his hand to his sister but stopped cold as Elesis gave him a freezing glare. He lowered his hand. "...It's...me...your little brother..."

Elesis broke into laughter. "Kill...kill...kill...must kill all..." She said.

"She's too far gone..." Raven stated.

"No! No! She still can be saved! I believe that she – " Elsword was cut off.

"I will save her," Add said. "I swear to you, Elsword. I will save her." Add squeezed Elsword's hand. The words burst out without meaning to. They sounded confident too. Now, Add had pressure to succeed. But, if it was for...Elsword, then...it was okay.

Elsword just broke down and fell to the floor. Add knelt down and embraced him. It was as if all reason left him. All the while Raven had a bewildered look on his face.

"...What...? Am I really seeing this...? Add hugging...Elsword? Are you really him?" Raven asked. He wasn't trying to be out of place but it just surprised him.

Add shot him a glare. "Is it wrong? He needs it..." Add said as he held tighter.

"And I can help with that," Ain said from behind them. "You are no longer needed, Add."

"...I want Add..." Elsword whispered through his sobs. "...I'm sorry Ain...I just...sorry everyone...I just...want to be alone for a while..." Elsword turned and ran past Ain, out into the hallway, and too his room. Add, Ain, Elesis, and Raven remained silent and still wondering what will happen next.