Chapter 3 I Will Make You Love Me

Today is Monday, so Rena need to go to school.
"Rena, wake up. You will be late for school."
Her mother wake her up.
Like usual Rena's not a morning person so she need someone to wake her up.
"Ughh... Let me sleep a little longer..."
Her mother already expected this answer, so...

"If you still want to sleep I don't mind, but you won't get any dinner tonight."
"Kyaaaa! Noooo!"
Rena doesn't like to eat at outside so usually she brings food from home or wait until she get back home to eat.
Her mother's happy she likes her food, but her mother also wants her to be independent.

In a flash Rena already going in the bathroom to take a bath.
"Really that daughter of mine..."
Her mother sighed as she smile wryly.

Her mother remembered the boy who came yesterday.
Even though he may looked messy she can see that the boy's actually a good-looking man.
She did saw him in his cosplay when he get down the stairs yesterday.
"He might be someone who can change my daughter."
She smiled as she wait for Rena to come out of the bathroom.

"Fuaaahhh~ What a great bath, the warmth's just right!"
Rena come to the dining room to have a breakfast.
She sit in front of her mother.

"I'll have this mom."
"Yes, eat as much as you want, dear."
She eats cheerfully.
She's happy that her daughter's cheerful.
But she still wonders what made her so happy.

"Why are you so happy today, Rena?"
"Mmm? Well, things happened."
She continues eating.
"Is it the boy from yesterday?"

Rena nearly spit all the food out of her mouth.

"M-Mom! What are you talking about?!"
"Oh, it isn't?"
Her mother smiled mischievously.
Her mother had once experienced youngster's feeling for love, so she felt like to tease her daughter since she looked so cute.

"N-No! He's just an ignorant boy who doesn't know my name!"
"So you don't like him?"
"O-Of course I don't!"
Her mother smiled.

"I see, but you need to think of this carefully, because mom also used to hate dad back then."
"Mom did?"
Rena's surprised that her mother actually sharing her past love story.
But Rena's a total beginner in love like this.

"Yes, back then dad is a very idiot boy, he always disturb mom even though he know mom don't like him, but as his teasing keeps on, mom starts to feel at ease with him. Mom can be the real mom when we're together. Hence, mom became really lonely without him, finally after we graduated from college he proposed to mom."
Her mother's blushing as she remembered her past experience.
Even Rena who's never experienced love was embarrassed.

Like mother like daughter.
Rena resembled her mother when she's young.
The only difference is that her mother never once tried to enter modeling world.

"End of story, now finish your food. You're going to be late."
Her mother caressed her daughter's hair gently.
"Okay, mom."
She nodded and finish her food.

She put the dishes at the sink and she take her school bag.
"I'm off, mom!"
"Take care, dear."
She waved to her mother and left.

"You still have a long way to go, Rena."
Her mother smiled gently.

"Love, huh..."
Rena whispered.
She remembered her mother's story.
'Mom also used to hate dad back then.'
She think about her mother's word but suddenly Elsword's face popped in her mind.
"NO, NO, NO, NONONONONONONONO!"
"What are 'No'-ing here, idiot?"
She's startled.
She look behind her and Elsword's standing behind her.
"Y-You!"
"My name's Elsword, and don't dare to call me Sieghart unless you want everyone to laugh at you. Got it?"
His eyes are barely visible due to his bang.
He's right, if Rena said that Elsword's Sieghart no one would believe, since Elsword's name didn't have 'Sieghart' written in it.
She've looked at the attendance list before, that's why she doubted that Elsword's Sieghart.

"Huh, it's not like you're the real thing, anyway."
"It's your choice to believe or not."
And then he walk faster and left Rena behind.

"You're ignoring me again!?"
"I'm not ignoring you because I'm the one who start talking to you."
Basic logic didn't work with him.
That's what Rena thought.

"Hey, Elsword!"
"-What?"
He look at her, looking annoyed.
Elsword's not a man who really like talking, so he's annoyed when he has no other choice but to answer the person in question.

"Say, why you never call me by my name?"
"-None of your business."
He turn his back to her and continues walking.

"Hey, answer me properly!"
"-*Sigh* Fine, then what's your name again?"
"WHA-!?"
"Just kidding, Rena isn't it?"
She's somehow relieved because he remember her name.
"-So you did remember."
"I just don't like talking, so don't talk to me."
And then he left her behind.

"What an annoying boy!"
Rena cursed him and quickly go to school.

"Rena, are you feeling unwell?"
"I'm fine, Aisha. I'm just a bit tired because of a certain bastard."
Rena slumped on her desk.
She's really is not feeling well because she need to catch Elsword's attention.
Normally any boy would've been happy if Rena talks to them.

"Say, Aisha."
"Yes, Rena?"
Rena took a deep breath and said;
"Have you ever fall in love?"
"W-Where did that come from!?"
Aisha's flustered.
It seems like she did fell in love before.
"Nothing, I just want to know."
"I see... Yes, I did. I fell in love with a certain boy, but since he didn't like me he rejected me."
"Woah, that boy sure have some guts to reject a beauty like you."
"It's not like we can force him to love us, anyway. Hehehe."
Aisha laughed wryly.

"Fall in love, huh..."
She never felt it before, she always treated boys as a thing.
Thing that she can play with or dispose with.
Even though she treated boy as thing, she never did play with them in romantic way.
Since all of them are rejected.
What she meant with play is she can use boys to get some information she want to know, for example like when she use Lowe to dig for Elsword's information.

It's finally time to get back to home.
"See you tomorrow, Rena."
"Yes, see you tomorrow, Aisha."
Rena and Aisha's home are at the opposite way from school.
So they can't go home together.

Rena walk alone in the quiet evening.
"The sunset's so beautiful..."
She stopped for a while to look at the sunset.
She always loved the sunset, because it's the combination of yellow and red color.
Her favourite colors.

"G-Good evening! Are you by any chance, Rena?!"
She look at the voice's source.
A middle-aged man stood there.
"Yes I am, what is it, old man?"
The old man smiled.
"Nice to meet you! I'm Lenphad! I always want to meet you!"
He forcibly took her hand and held it tightly.
"L-Let me go!"
"So this is Rena's hand! So soft and delicate!"
Rena felt chills down her spines.
This man is a freaky fans.
"I said let go!"
"Oh come on, my house is just nearby, let's sit for awhile and do something fun! Don't worry I will pay you really high!"
'T-This man's treating me as a slut!?'
"Let go! I will scream!"
The old man grinned.
"This place's not so crowded, no matter how loud you scream you will not able to get any help."
Fear starts to attack her.
She's terrified.

'Help... Somebody, help me!'
She can't scream due to intense fear.
"Hehehe, let's go."
She can't beat a man in strength.
So she's pulled one sidedly.

"Old man, let go of her."
"Huh?"
Lenphad look behind him.
There stood...
"E-Elsword!"

"Young one, what do you want?"
"I demand you to let go of her."
His hair's covering his eyes, only his nose and mouth that are visible.

"Hey, young one. If you want I can share this girl with you, you know? Let's have some fun with a sexy and young model."
Elsword chuckled.

"Sounds like a good idea."
Elsword walk calmly to Lenphad.

"Nooo! Don't, Elsword!"
"Hahaha! I knew it, friends or not in front of- Guaah!?"
Suddenly a punch landed on Lenphad's face.
He's sent flying and fell unconscious.

"I'm sorry, old man. But I'm not interested."
He removed his gloves and burn it with a lighter.
He use gloves so that even if Lenphad report it to police, there's no prove that Elsword punched his face once.

"Elsword..."
Rena doesn't know what should she say.

"Don't misunderstand this, I just happened to past this alley. Since my house is this way."
Elsword threw the ashes from the gloves on the grasses.

"You're a girl, don't just walk alone in an empty alley like this."
He's not looking at her but she can feel that Elsword's worried about her.
'You're not quite a honest person...'
She's not sure if Elsword's really worried or not but she wants to believe in him.

"If you're fine, go home already, I'm too tired to just talk with you."
Saying that he left Rena behind.

"Elsword..."
He's the first man who's not fascinated by Rena's beauty.
Her ponytail's waving gently as she walk.
She wants to know him better.
She never felt so fired up before.

"Elsword!"
The boy stopped.
But Rena's not waiting for his reply.
"I will surely, make you notice me and my presence!"
She's determined.
"-And I will make you love me! You'd better remember!"

He chuckled.
However he's not looking at her.
"Do your worse, Rena."

That's the first time she heard him calling her by her name.
She's smiling happily.
But her mission's not completed yet.
It's just the beginning.

Chapter 3 End

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