Story Title:
Sharing Your Emotions

Genres/'Tags':
Romance / Drama / Yuri / Angst / Friendship / Hurt & Comfort / Tragedy / School Life

Summary:
Rena Nightingale is a member of her school's student council. And a very responsible one at that. One day the headmaster of her school asks Rena to bring Eve Silvermoon, a girl who has been absent since the beginning of the school year, her homework. This seemingly simple task however, has a far greater impact on Rena's life than she could ever imagine.

Author's Note:
It's been a while since I updated. I blame the two monsters known as writer's block and college. Both of them are a real handful.

But that doesn't matter as we're back on track with what might be the second to last chapter. It might seem that this story is short but I never intended for this story to be incredibly long. I'm no good at long stories I think. But enough about that.

Time to have some actual stuff happen and crank up the drama dial.

Disclaimer:
I do not own Elsword. Elsword and all related trademarks are owned by KoG Studios.

Actual word count for this chapter: 2364

Actual word count for the story so far: 10757

*~-[ Chapter 4: Time For School ]-~*

Rena had been called to the headmaster's office, she wondered what could be the problem. Everything was fine with her and the same went for Eve. It's been a few weeks since Eve told Rena the reason behind her staying home.

"Rena, I will not dance around it and ask you straight out: Do you think you could persuade Eve to start coming to school?" Vanessa asked and soon as Rena had sat down. Rena was obviously overwhelmed by the sudden question and took a moment to answer.

Rena had actually already tried on multiple occasions to slowly coax Eve into coming to school. It was only the week ago that Eve, against Rena's expectations and to her pleasant surprise, agreed to come to school one day. Just not yet. Since then she hadn't brought it up again.

Rena was debating whether to tell any of this to the headmaster or not. She hadn't even told her about the reason behind Eve's reluctance to leave her home and go outside.

"Rena?" Vanessa broke the silence.

"Uh yeah, sorry. Um, I'll try to convince her if I can!" The elf smiled at the headmaster.

*~-[ X ]-~*

Rena had just arrived at Eve's place and took her usual seat next to Eve's bed. She was a bit hesitant to bring up what headmaster Vanessa had asked of her.

"Is everything alright?" Eve asked; she always seemed to know when Rena had had a bit of a bad day or when she was nervous about something. Today was no different.

Rena sighed and gave Eve a slightly nervous smile. "I can't hide anything from you can I?"

"No, you cannot." Eve stated without hesitation and Rena knew she was right.

Taking a deep breath, mentally preparing herself Rena told Eve what she'd been asked to do that afternoon. "The headmaster of our school asked me to try and convince you to come to school."

Eve didn't seem at all surprised. Then again, she never did about anything but Rena swore she saw a hint of nervousness in Eve's golden eyes.

"If you and her are both as concerned about it as you seem to be, then I do not have much of a choice." Eve spoke. Rena was more than a bit surprised at what she'd just heard.

"You, you mean…?" the elf stammered.

"On one condition."

"Anything!" Rena was so excited to finally have Eve come to school she didn't care what kind of conditions Eve would think of.

"I want you to come pick me up. That way I'll know I'll be safe." Rena was a bit embarrassed to hear this while there appeared to be no signs of embarrassment on Eve's face at all. She even managed to keep looking Rena straight in the eyes.

"That's a promise!" Rena exclaimed excitedly but with a slight blush on her face.

*~-[ X ]-~*

That night Rena had trouble sleeping due to her excitement. Tomorrow she would pick up Eve and take her to school. There she could introduce her to her friends and show her all of the things she'd told the nasod girl about during her visits. It was going to be great! Or was it? Rena's excitement disappeared as she started wondering if things were going to be this easy. After all, Eve was very different from most people. Rena had managed to make some sort of connection but could her friends do the same? What if Eve didn't like them? Or even worse… What if she was going to be scared of them?

Rena shook her head in an attempt to banish these thoughts but they kept coming up. Eventually Rena decided there was no sense in worrying about it; she would see how things were going to work out tomorrow.

Rena jumped when her alarm-clock went off. She quickly silenced the accursed device and stared at it. "Which moron decided to set this thing so early?" the blonde thought to herself when she realized she was that moron. But she was a moron with a good reason. Today Eve was going to come to school with her so she had to leave home a bit earlier to go by Eve's and pick her up. Rena leapt out of bed and went through her morning routine faster than she ever had before.

Once fully dressed and prepared she rushed out the front door and made her way to the home of her nasod friend.

Rena arrived at Eve's a bit earlier than she'd planned. She rang the doorbell and it didn't take long for Raven to open. Eve stood behind him wearing her school uniform. It was the standard school uniform, the only unique thing about it was that she wore a pink ribbon and her socks were entirely pink as well. Rena thought she looked absolutely adorable. Rena stretched her hand out at Eve and smiled at her. Eve hesitated and glanced at Raven who gave his half-sister a reassuring nod. The silver-haired nasod took the blonde elf's hand and stepped outside.

"The sun feels… warm." Eve observed.

"Yeah, it's nice weather today isn't it?" Rena responded as they started making their way to school. Raven watched them go. He had a small, nearly invisible smile on his face.

*~-[ X ]-~*

They arrived at school a bit early. Most students hadn't arrived yet but quite a few of the teachers had. Rena guided Eve through the school corridors to Miss Stella's classroom. Once they arrived they saw their teacher sitting at her desk in the front of the classroom. Rena knocked on the open door. "Miss Stella?"

"What is it now?" Stella grumbled as she turned her head to the classroom door. "Nightingale, you're early. Whozzat?" the teacher asked, pointing at Eve.

"This is Eve Silvermoon ma'am." Rena answered.

"Ah, finally coming to school huh?" Stella smiled widely. "That's good to hear. I am Miss Stella and I'll be your homeroom teacher."

Eve courteously bowed her head. "Pleased to make your acquaintance Miss Stella." She said.

"Ah, finally a pupil with some manners!" Stella laughed loudly. "I like you already Silvermoon. Nightingale, you could learn a thing or two from her!"

When it finally became time for first period to start Stella had instructed Eve to wait outside the classroom so she could properly introduce herself. Rena tried to say something but there was no arguing with the teacher.

"Alright listen up! Today we have a sort-of-new student. Treat her well or I will treat you to some extra homework!" Stella announced.

"Yes Miss Stella." The class answered.

Aisha, who sat to the right of Rena leaned over and asked: "Do you have any idea who it is?"

Rena smiled and teased: "I might have an idea."

"Really? Who?"

"Be quiet there!" Stella roared. She then turned to the door. "You can come in!"

The entire class gasped at the sight of the girl that entered the classroom. Her stride was reserved but her entire being gave off an aura of self-respect.

"Introduce yourself." Stella commanded.

"My name is Eve Silvermoon, pleased to make your acquaintance." Eve said and bowed her head. The class applauded.

"Alright that's enough. Silvermoon, you already know Nightingale right? How about you sit next to her? There's an empty spot to her left."

Eve nodded and moved over to the spot just assigned to her. The class erupted in quiet murmuring and whispering.

"She knows Rena? From where?"

"Wow, she's beautiful!"

"She almost looks like royalty or something."

"I've never seen her before, where's she from?"

"Silvermoon, her last name sounds familiar doesn't it?"

The murmuring quieted down when Eve sat down and Stella began that day's lessons.

*~-[ X ]-~*

When lunch break came around Eve was quickly swarmed with people with questions. Luckily Rena walked to her and managed to calm down the crowd while Eve quickly ran up to Rena and hid behind her. Her face was as expressionless as ever but her actions clearly indicated she was overwhelmed and a bit scared. Secretly Rena thought it was kind of cute. Rena quickly answered most questions by explaining Eve was supposed to start in their school at the beginning of the year but didn't due to 'personal reasons'.

When they finally had the chance to leave the classroom and go to the cafeteria Rena took Eve to the table she always shared with her friends.

"You must be Eve, my name's Aisha Baskerville." Aisha was the first to introduce herself.

The other two members of the group introduced themselves quickly after.

"Elsword Sieghart, Yo." Elsword greeted casually.

"Chung Seiker, nice to meet you!" Chung greeted with a beaming smile.

"Nice to meet you all, I am Eve Silvermoon. You may call me Eve." Eve said as she slightly hid behind Rena.

Eve didn't speak much during lunch. The others chatted away and Eve simply observed them as they did. Rena noticed Eve's behaviour and tried multiple times to get Eve to join in on the conversation. It didn't work out too well but the silver-haired nasod did seem to be relatively comfortable around Rena's friends.

After school Rena walked Eve back to her home. When they arrived Raven was waiting, obviously worried. His worry quickly turned to a happy smile when he saw the two girls approaching. Eve walked into the house, saying goodbye to Rena, telling her she'd enjoyed school that day.

"Tomorrow there's school again, want me to come pick you up again?" the elf asked with a smile. Eve nodded in response.

"Great! I'll see you tomorrow then!" Rena waved Eve goodbye as she left, Eve waved back as if her life depended on it while Raven stood beside her, waving as well.

Rena's spirits couldn't be higher on her way back home. Eve had enjoyed herself and everything went fine this first day. The elf felt proud of herself; she had managed to get Eve back to school. Her group of friends was one person richer and she couldn't wait to bring Eve to school tomorrow as well.

*~-[ X ]-~*

The following two weeks Eve went to school with Rena every day. They were inseparable; Eve would often hide behind Rena and let her do the talking while occasionally pitching in a few words of her own. Rena didn't mind; she thought it was cute. She thought Eve to be a great friend and Eve seemed to return think the same thing about her as she refused to ever leave Rena's side as soon as they would leave Eve's home.

The feelings Rena harboured towards her silver-haired friend grew ever stronger and Rena occasionally caught herself staring in those golden eyes a bit longer than was perhaps normal. Whenever she did so she quickly shrugged it off as just being happy she'd managed to get Eve to come to school.

The two of them were so close that eventually a few rumours started surfacing, saying that Rena and Eve were an item. Rena herself was ignorant of these rumours.

Rena's friends grew a bit jealous of how close Eve had gotten with Rena. Especially Aisha had it tough; often complaining to Rena how she always left her alone to deal with the boys. Rena just laughed these things off.

One day when Aisha was once again complaining to Rena about how she spent all her time with Eve the conversation got a little bit more heated than usual.

"Seriously, you spend all your time with her!" Aisha shouted. She and Rena were standing in an empty classroom; the classes just ended and everyone else had already left. "You have more friends you know… We miss you."

"I think you're overreacting, I spend time with all of you." Rena countered, waving her hand dismissively. "I know Eve and I hang out a lot but try to understand things from her point of view; the world is a scary place to her, having taken her mother away from her as well as almost taking her brother at the same time."

"I get that… but there are times that it feels like you only have eye for her while ignoring me and the guys, we only really see you during lunch nowadays and even then you almost only pay attention to Eve." Aisha tried.

Rena sighed. "I'm sorry it seems that way. I'm not doing it on purpose, but I can't leave Eve alone either." She lamented.

"You know, I'm starting to think the rumours are true." Aisha huffed, crossing her arms and pouting at her friend.

"What rumours?" Rena was genuinely curious as to what Aisha was talking about.

"The rumours saying you and Eve are in love with each other." Aisha explained in an angry tone, not believing Rena herself hadn't heard the rumours yet.

Rena didn't know what to say. She and Eve? In love? How did that even make sense? They were both girls. Granted she and Eve were pretty close and she liked being with Eve. And from Eve's side she seemed to feel the same way. Rena was one if the few people Eve would open up to, never with words but she could always feel Eve was most relaxed when she and Rena were alone. But love? That couldn't be the case right? That would just be weird! Nevertheless, she felt her face become hot.

Rena calmed her head and grabbed Aisha by the shoulders, staring her straight in the eyes. Green locked on purple. "Listen Aisha," she started, "I do not love Eve!" Rena spoke full of determination.

Suddenly the two girls heard the sound of something heavy, like a book, hitting the floor. They turned around to see Eve standing in the opening of the classroom door. A book lay at her feet on the floor, probably the source of the loud sound. All three stared at each other, eyes wide. Then Eve turned around and quickly ran away.

"Eve! Wait!" Rena yelled but the nasod was already gone. The elf turned around to her purple-haired friend and glared at her. "Happy now?!" she yelled.

Aisha flinched at Rena's outburst and quietly shook her head in denial. Rena let out a sigh and turned away from her friend and back to the door.

"Eve…" she mumbled, staring at the empty space that was the open classroom door.

Author's Note:
It's been a while since I had a proper cliff-hanger, feels good. I doubt it feels as good for you but like the French say: 'C'est la vie!'

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*~-[ May we meet again, fare thee well! ]-~*