Chapter 4 – Reason
"Lydia-san!" I shout strongly. Lydia-san turns to face me. She has a sweet as sugar smile on her beautiful face. Ah this is the woman I love I thought to myself. "Yes, Raven?" she asked politely. I'm shocked and at a lack of words.. What was I thinking just shouting out to her like that! There is no way that I am going to profess my love to her so soon after I realized. Quickly without much thought I replied with "I was just wondering where you were going in such a hurry..." phew I saved myself with that. I think…
"Oh Edgar called me, I'm just heading over to help him out with a question he has about a mischievous little brownie. Cute little buggers don't you think so?" she responded. I nodded slightly. She then proceeded to laugh a little to herself. Was it at my reaction? Ah how can she be so cute? Lydia-san waved to me and said a quick farewell and began to run to Edgar-sama's side.
This is not good! She is hardly wary that I am a man! In a sudden burst of adrenaline, I rush to her side and tightly grab her hand. She freezes, then looks up at her captor. I am breathless and am hardly able to swallow the air going into my lungs, but I keep a firm hold on her hand. She looks at me in disbelief, probably thinking why is Raven holding me back? I need to get to Edgar! Just the thought of her thinking that while she's in my grasp troubles my heart immensely.
She began to try and shake me off and said to me calmly but with a hint of impatience, "Raven I'm in a hurry! I need to get to Edgar, you know how he can be when he doesn't have his way." After those words came into my head, everything happened so fast. "Well I suppose that he will just have to wait.." I said in a hushed tone of voice. It was a whisper that she could barely hear me.
"What Raven? I couldn't hear what you said." She asked quickly. Suddenly I couldn't hold back my emotions; I progressed to turning her around and picking her up in my arms. A smile scrawled over my face. I continued to hold her for a good five minutes, before I realized what I was doing. What I did not know at the time was that Lydia-san was blushing in a deeper shade of red than a rose.
TBC…