Eli chuckled, "My dreams were telling me something that I had finally met her. Do you know who it is?"
"Who?"
"It's Honoka."
The blue-haired had her mouth opened in surprise; she does not know how to respond to that at all. She is happy, knowing that her assistant and her best friend are meant to be together. But there's one thing that Umi wanted to ask...
"Wait, dreams? You mean the dream phenomenon?"
Eli nodded, "Yes. And when I met her, I felt like she's the girl from my dreams. It had been chasing me all these years and now that I get to meet her, I feel like those dreams already calmed down. Which could only mean one thing. That's her."
Umi then softened her eyes and smiled, "Congratulations to you. And jeez, so you applied here just to find your soulmate?" She chuckled.
Eli rubbed her nape, "Felt ashamed of that. Yes, that's the main reason but I didn't lie about the fact that I want to see more landscapes."
"Sheesh, people sure are ambitious when it comes to finding their significant others."
"Well, you can't blame them." Eli chuckled once again.
Umi chuckled along with her. She wanted to be happy for the both of them since Honoka has also been pushing and telling her around about the phenomenon. At first, she did not believe her but when she finally gets to hear it from Eli, it makes her want to believe in it, too. But there is still something that makes her stop from believing it completely. Moreover, she did want to be happy for the both of them now that they had finally met but...
She felt like there is a large knife stabbing her heart...
"Shall we check the stables?" Eli then suggested and the other looked back at her with a smile, "Sure thing."
They both nodded before they headed straight to the stables, where they could see Brenda and Honoka at the side part of a stable.
Honoka was standing on top of a double-sided ladder while Brenda was just standing on the ground, holding the ladder firmly as a support while looking up at the ginger-haired, who was placing ornaments on the stable's walls; flower ornaments to be exact.
Brenda then raised an eyebrow as she continues watching, "What are those flowers for?"
"Aw come on! Since we are rebuilding this ranch, we should at least say welcome back to it!"
Brenda just smirked, still keeping her eyebrow raised, "Welcome back, ElUm Ranch huh?"
"Yeah, yeah." Honoka giggled and finishes placing the ornaments; she then looked down at the tall black-haired, "Catch me!" She then jumped down from the ladder.
Brenda spread her arms immediately when Honoka spoke those words and successfully caught her as she jumped. It was then followed with laughs coming from the two.
"You two sure are enjoying yourselves as a couple." Eli teased when she and Umi finally got near them.
Brenda and Honoka then blushed furiously and the both of them shot a glare and a pout at the blonde who just laughed, "We are not a couple!"
"Yet!" Eli added.
Umi just giggled, "So how are the stables?"
"Well, they are going great!" Honoka's blush faded and is exchanged with a cheery smile.
"The stables are nearly finished now. We just need to add the horses and some equipment then new paints for the interiors." Brenda answered.
"Aaaaand some finishing touches!" Honoka added.
Umi and Eli then looked at the flower ornaments and the blue-haired raised an eyebrow, "Really? What are they for?"
Honoka pouted, "Aw come on, not you too! Brenda already asked me that!"
"Well it was just hilarious."
"Sarcastically hilarious." Umi eyed Honoka.
"Well, as I have said to Brenda, since we are rebuilding the ranch, we should at least welcome back to it!" Honoka answered.
Eli hummed as she stared at the flower ornaments, "Not bad though."
"Right?!" Honoka looked at Eli with delight and her eyes were sparkling with joy.
Brenda eyed the blonde in disbelief, "Seriously?"
"Well, since the ornaments are already there, let's just let it be." Umi sighed, "Do you perhaps want to go inside the stables with me?"
Honoka and Brenda then nodded and the four of them went inside the stables. They could clearly see that the rebuilt interior was already done minus the new paints for the walls and stalls. The stalls are now clean and the stacks of hays are properly placed to the right corner of the stable.
Umi let out a smile once she gets to see it, her eyes are sparkling with delight as she looked around, finally... After years of being a coward in rebuilding it, she finally gets the chance to. And seeing it again makes her feel giddy about it. It is such a wonderful feeling to see a childhood place being rebuilt into its normal state once again.
Eli also let out a smile as she watched the blue-haired from behind her. Her arms crossed as she leaned her behind against a stall.
Honoka then remembered something and it made her blink and turn to Brenda, "We should get the snacks and drinks now."
"Hmm, you are right about that." Brenda said and she and Honoka then looked at Umi.
"Umi!" Honoka called out and Umi turned around to face them, "Yes?"
"We will just get our snacks!" Honoka said and the blue-haired nodded, "Alright then."
Honoka giggled and then grabbed Brenda's wrist, "Come on, Brendy!" She then dragged her along and out of the stables. Brenda yelped but she just allowed herself to get dragged out.
Eli chuckles before she then stood erectly and walked closer to Umi, "So what do you think?"
"It's beautiful, Eli. And I am very glad that I had come up to the decision of rebuilding this. The ranch will look so wonderful once we finished." Umi then turned to face Eli with a smile.
"I agree with you, and plus, it is such a waste if we'd just leave it like this. Kinda give you the real countryside vibe ain't it?" Eli grinned.
"Yes. And I thank you for ever supporting me into making this decision. You don't know just how much courage I had lost back then ever since my parents left me."
The blonde stayed silent for a moment and focused her gaze at the blue-haired. Just seeing her smile and acting so happily like this makes her heart flutter with joy. That smile and that kind of joyous attitude are helping a lot more into revealing the other side of Umi. It was far different from where they first met. In addition, Eli could see those sparkles in the other's eyes, they were more attractive than the first and the vibe that she once had is fading, it was being replaced with a more light and cheerful one.
The thought made the blonde soften her eyes and Umi just blinked, "Is something wrong?"
The blonde realized that she had been staring and blushed profusely, "A-Ahh, it's nothing! Don't mind me!"
'I shouldn't be mesmerized like this...' She thought.
Umi just raised an eyebrow in curiosity before she walked closer to the blonde and looked up at her, "Eli..."
Eli froze and stood straight, "Y-Yes?"
Umi narrowed her eyes at her, "If there's any problem that you want to discuss then you can always tell me."
Eli blinked and nodded, "S-Sure."
Umi grinned, "Good."
On the other hand, outside of the stables, a certain shemale with shoulder-length, brown and wavy hair with cerulean orbs was taking things out of a large box and were placing them on a nearby table. Those things were just normal equipment for the repainting of the stables. While she was doing so, Seth was watching her with a smile plastered on her face. She was sitting on a bench on the other side of the table.
"So your name is Thea Kray?" Seth asked.
Thea chuckled, "Yep. I'm surprised you knew my name, did Brenda tell you?"
"Yep! I asked her a few days ago! I didn't know that you can be so cute in person!" Seth complimented and Thea just didn't faze from the compliment.
"So where do you live?" Seth asked again.
"Just a few blocks away from here. My house is just simple though." Thea answered.
"Really? I love simplicity!~ So are you single?"
"Yes, I'm single." Thea answered once again, she seems to be used to things like these.
"So what are the things that you enjoy doing?" Seth asked again, she is determined to get to know her more.
"Well, I love reading; I love playing my guitar and compose songs." Thea just answered.
"I see... Can I have your phone number?"
"Sure thing."
"Really? Yaaay!" Seth giggles as she took out her phone and gave it to Thea, who then placed another equipment on the table before taking the phone and typing her number in it. She saved her number before returning the phone back to the other.
Seth giggled and took her phone back then looked at Thea's number in her contacts, "I will make sure to text you."
"Right, right." Thea chuckled.
After being done with the stables and the barn, Brenda and some of the shemales and males were now focusing on the fences. Brenda is currently on one part of the ranch fence and was fixing it by removing the vines and replacing the old with a new one.
Honoka then grabs a water hose and points its mouth at Brenda when she got near her, "Fire!" she twisted the hose's neck and allowed its water to come out, firing at Brenda.
The tall black-haired yelped and flinched when a streak of water splashed her and soaked her polo shirt and pants. She then shot a glare at Honoka, "Hoka! What the hell?!"
Honoka giggled and stuck out her tongue with her one eye closed, wordlessly teasing her, "Come chase me!" She then ran off as she let go of the hose.
"Come back here!" Brenda laughed as she stopped what she was doing and went to chase Honoka.
"Not gonna happen!" Honoka shouted as she tried to run faster.
Umi and Eli were watching them from a bench near the barn. They then laughed when Brenda started chasing Honoka.
"Come here!" Brenda eventually caught the ginger-haired by embracing her from behind, lifting and twirling her around in the process. Honoka let out a yelp, following with a laugh along with Brenda, "Let me go! You are all soaked!"
"Well, it's your fault in the first place!" Brenda replied.
"Hey newly weds! You can use the barn for something you know!" Eli teased.
"Aw shut up, Eli!" Brenda responded with a blush.
Honoka was also blushing and will just giggle before she stared at the blonde with a loving smile.
Eli blinked as she saw the smile and blushed slightly before looking away.
Umi blinked and looked at Eli then back at Honoka. She then began to gain ideas. But does she have any choice? Other than accepting the fact that...
Eli and Honoka are seeing each other?
A/N: Heeey guys! Hope you enjoyed this new chapter! Guess I am really back on track huh? I will try to update this novel every Sunday! Votes and comments are always appreciated!
