REALIZE.
RAID
by iReii
"The two desire love― yet they're not fated for one another.
Raid Boss Add and Adventurer Aisha― the two shares unforgettable memories."
BGM [James Horner - The Portrait | 0beyond0]
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In between two bakery stores, there is a tiny alley, filled with memory. A candle used to be dimmed by a mage, in order to warm her lover who stayed there. People say, whenever their lavender eyes met another, the snow would start to fall gently. And that the snow was actually warm enough to melt a frost collected within a finger away. However, the magical snow would never cover up the spot where the boy sat, and even to this point, it remains snowless. The two shared beautiful memories with each other as their love grew bigger and bigger, even if they never saw each other for years― their feelings never wilted away.
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"The mage loved him so dearly…" With wrinkles formed on her slender fingers, an old woman gently took a sip of her tea once again as she trailed off on her story. A petite girl with lavender hair and possibly a year older boy with crimson hair sat next to her, with their eyes glistening with wonder as they finished listening to their grandmother's story.
"What happened to them, grandma?" A young girl asked her grandmother, her tiny fists clasped onto one another and her lavender eyes sparkling with curiosity. The grandmother let out a silent chuckle, as she replied, "They still love each other."
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Realize― Aisha realized multiple things after she learned that Add have committed suicide.
After their unforgettable meeting under the snowy sky, when they shared their first kiss and embraced one another, she could barely sleep due to excitement over pouring her. She visited the same place once again, and realized he wasn't there the following day. She visited the alley every single day― non stop for another year, and he was never there.
Realizing that the situation isn't solving, Aisha visited the castle she never wished she would see again. There, she found out Glaive has been murdered by Add― quite shocking, however, she learned a much more shocking truth. That Add killed himself right after. Eltrion, a freed Raid Boss who still resides in the castle told the entire story to the mage, who sat there crying for hours and hours.
It's all my fault.. She murmured to herself over and over. If only I never let him go, if only I freed him, if only I never married, she constantly blamed herself, yet couldn't bring her to go to where Add is. She was a married mother with children, and they were another part of her life she couldn't give up. How selfish I am, while I was the only one for Add.
Realize― Add realized multiple things before he committed suicide.
Add respected Aisha. He knew in the first place that they would never end up being together the moment he stared into her lavender eyes. He knew his fate, he knew his destiny, that they're not meant to be together. Of course, feelings still existed within his immortal soul. When he found out Aisha was an adventurer that visited the Raid in order to attack him, he was devastated. When Aisha visited his residence to see his humiliated self, he was devastated. When he realized Aisha had a lover with children, he was devastated. Yet he respected her.
Realizing that she's better off without him, he decided to finish his life― a somewhat a happy ending for each other. He wished she would forget about him, and he wished he would forget about her. Fate did not choose them to be together― it would have been better off if the two never met.
Yet, they realized. The memories they shared under the snowy sky, under the sunrise, they were all so precious. They realized this was their fate. They loved each other, and their memories will forever be placed deeply inside their heart, yet they weren't meant to be together.
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"The two desired love― yet they're not fated for one another.
Raid Boss Add and Adventurer Aisha― the two shares unforgettable memories."
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Forty years passed by since Add's death, and now, Aisha is a sixty eight year old grandmother. She's not the same Aisha she was forty years ago. Wrinkles have replaced her silky skin, her back has hunched up more, and her bones were starting to weak. The side she didn't wanted to show to Add― yet she realized, Add would still love her.
"Right here, drop me off here." She said with a husky voice as a gentleman opened her door, escorting her as she stepped on the cold cobblestone. The road she would run on top of, to meet Add, nothing has changed; she felt like she would see Add once again, back to when they were fourteen years old. She walked closer and closer, the smell of bakery dancing with the wind as she took each step. And then, the alley was in front of her eyes.
He's here.
Tears started to form inside her still-glistening lavender eyes, it traveled down her wrinkles as she took a step after another. With snow crunching with each step, she walked closer towards him.
He's not here.
Realizing it was just an illusion― Aisha slumped down. For a split second, she saw him. She saw him, leaning his back against the brick wall, his legs stretched, and his beautiful smile that contained nothing but love. She moved herself into the position of how Add always sat, which brought tears to her eyes once again.
She glanced towards the entrance of the alley, and realized this was the view he always saw while waiting for her. And there, the snow started to gently fall down from the sky, as if it was embracing her.
She realized, it was Add's magic― that made it snow.
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end chapter nine.
note:
i actually wrote this chapter when i just finished re-watching titanic for like the millionth time LOL
honestly, my favorite movie hands down IT ALWAYS GETS ME IN MY FEELS
if you were wondering what happened at the end, Aisha just had an illusion that Add was there. physically, he was not, he's dead LOL.
next chapter will be an extreme short epilogue! i wouldn't say chapter 9 is the official ending... so I'LL SAY IT'S NOT SAD ENDING? if you get the hint XD
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replies:
Ailee: LOL i'm glad the kissing scene and Glaive's death was enough to make you feel better! thank you for your words, and your awaited chapter is here!
