Lixious: Real life? No one is getting back to real life on my watch!Thank you I'm trying to keep a steady schedule. I don't like making people wait for a week or maybe a month just to get a chapter of the story.

shortfangirl: Heh, I know what you mean ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). CrA and DiE are the exact opposite of BH and MM so I'd say that CrAxDiE is hot while BHxMM is cute. Honey, please, Mitsuru can make anyone obey by freezing their asses off. I think Akihiko had been frozen by her tons of times since he had been around her the longest, but yeah, I can see where you're coming from.

NaruSaku1995: People in the PVP section are always salty. One time, I found a real nice person that plays DiE. When I lost, he nicely asked if I wanted to try again and when he lost he said that I was better than he thought. Man, I wish I can find more nice people like that. I agree with you that the SS rank is cool, but a little too troublesome to get. I prefer Dreadlord for one reason (other than the fact the Lu is cute as f***), his knives. I'm fond of characters that use throwing knives.

Ragna0011: Thank you, you made me blush (*.^.*). Don't worry Aisha, Elboy is always with you (even though he likes to pick a fight with you). The kiss was something dramatic after all. The two of them, after separating a while, should miss each other since arguing was basically their routine by now.

Heh...I realized that I couldn't put Eve and Chung (Cheve) anywhere by this point since if Eve comes here, Add would go crazy with catching her. Don't worry though, I already have plans of making them appear next chapter.

Enjoy my lovely people.


Since they made up (and made out), everyone was relieved. Things went back to normal. They still fought whenever something happened, which was every single day. Rena was glad that they got back to where they started. She still worried that they couldn't take one more step by their won accord. Little did she know that they had moved much further than she thought. Two peaceful days had passed…

"I miss Eve. I really want to see her so…" Elesis brushed a stray lock of hair behind her ear. "Can you stop being a stalker for only a day?"

"Tsk, if the queen is on my territory, you know I will try to capture her." Add continued with his work, he didn't even face Elesis. "You can invite whoever you want. I don't guarantee their safety though."

Elesis ticked her tongue and sat down beside him. It was worth a try anyway. She really did miss Eve though. Elesis shook her head. Eve was probably busy since she was a queen of a country. She couldn't simply invite her over only because she missed her. Add continued with his work. Elesis stared at the glowing cube. It seemed to shine brighter than the last time she saw it. It was captivating, so much so that she stared at it like it was the most interesting thing in the world. Suddenly, a knock on the door snapped her out of her trance.

"Add! I know you're in there!" It was Aisha's voice.

"And you also know that I'm not coming out." He replied without turning back.

The door was opened and a very angry looking Aisha was standing in front of the door. She marched towards the MasterMind, who just sighed since he knew where it was going.

"You need to get some fresh air! You never leave this room at all whenever I come over."

"Correction. I don't leave this room unless I want some chocolate or coffee."

Elesis thought to herself 'you liar'. He left it once just to rub it in her face when he won. Aisha turned to Elesis. She didn't seem pleased. Aisha got on Elesis's eye-level, her voice was stern and lecturing.

"You're spoiling him too much. Force him to go outside or something."

"He doesn't want to. He would rather live his life as a pathetic shut-in."

"Well, at least I'm smarter than a gorilla." Add said sarcastically.

Elesis leered at him. She kicked his chair, sent it moving away from its original position. The sudden movement caused a line from Add's pen went through 2 pages of his works. He narrowed his eyes at her, who raised an eyebrow challengingly.

"You want a go Amazon?"

"I can take you on any day."

Tension was high between the two of them. Aisha could feel that they were going to fight again. When it happened last time, she took everything she had to separate them and she didn't succeeded entirely. This time, she knew she had to stop it before it even start. Aisha ran in the middle of the two of them, successfully gained their full attention.

"No! You're not fighting this time! Ara is not here. I can't stop you alone."

"But he is being a bastard." Elesis eyed him with displeased.

"You started it first gorilla." Add turned to Aisha, who immediately tensed up when he looked at her in the eyes. "Can you please take her out? I will be really grateful."

Aisha blushed as I was the first time that he looked at her in the eyes. He always looked at something else while talking to her. Although she hated to think about it, Elesis had really changed him, for the better. She nodded then turned to the red head.

"You don't want to stay here and deal with him right? Let's go with just us girls."

"You're only doing this because he asked you to." Elesis whispered to her quietly. "I don't really mind. Add is really boring anyway."

Aisha puffed her cheeks when Elesis hit the nail on the head. She thought it was cute and pinched the magician's cheeks. Aisha winced in pain.

"What are you doing? It hurts!" She flailed her arms to emphasize her point.

"Sorry. I thought you were so adorable." Elesis rubbed the magician's head.

"Stop treating me like a child!"

"Now can you please get out of here?!" Add certainly was in the hurry to have them gone.

Elesis didn't answer him and went out with Aisha. Before the door closed, she made sure that Add saw her glare. He ticked his tongue at her and returned to his work.

"Was he always a prick?" Elesis couldn't help but ask the magician.

"He was a little nicer when he was young…just a little."

Just a little meant that he had always been a prick. Somehow, Elesis wasn't that surprised. He seemed like he would be the type to always be a jerk. Well, he was certainly one now. A big one at that. Aisha giggled when she saw Elesis's vibrant side again. That horrible time was finally over. She didn't have to worry about them anymore. Although there was one more thing she should be concern about, the fact that she cried and had Elsword comfort her. That memory hit her like a wave. Aisha blushed bright red when she remembered that moment of vulnerability.

"Hey sis!" Just her luck, he was coming towards their direction.

"What's up Elsword? I'm busy with Aisha here so no training, ok?"

Elsword sighed when he heard her said that. He was getting bored of just reading book and wanted to train a bit. Raven was nowhere to be seen so he took his second option. His sister. Elsword avoided training with his sister since she would usually taunt him when she got the upper hand while Raven would gently give him advice. He noticed Aisha, who was leering at him intensively.

"What?"

"Nothing…" Aisha narrowed her eyes cautiously.

She blushed red. Elsword actually kept that as a secret instead of taunting her. She was amazed by the depth that she had never known he had. She had expected him to use it to provoke her, but she didn't expect that he kept his promise. From Elesis's point of view, they were hiding something that she didn't know.

"Hey, what with the secret?"

"Nothing concerning you Elesis/sis." They said in unison which made Elesis arched her eyebrow.

Did something happen that she wasn't aware of? They seemed much closer than she remembered. They spoke in unison and it didn't result in them eyeing each other in disgust. That was some improvement. Elesis thought it would be better this way. Elsword had finally found someone who could tolerate him.

"Congratulation Elsword." She patted his back, which made him looked at her in confusion.

"What?"

Elesis giggled, left the both of them confused about what just happened. An idea popped up inside Elesis's head.

"Hey, Aisha. You know magic right?"

"Yeah…"

"Elsword. Wanna train with her?"

Elsword looked at her like she just said something completely absurd then back to Aisha, who, to his surprised, didn't seem to mind it that much. She hadn't been able to test her magic in a long while. It was a perfect opportunity to use some of the spell she just learned.

"No, I'm not doing this." Elsword shook his head.

"Oh really? Afraid of a little magic?"

"You would burn my ass off!"

"Elsword. Wording." Elesis reminded, but more on the joking side since she knew he got his way of talking from her.

"Yeah, I think maybe I can burn some of the jerk in you."

"You want a fight shorty?"

"Don't call me short!"

They looked like the got along through fighting. At least to Elesis. Although she hated to think about it, they reminded of Add and herself. Fighting, bickering, arguing, they were something that established their relationship. Well, Aisha and Elsword didn't get to the point of kicking and punching like they did, but they really looked like a younger version of them. Although there were one major different, none of them was a sarcastic cold-hearted jerk.

Back in his lab, Add sneezed for some reason.

Elesis separated the red head and the purple head. They were still at each other's throat. Had enough of their shenanigans, Elesis gave Elsword a firm punch on the head. He backed up, winced from the pain.

"What was that for? She started it first." Aisha didn't seem pleased.

"I can't do that to Aisha now, can I?"

It was obvious that Elsword sulked because of his sister's unfairness. Aisha's teasing giggle only made him felt more annoyed. Elsword put his hands behind his head and looked away from both of them.

"Excuse me little brat."

"Don't call me a brat! How old are you?"

"16." Elsword arched an eyebrow, waiting for her answer.

"Hah! I'm 18! I'm older than you!"

"Oh sorry, you don't act your age. Not to mention you aren't even taller than me. How am I supposed to know you're older than me?" He rolled his eyes at her.

"What did you just say?!" Aisha glared at him, she was clearly more angry than usual.

Elsword was used to Elesis since he grew up with her so Aisha's angry look wasn't really intimidating. She wasn't even nearly as scary as Elesis when she's mad. To Elsword, the only one who could be scarier than Elesis was Rena. Whenever she was angry, hell seemed to appear before his eyes. Living with two terrifying women, Aisha was nothing Elsword had to be afraid of.

"You have to tiptoe if you want to look at me in the eyes and you get angry over simple things. Aren't you childish?"

"You are the same!"

Elesis decided to be a bystander. They were too amusing for her to stop them. Elsword kept ignoring Aisha while she was pointing out his flaws, much like he just did.

"You guys know what." Elesis successfully got their attention. "Arguing everyday is really better than silence."

The both of them knew where she was getting at. Elsword didn't believe her though since it was a thing between her and Add. However, he and Aisha were different. He didn't argue with her just to get on her nerve. He just wanted to see the magician gets angry. Since every time she did, her entire face got red and she had a habit of puffing her cheeks when provoke. She looked like a squirrel. Elsword thought that was entertaining and also quite cute.

"It was something between you and Add only." Aisha verbalized his thoughts. "He always starts it."

"Are you sure? How about just now? You taunted me for not training with you."

"And you called me a brat." Aisha crossed her arms. "We weren't arguing until you said that."

A smile crept up on Elesis when it looked the two of them were ready for another round. She couldn't say it enough that Aisha was special towards Elsword. He could never deal with people before. He often said something he shouldn't have and then regret it. It looked like he could be able to keep a longer friendship (if it could be called that) with Aisha. Elsword looked up to Raven, but he saw him as a mentor more than a friend. He needed someone closer to his own age. A sudden shout from Aisha broke Elesis's train of thought.

"That's it! We're settling this with a fight! How about that?"

"Meet me at the training yard." Elsword returned her glare. "You can use your magic all you want, but you're going down."

"I wasn't intended to lose to you."

That said, Aisha and Elsword took off quickly. They left Elesis speechless there. She sighed. They were sure quick to settle their argument. It looked like she was alone again. Elesis went back to Add's research room, since he would be much more easy to look for than Rena. In this huge castle, the chance of her running into the elf was as thin as a thread. She always ran into her randomly, but if she looked for her, it was impossible.

As Elesis thought, Add was really still in his room. It became of predictable whenever she needed to look for him. Elesis closed the door and made her way towards him. She peered over his shoulder, still working with his Apocalypse cube, go figured. Elesis ran her hands through his ponytail, successfully gained his attention.

"What are you doing back here gorilla?" He didn't take his eyes off his work.

"How do you know it's me?"

"Only you would dare to do that."

"Not even Aisha?" Elesis had no idea where that came from.

"Huh? She hardly ever touches me." Add leaned back to his chair, turned his head diagonally to look at her.

"Uh huh."

Elesis nodded absent-mindedly. His hair was softer than she expected. It didn't look like he takes care of it in anyway. Heck, she even guessed that his long hair is from his laziness to get it cut. Add pushed her hand away.

"Stop doing that."

"Why not?" True Elesis fashion, she went back to touching his hair immediately.

"Because it's distracting."

Elesis sat down next to him. The chair that used to be in the corner had been moved there permanently. She leaned against the desk, staring at the MasterMind's face. It was lit up by the shimmering light from the Apocalypse. It really complimented his good look. Not that Elesis would ever tell him. She tried to lean in for a kiss, but Add pushed her down quickly.

"Not now, it's needlessly distracting."

"Everything is distracting to you."

After they made up, the kisses came naturally like talking. It was added as a way to communicate in their book. They had no idea how it came to this point, but it didn't bother them at all.

'You, yourself, are distracting enough as it is."

"And you still allow me to sit here."

"That is because no matter how hard I force you to get lost, you keep coming back and demand to watch me work." Add looked at her with a twitch in the corner of his eye.

Elesis smiled, pretended to be innocent about that. Add was used to that smile by now. Every time it appeared on her face, it meant that she tried to get away with something. He turned back to his desk, wrote something down his pieces of paper. Elesis stared at his concentrated face. It was something that she had always seen every time she sat there and watched him worked. Elesis poked Add's cheek. He immediately turned to her, quietly telling her to knock it off. She replied with a coy smile.

"What with that look?" Add arched his eyebrow.

"You really don't go outside much, do you?"

"You're asking that question now? You should have known better than that."

Elesis furrowed her brows. She took the pen Add was holding, stopped him in the middle of his work. Add didn't seem to care as he opened the drawer and took out another pen. Immediately, it was snatched away by Elesis again. Add grimaced. She was trying her best to get on his nerve, wasn't she? As he was reaching towards the drawer again, Elesis leaned against it, blocking it from him.

"Come on, let's go out for a bit. I haven't seen Elder yet." Elesis pulled his coat's sleeve.

"Then just go by yourself." He pushed her hand away.

"I need a tour guide."

"Then ask Raven." He eyed the drawer which she was blocking. "Let me get back with my work gorilla."

Elesis furrowed her eyebrows at his stubbornness. She kicked the chair he was sitting on, sent it sliding away from its original position. Quickly, she took all of the papers on his desk along with his Apocalypse cube and stocked all of them into the drawer. Add could feel a vein was about to burst from her game. Elesis raised an eyebrow challengingly at him. She sure had her way to convince (force) him to do what she liked.

"Fine." Add ticked his tongue, leaned against the chair in dismay. "Just this once. There will be no second time."


Next chapter, a date!