Okay, Gilbert is acting more like himself in this chapter in comparison to all the other ones.
And thank you for being patient while I was in Europe!
I'll probably be updating more once summer comes since there's like a month of school left for me.
Sheesh, the year is whizzing by so fast... It still feels like February to me... and it's April!
I both want to savor these last few weeks of being in this school where I practically grew up and at the same time, hurry up, graduate, and get my ass the hell out of this crappy ancient school.
...Now enough of my rambling and have a new chapter! :D
'…What is this photo about? And also, why does she look so pissed?!'
…
"Lizzy was sooooo angry that day!"
"Haha! What kind of face were you making back then, Tonio?"
"What?!"
"Gil really didn't understand anything, huh?"
"True, he never got anything, whether it be homework or riddles."
"Look who's talking."
"Hey!"
"He gets tricked too easily!"
"Look who's talking again!"
"Oh, come on, guys!"
Gilbert's old high school friends were murmuring things behind him back as he looked from the picture to Elizabeta.
She was pointing right at him and laughing with her new husband.
'Did I really not understand anything?'
He remembers all the times Eliza said that one line to him.
"Gilbert, you don't understand anything. You honestly never understand anything…"
'What does Roderich understand better about Lizzy that I don't?' Gilbert thought.
'I wanna do it over again.. Just once more, just one more time!'
He closed his eyes and began wishing for another change to appear again and again.
Then the lights shut off and something was shining on him again.
Now, he slowly opened his eyes and looked around for Britannia Angel.
His eyes began drifting to his side and he jumped as said angel appeared beside him, grinning.
"You're pretty clever--"
"Correction! I'm AWESOMELY clever."
"Alright, AWESOMELY clever… There were many people who gave up, thinking I'll only appear once."
"…It's not like I'm some smart-ass brainiac or anything, I just really wanna go back." Gil said, with as much modesty as he can bring himself to have.
"Alright then, now why is it that you want to go back to this picture, hmm?"
"Actually…" Gil looked at the ground nervously, "I don't remember this photo really well… But it really bugs me, not being able to remember what happened!"
Britannia Angel turned around and looked at him.
He was wearing an expression of disbelief and frustration.
"Do you really think such ambiguity is acceptable in the 21st century?!" he scolded, shaking his weird, sparkly wand at him.
"W-Well, it really really bugs me, seeing someone I love that angry at me!" he tried talking back, but with restraint.
He didn't want to ruin his chance to go back and fix what he had done wrong.
Not just yet…
After a while, the angel tsked and turned his head away.
"Even though you're an idiot, I don't dislike an undaunted fool…"
"Quit calling me stupid with fancy little words like that! …Wait how many negatives were in that?"
As Gilbert began counting again and again with his fingers, the angel turned around.
"I hope you're not getting the wrong idea… I'm not a little tour package to the past."
Gil looks up.
"I know. But I wanna use every chance I get to start over and leave no regrets."
The angel crosses his arms and Gil's eyes are drawn over to Elizabeta.
"I don't want to let it end like this, with her having so many unhappy memories with me."
"However, you don't even know why she unhappy in that picture."
Gil let out a long sigh like a disappointed child.
"I know..."
"…Oh well. If you had any idea why, you wouldn't even be having these regrets in the first place."
Gil looked at him with a more hopeful look than any kid would be able to give their parents.
"So then--!"
"HOWEVER! Contrary to all the myths, fate isn't that easy to change."
"I know, and I swear I'm gonna work my ASS off to kick that aristocrat out of my seat!" he said, glancing over to where Eliza and Roderich were sitting together.
"You keep saying that you know this, you know that. Well, according to my statistics, the one who thoughtlessly say they will work hard are the ones who don't!"
"Then I'll just prove to you that I'm not just another statistic!" Gil spoke back, daringly.
Content with that straightforward response, Brittania Angel walked over to the tables and bend over to look at Gil's plate.
"I'm taking this roast beef." he announced, eating it before Gil had any time to say he wanted it.
"Now… Ask and I'll give it to you!"
Nodding, Gilbert spread his legs out and put his hand into the air again.
"A CHANCE FOR THE AWESOME ME!"
And once again, the blizzard of light swallowed him up.