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Chapter 14: Fight! Cheer! The Sports Festival is here!
The day of excitement and motivation has arrived-The annual sports festival!
Confetti was riding on the wind, cheers and music could be heard within the school gates, and students rolled banners out from the windows displaying their competitive spirit.
The class president gave an encouraging speech to the students of the class, "Alright, class 2-A! We're going to win this Sports festival, no matter what! So put your heart and soul into it, and we'll definitely achieve 1st place! Good luck, everyone!"
The whole class cheered, "YEAH! LET'S DO THIS!"
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"There are three sections of today's sports festival. The competitive section, fun events, and teamwork events. So, we start with the competitive section first. The first race will be the sprints, if you're participating please start lining up at your designated position." the loudspeakers rang through the school.
Raven strapped his black headband around his forehead. "That's me." he glanced over at Eve, whom was wearing a white headband around her forehead. Black for the boys of class 2-A, and white for the girls of class 2-A. He gave her the thumbs up. "I'll win it for you."
Eve blinked, then smiled and nodded. "Okay, I'll watch you."
Just those words seemed to give Raven strength. He put his hand on her head and ruffled her hair a bit. "Cheer me on." and he left to stand at his post.
"Yosh! I can definitely win this!" Elsword wound the black material over his head and tied it, tightly. The guy who gets the highest points in the class gets to go on a date with Aisha, right? Heh, I got this! The redhead's eyes held a determined look.
The blond pretty boy patted Elsword's shoulder. "Hey, good luck to the both of us! You're trying to gain the most points for that date, aren't you?" Chung gave him a friendly smile.
"Yeah...why? Don't tell me...YOU'RE PLANNING TO WIN IT TOO!?" Elsword panicked.
He laughed. "Hahaha, maybe." His lips curved into a small smirk as he started heading towards the track. "Just maybe."
"OI, CHUNG! GIVE ME A PROPER ANSWER!" ELsword fumed and jogged to the event.
"Ah-Elsword, wait!" A quiet voice called out to him.
"Huh?" He turned, as it was a voice he couldn't recognize.
A shy girl slowly approached him and gave him a sweat wristband. "Um...I got this for you...I hope you can put it to good use. Good luck, Elsword, I'll be cheering for you!" She immediately ran away as he shouted his thanks.
He whistled. I must be pretty popular now...well that's to be expected, I am ultra cool after all! He thought with a confident vibe surrounding him.
Aisha witnessed this small event and felt anger slowly build up inside. Some girl gave him a gift? What the heck is that all about!? He's getting popular now? He's not even that great! Argh! She stomped her foot and pushed him out of her thoughts.
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"Ready...set...go!" There was a loud bang from the starting pistol, and the runners leapt off their feet, as they ran with all their strength to win. However, no matter how hard most of them tried, Raven was already well ahead of them.
"KYAA, RAVEN'S FIRST~!" screamed a fangirl.
"GO RAVEN! WE LOVE YOU!" cheered his fan club.
Eve just watched him, not saying a word. He's fast...
It looked like he wasn't even breaking a sweat, he soon overtopped Chung. "Sorry, Chung, but I'll be leaving you in the dust!" he said, confidently.
Chung threw him a smirk. "Let's just see you try!" He tried his best to match Raven's speed.
"OH NO YOU DON'T! ELSWORD'S COMING THROUGH, MOVE OUTTA THE WAY!" The energetic redhead sprinted past them.
Rena giggled in the crowd. "Mhmhm~! Boys...!"
Raven laughed evilly. "Oh please, you guys couldn't beat me even in a century!" He sped up.
"Yeah!? Bring it on!" Elsword was head-to-head with the dark haired teen.
"Hey, don't count me out, just yet!" Chung joined into the hot blooded 'fight'.
"Don't forget who the sports star is." Raven ran past the two boys.
Aisha facepalmed from within the audience. "Those idiots...the enthusiasm's nice, but Elsword's an accident just waiting to happen..."
The girl with silver hair let out a small laugh. "Those three are funny in a way."
"Funny!? They better not stuff everything up!" The prez prayed silently.
Raven noted Elsword starting to catch up. "Heh, not bad Elsword..." he commented.
"You too, Raven..." Elsword puffed and kept his velocity.
All of a sudden, Raven stopped running, and stuck out his foot. Elsword tripped over it, as predicted.
"AH-HEY, THAT'S CHEAP! RAVEN, YOU BAS-!"
"See you later, buddy!" Raven grinned, waved, and continued sprinting.
Chung laughed and hopped over the redhead. "Meet you at the finish line, Elsword!"
And, as if it was fate, Raven ran past the finish line. "Ha, piece of cake."
The crowd roared. "RAVEN! ❤"
"Yeah, Raven, you da man!" The guys shouted.
Raven smirked, then saw Eve looking at him. He gave her a quick smile, then proceeded on with the next race.
Elsword had recovered and collapsed after sprinting to the end. "Hah...hah...dammit, Raven..."
A hand was offered to help him up. "You alright?"
He looked up to see pretty boy smiling kindly at him. He refused and got up himself. "Yeah, but 3rd place...tch..."
Chung did his usual laugh. "Well, maybe next race!"
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In the next race, the runners ran ahead of Raven, while he lacked behind, pretty soon Elsword and Chung were going to overlap him.
"Hey man, you're not going easy on me now, are ya!?" Elsword taunted as he jogged past the sports star.
"Haha, what are you talking about?" Raven continued slowly jogging.
Eve folded her arms. "It's like the Hare and the Turtle all over again."
Aisha laughed. "So who's who then?"
Rena smiled. "Who knows?"
Chung then overlapped Raven. "Used up all your energy from the first race?"
"You know it." he replied, calmly.
Elsword was near the finish line, he started to get ahead of himself. Heh, I'll win this one for sure!
Suddenly, someone ran past Elsword with extreme speed, finishing in first place. Elsword blinked, he finished in second place.
Raven stretched. "Ah, not too shabby." he winked at the redhead.
"RAVEN?! YOU AGAIN?!"
"Yep. I was simply saving up my energy until the end." He pointed at his head. "My genius brain made up that little thing called strategy."
Elsword and Chung were left speechless. This guy...is dead!
•
Raven had finished his single races for the event, and he wiped some sweat off.
Rena and Raven's fan club ran over to him, and offered him towels, drink refreshments, and massages.
He pushed them all away, shaking his head. "No thanks." But he obviously needed them. Why did he push them away? Because he saw a certain quiet girl heading over his way.
"Ah...Eve. Did you see all my wins?" he laughed.
She nodded, and offered him a towel and some cold water. He smiled his thanks, and took them gratefully.
The fan club gasped. FAVORITISM?!
Meanwhile, Aisha was handing out bottles of water to the boys. "Here, here! You guys did great, take a rest and go all out on the fun events! Of course, don't forget to have fun~" She laughed and flashed a cute smile which made them stare.
Elsword was about to take a bottle but then Aisha turned around and gave it to someone else, he tried again with the same result happening. "Oi, is there a problem...?" He glared at her.
She smiled innocently at him. "Nope! Why? Should there be?"
"Not really, I just want a drink..."
"What's the magic word?"
"Please?"
"Nah-uh! You know that's not the magic word!" She teased.
The impatient redhead sighed. "Aisha's the cutest girl in the world?"
"Aww, thanks Elsword! I know I am~"
"So can I have the bottle now?"
"Nope! Because that wasn't the magic word!"
"Aah, come on! It's just a drink!"
"Magic word~"
"Uh, well-" He stuttered.
"If you can't get it in 3 seconds, you don't get anything~" She added pressure.
"WHAT!? UH-UM,"
"3..."
"YOU'RE AWESOME!"
"2..."
"YOU'RE AWESOMELY, BRILLIANTLY, SMART, SUPER COOL AND ULTRA CUTE!"
"1..."
"WAIT! ABRACADABRA ALAKAZAM!"
"Bingo!" She winked at him and handed him the bottle. "By the way, thanks!"
Elsword tore off the lid and gulped the refreshing liquid down. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and looked at her, eyes confused. "For what...?"
"Well, according to you, I'm awesomely, brilliantly, smart, super cool and ultra cute!"
"Ugh...you're going to hold me for that, aren't you...?"
"Yep!" She noticed the shy girl from before staring at them from afar. "Anyways, the girls' races are next, cheer me on, okay?" She hit him, lightly, and walked over to Eve. Aisha lowered her voice, as she whispered to her friend. "I think that girl over there is crushing on Elsword." She pointed with her eyes.
Eve took a small glance. "Her? Why?"
"Look! She's been staring at Elsword the entire time! Plus, she gave him a wristband earlier!"
Eve grabbed out a notebook and pen, then started scribbling, "If a girl stares at a boy for a long time, it means they're in love with that boy."
"Why are you noting that down...?" Aisha tried to peek into the book.
"Isn't this quite knowledgeable?"
"Uh...yes...? In a way...?"
"I believe if I write knowledgeable things down, I will remember it well."
"I'm not sure how important that is, but okay."
"Anyways, why were you pointing out that the girl liked Elsword?" Eve closed the notebook.
"I-Is there something unnatural about that!?" She slightly panicked.
"You're stuttering."
"WHA-WHAT!? WHO IS!?" Aisha looked around, frantically.
"You're still stuttering, Aisha."
"I don't know what you're talking about..." Her eyes shifted to the corner.
"Is this, perhaps, a sign of jealousy?"
"WHA-WHAT!? WHO'S JEALOUS!?" She looked around, again.
Eve quietly shuffled away from the hot headed girl. "The race is about to start."
"H-Hey, are you ignoring me?!"
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After the boys' races, it was the girls' turn. "Would all female students please take their positions?"
Aisha tied the white headband around her head tighter. "Alright, here I go!" She was determined to make class 2-A win.
Rena stretched and imagined all the things that could happen if she won. Raven would walk up to me, as cool as ever, and say, "That was pretty impressive, Rena. I didn't know you could run like that." Kyaa! I can just imagine his smirk~!
Eve tapped Aisha on the shoulder, and whispered, "Good luck."
"Thanks!" She smiled and jogged to the track.
"Alright, everyone ready? 3...2...1-" The starter pistol went off and all the girls leapt off their feet.
Aisha was running in first place, she tried to hold her position but Rena came from behind.
"I won't go easy on you, Aisha!" The popular girl panted and tried to take her over.
"That's fine, I didn't ask you to!" She sped up.
In the crowd, the Aisha fan club was having a fight with the Rena fan club. "AISHA, MAKE THAT CHICK CRY!"
"NO WAY, RENA, DO YOUR BEST!"
Aisha crossed the finish line and bent over, trying to catch her breath. "First...place..."
Rena fell to her knees in disappointment. "Aww...I lost..." Her fanclub gathered around her- helping her up and attending to her needs. "Aisha, don't think you've won just yet!"
"Hahaha, right back at you!" She tried to fire up her rival for more motivation. This is good, usually Rena thinks she's too cool to do anything. If we keep going 1st place-2nd place, our class will definitely gain the most points!
They did a few more competitive races with first place jumping back and forth. In the last race, Aisha decided to take it more seriously. "Well, thanks Rena for all the hard work, but now, I think I'll earn the most points!"
"Keep dreaming, that's not going to happen!" Rena replied.
But it did. Aisha sprinted past the finish line and cheered. "Yes, yes, yes! I did it! First place, alright!" She spun round and did the peace sign at Rena. "Haha, what did I say!? I knew it!"
Rena had a mini inner rage and noticed Raven walking towards her. Raven's coming this way! She hastily tried to make herself look good. "Oh, hi Raven!" she flashed an angel's smile at him.
"Hmph." he walked past her and put a hand on Aisha's shoulder. "Good job, Aisha."
The ElHigh Queen couldn't believe he had just walked past her without even glancing in her direction.
"Oh, Raven!" The purple haired girl looked at him and smiled. "Thanks."
Raven looked at Elsword in the corner of his eye, to see if the redhead was watching. Which he was, in fact, he was heading straight towards them. The dark haired teenager smirked, and leaned closer to Aisha and from Elsword's angle, it looked like they were kissing. "Good luck with the other races, Class Prez." he waved, and walked back to the crowd of watchers.
Elsword gaped at the scene he had just witnessed. "CHUNG, DID YOU JUST SEE THAT!? RAVEN JUST KISSED AISHA, I MEAN, WHAT THE HELL, MAN! WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL!?"
Chung laughed. "Elsword, don't you think you're overreacting a bit?"
But Elsword ignored the blond fellow and stomped up to Aisha. "Why did you let him do it?"
"Huh...? Do what, Elsword?" She didn't like the attitude he was giving her.
"Don't act stupid, you know what I'm talking about!" His voice started to rise.
"No, I don't! You're not being very specific so spill it!" Her voice matched his.
"YOU KNOW, THAT!"
"NO, WHAT'S THAT!?"
"ARGH, NEVERMIND!"
"FINE, BE THAT WAY!"
"Hmph!" They both turned opposite directions and silently called each other names in their minds.
The popular girl stared at the two quarrelling. Ooh, this is good. Could be my chance to get back at Aisha! She ran up to Elsword and linked arms with him. "Els! Did you see me run before?"
"Whoa!" Elsword blushed slightly and noticed Aisha glaring. "Heh, of course I did! You were pretty awesome out there, Rena!"
WHAT! WHAT? WHAT!? OH NO HE DIDN'T! HE DID NOT JUST GIVE MY COMPLIMENT AWAY TO RENA! She was glaring icicles at the couple. Wait, what's the point in getting worked up over him? Waste of time and effort! Hmph. She walked over to join the student council members.
•
Eve pulled on Raven's sleeve. "Raven...I think you just made things worse."
He laughed. "What are you talking about, Eve? Everything will be better soon enough."
"What makes you say that?"
"Well, there IS the bonfire dance later today...and they say if you watch the bonfire get lit with your special someone, your special someone will develop feelings for you." he explained a well-known rumor in ElHigh.
"What makes you think the two of them will watch the bonfire together?" she blinked.
"It's simple." He wagged his index finger. "We'll just push them together!"
"Ah, I see..." she nodded her head. A special someone...?
Raven listened to the next announcement, and faced Eve. "Hey, I think I'm in the next race, so I better go."
"Okay, have fun." she waved at him, as he ran off. "Rumors in ElHigh...this sounds interesting, indeed."
She heard some girls whisper from behind her. "Hey, hey, you know that rumor with the headbands?"
"No, what rumor?"
"They say that if a boy and a girl exchange headbands they'll have an eternal love together!"
"That sounds so sweet! I'll try and get Chung's headband❤!"
"Heheh, Raven for me." giggled the other girl.
Eve folded her arms. "Headband exchange...? Isn't that a bit disgusting because it'll be sweaty? Maybe 'it sounds so sweat' instead of 'sweet'? No, that doesn't make sense...maybe I'm thinking over this too much." she frowned, but shook her head, and headed over to the watching stands to see Raven win again.
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"Hey, everyone! Aisha here~ Next up for the events, we have the team relays! Pick your teams of 4 and choose a baton of any color! The baton's color represents your team. Thanks, and good luck!"
"Huh? How come we're doing team relays? Isn't that normally the last event of the festival?" frowned a male student.
Glave stepped forth. "Yes, but this year we'll be doing it in a different order because of some...delays."
"Delays?" blinked a female student. "Like what?"
"Like setting up equipment and such." briefed Glave. "Now, I suggest you all start getting into groups."
The students hurriedly grabbed their friends to join their team, with a few conflicts over the popular students.
"Raven, Raven! Come join our team~!" 3 fangirls shouted.
"Please join our them, Rena!" 3 fanboys also shouted.
"Chung! Over here!" A crowd was waving him over.
"Elsword, my man! It'd be great to have you on the team!" Lowe put an arm around the redhead.
"Class prez, would you like to join my team?" A random student asked.
Raven noticed no one was asking Eve to join a team, so he grabbed her hand and smiled gently at her. "Would you like to join my team?"
She was surprised at this, then blushed a bit. No one has ever asked me to join their group or team before... "Yes, please..."
A small group started to form around Aisha. "Aisha, Aisha! Join my group!"
"No, she'll join mine!"
"Ahaha...guys..." It was like the first day of school all over again. She noticed a certain redhead walking by and thought that she could use him to get her out of the situation but then she remembered she was annoyed at him and decided to leave it.
"Aisha! Make a decision, whose team will you join!?" They shouted at her.
"E-Ehh!? Well...uh...I-I'm joining someone else's team..." The school prez tried looking around for a team.
"What!? Whose?" they gasped.
Something hit her head gently and she heard a voice next to her. "She's in mine." The bottom of Elsword's fist was on her head.
"Wha-HEY! WAIT A SEC! WHAT'S WITH THAT!? BEFO-"
"Because, of course, who wouldn't want to be in my team?" He grinned confidently.
"Nevermind...he's still a jerk..." She whispered.
Raven put a hand on Aisha's shoulder. "Well, if Elsword and Aisha are together, then why don't you two join up with Eve and I?"
"I AM NOT PAIRED UP WITH ELSWO-!"
"Sure!" He interrupted.
"Haha, great." Raven called Eve over. "So, who wants to be in what position?"
Eve folded her arms. "Fastest in last, to cross the finish line and catch up. I believe that would be logical."
Raven tilted his head to the side. "I suppose that means I'll be in the last position then. That also means I get to cross the finish line!"
"Wait, so slowest goes first then?" Aisha looked between Eve and Elsword.
Raven shook his head. "If slowest went first, we'd be too behind."
Eve nodded. "It should be medium, medium, slow and fast."
Elsword snatched up a red baton. "Well then, the brilliant me will go first!"
"Is it just me, or does he seem cockier laterly?" Raven murmured quietly to Eve and Aisha.
Eve shrugged. "Well then, I think I'm probably the slowest, so I'll go to the third position." she walked away.
"Guess that leaves me in 2nd." The purple haired girl took her place.
•
"Ready, set...GO!" The pistol went off and Elsword sprinted towards Aisha.
Elsword, whatever you do, don't drop the baton...please...just don't... She hoped.
Raven and Eve watched the two intensely as the baton passed through their hands. Raven nodded positively as he saw Aisha hadn't dropped the baton.
"RUN, AISHA!" Elsword shouted at the top of his lungs.
"SHUT UP, IDIOT, THE WHOLE SCHOOL CAN HEAR YOU!"
Aisha then ran towards Eve, and Eve held out her hand, starting to slowly run. "Eve, here!" The two exchanged the baton smoothly, and Eve ran as fast as she could to reach Raven.
Raven gave her words of encouragement. "You can do it, Eve! Just keep on going!"
She was slowly nearing him, until Rena shoved Eve with her shoulder. "Oops, sorry!" she poked her tongue out.
"!" The baton jumped out of Eve's hands. Oh no...this is bad! Eve quickly snatched for it before it contacted with the ground, but this allowed Rena to overtake Eve. Luckily, Eve remembered the training Raven had given her, and caught up to Rena in no time.
Rena noticed Eve catching up, and she began to get desperate. "Tch..." she looked ahead and saw Chung wasn't too far away. "Chung! Catch!" she threw the baton.
All of a sudden, everything seemed to be playing in slow motion.
Eve stared at the flying baton (as did everyone else), while running. "Rena just...threw the baton?"
"That's crazy!" Aisha stared.
Elsword was speechless. "Is she allowed to do that...?"
"She...she really threw the baton?!" Chung gaped. "I-Isn't that against the rules?!"
Raven choked. "Rena just THREW the baton?!" But he snapped out of it as soon as Eve started nearing him. He slowly started running, and held out his hand, ready to receive the baton. Ugh, forget about useless things like Rena's stupidity, I have a race to win. He felt Eve's hand touch his, and he gripped onto the baton and started sprinting forward.
The finish line fell, and the crowd cheered. "Annnnnnd Raven's team is the winner!"
Elsword pouted. "Uh, no. Correction-ELSWORD's team!"
Raven, Eve, Elsword, and Aisha all got to hold the best teamwork trophy and took pictures while receiving certificates and small prizes. "Congratulations!"
Rena almost snapped the baton into two because she was clutching it so hard from her jealousy. "Ugh...I lost to them?! I mean Raven and Elsword, sure I'll accept that lost, but Eve and Aisha...?! What is this?!"
Chung put a hand on Rena's shoulder and smiled at her. "Don't worry Rena. We can always try again next year."
"C-Chung...!" Rena smiled, but she was freaking out on the inside, Don't tell me he heard everything I just said!
Raven and Elsword brofisted each other, while Aisha grabbed Eve's hands and jumped up and down happily. "Hurray! We won!"
Eve smiled. "Yes, we really did it..."
Elsword grinned. "Alright, that was awesome, man!"
Raven laughed. "Haha, so were you."
Some girls walked over to Eve and congratulated her. "Congratulations Eve, you were really good!"
"Ah...thank you." she replied, shyly.
"We never knew you could run like that! What's your secret?"
"Ah, well-" she looked over at Raven, and he winked at her, putting his index finger to his lips.
It's a secret.
"Um...I just never gave up..." she said. Raven, you have my gratitude.
•
The chairman's voice could be heard all over the school because of the megaphones. "And now, the next series of events are the fun events of the last part of the sports festival. First up, we have the three-legged race!"
Raven linked arms with Eve, and started leading her to the starting line. "Come on, Eve, let's do this together and aim for first place!"
"Yes...let's!"
Rena glared at the two. "Well, look at those two, they look like they're just dandy...!"
"Rena, let's do this thing!" grinned Lowe.
Ugh...remind me how I ended up having Lowe as my partner... "Okay!" she fake smiled.
"Hey, Aisha? Don't worry, we can definitely win this!" Chung said his words of encouragement while tying the band around their ankles.
"Thanks, I'm counting on you!" She smiled and heard the announcement, ushering them to take their positions. "C'mon, you nearly done?"
"No, sorry, it keeps coming undone..."
"Should we get a new one?Ah- HURRY! Everyone's getting to the track!"
"Sorry, sorry, I'm trying!"
Glave blocked his ears, then lifted the gun into the air. "Ready, set...bananas!"
The students glared at the white haired teacher. He laughed evilly. "Oh come now, everybody should eat bananas. They're very nutritious and-"
"Teacher Glave, no one cares." Raven said bluntly.
He sighed. "And here I was trying to be funny. Ready, set..."
Raven thought to himself, If he says bananas or something again, I swear I'm going to...
"Go!"
Raven and Eve leapt off their feet in perfect unison. They were completely synced with each other, and Raven kept them in time, "Right, left, right, left, right, left!"
Eve was so focused on the footing, she kept looking down. "Eve, always look up when you're running. If you look down, you'll increase the rate of falling! Right, left..."
"Ah-right, sorry..." she did as she was told. She kept focusing, but suddenly she felt dizzy, and her eyesight shook. Everything seemed to turn upside down; so she accidentally made a wrong step, and Raven and her fell down together.
"Eve, are you alright?!" He glanced at her, as he tried to help her regain to her feet.
The pale girl's head swayed a bit, and she nodded blankly. "Yes, I'm fine..." she tried to stand up, only to fall back down, and clutch her ankle. It hurts...!
Raven noticed this. "You're injured!"
"No, it's okay...let's continue the race..." her legs trembled as she struggled to get back up.
He shook his head, and knelt down. "It's alright, forget about the race, all that matters is if you're alright."
"Raven…I…"
"I'll carry you to the nurse's office!" Raven swooped Eve up bridal style.
"R-Raven!" she blushed.
"Your safety and you is all that matters to me, Eve!"
Rena stared as if she had seen the most strangest thing in her life. "Why...why is it that what I imagined with me and Raven as three-legged race partners, happened exactly like what just happened with him and Eve?!" Exact words too...!
"Rena, snap out of it! This is our chance to win the race!" Lowe advised.
"Yes, yes, I know!" she continued running with Lowe.
Meanwhile, while Aisha and Chung were running, the band loosened and tripped them up. "AH!" The two fell and tried to recover quickly.
"Sorry, Aisha, the band's snapped..."
"What!? Does that mean we're disqualified?"
Suddenly, someone swooped Aisha up and started running with her in their arms.
"H-Hey, what the-!?" She looked at the person and noticed the outstanding red hair. "ELSWORD!?"
He grinned at her. "No time to waste, sorry, Chung!"
"WAIT, ELSWORD, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A THREE-LEGGED RACE, WE'RE TOTALLY DISQUALIFIED IF ITS NOT ON OUR ANKLES! PLUS, I'M NOT EVEN RUNNING!" She pointed out that he was carrying her like a princess.
"Who cares, when we reach the finish line, we can deal with it then!"
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? ELSWORD, WE-!"
"Hold on tight, here we go!" Elsword sped up and raced towards the finish.
Chung felt someone grab his hand and pull him up. He blinked and saw it was Rena. It seemed she had ditched Lowe for him. "Let's go, Chung!"
The prince just sighed and smiled. "Got it!" and the two ran off.
•
The teenager with raven hair bandaged the rich girl's ankle. "Does it hurt?"
She shook her head. "Only when I use my right foot..."
He looked up at her. "Well, it's good to know you're okay. But what happened back there?"
"?" she tilted her head to the side.
"Your speed suddenly slowed, and then you fell down. Do you have an illness or something?" he sat next to her on the infirmary bed.
"No, not really..." she looked down at her ankle.
The school nurse walked in, spoke with Raven for a bit about Eve, then walked out. Raven turned to face Eve. "Why didn't you tell me about that?"
"I didn't want to be a nuisance..." she averted her eyes from him.
"Eve, you should've told me that you've got a weak body. If I knew, I wouldn't have been so hard on you during training." he folded his arms.
"But if you weren't as strict, how could you expect me to win the three-legged race with you?"
"..." he sighed. "Listen to me, it's not about winning."
"What?" she blinked dumbfoundedly at him.
He knelt down in front of her, and held her two hands in his. "It's about having fun. Remember, I told you about it on our weekend?"
"Fun...yes, I remember." she nodded.
He placed something in her hands, then made her fingers close onto it. "I'll give you this to take care of." he smiled at her. "And I'll be taking yours." Raven took Eve's headband off, and tightened it around his forehead instead. "I'll visit you again, Eve. Watch me from the window, okay?" He ran out of the room, back to the sports festival.
Eve opened her hand, and stared at Raven's black headband. "He gave me...his headband?" She then remembered the rumor.
"They say that if a boy and a girl exchange headbands they'll have an eternal love together!"
Her cheeks tinged pink, and she shook her head. "No, that can't be true...besides, Raven trading headbands with me was a complete coincidence..."
•
The energetic redhead came running past the finish line with the class prez in his arms. "YEAH, WE WIN!"
"Alright, we have a winner!" Glave announced.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait what!? How does that even count!?" Aisha stammered.
Elsword held up their intertwined fingers with the band wrapped around their hands. "Technically we're still together!"
She felt her face heat up and her voice starting to stutter. "W-When did you...nevermind...thanks, Elsword."
Raven approached the winners. "Hey, congratulations you two. I heard you guys won the three-legged race."
"Yeah, that's because you and Eve dropped out!" smirked Elsword, confidently.
"Oh please Elsword, if we hadn't, that prize would've been ours."
"Right, right." he yawned.
"Just say thank you, Elsword!" Aisha whacked him on the back. "Thanks, Raven."
"No problem."
Raven's fan club gasped. "Oh em gee! Raven's wearing a white headband, not a black one!"
"No way! Who did he exchange his one with?!" a lot of the girls searched the crowds for a girl with a black headband, but found no one. "We have got to find out who that girl is!"
"I'm so jealous! I wanted Raven's headband!"
"We all did!" some other girls cried. "So much for eternal love with Raven..."
Raven raised an eyebrow, then glanced at Elsword and Aisha. "Headband exchange? Eternal love? What?"
"You know, that rumor..." Aisha explained.
He frowned. "Is it a girl thing? Because I know of no such rumor."
Elsword replied, "Well, basically if a girl and a guy exchanges headbands, it means those two will end up having an eternal love with each other..." he trailed off as his eyes shifted onto the purple haired girl.
She noticed his gaze. "Wh-What!?"
"Wanna exchange headbands..?"
"OF COURSE NOT!" Her hand slammed into his head.
"Worth a shot..." He muttered.
What the heck is he saying...!? There's no way we could ever... She walked away to hear the next announcement.
Elsword grabbed onto her ponytails. "Hey, Aisha, I think there's something in your hair." he grinned.
"OI, BUG OFF!" She tried to pull her hair out of his grasp.
"Oh, okay." he let go, and he made sure she didn't notice that her headband fell off. Elsword picked up her headband, and switched it with his black one. "Here, Class Prez. You dropped your headband."
"Huh? Oh, thanks..." She wrapped it around her forehead then paused. Hold on a sec... "ELSWORD, GIVE ME BACK MY HEADBAND! IT'S WHITE."
He laughed and quickly ran away with her headband. "Catch me if you can!"
"ELSWORDDDDD!" She shouted while chasing him around.
Raven chuckled at the two, then listened to the next announcement.
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"Okay everyone, great work so far. Now we have the bread-eating contest!"
Raven frowned. "I'm definitely not going to participate in that..." he imagined Elsword stuffing his face, and shuddered. "Disgusting..."
"Aww, yeah! My favorite activity! I mean, all you have to do is eat bread, right?" Elsword punched the air.
"Yeah...bread hanging on a string..." Aisha sweat dropped. I don't see how this is even a sport...
"Hahaha, Elsword. I'll be joining in too." Chung laughed and took his place next to Elsword.
Rena folded her arms. "But the only prize you get is that you can take home as much bread as you want and it can be any flavor."
Elsword was even more motivated. "That's the point! It means I don't have to pay for food, and I can just live on bread!"
"What an idiot...is your life as a dorm student really that poor...?" Aisha face palmed and also joined into the contest.
"Of course! You don't know what it's like...instant noodles everyday..." The redhead groaned at the memory.
"Alright, does everyone know how this contest works?" Glave said through a microphone. "Too bad, even if you do, I'm going to explain it anyways. So, all you need to do is run up to the bread that's hanging from a string then jump up to try and eat it. Depending on the flavor, depends on the number of points. From right to left, we have melon bread, red bean bread, custard bread, coconut bread, and plain. Obviously, plain being the lowest!"
Heh, I am totally aiming for melon! Wait, does it actually taste like melon..? Ew... Elsword stared at the melon bread, swinging on the string.
Aisha saw that Elsword was pondering over the bread. I bet he's thinking that the melon bread will taste like melon and that he's put off of it because of that...melon bread isn't supposed to taste like melon, idiot...
Chung laughed. Everyone's aiming for melon! Maybe I will too but things will probably get a little violent.
"Are you ready? 3...2...1...START!" The teacher's pistol went off.
As Chung had thought, everyone was fighting over the melon bread like children. "Then I'll just go for red bean..."
"Elsword, move it! This melon bread's mine!" Aisha pushed and shoved the others.
"Is violence allowed here?" Eve wondered.
"No way!" Elsword jumped and tried to bite the bread.
Just in time, Aisha pushed him and took the bread herself. "Woohoo! Melon bread is mine! Take that, Elsword!"
Chomp!
"Wha...?" Aisha saw that Elsword had taken a bite out of the bread she was holding. "AHH-! ELSWORD, WHAT'RE YOU DOING?!" Now I can't eat that end of the bread!
The redhead blushed slightly and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. "Half and half, that means our points are split!"
"WHAT!?" If that's the case then... She quickly moved to steal another flavor of bread but Elsword was two steps ahead of her and took the custard one.
"Looks like I'm going to win this!"
"Are they even allowed to eat more than one bread..?" Raven raised an eyebrow.
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Elsword came out as the bread-eating King with Aisha just one point behind, the bread-eating Queen.
"What is up with these titles..?" Aisha remarked.
"Who cares? There's so much bread!" He tried shoving his new source of food into his bag.
Raven laughed, and slapped Elsword on the back. "Gonna share some of that with your buddies, right Elsword?"
Chung swung an arm around the redhead's neck. "Yeah, you can't possibly eat all of that yourself...can you?"
Elsword protectively hugged the packaged bread. "No way, guys! Win it yourself!"
They all laughed and playfully fought over the packets.
"Hahaha! They're such guys!" Aisha said, as she watched the three. I wonder if Eve's alright...
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"Time for the last fun event for today! The borrowing contest- run up to the desks and draw out a piece of paper. Then, borrow what the paper says!" A teacher explained.
"Sounds fun!" Elsword was loving these fun events.
"I hope there's nothing stupid written on them..." Aisha recalled last year's sports festival.
Raven stretched his arms and legs. "We shall see..."
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"Ready...3...2...1...go!" Glave shot the start pistol again, and Raven, Chung, Elsword, Aisha, and Rena ran towards the tables with boxes with the paper inside it. They drew the paper from the box, and stared at it.
Chung blinked. "A girl's ribbon?" Who would have ribbons? He scanned the crowd. "Ah! Aisha, give me your hair ribbons!"
"Huh...?" She undid her hair and handed it to him.
"Thanks!" He ran with the ribbons towards the finish line.
"Coming in first place is Chung, hurry everyone, borrow items!" The teacher shouted.
Rena's face flushed red as she stared at the paper in shock. "C-C-Chung's...S-S-S-S-Shirt?!" she felt like having a nosebleed, but she quickly ran after Chung. "Chuuunnnggg! Stop!"
"What..? Rena, what's up?" He slowed to a jogging pace.
"You...Your shirt! Take off your shirt!" she panted.
"My what..!?" His eyes widened and his face turned pink.
She shoved the paper in his face and tried to remove his shirt. "Come on, Chung! Hurry up!"
"Whoa, ladies and gentlemen, what's going on here? A make-out session!?" The announcer tried to heat things up.
There were a lot of 'Oohs' and 'Aahs' from the crowd as they watched Rena and Chung. Rena ushered Chung. "Are you going to take it off or not?!"
"Okay, just hold on a sec...!" He recovered from his daze and started pulling his shirt off his head.
The Chung fan girls squealed and got nosebleeds. "Chung! ❤"
And some fan boys of Chung covered their eyes. "Oh no! What about my dreams?!"
Rena snatched the shirt, and pecked him on the cheek. "Thanks!" she quickly ran ahead of him.
He blushed. "Huh..? AH-! THE RACE!"
Raven crushed the paper, and ran over to Elsword. "Elsword, stop running."
"WHAT THE HECK-NO!" Elsword ran faster.
"DON'T MAKE ME TACKLE YOU, KNUCKLEHEAD!" he shouted.
The BL fan club screamed like crazy. "TACKLE HIM, RAVEN! TACKLE HIM!"
"There is something wrong with those girls...and guys!?" Elsword shot a weird look at them.
"Elsword, just stop running for 5 freaking seconds!" Raven was getting ready to tackle him.
"What the heck for!?" He shouted behind him.
"I'll count to three, and if you haven't stopped by then...three..."
"OKAY, OKAY, YOU HAVE 3 SECONDS," He stopped abruptly. "What?"
The dark haired teenager grabbed Elsword's leg. "Finally..."
The BL club screamed even harder and louder.
"H-Hey, Raven, what the heck-!? JUST SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T SWING THAT WAY!"
~Enter the Yaoi Fanclub's imagination~
"Finally...I've caught you." panted Raven.
"Oh no, Raven, not there!" Elsword pushed him away.
*CENSORED*
Raven slipped Elsword's shoe off, and held it in the air, as if he was presenting the grand prize. "Ha! I got it! The idiot's shoe!"
"Huh?" Elsword had a blank look on his face.
"The paper...it reads 'an idiot's shoe'." nodded Raven. "Well, I don't need you anymore, see you!" He ran off towards the finish line.
"WHAT THE-! No way am I letting you get away with that...!" He tried to regain his place.
Meanwhile, Aisha was staring at the words written on the piece of paper. Her hands were shaking and her eyes didn't blink for seconds. "Th-There's no way...there's no way I can do this!"
"Rena!" A voice continuously shouted the Queen's name.
"Hm? What is it, Els?" The green-blonde beauty smiled and slowed down.
"Uh...well, I need..." He scratched the back of his head.
"Hm?"
His voice was shaky."I need...you...your-"
She blushed. "E-Els, what are you saying..?"
He stared at her. "Uh...what? It's just...this...it's so uncool for a guy to ask for this but..." The redhead showed her his piece of paper which read 'a compact mirror'. "I need your compact mirror."
Rena felt her hopes get crushed. "Oh...okay, sure!" She handed him her lime colored compact mirror.
"Thank-!" Someone suddenly grabbed his collar and started dragging him by it towards the finish line. He turned to see who it was and saw it was Aisha. "GA-HEY, YOU'RE STRANGLING ME, YOU KNOW!?"
"SHUT UP AND DON'T COMPLAIN, WE'RE NEARLY THERE ANYWAYS!" She hid her face and ran, still dragging him.
"Winner-Chung!" the crowd applauded and wolf whistled him, seeing as he was still shirtless.
"In 2nd place we have Raven and in 3rd place we have a draw...Aisha and Elsword! Although, technically Aisha is 3rd. Anyways, thank you everyone for participating in today's fun events! The last event of today will be the class tug-of-war, then we'll finish up with the school folk dance!" The announcer said through the mic.
Raven scratched the back of his head. "Uh, hey, Aisha...why are you tugging onto Elsword anyways?"
"What!? Who's tugging on who!?" She dropped him as if he were just a rock.
"Ow, ow! Sheesh, can't you be a bit more gentle!?" He complained and rubbed his sore neck.
"!" Raven noticed a piece of folded paper drop out of Aisha's pocket. He picked it up, and unfolded it. 'The one you like.' He raised an eyebrow, then smirked. He folded it back up and handed it to Aisha, "Aisha, I think you dropped this."
She blushed at the sight of it and immediately snatched it back. "TH-THAT'S-COME WITH ME FOR A SECOND!" She pulled him away from the others and lowered her voice. "You didn't read it...did you?"
"Read what?" his smile never faltered.
Elsword frowned. "She chose him over me?!"
"It would appear that way." Chung popped up next to him- with his shirt back on.
"Geh-! ...Nevermind. Just so you know, it's not what you think. AT ALL!" The class prez quickly ran over to the tug-of-war.
Raven chuckled. "Sure it isn't..." he flipped out his phone, and started to text Eve. "I found out class prez has a crush on loser. :)"
"Class 2-A versus Class 2-B! I repeat, Class 2-A versus Class 2-B! Please take your positions, the tug-of-war is about to start!" A staff member announced.
"Alright everyone, are you ready!? We're going to beat Class 2-B! Let's Show them what we're made of!" Aisha prep-talked the class.
"And...START!" Glave pulled the trigger.
"Heave...ho! Heave...ho!"
"C'mon, Class 2-B!" A student from the opposing class shouted.
The sports star grinned. "There's no way you guys are going to take me down!" He pulled onto the rope harder.
"Don't count me out just yet..!" The redhead kendo expert used all his strength.
"Ah-!" The blond pretty boy fell from the rope being tugged on violently. "Oh no..." Tears started to form in his eyes.
The girls gasped, the boys stared. "HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO CHUNG!" Suddenly everyone was motivated to avenge Chung.
"Ah, never seems to fail." The prince smirked and recovered.
Rena was on the sidelines, cheering her class on- as she didn't want to ruin her perfect hands. "Raven, Raven, he's our man, if he can't do it, no one can!" She chanted with a few other girls, then changed the name to other guys in the class.
"Pull harder, Class 2-A! Think about that-" Aisha was interrupted by a certain idiot.
"THINK ABOUT THAT DATE WITH AISHA!" Elsword shouted. I know I sure am...wait...I AM!?
"YEAH! DATE WITH THE CLASS PREZ!" The guys screamed their lungs out and hauled on the thick rope.
Elsword, you are so getting it when we win this tug-of-war! She thought to herself and joined into the 'epic battle'.
The rope unstably shifted back and forth, back and forth, until Class 2-A finally outdid Class 2-B.
"Yes! We're victorious!" Raven high-fived Chung & Elsword.
"That means...!" Aisha's face held a bright smile.
"Class 2-A is the overall winner for the Sports Festival! Congratulations!" The announcement came and the other classes cheered while some sulked.
"YEAH! ALRIGHT! WOOHOO!" The students of the winning class tossed people up into the air, especially Chung, Raven, Elsword and Aisha.
Eve had a delighted expression on her face, as she approached the class from the infirmary. "Congratulations..."
"Eve!" Aisha ran up to her friend and hugged her. "We won, we WON!"
Chung laughed at the sight of them. "Anyone up for some bro-hugs?"
The BL fanclub screamed. "OHEMGEE! YES, CHUNG, RAVEN, ELSWORD- DO IT!"
Elsword backed away slowly. "No thanks...I don't do fanservice...hahaha..."
Raven raised an eyebrow, then smiled. "Sure, let's hug."
"YOU SERIOUS!?" The redhead saw Raven in a new light.
Raven chuckled. "Oh, yes...very."
"Geh-!" The two popular boys moved in for a bro hug with Elsword.
"KYAAAAAA!" The BL fanclub went crazy and took millions of pictures with their cellphones.
The dark haired guy headlocked the redhead. "This is a VERY friendly hug, isn't it, Chung?" he grinned.
"Hahaha! Very." The prince smiled and watched the two get along.
"Raven, you jerk, cut it out!" He struggled against the taller guy.
The BL club sighed in disappointment. "Aw..."
"Okay students, next is the last event of the day. The folk dance! You all know the drill!" said the MC.
Chung folded his arms. "Folk dance?"
"Ah, that's right, you weren't here last year, Chung..." Rena nodded her head. "Well then, allow me to teach you." she grabbed his hand, and got into position.
All of the students gathered into two big circles; one slightly smaller one in the middle, and the bigger circle on the outside. Girls on the inside, boys on the outside. The boys had to move to a different girl for each part, this way everyone got a turn to dance with everyone.
"Would all boys please man-up and ask a girl to dance?" Glave said through the megaphone.
"W-What!? Guys have to ask!?" Elsword's face turned red. There's no way I could..!
"Isn't that normal?" Eve blinked.
"Yeah! C'mon, Elsword, be a gentleman!" Aisha laughed and whacked him on the back.
"Hahaha, I've already been asked though, by a girl." Chung was implying Rena.
Raven looked at Eve, and gave her a sad smile. "You can't dance with that injury, can you?"
She shook her head. "I don't think I can..."
"That's a shame-I was really looking forward to dancing with you." he quickly turned his back and walked away, before she could see his embarrassed face.
"Ooh! Eve~!" Aisha nudged her friend. "I think someone's got the hots for you~" She smirked. "It's too bad you can't dance though..."
"The 'hots' for me? How can a temperature be on me from someone else?" Eve puzzled over this.
The prez laughed. "It's an expression for saying that he likes you!"
"Ah...I see...I like him too then." she smiled.
Her eyes widened. "A CONFESSION OUT IN THE OPEN!? Oh wait, knowing you, you just mean 'like'..."
Eve nodded. "Yes? As a friend, correct?"
"Erm...by 'hots for you', I meant like-love. Like deep, intimate love!" She tried to explain once again.
"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I don't understand." Eve thought about it harder. "Deep intimate love..."
Glave tapped his foot. "Ladies, get a move on with your partners. The folk dance will start shortly."
"Aisha!" A voice called out to her.
"Huh?" It was Elsword, scratching his head and averting eye contact.
"Uh...well, the folk dance...do you...no, I mean..."
Is he asking me to dance!? Her hopes rose.
Eve quickly shuffled away from the couple, and sat down at a bench to watch the folk dance.
"I was gonna say..."
"You were gonna say...?"
"...Don't dance the guy part like last year."
"Huh?"
"Otherwise you'll get the parts mixed up like you said!"
"What? That's all you wanted to say to me!?"
"Well..yeah..."
"Hmph!" She turned around and started walking towards some other guy. I don't even know why I bothered...
"Ah-wait! Aisha...dance with me!" He grabbed her hand and lead her to the circle.
She blushed. "Sure-I mean, YOU DIDN'T EVEN ASK PROPERLY!"
Raven chuckled at the two, and looked at Eve like, 'I-Told-You-So.'
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The music started playing, and the boys and girls held hands with each other, then started dancing the folk dance of ElHigh.
"See, it's not that hard." smiled Rena.
"Ah...yeah, thanks Rena." nodded Chung, as he tried to keep in time.
Raven danced with a lot of random girls, and all of them felt like fainting because they touched the most popular guy in the school's hand.
Eve watched the people switch partners, clearly interested. "So, this is what they call a folk dance..." I have never seen such a thing, since I only transferred to this school in the middle of last year. It has piqued my interest.
Elsword avoided eye contact while holding Aisha's hand gently. "Hey...Aisha?"
She blushed at how close they were. "Yeah?"
"Remember those dancing instructions I gave you...?"
"Yep, why?" She looked up to see his face but quickly looked down as he was so close.
"Well...you can just forget them..."
"Huh!? What? Why?" The confused girl was spun around.
Because they're too embarrassing to do with you at the moment...! Elsword thought. "Uh...because...thinking about them made me think that those weren't good instructions at all!"
"Oh, please! Now what were they again..? Hold hands firmer..." He felt her hands tighten. "Move closer..." He blushed at just how close they were. "Keep your eyes on...you..." Her words trailed off. Their faces were crimson red as their lips were centimeters apart.
S-SO CLOSE! WHAT'S AISHA THINKING!? He backed away as if he had been electrocuted. "S-Sorry, Aisha...it's bad for my heart." He murmured.
What did he say..? "Uh, right, yeah..sorry too..."
They both remained in awkward silence until they switched partners.
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At the end of the sports festival, Class 2-A met up to discuss which guy obtained the most points.
"The lucky guy that gets to go on a date with the class prez is..." Glave hid the piece of paper that had a name written on it.
The boys held their breath and silently hoped for their names' to be called out.
"Elsword!"
"WH-WHAT!? REALLY!?" The winner was shocked.
"Whoa, wait- I have to go on a date with ELSWORD!?" Aisha pointed while shouting.
"Well that was the deal you made with the class." Raven yawned.
"He's right, you did." Chung nodded.
"And the winner was Elsword." stated Raven.
"He's right, he is." The prince nodded again.
"Hnnn!" The class prez pouted and went off to blow some steam.
"A date with Aisha...?" Elsword's mind started wandering. Where would we go? Oh! We could hang out here or here or maybe even-! Wait, she didn't look too happy... He remembered what she said to him. So I don't get a date after all..?
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Elsword caught up to Aisha. "Walking home today?"
She looked at him, still slightly angry. "Yeah. Let's go."
She's still angry about the date..? He thought as they walked. "You know, Aisha, it was a deal..." he started.
"I know." She replied, stubbornly.
"And I won it..."
"I know!"
"And you said that it didn't apply to me."
"I know..."
"So, do I get to go on a dat-"
"SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP! I'M THINKING, ALRIGHT!?" Her voice rang through his ears.
"Ow, okay...geez..." He held his ear tenderly.
Awhile later, after Aisha had calmed down, they shared a normal conversation between each other. Elsword was debating in his mind whether he should bring up the date again or not, as he wanted to know but didn't want Aisha to throw a rage.
I'll take my chances... "Hey, Aisha...?"
"Hm?"
"So...about the date..." He slowly brought the conversation back up.
He heard a sigh escape from her lips as she walked ahead of him. "You decide what we'll do for the day and text me the details by tonight." She said with her back still facing him. Her mouth curved upwards, as she turned to look at him. "Okay?" The smile was delicate and gentle yet with a tinge of playful mischief.
-End Of Chapter 14-
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