I feel much better already. Even though hangover is a terrible thing, I'll still go drinking if I have a chance (I swear I'm not a alcoholic), just a guy with a fondness for drinks. Apparently, I missed a few reviewer in the last chapter (I'm so sorry guys/girls). I'm replying to you in this chapter.

People I forgot (again, sorry, hangover is one hell of a fever dream):

NaruSaku1995: I thought I wouldn't want the comedy in Gintama to be gone, but in the end, I still enjoy it as much. I think it thanks to Sorachi's genius story-telling ability.

Ragna0011: Elsword as Lord Knight would cough out blood (while IS would feel like he wants to join...). Welp, that must be awkward. I don't know how to face people after that, maybe I would run away from them as soon as I make eye contact. That joke is just a joke. I'm not a biology expert, but I don't think you can get pregnant after one day.

Guest: Hurry! Catch those heart fragments! Oh wait, I don't have to, I can harvest mushroom from you.

shortfangirl: They will start to reconsider things in this chapter. I'm that person who hardly knocks when enter someone's room. I got in some awkward situation, but it wasn't as bad as Elsword so I sill haven't learned my lesson. No...I don't think I would make her pregnant since pregnancy is just horrifying in my opinion as it makes the girl have to endure so much pain. I can't stand that. After reading chapter 20, you shouldn't want a MM to take care of you. He just force-feed you extremely hot congee.

From the last chapter:

Yuuya Bridges: Wha, you keep your promise and review every single chapter. I appreciate it, but be kinder on your finger. You can do that as much as you want with a computer, but on the phone? It hurts man. Also, since our review is long, I've replied to you via PM.

Ragna0011: I can say for sure, it won't happen. I just can't imagine the king and queen eavesdrops on them XD

Ryosuke: Oh my god, your name sounds like a guy, but "fangirling"? So, you're a girl. I should really change my name to something manlier as everyone thinks I'm a girl. I don't know about mmmh scene for every couple. Still learning to write lemon without purple prose... Also, does it hurt when slapped by a Nasod?

NaruSaku1995: I really don't want Gintama end, but we all know if something continues for too long, it will become boring (like Bleach, Detective Conan/Case Closed,...). Sorachi-sensei probably thinks about this too as the more the arc continues, the feel that it would end comes closer.

shortfangirl: I'm the type of person who would go out drinking every time someone asks. I don't go if my girlfriend ask me to stay home (before we broke up). Add had no idea how to be nice, but he would try and it results in painful force-feeding section. Raven was calmer while Rena can get excited easily, that's why he had to calm her down when she is excited.

Artemicon: You don't know me, I don't know you so I'm not embarrassed to tell all of you how things went wrong. Also, not half-naked, fully naked XD and lying in my friend's bed. He doesn't know where my house is and can't find my clothes (I'd like to believe that nothing happened). I've only taken care of myself too so I wrote him as that person who had no idea what to do and have to ask for advice, but ended up taking them too seriously.

wulfralph: Elsword's traumatized face is pretty amusing in my head. I've told everyone reading the last chapter everything so you don't have to. I like to share things and since we don'y know each other, it's fine. I get drunk frequently and always end up regretting it the next morning. I've done 3 stupid things up until now...

Back on it with the schedule, I hope I don't suddenly stop.

After a while, Add shot up. He looked outside of the window. It was nighttime already. He ticked his tongue in annoyance. He fell asleep. Add looked up to the bed and was relieved to see Elesis was still sleeping. She didn't stay that way for long as when Add bolted up, he hit her arm. The Blazing Heart rubbed her eyes. She wondered how long she had slept. She rolled to her side and was surprised to see the MasterMind sitting next to her. Elesis was even more pleased as he was wearing the T-shirt like she had requested. Add frowned at that look on her face.

"What?"

"You actually listen." Elesis punched his shoulder playfully. "Thank you."

Add was waiting for that. He took off the black T-shirt and Elesis covered her eyes immediately.

"What are you doing, pervert?!"

"I'm changing back into my clothes. Don't ask too many questions."

Add threw Elsword's shirt onto the bed and put on his usual clothes. Usually, he would not like to throw his clothes randomly, but since it wasn't his, he could do that all he wanted. After she heard him confirmed that he was done changing, Elesis stopped blocking her eyes.

"So, how do you feel?"

"I'm better now." Elesis touched her forehead, the heat wasn't there anymore. "Thanks to you."

"How so?" Add arched an eyebrow.

Elesis stared at him in surprise. He took care of her when she was sick. What did he mean by 'how so?'. Except that whole force feeding congee business, she could still remember that horrible burn on her tongue. Elesis knew that he wasn't the best when it came to taking care of people, but he tried and it was all that mattered. She smiled.

"You take care of me." Elesis perked up again. "Hey! Let's go out tomorrow."

"No."

That was quick. Well, Elesis would worry if it wasn't quick. She had to put on a façade to trick him. Suddenly, Elesis coughed violently, successfully got the MasterMind's attention. He rushed over and patted her back.

"Hey! What's wrong?!"

"I…I'm not fe-feeling well…" Elesis hunched over. "If only…you go w-with…"

"No."

Elesis coughed again. He knew all too well that she was lying, just looked at her overly dramatic coughing. It was getting annoying. Although she looked like she was going to die, he felt like she was saying that she could do this all night. Add covered her mouth, but Elesis bit on it. She continued with her fake coughing. Unexpectedly, there were a few people fell for it, including Elsword, Raven and Rena. Raven pushed the door opened hastily and Rena along with Elsword fell on the floor.

"What? When did you get here?" Add looked at them with wide eyes.

"Just passing through." Rena said calmly.

They came back from the evening meal, but since Add was still sleeping, they went for another round of late night snack. Unluckily, as they just returned, they heard Elesis coughed violently so they barged in, worried about her health. Add didn't fall into her trap, but she got three people falling for it. Elesis could try a different approach.

"Say, I'm getting better. Do you guys want to go out to Velder tomorrow?" She turned to Elsword and smirked knowingly. "You can ask Aisha if you want to."

Elsword just turned away and pretended he didn't see that. Although, the idea of going out on a date with Aisha for the first time was nice. He didn't count the time at the waterfall as a date since they were basically trying to look for Elesis. Elsword wanted to go around Velder with her and introduced her to many types of scenery. He was sure that she would be amazed. It was a perfect opportunity too as Aisha was till staying in Velder. Rena thought that it would be nice to spy on Add and Elesis's date while going on a date with Raven her own. She turned to the Blade Master, who was still hesitating.

"Let's go. Velder has a lot of places to visit." Rena used her charming elf's smile.

"If it's alright with you then I'd love to go."

Raven knew that Rena's true intention was to spy on Elesis and Add, but a date with her certainly didn't sound bad at all. Elesis, Rena and Raven looked at Add with expecting eyes, although with different intentions, but not Elsword since he thought that it would be better if Add didn't come along. Elesis just wanted to go around her home with Add like they did in Elder while Raven and Rena just wanted to spy on them (for the most part). Add ticked his tongue and sighed.

"No."

All of them tried to insist him on going out, but he refused every single time. In the end, they gave up. Elsword didn't care that much since he didn't want to go anywhere with Add, but he would ask Aisha out tomorrow. Raven, Rena and Elsword went back to their room to get some rest. Add turned to face Elesis with a scorn on his face. Elesis put on that cute look again and flopped down the bed, pretended to be asleep. Add sighed. Hel stayed up to do his work. Although he didn't want to admit it since Elesis would probably laugh at him for that, he could enjoy going out with her once in a while. He should have accepted her offer sooner and they wouldn't have a bunch of people tagging along. Add wasn't a person to believe that double, triple date were possible as each couple couldn't have as much fun. If they went out, Add would want to go on a date with her only. Wait? Since when did they go dating? Add stopped on his track. It was only an outing. An outing. Not a date at all. They just went outside together…hand-in-hand…Enjoy the scenery together…Add suddenly realized that the times when she forced him to go out were basically dates. He rubbed his head. He should have realized this sooner. Up until now, he considered those times as simple outings with her forcing him along, but now that he thought about it, they were on a date. No wonder Echo called them lovebirds and Luichel mistook her for his girlfriend. Quickly, he rushed over Elesis and shook her to wake her up. She wasn't really sleeping so it wasn't too hard.

"What is it?" She smirked. "Change your mind?"

"No. Just one question. Do you remember the times when I went out with you?" After getting Elesis's confirming nod, Add continued. "Are they dates?"

Elesis stared at him in confusion. Like him, she still considered that they simply went out together, no further meaning behind it. Now that she gave it a second thought, it did sound like a date. It shouldn't be a big deal. It was only a date…that people went out with their loved one. Had she always considered him as her boyfriend? Add noticed Elesis stared off into space, her brain seemed to have malfunctioned from its inability to process the information. He thought that it would be best to give her a push.

"Look, do you want to go on a similar event with anyone else?" Elesis was about raised her index finger to say something, but he cut her off. "Beside Rena and Eve."

She slowly retreated her finger. They were great friends and she would love to go out with them frequently as much as possible, but Add wasn't exactly her friend when she asked him out. Elesis would definitely not ask Raven, Chung or Aisha to go with her. She could, but she wouldn't hold hands with them.

"No…it's just you." Elesis mumbled in realization.

"Although you're the one that forces me to go, I rather go with you than other people." Add rubbed in forehead. "So, they were dates."

The both of them went silent. They just realized that they both considered the other to be special. The silence kept up for a minute or two before Elesis decided that she couldn't handle it and turned to her side. Add sat down to his desk. It was something new for both of them. Their brains had never experienced anything like this before and they went in to a panic state.

Morning came. Elsword quickly got up and went to the guest room where Aisha stayed. He was so glad that Add didn't want to go. If he did, they would have had a triple date and he wondered how the magician would feel seeing Add and Elesis together. The Rune Slayer would much rather had a date with only him and Aisha. Luckily for him, Aisha was still in her room, reading her magic book. This time, he knocked instead of barging in.

"Who is it?" Aisha's voice from inside echoed out.

"It's me, Elsword."

The door was slowly opened and the magician invited him inside. Elsword didn't waste any time as he immediately brought up the offer.

"Hey, let's go on a date."

"What?" Aisha stared at him with a blush on her face, she didn't expect that. "What with all the sudden?"

"We're going to have our first date sooner or later."

Elsword chuckled when Aisha stumbled on her words. She only needed to agree or deny his offer yet it seemed like she had trouble saying what was on her mind. That was one of the many things Elsword liked about her. She, like him, was socially-awkward so they got each other. He would understand her when she had trouble finding her words and she wouldn't get mad at him (or at least seriously) when he said something he didn't mean too.

"Okay, I mean…" Aisha cleared her throat to compose herself. "I'd love to."

"Isn't it adorable?" Another voice made them startled.

"Father!"

It was the king, Joshua. He nodded with a smile. He had been watching them ever since Elsword knocked on her door. Elsword blushed red as he realized that his father heard everything. To make things extra embarrassing for the Rune Slayer, his father rubbed his head with a laugh.

"That's my boy." He then pushed Elsword closer towards Aisha. "Enjoy your time together with her."

"Geez, I don't need you to tell me that."

Elsword quickly took Aisha's hand and pulled her away before his father could embarrass him any further. The magician looked back at the king, who was waving them goodbye.

"So, where are we going?"

"If you want to go sight-seeing, there is the Port Lurensia."

"Yeah, that sounds good."

Elsword flashed her a grin before slowing down and walked by her side. After successfully getting away from his father, Elsword had no worries about being embarrassed anymore. He loved his parents, but they were really over-the-top sometimes.

Joshua nodded in approval after the two of them were out of sight. At first, he still doubted that their relationship would last long because of Elsword, but after that, he had a bit more confidence in his son. He had never thought that Elsword would have the gut to ask a girl out.

"Joshua!" The queen called out for him quickly. "I heard from the maids that Elesis got sick yesterday."

"Was it serious?"

The king approached Victoria quickly. He wasn't informed this yesterday or maybe he did, but he was too busy to remember. The queen shook her head.

"No, I heard that it was only a cold." She sighed in worry. "Still, I'm a terrible mother for not being there to take care of her."

"It's not too late. Let's check on her, shall we?"

Back with Elesis and Add…

Elesis drowsily sat up. She recovered from her cold, but she still felt quite sluggish. Her body seemed so heavy whenever she moved. As she expected, Add was still on his desk, working with his dynamos and Apocalypse. Elesis raised an eyebrow.

"Did you stay up all night?"

"You should've known by now." Add turned around to look at her. "How are you feeling? No fake coughing this time."

Elesis rolled her eyes at him and got up. She then noticed that her clothes were soaked in sweat. No wondered her body felt heavy. She needed to change out of her sweaty clothes right now or else she wouldn't be able to make it down the corridor without her clothes holding her down.

"Turn away."

"For what?"

"I'm changing." Elesis asked him one more thing. "Can you get me my clothes in the wardrobe?"

Add sighed and got up to get her clothes for her. To his surprise, she had nothing that girls would wear in her wardrobe. He could have taken the T-shirt that she requested here without going to Elsword's room, but it would be weird wearing her clothes. Now that he thought about it, it was a good idea to just hijack Elsword's shirt. Add took out the clothes that she usually wore and threw them at her. He turned away from her so that she could change. It was kind of awkward as he could still hear the sound of her clothes being slipped off.

"Um…I need your help…" Elesis requested in a quiet voice.

Add sighed and turned around. She had put on the pants, but her top was still on. Add arched an eyebrow.

"My zipper is stuck…"

Elesis was obviously embarrassed about it. Add didn't feel very comfortable with the idea of helping her pulled the zipper down as it reminded him of the night before. He shook it head. They both agreed not to talk about that again. He should pretend that it didn't happen. Reluctantly, he sat down behind her. Her zipper was stuck because of her hair. Add carefully untangled her hair away from the zipper before pulling it down. Just their luck, the king and queen had to walk in on them right when the sleeves fell off of Elesis's shoulder. Add quickly backed away from the Blazing Heart.

"I know that you two will get married to each other sooner or later, but…" Victoria cleared her throat to emphasize her point. "Save this after you've gotten married."

"What your mother said."

"It's not what you think." Elesis tried to explain herself. "My zipper was stuck so he helped me."

"As long as he didn't help you in other departments." Joshua coughed. "Just listen to your mother, alright?"

The king, in Elesis's sake, tried to convince the queen that what Elesis said was true. Victoria sighed. She just took her husband's word and left the room, but not before leaving them a reminder.

"You two haven't gotten married yet. Don't risk it."

Add and Elesis both let out a sigh of relief when they left the room. Elesis quickly put on another top to avoid any other unnecessary embarrassing moments. She was glad that they didn't know what happened the night before. Remembering that, the Blazing Heart blushed bright red. She shook her head. It didn't happen. It was just a weird fever dream. They hadn't done anything similar like that at all. Or at least she convinced herself. Unfortunately, both herself and Add remembered what she said before drifting asleep. Elesis didn't want to admit it, but she felt somewhat pleased to know that he would like it if she was serious. She couldn't help but asked again. She wanted to know for sure.

"Would you like it if I was serious? What I said after we…" Elesis left it there on purpose, she didn't want to spell it out.

"This again? I told you already." Add groaned before sitting down in front of the desk again.

"You were too cryptic. Maybe isn't good enough. Just answer me. Yes or no?"

Add stayed quiet. Elesis definitely wouldn't let him off the hook if he didn't answer her. She got up on her feet and leaned against the desk, successfully got his attention. He sighed and looked at her in the eyes. Her eyes were full of expectation. He really didn't want to say anything related to that.

"No." Elesis felt something inside her stopped. "I'd rather that it was only drunk talk."

"Y-You're kidding, right?"

"You want your answer so I give it to you. No, I'm not kidding."

She gritted her teeth in dismay. She shouldn't be angry. Elesis kept telling herself that. She shouldn't be angry about this at all. Actually, she should be happy that he wasn't expecting anything, but why did some spot inside of her was hoping that he would say yes? Elesis swallowed a lump in her throat, tried to calm her beating heart. Her heart raced, but it wasn't from excitement or happiness. Elesis felt something inside of her rejecting his answer with all of its might. Snapped, she stepped on his foot as hard as she could.

"What was that for?" Add hissed.

"You're an idiot!" Elesis ran towards the door, but not before turning to face him one more time. "We're getting divorced!"

"We're not married yet!"

The door slammed closed. Add ticked his tongue in annoyance and turned back to his work. His mind couldn't focus on it again. All that appeared was that she looked like she wanted to cry. Add grabbed fists full of his hair. He was being dishonest again and this time, it caused serious trouble.

Elesis ran quickly down the corridor. She arrived at her comfort zone, her brother's bedroom. When she needed a talk, she would always look for him first. Elesis pushed the door opened and was crushed to see that it was locked. This time, she was unlucky. Elsword was out on a date with Aisha. Elesis slid against the closed door with a heavy sigh. She was in the wrong this time. There was nothing wrong with his answer. She felt mad about it and took it out on him. Elesis felt like tears swelled in the corner of her eyes. She hurriedly wiped them away. It was a silly thing to cry about. The Blazing Heart got up. It was no place for her to cry.

"Elesis…what's wrong?" Rena's tender voice alerted her.

Elesis quickly wiped at tears that would come out and calmed herself down before turning to face Rena. The elf looked like she was worried. Elesis smiled. It looked so crooked and unnatural. Rena hugged her. Quickly, Elesis pushed her away. She didn't want the elf to know that she got sad over a silly thing.

"I'm fine…I'm okay." She had the need to state that she felt normal twice, one for Rena, one for herself. "Just feeling a bit under the weather."

Rena didn't buy it. Elesis could tell lies if she wanted to, but the look on her face told her otherwise. Rena wanted to ask what was wrong again, but Elesis quickly ran away. The elf sighed. She left the Blazing Heart on her own. Sometimes, she just needed some time to herself. Rena knew who she could ask instead of Elesis, Add.

The MasterMind kept sighing in his room. He felt somewhat regretful, but also, for the first time, like an idiot. Add had a big ego and even he knew that. This time, he actually called himself an idiot for saying that. Add wanted to tell her what he actually felt, but he couldn't. Everything that he said was not the truth. He couldn't be honest with himself. Now, all Add needed was some time alone so he could figure it out. Rena came to interrupt it.

"Add, I need you to answer me something."

"Even you, too?"

Rena marched over towards him and stood in front of him with her arms crossed. Add turned back to his desk, rubbed his forehead out of frustration. Judging from his reaction when she needed his answer, he had something to do with it. Rena sighed mentally. It wouldn't be easy to deal with if it concerned their relationship.

"What did you do to Elesis?" Rena didn't want to say that he made her cried.

"Nothing you need to know."

Rena felt her temper rose again. From the look of it, she couldn't force the reason out of his mouth even if she tried. Rena reminded herself that she needed to be mature and calm about this.

"You should talk to her. Tell her what she needed to know honestly." Rena gave the most fitting advice she could find since she didn't know what happened.

Add didn't answer her. Rena hoped that he would consider her words and left him on his own. No use trying to talk to him when he didn't want to answer her. Rena hoped that he would make the right choice.

Add really didn't want to face Elesis right now. He wanted to solve the misunderstanding, but he didn't want to say it. It would be best if everything was a dream. Nothing had happened. They didn't get drunk, didn't do stupid things and she didn't say anything before sleeping. It was unrealistic of him to think of it like that. Add had never thought he would become like this. He always thought of things realistically. He had to come to terms with himself. Elesis was no doubt special to him as she was the only one that he would actually enjoy going out with. Add slumped onto the chair with a heavy sigh.

Elesis unconsciously went out to the garden, the place where she met him for the first time. It wasn't romantic or special. It was downright ridiculous because of his stalking tendency. She was surprised that she had gotten used to it. Strangely, the sky seemed darker than usual. Elesis wondered it was because of her mood that through her eyes, everything looked darker.

I'll add Elsword and Aisha date after they sorted this out. Mood whiplash is not a good thing. It's their first date after all. I'm not going to make it off screen.