The
Autumn Tale
Part 12
By: Tara-Chan
Disclaimers: Slayers do not belong to me at all! Belongs to
original creators. I got the fanfic idea from this famous and well-done Korean
drama called: Gaul Dong Hwa. It belongs to the rightful directors and the producers.
Do not sue me!
Notes: This is an AU, so expect some of the characters to be
OOC. Also please ignore the grammatical and spellings errors. Feedbacks are
welcomed! Enjoy!
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"Babo…(1)" Zel muttered into Lina's ear. "Why'd you leave?
Why?" Zel hugged her tightly, afraid to let go. Afraid that she'll take off and
he'd never see her again.
"Oppa (2), how'd you find me?" Lina asked. "Itaewon is the
last place I thought you would find me."
"Xelloss happened to saw you, when he was dragged by Filia on
one of her shopping frenzy." Zelgadiss pointed his thumb toward where Xelloss
was unsuccessfully trying to hide.
Lina face brightened and then it faltered again, remembering
what Amelia told her. I thought he thought I was a burden…but then…why is he
looking for me?
Lina gently pushed herself away from him, opening the door
wider. "Come in. Come in for some ice coffee."
Zel and Xelloss looked at each other. Xelloss shrugged and
the two guys followed into the apartment with Lina.
It was a small one-bedroom apartment, with kitchen, living
room, and a bathroom. Everything was small. Lina didn't have a couch, so the
guys sat on the ground with these Korean style seating pad…(I can't remember
what they were called!) Lina went into the kitchen to prepare for the coffees.
Soon she came back with three cups of ice coffee. She handed one to Zel and one
to Xelloss. Then she took a seat on the floor too.
"So how are things for the past 6 months?" Lina took a sip
of her ice coffee. "Did you get married yet Oppa?"
Zel shooked his head. "No we are still planning."
Lina gave him an incredulous look. "What on earth is taking
so long to just plan a wedding??"
"Oh you know Amelia. She tends to go overboard with the
planning. She just wants a perfect wedding, so it's taking forever to plan!"
Xelloss answered cheerfully, getting weird looks from both Lina and Zel.
"You seem to know her better than I do," Zel remarked. Lina
nodded in agreement.
"Whatever." Xelloss shrugged and then looked at Lina. "So
why did you leave?"
Lina squirmed uncomfortably. "I just felt like it. I wanted
to live on my own."
"Still…why didn't you bother telling us?" Zel asked, not
hiding the resentment his voice held.
"I…I didn't want to bother you guys. Beside if you guys
knew, you guys probably wouldn't have let me do this." Lina sighed and got up.
Zel became angry and got up quick and grabbed her by the
shoulders gently, but with some firmness also. "No. You know we wouldn't have
minded. Now I know you are hiding something, and I'd like to know what."
Lina's eyes blazed with sudden fury. "Well excuse me for
keeping to myself!"
Xelloss got up too, with a sweatdrop. He held up his hands.
"Now, now! There is no reason to get angry over this." He receieved two very
angry looks. "Then again…I'll just stay out of this. In fact, I'll be outside
waiting." Xelloss walked out of the apartment, leaving them alone.
Zel and Lina just stared at each other for a long time. Both
having the similar enraged expressions. Time passed slowly, and they still just
stared at each other. Finally Lina made a move.
"Are you going to go home or not?" Lina asked coldly.
"Not until, you tell me the truth." Zel said just as coldly.
He walked closer Lina, until there were barely any spaces between them. "Tell
me the truth. I know when you are lying Lina. I know when you are lying. I know
you to well."
"I'm not lying Zelgadiss," Lina said through clenched teeth.
"I wanted to be on my own. What's so hard to not believe that?"
"Because I don't! I just don't understand, if that was your
reason, why you couldn't have at least contacted me or Xelloss. But no. There
has to be another reason for not telling us. I don't think you left, because
you wanted to be alone. I think there is more to this, then the fact you wanted
to be on your own."
Lina just didn't say anything for the next minutes. She just
stared at him with such hatred, that she could've just burned holes through
him. "Why don't you just believe that, that is the truth!"
"Then why didn't you contact us? It's not like you to leave
without contacting!"
"Look who's talking! When you left for the states, you
didn't even bother to try contacting me!"
"I told you! I didn't have your address and Filia didn't
know it either!"
"Still I'm sure she'd known her phone number. Could've just
asked for the phone number you know!"
"…I…" Zel trailed off, knowing that Lina had him there.
Filia did know her number, but he never asked for it.
Lina glared at him. "See. I'm right. You did something
similar to that too, but here you are complaining to me, that I left and
haven't contacted you."
"Well ok. You have a point there, but I'm not going to
leave, till you tell me the real reason! I know you are hiding something, and
YOU WILL tell me!" Zel said stubbornly.
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Meanwhile…
Xelloss paced back and forth, outside the door. Geez…they
are arguing for a while now. How long will this stupid lover's quarrel go on?
Then again, why did she leave? Xelloss sighed and leaned against the wall.
Suddenly he heard some familiar voices talking. Xelloss ran to a well secured
place and decided to eavesdrop, for the voices belonged to Filia and Amelia.
"I haven't seen Lina anywhere for the past 6 months. Any
idea where she might have ran off too?" Filia asked Amelia.
Amelia tossed her short hair over her shoulder before
answering. "Oh I think she left, after what I told her."
Filia turned to face Amelia. "Tell her what?"
"I told her that Zel thought she was a burden. I also asked
her if she wanted to Zel to have all the happiness in the world. Her answer was
yes. Then I told her to let him have the happiness, by leaving him alone."
"No way…" Filia stared at her open mouthed.
"Also the very next day, when your brother was going
ballistic over trying to find her, I told him something too. I told him that
she wanted him out of her life." Amelia smiled smugly to herself. "After that,
he sure paid more attention to me!"
Filia shooked her head. "That was cruel! That was just so
cruel!"
"Hey I get what I want, even if it means I have to be cruel.
And Zelgadiss is one thing I want now." Amelia glanced at her watch. "Thanks
for bringing me to Itaewon. I enjoyed it." Amelia smiled falsely. "Shall we go
back?" Filia nodded. With that the two females left.
Xelloss came out of his hiding place. "Well I'll be. That
bitch was the cause of everything. The cunning little good for nothing spoiled
brat is something we should all watch out for." Xelloss turned around and
walked back to Lina's door. "Might as well tell them shall we?"
(1) Stupid, Idiot, Moron, etc…^^
(2) What younger gal call older brother or older guy friends.