Chapter 7
Evangeline was sitting on the couch reading a book while Chachamaru was pouring tea into the mug on the table in front of Evangeline.
"Mistress" Chachamaru said when she finished serving the tea.
"What happens, Chachamaru?" Evangeline asked as she continued to read the book without looking away from the pages, resting her elbow on the armrest of the couch and the fist holding her cheek.
"I wanted to tell you that just a few days ago, Leona came here" Chachamaru said in a quiet voice, then she noticed a slight twitch in Evangeline's eyebrow as she continued to stare at her.
"That girl? For what?"
"She came to bring me the winding key, since Satomi couldn't do it, so I invited her to come in for tea as a thank-you"
"Tsk, you didn't have to, Chachamaru"
"She left something too" Chachamaru said, pulling out a small white metal box from the pocket of the maid's outfit. "I'd like to give it back to her" Chachamaru said, looking at her, Evangeline looked up from the book she was reading for a moment to see it.
"What is it?" Chachazero asked, who was sitting between the stuffed animals in the living room.
"I don't know; I didn't open it" Chachamaru replied in a quiet voice. "It must have fallen when she came" she said, looking at the small box in her hand.
"I'm curious, open it!" Chachazero shouted.
"Do you want me to open it up, mistress?" Chachamaru said looking at Evangeline.
"Open it to see if she stops pestering me about it" Evangeline said sighing.
"Ok" Chachamaru said and opened the box.
"It are just capsules; she'll have a cold" Chachazero said in a tone of disillusionment.
"Chachamaru" Evangeline said, staring at the box. "Give it to me" Evangeline said, putting the book to one side of the couch. Chachamaru went to Evangeline and gave it to her, then Evangeline took one of the capsules and stared at it for a few seconds.
"Chachamaru, you go for a glass and fill it with water, when you have done it, bring it to me"
Chachamaru nodded and went to the kitchen.
"What's up with it? It's just a simple capsule for the cold, humans are fragile, mistress"
Chachamaru returned from the kitchen and put the glass of water on the table in front where Evangeline was, then Evangeline opened the capsule and white powder fell on the water and it did turn reddish.
"If that's what I think it is..." Evangeline thought, put her index finger into the glass in which there was that red water and licked her finger to prove it, then she made a disgusted face.
"It seems to have a disgusting taste, ke, ke, ke" Chachazero said.
"Is anything wrong, mistress?" Chachamaru asked.
"This isn't something for the cold" Evangeline replied.
"What do you mean? if that's what-"
"It may look like something for colds, but it's not, it is to quench your thirst" Evangeline said and put her hand on her forehead. "There must be something that she has so that I hadn't noticed before"
"I don't understand, mistress" Chachamaru said with a confused look.
"What I mean is that this is so that you don't have to take human blood, this replaces the need to drink human blood" Evangeline said, putting her hand away from her forehead, looked at the glass and picked it up from the table.
"Why should Leona..." Chachamaru said in surprise.
"I don't know how she has it, this is something rare to see, I always have preferred human blood"
"Then mistress, it means Leona..." Chachamaru said.
"She may be a vampire" Evangeline said, clutching the glass in her hand, then the glass broke and the red water slid down her hand, dripping on the floor.
/Grace of destiny/
In one of Mahora's dormitories, a student was waiting for the door to be opened, then one of the students in that room opened the door.
"Hello Konoka!" Makie shouted smiling.
"Hi Makie, is Set-chan here?" Konoka asked.
"Setsuna?" Makie replied. "Setsuna! Konoka wants to see you! "Makie shouted as she looked into the room. Setsuna, listening to her, went to the door.
"Ojou-sama" Setsuna said, looking at her.
"Hello Set-chan, do you want to come with me for a ride?"
"Eh? You and me- now?" Setsuna said with a slight blush.
"Yes, Asuna cannot come because she is studying and Negi is helping her, are you busy?"
"N-No!" Setsuna said shaking her head quickly "Let's go"
"Okay" Konoka said with a smile. "Bye Makie" Konoka said, waving her hand in the air, saying goodbye.
"Bye!" Makie said waving her hand in the air, saying goodbye.
"Where would you like to go Set-chan?" Konoka asked as she walked beside Setsuna along one of Mahora's streets.
"Wherever you want ojou-sama, I don't care, any place you choose will be fine" Setsuna replied looking at her.
"Hum... We can go to some park" Konoka said, putting her finger under her chin. "And Set-chan, call me Konoka" she said, narrowing her eyes.
"Eh! Ok... Ko-Konoka" Setsuna said in a nervous voice, they were walking for a while until they arrived at a park, the park was quite large, had a water fountain in which people were sitting around, several stands where were selling ice cream, a lake with ducks and plenty of benches to sit.
"Do we stay here, Set-chan?" Konoka asked smiling.
"Yes" Setsuna said nodding.
Setsuna and Konoka went to some banks near the water fountain and sat down in one of the banks.
"It's been a long time since we were alone like this, it reminds me when we were little and played together" Konoka said, looking at the blue sky with some clouds.
"Yes" Setsuna said with a look of nostalgia on her face.
"You know, Set-chan... At first I thought I had done something wrong, because when I approached you in class, you weren't the same as when we were little... I always wondered why you did it" Konoka said in a pitying tone. "But now I know, you did it because you cared about me, you always were there for me, to protect me, to care for me in case something bad would happen... I ... I'm glad to have met you" Konoka said looking at Setsuna with a smile.
"Konoka, I..."
"I'm sorry, I got a little sentimental" Konoka said, stretching her arms up and looking at the sky again. "Let's enjoy this day, Set-chan!" Konoka said looking at Setsuna smiling.
"Yes!" Setsuna said with a slight smile, they were talking for a while, then Konoka looked at the ice cream store.
"Set-chan, how about we get an ice cream? Seeing it, I felt the urge to eat it and it looks good"
"Then, I'll go get some ice cream" Setsuna said, rising from the bench. "What kind of flavour do you like?"
"Mm..." Konoka said, putting her finger under her chin. "Chocolate"
"Okay, I'll be right back"
"We can go together, Set-chan"
"I'd prefer to go by myself, I just don't want to bother"
"It's no trouble, but if it's what you prefer"
Setsuna nodded and went to buy the ice cream, once she bought it, went back to where Konoka was waiting, she sat down next to her and began to eat it.
"It tastes good, what's the flavor of your ice cream, Set-chan? " Konoka asked, looking at Setsuna.
"Vanilla" Setsuna replied, staring at the ice cream.
"Hum" Konoka said, looking at Setsuna's ice cream.
"Is something wrong, Konoka?" Setsuna said looking at Konoka as she stared at her ice cream.
"Can I taste it?"
"Eh? Yes, of course..."
Konoka tasted Setsuna's ice cream.
"It tastes good, too! Do you want to taste my ice cream, Set-chan?"
"Okay..." Setsuna said and tasted Konoka ice cream.
"How is the ice cream?" Konoka asked, looking at Setsuna.
"Ah, it has a good taste..."
Konoka smiled and continued to eat her ice cream.
"Konoka just taste mine... She put her lips on it... If I taste it now ... This can be called an indirect kiss?... Or can't it?..." Setsuna thought blushing while she stared at her ice cream and became more and more nervous.
"Set-chan? Is something wrong?" Konoka asked, looking at Setsuna as she felt her nervous.
"No, nothing!" Setsuna said coming out of her thoughts and looking at Konoka, then began to eat the ice cream fast.
"Set-chan ... You should not eat it so fast ..."
"Ow!" Setsuna said, putting her hand on her head.
"That's why I was saying, are you okay?"
"Y-Yes..."
Setsuna and Konoka finished to eat the ice cream.
"I saw a lake with ducks before, do you want to go there?" Konoka asked, looking at Setsuna.
"Ok, Konoka"
They got up and went to the lake, then Konoka took out of her handbag a small bag, there was breadcrumbs.
"I didn't know you wore that" Setsuna said, looking at the small bag.
"I took it just in case" Konoka said with a smile and winked at Setsuna.
"Hum" Setsuna said, blushing.
"How funny they are" Konoka said smiling as she watched as the ducks approached the breadcrumbs she was giving them.
"Konoka... I'm glad to see her so happy, I wish it was always like this" Setsuna thought as she looked at Konoka.
"Set-chan, do you want to give the ducks breadcrumbs, too?" Konoka asked, looking at her.
"Eh, yes, okay" Setsuna said, grabbed some of the food on the small bag and started to give it to the ducks, when they finished, they continued walking through the park.
"Do you want us to go to the cinema, Set-chan?"
"The cinema? What time is it?" Setsuna asked, looking around to see if there was a park clock.
"Six o'clock in the afternoon" Konoka replied, looking at the watch on her wrist.
"So, we can see some movie" Setsuna said, then they went to the cinema, when they got there, they went inside and saw Mana and Kaede talking about something.
"Aren't these people Kaede and Mana?" Konoka asked, looking at them.
"Yes" Setsuna said, then they approached where Kaede and Mana were.
"Hello" Setsuna said, Mana and Kaede turned around.
"Hi, did you come to see a movie, too?" Kaede looked at them.
"Yes" Konoka said with a nod.
"Are you enjoying the day off, Setsuna?" Mana said smiling.
"Yes, as far as I can see, you too" Setsuna said, looking at her.
"What movie are you going to see?" Konoka asked.
"We were deciding which movie to watch" Kaede said, smiling.
"I'd rather see Survival" Mana said, looking at Kaede.
"I prefer the Haruki ninjas" Kaede looked at Mana.
"Survival has more action" Mana said with her arms folded under her breast.
"How do you know if you haven't seen it?" Kaede asked, raising her left eyebrow.
"For the title" Mana replied.
"Haruhi ninjas also have action"
"Survival"
"The Haruhi ninjas"
"Why isn't everyone going to see the movie they want to watch?" Konoka asked.
"Because if you go with someone you get discount to watch a movie" Mana replied looking at her.
"Although for what you charge, you could be generous and invite me for once" Kaede said looking at Mana with a smile.
"What are you implying, Kaede?" Mana said, looking at Kaede with a grimace.
"You're too stingy" Kaede replied, smiling.
"Do you want to fight me?" Mana asked with a rage vein in her head, took one of her pistols and pointed at Kaede.
"Come on, it was a joke, ha, ha, ha ..." Kaede said moving her hands to calm Mana down.
A sweat drop appeared behind Setsuna and Konoka's head.
"We are going to see which movie we can watch" Setsuna said.
"Mm... What do you think about this movie?" Konoka said pointing with one index finger to one movie.
"Until the end of the world with you..." Setsuna said reading the title of the movie.
"Ah... Th-that?" Setsuna said brokenly and blushing.
"Yes" Konoka said with a nod.
"Well... It's okay..." Setsuna said looking at her.
"Let's buy the tickets, Set-chan! See you! Mana, Kaede!" Konoka said smiling, waving her hand in the air, saying goodbye and taking Setsuna's arm with her other arm.
"Ko-Konoka! You don't have to hold my arm!" Setsuna said very blushing as they went to look for the tickets.
"Youngsters" Mana said as they left.
"I remind you that you are the same age" Kaede said, laughing at Mana's comment.
When they ordered the tickets, Konoka and Setsuna went to buy popcorn and drinks, then went inside the movie theater to watch the movie and sat at their designated seats.
"I'm getting nervous, I must keep calm, it's the first time I come to watch a movie only with Konoka..." Setsuna thought nervously.
"Can you give me the popcorn, Set-chan?"
"Eh? Yes"
Konoka took the popcorn, then the lights went out in the cinema and started the movie.
"It's already started!" Konoka said smiling.
Konoka and Setsuna watched the screen of the cinema and the movie was going well, in a scene from the movie, Konoka was scared and hugged Setsuna, which made Setsuna blush furiously, so she clutched her glass tightly with the hand, luckily, the drink barely had any liquid in it, when the movie finished, they left the cinema.
"I liked it a lot! And you, Set-chan?" Konoka said looking at her with a smile.
"Me too" Setsuna replied. "I had been nervous throughout the movie ... Thank goodness I had finished my drink..." Setsuna thought with a slight blush on her face.
"We should go to the dormitories, it's almost eight o'clock" Konoka said, looking at the watch on her wrist.
"You're right, come on" Setsuna nodded.
Konoka and Setsuna went to the bedrooms.
"Do you think they decided to watch on a movie at the end?" Konoka asked, looking at Setsuna.
"Do you mean Mana and Kaede? Well... Surely" Setsuna replied. "I hope they didn't fight..." Setsuna thought.
"The sunset is beautiful to see, isn't it?" Konoka said watching the sunset as she was walking with Setsuna.
"The sunset? Yes" Setsuna said, watching the sunset as well.
"I had a great time this afternoon, Set-chan" Konoka said looking at Setsuna with a smile.
"Me too" Setsuna said looking at her with a smile.
After walking for a while, they reached the dormitories, went up the stairs, and went first to Konoka's dormitory.
"See you tomorrow, Konoka" Setsuna said.
"Yes" Konoka nodded. "Good-bye, Set-chan" Konoka said as she watched Setsuna leave, then Konoka opened the door and entered her dormitory.
"Hello Konoka" Asuna said as she entered.
"Are you still studying, Asuna?" Konoka asked looking at her, Asuna was sitting on the floor with a book on the table and a case to the side.
"I'm finishing it, lately I have not had time between one thing and another" Asuna said with a sigh.
"I'm glad to see you are making the effort, Asuna!" Negi said, raising his fist.
"What are you insinuating?" Asuna said staring at Negi.
"Nothing! I didn't mean it with bad intentions!" Negi said, moving his hands to calm her down.
"By the way Konoka, where did you go?" Asuna asked, looking at Konoka.
"I went to many places with Set-chan" Konoka replied smiling.
"Oh... How lucky you are... I would have liked to have gone with you" Asuna sighed.
"You had to study" Kamo said.
"I know" Asuna said, crossing her arms behind her head.
"I'm going to prepare dinner" Konoka said, she went to the kitchen to prepare dinner while Asuna was finishing studying.
/Grace of destiny/
"Dinner is ready" Leona said, looking at Haruna and Ku Fei.
"Ok, thank you, Leona" Haruna said smiling, as she left the pen on the table and got up from the chair, then the phone started to ring, she picked it up and placed it to her ear.
"Hello? Who is it? Eh, yes" Haruna said looking at Leona. "Leona, the call is for you" Haruna said, passing the cordless phone to Leona.
"For me?" Leona said, picking the phone up and placing it to her ear. "Yes? Chachamaru? Now? It's okay..." Leona said, then she hung up the cordless phone.
"What's up?" Ku Fei raised an eyebrow.
"It's Chachamaru, she said to me that Evangeline wants to talk to me about something" Leona said, leaving the cordless phone on the table.
"Now?" Haruna said, looking at the clock on the wall of the room. "If it's half past nine at night"
"I know; I'll go see what she wants to tell me"
"Ok..." Haruna said. "Ahh..." Haruna said putting a wide smile on her face.
"Why do you make that face..." Leona said, confused.
"Nothiiing"
"I don't understand you" Leona said, narrowing her eyes.
"Do you likeeee her?" Haruna said as she was covering her mouth with her hand the cheeky smile.
"Wh-what? Of course not! What are you thinking?!"
"Do you want me to tell you? Mmm?"
"No, it is better not to know, well, I'm leaving, dinner is in the kitchen, don't wait for me for dinner"
"Ok" Haruna said, then Leona left the dormitory and went to Evangeline's cabin.
"There's a full moon tonight" Ku Fei said, looking out the window.
"Yeah, although it looks like it's going to rain" Haruna said, looking also from the window. "Come on, let's have dinner!"
/Grace of destiny/
Chachamaru was standing next to Evangeline and looking at her, while Evangeline was sitting on the couch with her legs crossed and with one hand she was passing the small white metal box between her fingers.
"Have you called her?" Evangeline said.
"Yes, she is on her way to here, mistress" Chachamaru said in a quiet voice.
"It's okay" Evangeline said.
"What are you going to do, mistress?" Chachazero said.
"I'm just going to talk to her" Evangeline said, narrowing her eyes.
End of chapter 7 thanks for reading, I would like know your opinion about the story so far in the reviews, it encourages me to keep writing. Also, thanks to Miz-KTakase for helping me with grammar and thanks for the reviews I received! :)
