As time passes by, those attending the UA college and university would visit the city where Cherryton Academy is at. After attending to the flowers with Haru, Cecelia would sometimes show the dwarf rabbit of how to fight. "Just twist your hip, recoil, and then extend the kick like this," she said to Haru as she demonstrated a bit. Although Haru's attempt isn't perfect because she's a rabbit, Cecelia could see that she's trying her best. Louis noticed from afar and recalled a short conversation between himself and Cecelia:
As the sun meets the sky to greet a new day, Cecelia was writing yet another story. It was been about a few months and she wanted to ask Louis out on a date if she can't confess her feelings for him. To her surprise, the girls that are still fawning and admiring on Louis were trying to wish her good luck on being with him. Maybe, it's due to the fact that she's the Redeeming Dragon Pro Hero. Or maybe, it's because they know her as the pure and innocent woman unlike Haru in their eyes. She looked up just in time to see Louis who recently has been in her dreams. She held her book in her hands up close to her large breasts to cover as she bowed, "Good morning Louis." He looked her way and said to her as he took her hand: "Good morning Cecelia." She blushed when he kissed the back of her hand and the female students were smiling at the both of them. He then looked into her eyes and said to her, "I see that you're writing your story again. You have a vast imagination. Is it a continuation to the last act?" She nodded her head and answered, "Indeed. It follows up to the day before the wedding. Although I might have to edit the new enemy differently." He said with curiosity in his eyes: "Oh? And why must you change the identity of the enemy?" She then explained a bit: "I would always write down whatever comes in my mind out of my imagination based on my emotions. Sometimes, I have to edit because this one was a bit too close to my past." As much as she's feeling embarrassed, she allowed Louis to read into the new chapter. He could tell that she looked shaken when knowing that he's reading everything that is in her thoughts. Closing the book, he asked her: "This new enemy of who you named as Aria...the cousin of Princess Yume...is this due to what was in your past about the pain that your own cousin Camellia had unintentionally inflicted on you?" When she's shaken up again, he walked in forward and gave her back the book before holding her into his arms. He said to her during the embrace, "You did well. The chapter is captivating and moved with magic. Plus, it's good to let your feelings out. Suppressing it wouldn't do you justice. I just have one question." She looked up at him and wondered, "And what would that question be?" He thought of the question and then asked her, "About Bakugou a few months ago...do you still have feelings for him? I mean..." She shook her head and said, "No...he's with Camellia as her boyfriend. Besides, it would ruin my personality that I am now...would it?" He chuckled weakly before they both walk together to class: "I suppose you're right."
Louis mentally scolded himself during class: "How the Hell could Cecelia...a Pro Hero who's so pure and innocent...would fall for someone who is a prey like me?" He watched as Cecelia passed an eraser to the wolf: "Legoshi? Do you need an eraser?" Legoshi weakly chuckled and replied: "Hehe...thanks Cecelia. I appreciate that." Louis's mind raced in his head as Cecelia smiled casually to the wolf: "So far, she's nice towards even Legoshi who just pretends to be weak. Then again...I have seen firsthand in real life of the way she fights. Being a Pro Hero, she's likely overpowering for all of the carnivores. She's an actual goddess..." Just then, one voice of a man who seemed to have a tone of a dedicated student shouted at Kai the Mongoose student: "Excuse me! Take your feet off the desk at once! It's the beginning of the school day and you're already disrupting school property!" Cecelia shakes her head while trying to stifle her laughter before hurrying over: "Tenya Iida? Settle down here. Just because you're the Class Representative for Class 1-A, it doesn't mean that Cherryton Academy is like the UA in a few means." Louis was told her Cecelia that Iida is the one "knight" in particular of a student and he's known as the Rapid Hero in the Iida family in Tokyo. He watched as Iida apologized more than one time and Kai just chuckled with a hearty whack on the back as friends. Legoshi even took noticed of how a few selective UA college students would come to the academy on certain school days. He thought to himself: "It's strange to see other creatures than the herbivores and the carnivores. Not that I mind it. I just wonder how things will turn out to be."
During a long recess, no one knows where Haru or Louis have gone. Cecelia has a bit of time before going to the next class and then to the drama club for a meeting with Louis. Haru's mind thought in words: "It was an cold and empty forest. No matter how many branches I would tear down to clear the path, there's no way out...until a good friend pulled me out of the darkness with her pure light." Haru was distracted and apologized to Louis as they kissed while making love. They're both conflicted with their insecurities: Haru feels that she's not worthy of being Cecelia's friend while Louis feels unworthy of being Cecelia's first and last love. Haru could tell that there is sadness in his eyes. At the same time, she noticed something in his eyes. She could tell that despite that there's a connection between him and herself, he's clearly in love with Cecelia. This might be the last time she would be intimate with him as she woke up. He was sitting on the end of the bed and asked, "There's this new festival that involves a mini talent between this academy and the UA. Are you working at that festival too?" Haru answered as she sat up from the bed, "Mhm. I'm setting up a booth to sell flowers and other plants that Cecelia had brought for me to tend. The club needs funds." Louis says this to her in return, "You know I could take care of the funds." Haru smiled and said as she laid her head on his lap: "I don't want your money. Just your love. Of course...there's someone who I believe deserves your love more than me." He knows who she means: Cecelia the Symbol of Inspiration. As he prepares to leave, he said to Haru: "My family has already arranged a wife for me to marry after I graduate. And if you must know...it's Cecelia who I'm arranged to marry." Although Haru is saddened, she's also happy as she said: "I understand. She means the world to you. I can tell from your eyes. Ever since the first day you two met when you first heard her sing, I know that something was bound to happen like this." He said to her before leaving: "Be sure to be back at the dorms before nightfall. Cecelia would get worried about you because she sees you as one of her many friends."
As Louis was walking, he looks at the clock and sees that it's almost time to meet with Cecelia at the theater before meeting with the other students at the drama club. On his way to the theater, he heard piano playing and Cecelia's voice saying these words
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game
Too late for second guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap...
It's time to try defying gravity
I think I'll try defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity And you won't bring me down
He noticed Kibi the Anteater playing the piano to this song as Cecelia starts singing her heart out:
I'm through accepting limits
'Cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But 'till I try, I'll never know
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well, if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost...!
I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
I think I'll try defying gravity
And you won't bring me down
I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
I think I'll try defying gravity
And you won't bring me down
Bring me down
Ohhhhhh!
During the performance, Louis could tell that a lot of mixed emotions are pouring out from within her voice. It is what is needed for the drama club to captivate those that would watch the story unfolding. But at the same time, he could also tell that there's more to it than that. When Cecelia had finished the performance despite that it was just practice, Kibi turned and asked: "Cecelia? Are you okay? You look like you're crying." Louis didn't notice until he saw tears in her eyes before she would dry them off. She turned to the anteater student and said, "Sorry. I just have much in my mind and the song kind of brought it out of me. Umm...maybe a different song. I hope that I could give more of the opportunity for Louis." As if saying his name is on cue, that when he spoke when walking into the theater: "I appreciate of wanting to give the equal share, Cecelia. But I would guess that the other members would want to follow whatever story you have in mind written on your book." Kibi said as he got off from the piano chair: "Oh yeah! Speaking of which, you were right Louis! That latest chapter is as captivating as the last. I'll go and make the scripts for the others in the drama club. Okay?" Soon, it got the two of them alone again. Having a feeling that something is wrong, Cecelia asked: "So umm...there were a few songs that I have written in the book. But I wasn't sure which one would be...most befitting to the story." Louis nodded with his eyes gazed onto her: "I see. So you were testing out each one while you still have time to meet the group?" She answered when looking at him: "Yes...was I not supposed to do? I mean...if the entire team was supposed to be here for this meeting, I could have waited." He shook his head and began to walk up to her while speaking: "Don't belittle yourself in any way. You have a heartfelt potential and talent that's far too precious to be wasted away. Although...when you singed that song, I noticed your tears as if you're releasing the hurt from within your heart. What's a matter?" She shook her head as she tried to protest: "It's silly. I mean...I could sound crazy if I tell you what it is." He lightly brushed a bit of her hair away and said softy to her: "You won't sound crazy. I know you long enough to know that you never lie to me about even your feelings. If you have anything that's bothering you, please tell me." She could see that he really wants to help her like how she would do for him.
They both sat down on the edge of the stage and she starts to explain: "You see...I say that it's silly because it was a dream that I had more than a few nights ago. I thought nothing of it at the time. But for the past few months...close to a year...it's the same thing. I kept seeing Haru...making love to you in bed. In the dream, I was a ghost when seeing all of that. You two...were in love..." Louis looked onto his hands as he heard every word that she said. He then remembered that anything she would dream is actually a reality whether it happened in the past or that it's happening right now if it's not going to happen in the nearby future. He broke out of his trance of guilt when he heard her speaking again: "I'm sorry. I sounded crazy, am I? Almost like I can't trust you...but I want to trust you with all my heart. And I want you to know that-" Louis interrupted her by speaking up: "Wait...just listen to me first before you say what I think you're about to say. You're not paranoid or crazy at all. That's because...back then, Haru and I were lovers. I didn't feel that I am worthy of you during those times. Even now, I feel like I'm undeserving of you after what had happened between Haru and me..." Cecelia didn't know what to say as she could feel her heart broken all over again. Tears start to form while trying to put up a fake smile: "It's okay...I just have bad luck with love, don't I?" He turned to her as she continued: "Back at the UA, I do have crushes but had fallen for Bakugou at that time. But when he said that he loves Camellia...in actuality, I want to fight but found that it will only leave behind regrets. That's when I start to move on and felt that I have a chance with love again. But I guess that not all dreams and wishes would come true...like they do on others but not upon me." She looked at Louis and then said to him: "If you still love Haru, you should go to her. You don't have to marry me if it's not what you wanted. I just...I don't want to be in the way of your happiness because I love you! I don't want to lose you because I love you! But I guess...this love is much too high a cost..."
Louis's eyes widened as he realized what the song meant: "defying gravity" to be set free from the pain from a love that's "much too high a cost" from within the words. She starts to choke on her tears for ten seconds and then looked at him with her eyes filled with tears: "What are you waiting for, Louis?! Why don't you go after Haru for yourself?!" Before she could say more, he pulled her in forward and kissed her with a frenzied passion that she never felt from him before. Her mind was telling her to push him off from her and slap him across the face. But her heart is telling her to embrace what he's giving to her and hear him out. And that's when she followed her heart by kissing him back the same way. When he pulled away and pressed his forehead against hers, he felt a few of her tears falling from her eyes and onto his cheeks. This is when he made up his mind: "That's it. If I'm going to be her redemption, I have to show her how much she means to me!" He kissed away her tears and looked into her eyes before saying this to her: "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. Even though we would hardly date, you're still my future wife. And...I want to tell you that I love you...and I don't just mean in any kind. I meant it in a genuine way. I'm pouring out my heart for you. So...I want you to meet me at my dorm room and spend the night with me. I want to show you every bit of my feelings of love for you from the bottom of my heart, soul, and well-being." With that in mind, Cecelia was nervous but remained focused on how the next chapter will play out. They have until Friday to find the one female to play the part as the villain Aria. Cecelia got a text from Haru that she's spending some time with Legoshi and will be back at the dorm room with a goodnight sleep for the next day. This would mean that Cecelia herself is going to visit the dorm room that belonged to Louis himself. Her heart is beating fast as she got nervous, but she knocked on the door with three knocks while waiting. for him. As the door opened up, he took her hand and led her inside.
Disclaimer: the song is called "Defying Gravity" from the Broadway show/movie Wicked by Idina Menzel. There's also the TV's Glee version of this song/p
