I knocked on the door three times and waited.

"Who is it?~"

"It's me, Els." The door unlocked.

"Oh! Els, come in, come in," Rena said.

"No, no, it's fine. I just wanted to tell you that.. I love you, so... Will you go out with me?" I held my breath and waited for her answer.

Rena stood there, wide-eyed and full of shock. "Um..."

"Um... Yes!" A faint blush appeared on her cheeks. I hugged her tightly and whispered, "I love you so much," in her ear.

She sighed gently and hugged me back. "I love you, too."

"I'm going to go now, 'kay?"

"Okay, good night."

"Good night." I pecked her cheek and left. Somehow I don't feel the same... Shouldn't I be happy? I should be, but...I'm not. Don't I love her?... Love can be so mysterious... I climbed into bed and fell asleep. There were no dreams in stall for me tonight..

"Els-Kun, Els-Kun! Ne, wake up!" Aisha shook me awake.

I yawned. "Huh, what's going on?"

"We're going to the beachhhhh!" Aisha said happily. "It's finally summer vacation!"

OH! THAT'S RIGHT! I FORGOT THAT SCHOOL ENDED YESTERDAY! YEEEEE! I did a fist-pump and quickly got out of bed to get dressed. "OKAY! I'M READY. WHICH BEACH?!"

The VIPs all laughed. "Sit down and eat first, Els," Rena said.

"B-but, I want to go to the beach!"

"Calm down, bro. Eat your breakfast first," Raven said.

I sighed and quickly chomped down my breakfast that Rena made. It was bacon and eggs and she also prepared a glass of orange juice for me. "OKAY! NOW CAN WE GO?!"

The others sighed. "Hai, hai. I'll drive," Chung told us.

"YEEEEEEEEEEE!" I ran out of the house and into the car, quickly buckling up my seat belt.

"You're not going to pack your swimsuit?" Eve asked when she reached the car.

Whoops. I forgot. I ran back into the house screaming, "DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT MEEEEEEEEEEE." I quickly searched around for my swimsuit, got it, packed some snacks and water and ran back to the car.

"Have fun, you guys!" Rena's parents called after us.

"We will!" We replied and Chung took off, speed-driving.

"S-Slow down, CHUNG!" Aisha whimpered and hugged Rena tightly. Rena laughed slightly.

"No can do, Aisha!" Chung winked and sped the car up a bit. I personally don't mind Chung speed-driving since it's the BEACH we're talking about. We got there in less than 10 minutes and I took off running into the water.

"ELSWORD, PUT ON YOUR SWIMSUIT FIRST," Raven shouted. Whoops, I forgot that. I stripped in the locker rooms, left my stuff by the umbrella Eve had set up and ran to the shoreline. I stretched out my arms and inhaled the deep sea scent.

"Ne, ne! Els-Kun, play water volleyball with me!" Aisha shouted.

"SOMEONE SET UP THE NET THEN!" I screamed back.

Raven shook his head and prepared to set up the net with Chung.

"So, so, so! Who's playing?" I smiled innocently. Eve dumped a bucket of water on me from behind. "HEY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"

"For not helping," she answered calmly.

I mumbled curses at her and she glared at me. "What was that you just said?"

I sweat-dropped. "Heh... Nothing... ANYWAYS! LET'S PLAYY! AISHA, RAVEN, YOU'RE ON MY TEAM!"

"Since when did you get to decide the teams?" Chung asked.

"SINCE NOWWW!" I stuck my tongue out at him. "LET'S GOOOO!" I served the ball and Chung hit it right back, aiming straight for my face. Thankfully, Raven saved me from getting hurt, passed the ball to Aisha by doing a set and Aisha jump and hit the ball to their side, earning us a point. "That's what you get for trying to hit my face!"

"We'll see about that." Chung smirked. Uh-oh... Why didn't I pick Chung to be on my team?! I forgot that he was the king of volleyball! JASHDJADHASHD. Raven picked up the beach ball and jump served. As the ball was about to hit the floor, Chung dig the ball, passing it to Eve. Eve set the ball really high and Rena jumped and spiked the ball on our side.

Since I wasn't fast enough to save the ball from hitting the floor, it earned their team a point. Chung looked at me and grinned. Two hours passed and the game ended with a tie of 15-15. I must say, they were pretty good.

"Gosh, I'm exhausted." I laid down on a blanket and closed my eyes for a second. It was already 1:00pm; Rena and Aisha were setting up the food.

I sat back up and Chung patted me on the back. "Not bad, man."

"Haha, thanks. Same goes to you, 'Volleyball King'." To Aisha, I said, "Hey Aisha. Let's go swimming after, ne?"

"OKAY, ELS-KUN!" She happily answered. The food was spread out on the picnic blanket and we all dug in. I went for a peanut butter sandwich, fruit salad, yogurt, and a bottle of water. Wanting to go into the water again so badly, I finished my food in 15 minutes.

"Ready Aisha?"

"Hai, hai!" I grabbed her hand and we ran towards the water. We waded in, deeper and deeper, until we can no longer touch the floor.

"Scared?"

Aisha pouted. "Not at all!"

"Haha, I was only teasing you!" I know she's not scared because she's the best female swimmer at school. I splashed some water at her, but she dodged, swam behind me and hugged me. I laughed, turned around and lifted her up.

"Weeee~!" I spun her around and placed her back into the water. I looked back at our spot and I spotted Rena watching us with a sad smile on her face. She caught my eye and quickly turn away. What's wrong with her?

"Els-Kun! Ne, ne. Let's have a swimming race!"

"Haha, okay! From where to where?"

"From here to there, okay?"

"Okay!"

"Ready, set... Go!" We took off swimming really fast to where Eve and Raven was and swam back. I only beat her by like 2 centimeters; she was really close to winning!

"Wahhh! You're always so fast!"

"Haha, practice make perfect," I told her and winked.

"Mou! Again!" We did this 10 more times, each time she was so close to beating me.

"Wahhh! NO, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! ONCE MORE!" She said. I sighed. We took off again and she finally beat me, most likely because I was tired. "YAY! I FINALLY BEAT ELS-KUN!"

I patted her on the head, "Hai, hai. You did~ Let's go back now, ne?" I held out my hand which she gladly took.

"Okay!" We waded out of the water and walked back to our spot, still holding hands.

Rena turned around and said, "Welcome!... back..." She looked at us and then ran away.

"Ne, what's wrong with Rena?" Aisha asked.

I pulled my hand away and replied, "I don't know."

Chung tapped me and whispered, "I think you have some explanations to do."

I sighed and led him to the shoreline and sat down. "Now explain," he said.

"Hai, hai... Well, you see... I asked Rena out last night and she said yes..."

He didn't seem surprised at all. "Yeah, I know. Rena told me."

"Rena.. told... you?"

He nodded. "When you and Aisha were having fun in the water. But seriously Elsword, you should treat Rena more like she's your girlfriend or you don't really deserve her at all."

"Huh, what do you mean?"

"Well, from the look of it when we were observing you guys, it seemed like you were into Aisha more than Rena. Think about it, Elsword. Do you REALLY like Rena?" Having said that, Chung left me sitting alone to think.

Do... I like her? Didn't I make up my mind? Damn it, Raven... I knew I needed time to think.. So much pressure... I know I didn't want to lose her to another man... Damn... What have I done...?

"Elsword...?" A soft voice said.

I turned around to see Rena looking down at me. "R-Rena..."

"Els... If you don't want to date me, it's fine. I'm in no rush of dating anyone... Y-You might even like another person a-and because someone told you to, you asked me out from pressure...am I right...?"

I looked down. Oh, how foolish I am! "Y-Yes..."

Rena smiled sadly at me. "Let's end it, ne?... And return to how we were before."

"If that's what you want, then okay. I have no objections," I told her. "And.. I'm sorry...I didn't treat you like my girlfriend... I just...have someone else in my heart..."

"Oh..." Rena forced a smile. "I understand..." With that said, she walked away.

I'm stupid... I'm so stupid... Why did I even say that? Was that the only excuse I could come up with?... Tears fell onto the sand and someone hugged me from behind.. It was Aisha..

"Daijobu..." She whispered. "I'm here...for you..."

I embraced her tightly and let my tears fall... I looked up, still crying and from a distance, I saw Rena looking at us, tears also falling down her cheeks. She smiled sadly through her tears and slowly walked away again..

Damn, I cursed in my head... Seeing her cry makes my heart ache. I just want to run to her, hug her and kiss her and tell her that everything is going to be alright, but I can't bring myself to do it...

We left the beach at around 7pm and drove to Eve's house. It was so silent in the car, nobody wanted to be the first to talk. Eve had called home when we were leaving the beach to tell her butler to make dinner, so when we arrived, we headed straight for the dining room and ate.

I took a shower and laid on my back after dinner. Having turned off the light, I stared out the window and saw the bright moon in the dark night.

A tear fell out of the corner of my eye and I cried myself to sleep.

I was so stupid...

So very stupid...

To do something like that..

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