Hey again everyone, I'm a bit late with this again and I'm sorry for that. New Years and just a lot of distraction going on ^^;;;. Anyways the party is finally here, and with it some new characters entering the fray! You can probably guess the names of the new arrivals but just a forewarning~, one of them is actually in their second job for for this one, just because I find this one more fun to work with. With all that said, Happy New Years and enjoy 2016 everyone!

Chapter 6

A Party to Remember

All the planning is set, all the preparations are good and everything is set in motion. I wipe my forehead of sweat and look at all the little decorations and food spread on the table. The living room is set with the consoles for party play, I nod to my work and turn into the hall to go wash my face before the guests arrive. This is a special day for Elsword and Aisha, I need to make sure everyone everyone has fun! Lets do this Elesis! I clean my face up some and dry off before heading back to the living room to find him gazing at my work. "Whoa... you went all out sis." I put my hand on top of his head. "That's what I said I'd do yeah? Any minute now right?" He nods to me and smiles to me. "Twelve like you said I should tell them." He says seeming excited for this get together with everyone. "Besides the usual, who else is coming?" I quickly ask him so I understand how to greet them and prepare the lunch later. "Besides Aisha and Chung we might have two... high profile girls joining. We did projects together and I figured I would invite them as thanks. Eve and Lu are their names, they might seem a bit snobby but they're actually nice." I nod to his explanation and ruffle his hair a bit. "Gotcha, lets show them we know how to party!" We laugh a bit together before the doorbell rings. It seems it's time to get this show on the road then!

I open the door and I am greeted with a new face, this must be one of the girls he invited. "Welcome, glad you could join us for my brother's and Aisha's party!" I greet to the new face. I look at her inspecting her within a fraction of a second to get her memorized in case she should drop by again. Her hair is a silver color, skin pale white, eyes yellow like a flashlight and a slender frame. She's dressed in a black color scheme. A small dress coat with a rather cute blouse on. Jean-shorts with white trimmings with knee high socks no doubt for keeping warm. "A pleasure, I am Eve, I thank you for having me." She speaks in a monotone voice but she's at least polite. I motion her to come in and without hesitation she comes in. As I look back I notice that she came up in a limo! She's... one of the rich ones?! I never imagined this... a butler dressed in white bows to me and enters into the limo before driving off... this is already getting interesting.

I look back in and see Elsword casually wave to her with his smile on. "Come in and make yourself at home Eve! We got snacks and games when everyone gets here," he speaks to her. She merely nods and goes into the living room. Before I can close the door I hear another car pull up and turn to face... another limo?! This one is even my finely decorated and a dark blue! Who are these girls?! Out emerges a smaller girl with pigtails almost as long as her own body! She has the confidence of a rich girl just from her expression and posture. She approaches me dressed in a dark blue party dress... she's treating it like a big party? And... are those horns on her head?! "Fu fu fu~ greetings mortal, you must be the commoner's big sister yes? Be honored you are in the presence of a devil queen such as I." Devil queen? She's rich for sure but... does she have delusions of grandeur as well?! "Aha... welcome, We're all set for you inside, make yourself at home." I say nervously trying to make sense of the situation. "Fufu~ the devil queen Luciela thanks you for your hospitality for being someone of such low class, I will partake of the home you have invited me in." I try to hide my growing annoyance of her attitude for Elsword's sake. "Luciela huh? I'll remember that... your highness." As she enters she chuckles to herself. "You amuse me Commoner's big sister, You may refer to me as Lu as he does." "A-alright." I simply respond. As she goes into the living room out of sight I just sigh and close the door. This is already getting tiring...

I wander in and see them conversing among each other. I just watch them as they talk. "Fufu~ so you have arrived as well Eve? It is nice to see that you have come as well, I had not thought you were one for such festivities." Lu begins in her established talk. "It is not beneath me to accept an invite to such an event. I see you have overdressed for the occasion." Lu merely laughs in a smug manner. "I would not be one of high class if I did not radiate elegance wherever I go. You however have dressed as one of them I see." Eve merely keeps her stoic face as Lu seems to offhandedly criticize the way she's dressed. "I felt it better for such an atmosphere of simplicity." They... certainly think themselves of higher status... "Hey ladies, I'm just glad you came. Even if it's out of some sort of pity, this is my thanks for the help you both put in." Elsword intervenes with to change the direction of the conversation... I guess we both have that going huh? "Aha~ It is quite alright. Simple gatherings of celebration are quite enough thanks for our graceful intervention." Lu responds with to him, while Eve merely nods. They're odd but they seem good at heart... I guess I don't need to worry about him.

The doorbell rings and he goes to answer quicker than I can react. "Aha! You guys made it!" "Of course knucklehead! We wouldn't let your sister's hard work go to waste!" There's Aisha it seems. "Happy birthday to you both! Let's have a good time!" And there's Chung, the gang is all here, save for Ara and Rena. I see them enter in and Aisha waves to me while Chung bows a bit. I see Aisha is using the braids over the shoulders hair style now. It oddly suits her. And I swear if I didn't know him Chung still looks like a girl with that long hair... heh. Once they've all gathered I approach the group. "Thanks for coming everyone! Make yourself at home and enjoy everything. I'll make us some lunch in an hour and a half, so don't snack too much alright? Enjoy the games and have a good time!" I announce to them. "Fufu~ seems this has quite the structure and thought put in, very commendable for one such as yourself. Might I ask your name?" Lu suddenly asks me. "Ah... Elesis," I answer. She nods and seems to be looking me over before looking around the room. I notice Eve is looking directly at me too... with that straight face... it makes me feel a bit uneasy... maybe I'm just stressing over this whole rich girls in my house thing! "Let's play Ultra Fighting Bros. First!" Elsword suddenly blurts out gathering their attention. "Hah you better be ready Elsword! Imma kick your butt!" Aisha says with confidence as they all gather around the living room TV.

The time flies as I watch them battle out in the game, all of them are seeming to have fun with it. These days I hear of people getting 'salty' so it's nice to see them having friendly fun with it. Before I know it I'm already making sandwiches for everyone for lunch and serving juice with them as well. Everyone comes and gets their lunch and seems to enjoy it all. I got fresh honey ham for these as well so its hopefully extra good. Once they finish it's straight back to the game, with Eve surprisingly being the reigning champion at it. Not even Elsword with his experience can beat her! Heh... until I get into it as well! Even she's surprised at the fact that I was able to beat her. She was a formidable one too! I don't play regularly but I mastered one of the sword characters when I first played it with Elsword. She's a good sport about it though. Although she didn't speak, we shook hands after the couple of battles. By that time I had to get the presents for the birthday boy and girl as well as the cakes. A vanilla and chocolate cake for them and the others!

"It's cake time everyone! Lets get these two their birthday wishes!" they all peel away from the game and the birthday stars gather to the table as I set down the cakes on in. I get the lighter and light up the candles on the cakes, a single candle with it's shape being the number 16 and another being 18 on the other cake. I smile to the two as they get ready to blow their respective candles out. "Happy birthday you two! Blow those suckers out and make your wish!" they nod to me and both blow out theirs at the same time. "Fufu~ a wish is rather mundane for such a festivity, I however congratulate you both on living on another year." Lu ends up speaking first. "Mm, happy birthday indeed." Eve follows up with. "Happy birthday you two, lets keep doing our best!" Chung concludes the congratulations with. "Thanks everyone, and thanks Sis!" "Yeah! This is a great birthday! You're the best Elesis!" I just look away and scratch my cheek embarrassed a bit at them putting me in the spotlight. "It's not that big a deal on my part... you two are the stars here." They both chuckle at me as I feel the stares of both Lu and Eve... that look makes me worry a bit... but maybe that scuffle with Add is making me paranoid. I remove the candles and hand them to the birthday stars. "A souvenir of this happy occasion." They nod and Elsword turns to Aisha. "Don't let that big number go to your head now!" "Sh-shut up, I am an adult now, so you best respect me more peon!" "Huh? You might have your 18 years but you still act like a little kid you know!" "Why you!" I chop both their heads to make them stop. "Cut it out and let me cut up the cake. You can argue after the party." They rub their heads and gently nod.

After they settle down I cut up the cake and serve to everyone their choice. I had to stop Lu from trying to snatch more pieces or even both the cakes. "You dare deny the devil queen what she desires? I will deliver swift and demonic punishment upon you!" I just sigh and grab on her horns... which pop right off her head. She just stands their with a stupid expression as I feel stupid for even questioning if these horns were real or not. She looks like she's about to cry... crap... are these important to her? Or does she like being this devil queen? I put them back on her head and brush her hair out of her face a bit. "Sorry... I didn't mean for that to happen." I try to settle things before she cries and she just pouts and looks away. "Luciela the devil queen will overlook this once since you are attempting to make amends." I just smile and pet her head a bit. "I'm glad, just please don't hog all the cake alright? Everyone needs to have some too." She seems to blush and nod. She's no doubt embarrassed to be told to refrain from something.

After everyone has cake, they both receive their presents. A bunch of sketching pads and drawing tools for Aisha are from both Eve and Lu... I guess they collaborated on that. Aisha is an aspiring artist huh? She's a bit embarrassed about it but she seems happy. Chung got her a pocket watch? That's interesting... oh his family is loaded too... I forgot... the design on it is cute... I sorta want one for myself! Gah! Control yourself Elesis! I give her the manga volumes and seems happy about it. "I've been meaning to check this out! Thank you! This should he-... I... I mean... the art style looks good and all..." I giggle a bit and gently pat her head. "I'm glad you like it. It's a nice read once you get it going." She nods and turns to the first page already. Elsword got some goodies as well. Some sort of replica ring from that Ruler of Rings movie from Lu. A shield pendant from Eve. A wooden practice sword from Chung and finally I give him Raven's generous donation. "What's this? Oh... it's that one game I've been hearing a lot about!" I nod to him as he looks over the game. "It's suppose to be hard but surely a gamer of your caliber can handle it." I chuckle as he seems to accept the challenge. Right away he goes up to the TV to connect the console the game goes to. Seems he's gonna start it and show it off to them. "With that my role is done, Show everyone out in an hour okay little brother?" He looks back and smiles. "Gotcha, thanks Sis, you're awesome!" I giggle to myself as I wave to them and exit to my room for a little relaxation time.

I plop down on my bed facing up to the ceiling. I'm glad everything went well with everyone. Those new girls are interesting... but they seem nice enough... though Lu confuses me... why does she refer to herself as a devil queen? Maybe it is a delusion she's having. At least disaster was averted with that... and how old is she? She looks like she's like eight or ten... yet she helped out with Elsword's project or something? Did she skip grades? Or is she older than she looks? If so why is she still having delusions like that? Hmm... I guess there's no point in trying to make sense of it. As I close my eyes I hear a knock at my door. I sit up and sigh before looking over to the door. "Come in?" To my surprise it's Aisha that came in. "Hey... sorry to bother you." She softly apologizes to me. I shake my head a bit. "Don't worry about it. Is there something you need?" She shuts the door behind her and comes over, sitting on my bed. "I... I have a favor to ask you..." I shift to face her and tilt my head a bit to the right side. "What is it?" She hides her face behind her bangs with a bright red blush on her face. "I... well... want to... I mean... c-can I... try kissing?"