Story Title:
Triangular Relationships
Genres/'Tags':
Drama / Hurt & (No) Comfort / Yuri / Love Triangle / (Minor) Angst
Summary:
Eve has eyes for Rave, the first friend she ever made in high school, but he doesn't think of her as anything more than a friend as he's in love with Rena, the captain of the school's archery club.
Disclaimer:
I do not own Elsword. Elsword and all related trademarks are owned by KoG Studios.
*~-[ Chapter #2: Rena's Love ]-~*
"Nicely done captain!" one of my archery club mates compliments me as I hit a bullseye.
I smile back and thank them for their compliment. However, my eye catches something behind them. When I focus on what caught my eye I see the most captivating girl I've ever seen in my life.
My name is Rena and I am, what most people would call, a 'lesbian'.
*~-[ X ]-~*
I've always known I was different from most of my peers. While most my friends would talk about how hot this guy was or how charming that guy was, I could only think about how cute that girl was, or how pretty that girl was.
Similarly, while the bedrooms of my friends would be decorated with posters of boy bands and male actors, I filled my bedroom with posters of female singers and actors.
My parents thought it was just a phase I was going through when I first gathered the courage to tell them I thought I was gay. When it turned out I was right, my parents threw me out of the house. I was lucky to find a landlord that wasn't prejudiced and let me rent a place.
*~-[ X ]-~*
I cannot shake the memory of the girl I saw that day. I found out her name is Eve. She has beautiful, long, silver hair and the most captivating golden-yellow eyes. I just can't get her out of my head.
Alas, I have no chance; she's in love with a guy, in love with Raven.
Raven is a nice guy and I cannot deny the fact that he is handsome, but sometimes he hangs around me so much it's almost annoying.
And that's not accounting for the fact Eve seems jealous of me, while I want her to… love me.
Alas, that will never happen; she's straight after all.
If only I could harbour romantic feelings for guys, then I wouldn't have had these problems. It's funny; people always come to me to talk about their personal problems and always seem very pleased with the advice I give them. But there is one person I cannot help.
Myself.
*~-[ X ]-~*
Raven has been hanging around me more and more lately and even without seeing her most of the time, I can feel Eve glaring at me for 'stealing' the love of her life. Sometimes I just want to push Raven away from me and run up to Eve and just hug her; to show her how much I adore her.
To show her how much I love her. Not Raven, but her.
At the same time I feel bad for Raven; his love is unrequited as well; I simply cannot see him as more than a friend.
Raven is such a blind idiot in that respect. There is this one beautiful girl head over heels for him and he only has eyes for someone that cannot love him back the same way.
Open your eyes Raven! Open your eyes to that beautiful girl; she deserves to be happy!
*~-[ X ]-~*
"Rena, I love you. Would you please go out with me?" He asks me with pleading eyes. I knew this was coming. I knew it, I just hoped it wouldn't be this soon. I have to be honest, I cannot give him false hope. I have to tell him no.
And so I do.
He must feel horrible, getting rejected like that. He will probably wonder what it is that makes me not want to go out with him. He will probably blame himself. But he shouldn't.
After all, it's not him; it's me.
Maybe, once he gets over me he can open his eyes to Eve. Open his eyes to that wonderful girl that is madly in love with him.
And then, maybe I can get over her.
I have to get over her. I will get over her. Maybe not as long as we're still in high school, but after that, there's college. A new and fresh start.
And then, I might find someone who is the same as me.
But for now we will be stuck in this triangle… for just a little longer.
Afterword:
Hello there, or, 'Nice to meet you,' in case we haven't met before.
My name is Zarosguth and I thank you for taking your time to read the second chapter of 'Triangular Relationships'. I hope it did not disappoint.
Unrequited love is a sad thing but also part of reality. It happens all the time but that doesn't make it a not sad thing.
For now, this will mark the end of this story. If anyone is interested in continuing off of this concept and find some sort of happy ending then, by all means, be my guest.
If people really want me to I might make a chapter is Raven's POV but I doubt he can bring anything new to the table since he's never aware of Eve's love for him during the events of this story, nor is he aware of Rena's sexuality so unless someone can give me a good idea for Raven's POV, this story ends here.
I didn't want this story to turn into social commentary. Though, seeing how this story deals a bit with homophobia, that couldn't be helped.
I'm a straight male, so no matter how much I sympathise with LGBT people, I can never truly understand the situation most of them are in.
One thing I do know however, is that people can be cruel.
*~-[ May we meet again, fare thee well! ]-~*
