Chapter 6 Childhood Memories
"Aisha will never did something like this!"
Rena doesn't want to believe this.
She knows that Aisha will never share something like this without asking first.
Because she's her friend.
"It's fine if you don't want to accept it, I'm still going to ask her myself."
He turns around and head to the door.
Rena stopped him.
"Wait! What would you do if she really did that?"
Elsword stays silent for awhile.
"-I don't know."
And he left her behind.
... Aisha, are you really the one who did this?
Rena's a kind girl, even if Aisha's the culprit, she's not sure if she will be angry to her or not.
Since she's her friend after all.
"I guess I will ask her too, I need a confirmation."
Rena followed Elsword from behind.
"So you're going to come too, huh?"
Elsword said that without looking back.
"I'm just wanting to confirm things. It's not because I agree with you."
"Say what you want."
Rena look at her phone again.
Why Elsword's e-mail looked so familiar?
She's pondering this in their way.
And then they reached the classroom.
Aisha's there, looking at the sunset.
"If both of you are here, I think I've been found out?"
Aisha said it without looking at them.
"Aisha, so it was your doing after all?"
Elsword step forward.
Aisha turn around to look at them.
"... Yes, I'm the one who shared those photos."
"Why would you do something like that?"
Elsword's just like Rena, when he wants to know something he will do anything to get the answer, even if that means he must do something that he can't take back.
"... *Turns away*"
Aisha didn't give them any answer.
She just look at the sunset through the windows.
Elsword steps forward, closing to Aisha.
Rena also steps forward, in case that Elsword might do something to Aisha.
"Did both of you remember?"
Both of them halted their step.
"What do you mean?"
Elsword who don't understand what Aisha's words mean frowned.
Rena also frowned because she didn't catch the situation.
"That time, roughly about 8 years ago."
Aisha closed her eyes.
Elsword seem to catch the way this conversation lead.
"That's not what I'm asking, Aisha."
He's a bit restless.
"That time, when the three of us were still in our 4th grade at elementary school, we met each other at this exact time. too."
Rena seemed to understand too, but...
Three of us? I did remember to met Aisha back then, but I did remember it clearly that I also met another one, and that's a girl, not a boy. It couldn't be Elsword.
"Rena might not know about it, because back then-"
"Aisha, don't say it."
"... Sorry, Els. Now that I've done all of this I need to confess everything."
"What do you mean?"
Rena asked her.
"-Back then, the girl who's playing with us... Was Elesis Sieghart, the prodigy of knowledge and also Elsword's twin sister, that died in an accident when she's on her flight to Ranox 5 days after meeting with us."
"Aisha-!"
"... Sieghart..."
The one that Rena admired, Sieghart was actually Elsword's twin sister.
The info she read on the internet back then also stated that Sieghart is a prodigy 8 years ago, but she've gone missing after that.
"No one but me and Elsword's family that knew she's caught in an accident. Because back then she was sent away to avoid reporters and to study at Ranox."
Elsword looked like he want to say something but Aisha didn't let him speak and continues her story of their childhood.
"Because Elsword's parents can't accept their daughter's loss, they forced Elsword to became Elesis. He was forced to wear woman's clothes and long red wig resembles her sister's and continued to stay with us."
"Huh!? For real!?"
Rena's dumbfounded while Elsword's facepalming.
Her brain can't process all of the information clearly.
"As for the reason why Elsword knew your e-mail address, you should've understood, right?"
Aisha look at Rena's eyes.
If we grow up let's send each other e-mails!
Good idea.
Then this is my e-mail! I may not have a phone yet, but I will use this as my e-mail address!
Then this is mine!
And this is mine.
Why are you using the weird name as your e-mail address, Elesis?
... I just felt like it.
Rena nodded.
No wonder she felt Elsword's e-mail sounded familiar.
"So... That's how it happened..."
"Aisha, you've said too much!"
Elsword's irritated, it seems like he doesn't want Rena to know his past.
"I'm sorry, but Rena deserves to know the truth."
Aisha closed her eyes again.
Her purple pigtails are waving gently.
"As why I did this, is because... I want all of us not being so distanced with each other again, I want all of us show each other the real us, not hiding anything anymore, I shared your photos also because without that I'm sure either both of you or one of you wouldn't want to come."
Aisha's right, if it's just a simple call for a little talk Elsword will surely came up with an excuse to get away and not coming to the gathering.
"You planned all of this all along, didn't you?"
Elsword asked Aisha.
"Correct, I'm the one who suggest that we made a social media account so it's a matter of course I'm able to create a duplicate of your account on the same time, it's all for the sake of this time, I'm sorry because I shared those photos, but have you read all the comments?"
Elsword and Rena tilted their head and look at their phone.
The most natural pose ever.
They looked so cute.
The prince's so cool!
Are they lover?
They looked like a lover indeed.
I wish I can be like them.
The princess' really cute.
Somehow she looked embarrassed, but it doesn't look like it's a fake expression.
You're right.
So there's someone beside me realised it.
She's really embarrassed, so cute!
The prince's also so cold, his expression's the best.
They are really compatible.
Rena's face burned.
She's embarrassed by those comments.
But when she look at her face in the photo...
My expression's really natural...
It's not an expression that someone ask her to make.
It's her actual expression.
"They're complimenting you two. You two are not just a nobody."
Aisha said.
"Elsword, you used to say that you care of nothing but study, but actually you kept on watching what happened in the social media, don't you?"
Elsword's startled.
"No, I don't care about social media."
"Stop avoiding, if that so how can you know that Rena posted that photo? Because you're indeed, someone who's always looking at the social media even though you're not updating anything." Aisha smirked.
So Elsword's one of those silent reader?
Rena thought.
"Okay, you got me. You're really as awesome as ever, Aisha."
Elsword finally gave up and poke her forehead.
"Ouch- I know right?"
She smiled at both of them.
Rena finally realized why Elsword's protecting her, it's because she's his childhood friend.
He should've just said so, but I will never believe him even if he said it, though...
"But... I never thought you're actually crossdressing as Elesis, Elsword."
Rena said that to Elsword.
"S-Shut up! It's not like I want it though!"
He's blushing in embarrassment.
It seems like this topic is a topic he's weak at.
Rena smiled mischievously.
"Oohhh-? Hello, mister crossdresser, mind if I took revenge for your ignorings up until now?"
"S-Stop that, Rena! If you dare to do that I will not care about you anymore!"
"I'm just joking, so why are you always ignoring me?"
Rena wished to know about it.
"... Because-"
"Because?"
"-I won't tell you after all, and I will keep ignoring you."
Saying that, he left the classroom.
"Ah! Wait! You're not answering my question!"
Rena chased him.
Aisha giggles at them.
"I thought I've made their relationship become even closer. But this Elsword's just too stubborn, he should've just admit it already."
Aisha looked at the sunset.
"So beautiful... But anything that's beautiful will eventually end."
Her eyes showed a slight of sadness.
Chapter 6 End
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