Chapter 15 Take Care of Her

Rena's laying on her bed.
She buried her face in her pillow.
Her face's really red right now.

Yes, he is my boyfriend.

"~~~~Kyaaaa!"
She's screaming in embarrassment.
Even she herself didn't expect that she would dare to say that out loud to someone else.
She's very embarrassed whenever she remembered that scene.

"... What's even more surprising is... Elsword didn't deny that..."
She thought that maybe it's so that Rena didn't get embarrassed when he denied it.
Because in the actual fact, they're not a couple.

*Ring*
A mail?
Rena thought, but actually it's a phone call.
From Elsword.

She's flustered and awkwardly pick up the phone.
"H-Hello?!"

"... You're really tense, just chill down a bit, idiot."

"W-Who's idiot!?"

"Good grief... To think that you told them I'm your boyfriend."

"... Is it no good?"

"Like I say, it's not that I don't want, I just haven't felt like it."

"I-I see..."
Rena felt really sad hearing that.

"However..."

"Hmm?"

"... Today was awesome, thanks."

Hearing that Rena's sadness disappeared completely.
She grinned.

"You're welcome."

"That's all I want to say, see you tomorrow."

"Yes, see you tomorrow."

"-Good night."

*Click*

...

Rena's stunned.
"A-A-A-A-A... KYAAAA!"
She's very excited that she rolled around on her bed.
She's very happy that Elsword said 'Good night' to her.
This is an example of a girl who's madly in love.

"... Good night, too."
She smiled gently as she look at her phone.
And then she fell asleep.

-Elsword's Home-

He's also laying down on his bed.
He's still able to recall Rena's body that he carry at the photo session.
"... She's really beautiful, indeed."
He smiled as he blushed a bit.

Elsword's 10/10 in love with Rena.
"But... We can't go out just yet."
He has a reason.
That he can't forget no matter what.

"If you're able to wait until that moment come, I will go out with you."
He pondered about something.

"... Okay."
Saying that, Elsword fell asleep too.

-The Next Day-

Rena woke up lazily.
Lately, she's able to wake up on her own.
She doesn't need her mother to wake her up anymore.

"So sleepy..."
She walk lazily to the toilet to wash her face.

'Oh, you are...'

Rena could swear that she heard her mother's talking to someone.
But she didn't know who is her mother talking with.
Just when she just got out of the toilet to get her uniform ready-

"Hey."

-Elsword's there, in front of her.

"-E-E-E-Elsword!?"
Rena's embarrassed.
She is still messy and she hasn't take a bath yet.
Her hair's also hasn't tied yet. (Imagine her base job)

"I'm expecting to see you in pajama, but it looks like... my guess is wrong..."
Elsword looked away in embarrassment.

Rena wondered why he's looking away, and then she just realized that she's wearing a white T-shirt, but her lower part... Only an underwear that's on.

"K-K-KYAAA!?"
Rena ran to her room in shame.
Elsword who witnessed the scene sighed and smiled wryly.

"You're Elsword, right?"
Rena's mother is calling him.
He turned around.

"Yes, I'm Elsword."
He nodded politely.

"Can I have a little talk with you?"

"Um... Okay...?"
He tilted his head but still agreed obediently.

Rena's mother is sitting on the couch, Elsword's sitting beside her since he was asked to sit there.

"I see you're quite interested with Rena, are you in love with her?"

"W-WH!?"
Elsword's face burned.

"Fufufu, your reaction's similar with Rena."
Rena's mother smiled teasingly.

"... Well... Yes, but... I still haven't decided to go out with her yet."

"Oh? Why?"
Rena's mother look at his eyes.

"... I have a reason, that I can't just tell anyone."

Rena's mother smiled.
"I see, that's fine, it's not like I'm forcing you or what."
Rena's mother giggles as she pour a cup of tea for him.

"Thanks, ma'am."

"You're welcome."

After drinking her own sip of tea, Rena's mother starts her story.
"Lately, Rena's able to wake up by her own, usually she always overslept that I need to wake her up, a troublesome girl, isn't she? But now, she's able to wake up and always went to school early, all I can think is, she wants to see you, Elsword."

"..."

Elsword sip his tea as he listened to Rena's mother, and then he opened his mouth.

"... I did realize her feelings toward me, she also told me that she loved me. However... I just can't be her boyfriend yet. In the future, sure I will, but not now."
Rena's mother's watching his eyes.
Elsword's eyes showed an unshakable determination.
Rena's mother smiled and patted his head.

"Ma... Ma'am!?"
Surprised, but he didn't hate it.
It's been so long that no one pat him.

"You're a good boy, Elsword. I entrust my daughter to you, please take care of her for me, okay? I'm already old so I can't do much."

Elsword's staring at Rena's mother and smiled gently.
"Sure thing."
He nodded.

"Elsword! Where are you!?"
Rena's searching for him.

"There she is, go, you two have school, right?"
"Yes, I'm off, ma'am."
He bowed politely and left the living room.

"Hey, Rena! I'm here!"
"Why you're in the living room!? My mother didn't say anything weird, right?!"
"No, nothing, let's go."

And they left the house.
Rena's mother smiled as she sip her tea.

"You chose the right man, Rena."
She closed her eyes gently as she drank her tea.

Chapter 15 Take Care of Her End

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