Chapter 17 Meanie! Challenge! Go for it!

Rena's happy that Elsword's also having the same feeling as she is.
But...

She's complaining in the early morning.
"Why can't I get close with you!?"
"I did say that I love you, however, we're not officially going out yet. So any further physical contact is a no good, yesterday was an exception."
"EH!?"
Elsword is reading his book as he said it.

Rena's sitting beside him in the class.
Since there is no one here they don't have to hold back.
But there's still a chance someone might heard her yell.

"Stop yelling, I'm reading."
"Muu... You meanie!"
And then Rena left his class.

Elsword sighed.
"I'm doing this to protect you, idiot... I don't know if I can hold back myself if you do that again."
He's blushing as he remembered that kiss Rena gave him.
In the end he's just worried that he might assault Rena.

Rena who doesn't know about it is grumbling as she entered her class.
"What's with him... Even though... It was my First kiss..."
She blushed as she covers her face in embarrassment.
Oh no, what am I thinking?!
She shook her head.

"He must have his own reason to do that... But oh, well. At least I know he love me! You can do it, Rena!" She encouraged herself.

"Oh, Rena? You looked like you're determined of something."
Aisha entered the class and saw her clenching her fists.

"Hey, Aisha. Well, actually things happened... Hehehe."
Rena laughed as she smiled wryly.

"-I see... Good for you, Rena."
Aisha smiled.

She took out a magazine and hand it to Rena.
It's the wedding magazine that she and Elsword took a photo with.
"This-"

"Yes, both of you are really helping the sale of this magazine. The director really wants to thank you two and he asked me to lend it to you two, Elsword also already got one, both of you looked really compatible to each other."
Aisha giggles.

The front cover is Elsword who's princess carrying Rena.
"Hmm..."
Rena smiled gently as she look at her own smile in that photo.

"So, are you two getting married?"
"HYAAAA!?"
Rena's dumbfounded by that sudden statement, good thing that she's not drinking anything now, or she will spit it out.

"Wh-What are you talking about! We're just becoming models for the magazine!"
"Really? But your smile's very natural, I almost thought that you two are really getting married."
Aisha said with a teasing smile.

"Aishaaaa!"
"Oh, great picture, junior."
Now it's Raven's turn to enter the class.
He noticed the magazine that Rena's holding and took it from her.

"S-Senior?! Umm... Thank you..."
She's embarrassed that people are seeing them in that picture.
It's true the picture's very beautiful, but it's still pretty embarrassing.

"You looked pretty nice, I'm happy that you're enjoying the modeling world."
Raven already took countless photos of Rena, but he never found Rena's emotion in those photos, this is the first time he found an emotion from her photo.

"T-Thank you..."
Rena's embarrassed.
She's already used to compliments, but since this time the picture's quite different than usual she can't help but felt embarrassed.

"I CAN'T ACCEPT THIS!"
They can hear the neighbor class is making a ruckus.

"What's that?"
Aisha asked.

"I don't know..."
Rena shook her head.

"Let's head over and take a look."
Raven suggests.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE WOULD FALL FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU! YOU MUST'VE BLACKMAILED HER, RIGHT? THERE'S NO WAY SHE WILL BE ATTRACTED BY THE LIKES OF YOU!"
They can hear someone's yelling.
Rena wonder just who's making ruckus in Elsword's class.
When they entered the class, a handsome blonde boy is there.

"That boy..."
Rena knew him.
She's one of the 100 boys that she rejected, Chung.

"You knew him?"
Raven asked her.
Rena nodded.

"I CAME FROM THE OTHER CITY TO THIS PLACE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF MAN THAT CAN MADE RENA FALL FOR HIM, SO IT'S JUST A FREAK LIKE YOU!? I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS! SPILL THE BEANS! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER!?"
Chung's yelling at him.
Elsword's classmates are watching the view, they have no will to calm Chung down since he's already exploded, so they'll just watch to make sure things not go out of control.

Chung's very angry, but Elsword...
Is reading his book with his infamous 'Ignore' ability.
"HEY! ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING!?"

Still reading his book, he flipped the page.

"WHY YOU LITTLE-!?"
Can't stand it any longer, Chung grabbed his collar.

"Hey-!"
Raven's about to stop him.
But Rena pulled him back and shook her head.
Rena've already knew about Elsword's power, he will not lose to Chung so she's still watching the scene calmly while the others get in position to restrain Chung.

"... You're being noisy, just who are you?"
Elsword sighed as he look at the floor.
"Y-You-!?"
Chung's face turned red from anger.
Chung is a famous boy model rivaling Rena.
He was confident that Rena would love him but he ended up being rejected.
Hence, to hear that someone doesn't know about him pissed him off.

"I'm Chung! The famous boy model in this region! How dare you ignore me and you even dare to say you don't know about me!?"
Elsword glared at him with his cold eyes.
Chung who can see a slight of his eyes flinched.

"Look, Chuna or whatever your name is. Looks like you've mistaken completely. Me and Rena's not in any relationship, I simply became her modeling partner, so don't you dare to disturb me any longer."
Rena heard it but she smiled.
She still remembered that night;

Rena, I might love you, but we're not going out yet.

I know, but why? I know it's for a reason, but I guess going out doesn't have anything to do with your promise?

It's not just a simple promise, I will tell you about it one day, but not now. And I will not approve of our relationship before my promise is fulfilled.

Okay, I understand.

They have to pretend that there's nothing happened with both of them.
With the exception of her mom, Raven, and Aisha.

"Y-You said you're just modeling partner?! She didn't even want to be my modeling partner why would she chose you!? And how dare you make fun of my name-!"
"Why don't you ask the person herself?"
Elsword noticed Rena and he pointed at her.

"Chung."
"R-Rena!?"

Rena took a deep breath and;
"Between me and Elsword, there's nothing like a romantic relationship, it's purely just a modeling partner, as for the reason why I chose him, because he's better than you."

Chung's dumbfounded and laughed.
"He... Hehehe, better than me...? How can this freak who didn't even take care of his appearance be better than me?! Are you blind, Rena!? This photo was just edited!"

Elsword smirked and he modeled his hairstyle.
He tied his hair into 2 side-tail.
He also modeled his hair so that his hair won't cover his eyes.

"Say, every witnesses here."
Elsword said.

Chung who heard him turn around and was surprised by his sudden change.
"Tell us, which one looked better in appearance? If it's me don't do anything, if it's him, just lift you hand up, 3, 2, 1, go."

The class turned silent.
Nobody did anything.
Chung's face turned really red in anger.

"H-HOW DARE YOU DO A VOTE WITH YOUR OWN MEN! IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO A VOTE LET'S DO IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA!"
"So that you can do the editing? Oh my."
Elsword smirked in mockery.
The whole class laughed.
Raven and Aisha chuckled.
Rena also giggled.

"SHUT UP! THOSE WHO GETS THE MOST LIKES WIN! ADD MY ACCOUNT!"
"I don't need yours, just take mine."
Elsword told him his ID.
Chung turned even angrier.

"J-J-JUST YOU WAIT! I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IDOL AND A FREAK!"
And he stormed out of the class.
The whole class yelled in happiness.

"Wow, Els! I never thought you're good in argument! You're the man! Papa is proud of you!"
"Els, you're so cool!"
"Please be my boyfriend, Els!"

Some of the girls are fangirling around him which pissed Rena off.
"EXCUSE ME!"
She pulled Elsword out of the class.
Raven and Aisha look at each other and giggles.

"They're really an interesting pair."
Raven said.

"Indeed."
Aisha smiled.

On the rooftop, which is their favorite place to discuss things during school hours.

"What happened to you, Rena? Why did you pulled me here?"
"I'm glad you didn't back down from challenge, but what happened to your 'I don't like to stand out'?!"
Rena glared at him like a jealous girlfriend.
Elsword pondered awhile and he finally understood what she meant.

"It's because he's making fun of you, so to prove that you're not wrong I showed everyone my real self, even though I'm quite intrigued that we must fight on social media, I really hate to stand out like that..."
He sighed.

"I'm fine with being made fun of... Models also got many haters, but to see you getting many girl's attention is just..."
Rena looked at the floor sadly.

"... Don't worry, my love is only for you, Rena."
Elsword patted her head.
Rena smiled.

"Umm... You'd better true to your words."
"Hahaha, and why I won't?"
He laughed as he caressed her head.

Behind the door, Chung is eavesdropping.
"... Modeling partner? Tsk. Just you wait, Elsword. I will show you the true meaning of embarrassment."
And then he left the rooftop.

Chapter 17 Meanie! Challenge! Go for it! End

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