Next chapter: January 31st
"You've got to be kidding me..."
Eve looked sideways to see her stalker, Add, sitting right next to the window.
She couldn't believe that he transferred into her school!
"Eve, please look at the board. I am teaching a lesson here." The teacher scolded Eve.
"Ah, sorry." Eve brought her head back up to the board. Just a boring lesson on the history of Hamel.
Eve looked sideways again to see Add staring out the window.
How did he not get in trouble when I did?!
"Now, please turn your books to page 389, we will continue our lesson on the history of the ancient Nasods..." The teacher said. All the students ruffled through their notebooks. Eve felt sweat coming on.
She stood up, making every person in the class look up at her.
"M-may I, uh, go outside for a bit? I just need some, erm, fresh air." Eve stuttered.
She could feel Add's eyes bore onto her.
"Hmm? Well, I suppose. You look quite pale." The teacher said.
"Well then, excuse me." Eve said, pushing in her chair and walking out of the classroom.
"Bathroom, bathroom..." Eve muttered, speed walking to the girls' bathroom.
As she turned corners, she saw Add,leaning on the side of the girls' bathroom, with his eyes closed and his arms crossed.
He took himself of the wall, opened his eyes, and unfolded his arms. He gave Eve a smirk.
"Eve, you're scared because they're talking about your race, aren't you?" He stared into Eve's eyes.
"Your destroyed, crumpled, demolished, wrecked race." Add laughed.
Eve could feel anger flood her system. There was a problem, however, because she could not express it. Add continued to laugh at her.
"You tried so hard to bring it back to its former glory! But you failed, you failed!" His voice rose.
"You failed, just like I did! You failed to save your race, while I failed to save my parents!" Add was almost screaming now.
"What?" Eve gasped.
Add's eyes widened. "I-Did I really just tell you that?"
A dark purple aura began to float around Add. Eve could feel the sensation of death, despair, and emptiness in it.
Add made a run for Eve. Eve felt scared; she turned around and sprinted.
Add was extremely fast; in a second, he caught hold of Eve's throat, and choked her.
He blocked passageway for Eve's breathing. Eve squirmed under his grasp, however, it was futile.
Eve's arms sprawled out around her, trying to search for something to use against Add.
Add was squeezing his hands tighter by the moment, trying to suffocate Eve and kill her. He had a look of extreme hate on his face.
"How dare you! Bring back what I said! Bring them back! BRING BACK MY PARENTS!" Add shouted, pushing his hands together the closest they would go. Immediatly, Eve's arms fell down to her side, and she stopped moving. Add's eyes widened, and he let go of Eve. Eve fell to the ground unconscious. Add came back to his senses.
"Eve..." Add said, looking at the sight below him.
A goddess, laid down on the dirty school floor. Her pretty, porcelain figure in a elegant position-
Wait, what was Add thinking?! There was no way he thought of Eve that way! Add shook his head and cleared those thoughts.
Add grabbed Eve's body and carried her bridal style to the infirmary.
"Mmmmm..." Eve woke up to a sensation of something jumping on her stomach.
She was lying in a bed, while Aisha was jumping up and down on it.
"Wheeeee!" Aisha shouted. "Guillotine Press!"
Thank god Aisha was just kidding and didn't leash out that attack on Eve.
"Aisha... Please stop." Immediatly, Aisha seized jumping and gave Eve a sad expression.
"Why am I here?" Eve rubbed her head and looked around the infirmary.
"Mr. Add took you here!" Aisha exclaimed.
For a second, Eve didn't believe her.
"He... what? Add?" Eve asked surprisingly.
"Mhmmm! Add took you here! You see, I asked the teacher if I could get out of class to go to the bathroom. And, while walking up the stairs, I could see Add descending them, carrying you bridal style! So I quickly hopped off the stairs and hid behind the wall, and followed him all the way to the infirmary!" Aisha explained.
"Did he say anything in particular?" Eve asked.
Aisha put her finger to her chin and looked upwards. "Well... He muttered something about the Nasod Queen." Aisha said, looking at Eve.
Immediatly, Eve's system was flooded with shock.
"But, geez. The Nasod Queen seems like she's long gone by now. Don't you think? I mean, nobody knows what she looks like." Aisha said.
Quickly, Eve nodded in response.
"Well, Eve, I'll see ya later!" Aisha waved and left the room.
Eve put a hand to her chest and sighed.
"Thank El Lady."
Eve put a few coins in the vending machine and received a drink labeled "Pomegranate Blast".
"Eve, you like pomegranate?" Elsword laughed, drinking banana-flavored juice.
Raven inserted coins of his own and pressed a button labeled "Blueberry Dream".
Aisha drank Strawberry, Rena drank Lime, and Chung drank Apple.
"Elesis! Get me orange!" Ara told Elesis.
"Yeah, once I get Cherry." Elesis pushed two buttons, Cherry River and Orange Sea.
The Elgang sat around the vending machine, all drinking their preferred beverages.
"Eve, why did you ditch class?" Elsword asked out of the blue.
Eve looked him straight in the eyes and said, "I was not feeling so well. Please understand." She returned to her drink.
"Ah, yeah..." Elsword felt embarassed for asking.
In just a few minutes of time flying by, everyone except Eve had left to go home.
Eve still wasn't finished with her drink, so she continued...
"Pomegranate Blast? Is that what you're having, Eve?" A handsome voice said from the vending machine.
Eve looked back to see Add picking up a bottle of the same drink she was having.
"Add..." She looked at him seat himself next to her. In desperation, she scooted herself to the very far end of the bench.
"You really don't like me, do you?" He asked.
"No." She replied, looking away.
"Oh, look, Oberon is outside, I better get going..." She said, standing up.
She started to walk away, before Add grabbed her wrist.
"Where are you going, Eve?" He asked, smirking.
"Home. I don't feel very safe here, alone in this school with you." She replied.
With a strong force, Add grabbed Eve and put her on his lap.
"I could keep you here, steal your codes, and command you to make unlimited Nasod technology..." Add's hand glided down her back.
Eve slapped him, hard.
"Get off of me, you pervert." Eve jumped backwards, and Oberon appeared on the spot, stepping in front of her and holding out his weapon.
Add touched his cheek, then smirked.
"Fine, Eve. Have it your way." He said, throwing away his drink.
"I assume that, tomorrow, I'll definently rule over you."
"Queen of Nasods." In the blink of an eye, Add teleported away.
Eve sighed.
I'll never give him my codes...
"Welcome home, Eve." Ophelia greeted Eve at the door. She took off her shoes and Oberon closed the door behind her.
"What would you like for dinner tonight, Eve?" Ophelia asked.
"I'll have some ramen." Eve said, walking up her stairs.
"Very well. Oh, Eve, are you planning on rejuvenating yourself? Allow me to help." Ophelia sped up to Eve and escorted her to the bath.
Ophelia opened the door and walked in after Eve. She grabbed a towel for Eve, and held up a bottle of bubble bath.
"Would you prefer a bubble bath, Eve?" Ophelia asked.
"No thank you, Ophelia. I'll just take a dip and that's it." Eve said, taking the towel from Ophelia.
Ophelia bowed and walked out the door.
Eve undressed herself, and slipped into the over-sized bath.
"Ahh..." Eve sighed, rubbing her shoulders.
Eve heard a small pop and turned her head to behind.
Standing there was Add, wearing only a bathrobe. Eve looked at him in shock, then quickly covered her eyes.
"Add?! What the hell are you doing here? How did you get here?!" She almost yelled loud enough for Ophelia to hear.
"Phase Shift." Add responded, smirking.
Eve felt a presence besides her. She opened her eyes to see Add coming in the bath with her, right beside her.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Eve screamed. In seconds, the door barged open, with Oberon and Ophelia standing there.
"Eve, what has-" Ophelia caught sight of Add.
"Intruder, leave now, and have no regrets of it later." Ophelia said.
"No thanks. Think I'll stay here with my Eve." Add winked at Eve.
In the blink of an eye, Oberon scooped up Eve from the bath and held her in his arms.
Eve pointed at Add and shouted, "Electronic Beam!" Ophelia held out her arms, and a small electric field shaped like a circle formed in her hands. It shocked Add, and he fell unconscious in the bath.
Ophelia picked him up. "Where would you like him, Eve?" She asked.
"Place him in that purple stationary thing." Eve pointed to Add's Phase Shift station.
"Understood, Eve." Ophelia dropped him into the Phase Shift, and Add teleported away.
Eve heaved a heavy sigh. She dressed herself quickly and got ready for dinner.
Once again, Eve woke up in the middle of the night.
Sitting on the railings of the balcony was Add, staring out into Altera.
"Add..." Eve's gentle voice rang in his ears.
"Eve.." He said, fixing his gaze upon her.
She tore the covers off of her and slid out of her bed, walking towards the open window.
"Why are you still here?" She asked quietly.
Add looked out into the view again. The night was full of stars, and the moonlight shone upon the both of them.
"I like calm, quiet nights." He said softly.
Eve walked forward without doubt, and placed her hands on the railings, standing right beside him, and also staring out into the view.
"I also like calm, quiet nights." She said, turning to look at him. Add smiled happily; probably the first time she's seen him do that.
"The view is so beautiful here." He said.
"It really is." She replied. For the first time, she felt like smiling.