GL (GalaxyLight): Today's chapter is going to be a little bit special. It has something to do with Elesis which there is a special day for her. Let's see what this chapter is about...

Elesis's PoV

I decided to go shopping at Elder Plaza. Elsword said he was going somewhere but he didn't want me to come. I felt very down that he didn't want to bring me along. I wondered why though. He hardly refuses to take me with him. There was something fishy going on. But maybe I thought I was just being paranoid and decided to slide.

Just as I was at the plaza, I saw a familiar purple-haired girl hiding behind a wall. She looked like she was stalking someone. "Hey! Aisha!" I called out to her.

"HYAA!" Aisha shrieked as she almost tripped over and fell. She turned around to find me waving at her. "Elesis!? Don't scare me like that! Rather, keep yourself quiet." She said to me.

"Quiet? What for?" I asked. Aisha's eyes suddenly widened and covered her mouth as if she blurted something out without thinking. This gave me suspicions towards her. And I was curious to find out. "What are you hiding from?" I asked her with a smirk.

"N-Nothing! Nothing is totally wrong!" She stuttered.

"Really? You looked like you were stalking someone." I walked closer to her and moved around.

"No wait! You don't need to-"

"Come on! This is nothing to afraid about. There might be something good there, or you might have someone you li-" My words became silent as I saw a pair of two familiar people walking together; Elsword and Rena.

"...What is this...?" Nothing but sweat was coming around face. What were they doing together? Seeing them for a while they looked happy while they were walking, almost as if they were on a date. That made me clench my heart not just full of fear, but also full of anger, pure anger. "Just... what is this...?"

Aisha's PoV

Uh-oh. This totally wasn't going to go what I've expected. Why is Elesis here right now at all times? She could have stayed home much longer. But now, everything we've hoped for is now going to be chaos. I nervously stared at Elesis, who had a fierce dark aura around her, but that wasn't what really scared me. What really scared me is that she's crushing the wall with one hand senseless. The cracks were really giving me the shivers. I carefully tapped her shoulder while shivering. "H-Hey, Elesis?"

She then turned to me with dark widened and scary eyes. "What is the meaning of this, Aisha?" She asked in a very scary tone.

I almost shrieked with fear when she said that. She wasn't playing around in these circumstances, she was dead serious. "W-Well..." If I tell her the reason right now. I'm gonna spoil everything and Elsword and Rena will get mad at me. And if I don't tell her, there's a chance she's going to kill me. 'Darn it, Aisha! There's gotta be something that'll let her calm down. Think!' I thought to myself, looking for ideas. I decided to take it slow, though it might not calm her down. "I... I don't know either." I lied. "When I was walking around the plaza, I saw Elsword and Rena together. It felt suspicious to me so I decided to follow them." I hoped for a good reply, or I'm good as dead.

"...I see... Let's stalk them for a bit and see how things turn out, shall we?" She let out a creepy laugh but it was quiet but still creepy. I just gulped as I followed her as she followed them. Gods! I've never seen her like that. I know she's overprotective towards her brother but this is going too far. I need to make sure she doesn't break anything while she's like this, especially Elsword and Rena.

Elesis's PoV

I couldn't believe it. Elsword, my beloved little brother, is going out with that pointy-eared hag! This was unforgivable, especially when it's 'today'. 'If this is true, then I'm going to give a her a punishment she'll never ever forget.' I thought to myself. 'I won't let anyone date or marry him for as long as I live. I won't let anyone take him away from me, ever! I refuse to be all alone again! Hold on, Elsword. When the time is right, I will save you from her.'

Now that I think about it, I think I remember Elsword asking Rena something behind my back yesterday at school. And I couldn't believe I actually forgot about it.

Flashback

I was walking on the hallway as I was finished with carrying the boxes (while ignoring people talking about me). I turned to my left and saw Elsword and Rena talking together. Shocked by this, I quickly stepped back and hid myself next to the corner and began listening to their conversation.

"Hey, Rena. If you don't mind..." I heard Elsword say.

"What is it, Elsword?" Rena asked him.

"Well... You see... I was hoping... if you wanna come to the Elder Plaza with me, tomorrow?" Hearing that almost made my heart stop, as if it turned to stone.

"Huh? Oh! Um... Okay... What for?" She asked again.

"...I'll tell you tomorrow. See you there, I'll be going now."

"Okay! See you back in the classroom!"

After the conversation finished, I slowly fell down as my legs refuses to move properly. I was so feared that my eyes turned blurry and my body just laid there, emotionless. I was only thinking why Elsword was asking Rena to go out and not me. Why would he do that?

'They're saying this... without telling me. They're clearly going out together tomorrow... and I'm not invited.' I thought to myself. 'Just what in the world are they planning to do together... I have to confirm it myself!' While I was still in deep thought, one of the students came to me.

"Hey, are you alright?" He asked me lending his hand.

I wasn't listening. I was just too focused on my thoughts, but I knew I couldn't just sit there forever. I got up by myself without the help of the student. Passed by him and continued walking while trying to forget what I just heard.

Flashback End

I continued to follow them towards the plaza while Aisha followed me from behind. They both headed to a flower shop. I carefully hid behind a wall and carefully watched them examining the flowers. I saw Elsword showing her a rose and heard him say; "What do you think of this one?"

"Oh! That was really look great!" Rena replied with a smile. I almost gritted my teeth and almost cracked after I saw Elsword placing a flower on Rena's head. I tried to compose myself as much as I can, even though it was killing me from inside.

"Um... Elesis? You're crushing the wall again." Aisha warned me. I looked at the wall where my hand was holding on too and was surprised to see it was insanely cracked.

"Gah! Again!?" I cursed myself. I reminded myself to control my temper when I was at the martial arts school. But at a situation like this, it was proved to be very difficult. I then suddenly notice the pair leaving the flower shop with nothing with them. "N-Nevermind! Let's keep tailing them." I said as I continued onward.

Aisha's PoV

This time, it was a café Elsword and Rena went to. Both of them were sitting on a booth on the opposite side together. In order, to not get spotted, Elesis secretly wore a brown coat and a hat to keep herself from being exposed, which surprised me that she has something like that with her. She gave her spare to me to make sure I don't get spotted either. She was sitting behind where Elsword and Rena were sitting.

"What are they up to now?" Elesis quietly asked me.

"I'm looking..." I replied trying to get a closer look. As a slowly leaned to see what they were doing, my eyes widened entirely when I saw Rena approaching Elsword's face over the table, almost as if she was going to... kiss him. 'What the heck are you guys doing!?' I thought to myself insanely.

"What do you see? I can't look right." Elesis said as she was trying to take a peek before I grabbed her back to the booth to face me.

"I-It's nothing! They're just drinking their cups." I lied. "This isn't something to be curious about."

"Hmm..." She didn't look so sure about it. The moment she peeked back, she saw them already leaving. "No matter, let's get going."

Elsword's PoV

Whenever I'm walking around with Rena, I'm having a odd feeling that we're being watched. I looked around but I didn't find anything suspicious. I was expecting Elesis and Aisha to come around soon, but I guess I was exaggerating. "Is it just me, or do you feel like we're being watched?" I asked Rena.

"Um... No, why do you ask?" Rena said as she looked around.

"N...Nothing! Forget what I asked!" Rena had a question mark above her head, confused to why I asked her that. I just told her not to worry about it as we continued walking to the clothing store.

"What do you think of this one?" Rena showed me a dress. The first sight I saw made my eyes widen in surprise by its brightness.

"G-Geez! I don't think I've ever seen such a... shimmery magenta." I commented. "Elesis once told me she wore a lot of stuff, but this one is a little bit much."

"Hmm. I suppose it IS a little bright. Well, what about this one?" She showed a different dress which was worse than the previous she showed me. This almost made me gag.

"Yugh! That's very lacy... In fact, it's nothing BUT lace." I retorted. "For crying out loud, Rena. I can see right through it!" She looked at the dress and realise she might have showed off a too-exposed clothing.

"Y-Yeah! Good point... Well... how about this one, then?" She showed me one more piece of clothing. This one was the weirdest because it made me lean left and hit my head on the wall because of Rena's choice of stupidity.

"Despite that I admire the good colour, I grant you that, I'm not sure about the whole octopus motif..." I groaned.

"Oh. I thought octopi would be good... This isn't going well, isn't it?" Rena almost felt she began to sulk.

"H-How about we go to the toy shop instead? I hear there are some very cute plushies around." I tried to cheer her up.

"Really? Then let's go!" She smiled. She ran out of the shop causing to accidentally slip. "Kyah!" She shrieked. Without thinking, I ran towards her and managed to catch her under my arm before she could hit the ground.

"Whoa! You alright there, Rena!?" I asked her worried.

"Yeah! I'm fine. Thank you, Elsword." She replied with a smile, almost making me blush a bit.

"N-No problem. Why don't we go to the toy shop now?" Rena nodded as we left the clothing shop.

Elesis's PoV

I trembled as my entire body was shaking with shock and fear. I saw something that almost made me burst with anger to what happened just now between Elsword and Rena. 'Elsword just caught her... like a princess. It was like... a hidden love just appeared when he caught her. Is that what she's trying to do to my Elsword? Tempt him to love her?' I thought to myself as the dark aura around grew fiercer. I can even feel the fire flowing around me. However, the feeling disappeared after I looked at my hands that were crushing the pole I was hiding in.

"Argh! Not again!" I groaned loudly. Aisha saw this too as she face-faulted (Anime Fall).

"Elesis, I think you really need to learn how to control yourself, even if you're very scary." Aisha told me, also admitting how terrifying I am when I'm angry.

"I'll... work on that some other time..." I replied trying to take note of that. "Let's just go follow them to the toy store."

We followed the pair at the store which had a absolutely giant cute plush bear at the top of it, which is of course a symbol of the shop. Enough about that, we headed inside and our eyes immediately sparkled as we saw, toy trains, decorations, lights and most of all, plushies. I would have squealed if I didn't cover my mouth in time. I saw Aisha doing the same thing as well.

"Okay. Let's NOT jump into conclusions here." I ordered her and myself as well. "Let's just find Elsword and Rena and see what they're doing now." Aisha nodded as we proceed with the search.

Though it was sort of hard to do since there was so many cute toys around the place. Some of the caught our attention, but I managed to control myself thanks to my mediation training. I don't know about Aisha though as she once picked up a penguin plush and complimented its cuteness. It took a while for me to get her out of the trance.

After a while of searching, we've finally caught of with them at the plush area out of all the places. We hid behind a wall and watch and listened carefully.

"This one is really good isn't it?" We heard Rena say as she was holding a red dog plush which was pretty cute actually. I didn't really mind dogs much, they're pretty good creatures actually. But personally, I think cute bears and cubs are better for me.

"Yeah! I'm pretty sure that'll be great!" Elsword replied.

"Really!? Thanks, Elsword. I knew I could count on you!" That's when my heart sank again. But this time, I tried to compose myself.

"They look like they're having fun, don't you think?" Aisha asked me.

"Well, what do you think? Of course, they are." I grumbled. "Hmph! Rena is girl with good personality and good voice. Heck, her body is well done too, and not to mention that long hair."

"Don't forget those... things." I knew what Aisha meant by that, causing me to sweatdrop after I looked at her chest out of pity. "Anyway, they seem to be getting along well."

"Yeah... Looks like it." Just seeing them like that makes me grit my teeth so much, Aisha knew my jealousy was written all over my face. "Really? I guess they seem to be getting along well..." She joked with me.

"YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT TWICE!" I retorted. Aisha just let out a smirk.

"Elesis, don't tell me you're-" For some reason, what Aisha was about to say, made me finally snap.

"NO! I AM NOT JEALOUS! I'M HIS OLDER SISTER! THERE'S NO WAY THAT I WOULD BE JEALOUS BY A GOOD LOOKING ELF WHO IS GETTING ALONG WITH HIM JUST FINE!" I shouted uncontrollably. "I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME, AND HE AND I ARE CLOSE! THERE'S JUST ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT I'M-"

"Um... You sort of being loud here." I heard a male voice as turned around to see the red and green pair looking at us with confusion and worry.

"ACK!" I shrieked causing me to trip over my coat causing me to fall down along with Aisha as the disguise flew away from us revealing our true identities to them.

"Elesis!? Aisha!?" Rena gasped as well as Elsword. "Wait! Have you two been stalking us the whole time!?"

I knew there was no hiding it, because I have lots of things to scold about. "All right! I admit we were stalking you two. But what exactly are you two doing!?" I start talking. "Don't tell me you two are drastically dating? If you are, you have some nerve to do that behind my back!" Rena twitched as I said the word 'date'. I wasn't finished yet, my anger was still high. "You think you just suit each other? Getting all friendly and having fun together? I can't believe you could just go on like that without telling me!"

"As for you, Elsword! I can't believe you would go out with her without telling me. Do you not trust me at all? Do you really like this girl!?"

"Elesis, He isn't-" I couldn't hear her from all my yapping.

"Do you really think she means more than me!? Do you think she's more special than I am? How could you just do something like that!? If you really are my little brother, then why did you sneak out and go with her!? Answer-" That's when I noticed the gift-wrapped box that said 'Happy Birthday Elesis!'.

"...me?" No voice came out of my mouth due to the shock, silence and sweat coming from me. My mind was felt with confusion, nervousness and mostly, guilt. Something tells me I felt like I've made a gigantic mistake.

Rena decided to destroy the silence and start explaining everything. "What I was going to say was... Elsword asked me what present we should buy for your birthday." She said. "That's why we came here together to pick one."

"Elesis..." Elsword came to me looking like he was going to apologize. "...Sorry for keeping this a secret. I'm sorry this hurt you a lot, but we were going to buy a present to surprise you. So we had no choice."

I almost dropped to my knees. All this time, it wasn't Elsword or Rena who were doing the wrong things, it was me. I'm the one who been going on the wrong steps. All this time, I thought I was going on the right way, it turns out I wasn't because I was blinded of what was really happening. I don't know how I was suppose to forgive myself, especially on my own birthday.

"Hey, Sis! Are you okay!?" Elsword cried out putting hands on my shoulders, surprising me. "We still have a lot to do, we also need to decorate the house for your birthday party. And we're not even prepared yet. You can't just stand there and think about. We got to move!"

"Ah!" Elsword looked like he doesn't care of what I just said to him and was worried about the other situations. It's like he forgave me after all the things I said to him. Of course... He's my brother. There was no way he would hate me, because he loves me a lot and he needs me for most needed things. He's doing his best to keep me happy, especially today is my birthday. That's why I can't lose him. He's the one who can cure any disease I take. I smiled as hugged him. "I'm sorry, Elsword. I guess I sort of wasted quite a lot of time, didn't I?" I said to them.

"You sure did." Rena chuckled.

"Way too much in fact..." I heard Aisha mumble. "Wait! Why didn't you guys tell me Elesis's birthday was today?"

Elsword gave her a bored look. "We could have, if we found you." He sighed.

"We tried to find you but you weren't around the school, yesterday. We also tried to call you and visit you at your house but you still weren't there." Rena explained.

"Oh... I was... sort of out for a moment. And it was a place that none of you know about... sorry." Aisha apologized.

"Hey! Do you wanna open up your present, now that you have it?" Elsword asked.

"What!? Now!?" I said surprised.

"Sure! Come on! Open it!"

"A-All right, then!" I became nervous as I unwrapped the present and opened it to reveal a red-skinned bear which was just miraculously cute. It was something I wanted for a long time. "I..." Tears then started to fall down on my eyes. "...I love it. I really love it... Thank you, Elsword... Thank you, Rena... Thank you so much..." I began to wipe the tears away.

"Don't mention it!" Elsword and Rena smiled at the same time.

"Hey! Now that we're here, how about we go and buy some decorations for the birthday party?" Rena told us. "We don't want a place that's too boring, would we?"

"...Nope!" The rest of us replied.

"Come on! I know a place where we can find great decorations." I smiled while I was holding Elsword's hand.

"Whoa! Slow down, sis!" Elsword cried out as he was being pulled by me while Rena chuckled and Aisha sighed as they followed us.

Aisha's PoV

As I was walking with everyone, I'm about to ask Rena about something that has been on my mind for quite a while. "Um... Rena?" I called to her.

"Yes?" She turned to me.

"Um... We were also watching you and Elsword at the café as well."

"Oh? What about it?"

"Well, you see... I saw you moving over the table, towards Elsword... What was that?" I began to blush for some reason.

"Oh! You saw that!? That was... a bit embarrassing actually." Rena exclaimed. Wait... Is this where I think this is going? Did she really... "Elsword had a small piece of whipped cream on his cheek, so I had to move up to him to wipe it off with my handkerchief." ...or not.

"Oh! Is that so?" It turns out I was worried over nothing because I overreacted... again.

"Is there something wrong with it?"

"Oh no! There's absolutely nothing wrong with it... Except for the moving towards part which made look too... suspicious." I mumbled.

"Huh? Did you say something, Aisha?"

"Oh! Uh... What do you think of Elsword?" I changed the subject. And frankly, I was wondering about that question too.

"Elsword? He's a very good boy. He's a bit hard and reckless sometimes, but he has a very good heart." She smiled.

"Really?" I asked while I was a bit unsure.

"I-It's nothing like that! I don't like him that much! We're just friends, that's all." Rena waved her hands rapidly back and fourth. "Besides, I think there's already someone who I think he would better be with."

I was confused at first until she was looking at Elsword and Elesis holding hands together and they were both smiling at each other. "Well... I guess I'll give them credit for that... maybe just a little bit." I smiled a bit and blushed a little.

"Oh my, Aisha! Are you telling me you're-"

"DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!" I shouted angrily at her while she just laughed.

GL: There you have it. This chapter was to celebrate Elesis's birthday. I know this is quite late since her birthday is supposedly August 21, but I knew I couldn't let her birthday go to waste in this story. I'm still glad I made this. Let's see what next in this story. Oh! And one more thing...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELESIS!