My family hates Eliot Evans and his family.
Everyone says the Evans were evil; such a corrupt leader and Evan's kid, which is Eliot, don't deserve to be in a lavish lifestyle with their wealth because it's not their money anyway; it's the money of the public.
Although all the grown-ups were fighting, Eliot and I were friends. We always play in his house and go roam around his mansion. It was so fun when I was with him.
We thought it would get better someday, that one day the grown-ups would say sorry and be friends if they had fights. Just like me and Eliot when we fight for who sits and who pushes the swing. I guess it will never happen. Never thought that being an adult was very complicated; some issues cannot be fixed just by saying sorry and getting back to being friends.
I hear Eliot's cry, chasing the two stretchers pushed by the emergency staff outside his mansion.
I wonder why there's a blanket on top of the stretcher.
After that,
Eliot never goes outside anymore; lots of men in black suits with guns are always roaming from the gate, and soon Eliot left the town.
9 years have passed, and I am now in college. I somehow managed to get a scholarship from a prestigious university thanks to my hard work for reviewing nonstop. I was about to leave the university gate and go back to my house when I saw someone.
I won't usually say this, but...
The world is indeed small.
That blonde creamy hair color that pairs with his brow and lashes, oceanic blue eyes, and that rosy porcelain skin tone. And he seems to glow up faster as his height is more of a 6'7".
I chuckle as he has the same hairstyle back when we were kids; he has the same hairstyle as Leonardo DiCaprio back when Leonardo was a teen, that kind of style.
I run towards him, of course.
"Eli!” I call his nickname, so happy to see him after a long time. But he doesn't look my way and just walks away. So I step in front of him.
"Hey, Eli! It's been a long time!"
"It's me, Titania." I pointed to myself. Eliot finally lands his eyes downward on me when hearing my name. His eyes lit up for a second, but they turned back to a cold gaze.
We stare at each other for a little while, then he looks away.
"You're in my way," he said with a cold gaze, putting his hand in his pocket. I step aside, a little more embarrassed by what he said, although I'm annoyed that he just said that to me.
I tiptoed and reached his right ear, grabbing it. ”A-aaa! "He was shocked at what I was doing.
"Way to greet your old friend, you dumb ass!" I smile, but I pull his ears downwards so his face levels mine. This tall ass guy really doesn't know how to greet an old friend.
"Hey! It hurts!” he argues.
I let go of his ears and glare at him. "Yah! Eli, is that how you greet me? At least buy me some food and let's have a little talk!" my stomach grumbles.
He looks at me for a minute. "You just want to have free food—" I stop him before he finishes his sentence.
"Come on, dumbass." I smile and drag his wrist. Eliot let me drag him out the gate.
While I was walking and dragging his wrist, I noticed some other student keeps looking at me. They were shock? I look at my uniform if I forgot to button my blouse, but it's fully buttoned.
Eventually, we sat at the bench outside the convenience store. "So how are you now, Eli?" I genuinely want to ask that because we never had spoken to each other after he left the town.
"Besides pulling my ear and making me in pain? I am fine," he coldly said and stood, about to leave, but I gave him strawberry mochi from the convenience store.
"Here, I bought this for you..."
"I really just wanted to talk to you and catch things up..."
I tried to have a conversation with him. I know he feels distant, but maybe because we didn't talk for a long time. That's why I'm trying to ease things up.
I know he's not the Eliot I used to know, but still I am wishing that maybe... Just maybe he misses me too.
I just miss him, honestly, and was happy to see him again.
"I don't eat this anymore." Eliot placed the mochi back in my hand. He doesn't look back at me and just walks away.
I felt a sharp pain through my chest; I guess I was the only one happy that we saw each other again. We used to hang out and laugh, fight and cry. But I guess what happened to his parents and him leaving our town for 9 years really changed him.
I can't help but feel the heat from my eye as I saw him walking away. My eyes become watery, and I start to cry.
I guess we're not friends anymore.
Siddenly he turns back and walks back towards me, his eyes showing a little shock as he sees me silently crying.
"W-why are you crying?!” His walk becomes a jog, and his cold attitude turns to panic.
"You're mean!" I said.
Eliot grabs the mochi from my hands and starts eating it in front of me. "Here I ate now... See?” He swallows the last remaining mochi. "I... Didn't mean to make you cry." He looks away, but I can see his guilty expression.
Eliot sighs and sits beside me.
"How's... your parents doing?" he started the conversation.
We had a lot of things to catch up on; I was shocked learning that his parents died from assassination. Apparently their new maid was a hitman. So he never trusts anyone again and thinks being his old self will make other people see him as weak.
In the end we visit his parents' grave; I pay respects and talk with him more.
for over 6 months
all we do is hang out with him every lunch, break, and after school. Students wonder why the hell the ice prince Eliot is so cold but turns to become warm choco when Titania is there.
Students started to ask me what my relationship with him was, but every time I was about to say we were childhood friends before
But now we are—
He holds my wrist and drags me away. "You don't owe them some explanation, Titania."
He said, leading me inside the empty storage room where our new friends always hangs out. Eliot pulls me towards his chest and wraps his arms over my waist.
Yeah, we're not just childhood friends anymore. We're couples now.
"Why do you stop me every time someone asks something of me?" I ask, hugging him and resting my chin on his chest. I chuckle as I see him pout subtly.
"I just hate when you talk to someone."
"eh?" I said dumbfounded.
"They are girls... Eli."
"Lesbians exist."
"I know they exist..." I said. But I can feel his hug tighter.
I can't believe this Ice Prince that the whole university called has now become The Possessive Prince.
