Good way to go Harukashi .
The voice of a cheering came from the airheaded blonde, managing to awoke me from the trance that i had fallen in, i was finding a problem comprehending what was going on, but luckily the timid Senpai followed up and explained her thoughts, she said :
Haruka :
I want you to guide me into using that uniqueness you said i have, i hope you could help me finding my way forward, so don't misunderstand, I'm not asking for a date as well or anything like that, you already have a two beautiful girls competing for your attention, a plain looking girl like me can't even dream to have a chance, so give me a call when you had an idea .
She said that and vanished from the place directly without even waiting for me to respond, i was able to notice that she suddenly lost her confidence again and her tone of voice also weakened slightly and i did sense that she seemed to become distress about something .
As she escaped in a hurry, not giving me a chance of telling her that i had an idea in mind for her, i would have to introduce Suguha-san later to her, or maybe if my talks with the principal went smoothly, i believe i won't be in need to do so .
I let go of these thoughts of mine for now and focused mor on the matters at hands, wanting to finally wrap things here up .
I saw that the airheaded blonde that was cheering for the timid one from before was suddenly leaning into my shoulder while whispering something in a disappointed manner in my ear, she said :
Pity, even after my intense session with her, she couldn't bring herself to tell you what she really wanted .
" And that is ? .
I couldn't help but be a little curious about this, but she didn't answer me, instead she put a finger in front of her mouth and winked at me while telling me that this was a secret in playful kind of manner .
I let go of trying to ask her to give me more details and instead i asked her to get ready .
After half an hour sparring with one another, i was surprised when i began to feel her linking her Prana Gates together in a similar way to mine, she was beginning to show some signs of being able to successfully use the same light technique i used, but i guess i spoke too early .
Second later, her seven Prana Gates shut simultaneously and she was suddenly gasping for breath, i already know why that happened with her, in my case my Prana was quite malleable, all i do is just make it flow in the way i wanted to flow .
But things were different with the girl in front of me, she seemed to be opening her Prana Gates in an aggressive manner and not allowing them to open naturally, even with the seven Prana Gates open, the Prana Gates will close at any given chance, for an example what just happened, the moment she tried to flow her Prana in a new strange way, this led to the collapse of the balance that her seven Prana Gates were already finding difficult in keeping, so they ended up in shutting and not lend any more Prana .
Due to the Herculean Strength still active and it taking a quite the toll on the Prana of a person, she was now gasping for breath, i told her about what i discovered and was for the first time able to see that she seem disappointed with herself .
I seeing her like that felt a bit uncomfortable, so i tried to comfort her by telling her that i will try to find a solution for that, if there was any, she once again beamed with happiness and regained her smile and held to my hands while she was still on the floor, i didn't evade her actions after thinking that she might just want to shakehand with me or wanting me to help her up, but i let my guard down and for that, I paid a heavy price .
I was suddenly pulled into a hug on the ground with me falling on her after she suddenly pulled me into her embrace, but just as i got on her embrace, i used Paradox and freed myself from her grasp, vowing to not let my guard down against that girl anymore .
I also sensed someone still glaring at me, but it is more accurate to say that two persons were glaring at me, the blonde on the ground and the blue haired that even though the scene that just happened didn't go on for more than a second, she seemed to have witnessed throughly, i really wanted to return back to my normal school life .
As i thought of this, i couldn't help but chuckle a little, thinking that since the first day i enrolled at this school,weird situation kept on founding their way to me, none of the previous days were normal days and i had that premonition that none of the days to come were too .
Luckily, it seemed that the Training session came to an end, finally .
I hurried towards the locker room wanting to get a warm shower before getting back home and throwing myself into the bed, not even saying goodbye to any of the two glaring girls .
I finished my warm bath and put on my clothes and went out of the locker room, only to find that someone was already waiting for me in front of the locker room door and from the frustrated look on her face, she seemed to have waited for some time there, seeing her appearing here, i couldn't help but ask :
" Is something wrong, Tokiko ? .
Do you have some time vacant, i would like to talk to you for a little, if you are okay with that .
I really really wanted to refuse, already having a ton of things on my head, but seeing her awkward attitude, i still decided that it would be better for me to hear her out, i nodded my head at her and she surprisingly didn't cling to my arm this time, she wasn't even trying to hold my hands or walking beside me, she was just minding her own business walking in front me, i felt a sense of loss at her not trying to pull any of her stunts as before, but mostly attributed to the subject that she wanted to talk with me about .
Coincidentally or not we arrived at the benches behind the Training Arena, a quite familiar place to me, she sat on one of the benches and motioned for me to join her, i complied and stick close to her, after we sat there, we both stayed silent for enough time to begin making the scene a little bit weird .
I wanted to ask what was on her mind, but one look at her struggling to find from where to start, told me that i better wait for her to gather her thoughts for a little more time .
And that exactly what i did, after a few minutes passed and we were still in silent, she finally spoke and told me what was on her mind, surprisingly what she had in mind was similar to a topic that i had in mind as well and wanting to talk to her about, she began her words with saying :
Ummm, i want to talk about us, in the past and present, i hope you would give me the chance to speak first .
As i heard the first part, i was about to say that i shared the same opinion with her and wanted to discuss the same thing was her, but she suddenly raised her hand and said with a loud voice that she wanted to go first, seeing her resolute face, i nodded at her and shut my mouth and listened carefully to what she was trying to say .
Do you remember our promise ? .
About the date or the one in our past lives ? .
I'm not joking around, i hope we can discuss this matter seriously as to evade creating any misunderstanding or problem in the future .
My try to crack a joke to ease the tensed atmosphere a little ended up in failure, i saw her face was serious like never before, at least never in my current life had i seen her like that, but from my past life memories of her, i remembered that she now looked exactly like the first time we met, Evelyn was a serious person almost her entire life, she always wanted to show herself as a strong and benevolent Queen, but also one that can be quite ruthless and vicious as well .
Only to me had she shown what she really felt like a hurt weak girl that wanted no throne nor commanded respect from anyone, she only wanted to live here life happily, that look on her face what made me fall for her after losing Regina .
" I remember .
Very good, do you know how happy i was to find out that you are my Lucius, i was like a little girl who reunited with her long lost parents, I'm so happy at the fact that i can touch you, embrace you and hold you deeply close to my heart, but i also feel your awkwardness when i try to do so, I'm not blaming you or anything .
I believe that it was quite normal, you have told me before that your life was quite long and you will find yourself a lover and offer him the chance to share your long life and burden with you, you also told me that you were doing so for a reason, you were fulfilling the promise you made for someone special, even more special than me was what you said to me .
So you appearing in front of me filled me with so much happiness due to thinking that i can finally have the chance to have you for myself at long last, quite selfish right ? .
You don't need to say anything to me, for now, i hope you just continue to listen to the words i have, then you can make your mind .
I'm also beginning to become afraid from losing you again, I'm beginning to have doubts that if another lover appeared in your life, especially that special person you told me about then you would cut me off .
That thought alone was enough to give me nightmares even before i got to meet you, i felt your love when you embraced me the first time we met, but after that i kept having those doubts and with the situation with Sophia and even Haruka, those doubts in me began to increase, so i now wanted to make a few things clear .
No matter what you do to me or with me, i will never love anyone but you, whether this life or the next one, every time i remember the promise we made, i will honour it .
Second, i really don't mind you meeting that special person or you even preferring her over me as long as you still keep me a place in your heart, after all you promised me and i don't believe you are a person that break his vows .
Third, that is a quite desperate request related to the second point, please love me as you did before, both Tokiko and Evelyn were and are the same exactly like how Ryuu and Lucius ar the same person, so don't get awkward in showing affection, i won't, you are my friend, my lover, my husband and everything that i held dear,
I hope that i holds the same spot in your heart too .
As she finished saying this, i saw that her tears were already beginning to flow, i instinctively pulled her into my embrace and began to hold her tightly and after letting her cry her frustration out, i began to say :
" You are neither selfish nor you are a nuisance, you are you and i like you the way you are, you plan to honour our promise and i even without that promise would have still loved you exactly like i did in my past life or even more .
" Evelyn, I'm uncomfortable in being more affectionate with you because as you said, i'm troubled by the thought of me forcing myself into your life, I'm afraid of getting my heart broken, but I'm even more so to see yours in that state, that would be more painful to me than any other severe wound, i had gotten in battle .
Lier, you can heal any wound through your spells .
" Way to destroy the mood, you crybaby princess, but I'm completely telling the truth, i can heal myself from even a severed limb and grow it back, but i can't do anything to a broken heart, y'know .
She let out a small amusing chuckle, rubbed her head in my chest affectionately and said :
Then what about now, i had already confessed my Love, just now, will you still continue to treat me as before ? .
I stayed silent at this question, she raised her head from my chest and stared at me, one gaze was all that it took her to understand my current predicament, she continued to say :
You had already found special person didn't you, isn't that why you are so conflicated, i can tell, after all we had lived together for over 3 centuries .
She was indeed right with her guess, i had already found that special person, but for some reason even though i felt very conflicated and confused about what was going on, i couldn't help but wonder if Regina would be okay with it alive, like how she was with it before .
The girl suddenly seeing me so unresponsive tried to break herself out of the tight embrace, but she let a cry of surprise at my hold of her tightening even more, i whispered in her ear, saying :
" Why are you the one escaping now, weren't you the one complaining about the lack of affection, I'm trying to make it up for you you now .
But you have that special person, she might not agree to this, let go .
" Didn't you say it before, that you just wanted a place in my heart, then I'm her confessing that you Tokiko have a piece of my heart with you and you can deal with it as you liked .
She once again snuggled to me and didn't say anything else for a long time, we might have unknowingly spent a lot of time, night had already arrived and we only become aware of it now .
I picked her up and i put her in a princess carry and began to lead here towards the female Hostel, but just as she heard the exclamation of someone who witnessed us walking like this, her face went completely red and she asked me to put her down, i complied to her words and after a kiss and a see you tomorrow hug, we parted unwillingly .
As i was heading to my own room, my phone suddenly rang and i saw the caller identity was none other than the person i was trying to call all day long, Regina .
I opened the call and said directly :
" Principal, are you Regina ? .
THE PHONE HUNG UP IN AN INSTANT . .