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Chapter 4: Chapter 3: the restaurant incident

"Done talking to yourself?"

A pair of worn-out nut brown loafers appeared in front of Shaianah's eyes as she stares at the floor. Slowly, she lifts her head up and met with orbs that had a shade of autumn colors. Though his eyes screamed softness, his expression remained vacant. You couldn't exactly tell what he was thinking. He was an epitome of unpredictable.

"I gave you a map. It's been an hour and a half. Why haven't you gone home?" You couldn't exactly tell if Asrial was concerned or just asking a plain question, and Shaianah badly wanted to figure it out for some reason.

"Well..." Shaianah trailed.

"Let's go." Asrial doesn't wait for Shaianah to come up with a response. He quickly turns his back and starts to walk away, leaving Shaianah confused. He notices this, so he faces Shaianah again and tilts his head a bit to the side. "What? Aren't you coming?"

"I am!" Shaianah quickly stood up, running to Asrial's side who started walking again. They were both silent and a bit awkward with each other. Well, it was only Shaianah who felt that way because Asrial doesn't seem to mind.

"Stop staring at me. You're way too obvious." Shaianah immediately looked away, hiding her flushed cheeks and biting her lower lips. She couldn't exactly tell if she really was starting to get attracted to the guy. She's been distant from people for years! Was this supposed to be how it feels when you start having a crush?

Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted when her stomach growled. She mentally curses herself for the embarrassment and smiles awkwardly at Asrial who was still expressionless.

"Aren't you going to ask me where I live?"

"Later. We should eat first."

"Eat? Where?" Shaianah started to panic as she secretly reaches for her wallet. She couldn't remember if she brought enough money with her, but she most probably didn't. She thought that she was going to be with her family so she didn't bother bringing an extra. "I should probably eat at home. We don't need to... I mean, I'm not that hungry."

"I am." Asrial says, pulling her towards a restaurant that stood outside the Cherry Blossom Park. The interiors were modern themed, painted with black and white. A part of the walls were made of glass and everything was screaming of elegance. The hanging light bulbs that scattered weren't only for lighting, they made a good decoration, too.

"I don't have money." Shaianah whispers as she tugs at Asrial's hand which was still holding onto hers.

"Just sit down." Asrial finally lets go, gesturing for her to sit at the table near them before calling the waiter. He orders their best meal and two slices of blueberry cheesecake for dessert. Shaianah thinks it was a bit too much, but stayed silent nonetheless.

"I will pay you later."

"Just forget it."

Silence followed after, but it immediately broke when a group of girls laughing entered the restaurant. They were playfully pushing each other, not minding if other people were looking or were thinking of them as a nuisance. The only time they became quiet was when they noticed Asrial sitting with a girl they're unfamiliar with.

"Am I seeing things right? Is Asrial actually with a girl right now?"

"Who is that girl?"

"No idea. I haven't seen her before."

"Kria is going to be so pissed about this."

Shaianah cleared her throat before leaning towards Asrial who raises an eyebrow at her. "They seem to know you." She whispers, but then she immediately realizes what Lila told her earlier. Asrial is an heir of some kind of a throne so it must have gained him popularity.

"Don't mind them."

Shaianah sighs and leans back to her chair. She was uncomfortable. For her, it was better to be invisible rather than having people pay attention to her existence. Because when people do pay attention, which rarely even happens, she'd always end up being in bad situations.

When their order arrived, Shaianah immediately grabbed a handful of Spicy Chicken and Broccoli and filled her plate before digging in. She ate quickly, stuffing her mouth with more chicken before grabbing pork and chunking it. Asrial looked at her with so much amusement, which was perhaps the first emotion he has ever showed since they met.

Shaianah's anxiety must be kicking off, making her eat more so she could die down the thoughts about those girls that were still looking their way.

"Why aren't you eating? I thought you were hungry." Shaianah notices.

"You should slow down and stop talking when your mouth is full."

A light chuckle was heard from the other table. Shaianah glances at them shortly before bowing her head in embarrassment.

"I said don't mind them."

"Okay..." Shaianah says softly, continuing to eat but now in a slower manner. When she stops to reach for the table napkin, the glass of water that stood beside it suddenly fell on her lap, spilling water all over pants. "Oh my god!"

Asrial immediately knew who did it when the girls from the next table laughed so hard. She glares at them as Shaianah excuses herself to go to the powder room.

"Who did it?" Asrial approaches them, wearing a deadly look that immediately sent shivers down their spine. The girls silently points at each other, none wanting to admit whose fault it really was. "Tell me what your problem is."

"It's nothing, Asrial... Really." One of the girls says with a shaky voice.

Though Asrial became popular after his father announced him as heir, everyone else was still hesitant to befriend or even approach him. His stares were always vacant and his aura screams of so much power that no one dared to even get in his way. He was also the best ice elemental among their batch, being good not only in his magical attributes but also with his physical ones. This created his reputation of being someone you shouldn't mess with.

"You. Give me your jacket." Asrial says pointing at the other girl who immediately obeyed. He figured that no one was going to admit their fault anyway and there was no use talking to them.

Meanwhile, Shaianah was panicking inside the powder room. She had been staring at her own reflection ever since she came inside. She tried to dry her pants using the hand dryer but she couldn't reach it so she gave up.

"First, you got lost at the park. Now, this!" Shaianah ruffles her hair and sighs. She was about to go back to their table since she knew that Asrial was waiting for her when a waitress went inside.

"Ma'am, your friend wanted to give you this." The waitress said, handing her a hooded jacket which made her confused at first. "The man you were with, ma'am."

"Asrial?" Shaianah mumbles to herself before taking the jacket and thanking the waitress. She wraps this in her waist to cover the part of her pants that got wet before finally coming out.

"Let's go," were the only words that Asrial said before grabbing her wrist and getting her out of the restaurant. She couldn't hold back her smile while they were walking. She was definitely having a crush on this not-so-stranger!


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Light chapters for now. Hope you don't get bored tho :(( "Elementals" would finally be explained on the next chapter so stay tuned :D

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