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Chapter 8: Jealous Ruu~

[A/N: There is a time skip of four years to fasten the pace here]

It has been four years since the Kleine family moved to Sephra. Their new house is in the nearby neighborhood, not too far away from the place where Ren lives.

Marylin and Ren's parents were quite good friends and former colleagues, so they frequently visited each other. Because of this, Mary and Ren also became good friends.

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*Ding dong.*

A dark-haired boy stood outside the house, pressing the doorbell. He looked no more than ten years old, with his facial features not visible due to his long bangs covering his eyes down to the tip of his nose. He stood there, holding a bouquet of roses in his hand.

The house was no different from other houses in the neighborhood, but it had a dojo attached to it and a big backyard. However, this dojo was not for training martial arts or spiritual arts to students but only for personal use by one person.

The nameplate of the house read:

[Marilyn Kleine]

[Mary Kleine]

Yes, this was Mary's new house that she and her mother shifted to, and the dojo was also for her personal use.

Since a very young age, Mary idolized her father as her role model. Her father was a swordsman and martial artist. She always dreamt of becoming like her father one day, but her father died. From then on, this wasn't just a dream but an important goal of her life. It was her father's wish to become the strongest swordsman in the whole Kingdom of Grav. When he died, Mary decided to fulfill his last wish and trained hard to achieve her goal.

In front of the house, "Coming," Mrs. Marilyn's voice could be heard from the other side of the door, followed by the footsteps.

Step, step...

"Oh Ruu~ thank God you came. Mary isn't eating anything, please help me." The moment Marylin saw Ren standing in front of her, she immediately asked him for a favor. In these couple of years, the relationship between Marylin and Ren has also improved drastically.

Sigh...

"Good morning Mrs. Marilyn. I think she is training again," Ren sighed as he greeted Marylin and assumed that Mary was practicing in the dojo, and he was spot on.

"Yes, Mr. Ren Hilton~. I'd like to request you to ask my daughter to come out of that da*n dojo. Please, it's a request." Marylin, for some reason, started talking politely, as if she was talking to some government official, and her tone was a little grumpy as well.

"I'll do that, but why are you using honorifics?" Ren agreed to her request, tilting his head in confusion, and his long hair changed its position, revealing his unusual golden eyes.

Gulp...

'I can't get used to his eyes even after all these years.' Marilyn thought to herself. It's true that Ren's eyes are a little otherworldly, and they captivate anyone who stares into them. It's not a hypnosis magic; his eyes are just that beautiful.

"It's because of you," Marilyn said in a slightly sullen mood.

"Huh? Because of me?" Ren was perplexed by the situation. He didn't remember doing anything.

"Yes, because you still call me Mrs. Marilyn even after I told you to call me just Marilyn or... mom." Marylin was pouting like a five-year-old.

"I can't do that since you are an elder, so I must use honorifics while talking to you. And Mary told me not to call her mom." Ren was baffled by that kind of expression and tried to explain himself.

"You only listen

 to her, hmph." Marilyn huffed a little. By 'her,' she meant Mary. Ren was lost in his thoughts as he tried to come up with any ideas to please Marylin.

Step...

"Hey Ruu~, why don't we do this?" Marylin's whole persona changed. She smiled seductively as she gazed into Ren with her toothy smile. Slowly, she took a step forward, and Ren was pushed back a little.

Gulp...

"D-do what, Mrs. Marilyn?" Ren asked as he gulped and saliva went down his throat. This seductive appearance of Marylin was too much for his little heart to handle.

Touch...

Marilyn placed her slender fingers on Ren's chin and made him look at her. Ren was one head smaller than her, so he had to look at her with his face upward.

"Why don't you call me mother-in-law?" Marylin brought her lip near Ren's ears and whispered these words to him.

"W-What? I-I-I can't do that." Ren was flustered to the point that his whole body was on fire, as if someone turned up the temperature. Ren heard Marilyn's suggestion, and his face flushed to his ears. He got flustered by her idea.

Pat, pat...

"Hahaha, I was just kidding. Come inside." Seeing his meek behavior was a good dose of sugar for Marilyn. She patted him on his head and invited the flustered boy inside the house.

Ren immediately got inside the house and walked into the dojo, as he didn't want to handle Marilyn's mischief. Inside the dojo, there stood an extremely beautiful girl. She was practicing swordsmanship techniques by herself. Ren watched the girl from the dojo's entrance.

Strike, strike...

Every time she moved, Mary's silver thread-like hair fluttered in the air, and whenever she made a strike, she wore a determined expression.

Silence...

She stopped for a second.

The girl spotted Ren watching her from the corner of the room. She only looked at him for a second and then turned in the opposite direction and strode toward the middle-aged man in the middle of the room who was observing her carefully.

"Sir Antonio, how was it?" Mary asked. This red-headed old man was Mary's sword instructor, and he had been teaching her the art of swords for almost two and a half years.

"That was damn great! Your progress is tremendous in these last two years. It has been unbelievable. You'll leave me behind in some years," Sir Antonio said.

"But sir, it's all thanks to you," Mary tried to give him his share of credit.

Sigh...

"That's not true, dear. It's because you worked hard to improve your sword arts," Sir Antonio patted her on the head, and Mary was delighted to be praised.

"Bye." Then Sir Antonio left the dojo, while he smiled subtly at little Ren and passed by him.

'Why is she so happy when Sir Antonio pats her?' Ren thought. He felt his heart ache whenever Mary smiled for someone who was not him.

Crumble...

"Sh*t." Due to excessive force applied to his hands, the flower bouquet crumbled. Ren swiftly threw them out the window, but it didn't go unnoticed by Mary.

"What did you throw out of the window?" Mary asked as she walked toward Ren.

"Nothing, just some garbage." Ren tried to cover it up by saying this with an emotionless tone while looking toward his own feet.

"Why are you grumpy now? Did something happen?" Mary asked. It's not very often that Ren talks like this to her.

"Nothing, I just came to tell you that your mom is worried since you didn

't come to eat," Ren responded to Mary, still trying hard not to make eye contact with her.

"Fine, I am coming there, so you can wait for me in the living room. First, let me take a bath since I am all sweaty from all that training." Mary also didn't pry deeper into it and told him to wait in the living room.

Nod...

"Fine." Ren just nodded while turning to leave when suddenly someone grabbed the hem of his shirt.

"Huh?" Then Ren turned his face towards Mary, waiting for her to say something. She had a little blush on her face as she said,

"You don't have to be so jealous of Sir Antonio. You know that you will always remain my most important friend." Mary then showed a toothy smile and expected some kind of response from Ren.

"That's good." Saying this, Ren left towards the hall, thinking something like, 'I don't want to be just a friend but something more than a friend because I love you.'

In these four years, Ren has found out the root of his disease, and that's 'love.' He knows that his feelings towards Mary are love.

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When Ren left the dojo...

Slump...

Mary slumped down on her spot like she lost all of her energy. Even if it looked fine on the outside, from the inside, she was a mess.

"Ruu~ is so cute when he is jealous." It's not like Mary isn't aware of how Ren feels about her, but what she isn't sure about are her own feelings.

"Ah yes, that thing he threw out of the window." Suddenly, she got up from her spot and jumped out of the window, looking for the thing that Ren threw when he was all pouty like that.

"Hmph, you should at least give it to me since you brought it for me." Mary pouted as she looked around and saw a crumbled bouquet of flowers on the ground.

Sigh...

Mary sighed after seeing the sorry state of the bouquet and picked it up. She then re-entered the dojo from the same window she came from and placed the crumbled bouquet on the nearby table.

"I'll keep it in the vase since some flowers remain intact." For her, these ruined flowers were something she wants to treasure. Thinking that, she entered the bath and after washing herself, she dipped inside the bathtub and let the fatigue wash away.

"I know that Ren likes me. No! I don't think he likes me, but he loves me." Mary spoke as she let herself merge under the water in the bathtub.

"Yes, he is madly in love with me." She knows that Ren is in love with her, and for some reason, she doesn't hate it at all. If anything, she likes it when Ren is fawning over her, and she also doesn't hate the idea of being Ren's girlfriend or marrying him.

"If he confessed to me, should I accept it or not?" But this was the biggest question that she could easily solve, but a single person is in the way. If he was not there, she would have accepted Ren a long time ago. But from the moment she met this boy, she's been thinking about him endlessly.

"What is he doing right now? I want to know." Mary always seeks answers to questions like these.

"Adam Stales, where are you?" Yes, this boy is the reason for her confusion.

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Chapter 9: Rejection.

 

At Mary's house.

 

 Clink,

While Ren and Mary were engaged in some kind of conversation, Mrs. Marilyn brought snacks for both of them and placed them on top of the table.

 

"Ruu made these cookies especially for you."Marylin said,she made some heart shaped cookies for Ren to enjoy,

 

" Really? Thank you, Mrs. Marilyn."Ren said, he still addressed her politely even after what happened at the doorstep,

 

"Have fun."Mrs. Marilyn left the room, leaving Mary and Ren alone.

 

"How is your training going?"But since Ren was used to being with Mary all the time, he didn't mind it at all.

So we started the conversation first.

 

 

"It's great! What about you? Did your element manifest?"Mary asked, like she said Ren's element isn't awakened till now,his father says that he is a late bloomer,

 

"No, but I think it will manifest soon."Ren Said, he tried to show away this topic since he doesn't like talking about it,

 

"I wonder what Ren's element will be; I hope it will be the same as mine."Mary said as she imagined something up her head,

 

"Mary, you have the Aqua element, right?"Ren asked, Mary can control the aquatic element,

 

"Yep, same as my father and 'that' guy."Mary responded,

When Mary mentioned the person called "that guy," she meant about the boy she met in last year's elementary level swordsmanship competition, which was organized in Sephra.

 

The name of the boy was "Adam Stales," and he was a commoner just like Mary and Ren. Adam came from a rural place and is from a humble background.

 

 

This blond kid was the one who defeated Mary in the final round of the competition and became her rival from that day. Adam left a large impact on Mary's life, who is considered a genius for her age.

 

 

From then on, Mary sees Adam Stales as her rival and strongly believes that she must defeat him to be able to become the strongest swordsman in the kingdom.

 

 

Mary is working hard to catch up to him, but whenever Mary talks about Adam,

Ren's heart aches so much that today he thought about ending this all together.

 

"Hey Mary, let's go to the park."Ren said as he stood up,he looked like he was fed up with something

 

"Why?"Mary tilted her head in confusion and asked for the reason.

 

"Please, I want to tell you something."Ren didn't answer her but kept urging,

 

Sigh

"Fine."Mary sighed but agreed,

 

"Thank you!"Ren showed gratitude as a smile appeared on his face,

Thump,

Seeing Ren get happy just because she accepted his request made Mary feel some different kind of emotion, and this is not the first time this has happened whenever she sees Ren happy about something.

Mary feels this hazy feeling inside her heart grow, but she doesn't know what to call it.

 

.

.

.

After finishing snacks, they walked towards the park and entered it.

 

"Hey, why don't you sit on that swing there?"Ren suggests,

 

"I'm not a kid anymore, so just tell me what you have to say."Mary directly gets straight to the point, Ren urges Mary to sit on the swing, she rejects the proposal, and Ren makes an extremely hurt expression.

 

"Ha! can't be helped."saying this, Mary then walked past Ren, sat on the swing, and started swinging back and forth slowly.

 

"Thanks."Ren thanks her,

 

"Now tell me what this is all about."Getting impatient, Mary asked the reason behind coming to this park where they used to play when they were kids.

 

 Fuuu

"Mary Kleine, I love you!"Ren shouted these words,this has his reason to come to the park all along,he just can't sit like this when Mary talks about other guys in front of him.

 

Thudd

 

Mary fell backward from the swing because she was too shocked by Ren's sudden confession.

 

 

"What- what do you mean?"Mary was having problems with getting words out of her lips,

 

"I-I mean, from the first time we met in this park till today, I have always loved you, not as a friend but as a girl so-and-s."Ren started explaining to her what he meant,

 

"Stop, just give me some time."Mary brought her palm on Ren's mouth and covered it so he no longer can speak

 

"Huh"Ren was baffled by her course of action,

 

"So you are telling me that you love me and you want to marry me."Mary asked as she slowly removed her hands,

 

"Yes."Ren's immediate response startled Mary, but soon she regained her composure.

 

" Ren, I am so sorry, but I can't accept this confession."Mary world dropped like a bomb and,

 

"Why, do you not like me?"Ren was visibly panicking as sweat beads streamed down his forehead,

 

"It's not that; I see you as a good friend and think you are cute when you get jealous of me, but I don't think I like you in that way. So I am sorry."Mary explained,she said that she doesn't hate Ren but cannot see him in a different light than a mere childhood friend,

 

 

 

" "

 

 

 

" "

 

Soon silence befell them, making this situation more awkward for both of them.

 

"Fine."Ren then curled his fist, breathed deeply, and spoke to break the silence.

 

Shock

 

"You are fine with it?"Mary was shocked when she thought that Ren had accepted her decision.

 

"Of course not! but now you know my feelings for you, so I can do something about it."Ren said,what does he mean by doing something?

 

"What do you mean by that?"Mary is not getting the point, which is why she asked in a confused manner.

 

"Mary Kleine, I, Ren Hilton, will make you fall in love with me."Ren declared these words,he sounded so confident that it even embarrassed him that he said those words so openly,soon his face picked up a crimson shade,

 

Ren ran out of the park without looking back at Mary at full speed.

.

.

.

Inside the park

 

Chuckle.

 

Seeing Ren say something like that, Mary thought

 

"Ren is dumb, but he is also cute."Mary said,she was not happy when Ren said that he is fine with her decision like she was expecting him to retaliate,But Ren declared that he wouldn't stop here, Mary for some reason felt reassured in her heart.

 

"What would happen if I accept it?" Mary felt empty from inside when she rejected Ren so blatantly.

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In Mary's house.

 

 

Marilyn and her daughter were sitting at the table, and Mary told her mother about the event that happened in the park without leaving anything.

 

When Marilyn heard about her daughter's rejection of Ren, she was utterly disappointed in her, but when she heard about Ren's declaration to make her daughter fall in love with him, she felt proud of Ren.

 

"Now Mary, look at me, and tell me why you rejected Ruu."Marylin asked,

 

"I told you because-" Mary tried to reason with her mother but,

 

"Not that bullshit; tell me the truth."This time Marilyn cut her in mid-sentence and spoke in a rather harsh tone since she didn't like the fact that Mary rejected Ren with a fake reason like,

 

(I can't see you as anything other than a friend.)

 

So Marilyn wanted to know why her little Ren was rejected by Mary.

 

"No, that's the reason."Mary was still stuck on it,

 

"Is it because of that blonde kid you met last year in the competition?"Marylin asked, and she was correct,

 

Nod, nod.

 

 

This time Mary didn't answer; she just nodded her head in acceptance and kept her head down.

 

"Is he more important than Ren?" Marylin asked with visible sadness in her eyes,

 

"Mom Ren is a good guy, and I know that, but I must defeat Adam and become a great swordsman, so then I can achieve my father's dream."When Mary said this, she looked up and stared into her mother's eyes, not breaking the eye contact this time.

 

Sigh

 

Marilyn sighed inwardly after seeing her daughter and asked:

 

"Mary, dear, if the time comes when you have to choose between that blonde kid and Ren, whom would you choose?" Marylin's question was right,

 

" "Mary didn't answer and just went silent like this

 

"You don't even know your own feelings; what will happen if Ren leaves you for someone else?"Marylin was worried that her daughter might lose the only friend she has,

 

"That won't happen."Mary answered with confidence and showed a toothy smile.

 

"Why do you say that?"Marylin asked her daughter,she wants to know the reason why her daughter is so confident about this,

 

"Because Ren loves me so much that he can't live without me."Mary said in a very leisurely manner, quite cheekily.

 

When Marilyn heard her daughter, a vein popped on her head, which she then warned her daughter about,"Mary, let me warn you not to hurt Ruu's emotions." Suddenly the room temperature dropped a few degrees,

 

 

 

"You don't have to worry about that because, even if I did, I know he will come back to me."Mary said, for her Ren was someone who would never leave her even if made a mistake,

 

 

"Haa, just remember, don't hurt Ruu's emotions."Marylin didn't agree with her and repeated her warning,she doesn't want her Ruu~ to be hurt,

 

"I'll keep that in mind."Mary said,

 

 

Then Marilyn looked at Mary for a second and left the room.

 

 

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In a dark room, a dark-haired boy was laying on his bed like there was no soul left in him.

 

"She really rejected me."Ren said, rejection was never a possibility in his mind,he never considered that she would reject him.

 

"I think I was the only one who thought I was special to her."Ren thought that he was delusional, the feelings were never mutual,

 

He was shaken to the core by Mary's rejection.

When he got home he just ran upstairs to his room,his face was a whole mess with dried tear marks,he cried for like hours.

Even if Ren successfully held it in front of Mary and made that last bold statement.

"But I will definitely make her fall for me."

 

Thinking so, Ren fell asleep.

 

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