Kapitel 8: Avoidance
Elodie soaked in the bath for about two and a half hours. Every time she thought about getting out because the water had gotten cold, one of the nice ladies would make the water warm again. She thought it would be rude if she got out after the ladies work so hard to keep her bath warm. Or, that's how she justified staying in the bath for that long. She decided to get out once her stomach started growling for food.
Elodie sighed as she reluctantly left her little paradise and wrapped a towel around her as she walked over to the mirror in the room. She felt really homesick as she looked at her reflection. Her hair was grown out, showing her natural blonde hair, and the red was faded to a pale pink color. Her face had some blemishes because she didn't have her face washes. She didn't look as toned as she wanted because she couldn't work out. She wanted nothing more than to climb into her plush bed and cuddle with her roommate's cat and have hot showers whenever she felt like it. She wanted to go back to her college classes and watch her favorite movies and do stupid things with her friends like dying their hair with cheap dye. She wanted her life to be back to normal. And, for the first time since she had woken up on the ship, she cried. She stood there and cried her eyes out.
The main lady who had been helping her, whose name was Soo, heard the cries and hurried into the room. Soo carefully went over to the sobbing Elodie and placed a hand on her back. Elodie turned around and hugged Soo in return. The older woman didn't hesitate to hug Elodie back, trying to comfort the obviously distressed girl. Soo gently asked Elodie, "What's wrong?" Elodie looked up at her, "I-I wanna go home! B-But I can't be-because my home is not he-here..." Soo decided not to press Elodie further and just held her in silence.
After Elodie's crying session was over, she slowly pulled away from Soo's embrace and wiped her teary face. She sniffled, "I'm sorry. I don't normally cry like this." Soo smiled at her tenderly and rubbed her back, "It's alright Elodie. If you are good now, then I'll let you get dressed." Elodie nodded and thanked Soo before the older woman walked out of the room. Elodie sniffled one last time before washing off her red and blotchy face with cold water. She did not want anyone to know that she had been crying. After drying off, she slipped on the clothes she had DIYed in her free time. She had cut some pants into shorts that went a little bit over her mid-thigh and tied a knot into one side of a shirt. She had wanted to try to tailor the pants and shirt to her size, but she had never done that before and she didn't have any backup clothes if she messed up. So, she decided to not do that. After she was clothed, she brushed out her half-blonde, half-faded-red hair, and decided to keep it down since it had been pulled up since she had woken up from her coma.
Elodie waited in the bathroom for a couple more minutes, so the side effects of crying would wear off more. Once she felt like she was presentable, she left the bathing room and headed out to where everyone was. The crew members were sitting at tables laughing, eating, and just having a good time in general. She scanned the room for her friends and smiled as she headed over to where Konoye and Petak were, not noticing the glances that were directed at her. They had never seen anyone wear that short of shorts before and they were a bit shocked by it. She grinned mischievously and playfully kneed Konoye in the back and pushed on Petak's shoulder, "Hey punks. Leave me some food." Before they could protest, Elodie squeezed in between them and started to eye the food on the table. Konoye asked with his mouth full, "What' 'ook you so long? You were 'one fore'er!" Elodie grimaced, "Do you really have to talk with your mouth full? It's seriously gross. And, I probably won't get another warm bath in who knows how long, so I had to savor the moment." Konoye swallowed his food before teasing, "It must have been really warm because your face is red." She growled and ready to punch him in the shoulder when she noticed Soo whispering something to Hakoda, and it made her stomach drop. She hoped they weren't talking about her, but it was pretty obvious they were when Hakoda faced her and looked her right in the eyes. She sighed softly and let her hand fall. Petak asked her softly, "Everything ok?" Elodie looked up at him with a smile and nodded, "Yeah! I'm just really hungry. Let's eat!" Petak wasn't really convinced, but he started eating anyways.
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After they filled their bellies with yummy food, Elodie tried to avoid Hakoda like he was a plague. She stayed in between Konoye and Petak at all times and would quickly find something for them to do when Hakoda even looked in their direction. After a long while of dragging the two men around, they were eventually called to do something. Elodie smiled innocently at them, "I'll go with y'all!" A familiar, deep voice from behind her made her jump, "Actually, I would like to talk to you, Elodie." She grimaced and slowly turned around, "Hey chief! I was actually about to go help-," she saw that he wasn't really up for her shenanigans and she sighed in defeat, "Ok." As Elodie and Hakoda walked off, Konoye and Petak gave each other a "what is happening" look before going to what they needed to do.
Hakoda and Elodie walked in awkward silence (well, it was only awkward for Elodie because she knew she was fixing to have to explain herself. Hakoda seemed to enjoy the walk) for a while. She couldn't take the silence anymore, so she stopped in her tracks and blurted out, "Are you going to ask me about what Soo told you, or not?" He stopped and turned to face her, "She actually didn't tell me anything about you. But since you've brought it up, please enlighten me." Elodie squinted her eyes at him, "You- You freaking tricked me! That's really low, you know." He sighed, "You were acting suspicious all night and I knew you were not going to tell me if I asked you what was wrong." Elodie huffed and started to walk away, angry that he would entrap her like that when she obviously didn't want to talk about what was bothering her.
Hakoda quickly caught up with her and grabbed her arm hard enough that she couldn't get away, but soft enough that it wouldn't hurt. She glared at him, "Hakoda, I really-" He cut her off, his voice rising, "Why can't you just be honest to us- to me! I put my trust in you, and yet you won't trust me! Hell, you won't even trust Zokkik even though he cares for you and would do anything for you!" He let out a heavy breath as he quit talking and he stared Elodie right in the eyes. She was in shock for a couple of moments because she had never heard Hakoda raise his voice. After the shock wore off, she fired back, "Fine! I'm scared! That's why I can't be honest or trust y'all!" Hakoda's face and grip on her arm immediately softened when he saw the tears welling in Elodie's eyes. She continued, "I'm scared because I'm not from here! I'm scared because I don't know if I'll ever be able to go home again! And, I'm terrified because I don't know if I want to go back because I like the people here. I like Konoye and Petak and Zokkik and- and you! I'm just so confused right now!" Hakoda fully let go of her arm and felt pain in his heart as he watched Elodie cry while trying to hold in the tears.
Hakoda hesitated before saying softly, "I'm so sorry Elodie... I shouldn't have pressed you like that." She sniffled and looked up at him, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand, "I-It's ok. Everything you said was true. I've put everyone in a hard position and I've been a horrible person to the people who care about me." He shook his head, "No one thinks that, Elodie." She sniffled again, "But that's how it is. I have taken advantage of-" All of a sudden she felt slightly rough lips against hers, but they were gone in a second. By the time she got her thoughts together, which only took .2 seconds, Hakoda was three feet away from her, his eyes wide. She gently touched her lips, "Did you just..." Hakoda blubbered nervously, "I am so sorry! I don't know what came over me! Please forgive me, Elodie." She had never seen Hakoda so nervous before. He looked so innocent and boyish as he blabbered out apologies. She smirked softly, "You call that a kiss?" He stopped saying his apologies when he heard her and questioned, "What?"
He was then the one taken by surprise when Elodie closed the gap in between them, pulled him down to her height by his shirt, and kissed the crap out of him.
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