𝕳𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖘𝖘 - (Ranboo)

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎

There was a door which opened as she walked towards it with her armful of clothes and boots, she was met with Erena on the other side - who looked down at her and started celebrating happily at the sight. Hertha hadn't met anyone so excited before, she couldn't help but smile as she was pulled into Erena and they appeared in a bedroom.

Hertha was growing disoriented with the sudden appearing everywhere - she wished she could have at least walked a little, even if it was considered an inconvenience. Even so, she looked around the room, a fireplace, adjacent to a single door. The bed was with all white sheets, and the room itself was in muted cream, champagne and pearled whites. There was a large glass door which led to a balcony outside, relatively large but not so grand. All wood within was dark, black like some woods Hertha remembered travelling past. It was a quaint but... extraordinary room. There were no paintings, no wall decorations. Just shelves and pegs. On one of those pegs, lay Hertha's sachet, looking untouched, "don't worry, I didn't look through it. Last time I did that I had a cat jump out and attack me," the taller girl explained with a giggle. Hertha found the slight nasal rasp in her voice to be charming, "but this will be your room! There are some books in that shelf," she pointed to a small bookshelf Hertha hadn't even noticed, which was right by a vanity. All in deep dark woods.

"It's unique, I'll say." Hertha hummed and sat on her bed, realising her dress stuck out quite harshly against the welcoming whites.

"You can sleep next to Ranboo if you'd like! We don't know how you feel about it, but his last girlfriend insisted on sleeping next to him. Ranboo didn't mind but they called it off after a month I think." Erena babbled on, Hertha wasn't really paying attention for a moment.

"I've fallen in love with this dress though- hold on, he's had girlfriends prior?" Hertha blurted out in surprise, seeing Erena's face flex into something more of regret, "no! I-I'm not mad! I'm just... surprised! T-That's to say I'm still not his... his girlfriend b-but please don't look like that!" Hertha flailed her hands and tried to comfort the taller girl, who sulked slightly before straightening up.

"Sorry... I shouldn't have said so. But if you don't mind, he's had girlfriends before..." there was a pause as she thought about what to say, "wanna hear about them?" Erena sat down and asked with a small grin, it reminded Hertha of Venus - leading to the blondie to nod and smile back, "okay, so..." Erena began, excitedly sitting down next to Hertha,

"He's had two girlfriends we've heard about before you. Oh wait - you aren't... okay nevermind. Anyway, his first girlfriend was nice, she had curly, light brown hair and hazel eyes... she was more tanned than you were and more on the chubby side - taller than you but you're very skinny. Can't wait to feed you all of our amazing foods!" The way Erena got sidetracked and forgot what she was supposed to be talking about reminded Hertha of Ranboo; it must have been hereditary then. Even so, Hertha heard the description, and though vague, she couldn't help but think of a girl in her village who matched the description quite well, "they broke off since she moved away... Ranboo was 14, she was 15." She added while looking up, "her name was... Lethe." Erena finished, much to Hertha's convenient surprise. Lethe was the girl Hertha was thinking of, and the villager did arrive at Olympa when she was around 15-16, as Hertha could very vaguely remember. It didn't anger Hertha nor make it tense for herself - it was just... an odd coincidence. A coincidence she wondered for how long the two (Lethe and Ranboo) would have hidden away from her.

"Uh... I didn't like his second girlfriend that much. She's the one that insisted on sleeping with Ranboo. She had a pretty big ego and well... I don't know what she thought of me... but she had wavy, very dirty ginger hair, basically brown but it was orange, you'd understand when you see her. She had green eyes, like a mint plant... and she was fair skinned. She was pretty - all things considered, but most nymphs are! She was foreign and came over. Got with Ranboo. They dated for a month - unlike with Lethe who stayed for nearly a year. Her name was Aurbrea, but we all just called her Brea. Like I said, I didn't like her; I don't think she liked me all that much." Erena confessed sadly. Well, Brea sounded like a pleasure to have around. Hertha opened her arms and embraced Erena warmly, not enjoying the shallow and mildly distasteful tone that Erena was delivering with.