The Binding Fates SEASON 1: The Past

Chapter 41: Importance of Family

A week has passed and Elyse is still avoiding Raymond and other members of the Student Council. And in those times, Arbor was there right beside Elyse. After class, Elyse would stay at the Academy Garden alone when she saw that there were no people occupying the space.

As Elyse went into the huge tree — sitting below in the shade, she sighs and closes her eyes while she let the sunlight wrap her face and body as she sits there, looking like sleeping.

Arbor spot her from afar when he was walking alone after class. He doesn't have the energy to go to the Archery Club because he knows Elyse won't go in there anymore. She's been preoccupied with other things that a Student Council must do, other than learning swordsmanship from Raymond and studying magic at the Academy's Library.

Starting from the moment when she found out the truth, she didn't frequent all the places the four — Eli, Arbor, Arrow, and Elyse would always go.

As he spots her, he froze and went to Elyse quietly sitting beside her as he watched her beautiful sleeping face.

"Are you tired?" Arbor asked. Of course, he knows Elyse is not asleep. Elyse sighed and opens her eyes only to meet her hazel eyes to Arbor's deep blue eyes.

Arbor's heart suddenly skipped a beat — mesmerized by the beauty of her hazel eyes looking straight into his.

'What?' he asked himself, not sure of what he just felt at that moment.

"Can you please leave me alone?" Elyse said looking at Arbor pissed. Arbor's expression remains cold and distant as he sighs and turns to look away.

"Elizabeth and the others already know your condition." He spoke and Elyse seemed uninterested.

"Is that so?" Arbor nodded his head at Elyse's dry reply.

"Elizabeth is worried about you. I have no other choice but to tell it to everyone." Elyse was silent after what Arbor said as she turned away from him.

"Why are you always here?" She whispered but Arbor heard it.

"What here?"

"Here." She glanced at him as their eyes met again. Everything fell into silence and only the birds chirping above the tree can be heard. The wind gently sways their hair — playing with them as Arbor's heart skipped another beat again.

His heart beat faster as they drown in silece only staring at each other's eyes. For the first time, Arbor felt the word scared as to what he might say rude towards her. Only he could to is to stare and just admire her.

"Hey, why aren't you answering me?" Elyse asked and it made Arbor go back to the present from his daydreaming.

Strange. He always found Elyse ordinary but beautiful. But — how can he ever put it into words, she looked like a Goddess for a moment. Her hair gently swayed with the wind, brown like chocolates. Her hazel eyes glimmering at the beam of sunlight — that scenery made him frozen. It was breathtakingly beautiful.

He opens his mouth. "I promised, remember?" He answered still staring at her.

Elyse leaned on the tree's trunk now looking away from him.

"You shouldn't have bothered yourself," Elyse answered while looking at the beautifully grown flowers in the garden. Elyse then remembers that it's the flower festival of Rahania today. It's already been a week since then. The Flower Festival of Rahania lasts for 2 months. Elyse wanted to go to the Rahania Empire, but knowing that Louisette was there made Elyse not want to go there.

She doesn't want to pick a fight with her and she doesn't want to get in trouble again from her childish pranks. But aside from that, there's also another reason. Her inner self is telling her to not get in any further trouble when Louisette is there — because she felt that there's something big going on in the future.