FINAL FANTASY XIII: To Light,Love Hope

CHAPTER 11: THE CHANGES

[TO LIGHT, LOVE HOPE] CHAPTER 11: THE CHANGES

ESTHEIM RESIDENCE, DOWNTOWN CITY . 4PM

Hope returned home after his first date with Alyssa. He entered his house and didn't realize that his mother was waiting for him. He went to the kitchen to grab a glass of apple juice then he drank it, when he drank the water he heard Nora talk to him from the back.

"So looks like my big boy went on a date with his own personal assistant" Nora said to him while arms crossed with a sweet smile on her face. Hope almost choked because he is in shocked, he stopped drank the water then put the glass on the dining table.

"Mom, how did you know?" Hope asked his mother

Nora held her phone then shows the picture to her son

"Mom how did you...."

"Snow" Nora simply answered his son question

'That damn Snow' Hope muttered to himself. Nora looked at his son unsatisfied face then she chuckled a little.

"Before you will go to kill your friend, is there something I want to know between you and Alyssa?"

"No...." Hope was right, there's nothing he wants to talk about Alyssa to his mother.

"You know what Honey, Ever since 3 weeks ago you're not as happy as always, may I know why"

"There's nothing mom" Hope put a fake smiled on his face.

"Don't lie to me, it's not good you know, I knew you have a problem that you don't want me to find out but please this is also part of my responsibility" Nora lectured to her son smoothly. The only reason why Hope love his mom more than his father is because when Nora lectures to him it was calmed to hear his mom lecturing but his dad is more aggressive when lecturing him.

"Beside is it about you and Lightning??" Nora continued

Hope nodded slowly he can't hide from his mother anymore.

"Is she sulk with you because you forgot that both of you should going on a dat- I mean hang out together back days?"

"Yes.... But I believed that's not the only reason why she mad at me so much until she left us  without us knowing where she goes to"

"Where were you the last time you're at that day when Lightning decided to showed up at your office because you forgot"

"Alyssa and I went to the cafe, at that time I was completely forgotten that me and Lightning shoul- Wait she showed up at my office??"

Nora nodded then she continued her job as detective.

"She looks really disappointed... I bet she has feeling towards you"

"What no I don't believed that" Hope chuckled nervously while thinking there is no way Lightning has feelings towards him.

"Well how often you met Alyssa at other place than office?"

"Honestly almost every place I bump into her"

"And is there's  that time when Lightning was with you when you bumped into Alyssa?"

"Yes...."

"What was the last thing she said to you before she left?" Nora wanted to make a conclusion.

"Um mm the last time she said to me is that she thought I was a loyal person" Hope was confused with that since Lightning said that  to him. Nora grinned at him, she finally knows the problem.

"Hope... she was  really mad at you because she was jealous when she gets to see you with Alyssa"

"That's impossible, Lightning is a type of person who doesn't even care and believe me mom she's different from what you thought"