"So what's with the name Arella?" I asked, finishing my delicious ice cream cone with a chomp.
"My parents thought it was a beautiful name," Arella replied, still slowly savoring each lick of half-eaten cherry ice cream. "They told me that a close friend had recommended it to them when they were college students. After hearing the name, they loved it."
"Oh? So does that mean you like it too?"
"I do," Arella nodded, smiling contently to herself. "It fits me quite well. A sophisticated yet simplistic name. Befitting for an elegant princess like me, don't you think?"
I wanted to laugh. First time hearing someone call themselves an 'elegant princess'.
"Then..." I turned towards her and grinned mischievously. "What if I told you..." She paused and wondered what shenanigans I am up to now, "...I was the one who thought of that name?"
"WHAT!" Arella immediately replied with a shocked expression. "A bum like you?! No way. No freaking way! No no..."
I laughed at her priceless reaction, "Yes way! I was actually the one who told your mom and dad. In fact, I thought of it based on a video game I was into at the time." I tried to look at her in the eyes, but she keeps turning her face away.
"I can't believe it..." Arella gasped. "All this time..."
"Now that you really think about it, a bum like me was the one that who technically named you. So what do you think of Arella now?" I love teasing girls like her, their reactions are always so hilarious.
Arella was completely silent and stopped walking. She was obviously deeply troubled as I can tell from her facial expressions that her mind is having a full-out conflict.
"Well, at least now what you really think of me," I chuckled, shrugging halfheartedly at her opinion of me. "Not that I mind being a bum anyways."
But in some ironic way, she was right. I was wearing a casual tank top and sports shorts.
Compared to her beautiful, resplendent outfit that probably cost as much as my rent, I can see why she view me as a bum.
I continued walking and realized the Arella was still facepalming herself, face tomato-red from my shocking response.
"Hey," She looked up at me, scowling at me for ruining her beautiful name. "Let's go, Arella. I wouldn't want an elegant princess like you to get sunburned in this hot weather."
With that, I laughed aloud as Arella began to chase after me, threatening to attack me with her fists for making fun of her.
Maybe we'll get along just fine after all!
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how to raise a snobby teen | 如何撫養一個少年公主 (#Wattys2018)
Truyện Ngắn[Work in Progress] Nova was asked by his best friends back in university to raise their only daughter after passing away in an airplane crash. Having lived an entire life filled with immense wealth and luxury, Arella was the classic definition of a...
