Cristal didn't bother to disturb Alvah seeing that he was spending time with zillah so she left. Aeron looked around but couldn't find her. He began to search.
She had teleported outside of Elysian to practice so no one would see her. She lifted shield after shield after shield. But she couldn't get to seven.
She could not lift up the seven gate shield of Elysian. She had tried creating a small shield to multiply it but she kept failing. She felt miserable.
" Ugghhhh" she exclaimed falling to the ground but before her head could hit the grass, she felt a big and strong palm holding her head so she would not fall.
She quickly lifted her head up in fear that the person had caught her using her powers. She looked up to see Aeron and her eyes widened in fear.
" Are you okay?" He asked worried. She nodded at him adjusting herself. Picking up her shirt to wear. " You don't have to if you're sweating ". He pointed at her forehead they were drops of sweat settled on her.
She giggled awkwardly. " You act strange all of a sudden when I'm around why is that?" No no she wasn't having this conversation.
She wore her shirt getting up. " Are you working out? You look pretty great?" He complimented getting up together with her.
" Thanks" she replied weirdly. She packed her hair up but it quickly fell and she sighed. " Let me help you" he walked closer to her.
He picked her hair raising it up gently, pulling the strands to stay together. He took off the hair band from her wrist and packed it carefully. "There you go" he pushed her forward a bit and she chuckled.
" A walk?" He requested and she could not say no. She walked with him around the area. " When do you think they would announce our partners to us?" She asked him looking him dead in the eye while walking.
" I can't tell can I ?. It's their decision" he said looking up and she nodded.
" Are you excited?" She asked him, her question drawing his attention. " What?! " He laughed softly looking to the sides and back to her. She noticed his chiseled jaw and just brushed her nose.
" I don't know. Maybe I am, maybe I am not". She wasn't about to injure her heart one more time by listening to his words so she sighed and went silent when his words shocked her to her spine.
" Maybe I'm just scared I might end up with someone I do not want to be with" her heart lumped inside her chest, it hurts.
She was scared to ask, who did he want to end up with, did he already have someone in mind, is that why he wasn't paying attention to her.
She gulped down her saliva hard. " Still sweating " he said with his eyes glued on her and her heart banged against her chest against she felt like putting a bandage on it.
She looked at him. Yes the entire place has become hot hearing his words. He was scaring her. " Let's just go back so I'll take a shower ". Her eyes roaming around the place, her voice cracked a bit almost selling her emotions away.
He nodded holding her hands. She looked at their hands while he teleported back to their room.
She walked out while he walked to his bed. " Zillah, keva, which is it?". She asked herself tugging her hands in her hair, lost in confusion.
" Me!" She replied to herself. " Am I this gullible?" She asked looking almost biting her nails when she stopped and walked back in.
She gave him an awkward smile and got into the bathroom. She took a long shower to cool herself down as she had become a fiery flame when she was with him. She wondered how she slept at night never feeling this way or was it because of what he said now she has a sudden trigger of emotions.
She took deep breaths before stepping out.
Days had passed, they both had gone back to training with each other. Cristal was getting better but she couldn't reach the 5th gate talk less of the 7th gate but Alvah asked her not to worry.
Zillah was getting pretty good in her swordsmanship. Alvah would heal her when she would return from the days fight to restore her energy. Everything was calm and peaceful.
Cristal was with keva in the garden having a little chit chat for a few minutes when she said. " You are soo reserved unlike you".
Cristal looked at her " Mmh "
" I mean it's unlike you to keep things to yourself. I know you, I know when you're bothered by something, I know when you are not okay ". Keva said adjusting her position leaning away from cristal.
" Keva " she called her name. " It was ever since the incident with the shape shifters, you do not see me the same way".
" Keva no". Cristal immediately tried to stop her. " I am Soo sorry, maybe I did not apologize truly to you before but I truly am. "
" Keva it's not that at all" Cristal tried to stop her but keva would not stop . She quickly pulled her in for a hug when she noticed tears drooling from keva's eyes.
She had never seen keva cry before, not now not ever and not because of her. " Keva stop it, stop this" keva had already begun crying. She wrapped her arms around Cristals waist, her face buried in her chest where she laid