"Sorry Arnold"
"Sorry Elicia"
My voice is as much shaky as my heart at this point. Elicia's eyes darted into mine, anger burning in them but still somehow the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. An apology may have slipped from Elicia's mouth but she clearly doesn't mean it, well neither do I, it's all an act to deceive Aunt Ama, Elicia's mother to believe it and think we have already clear everything between us and it is for me, but I don't think Elicia is the type to get influenced by a 30 min scolding, at least for the scolding she has no guilt in, but she clearly should've not overreact that much over a simple prank, but she is still Elicia, the girl who can do anything according to me, and at the point she has even stolen my heart- no, I have given her my heart that she doesn't even want. She doesn't even need. I cannot just express my feelings directly to her but I keep trying hard to let her herself understand by literally calling her my darling queen sometimes, well, it does sound a bit weird and cringe but I couldn't have just picked a simpler name judging how bad Elicia is in this sort of-
"Good job", said Aunt Ama with a smile in her face while her blue eyes glistened, her blonde hairs bounced as she tilted her head, "from now on, don't fight, okay?".
"Okay", said Elicia while her eyes were filled with joy, she is probably thinking of beating me as soon as we leave her mother's sight.
"Okay" I am done for.
"You are free to go now", these may be the scariest words I have heard in a week.
"So, we will be leaving for the work", said Elicia; she has probably used the word 'work' instead of 'stealing' because of Anna.
Elicia spined on her heels towards the exit, so did I, and after not so long, I found myself stepping outside the gate and forgotten about Elicia's anger. Afternoon sunlight slapped my face, Brue Verle's scented air filled my nose, making me almost sneeze.
"Just wait for a minute, I will tell you what happens when you lie from me", said Elicia in a low voice, anger somehow was filled in those few words, "and don't worry, I will try my best to not make you bleed at the very least", added she, I swept my eyes from the street to the eyes that walked beside me. The Blue ones. It felt like they were darting arrows to me but somehow it was pleasant. It felt like I was at the top and suddenly at the bottom. I seemed to forgot to read those eyes before I became an idiot for her, those eyes were bright and somehow still dark, probably because of the anger I welcomed in her heart, should I just apologize-maybe after some fun, but this fun can make me bleed today.
"Thank you for your generosity, Eli", I smiled while darting my eyes into hers.
"No need to thank Arnold, I am just doing what I should do as your friend" a pause, "but welcome", a smile tugs her lips.
An awkwardly quiet atmosphere stretched between us, even after being in the middle of Bruen Verle's-
"Found it", said Elicia, I opened my mouth to ask her what she has found only to be shut when she holds my hand and drag me towards a side lane. Her hands are soft. We crash to many strangers and ignored the curses they send us with. I cannot take my mind off to her hands touching mine. Its distracting. And soon we reach the side lane she leaded me to and then, she dropped my hand, leaving it carve for her touch.
"It's perfect", it was more like a whisper, and the next moment she is facing me, while a crooked grin tugs her lips, she tilts her head while her hands seem to be punching her other palm when they didn't get to hit something else, "Any last wishes Arnold?" a pause, "because I don't think you will be able to talk" her eyes widen while the fire in them increased, "nicely" and then I am at edge of controlling my laugh, I know she will probably not do anything that intense at all but she didn't fail to terrify me a tiny bit.
"But didn't you said that you will not spill any blood", I said.
"Oh dear, breaking jaw doesn't spill blood at all", her smirk widens.
"But you are my friend, you will not do anything so bad to me, right?", she is quiet, and that makes me more terrified.
"Didn't that thing come in your mind when you lied to me", she said and then came running to me with her right hand stretched behind with a fist, it wouldn't hurt much. She comes closer and then her fist is no longer than1inch far from my face and there is her first punch going to hit my face, I close my eyes.
Nothing.
I open my eyes just to see her fist clenched just few centimetres away from my nose.
"Not now", she mumbles and then she collects herself and sigh, "if you will be injured then I doubt you will be of any help" a pause, "…so be ready until than because" a crooked grin spreads across her face "…it will be much better." She spined on her heel and soon she was walking away while her hands were in the pocket of her black shorts.
She is cute. She didn't want to hurt me, I doubt if she will make a nice thief in the future seeing that she is not even able to hurt me simply because she didn't want to as it's been sometime since the incident and her anger is probably fading out, even though she showed her efforts in acting like she is simply leaving me until stealing but it was too easy to guess.
I wonder if I would ever be able to represent my feelings to her. I wonder if I would be able to live with her. I wonder if I would be ever be able to satisfy my greedy self's part that thinks I can make her heart mine.
Not again.
And then there's me, who's a killer, killer of his own family, she doesn't even know about it, if she did, then, I think she would have not spare me today -no, she wouldn't even be with me. She is my total opposite. She loves her family, loves her sister, loves her mother and loved her father and wants to revenge him and then there's me who killed my family and I don't even remember feeling guilty about it, well, I don't think they deserved feeling guilty over anyway. She is one of the victims and I am one of the reasons that they are victims-
"Arnold, don't tell me you pooped in your pants out of fear" Elicia's voice cuts through my thoughts and I am back to the reality, Elicia is standing a few meters away from the point I am currently standing, her head is tilted while her teasing grin came across her face.
"No, at least not in front of you", I said.
I walked towards Elicia.
"Let's go"
She spined on her heels and walked if front of me.
15 min later
"You can do it, Arnold. I believe you." said Elicia. I wish I could have heard Elicia saying 'I believe you' when she really did but right now, she is saying when she does not, "Arnold, you can do it. All you have to do is follow what we do every time; I will distract the guards and you will pick the goods and run. It's simple."
"Huh. Elicia, I cannot believe you are really using the word 'simple' for this." I paused, "Nothing is simple in this," said I.
"What makes you think this is not simple", said Elicia. She crossed her arms and tilted her head in question, "this is exactly what we follow every time".
"Elicia, are you sure you are talking about stealing from that shop, because it doesn't sound like it" I point to the branded shop of sweets currently in front of me. 'Eau de Berard' is written in the brown board attached to the shop's building.
"Yes, I am", said Elicia with confusion.
"Oh dear, do you really thing I can outrun those thick guards?" I paused, "I guess we can steal from another shop." I spoke.
"From where do you think we can steal?" she said with her mind fixated on this shop, "…tomorrow is the Saturday market so, we have to steal it in every cost if you want to eat for the next three days" she paused, "…it's simple Arnold, I distract, you steal".
I open my mouth to object from stealing from this shop-
It's my chance to show Elicia how fast I am.
"Fine." I added, "If you insist so.". Elicia beamed as the words fell from my mouth, the spark in her eyes is like the sparks of those of firecrackers. I don't know what's so fun in stealing from this shop but if she is happy then, it's all it matters.
"All right. Now it's decided that we will steal from this shop" said Elicia while a pleasant smile covers her face, it reminds me of Anna's smile, after all they are sisters even though neither their hair colour or eye colour matches but they do share a pretty smile.
"Okay, so let's do it. Best of luck", I said like always.
"Best of luck to you too, and don't mess up because that stupid shell that lies in your skull instead of brain", she said while unfolding her hands and passing me a good luck thumb.
"I will make sure to not mess up because of the stupid shell that lies in my skull instead of brain" I said with a smile on my face.
"Good." She says in a good way and then she adds, "Just pick the five boxes of sweets on the shelf that is kept there as showcase and run." Then, her smile is gone, "Don't get caught. Just pick and run."
"I will make sure to remember it." I tilt my head.
"Try to imply it instead of remembering it." Her smile is back. "Here's the mask." She tosses me the black mask that she had sided in her pocket.
"Roger"
The words had just left my mouth, then, we are walking in opposite directions. She made her way towards the guards and I made mine to sweets. Maybe we are not supposed to be in the same paths ever. She is intelligent, I am dumb. She is an angel, I am a devil. Perhaps, I am correct after all.