«Emily's breath hitched. The blood drained from her face, leaving two spots of feverish red high on her cheeks. Her knuckles whitened around the exam paper crumpled against her chest.»
"H—how did..how did you know that!?!
I didn't tell anyone about it"
«Aether's own hands trembled—a fine tremor that traveled up his arms. He clenched them into fists, nails biting into damp palms. The prophecy had claws, and they were sinking deeper.»
"I will explain to you at the break time...we have to talk about this.. it's important"
«his tone were somehow quiet and graveled as if he was trying to control himself, judging by his horrified stare she knew that no good of pushing things further here so she retreated in silence with nod»
«When the bell rang, Aether waited by the classroom door,holding that book —when she came and before she can open her mouth to speak he said»
"Not here come with me"
«she got no choice but to follow him so she did and while they were walking he said»
"By the way it wasn't a coincidence"
«The words coiled around her, deepening her confusion. In the cafeteria's din, they claimed a secluded table. Emily's patience snapped.»
"Explain it now"
«he nodded and pushed the book to her side , when she got the book in her hand her eyebrowshot upward»
"A book? That doesn't explain anything!"
«She flipped through blank pages, her glare sharpening.»
"Are you mocking me? This shit is empty"
«seeing no over reaction from him but a quiet sentence made her even more confused»
"Flip two pages and you will understand"
«puzzled by his consistent she flipped the pages to see his name written intoit with the page after it contains whathappened in the class with impossibly precised details ,—she raised her head to look at him when he started speaking again»
"I found that thing in the library yesterday
Exactly like anyone else i thought it was just a garbage but...now I don't know what to call it anymore"
«she pushed the book back to him»
"So what will we do know...will we read it?"
«he look at her and shrug before speaking»
"We are already involved in this so—"
"The bell shattered the moment. Aether shoved the book into his bag."
"Damn...ugh i think we will have to discuss this in another place"
«she looked at him with raised eyebrow as if she doesn't understand why he was so consistent on being serious about it»
"Why do you look like you know more than just this book?"
"I do have something I didn't said yet but i can't say it now so where we will meet?"
«she looked at him with deadpan exprisson like "bruh at least make it interesting!?" But then she shake her head slightly and say»
"Ugh i don't believe that I am suggesting this but Come to my place tonight, I will tell my parents that we are working on a project together"
«he jerked his head at her surprised of what she has said, he smiled quietly and nod with a chuckle as if still not believing yet»
"Got it, even though i think you might be sick or something, that's out of your character you know hehe~"
«hearing his tone painted a red hue on her cheeks which made her glaring at him sharply»
"You jerk!"
«she snapped at him and looked away trying to hide her reddened face»
"Stop being a jerk and shut up!"
«he let out a sigh and nodded,looked at her for the last time before he walks way»
"See you to night"
«both of them knew that this encounter was way more better than panicking out and making a fuss inside the school,— eventually the night came ,Aether was scrolling through the social media aimlessly waiting a certain message and after what felt like eternity he received the message on Instagram»
"Why aren't you here yet!?"
He replied
"Coming just stop yelling"
«everytime he was looking at the nickname he gave for her on Instagram he smiled 'the furious queen' was a precise way to describe her»
«Before he close the screen another message was received from Jimmy's, he couldn't stop himself from checking it»
"Hey dude! Gotta hang out abit?"
Aether replied
"Nope dude gotta business to do, maybe tomorrow"
«he shoved the phone in his pocket and got the book in his hand before slipping out of his room, when he reached the stairs and before he open the main door , Fiona noticed him going»
"Where are you going bro?"
«he got still for a moment before handling himself then he turned to her and smiled»
"Some one you would never expect me to visit"
'She rised her eyebrow up in surprise and curiosity she flipped her hair over her shoulder and said'
"Well surprise me then! Who is it?"
He replied with smirk
"Emily"
«hearing that name got her burst out laughing, she even start tearing out because of how much she laughed, she got a moment to breath and relax»
"Oh boy you are impossible!! You got me over this time!
Anyway what business do you have with her"
«suddenly her eyes started sparkling a mischievously before she talk»
"Are you hanging out"
"Nope"
"Got into fight with her"
"Nope"
"Dating her!"
"Hell nah!"
«she rolled her eyes in mock annoyance expression»
"Ugh gotta be studying of course ,anyway good luck with that brat"
«with that she left him and got back to her room, while he got in his way to Emily's home, after a few minutes he reached her home, which was more like a palace because of how rich her family is however he gets to the front door knocked on it wishing for it to it not be her sister Sara who open the door because he doesn't know how to talk with her essentially because she is so sweet with him which is something unfamiliar to him from a girl from his ageand for his bad fortune the first face he encountered after the door was opened was Sara's face»
"Welcome Aether ! Long time no see, I Really missed you"
«composure crumbled across her friendly tone however he managed to say awkwardly»
"H—hi Sara RIGHT..RIGHT we didnt meet in long time, ah...— a i was wondering if.. Emily is here?"
«Sara smiled sweetly and nod before turnig around to call Her sister»
"Of course just wait here please"
«moment after, Emily appeared at the front door with her casual clothes , a loosen tank and a very wide pants»
"Look who decied to show up! You took hell to arrive you know whatever did you bring the math notebook"
«he nod immediately gesturing to the book in his hand»
"Good because we have an exam , come on follow me"
«he follow her silently up stairs to her room and finally they step in and close the door—
She let a sigh out of relief as the stress stop temporarily and look at him»
"Now you owe me an explanation as i owe you a shelter so talk fast"
"Yeah yeah just calm down and let's see what we have here"
«they start revising what happened to them since the moment when aether touched the book for the first time until now and their Union»
"So you found this crap in the library yesterday and somehow you managed to keep it in your home"
"Yep exactly and then you saw what happened , by the way there is something I forget to tell you which is —at the same day that I got this book in I dreamed about a man that is calling me to help him and told me to meet him tomorrow at the dawn , he said the place is spikea forest but he didn't mention a curtain place but he has said that I will know him when I get there"
«hearing the man's words left her more puzzled»
"Well and what is the relation between that and the book we have?"
Aether replied
"Well i don't actually know if there's a relation between them but i thought so because strangely they have happened in raw"
«he said with a vague shrug before looking at the book and open it»
"Hey why don't we try to solve these strange words?"
She replied
"Strange words? What do you mean?"
«he opened the book to show her but when he flipped to the page that was containing the strange codes he saw a normal words»
"H—huh? I was aure that there were a strange codes here that that I wasn't able to read previously!?"
"Maybe you just were clueless Aether hehe~"
«he was about to respond but since he doesn't have any evidence of what he has seen there was no point of arguing»
"Ugh whatever just letting read what is here"
«he opened the pages and start reading the newfound words»
"as the young reader find the courage to face the rays of sun rise and make their way through the unknown lands, the gate will find itself a place at the heart of the woods calling for the hero of nivar"
«both of the boy and the girl looked at each other looking for an explanation for what could that paragraph means»
"Ahh~ Emily? Any ideas?"
"Unfortunately no I don't have any idea about what could that mean at all and who know maybe it's a trap from someone?"
«he stared at her for a second considering her point of view , it was actually very reasonable possiblity»
"Well I cant say no actually because it make so much sense but You missed something Emily because that's the second time that spikea forest get mentioned which made me think this isn't a kind of a trap"
"they kept discussing about the possible things that they may face through this until the time hits 11:30 AM"
"Well I think this discussion should have an end now because i have to go but i made my decision, I will go to check out because I am already involved in this If you want to come I will wait for you at the eastern road that leads to spikea forest if you are interested you can come if you aren't forget it —6:00 AM Ok?"
«she kept silent for a moment before saying with a quiet tone»
"I don't know ...i will decide tomorrow so maybe you find me maybe not"
" after this, Aether went back home leaving Emily puzzled about her decision"
Next day at the dawn...
5:00 AM...
«When he woke up at the bed he checked his phone to see the time to be surprised by a message from her saying that she will wait him at 6:00 AM beside the front door of her home, he smiled and got up from the bed and start getting ready to go , he brought the phone , the book and a knife with him for emergency and left the home at 5:50 AM»
"Few minutes later he reached her home to see her waiting him by the door"
«he looked at her and smiled»
"Ready Emily?"
"Yep"
Note: Ai was a only used for grammar and spelling