Arwen blinked as if she didn’t understand what Aura ant when she asked her that.
"So, tell you what is what?"
However, Aura might not appear to be very close to Arwen, but she knew her well in person to understand her basics.
Smiling, she replied, "Arwen Quinn might look kind and gentle, but she holds ti at the utmost value." She paused, looking into her eyes before continuing, "So, if she stayed back and waited for , it definitely couldn’t just be to share the pleasantries between two old friends. There must be sothing else that she either wants to share or wants to ask."
"So ... tell , what is it?" she repeated to asked.
Arwen didn’t speak imdiately. Rather, she stared at her, and her lips slowly turned up at the corners as if she was impressed.
Nodding, she finally spoke. "Indeed, you guessed it right," she said, her voice laced with purpose. "Ti is of utmost value to , and I did stay back because I have an intent."
Aura smirked knowingly. "Of course. Go ahead. I am all ears. I am sure you must have co up with a new arrangent for our fashion brand."
Arwen shook her head. "This isn’t about Aurora," she said, her brows knitting with so seriousness.
"Not Aurora. Then what is it about?" Aura asked, folding her arms over the desk and then leaning in with interest.
Arwen paused for a second before speaking, "It’s about our high school tis —the ti when we were together at Cralens High."
And just as she heard her ntion Cralens High, Aura stiffened a little. Her brows tugging in confusion as she repeated, "Cralens High?"
"Mhm-hn~" Arwen humd. "We were together there, weren’t we?" When she put it as a question like that, she wasn’t seeking a confirmation. She was just putting it as a reminder. "Given we were once high school friends at one ti, shouldn’t we be reminiscing about our mories from back then?"
As she said that, her gaze turned perceptive towards Aura, noting every slightest change in her expression.
Although she noticed a lot, she didn’t ntion it.
She instead waited for her to speak, and just after few seconds later, Aura chuckled softly, almost dismissing the topic.
"There has never been anything worth reminiscing about those days. Haven’t you just been temporarily there?" She shrugged, continuing, "I have told you this even before."
Arwen had asked her quite a few tis before. Whenever she would feel that she was missing so significant mories, she would ask. But every ti, Aura would say the sa.
She used to be convinced before. But now, when she knew a part of her mory was truly missing, there was no way she was going to believe it.
She stared at Aura, letting her finish.
Aura, on the other hand, didn’t think much. Although Arwen’s sudden ntion of the past did stun her for a second. But then, she took it as just a general topic of conversation, thinking that maybe so curiosity prompted Arwen to ask her about it again.
"If there has been anything worth keeping a mory, we would have often ntioned it. Wouldn’t we?" she said, her tone obvious of the fact. "We didn’t really do a lot in that school. We stayed there together for so ti before you got transferred to Pinnacle Grove School. And that’s all. We only made mories when we t again at the university."
"Really?" Arwen asked, her gaze turning sceptical for a mont, staring at her friend.
"O-of course. Why are you suddenly asking it like that?" she stuttered a little, finally feeling sothing amiss.
Arwen looked at her and shrugged simply. "Nothing. I was just thinking if you have also lost your mory, just like . And given that, you also don’t rember anything from the past, I think that’s the case. Isn’t it, Aura?"
Aura was taken aback. Her expression froze for a mont, not knowing how to react to look natural.
"Arwen, I —"
"Or maybe, you haven’t forgotten anything at all," Arwen interrupted her. "You rember it all, but never cared to ntion it in front of ."
"I—I..."
"Aura," she intervened again, her voice soft but firm. "You knew it, didn’t you?" she asked, and the expression of guilt on Aura’s face said it all. And that expression only made Arwen sneer. "Why, Aura?"
Aura couldn’t look into her eyes. Closing it, she hung her head low in self-disappointnt. "I am sorry. I —I was just ... I didn’t know what I should tell you. You never rembered anything, and I —"
"I didn’t rember anything, Aura, and that was why I asked you. So that you could tell whatever I have forgotten."
Shaking her head, Aura glanced up, "No, Arwen. You are getting it wrong."
"Wrong?" Arwen asked, "How? Tell ."
"I know I didn’t tell you the truth when you asked before, and I lied, but ..." Arwen glanced up, her gaze begging Arwen to believe her. "But I haven’t lied to you always."
Arwen shook her head, not believing her. "You are lying again, Aura. You never told the truth."
"I did, Arwen. Believe , I did. The first ti you asked , I did tell you the truth, but ..."
"But? But, what?"
Aura’s brows knitted. "But you fainted, listening to it," she said and that stunned Arwen for a mont.
Confusion flickered in her eyes, and her brows tugged in a frown. "I fainted?"
Aura nodded. "Yes, you fainted. Right when I tried telling you that you seem to have forgotten, you held your head, crying in pain and then you fainted." She told, still looking dreaded of that mory when Arwen fainted in front of her. "I can’t tell you, Arwen. How scared I was that day. And then later, the doctor said it’s just natural for you to forget a few things after the accident. You will get better over ti."
"Get better over ti?" Arwen repeated as if mocking. "Is forgetting sothing forever an getting better?"
"It doesn’t, but Arwen, those mories weren’t any important. You were very young and —"
"Not important? Who gave anyone the authority to decide that for ?" Arwen asked, her tone suddenly getting all sharp.
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