At Mary's house.
Clink,
While Ren and Mary were engaged in so kind of conversation, Mrs. Marilyn brought snacks for both of them and placed them on top of the table.
"Ruu made these cookies especially for you."Marylin said,she made so heart shaped cookies for Ren to enjoy,
" Really? Thank you, Mrs. Marilyn."Ren said, he still addressed her politely even after what happened at the doorstep,
"Have fun."Mrs. Marilyn left the room, leaving Mary and Ren alone.
"How is your training going?"But since Ren was used to being with Mary all the ti, he didn't mind it at all.
So we started the conversation first.
"It's great! What about you? Did your elent manifest?"Mary asked, like she said Ren's elent isn't awakened till now,his father says that he is a late bloor,
"No, but I think it will manifest soon."Ren Said, he tried to show away this topic since he doesn't like talking about it,
"I wonder what Ren's elent will be; I hope it will be the sa as mine."Mary said as she imagined sothing up her head,
"Mary, you have the Aqua elent, right?"Ren asked, Mary can control the aquatic elent,
"Yep, sa as my father and 'that' guy."Mary responded,
When Mary ntioned the person called "that guy," she ant about the boy she t in last year's elentary level swordsmanship competition, which was organized in Sephra.
The na of the boy was "Adam Stales," and he was a commoner just like Mary and Ren. Adam ca from a rural place and is from a humble background.
This blond kid was the one who defeated Mary in the final round of the competition and beca her rival from that day. Adam left a large impact on Mary's life, who is considered a genius for her age.
From then on, Mary sees Adam Stales as her rival and strongly believes that she must defeat him to be able to beco the strongest swordsman in the kingdom.
Mary is working hard to catch up to him, but whenever Mary talks about Adam,
Ren's heart aches so much that today he thought about ending this all together.
"Hey Mary, let's go to the park."Ren said as he stood up,he looked like he was fed up with sothing
"Why?"Mary tilted her head in confusion and asked for the reason.
"Please, I want to tell you sothing."Ren didn't answer her but kept urging,
Sigh
"Fine."Mary sighed but agreed,
"Thank you!"Ren showed gratitude as a smile appeared on his face,
Thump,
Seeing Ren get happy just because she accepted his request made Mary feel so different kind of emotion, and this is not the first ti this has happened whenever she sees Ren happy about sothing.
Mary feels this hazy feeling inside her heart grow, but she doesn't know what to call it.
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.
.
After finishing snacks, they walked towards the park and entered it.
"Hey, why don't you sit on that swing there?"Ren suggests,
"I'm not a kid anymore, so just tell what you have to say."Mary directly gets straight to the point, Ren urges Mary to sit on the swing, she rejects the proposal, and Ren makes an extrely hurt expression.
"Ha! can't be helped."saying this, Mary then walked past Ren, sat on the swing, and started swinging back and forth slowly.
"Thanks."Ren thanks her,
"Now tell what this is all about."Getting impatient, Mary asked the reason behind coming to this park where they used to play when they were kids.
Fuuu
"Mary Kleine, I love you!"Ren shouted these words,this has his reason to co to the park all along,he just can't sit like this when Mary talks about other guys in front of him.
Thudd
Mary fell backward from the swing because she was too shocked by Ren's sudden confession.
"What- what do you an?"Mary was having problems with getting words out of her lips,
"I-I an, from the first ti we t in this park till today, I have always loved you, not as a friend but as a girl so-and-s."Ren started explaining to her what he ant,
"Stop, just give so ti."Mary brought her palm on Ren's mouth and covered it so he no longer can speak
"Huh"Ren was baffled by her course of action,
"So you are telling that you love and you want to marry ."Mary asked as she slowly removed her hands,
"Yes."Ren's imdiate response startled Mary, but soon she regained her composure.
" Ren, I am so sorry, but I can't accept this confession."Mary world dropped like a bomb and,
"Why, do you not like ?"Ren was visibly panicking as sweat beads stread down his forehead,
"It's not that; I see you as a good friend and think you are cute when you get jealous of , but I don't think I like you in that way. So I am sorry."Mary explained,she said that she doesn't hate Ren but cannot see him in a different light than a re childhood friend,
" "
" "
Soon silence befell them, making this situation more awkward for both of them.
"Fine."Ren then curled his fist, breathed deeply, and spoke to break the silence.
Shock
"You are fine with it?"Mary was shocked when she thought that Ren had accepted her decision.
"Of course not! but now you know my feelings for you, so I can do sothing about it."Ren said,what does he an by doing sothing?
"What do you an by that?"Mary is not getting the point, which is why she asked in a confused manner.
"Mary Kleine, I, Ren Hilton, will make you fall in love with ."Ren declared these words,he sounded so confident that it even embarrassed him that he said those words so openly,soon his face picked up a crimson shade,
Ren ran out of the park without looking back at Mary at full speed.
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.
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Inside the park
Chuckle.
Seeing Ren say sothing like that, Mary thought
"Ren is dumb, but he is also cute."Mary said,she was not happy when Ren said that he is fine with her decision like she was expecting him to retaliate,But Ren declared that he wouldn't stop here, Mary for so reason felt reassured in her heart.
"What would happen if I accept it?" Mary felt empty from inside when she rejected Ren so blatantly.
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In Mary's house.
Marilyn and her daughter were sitting at the table, and Mary told her mother about the event that happened in the park without leaving anything.
When Marilyn heard about her daughter's rejection of Ren, she was utterly disappointed in her, but when she heard about Ren's declaration to make her daughter fall in love with him, she felt proud of Ren.
"Now Mary, look at , and tell why you rejected Ruu."Marylin asked,
"I told you because-" Mary tried to reason with her mother but,
"Not that bullshit; tell the truth."This ti Marilyn cut her in mid-sentence and spoke in a rather harsh tone since she didn't like the fact that Mary rejected Ren with a fake reason like,
(I can't see you as anything other than a friend.)
So Marilyn wanted to know why her little Ren was rejected by Mary.
"No, that's the reason."Mary was still stuck on it,
"Is it because of that blonde kid you t last year in the competition?"Marylin asked, and she was correct,
Nod, nod.
This ti Mary didn't answer; she just nodded her head in acceptance and kept her head down.
"Is he more important than Ren?" Marylin asked with visible sadness in her eyes,
"Mom Ren is a good guy, and I know that, but I must defeat Adam and beco a great swordsman, so then I can achieve my father's dream."When Mary said this, she looked up and stared into her mother's eyes, not breaking the eye contact this ti.
Sigh
Marilyn sighed inwardly after seeing her daughter and asked:
"Mary, dear, if the ti cos when you have to choose between that blonde kid and Ren, whom would you choose?" Marylin's question was right,
" "Mary didn't answer and just went silent like this
"You don't even know your own feelings; what will happen if Ren leaves you for soone else?"Marylin was worried that her daughter might lose the only friend she has,
"That won't happen."Mary answered with confidence and showed a toothy smile.
"Why do you say that?"Marylin asked her daughter,she wants to know the reason why her daughter is so confident about this,
"Because Ren loves so much that he can't live without ."Mary said in a very leisurely manner, quite cheekily.
When Marilyn heard her daughter, a vein popped on her head, which she then warned her daughter about,"Mary, let warn you not to hurt Ruu's emotions." Suddenly the room temperature dropped a few degrees,
"You don't have to worry about that because, even if I did, I know he will co back to ."Mary said, for her Ren was soone who would never leave her even if made a mistake,
"Haa, just rember, don't hurt Ruu's emotions."Marylin didn't agree with her and repeated her warning,she doesn't want her Ruu~ to be hurt,
"I'll keep that in mind."Mary said,
Then Marilyn looked at Mary for a second and left the room.
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In a dark room, a dark-haired boy was laying on his bed like there was no soul left in him.
"She really rejected ."Ren said, rejection was never a possibility in his mind,he never considered that she would reject him.
"I think I was the only one who thought I was special to her."Ren thought that he was delusional, the feelings were never mutual,
He was shaken to the core by Mary's rejection.
When he got ho he just ran upstairs to his room,his face was a whole ss with dried tear marks,he cried for like hours.
Even if Ren successfully held it in front of Mary and made that last bold statent.
"But I will definitely make her fall for ."
Thinking so, Ren fell asleep.
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