They ride in the Abyss Cube.
“What’s with you?” Rei asked.
“Nothing.”
Jimin’s hand held the pendant, lifting it slightly off her chest. She ran her fingers across the gem’s smooth surface, giggling under her breath as her eyes remained glued to the prismatic swirl within.
“Nothing my ass,” Rei scoffed, stuffing a spoonful of granola with milk into her mouth. “You should look at your face. You’re smitten.”
“So, what did you two talk about?”
“Nothing.”
“Did you two kiss?”
“Nothing.”
“Tell me, how many fingers am I raising?”
“Nothing.”
“You’re fucked,” Rei said, shaking her head in exasperation, but she was not upset at all. In fact, she was smiling wider than ever.
She had never seen her friend this happy before, and it made her very delighted that there was someone who could do so.
“So… when’s the marriage?”
“M-Marriage?” Jimin eyes snapped into focus, letting the pendant drop back to her chest. “Isn’t that too fast? We aren’t even together or anything.”
She looked at her own breakfast, watching the granola in her mug get soggy as it continued to absorb the cold milk.
“Marriage…”
Jimin stirred her cup, playing around with the half-crunchy bits as her mind began to wander off, thinking about her walking down the wedding hall, Elian lifting her veil, kissing her lips—
Her cheeks flushed a crimson red.
“Oh…” Rei smirked, watching her daydream. “Somebody’s deeply in love~”
Rei’s words fell on deaf ears as she continued to think about cooking dinner for him, playing with their children. One? Two?
“Two.”
“Two?”
“Yeah… two kids…” Jimin mumbled, staring blankly into the air. “A boy and a girl. Perfect.”
Rei shook her head and continued eating.
Just then, Derrick and Voidborn walked into the canteen, joining the two girls for lunch.
“How was your sleep last night?” Derrick greeted, sliding into the seat opposite Rei, setting his plate of noodles down.
Voidborn did the same, giving Rei a small nod of acknowledgement before sliding into his seat opposite Jimin.
“I’m good,” Rei answered.
Derrick looked at Jimin, waiting for her reply, but all he saw was Jimin smiling at Voidborn, greeting him with a shy wave.
“Wow. I'm so hurt. I've been taking care and looking out for you since you were a child, and just because of a man that you've met for like what, four days, and you've forgotten about me.”
Derrick’s complaints didn't even reach her ears.
“Elian, did you sleep well?”
Voidborn nodded.
“Did you?”
“No… I couldn't sleep.”
“Why? Resting is important.”
“I don't know. There were a lot of things on my mind.”
Derrick rolled his eyes.
“Hold up. Who the hell is Elian?” Rei asked.
“It's my name.”
“You have a name?” Derrick exclaimed. “Then why didn't you tell us?”
“He says that he only tells it to people he likes.” Jimin giggled. “And that's me.”
“Wow,” Rei said. “So what, do we call you Elian or Voidborn now?”
“Anything,” Voidborn said.
“No!” Jimin frowned. “His name is only for me to call. Only he told it to me!”
“I got it, I got it. Sheesh. Possessive.”
Rei lamented and continued eating.
Voidborn pushed an empty plate towards Jimin.
“Hmm?” she tilted her head.
Voidborn took a piece of steak from his plate and put it on the plate.
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