Chapter 3 Only For Me

CHAPTER THREE

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ONLY FOR ME

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'You'll live.'

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Elliot looked around the huge cafeteria which was filled with teenagers gossiping and eating around. Elliot sighed before glancing at his Kit Kat chocolate milk's bottle in his palm that he bought not too long ago.

Elliot was about to walk out of the cafeteria, but before he could, when turned around; he ran into Luna. That was a second time when Elliot got lost into the brunette's mesmerizing beauty.

Luna smiled before breaking Elliot's trance by saying, "Oh, Elliot! Where are you going? Aren't you gonna stay for lunch?" Luna asked as she saw the boy was about to walk out of the cafeteria even when the lunch break had just started. "I-I umm...was j-just about t-to go to g-garden because there isn't any s-seat left and umm...I don't know a-anyone so, I decided to go o-out and get some f-fresh air."

Elliot responded whilst stuttering in his soft voice that was just above the whisper, but the girl before him heard him clearly.

"I'll be your friend. You can sit with me and my friends. If you don't mind." Luna said that while grinning. Whereas Elliot wasn't sure with the idea so, he replied softly by saying, "I-I really d-don't want to be...inconvenience." The girl's already dark eyes darkened before she questioned the lovely boy before her, "Who said that you're an inconvenience to anyone?" Elliot fiddled with his fingers nervously, but before he could say something, he was really amazed on how the brunette before him judged him perfectly within a short span of time with minor conversations through the half of the day during his classes.

"You shouldn't think lowly of yourself because you're not. I can see it in your eyes. Now come on, let's go and meet our friends." Luna said, before giving him a warm smile and heading towards their table. Elliot was a blushing mess, but nonetheless, he followed the brunette.

As Elliot made his way towards Luna's selected table, there he saw many new faces. After sitting beside Luna as he was too shy to sit with any other stranger, but it did nothing to calm his beating heart as he sat with Luna who had a calming yet strong scent of fresh roses thus, making Elliot blush more than before. There were total eleven people sitting on the table including Luna so, it made Elliot the twelfth one.

Elliot got nervous, but gave everyone a small smile when Luna introduced him to them. Moreover, on the table on which he sat; was one of the three longest tables set out into the whole cafeteria as that table had sixteen chairs.

"Guys, he's a friend too and Elliot this is Thomas Hale and Roman Yeung. Also these two were my high school friends too. Next we have Logan Lockwood, Nick Lockwood and Harry Lockwood. Well these three are the Lockwood brothers plus, they are my family friends." Luna introduced each of the boy on the table by pointing out everyone as they greeted in return when their turn came so, that Elliot would get to know them easily. After Elliot nodded in understanding, Luna continued with the girls next.

"Well those girls, they will be comfortable with you in no time so, do not make yourself feel uncomfortable around anyone as we all are loyal friends with each other or some would be more than that, but that is not important to waste your time on." Luna paused to see if the younger was following so, after making sure that he was, when she got his small smile in understanding.

Luna continued, "So, that is Juliet Garcia, Helena Johnson, Wendy Smith, Catherine and Cloe Williams. Also Nick and Harry Lockwood are the members of the student council and are in the last year of the University." Luna smiled at Elliot after finishing the introduction for the timid boy.

"So, how far are you liking here Elliot?" Helena asked who was a quite bright girl with blond hair with half of her hair dyed in light sky blue that matched with her eyes perfectly, from downwards in the form of; one would call, ombre style. Elliot smiled brightly before replying, "So, far the day has been good, but tiring too. I kind of liked it here so far."

"Did you make any friends other than Luna?" Harry asked whilst training his grey eyes on the fidgety boy sat with Luna. Elliot thought for a while before responding swiftly, "No, I did t-talked with some other s-students of my batch, but didn't made any friends yet. But tomorrow I would introduce my childhood friend to you all as he would be joining me in my early classes on Tuesday. His name is Park Sam. Can he be the part of your group too? If you d-don't mind."

Luna and others smiled on the cuteness of Elliot's before Nick replied, "Anyone you bring in this group would be very much welcomed; little buddy." Elliot smiled and nodded before glancing at Luna who was already smiling at him before nodding at him to indicate that what he heard from Nick was very much true.

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Time passed on and all of the group members of Luna got to know Elliot a little bit more. One thing was assured to all of them in no time and that was; Elliot was very kind-hearted and polite, which made all of the members get easily comfortable with him in no time. "Hey, Elliot aren't you gonna eat anything? You haven't even drank your chocolate milk. What's wrong? Why aren't you having anything?" Nick asked Elliot after he saw everyone eating their meals instead of just one member on the table.

Elliot gulped nervously, as he was not much comfortable yet; in spilling out the truth so, whilst feeling panicked about his lie as he was the most honest person alive, before answering, "Umm...G-guess...I-I'm not h-hungry. Really y-you d-don't need to b-be worried as I-I don't eat m-much anyway."

Everyone got silent when they listened to the stuttering and broken soft voice of the younger. Yes, Elliot was the youngest among them all. After listening the wavering voice of the younger, Luna knew instantly, that the young boy wasn't good at lying. Well even though if he was good at lying, Luna would've known the truth like...always.

Nothing can stay hidden from her, not even the young boy's growing cancer.

Luna had many secrets that Elliot could never know about, unless the girl herself doesn't unconcealed them for him. Luna put forward her palm before looking into the innocent doe eyes of Elliot and asked, "Can I have a look at your milk?"

The girl's eyes showed the bunny boy nothing as they were dark brown and...expressionless. The situation for Elliot turned out to be quite obscure as he glanced at the alluring girl in whole bafflement. Nonetheless, Elliot nodded in approval and put the milk's bottle that he was holding in his palms, few minutes ago; softly into the palm of the brunette.

Luna wrapped her slim and beautiful fingers with black polished nails around the milk delicately before smiling at Elliot and brought it closer towards her face to inspect it.

Luna went through the information written on the backside of the milk's bottle and came to know that it could mess up with younger's sensitive stomach as it could lead to him suffering from stomach ache and then throwing up later. Luna smirked before glancing at the bunny boy who was talking with Harry regarding studies. She took it as a chance to take the milk under the table so, that the younger won't know about what she was about to do with it.

"Umm...Luna!" Elliot called Luna after few minutes, with a soft voice which made the said, girl's chest bloom with warmth after hearing her name coming out of younger's lips. She smiled at the bunny boy before answering, "Yes, Bun?"

Elliot blushed from the nickname and looked everywhere other than the girl sitting beside him. Elliot was feeling himself going on cloud nine whilst asking, "W-what are y-you gonna d-do with the m-milk now that y-you've taken it u-under...t-the table?"

Shit. Luna didn't expected the bunny to catch her too...soon when she lowered his sweet milk under the table.

'Guess the bunny is very fast.' Luna thought to herself before facing the younger with a warm smile and responding, "Well Bun, I'm warming it a bit so, that it won't make you feel cold and it will only take a few minutes as it is not that cold either."

Elliot's blush got deeper and now he was sure that his face became a tomato. "Y-you don't h-have to. My s-stomach isn't f-feeling well so, umm...I'm skipping today's l-lunch." Elliot told bashfully to the elder sitting beside him.

"Bun, trust me. This milk is very good for your health and for your stomach as it would make it warm and calm. Don't worry...it won't do anything. Even if you're not feeling well; this milk won't make things worse." Luna looked into those honey doe eyes with determination; those eyes she grown to love within the few hours of the day. She loved everything about the boy because she already knew from their first encounter about how much of a sweet soul was of the younger.

She didn't need to know him personally because she...had her own ways in knowing undisclosed things.

Elliot gulped before nodding in approval. When it came to that brunette girl, he just couldn't bring himself to just...disapprove with anything of hers. Elliot couldn't help, but feel...protected around her like as if she would never hurt him even if he confess his feelings to her.

He believed that if the ethereal elder before him couldn't return his feelings for her, she would reject him in a way in which Elliot won't feel the truck of pain hitting him instead he would be slightly hurt, but nothing more. What Elliot believed in, he believed with his utter most optimistic side of his.

Howbeit, it didn't even slightest meant that Elliot felt wholly safe and protected around her since Luna's fragile and ethereal figure didn't just held on to beauty and gentleness instead it held on to something unsettling too that Elliot was not even sure about how to point it out in the simplest words as he still didn't knew Luna unreservedly. So, it made him to like her as he did before, but at the same time his mind told him to be more cautious of his surroundings whenever she was around, and that was the part at which he still didn't paid that much attention as he was too lost whenever he got the chance to be around her.

Luna smiled warmly before glancing at the milk which turned out to be exactly as she wanted. She put the milk in front of the younger and ushered him to drink it slowly.

Elliot smiled before opening the milk and gulping it down in small sips. After getting it finished, Elliot turned towards Luna and thanked her for making it warm.

'Oh, bunny if only you could open your pretty eyes and see that your milk was freezing and it could never had been gotten warmed up like if it was warmed up by a warming apparatus, from just one's hands. And...if you remember back when you were reading the information on the bottle that clarified about it not being good with your stomach, and yet still; you gave in, and doubted yourself easily before drinking it.

You're easy to fool bunny. How...pure.

However, bunny I did changed the liquid in a way that it could never hurt your stomach after drinking it. Now that I've found you again in my life...I'm never going to let you die again even if you end up begging me or...worst...hating me. After all...you were born especially...for me. Only for me.

From now onwards I'll look after you bunny. Now I wouldn't want for my precious bunny to suffer from any pain that I can assuredly take away within the snap of my fingers.

There is no such thing and there will be no way in future that could decide about your death because from the start it has been put in my...hands. Yes, I get to decide whether you live or not.

And for now...you'll live. You'll live my bunny.′

Luna thought to herself whilst smirking at the cute bunny who was smiling warmly at others. That same bunny she came to love instantaneously, but this fact won't be easily admitted by Luna herself.

Even when she was at his side from the moment he was born.