Tales From The Kronos

Silva was still standing on the chair, waiting to know what Silv had in mind for her.

"I showed your past to your friends, how do you think they reacted?"

"You told them... I would have preferred to tell them myself..."

"So you think they'd still accept you? Why don't we hear what they have to say?"

Silv turned on an audio recording. The voices of Neige and Sepide were clear and audible, Silva could easily recognize their voice.

"Like you more? You're the worst person on earth. Even the anomaly is better than you. You resort to cheap tactics!"

"Yeah, you're horribl-"

The recording stopped suddenly while Silv let out a sigh.

"Technology am I right? It never works correctly."

"That's... What they said?"

"Yep!" Confidently said Silv "You can always go ask them, but are you ready to face them? Can you see the disappointed faces of your friends?"

"I..." Silva suddenly realized the reason why she had this pill in her hand. She knew it was just a cheap tactic from Silv, but at the same time, imagining that she was right would hurt her more than anything else. She remembered all the dear memories she held, all the precious moments she shared with Neige were worth far more than anything Silv could tell or show her.

"So, you'll confess today?" Kairo asked while trying to reassure the stressed Silva.

"Y-Yeah. I really want to tell him how I feel!"

"I wish you luck! I'll leave you alone, you'll tell me how it went!" Kairo gently tapped her shoulder as she mentally prepared herself to knock on the door to Neige's room. When she was about to knock the door opened by itself. Neige and Silva both were surprised, Silva stayed silent, prompting Neige to ask,

"Silva? Is everything alright?"

"Oh! Err... Yes... Je... Enfin..." Panicked, the girl handed the flower she hid behind her back to Neige.

"It's... For me?" Silva nodded her head energetically while her face blushed the hardest it could "But... I'm not a florist?"

"Tradition from my world. Flower to loved one."

"Hey, calm down. What's gotten into you?"

"Neige... I..." She stopped in the middle of her sentence to take a break. Once she managed to stop her hands from shaking, she continued "I love you. Will you be my Valentine?"

"Valentine?" Neige asked confused "What are you talking about?"

"It's from my world... I'm basically asking you out..."

"Did you... Catch feelings for me?"

"... Maybe..."

Neige chuckled softly and caressed her head cheerfully.

"Sorry to break it to you, but I'm more of an asexual kind of guy."

"Oh... I'm sorry."

Silva was about to leave in embarrassment but Neige stopped and took her in his arms.

"I love you too, just not in the same way. You'll always be my precious Silva."

Silva gave back his embrace and they stayed in that position for a while. She managed to calm herself and talk with her weak voice.

"So... You're really not into anything?"

"Not at all." Neige said while caressing Silva's short hair.

"Does it embarrass you?"

"Not really, it's just-"

"Like you imagine me naked and it makes you blush?"

Neige blushed furiously at the sudden words from her friend.

"Silva?! What are you saying?"

"Haha! It's funny to embarrass you!"

"I hope you're not going to make it a habit, it's the first time I hear you say something so nasty..."

Silva had a bright smile on her face while holding Neige tightly. A tear flowed on her face, happy to finally have found a family.

"I trust Neige... With all my heart. If he hates me, then I'll face him. My friends trust me, they even love me more than I love myself."

"Huh... Fascinating... You often have flashbacks in the middle of nowhere?"

Silva stood up and tried to find her way to the exit, visibly surprising her other self.

"Where are you going? You were supposed to stay here."

"I need to go see my friends, I miss them."

Silv stood in the room confused, observing the girl leave. She stood there, dumbfounded, until she laughed maniacally.

"I see, you won't give up so easily. It will make it even better to break you. Until we meet again, Silva."

Silva finally managed to find her way out. The warmth of the sun on her skin was a feeling that she enjoyed fully as she took a deep breath. Her friends immediately jumped on her and held her tightly in their arms.

"Silva, are you alright?" Sepide held Silva as strong as she could, trying to hide her worries.

"We were so worried!" Neige took Silva in her arms, giving her little to no space to breathe.

"Can't... Breath..."

Her friends took a step back to let her breathe correctly. She took the biggest smile she could and cheerfully said,

"I'm glad you're my real family!"

"Is Silv inside?" Lucie asked her, ignoring the moment they were sharing.

"I think yes, she-"

The hospital behind them exploded before she could finish her sentence. Everyone took a step back, looking at the ruin of the building.

"Damn Silv... She probably left."

"So what should we do now?" Asked Sepide to the detective.

"I'll need to give a report, they'll probably ask me why I always get in trouble. I think it's for the best that we split up now. Thanks for the help." The woman left without another word. The three friends stared at each other, unsure about what they should do.

"I think we should go back, all we learned was that Silv is even worse than we thought."

After saying those words, Neige prepared himself to jump back on the ship. Before they could leave, Silva asked them something she dreaded to ask.

"What did you think about my past?"

Neige noticed the discomfort on Silva's face and pinched her cheek before answering with a smile.

"I don't know, it was alright. 7/10."

"7/10?" Silva asked offended "I killed my parents, what did you want more? I'm sure it's because there weren't any romances..."

Neige laughed heartfully while caressing her friend's head.

"It won't change how we see you, you've always been a great person for us."

With a relieved smile, Silva used her new watch to return to the ship with her friends.

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The group explained their adventure to the leader, who seemed to be relieved to see them all safe.

"Don't worry about Silv, she has one of our watches so it will be easy to track her. We have work to do, so expect to be busy in the next few days."

"What happened?" Asked Neige.

"Just worlds that we couldn't take care of because of everything that happened. Also, Ina needs ingredients from another world. Gwyn wished she had something from a world full of candies I think? Oh and Shadow 4 Dancing came out, can you get it?"

"Can we rest?" Sepide asked with an exhausted face, making the leader chuckle slightly before she replied.

"I'm only kidding, everything is a bit calmer lately so enjoy your freedom. The last part was true though, if you could get my game I'd be more than happy."

"Later, I'm hungry. Call me if there's an emergency."

Neige left the room under the annoyed gaze of the leader, with his two friends following him outside of the room.

The group went to the cafeteria to get something to eat. Sepide and Neige were both a bit worried for their friend but she seemed to be alright, confidently walking in front of them. Neige caught up to her but was interrupted by Emely without being able to say anything.

"Hey! Silva!"

"Emely, what happened?" Neige asked after seeing Emely full of oil.

"Yeah, why do you smell like you took a bath in a sewer?"

"It's not that bad, is it?" Emely sniffed her clothes, visibly unconvinced by her smell "Anyway, I need your help. I need something from another world and-"

"Is it urgent?" Neige asked with a tired voice.

"Not really. It can wait."

"Great, just tell the leader and she'll organize it. I reached my limit of adventures for the year."

Neige walked away toward the cafeteria, leaving his friends behind.

"Isn't Neige acting weird lately? He seems more tired."

"You're right." Replied Sepide to Emely "Ever since he was kidnapped by the anomaly he acts like that."

"I think if my other self kidnapped me I'd be tired too." Silva thought momentarily before realizing "Oh wait, it happened twice already."

"Okay, I understand, Neige is tired. But what about you two? It's just a five-minute thing but I don't want to go alone."

"But we can go tomorrow, right?" Sepide asked with a bit of a hurry in her voice "I already planned something for later."

"Oh... Alright, I understand."

Sepide ran to catch up with Neige, Emely looked at Silva without much hope in her eyes.

"You're busy too I suppose..."

"No, not really. But maybe you could fix my heater now?"

"I'm working on way cooler than that. Let me show you at least, you can decide to help me after."

Silva put her hand on her chin, pondering for a moment. Feeling particularly bored she nodded her head without much energy.

"Sure, why not? I wasn't hungry any-"

"Great! Follow me!"

Emely took her friend's hand, forcing her to come to her lab as fast as they could.