The King's Mandate: Anomalous System

'What if she hates me now?'

'Why am I feeling so anxious?'

'It feels like my heart is about to explode.'

Das has just entered the school hallway.

'She ran away yesterday.'

"I couldn't find her even though I ran right after she left"

He clenched his chest with his hand and said, "I really don't like this."

'I feel so weak.'

'I am not supposed to be like this. I am a bad guy.'

"Dammit!", he muttered.

'How can her crying face makes my heart ache?'

"She has even cried many times before, and it was no different this time."

'Yeah. It was no--!'

As he was pondering, he saw Elena coming out of the different hallway.

Elena also noticed him and averted her face.

"Ele--"

Das tried to call her, but Elena dashed away.

'What the--'

"Why is she ignoring me?!"

Elena ran to the Elevator and Das chesed her. BUt before Das could reach the Elevator, the door closed.

"No!"

Das bagged on the elevator door as he yelled, "Why you…! Dammit!"

Das then glanced around and saw other students looking at him.

Das didn't like getting attention, but due to what just happened right now, he was overwhelming with anger.

He cursed Elena in his mind and dashed through the stairs.

As soon as he reached the first floor, he glanced around.

The elevator door opened and Elena walked out of it.

Das started running towards her.

Elena saw Das and stepped back in the elevator.

As he was about to reach there, the door closed.

"That bitch!"

'How dare she--'

"Hey there, no running in the hallways", someone tapped on Das' shouter.

Das tilted his face backwards as he bent down and little and said, "Shut up!"

"Whoa!"

It was Samuel.

"What's wrong? You look pissed."

"That Elena is ignoring me."

"Oh! Maybe she is just running away from studies."

"She isn't. It's a different matter."

Samuel smiled a little and said, "The look in your eyes is the same as ANgela always had when she was pissed."

"I am not pissed off. I am just annoyed by her behaviour."

"That's the same thing."

"Next time I see her, I pushing her down."

Sweat poured down from Samuel's face as he said, "You can't do that, Das."

"Why?"

"You can't push a girl down like that, you know?"

"Ah!" Das scratched his head and said, "But she doesn't come in a girl category."

"What do you mean?", Samuel asked with amazement.

"There is no way a girl like that exists. Girls are supposed to care for their body, and she doesn't care about anything."

Samuel's eyes widened.

"If you look at her hair, they will always be messy."

Samuel's eyes got more widened.

"And she eats with no manners."

Samuel gulped down.

"Not only that, she always does things which a normal girl would---"

Das stopped after looking at Samuel's face.

Das gulped down as he hesitantly jerked his face to look back.

Elena was standing right behind with tears in her eyes.

"El…" 

Das wanted to say something, but words weren't coming out of his mouth.

Das glared at him with her teary eyes and entered the classroom.

'I am dead.'

Das turned back as he yelled, "It's all because you--"

He wanted to blame everything on Samuel, but he was seen running in the hallway.

"I want to die", Das muttered as he entered the classroom.

As soon as he entered the classroom, his gaze fell on Elena.

Elena glanced at him and then turned her face away.

Das walked to his desk and sat on his seat, but his gaze was still on Elena.

Class started and ended, but he never took off his gaze from Elena.

Once in a while, Elena would occasionally glance at him only to find Das was staring at her.

'I will catch her once the lunch break starts.'

Das was planning to catch Elena once the lunch break starts.

One more class ended, and after the next class will start the lunch break.

When there were fifteen minutes left to the lunch break, Elena took out her lunch box and started eating.

"..."

Das has seen her do that many times, but it was different this time.

On all that time, Elena would always be cautious and make sure no one was watching her, but this time, she wasn't caring about anything.

Even the loud, munching noises she was making with every bite were catching her seatmates' attention.

'She is planning to run as soon as the lunch break starts, isn't she?'

"I am not going to let it happen", he muttered.

'I don't care if she is a girl. I will push her down.'

"She is already angry, doesn't matter if she gets angrier now."

Das glanced around the room to see if anyone else other than him was watching Elena or not.

'Where is her best friend? What was her name? Zira or something? I haven't seen her for some days now.'

Ring~ Ring~

Das was lost in his thoughts, and the lunch break started.

It hasn't even been three seconds since the lunch break started, but when Das glanced at Elena's desk, it was empty.

"Dammit!"

Das dashed out of the room and saw Elena running.

"El…"

'Wait, if I yell her name, she will just do something else and try to avoid me.'

"I hate to admit it, but she is very smart."

'I will have to catch her without her noticing me.'

Das ran to the stairway and wanted for the elevator to come up.

When the elevator came up, Das entered in and went to the ground floor.

'If I think what she is thinking I will think, then I think I am thinking of what she is thinking.'

Das ran upstairs again and waited at the elevator.

"I am sure she thinks I will come after her, but if I don't go after her, she will get curious and come back."

The elevator door opened, but this time, Das took stairs and walked down.

"And there are only two ways to come upstairs. First is to take stairs, and the second is to take the elevator."

'There are other elevators, but as far as I know Elena, she will take the one nearest to the class so she can easily run away.'

When Das reached downstairs, he caught a glimpse of Elena entering the Elevator.

Das quickly ran upstairs and stood in front of the Elevator.

After waiting for five seconds which were eternity to Das, the door opened.

Elena was looking down and didn't notice.

As Elena tried to step out of the elevator, she looked up and saw Das.

Elena immediately started random switches to go back, but as Das was already so close to the Elevator, he was able to get in.

The Elevator door closed, and now Das and Elena were together.

Elena started smashing the switches.

"Even if you break the switches, it won't stop."

Elena clenched her fist and smashed the switches again.

"Do you hate me that much that you don't even want to look at me now?", Das asked.

"You are the one who hates me."

"What are you talking about?"

"Earlier in the morning, you said I don't act like a girl."

".."

"You talked about my messy hair and eating manners."

"Wait! That was just…."

Elena turned around and looked at Das, saying, "Just?"

"I said it because I was angry."

"And why were you angry?"

"Because you were ignoring me."

"Of course I would ignore you after what you said yesterday."

"Look," Das moved his hands to place them on Elena's shoulder, but stopped and said, "I had no idea that was a sensitive topic for you."

"Even then, you are not supposed to say those things."

"..."

"You always call me an idiot and make fun of me."

"..."

"You even yell at me every day, and say rude things."

"..."

'Dammit!

'All this time, I was thinking she doesn't mind all that. But she was enduring everything.'

'Dammit'

Das bit his lips and said, "I won't do it again, so please don't ignore me."

"I don't believe you."

"Okay then, I promise I would never call you an idiot again."

"And what if you do?"

"If I do…"

"If you do?", Elena curiously asked.

"Then…"

"Then?"

"If I ever call you an idiot, then I will be your slave."

"..."

Das didn't hear anything in response, so he looked at Elena's face only to find her staring blankly at him.

"Wh..at? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You would go that far?"

"Well…" Das' face flushed a little as he said, "I am saying this because I don't want to call you an idiot anymore."

'What's with him? Why does he look all flustered?'Elena thought as started at Das' face.

"...!"

Elena shook her head as she thought, 'No, Elena! Just because you love him doesn't mean you will forgive him every time.'

"What do you say?", asked Das.

'All this time, he was making fun of you. But yesterday, he made fun of Sely too. I won't forgive him unless he says 'sorry' to me.'

"What are you thinking?", questioned Das.

"I won't forgive you unless you say 'sorry to… me."

'What have I just done! I was thinking that and when he asked me what was I thinking, it slipped through my tongue.'

Elena gulped down as she glanced at Das' face, thinking, 'I should have forgiven him. Now he will get angry because I asked him to--'

"I am sorry."