CHAPTER 5: VARIOUS OBSTACLES
[TO LIGHT,LOVE HOPE] CHAPTER 5: VARIOUS OBSTACLES
Hope finally got Lightning attention. "Hey Hope" Lightning greeted.
" what are you doing here?" Lightning asked him.
"family vacation, anyway where are you going?"
"Going to boutique i have to help Serah choose her wedding dress"
"and you're heading to the train station?" Hope asked then she nodded.
"How about i give you a ride?" Hope invites her.
"Your parents don't mind?? your on vacation with them right now" Lightning raised her left eyebrow .
"nope they don't mind at all, this way ma'am".
Hope shows the direction of his car. "don't call me ma'am" Lightning chuckled.
'did lightning just chuckled' Hope thought. Its really hard to see Lightning chuckle. Hope never saw Lightning chuckle before but he admits that Lightning is really gorgeous when she chuckles.
"alright Miss Farron". Hope teased her more.
"okey stop just called me by my own name" Lightning who was chuckling stopped when she heard 'miss farron' word comes out from Hope. Her face turned to serious in just a second.
'Looks like Lightning is back' Hope thought again. On their way to the boutique Lightning gave Hope a piece of paper that have the boutique address in it. Lightning head on the car window. She locked her eyes on the scenery on their way to the boutique.
Hope broke the silence with questioning her.
"You know what Light you look different when we arrived in the new world.
"What kind of different?" Lightning turned her head to Hope with full of confusion.
"Your behavior" Hope answered, he heard Lightning sighed
"You know what, you're right ever since I got my soul back, I also admit that my behavior are different than before. Like, there's one time that I laughed at every Snow jokes even thought the joke was really lame" Lightning explained.
"Call me weird but its seem like there's 2 people living in your body"
"Yeah i kinda noticed that too" then she continued "But I still doesn't know who saved my soul, it can't be me because I can't see my own soul.... No one in this world understand me except Serah. Even she, cants save my soul because she in Etro's trap"
Lightning turned her head again back on the window's car. Hope felt a little disappointed because his also the one who understand her but she doesn't notice yet or she doesn't even realized.
Silence grew all their way to the boutique. When they arrived at the boutique, Serah has already waited for them, technically, she only wait for Lightning. She doesn't know that Hope will accompany her sister that day. "hey sis" . Serah greeted and hugged her sister. "Hey Serah" Lightning hugged her back. "looks like this good looking guy dont like to see my sister alone" said Serah while look at Hope at behind Lightning. "I wonder why??" Serah winked at him. Hope was blushed because Serah called him 'the good looking guy'
"its nice to see you Serah" Hope greeted her and tried to hide his red face.
They got in the boutique. Hope and Lightning helped Serah choosing her wedding dress and yeah they finally found it.
"Now lightning its time for you to pick your bridesmaid outfit" .
"urghh" Lightning has that look that wanna run away from the boutique. "come on!" Serah pulled her sister wrist and went to the fitting room .
On their way, Serah turned her head to Hope "oh ya Hope you get to be the best man so you have to choose your tuxedo" said Serah.
"What! why me?"
"asked Snow"
Serah smiled at him then went back to the fitting room. Hope have to do what future-bride asked him to do choosing his tuxedo.
A few moments later he heard Lightning shouted from the fitting room
"Serah! please are you gonna force me to wear that dress"
"come on Light would you rather wait another 500 years or wearing this dress just for a day?"
"okey fine"
looks like Serah won in this battle. Hope laughed quietly when he overhead those Farron's Conversation, after everything was settled. Before Hope and Lightning leave, Serah greeted goodbye to them.
In the car.... "So where are we going next?" asked Hope. "Lets go hang out at the Mall, I'm really hungry right now" Lightning answered his question. "To the Mall!" Hope started his car engine then he pushed the car paddle to make his car start moving.
[AETHERYTH PLAZA, DOWNTOWN CITY 12:30PM]
When they reached the Mall, Lightning begged Hope to have lunch at the Italian restaurant while Hope wants to eat at the Chinese restaurant, for the first time in forever, he finally saw lightning begs for something non important , he has to fulfill her request. To him it was really funny to watched her begging "but I want to eat there" Lightning begged Hope while her hand holding his arm with the face that Hope couldn't describe either.
"No I want to eat here"
"No there!"
"No here!"
they both acted like kids. But other people saw them as a couple (a really complicated couple). Hope can't hold it anymore, her face was too priceless, Hope laughed soo hardly. "okey, okey fine just because you're begging" . Lightning realized her actions who holding his arm, Lightning quickly let go off it. "Lets get going before people watching us"
They both entered the restaurant, after they had lunch. Hope and Lightning went to the arcade. Its been a long time Lightning haven't felt fun in this way. She gets to have fun with her partner. They both looked like the most the happiest people in the world. After that, they need to take a break for a while before they head to home, they we're relaxed on the bench that was provided.
Hope took out his phone from his pocket, he held that phone up then snapped a picture of them, Lightning haven't face the camera at all.
"hey!" Lightning who noticed the the bright flash came from his phone realized that Hope took the picture without even she noticed it. "Seriously Estheim,taking picture without my permission" Lightning made a little serious face.
Hope laughed "Even if I do, its not like you let me to"
At this moment Lightning took advantage, seizing his phone away from his hand.
"please don't delete it"
Lightning held the phone up and get closer to Hope. His cheek and her almost met. "say cheese" . Lightning and Hope smiled, 'click' . Lightning returned his phone. "next time, tell me if you want to take a picture of us"
"You mean selfie?"
"whatever it is"
At this moment Hope thinks that this is the perfect time to confess his feeling for her "Light, there's something I wanna tell you for such a long time" He looks at her blue stormy eyes who already cought his green emerald eyes. This is it the moment that Hopd been waiting for. Suddenly they both heard someone screamed "My handbag!!!" . Hope got up real fast and try to search the voice that scremed just now. Then there's a man who ran passed them with a handbag that the man holding. Hope tries to find the victim.
Hope turned his head and saw Alyssa who was kneeled both of her feet on the floor. Without even thinking long, He chased the man . Lightning who was just watched tries to called Hope's name "Hope!!" it was too late for Light to stop him.
'WHAT THE HELL, IN THE WORLD DOES ALYSSA DOING HERE' she looked at Alyssa who was still on the floor , luckily Alyssa haven't noticed her because Alyssa's eyes locked at the man who tried to help her.
'Every time i get close to him there must be something happen that get in our way, its like the world wont let us to be together' She thought.
A few minutes later. Hope came back while holding Alyssa's Handbag. Hope got close to Alyssa and helped her to get up, at the same time Lightning got up from the bench and walked closer to them. Alyssa noticed Lightning at behind him. "Oh Hope my hero!" Alyssa hugged Hope, she looks like she does that on purpose. Hope was just surprised then pushed her slowly. "Be careful next time okay?" Hope appeared with a smile on his face. "Okie Dokie" Alyssa smiled at Hope back.
"Anyway where are you heading to?" Hope asked Alyssa
"Home"
"By taxi?"
"yep" Alyssa nodded
"If you don't mind, can i give you a ride to home?"
Are Lightning ears stop functioning or she really did heard Hope asked Alyssa if he could give her a ride to home.
"Really oh my god thanks!" Alyssa hopped in joy.
"This way" Hope doesn't even look at Lightning or maybe his not notice her at all. Lightning felt furious inside her. Hope walked first then followed by them. Alyssa get closer to Light and pulled her wrist roughly so he can whisper on her ears "Game on Farron" Lightning really want to punch Alyssa face but she holds it because the place was too exposed. "Wait for me Hope!" Alyssa chased Hope. 'This girl doesn't even know who she deals with" Lightning muttered, a part of her really wanna scream after she saw what happened.