...

Was it her? Was the female that was helplessly on the ground, the same one who he had coldly shoved away, years and years ago?

He didn't mean to, did he?

During his childhood, Add wanted to be left alone. He felt that nobody would understand him, and what he was going through, anyway. But he knew well by now, that the pathetic excuse he had always used back then, was bullshit.

'She was only trying to be friendly.'

Time couldn't possibly rewind itself. What happened in the past cannot, and will not be undone. But, the Diabolic Esper still felt a little guilty. If it weren't for him...

Eve would still have these human emotions.

"Still, I refuse forgive you that easily, for bumping into me..." he rolled his eyes, muttering quietly to himself.

The Nasod's bright yellow-orange eyes met his, as she was staring up at him with her head slightly tilted with confusion. She couldn't help but to feel offended, as he didn't bother with giving her a helping hand to get up.

Add did nothing to aid the Queen. He merely stared back at her, running a hand through his disheveled hair (he was in a rush to arrive at school on time, believe it or not), casually placing both hands in his pockets afterwards. Seeing Eve on the concrete like that made him cringe, the filth on the floor was disgusting and horrid to him.

Sooner or later, Eve finally stood up by herself. She had the option of calling Oberon and/or Ophelia to fix her attire, but she chose not to. Her Nasod servants deserved a small break, after all.

There was a long, awkward silence between the two. Neither of them moved an inch, the trail of cold wind soon catching up, swaying in their direction.

Neither of them spoke. It was a long, seemingly endless staring contest.

Other students entered through the gates, passing by the pair, and leaving them undisturbed. Chatter filled the air and atmosphere, but regardless, it was silent for both Add and Eve; they had mentally blocked out all other voices.

Why were they doing this? Neither of them knew the answer.

Minutes and minutes wasted, though they kept going until something else transpired.

Moby and Remy had finally swirled into school property, the two drones were exhausted due to the weight of Eve's bag.

Twirling, whirling, and spiraling around, the machines were dizzy. They proceeded to spin and twist until they had accidentally bumped into the back of Eve, causing her to lose balance and fall forwards into Add.

"Kuh..!" the Tracer's cheeks flushed, he had never been in such close contact with a female before.

Eve was practically hugging Add due to the incident, it was a while until she released him. It took Eve a moment of time to realize what was happening, and to completely process the situation.

"G-Get off!" he grimaced, feeling uncomfortable.

She blinked, slowly unwrapping her arms from his chest. "Ah.."

"Tsk. Y-You and your damn contraptions..." he sharply turned away, and began to head into the school building.

Secretly, he was interested in Nasods, and all that. However, that didn't change the fact that he still saw Eve as an eccentric person.

'Terrible way to start my morning... I never thought that girl would attend this highschool, too. Dear God, I just hope I never see her again.'

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