Chapter 40

Nash awoke one frigid afternoon after a few hours of sleep. Nash took a look at the soup on her side table. She touched it and discovered it to be cold.

'I'm hungry'

Nash fixed herself before leaving her room with the cold soup in her hand.

Nash looked around to see if Kane and Jaxael were still there, but there were no signs of them. Nash continued to walk to the kitchen, where he warmed up the soup Aeries had brought earlier.

She took a seat and waited for the soup to heat up.

"haaa" she sighed. She feels her neck and forehead and finds it hot. Nash does not feel sick at all, but only a heavy sensation inside her, as if she had swallowed a large boulder of rock, causing her body to feel heavy----That causes her to look tired and not because of her fever.

...

Nash was reading a recipe book she found while eating.

"You're awake..." A low toned voice said.

It was Jaxael.

"I guess..." Nash answered.

"Jax! Have you seen my..." Kane came to a halt when he noticed Nash. "You're here?" he asked, frowning.

"Obviously, idiot," Nash remarked.

"Huh?!" Kane approached Nash and tugged her hair.

"Ahh!" Nash stood up and did the same.

Jaxael was simply staring at them. It's natural to see the two squabble.

"Let go!"

"You let go first!"

"You first! You're the one who pulled my hair first!"

Kane let go and pushed Nash a little. Nash retaliated by pushing him harder and running towards Jaxael's backside, laughing.

"They said you were sick, but it doesn't look like it," Kane observed.

"What is it?" Jaxael asked.

"Nothing, I'll find it myself," Kane says as he walks away, seeming dissatisfied with Nash. Nash teased him by tucking her tongue.

"Eat, the soup will get cold," Yjhan said.

Nash nodded and continued to eat.

'She's back.'

"Did you had a fight with Aidan the other day?" Nash paused and looked at Jaxael.

"No, we didn't," she stated sternly.

'Her attitude changed.'

"I see... I thought you two are distancing each other."

"We just had a little fight, nothing serious," she added flatly.

Jaxael didn't say anything further about Aidan and Nash after that. He assumed Nash was uneasy merely by hearing the former's name.

'Just what did that guy do to Nash?'

...

"When will they be back?" Nash asked.

She and Jaxael are currently engaged in a game of chess.

"After 3 days, they say. Checkmate."

"Argh! I don't want to play this anymore!"

"You're the one who suggested it."

"That's because it's so boring! I can't even go outside."

"Please keep in your mind that you have a fever"

"That's nothing." Nash thought of something to do and one thing came to her mind. "Let's have a makeover."

She grinned, looking evil.

"Don't want to."

"Come on! Aidan's not here so..." Nash realized what she said. "...Nevermind"

"Fine, let's do that makeover."

"No, you don't have to; it's a foolish thing to do, so don't bother."

"I'm bored, too, and I'd like to know what that makeover is," Nash grinned as she went upstairs to gather the items she needed.

She went downstairs with a pouch after a few seconds.

"What's that?" Jaxael asked. Nash maintained her grin when opening the purse.

When Jaxael realized what was inside the pouch, he immediately regretted everything he had said.

"hehe! Now let's play!"

...

The makeover went on for 30 minutes and Jaxael was losing.

"HAHAHAHAHA" For 30 minutes straight, Nash kept on laughing as she looked at Jaxael's face, while Jaxael looked like he's in hell.

"Why the heck is your laugh so loud?!?" Kane exclaims as he walks downstairs. "You know, you two aren't the only ones here!"

"Hey idiot! Come here!" Nash exclaimed between laughs.

"You're the idiot!" he exclaimed as he continued to walk towards them. He was intrigued by Nash's laughter---Jaxael's back is facing him that's why he can't see Jaxael's face.

"What's fun..ny?" Kane looked at Jaxael in surprise before suppressing his laughter. "Pfft!"

Jaxael glared at him as black aura surrounded him. "Let it out or you'll fart."

"HAHAHAHAHA! What with that?!"

Jaxael's face was covered with thick uneven makeup by Nash.

"Tsk."

Both of them continued to laugh wildly, while Jaxael simply stared straight ahead.

'If it weren't for this girl...'

"I can't breathe! HAHAHAHA" Nash holds her chest gasping for air!

"Go die!" Said Kane which made Nash stop laughing.

'This guy keeps on ruining the atmosphere.' Jaxael sighed.

Nash pulled Kane and let him sit.

They are sitting on the ground, with a table in front of them, and a couple of make-ups in the center.

"What?" Kane asked, confused.

"You, too, will join."

"Huh?! You wish!" He was about to stand but Jaxael pulled him down. "Let go!"

"Come on," He said.

"How do you win this thing?" Kane asked. Nash grinned.

"We will just play rock, paper, scissors then the one who wins will apply makeup to the loser."

"She always win that fucking 3 thing game," Jaxael said.

"Rock paper scissors," Nash corrected him.

"Yeah, 3 things."

'Where did this guy come from?'

"I'll join in one condition"

"Sure, what is it?" Nash asked, confident.

"Instead of that three-item game, let's do arm wrestling."

'It's rock paper scissors, you two idiots!'

"What?! Then I will lose!" Nash object.

"It's not our fault you're weak," Kane said, smirking.

"Tsk. Fine!"

"No usage of magic abilities, that will be cheating," Kane added.

"Okay... okay! Let's start!" Kane said.

"Wait!" Nash stopped them. "How if we're three?"

"What do you mean three? It's us versus you," Kane and Jaxael said, grinning.

"HUHHH?!"

The game began: if Nash and Kane both win arm wrestles with Kane and Jaxael, she will apply make-up to them; if the two overcome Nash, they will be the ones to apply.

A few moments later...

Nash's face is completely covered in make-up.

"Hah... Look how the tables have turned," Kane said, grinning.

Nash's face is covered with make-up. The products used are not even applied properly. The lipsticks are used for eyebrows and such.

Nash is now the one looking dead while the two teased her.

"Let's stop this!"

"Ehh... how lame!" Kane said.

Nash stared at him and was about to attack him when the doorbell rang. Nash opened the door, fully forgetting that she was wearing make-up.

"What the hell?!"

It was Katherine.