Isn't Love Obvious?

~Chapter one~

(Cecilia’s POV)

Cecilia was ten at the time, and Edder was eleven, but he had always felt attached to her ever since they first met. At first, he thought the feeling was friendship.

‘’Edder! Look! It’s snowing outside, let’s make a snowman! It will be so fun! Don’t be stubborn.’’ I tried to convince him God knows how many times, but he was just too stubborn to even take a step out in the ice-cold snowy weather.

‘’Then I will go out myself! I am sure it won’t be a problem!’’ I put on my warm, cozy winter clothing and headed towards the mansion door. ‘’Wait, Cilia (He calls her Cilia as a nickname), I will go. Not because I like you or something, though!’’ He rolled his eyes, but deep down I knew he had a soft spot for me.

‘’Yippee! Let’ build a snowman together!’’ As soon as he had put on his winter clothes, I took him by the hand and pulled him outside. It was very cold, and my thin clothes was not enough to cover it, but of course I hid that, so Edder did not worry too much about me. I just want him to enjoy this quality-time with me!

‘’Hmm… I want to make a snow-angel!’’ I prepared to lay down on the ground, but Edder took me by my waist and pulled me up at once. ‘’You are going to catch a cold if you lay down in the snow without proper clothing. But do not think anything weird! I am just looking out for you.’’ I watched as he looked to the side stubbornly, his ears glowing almost red from the blush he was hiding.

I giggled at that and decided to protest instead of listening to his orders. ‘’I am not going to get sick! I am in perfectly good clothing to make a snow-angel!’’ I protested, and laid down in the snow, Letting the small snowflakes fall onto my face as I shuddered a little from the sudden cold. I was definetly going to get sick, but that did not stop me from having fun! ‘’See? I am not freezing to ice!’’ Edder looked away, blushing slightly again and as I got up, he helped my up by reaching his hand out for me. ‘’Isn’t this too much? I mean, I am in perfectly good condition to get up myself!’’He looked a little frustrated at my response but pulled me up anyway.

‘’I am not going to let you get tired.’’ I giggled a little and took his hand. We walked around the snow-covered garden for a while before we both got cold, even though I was cold from the start. ‘’Should we go in? You look like you are freezing to death soon! And I do not want that at all.’’ I exclaimed my worries for him, and we headed towards the mansion to go in. We were both soaking wet from all the playing in the snow, but we had fun!

At least I had fun, Edder was just sitting there complaining about how cold it was and that we should go back inside. We were sitting there, drinking warm hot chocolate and then I remembered that the kingdom of Hert threatened the kingdom of Aria, if we did not help them financially.

‘’Have you heard? The kingdom of Hert is threatening us to go to war if we don’t help them out. I heard they were struggling financially.’’ Edder looked at me with a glimpse of worry in his eyes. He knew I had the power of wind, and I could overdo myself if I took part, since I still cannot do advanced things. ‘’But you will not take part, right? Because I could not bear to lose you to some bastards like them!’’

We both laughed a little, But I knew I had to go. That is why I have permission to stay here in the first place. ‘’I know it might sound harsh of them to let me fight. But that is why I got to live here! I live here to train and strengthen my abilities to manipulate wind. And therefore, I must go fight too. We can fight alongside each other!’’ He looked a little skeptical at first, but he eventually gave in and promised that we could fight alongside each other.

And in the next few days, my non-biological father, the duke of Aria, got a few more war threats from the kingdom of Hert before they finally engaged in war. Me and Edder were preparing to go out, even if I had a small fever and had caught a cold, I would fight for people who are living peacefully here.

‘’What!? Are you going out even if you have a fever?! No! You are staying inside, and the housekeepers will take care of you!’’ Edder was worried as fuck, but I insisted on that I was fine. ‘’Don’t worry too much! We will have a medical team there anyway if anything happens!’’ He looked worried still, but he gave in to my protest, and we went out to take part in an upgoing war between two kingdoms.

The war had just begun, and I swept away a few enemy warriors. When they hit a nearby tree, I banged their heads against the wall and their heads, aswell as arms or other limbs broke out bleeding. I could practicly hear the bones cracking at that point.

Some time later I killed a few more of them, but of course, I overworked myself and ended up really low on energy since I also caught a small cold with fever included. There were more and more enemy kinghts targeting me and i could not keep up very well. In the corner of my eye, I saw someone standing at the highest tower and turned my gaze in that direction. Before I knew it, five enemy kinghts had launched at me, and I almost didn't fight them off. When I was done with them, I felt even worse. It was like I could fall asleep any second at this point.

I was low on energy from the beginning, and Edder saw that I was struggling to keep up with the number of guards trying to target her. I was the main target of most enemies, because of my ability to control wind. ''Cilia!''

(He calls her Cilia as a nickname btw! <3/ Me, Myself and Original author)

Watch out!'' Edder took off and dashed towards me, trying to stop the incoming attack from one off the enemy warriors. He got there in last second and stabbed the enemy through his chest. I was very worn out and he decided to rush me to the medical tent to get me some sort of medical attention immediately.

Before he could get there, I felt the world spinning and my vision get foggy. The next thing I knew, I woke up in a clean and white hospital bed. Edder was sitting beside me, holding my hand. My head was pounding, and I felt cold. ‘’Edder?’’ I squinted my eyes to see properly since my vision was quite blurry because of my headache.

‘’Cilia! I thought I lost you! Why would you say you were fine, you nearly died in my arms!’’

I looked at him with apologetic eyes and smiled slightly. ‘’I’m sorry.’’ I gripped the blanket tightly and tears began streaming down my face. ‘’I’m sorry! It wasn’t my intention for it to end like that!’’ Edder’s eyes widened and he pulled me into a tight hug. ‘’Shh, it is not your fault, Cecilia.

Neither of us wanted it this way. It is none of us fault.’’ That helped a little, but I sat there and sobbed into his shoulder for hours. His entire shoulder was damp from my tears when I finally calmed down a little. At least enough to stop the constant flow of tears. ‘’I’m sorry.’’ I said once again. Edder tried to reassure me that it was not my fault multiple times, but I never let go of the thought that all that happened was ...

My fault.