Lisa

Smoke and dust filled the room. Everything just feels so classic. The wooden floor creaks as I bring a box of books across the room. I kept asking myself, why do I keep accepting these tasks. I lost my balance knocking up another box and slipped. I brace for Impact.

But the moment I close my eyes, I realize that the wooden planks are too soft and smooth. I open my eyes, "Wake up, cutie, your job is not over yet," And in the dim light, I see her face, sparkling, dazing for anyone to see. Her green eyes stunned me, "Hehe, what's with that manly looks, you naughty boy."

I step back as quickly as I can. My heart beats so fast. Lisa yawns, "I'm getting sleepy. It must almost be time for a nap" Today, the Sumerian library is sending us books, and of course, Lisa shares all her burden with her allies. Too bad Amber is too busy outriding important people from snezhnaya. Kaeya acted to be so busy, but I saw him in the bar on my way here.

I arrange the books at the library, as much as I like to admit it. She slept on the couch, carelessly let herself open. "You were just checking me, aren't you, Mr. pervy traveler," I can't say anything but continue organizing the new book. Tick tock seconds pass, minutes pass, "Say, darling, isn't there a girl that takes your interest in our command. Amber perhaps or that cute Sucrose"

I kept ignoring her. I don't know why, but my heart hurts when she says it. What if I said that I, Never mind, she wouldn't take it seriously anyway. It's terrible. The more I stay here, the more I can't contain myself. I need to finish this asap.

There she was in the worst possible moment possible. I looked at the couch; she was no longer there. Cold mint breath whispered in my right ear, "or maybe it is me that you want?" My whole face went red, and I look the other way around. "So, you don't like an old woman like me, huh, am I that unattractive?" That's not what I meant, she just doesn't understand my feeling, or so I thought.

I should have expected she was just messing around with me. Her teasing smile is all I can see this close. The more I stay here, the more my mind breaks. I pushed her gently and continued doing my work. "Hehe, I love your reactions. What face will you give me if I say that I love you" I was so surprised my head hit the cabinet. She couldn't stop laughing. Is it all this fun to play with one's heart? "Joking joking," I can only give a big sigh. "Half of it is, though," she murmurs. I pretend not to hear anything because if I react to it, she will only laugh at me more.

I finished my job, but I didn't see her anywhere. I try to leave without making a noise, but Lisa appeared before me. "Lisa I," word slipped through my tongue. No matter how hard I try to hold it, this feeling won't change. "Lisa, I, what?" she grinned. Her grin slowly fades away; I can't see her usual teasing smile anymore, "I've already tried to persuade you every way possible... " I have never seen her face this serious. "Have it your way, cutie. I can no longer go on pretending at this point - Even a Hilichurl would see through the act." The next second, her face warp just right in front of me. She pulled me and kiss me just right beside my lips.

I don't understand anything anymore, what's real and what's not. Lisa is just always... I thought she doesn't... I pushed her away. If she is just playing around with me, she has gone too far. I don't care anymore. I expected her usual teasing smile, but she didn't smile.

If only she could take me seriously. Her charms, her cold smile, even her teasing. In a quarter of a second, "Lisa, I love you," My heart slipped. I can't take that back anymore. Now the only thing I can do is wait. Time stopped, I can listen to my heartbeat, but Lisa's grinning smile come back. I think she played me again. "You are very cute, darling. That's why I like you"

My heart drops dead to the wooden floor of this library. But in the end, I should have expected this. I see, maybe, in the end, it's is impossible for us to happens.

My heart breaks. "Wait, one last thing... " She pulled my arm and kissed my lips. But I can't feel anything—her mint breath with lips as soft as cotton. "A kiss from lover to lover" She winks at me and return to the library. What does that even mean? I don't know what it is, but maybe just maybe she didn't wholly play me.