The red carnation petals

Malachi and Lilianna sat in their bedroom. Lilianna sat with her thoughts trying to remember which laws she put for the controlling of fire. 'If I remember correctly fire worked by emitting energy. This can either be emitted in high levels by anger or pure-' Lilianna's thoughts were interrupted

"I can't believe you said that." Malachi said. He gave Lilianna an unamused look. Lilianna shrugged. "Eh. Not really. I've told you. it's just a bluff." She said; "Unless…" She grinned and placed her arms around his neck. Malachi looked even more unamused. "No. Now get off me." He said and tried to push her off him. To his dismay Lilianna had manipulated the air to keep them in place. Lilianna raised her brows. "You're not seriously attempting to push me off with such puny strength, are you?" She said; "That barely even affected me. If you can't even counter this small trick, we're really in trouble. Try harder." Malachi pursed his lips. Push. Nothing. Push. Nothing. Push. Nothing. Malachi scowled when he noticed it wasn't working. "Lilianna get. Off. me." He said, irritation noticeable in his voice. However it didn't phase Lilianna. She was not done with her taunting. "Oh? And on what basis should I listen to you? Hmm?" She continued; "I don't quite feel like being obedient right now."

Malachi closed his eyes and took a deep breath. His jaws were clenched and so were his fists. "Lily!" He warned; "I've told you many times I don't like your behavior."

"And I… don't quite care." Lily replied; "When I'm nice you don't like me. When I'm serious you don't like me. No matter how I act you won't like me. So what does it matter if I behave like this?"

"It matters because your behavior is unacceptable. I have a girlfriend." Malachi said. "Ah really? I don't see her." Lilianna said. Malachi scowled. "You know exactly where she is. Don't play dumb. She's in the real world." He said. "Real world?" She questioned; "Ah! Her. I forgot about her. Well you have a wife now."

"This is not real." Malachi pointed between them; "It's just a dream."

Lilianna grinned. "Oh really?" She said; "Want me to slap you so you can wake up." She raised her hand but Malachi seized her by her wrist. "Are you out of your mind?" Malachi inquired; "What are you a yandere?"

Lilianna hummed. "Maybe. I can be your mad hatter." She said then materialized one of her swords; "You want me to try to wake you up with this?" Malachi's eyes widened when he saw the sword spinning right in front of him. Out of shock he let of go Lilianna's wrist. "No! What the hell, Lily!" He said and saw her smiling. "and stop smiling that's so creepy when you're about to murder me."

"Murder you? Me?" She said; "But I thought you said it's just… a dream. So it shouldn't be that bad. Then you'll wake up and be with her. Happy ending. So just a stab and boom you might wake up."

"You know what I think I'd prefer the slap." Malachi said. Lilianna pouted. "Aww… But I prefer the sword." She said. Malachi glared. "The slap." He said. "But the sword is more exhilarating." She said.

"No, the-" Malachi stopped mid-sentence; "Wait how did I end up for asking for a slap. Look Lilianna I have a girlfriend. You wouldn't like it if someone acted like this with your boyfriend, would you?"

"Hmm well… You're right. I wouldn't like it. If it was in this world I'd probably kill her. If I felt merciful enough that is." Lilianna said.

"See and you're being like that person you would want to kill right now." Malachi said. Lilianna hummed. "Your answer is logical… But not exhilarating. So what if I am?" Lilianna said than laughed. Her eyes turned darker. "Me? Killed? Don't make me laugh. Impossible. Even if your girlfriend were to come here she couldn't kill me. Her knowledge is even punier than the power your exerting right now. The four elements in this world are all based of science, physics, astrology, magic and a couple religious elements. Kill me? Please. Not a chance. Her knowledge is but like a grain of sand on a beach compared to mine."

With every word that Lilianna claimed her superiority Malachi's fist and jaw clenched. "Lily," Malachi said through gritted teeth; "Knowledge in books is not everything."

"In the real world perhaps yes. But in this world. It is key" Lilianna said and shrugged. "Plus you mentioned it. I just spoke the truth on the topic. Why are you even getting so mad? I just said that she couldn't kill me because I was amongst the top ranked while she was… well… I don't know what she was…"

"Lily!" Malachi said; "Will you stop! You're so pushy damn and!" Lilianna just smiled which pissed him off more. "Yup. That's me!" Lilianna said. "Lily, this. is not. the time to be cheerful."

"Oh, you're angry." She said. "Yes, I am." Malachi replied. "Good." She said then took a step back and grabbed his hand. "What- Lily." He said sternly. "Calm down." She said. Malachi scowled. "You did not just say that." He said; "And will you stop smiling."

"No can do." She said; "I need you to be angry in order to get a stronger level of fire out of you. By theory it should work."

"You can not be serious." Malachi said; "I am not an experiment."

"Oh, I am very serious." Lilianna said; "It's trial and error, Vinci. Trial and error."

Lilianna formed a small cubicle of ice in her right hand and brought it above his heart. "What are you going to do now stab me?" Malachi said. Lilianna shook her head. "I think I pissed you off enough so I created it." She said. Malachi blinked. "A pointy piece of ice seriously?"

Lilianna nodded. "Now, concentrate on me being irritating. Imagine the anger flowing from here." She lightly pressed the spot above his heart then dragged it lightly to the hand she was holding. "To here. Then feel the magic moving like that."

"Lily." Malachi said unamused not liking their proximity. Lilianna just rolled her eyes. "Just do what I said and execute the damned energy, Malachi." She said. Malachi scowled but did as she said.

Slowly a small aura appeared. A small spark. Then the fire took on a shape then… Boom!

Lilianna stumbled back a little. "Crap. I didn't move back in time." Lilianna cursed herself under her breath as she hissed. Her hands had some burn marks while she had some smaller ones on her arms and face.

"Guess I underestimated you a little. The fire was just too pretty when it turned into a carnation. Still though those petals hurt like hell." She said inspecting the damage:

"I never wrote in the carnation forming as an ability though. So perhaps your anger and gaming experience caused it. Well this went well."

"This went well? We both got burned!" Malachi said. Lilianna looked up and realized he had gotten burned too. "Oh I forgot you get burned by your own elemental energy." She said.

She flicked her wrist again to bring them both onto the bed. "Gah! What-" Malachi said in surprise; "Be careful."

"Sit still. I'll heal us." Lilianna said and was about to summon a liquid. However as if on que the black cat brought something.