*Leana*
Scary. I already said that he was scary. Standing here alone in the darkness of the cafe confirmed that even more. What does he want from me? I thought about my dreams. About the knife he held against my throat. If he wanted to do something terrible to me, nobody was able to stop him here. We were alone.
At first, I thought about hiding from him. But it was too late, he already saw me. When he came over with determined steps, I went backward to bring a table between us.
For a moment we stood there facing each other. It was so quiet that I could hear the refrigerator working. With the spear light, it was difficult to guess what Elan was going to do. Did he have the facial expression of a killer who breaks down into other houses to take down girls? I couldn't see.
'Say something, Le', he finally demanded.
Wasn't he the one who should say something?
Besides what right did he have to call me Le? I didn't like it when strangers call me that.
'Why would I say something? What should I say?', I snapped back. His words irritated me, and my fear turned into anger.
*Elan*
This Le who isn't saying something was strange. This was not Le at all. I have known her my whole life and she has never been like this. All the time Le never ran out of words. She always had something to say. Facing this silence now scared me.
Even though the situation was strange I had felt very relieved since I recognized her in the stadium. It was good to see her. To know that she was alive. Finally. After these last two years in which I had heard nothing from her. It was time for her to explain now.
Why did she let me suffer this much? Why didn't she give me the chance to find her? In the past two years, I never quit looking for her and until yesterday never had any clue.
Every day I got up in the morning I hoped that this was the day I would meet her again. I always expected her to show up eventually. She never came. Until yesterday.
I always imagined that the moment I met her again would make me burst with happiness, but right now, I just didn't know how to react. Hesitantly I stepped towards her. Now, when there was no table between us, I was able to touch her. But it didn't feel right to do so.
Instead, I looked around. 'Do you work here?'
'Why would I tell you, that I'm working here?'
'So, you do work here'
'Forget it. That's not your business. Why do you care?'
That hurts. Of course, it's my business 'Le, why are you doing this to me?'
'I'm not doing anything to you. You should leave'
'Just like this? Don't you have to tell me something?'
'I've got nothing to say to you'
'Why? At least explain, why you left me. I will always wait for you. You can always come back to me'
'Psycho!', she turned away, but before she could leave, I grabbed her wrist.
Very quickly and unexpectedly Le turned back, ran behind me, and twisted my arm in my back. My shoulder hurt.
'Le', I gasped surprised 'when did you learn to do this?'
The position became more and more uncomfortable, and I tried to free myself without hurting her. When I almost regained control of my arm, Le tried again to hold me. I dodged and we both fell to the floor. The chair next to us followed us. We were still fighting. In the end, Le was the one who was above me, pushing my wrists against the floor so I couldn't move.
When did she become so strong?
'Where have you and your sister been? Why didn't you tell us anything? Fen and I were both worried about you two. Not just us, the others also', I tried to ignore my uncomfortable position while talking.
For a moment, the anger on Le's face faded. Her grip softened. Then the anger was back, she also looked desperate now. Her fingers squeezed my wrists even stronger.
'I have no sister'
That was the moment, I realized. Le would never deny Mira as her sister. She wasn't acting like this because she wanted to ignore me but because she couldn't remember. Not me, not even her sister.
*Leana*
Suddenly, the boy was quiet. He looked like he wanted to say something, but all he did was frown and stare at the ceiling. Something in Elan's posture changed. His arms lost tension. When he looked at me, tears left his eyes. What's with him?
I didn't get what happened in the last minutes and I had no clue what happened now to change his behavior in one second.
In confusion, I subconsciously let go of him. I only noticed this when he gave me a gentle push to be able to stand up.
I still sat on the floor and so he had to look down when he whispered to me in his rough voice.
'I'm sorry. I didn't know'