Toward the unreachable, you...

He looked right and left but couldn't see Eleanor anywhere, surrounded by nobles he saw his brother and asked him,

"Al, did you see Eleanor by any chance.."

"No, but she was eating at that table, I told her to wait for me but these guys are really persistent...why are you looking for her?"

"I...it is just...something happened and I wanted to explain it to her but I can't find her."

'No,...is there even a need to explain it to her? her misunderstanding me is what I hoped for but why?....now that I thing about it I don't know why....' he thougth while looking everywhere for her.

"Sigh....you must have done something that you are regretting, let's look for her she mustn't have gone far. I will help you."

"Yeah, thanks Al."

'something I regret,...yeah that explain my anxiousness....I wanted to hurt her like it did to me when she told me that she kissed someone else...but in the end it hurt me more to see her pained expression..' he keep thinking about his feeling and searched for her everywhere. But neither of them could find her, the party ended and Alphonse who was about to leave said,

"You should talk to her when you find her and resolve the misunderstanding. Well I will come back tomorrow before going to Oasius."

"Okay see you tomorrow.."

All this time Eleanor was wandering around the garden. 'Fortunately, the garden isn't dark since it is the emperor's birthday, they really did a good job decorating the imperial palace and even the garden with these beautiful lighting.' She thought, while admiring the view, she was trying to distract herself to not think about depressing thing that happened earlier. As soon as she was remembering of what he did, tears were overflowing from her beautiful blue eyes.

As she was feeling the wind trough her soft hair, she remembered what Al told her about the Lac behind her palace. Even though, she was scared of getting caught, she still wanted to see it, so her curiosity getting the better of her she went toward the Lac.

Francis was drinking wine in his room and he got the unexpected visit of the only person he didn't want to see. Louis entered his room without asking for permission and that irritated him even more because he wanted to be alone and also because she was the cause of Eleanor's disappearance. Though, he knew deep inside that it was all his fault for acting on impulse. He is regretting now because the woman standing before him got the wrong idea about the kiss.

His butler was in from of the door troubled and feeling anxious of Francis's wrath, since he knew that his master didn't want to be disturbed. Francis told the butler that he can leave and without looking at her he drank his wine. He was lying in his sofa and his hair and shirt were disheveled. Louis sat beside him and said,

"Francis, why did you leave like that at the party. I wanted to talk to you about us."

"What do you mean by us?!" He said with an indifferent expression and tone.

"Don't do this to me Francis, you know how I love you....you kissed me surely because you feel the same."

"Well, sorry to disappoint you Louis but you are wrong...."

Before he finished, she suddenly got up in anger and said,

"No, you can't do this to me Francis....I..I know that you often play around with woman but you were never serious with them so I thought...."

"That one day I would reciprocate your feeling? Is that what you are trying to say hehehe....you womans are so gullible." He continued her sentence while laughing with contempt.

".....Is it because of that woman you suddenly took with you?"

"That isn't your business."

"How can you said that, you are rejecting me for that filthy bitch who is using her body to get you."

"Shut up! Louis I am being lenient with you because you are a friend of mine....but keep talking like that and I promise you that you will get the worst fate."

"You...you already love that woman! how could you, you don't even know her and I...I..." She said before bursting into tears and running out of the room.

'Love...heh I don't even know what that mean...I know that I feel affection for my brother and friends but I never feel anything as deep as love. And Eleanor make me feel weird, angry, happy and she makes me laugh every times I see her but can that be called love?!' Francis was lost in thought, he looked toward the window and decided to go to the place he usually went, when he was in this state of mind.