#ft eddie
HEcould feel his mouth salivating at the smell of fried noodles, licking his lips as if to control his urge to gobble the entire packet of noodles in one go. Lucky for him, he was able to control it by having himself a drink, sipping it through the fancy straw he had. He would rather wait for his sister figure to settle in first before taking his food. But the moment he said a familiar name out in front of Areum, Edison shifted his attention after he placed his drink down and grabbed his packet of stir-fried noodle. Of course, his excitement usually got him into conversations like these – which he would certainly do the honours of telling her about Cora.
“Oh Coco?” He slurped his noodle, raising his hand to mirror the same thing Areum did out of manner. Oh, where would he even start with this? There were a lot of things Edison could talk about with his sister such as how he met Cora and his friends, how they spent time together – and the one time he blamed himself for separating his friends to different realms or dimensions after he escaped the future. With legs crossed Indian style, Edison cleared his throat and lowered his food down, as if he was ready to tell a tale.
“She’s one of my bestest friends back in the future, along with Jalen and a few I’ve met!” He nodded his head, the corners of his lips curved upwards slightly. “She’s really cute and whenever she’s scared or something, I’m always there to make her feel better, like what I do all the time. Oh oh! Coco can do magic tricks too! Like like like…she could make flowers grow or something cooler than that too! It’s so pretty and cool!” He added. It was then, the smile he had on his face turned upside down as he fiddled with the wooden chopstick. Edison fell silent for a few seconds, taking in a deep breath before he exhaled.
“Coco changed a lot after I…tried to use my power to escape from that place.” He kept his head low. That particular memory was something that Edison could not move on from, as he recalled the first time he met Cora being distant towards him – and for that, he always blamedhimselffor separating his friends due to his inexperience back then. However, it was not the time to brood about it. He shook his head and looked up at Areum, flashing a small grin at her before he took another big chunk of his noodle to stuff it in his mouth. “Anyway, she’s now an empress of this pretty kingdom in her realm – and she has DRAGONS too!”
future , there were still a lot of things that areum was not aware about edison . no matter how close they were , just like she wasn’t fond of talking of her past . she knew the feeling of guilt that lingered when one is unable to change the outcomes of certain actions . till she listens to the younger speak – watching the glint in his eyes as he tells her of this coco person . how much he must have felt at the outcomes played out only for him to push back his emotions with a smile on his features . even the sun dims a bit every now and then and all she could do was reach out to softly ruffle his locks . ❛ she seems like a very interesting person . almost like she and i have the same gifts . ❜ she utters out before paying attention to the food placed in her sight . ❛ i’m sure she’s a great person and i’m sure that things will get better , eddie . ❜ but she won’t dwell on the topic for her brother’s sake .
❛ i might be transferred to a different department soon. ❜ conversation lingers in the air as areum paused her eating to take a drink out of her boba that was brought . her stomach feeling with content that she had at last feed it some honest food unlike the cups of ramen lingering about . ❛ i got the news yesterday from my boss . they want to place me with the linguistics team . guess they finally took to notice how easily people seem to give me permission for things . ❜ came from the fact that last month she had been gone for a week in france to help aid the director of the museum in his task of getting an exhibit from france for a few months . ❛ do you think i should take it ? ❜ question lingers in the air as she glances for a moment over at the younger , wondering what her brother’s opinion would be . ❛ iunno how i feel about taking a desk job . ❜ she hums out , pushing her finished bowl off to the side as she leans a bit into her chair ; bones of her tense body cracking at the motion as areum releases a soft sigh .
❛ they are offering better pay too . ❜
