"I don't need your advice, I need motivation – which your girlfriend already gave me plenty of," Felix shot back, ironically referring to Ruby's mocking from earlier."My apologies, man. Ruby has always been that way," Elvis sighed.On the other hand, Elsa felt totally left out and confused."Wait, you guys have met each other before?" Elsa asked, peering at the two men in front of her, who were exchanging scrutinizing glances.Felix said, "Of course, just a few hours ago, at the party.""Oh... Wait, bro? You were at the party too? Then... How come you didn't get stained by the paint?!" Elsa was shocked. She had just played a prank where her brother was! Isn't that a boomerang?Elvis shrugged. "Well, luckily, I smelled something fishy when I edged closer to the back door of the restaurant so I headed out immediately with Ruby. I saw a man and a woman connecting a pipe to a tank and the woman looked like...." He suddenly turned to Elsa with a frown. "Wait, Elsa, how did you know it rai

|Civil Records Office|A car pulled up in front of the two-storeyed registration office. Elsa felt the atmosphere in the car become tense. She glanced over at Felix and saw that his expression was cold and distant, his forest green eyes staring into space."Felix, what's wrong?" She subtly frowned, concerned.Felix's steely gaze darted to meet hers. "Nothing, just that they will see the real me today."With that, he got out of the car.Elsa nodded, slyly. “I'll stay in here and wait then.”As the car pulled up in front of the Civil Records Office, Elsa felt a sense of tension in the air. She looked over at Felix, whose normally warm expression had been replaced by a cold and distant one. "Felix, what's wrong?" she asked with concern.Felix's steely gaze met hers. "Nothing, just that they'll see the real me today," he replied, his voice devoid of emotion.Elsa nodded in understanding. "I'll wait here for you then."He opened the car door and stepped out, walking towards the building i

Felix and Elsa walked out of the registration office, still thinking about all that transpired.Felix was happy that he finally got freedom while Elsa was huffing over the show that they caused, but blushing at how Felix defended her.Suddenly, her stomach grumbled, and then she realized she had not eaten lunch. "Oops..." She held her stomach demurely, hoping Felix did not hear the sound.Felix, who had heard the sound, stopped, facing her. Seeing the embarrassed expression on her face, he held back his teasing words, acting natural."Would you want to grab lunch at that restaurant? I heard they serve good high-end Italian dishes," Felix said, pointing over to a nearby restaurant across the road.Elsa breathed in relief, relieved that Felix did not hear the embarrassing sound. "Eh? Sure, why not? I'm literally starving right now."With that, they began to walk towards the restaurant, side by side.As they walked into the cozy Italian restaurant, the smell of garlic and tomato sauce fi

“You know you can just surrender now! I'm not gonna kill you or something; I just need answers!” Felix shouted, hoping Axe does not jump into the dead-end alley. It took him so long to finally get to this point, and he wasn't ready to let every hard work go down the drain.But before Felix could say jack, Axe took a last look at him, then ran into the open, dark cave, disappearing far into Felix's horizon.“Hey, Come back here!!! Oh, shit!!!” It took Felix self-restraint not to jump into the alley with him to pursue him. Cursing, he took out his phone and called Jake, telling him all that happened. He wasn't done yet; infact, it is still too far from the end. No matter what, he needed to get that Axe of a man. He ran back to the main road, boarded a taxi and hurried back home, different thoughts running through his head.*As Felix dashed out of the restaurant, Elsa sat there in shock, trying to process what had just happened. Her heart was beating like thuds against her chest,

“Hey don't be so dramatic,” Elsa rolled her eyes, still sulking over her broken knuckles. Damn! His chest is as hard as a rock!Felix laughed it off and arranged everywhere, grabbing another bottle of water to drink.After a while, Felix suggested, “should we go for a long walk down the street?" “You definitely read my mind. I also wanna go for a little sightseeing,” Elsa agreed, and they left the gym, heading outside.As they walked through the park, Felix turned to Elsa and asked, “So, how did you get into martial arts and self-defense from the start?”Elsa smiled, “I've always been interested in action movies. I love seeing the characters fight and do all those cool moves.”As she spoke, Elsa demonstrated a few moves, throwing a few punches and kicks in the air.He found it amusing and commented, “Well, you certainly have the enthusiasm for it.”Elsa smiled, and then suddenly said, “remember when I told I have a special ability you'd like to learn about while training me?”Felix r