Reaching out

“I’m also glad to meet you” Rio said, and we introduced ourselves. After a few days we became close, in case Anastasius didn't play and bond with us much because he was the first Prince and he also had responsibilities and duties, since Prince Claude also came all Cayena's attention was on him, that's why sometimes I just get angry with him, and at that time we didn't even know Chloe.

One day when I visited Cayena's room she was just sitting on the sofa

"Ohh Asher it's you" he said while smiling, I smiled back at him and sat down next to him

"Asher, we haven't been to the lake in a long time, let's go!" she nursed me, I smiled at her

"Osige tara" I said, I'm happy because I can be with him again just us. When we reached the lake Cayena immediately ran closer to the water

"Wooooowww, Asher look at that oh! That's a nice fish!" he said as his eyes shone looking at the creek

"Just don't get too close to the water, you might fall!" I remind him

"Yes, come and look oh" he said while pointing at me, I approached him and looked at the fish

"Wow! That's nice" I promised

"Asher can you pick a flower? We'll play and then make a flower crown" he said

"okey I said and went near a tree a bit far from the creek, I was picking flowers when I saw him trying to reach

"Hey! What are you reaching for? You might fall into the water! It's still deep!" I shouted at him

"The lily, I'm reaching out!" he shouted back, he reached for it until his legs slipped on his knees and he finally went into the water.

"CAYENA !!" I shouted and dropped the flowers I was holding and quickly approached him, when I approached he was drowning

"T-Help! Asher!" he shouted, I wanted to go down into the water but I couldn't swim, until I saw him slowly sinking

"Cayena !!" I shouted, until someone suddenly came out of the trees and quickly ran closer to the creek and immediately jumped and saved Cayena, when they both climbed up Cayena lost consciousness and immediately c by pr Cayena, breathing that he finally but also immediately fainted.

When we arrived at the Palace they immediately took Cayena and went to the hospital

"What happened to Cayena huh?" Emerald asked

"N-She drowned" I tearfully promised

"Huh? Why don't you pick him up right away ?!" Laurenzo said angrily, I just bent down and cried and thought that even if I didn't know how to swim, I would have helped lift him because his hand hadn't sunk yet, but because of the panic I couldn't move and think immediately.

I heard that Cayena was awake so I hurried to her room to apologize but when I got to the door I saw that Claude was there and talking to Cayena.

"Are you the one who saved me?" Cayena asked him

"Yes I saved you" Claude said while smiling

"Really? !!!" Cayena said and hugged him

"Thanks a lot!!" he said and he was still happy, I didn't go even though I wanted to tell Cayena that it wasn't him who saved her but someone else. From that day on, Cayena started chasing Claude until we graduated from high school. He was still the same, I was bored because he didn't pay attention to me anymore so I decided to talk to him.

"What's that Asher? Why do you want to talk to me and in this very meeting place?" he asked me and sat down next to me, while I just stared at the lake and the reflection of the moon

"Why are you chasing Claude?" I asked him

"Why? Because I like him, is there a problem there?" he asked me, I was bored and could not control my anger

"What's the problem huh? !!! THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU ALWAYS NOTICE CLAUDE, YOU HAVE ALL FORGOTTEN OUR FRIENDSHIP !!!! WHY DID YOU CHANGE? !!! EVEN YOUR BEHAVIOR AND THE WAY YOU DRESS YOU CHANGED !!!! YOU EVEN DYED YOUR HAIR JUST TO BE NOTICED !!! HAVE YOU BEEN FLIRTATING? !! " I shouted at him, I was surprised when he suddenly slapped me

"Flirty? Do you call me flirty because I just want my loved one to love me too huh? You know me better than anyone Ash you're the closest I've ever had of all my friends !!! You're the only one who hasn't turning their backs on me, they all turned their backs on me !! Mama, Papa, my older brothers, Emerald, Bea, Sky, Laurenzo as well as Jeanette treated me differently just because that Chloe came !! He took everything that was due to me, including Claude, and will you turn your back on me too? " he said while crying I was just dumbfounded by what he said

"You can say flirtatious but you couldn't help me when I was drowning, because you're a coward!" he said angrily and left beside me, I laughed bitterly and bowed down, I didn't realize that my tears suddenly dripped

"Ahhh I'm such a Jerk !!" I said and wiped the tears from my eyes, since then we haven't talked and the atmosphere between the two of us has always been awkward. We continued like that until he fell into the abyss, the more I thought he might die or he can't be in a coma, I haven't been able to apologize for everything I've done but it's good that he's alive.

*End Of Flashback of Asher*

"Do you call me flirtatious because I just want my loved one to love me too"- Cayena Rose