Eleanor and Rudy were sitting on the bed, right next to each other, and looking into each other's eyes. It seed as though they were going to jump on each other at any given mont.
"You shouldn't have lied to him like that," Rudy uttered.
"Hmm?"
"Eric… you told him you will get on the next flight even though you are already ho."
"Was I supposed to tell him that you rescued from the crashing plane and brought ho?"
"You could…" Rudy shrugged.
"Is that so?" Eleanor raised her brow and asked, "Then why didn't you tell him when he told you about the crash? You could have said, 'Don't worry, I will save her.' at that ti, right?"
"I an… I could have, but I didn't lie to him like you just did…"
SIGH!
"Let's not have this conversation right now, okay? I truly don't want to start an argunt when we have just t after a long ti. Although I am sure, it hasn't been that long for you."
She stated.
"When was the last ti we t?"
"Eighteen years ago," Eleanor replied instantly.
"No, no. When was the last ti you t Rudy? In my past life, we used to et often whenever I ca over to play with Eric. But I haven't been doing that in this life, at least not as much. I still do co over, but I don't say long."
"Oh, you an that way. Then… I think around… umm… 4 months ago?"
"Damn… that's longer than I expected."
Eleanor got up from the bed and moved to her closet.
"Where are you going?" Rudy asked.
"I could really use a bath right now. I feel weird. Too many emotions are fighting inside , trying to take over my mood."
"Are you sure you are not trying to run away from answering my questions?" he comnted with a knowing look on his face.
"I don't think that would work if I were to try that. You can touch and learn everything you need to know. So why don't you just do it? It would save from trouble from answering and also save our ti."
"Co on… Elena. I thought you would be happy to see , but… it seems like…" Rudy sighed and clicked his tongue. "You are treating like I am a stranger."
"I am not. And when I said I want to take a bath, that was an indirect invitation to you too."
She closed her closet with clothes in her hands.
"Co on." She pointed her gaze at the bathroom door.
"Err… I think we should have a talk before… Well, jumping in the bathtub together."
"Then wait for to finish taking a bath. Mind you, it could take an hour to three hours. I might as well just fall asleep as I didn't have much sleep last night because I had to catch a flight."
After saying that, Eleanor entered the bathroom, leaving the door open.
'Ah, that's the sa old Elena I know.'
Rudy didn't want to bathe with Eleanor because he knew he wouldn't be able to control himself after seeing her naked body. He also had so really important questions to which he needed answers, and he couldn't afford to forget those questions while admiring Eleanor's mature beauty.
Regardless, he wouldn't stop himself and got stripped. He checked the door of Eleanor's room and noticed it was closed but not locked. So he locked it and went into the bathroom.
There, he saw Eleanor standing near the bathtub— fully clothed—folding her arms below her bosom and staring at the doorway.
"..."
"Who is excited now, huh?" Eleanor teased with a grin.
"Argh. Stop being so cheeky, or you will regret it soon enough."
"You are bluffing. You are just flustered because you fell into my trap."
"I didn't."
"Then how co you are standing naked in the bathroom in front of ?"
"I just took off my clothes because I didn't want them to get wet in the bathroom."
"Oh?"
"And don't act like you planned all this. You are still wearing your clothes only because you are waiting for the water to fill the bathtub."
"You are not entirely wrong. There is one more reason, which I am willing to tell you if you hug ."
"You and your gas… seriously…"
Rudy walked closer to Eleanor and hugged her tightly.
"You can tell now."
"Why don't you just read my thoughts?"
"I won't."
Eleanor slowly moved her hands and hugged Rudy back.
"I missed your hugs."
"But we hugged after I saved you from the plane."
"That doesn't count."
They continued hugging and stayed like that for minutes, even after filling the bathtub, and the water had started overflowing.
"Umm… Elena?"
"The tub is overflowing."
"Then stop it."
Rudy pressed the switch using telekinesis and stopped the water.
"I can't believe I am truly hugging you again. I missed you so so much. Even though Rudy was here, it wasn't you. You didn't have mories of the monts we shared in the past."
"Hmm. I did too. Even though it hasn't been long since I returned from 1990, I missed you all the ti. I wanted to et you so badly, and I couldn't wait for your return. Thanks for waiting for … Elena."
"Eleanor."
"Hmm?"
"Call Eleanor."
"I can't, and I won't."
"But that's my na."
"Is it? Everyone called you Elena back then."
"Yes, because that was easy to pronounce."
"That's a la reason."
"It's not. I was a teacher. And the kids couldn't pronounce my na, so they called Elena."
"What about the adults, then? Your grandparents called you Elena too."
"That was just their way of giving a nickna. And as for the adults… they always mispronounced my na, and I didn't like it. I would rather want them to call Elena than a wrong na."
"What's wrong with mispronouncing the na? It's not like it would change the aning."
"You wouldn't understand the pain of the people whose nas are mispronounced all the ti."
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