Hey everyone, I had just got the ending one week ago, and I decided to write a short story about Aya after the endings.

This is my first IU fic, and I'm not a native speakers, so probably there would be a lot of mistakes. So please forgive me, and enjoy the story.

p/s: I don't own IU and its characters.

WAITING

One week had past after that fateful day. But I couldn't put myself into sleep. Those sleepless nights, they drank all my energy.

After return to Fayel, I was not so surprised to find out that my mother went into a deep coma; she probably won't wake up anytime soon, like Touma, Seraphina, and Savio. It was our fault after all, because we defeated Veros-the God of Moon, the one that gives us blessings with these lunaglyphs. As the result, the final chain was cut, and the world is no longer at the edge of destruction, the moon was liberated, and all the aristos fell into sleep.

After this journey, I had lost so much people that dear to me: Lord Sigmund, my father, my mother and above all: him. I lost him due to my stubbornness, if I didn't bring him along when I realized that he is not Lord Sigmund, then probably, he is still somewhere out there, playing his 'such ridiculous name' songs, smiling, and…and living. If I just left him alone at that prison, no, if I left him like that he would be dead earlier by the hands of the Order Knights. Back then, I should at least listen to Lord Sigmund and Edward, I should left him behind, however I insisted on letting him go with me, insisted on making him become a Force member. Because why? Because of my selfishness. Capell looks really alike Lord Sigmund, he look exactly like the one I held lots and lots of respect and feelings towards. But with all the busy things destroy the chain, liberate the moon and free the people, and with a beautiful and charming Michelle (who has that thing bigger than mine) took care of him whenever he was injured, he didn't need me at all. I hated to admit that I was jealous, and I wanted to be the one that standing besides him. So, I kept Capell for myself.

Capell just have the same face as Lord Sigmund and nothing else. His attitude, his swordsman skills and the way he was acted so childish and thoughtless, he can't be compared to my perfect, fearless Lord. I kept him around myself and thought of him as Lord Sigmund. However, my whole selfish mind immediately took a change when he saved me at Nolaan. I heard from Rico and Rucha that he carried me all the way here (with everyone else's help of course.) Still, I caused him trouble but he didn't complain anything, even one single word. "Capell, I owed you this time."

As the journey continues, I started to see his real nature. He was coward-yes, he was stupid-definitely, he was carefree-no discussion. However he owns a kind and gentle heart. He insisted to escort the refugee back to their village; he even disobeyed Lord Sigmund's order. He ran off to the desert to find Leif, Faina's brother when she asked him to. Suddenly, I felt he became so strong and dependable, his shoulder seemed wider every second and I wanted to lean on it, breath in the warm feeling that his protective lap gives me. And my face got burned up when that girl (Faina) kept staring at him with those dreamy eyes of hers and Capell did nothing but smiled back and reminded her the promise 'will do anything' that she made. What an idiot!

Now I was sitting in chamber and thinking about him. One week, only one week had past after the day the Force returned in everyone's glorification, but soon their happiness was wiped out by the painful look on the Force's members and the unconscious figures of the three aristos.

Flash back,

"Where is Lord Sig…Capell?" a child tugged on my wrist, asked with the most innocent look of his.

"He…he is…" All the emotions that I tried my best to keep deep down inside my heart erupted abruptly. I felt those hot tears ran down my cheeks as I collapsed in the pool of sadness and hopelessness-again.

Flash back end.

"Your highness, Miss Dominica wishes to see you."

"Let her in." I stood up from the bed and fixed myself up in front of the mirror and welcomed Dominica with the happiest smile I could fake. "What's it Dominica? What brings you here today?"

"Nothing really, I just have a little business at Sapran, so I think I would stop by to say hello." The red haired woman stepped inside and closed the door behind her. "Say Aya? How are you?"

"Just fine, as always." I replied with a cold tone, proving that I was lying. How can I be fine after all things that happened?

"It had been one week, hadn't it? I feel like it's just yesterday." She put her spear down and reached out to stroke Gustav's fur which it lazily asleep on the floor.

I remained silent. My eyes were wandering at Casandra castle then at the blue, round moon. In my head drawing the picture of his, in Lord Sigmund's outfit and his last words:

"Don't worry, I promise we will meet each other again."

"Aya!" the voice suddenly drawn me from my stream of thoughts and brought me back to the reality. I looked up and saw Dominica and Gustav both staring at me, a huge grin formed on her eyebrow as she spoke:

"Aya, I don't know how much you care for him, how much you love him? But will you stop acting like that. Everyone is worry about you. You still have a whole country to take care of, with the lunaglyph and aristo gone; it would so many problems for people to deal with monsters and disasters."

Dominica stopped and walked towards the window, she knocked on the crystal glass, pointing at the big, full moon: "What you are doing is against what Capell and Lord Sigmund want to do, Aya. Their idea is not wanting to see the people out there suffer while you are sitting here and ignoring them over your pain. It is not like you Aya."

"It is not like you...like the Aya I love."

Is it really true? Is it what you wish for Capell?

'Yes, Aya.'

"Thank you Dominica, I feel a lot better now. I will continue walking on the path that my parents had taken." I picked up the bow that was left lonely forgotten over one week at the right corner of the room, and pointed it towards the reflection of the moon through the window: "I'm not going to lose to you. Please watch over me."

'And...come back to me...like your promise."

That's it for now. I think it's not very good though. But thanks for reading it.

Please review, let me know what you think. And the next chapter will be here shortly.