Chapter 116: A Talk Between Friends
Even though she had wanted to have some private time with Kim, now that she was settled at the table with something to eat, Elin found she'd lost interest in leaving right away. Not to say she wasn't interested in the idea of private time with Kim, it was more that she knew it could still be done later and since she'd seen Heather, she was hoping that she'd be able to catch up with her.
Though, there was also the part that she wasn't sure if Kim would be happy to hear about her. Since apparently Jonas had picked up on it, she knew she needed to talk with Kim about how she'd been useless and needed to find a way to talk with her about it, so Kim wouldn't eventually abandon her while they were stuck in this stupid competition.
Though, she did notice that Elmo seemed to be rather withdrawn himself, which she couldn't understand why. After all, he'd done everything that he could, so there wasn't a reason why he should be looking that way. It wasn't his fault that the portal nearly killed all of them as none of them could have predicted that.
Elin knew that she was the one primarily responsible for how bad things had gone. After all, she'd left Elmo to deal with it on his own while she merely did only enough to try and keep the goblins at bay. She hadn't tried to end them, but rather delay them. If she had gone in with the intention of defeating hem, then she was confident that they wouldn't have ended up being so cornered.
On top of that, when she was given the choice to rest more or push forward, she should have trusted Kim and opted to rest. If they hadn't gone to battle then, maybe they wouldn't have had such a difficult time in the fight. In essence, it all came down to the fact that she herself was the one responsible for all of it.
As Elin ate, she was especially conscious of Kim and Jonas at the table with them. She felt that she should talk with Elmo, but didn't really want to do that with Kim and Jonas around them. Not that she didn't trust them, but rather because it felt like it was something more private.
Just because they were a team didn't mean that they had to share everything with each other. Besides, she liked Elmo as a friend and didn't like seeing him looking so miserable.
Elin was only partway done with her soup when Kim finished hers. "Anytime you want, we can head up to our room," Kim whispered in Elin's ear.
Elin couldn't help but smile in anticipation as to what they were going to do, but rather than abandoning her soup, she turned to Kim, giving her a quick peck on the lips.
"I'd like to stay down here for a bit," Elin said. "I wanted to talk with Heather and Sonya first, but I'll be up as soon as I do that."
Kim merely smiled. "Don't take too long. I might fall asleep otherwise."