Diana

Diana found herself crashing onto the fall, as Aroma allowed her get closer before stepping aside.

"Get up and come with me." Aroma said, not paying attention to her heavy breathing and enraged expression.

Getting in front of the wooden plank design in a human form and planted in the ground; Aroma moved closer to one and gesture for Diana to the same.

Diana, still feeling extremely pissed, did as she was told, but was fuming with rage inside. Thanks to her exposing outfit, the area she got hit at was now red. Although Aroma didn't apply force to it, her skin is exposed and thanks to its colour; it will get red even if one rub a thumb on it.

"You will start with endurance. All of them here would allow you hit them freely, but you will still get to feel the pain in the end because they are used to pain. You need a certain amount of strength in your hits to make them feel something or at least not be able to keep a straight face after the hit." Aroma explained.

'Not if I give my ultimate move. Even the immortal will feel it.' Diana said in her head.

"Now come here." Aroma said. The dummy hand were sideways, leaving it completely open for attacks from different angles.  In a slow motion, she explained to Diana how to achieve hits, which Diana squinted her eyes in response to.

Asking her to move in front of the dummy, she helped her with the hand movement. Not rushing her but taking it slow for her to grasp what she's teaching well.

Diana followed and after an hour of restarting which seems like torture to Diana, while Aroma remained the same; she finally understoodd the steps.

Moving to the second dummy, Aroma and Diana began practicing the move separately. They weren't hitting the dummy yet, just mastering the movements of the blows.

After Aroma was assured that Diana has really understood the movements, "watch!" She said and began hitting the dummy in that same move she thought her.

Diana held her breath as Aroma fair skin began to turn red from the impact of the hit, yet her expression remained the same like it's nothing.

"Give it a go." She instructed.

"I should hit a wooden plank?" Diana asked in disbelief.

"Yes, do it." Aroma replied flatly, without any hint of playfulness in her tone.

Seeing that her expression is changing, Diana slowly began. Hitting the under arm of the dummy, the chest, tummy, hitting it's thigh with her leg and all.

She now regretted putting on such outfit. Aroma, without minding her skin that were changing colours already, kept on instructing, "chest! arm! kick!" she kept guiding her.

Diana thought it was the end until, "Apply more force to the hit." Aroma said.

"What!" Diana exclaimed.

"Go on. Imagined the pain from it as the one you're feeling from your opponent's hit. Let's build your endurance to pain first, so go on." Aroma said, folding her arms across her chest, not leaving room for arguments.

Diana inside was in turmoil, 'am I really gonna do this?' She asked in her head, but Aroma seem to mean it and not kidding at all.

"It hurts." she said.

"Do as you're told." Aroma replied, her expression turning frosty.

Diana gulped and slowly began applying force to it. As time went by, she began to cry in the process, but Aroma kept asking her to put in more effort, without minding her tear filled eyes.

Lunch hour has passed, yet she didn't release her. Diana hands and legs were swollen now. A few cuts on her hands, her irises red from crying too much, her blemishes didn't exhistate to go deep clotted as well. She looked completely messed up, yet Aroma didn't seem affected by it.

"Go on." She said as Diana was about to stop due to the pain getting unbearable. She looks like she might pass out at any moment from now.

Seeing her eyes losing its energy, "that's it for today." Aroma said.

Diana entire being crashed onto the floor, her tears falling uncontrollably. She whimpered and carefully placed both hands on her lap.

"Go to the infirmary and ask after Amy to get yourself treated before going for swimming. She will know what to do when she sees your wound." Aroma said and turned to leave.

"That's it TUD, you can crash down, cry and get treated after the enemy has been eliminated. Before then, you need to hold on and keep fighting." She added and finally left.

Diana slowly got up after crying to her heart's content. She sluggishly walked toward the infirmary as instructed, not knowing exactly what to think. She couldn't believe she thought it's easy at first.

Nathan saw her, but she didn't see him. He saw how messed up she look and shook his head. He knew he had to talk to Aroma, not that she will listen anyway, because even he himself has no right to interfere in how a senior chose to build up his/her trainee, but he has to ask her to take it easy on her.

After asking someone to ask Aroma to come and see him; he left for his room.

A few hours later, Aroma walked into Nathan's room after knocking slightly. Getting to where she knew Nathan will surely be, which is on the sofa, staring at the view of the outside from the transparent glass in his room.

And yes, he was there, but has his eyes closed. Aroma was about to wake him, but it's rare to have a clear view of his face like this.  Most of the time she saw him sleeping, was after nursing him through the night after he had his nightmare.

Seeing him sleep so peacefully, she couldn't help but want to enjoy more of the view, couldn't help but wished she could touch his face and rub her thumb on his full brow.

She felt her heart squeezed at her own thoughts. It's a dream that can never come true and she knew that, if only Nathan didn't intentionally call her sister whenever he realized she's acting different; she might not feel this bad.

Nathan opened his eyes and saw her standing in front of him with a saddened expression. He felt pissed and bit his lower lip in frustration, 'this naughty girl.' he said in his head.

"Tiffany stop doing this to yourself." Nathan spoke.

Aroma body froze for a second, 'f*ck! he caught me.' she cursed in her head.