#chocoelise

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A Visitor (Gwen/Elise)

“She’s going to love this~.”

Gwen directed the horses through town, making her way to the Serenity Apartments building. With such a beautiful day, it would make sense that they should go on a ride. This was one of the few pleasures she allowed herself during a work day. She found that if she didn’t ride at least once a day, Gwen would lose focus and her ideas for her sanctuary dropped considerably.

A little bit of company didn’t hurt, either.

Reaching the apartment building, she stepped off Millie. As soon as she picked up a rock, she flung it at Elise’s window. Above that window was her own, a red handkerchief hanging out of it so she knew which one to hit. If she hadn’t done that, well, she would be hitting random windows, most likely angering her neighbors. She must have already bothered them so much. There was no need to bother them any further until she really needed to.

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It looked like it was going to be another long night closing up the shop again, and Elise heaved a dramatic sigh. There was no way she was walking alone again! After trying to think of who would still be out and about at this hour, she got an idea and pulled out her phone to text a certain aspiring chef. [ Txt ] Bonjour, Raeger! Are you busy? Well, even if you are, come walk me home! I don't want to have to walk alone in the dark. Again. [Txt] Please.

Eight o’clock. Raeger’s shift was over at last, and he was relieved by a poor fool of a coworker who’d come to take over the dinner rush. After changing out of his work clothes and into a more comfortable and less valuable pair of jeans and a t-shirt, he clapped a hand on his savior’s shoulder and they exchanged solemn looks. With this, the waiter was out the back door and and on his way down the sidewalk when an unmistakable buzzing in his back pocket stopped him in his tracks.

Elise…. He thought, sighing as he read the message on the screen and began typing a response.

[TXT]: You’re too needy. You know we live in totally different districts, right?

[TXT]: You’re lucky I just got off work. Don’t go anywhere, alright?

She was needy, it was true, but the idea of tiny Elise wandering around a city in the dark sent a stab of anxiety through his stomach, and two more for the word again tacked on at the end. Besides, he’d probably fare better at night that she would, so what was a little detour? 

Within fifteen minutes, he was standing outside Sonata Tailoring with only a brief moment to wonder about the girl he’d met the other day before spotting a familiar head of blondes curls. He waved.

“Sorry. Didn’t wait too long, did you?”