@gentlelewis
Lewis had said he went on lots of adventures with his friends and while Shiori had been certainly inclined to believe it... She hadn’t realized this is what he meant. Gone almost a month or so, with texts and calls in between, but quickly missing him. Despite being an immortal, Shiori had an incredible sense of time, so each moment he was away felt like an eternity.
He wouldn’t even tell her when he was coming home, wanting it to be a surprise. While there was no doubt in Shiori’s mind that he’d be right on the money with that, it still brought her heart to unsettled patience; it didn’t want to wait, but would for him. For Lewis.
So when she got home one night, after being out most of the day in a hunt for inspiration (and with a cake in hand to treat herself), it was a shock to look up and see a familiar face relaxing back on the couch, looking tired, but....! It was him-!!
“Lew....? Lewis!!!” Shiori quickly dropped her stuff by the door, cake slice shoved onto the stand near the door, and nearly launched herself at him, face pressed into his chest uncomfortably, but without much care for that. “I’ve missed you...!”
