Good and Elle had been officially together for almost a week now. Before that, Good had been trying to court Elle since the very moment the not-so-human stepped back into his life, but it had not been an easy road. They had had to overcome some issues, including Elle not being... well, Elle, in a way. He had been studying at a university. The same one as Guide and his two friends, actually. Damn had he been surprised to see Elle there, when he came to pick up Guide. He had barely managed to make a sound.
It was similar to his response when he saw his flat mate that looked exactly like Kafe. Or was Kafe, or maybe her reincarnation? Yeah, they hadn’t figured that out yet. That was all for a later time, though. Now he just wanted to spend time with Elle. Something he should have done much sooner, instead of going after someone that looked like his ex-lover.
It had taken Good forever to get Elle to agree to date him. Later on he found out, that that was because Elle hadn’t understood what he had meant. He probably should have figured that out by the fact that Elle only gave him confused looks and no actual rejection. But, what happened happened, and in a way he’d deserved to have to put some effort into being with Elle. He put Elle through that whole Kafe thing, as if Kafe meant more to him than Elle. She didn’t. Not anymore.
The reason they hadn’t gone on a date before actually getting together, though, was because Elle didn’t know what a date was. Again, something he probably should have guessed, but perhaps he was still learning things about Elle each and every day. He didn’t mind that. He liked getting to know him, just but by bit. Elle’s mind was beautiful, but if he took it all in at once he’d probably end up at the hospital. And not for his work.
But, now, it was finally time for their first date. It was a cold day, so he had told Elle to dress warm. He himself wore a brown sweater, with simple jeans. Elle, on the other hand, wore a white hoodie with white jeans. The entire white attire made Elle look quite adorable, if Good were honest. He couldn’t let but smile.
“Where did you buy those?” Good asked. “The mall.” Elle replied with a smile, before walking to the door and giving him a look that asked ‘shall we go?’. Elle was always capable of expressing whatever he wanted to say, in simple expressions. Good found that that was one of the things he liked most about Elle. His need for little words while still always getting his point across.
He walked to the door and opened it for Elle, who walked through. They both went downstairs together. There was a silence in the elevator, but not an awkward one. It was a nice one, in which they both stole many looks of the other. At least, that’s what Good did. Elle just stared at him with a sweet smile. Perhaps the man didn’t even know how to be subtle.
They came out of the elevator together, walked to Good’s car and started driving. This time they did talk, but only about trivial things. Mainly things like favorite animals, favorite shows and so on and on. Though, Elle beamed when he spoke of cats, his favorite animal, and it lit up Good’s world.
They were almost at the destination. Only now did Elle ask where they were going. But Good stayed silent, and only smiled secretively. He didn’t look at Elle, but if he had he would have seen Elle’s usual resting smile grew a little bit bigger.
They arrived at a small cafe. It had a pink exterior, and looked exactly like the perfect cafe to take a girl to on a first date. He knew Elle wasn’t a girl, far from, but he loved pink and Good thought this little cute cafe would fit Elle’s taste regardless of how feminine it may look.
And he was right. Elle was beaming, you could probably put all lights out and his smile would be enough to light up the whole city. Maybe even the country, honestly. But, most certainly did his smile once again light up Good’s world.
The way his eyes lit up made that there were no words were needed about wether he liked it or not. He was glad he picked this over the expensive restaurant one of his coworkers had recommended. Someone with expensive taste might have preferred that, but Elle? Give him a dandelion and he’d think the world of you.
But all Good had to do was ask, and Elle would be willing to move the planets out order and create a second sun. They hadn’t said it out loud, but their feelings definitely went further than just liking. It took Elle disappearing for Good to realize that. Hopefully he learned his lesson, and it wouldn’t take another disappearance for him to say it out loud.
They walked inside and sat at a table. Soon, they were talking about everything and anything. Elle liked to talk about his cooking, and told him all about Jamie Oliver, his favorite cook. Good had no idea who that was, but listened with enthusiasm regardless.
Good complained about work, but also told Elle what it exactly was what he did. He told his about what studying medicine was like, the positive, but also the negative aspects. Elle listened and asked questions, and he was truly interested.
And like that, they got around to cover almost every topic you could think of. And all that over the pleasure of a few americanos for Elle, and a few black coffees for Good. Considering both their personalities, it wasn’t surprising that those had been their order.
After 3 hours of talking, a few cookies, and even more coffee, Good checked his watch and realized they had to leave.
“Hey, we’ve got some other places to go to, shall we?” Good asked. Elle nodded, and so they got up. While Good went to pay, Elle followed him, almost like a duckling following his mother. He heard the barista chuckle when they walked away, and Good couldn’t let but do the same. It must have been a funny sight.
They got in the car, up to the next destination: dinner. It was already 7 PM, and Good could hear Elle’s stomach growl. He really was one to easily get hungry, they just ate all kinds of things at the cafe! But alright, if Elle were hungry he were hungry. Good wouldn’t be able to say no to him anyways.
The sun had already set, and their table was at the window. As they ate, they talked, but Elle also kept looking outside. Elle liked to watch people. He’d told Good that he liked it, because all these people also had lives off their own. He liked the way it made him feel, like he belonged here. Like he wasn’t so different from everybody else.
Good couldn’t imagine how that could make you feel anything but small. When he remembered everyone around him had lives, lives of their own, had their own pains and their own happinesses, it freaked him out a little bit. It felt weird.
But that just made Elle more special. He really was special, in every way. To Good, at least.
After dinner, they went to their last destination. It was 8:30 PM already, but that wasn’t a big problem. They went to the harbor now, and even just in the car Elle started smiling. Elle loved every single thing about the world, but it seemed he loved water the most.
Elle looked out on the harbor with that adorable smile of his, and Good couldn’t let but smile at him.
They stepped out of the car. He told Elle to stay behind, and went to see an uncle at the harbor. This uncle would sail them around on the water. It wasn’t uncommon for people to take their partners out on dates on boats, but perhaps most wouldn’t rent out the entire boat for the evening. There were a few advantages to being born into a rich family and having a well-paid job.
He signaled to Elle to come over after he settled everything with the shipper. They were one and a half hour late, so he wasn’t too happy but now that Good paid him enough to make up not only for his loss, but double of that and even some more, he seemed to be in an excellent mood.
Though Elle barely paid mind to the uncle. He behaved as if he had never been on a boat before. That idea startled Good a bit, but considering Elle hadn’t known what a date was before he explained it, he probably should have expected it.
“You’ve never been on a boat before, have you?” He asked for certainty. Elle nodded yes, and the cute and innocent fear in his eyes made Good chuckle.
“It’s okay. I’m with you. Nothing bad will happen.” He attempted to calm Elle down, and it seemed to work. He took Good’s hand he had extended to help him get on. But the boat’s sudden movements surprised Elle, and he fell against Good. He hugged Good tightly, looking around him as if the boat were about to attack.
“Hey, it’s alright, that’s normal.” Good said with an amused smile. Elle still held on to him, hands wrapped tightly around his shoulders. Good couldn’t say he minded.
He eventually did get Elle to let go, and they both sat down on one of the benches. But when the motor started, Elle grabbed onto Good again and hid his face in his shoulder. Though he was scared, he was also absolutely adorable. It made Good’s heart melt.
He ticked him on the shoulder to indicate they were safe a bit later, but only when the boat laid still on the water and the motor was off did Elle look up again.
And when he did, you could read the amazement of his eyes. Good had thought about going somewhere and lighting up fireworks or something similar to that, but he soon had already realized Elle would be just fine with something simple. And perhaps fireworks were too overboard.
So, going out on a river and watching people on the embankment was perfect for him. There were lights everywhere and you could see people walking, some running to make it home, some simply strolling, going to God knows where. Most would be heading home though, as it was already 9 PM. Elle watched them with amazement and true happiness shining in his eyes.
“It’s so beautiful...” Elle said with an amazed voice.
“Yes. It is.” Good said. But if Elle had looked at Good, he would have seen it wasn’t the scenery he found so beautiful.
- I finished this 2 minutes before 2019 and finished editing exactly 12 hours later. I hope everyone likes this little story. It’s my first 2019 posted story, so I hope that makes it a little bit special. I thought of that last scene in my head yesterday and just had to write it. I hope I did it justice.
