Slender, pale arms wrap around the pup's shoulders. Soft squeezes and soon a familiar tail showed in front of his face. At the end was a box of chocolates in a heart-shaped box. " I hope this isn't ' poison ' to you. " A familiar voice cooed in his ear, followed by a small chuckle. " It is Valentine's Day. I think you deserve a gift. I thought it would've been a funny one. We could go fishing and I could cook that for dinner if you'd like that instead. "
A light blush grazed on his cheek as the Ulster warrior held back his breath. Even before seeing her tail and hearing her voice, he could easily recognize that familiar weight on his shoulders. A part of him wanted to know why she liked to catch him off guard so much, while the other wanted to scold himself for still not getting used to it. But he chose to put those thoughts to the side momentarily once the heart-shaped chocolate box appeared before him. That was… cute.
Spades was acting way incredibly cute and he didn’t know how to react to that.
The young man’s face turned a darker shade of pink and his heart beat louder inside his chest. It was almost impossible to both think and try to listen to her with her warm breath tickling his ear. He was tempted to cover his ear with one hand but, instead, he sighed and wrapped his fingers around her slender wrist as gently as he could and turned his head to the side to press a light kiss on her cheek. The sides of his mouth curved into a bright smile once he pulled away from her.
“You’re way too cute for my own good.”
Way too adorable, too endearing to try to deceive and think of an excuse for how his heart was beating even faster than before and how he wanted to sweep her off feet and kiss her face many more times. What was he supposed to do now? The only funny thing he found in their current situation was how much he felt like a flustered teen. But he was quick to brush his thoughts aside and moved their hands closer so that he could leave a kiss on the back of her hand. As much as he liked the idea of spending the day fishing, he wasn’t a fan of only receiving. “Now that wouldn’t be fair.”
Slowly untangling himself from her arms, the Ulsterman turned to face her and wrapped his arms around her waist. “I want to spoil you too.” Tilting his head to the side, his eyes held an unusual kind of tenderness and honesty in them when he talked again. “At least let me do that today?” For a moment, he looked much too innocent. And the next he was putting an arm under her knees and sweeping her off her feet before he started walking with a wide grin on his face. Spades could fuss all she wanted, he wasn’t letting her go so easily now that he had trapped her. “There are far more beautiful places we can go to.”
There are far too many places he would like to take her to. Perhaps, too many for the limited time he had as a servant but that was something he would think of later. For now, he was happy to have Spades’ company and couldn’t decide what location would be the best. He had seen a couple of beautiful beaches in Okeanos where they could spend the time together just the two of them. The rural towns of Orleans and the cities of Septem were joyful and carefree in their own manner. Fuyuki was no longer in flames and felt like the ideal place to have a night out. The majority of the singularities were almost repaired so it was unlikely that monsters would appear all of a sudden to ruin their date.
He wanted to make as many memories as he could with Spades. That way, even if he were to die and be summoned again, he would never forget her nor the time they spent together.
Well, they had a minute or so before reaching the rayshifting room. By then, they should’ve come up with a location to go first. It was going to be fun. His scarlet eyes stared at the face of the woman in his arms and his smile softened. “Also, I want to take a photo of the two of us.” Something to carry with him. The technology from the times he had been summoned in was simply too convenient to pass the opportunities he now had.
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