(zyro) movies and dates Continued

[ROSALIE BRAONAIN]

Finally they made it to the upper floor, of course she still stuck close to Zyro out of sheer worry that she’d somehow fall out of the sphere and ruin the whole operation. Of course deep down she knew it was a childish worry, but still she shadowed him.
“Y’know it’s been ages since I’ve watched a film I haven’t seen before,” said Rose, “Normally I just stick to my Audrey Hepburn collection, but I think I’ve watched Roman Holiday to death.” She chuckled, “it’s such a sweet film though,” she smiled, “mum introduced me to them, I thought I’d hate it but I just fell in love with the stories.” She giggled.

Oh god why was she blabbering on about that, she must have sounded so silly, she felt her cheeks go red again. She glanced backward, there wasn’t a soul insight, everyone was either tucked away in their rooms studying or they were out in either the library or the common room, hanging out in throng of the crowd. She wandered for a moment if Freya was there, when she’d left her room Freya had been there but she knew her friend was a social butterfly – it was one of the reasons she loved having her a as a roommate.

Smiling up at Zyro she followed him into his impeccably tidy dorm room, really she was impressed her cousins could never keep anything tidy. Go, Zyro.
“Is it lonely not having a roommate?” she asked a she noticed the extra space, in the dorm room.

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"Well, here's home, sweet home." Even though he knew that his room was clean, he didn't know if it hit her standards. He'd never let a girl into his room before and found quite nerve wracking... until she smiled when she looked around. He let out a inner sigh of relief. "Okay, first of all, let me adjust this." He concentrated and expanded the sphere, thinning it out in the process so that it wouldn't tire him out that badly. He chuckled to himself, usually when he used his power he tired out entirely too quickly, but these small uses of his power hardly sapped him at all. He turned the sphere into a cube and fitted the corners to his room's perfectly. The thickness was paper-thin, but he knew it would work.

"There we go, we are now in our own little bubble." He jumped onto the bed. "The chocolate's in the cabinet over there. I keep it under room temperature as I hate melted chocolate. It tastes fine, but I'm not the biggest fan of the texture." He took his portable DVD player out of his bag as well as the DVD. He popped in the DVD. and placed The player onto the bed, still off.

"I can show you around a bit before we get started. I have a few books on that shelf and other things in the drawers. I was planning on watching the movie on the bed, as I don't have a couch. I have enough pillows to prop us up if you want, but I think it'd be more comfortable if we laid down on it, propping our heads up. I'll keep the player on my lap, and we can watch the movie in comfort, does that sound good?." He looked up to her in conformation.

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She watched in awe as the sphere expanded and changed in its structure into a giant thin cube and fitted against the structure of the room. She wondered for a moment if that would stop her nightmares – after all, the sphere had protected them the other day. Usually she wasn’t vulnerable inside the school walls but at night when she was sleeping and her guard was down they’d always invade her dreams. Twisting even the sweetest of slumbers into a night terror.

“It’s lovely,” she grinned chuckling softly at the bubble comment, “like a little shadow igloo.” She supplied. “Except with more squares I guess,” she said with a light chuckle. “I think I’ll always be amazed by how cool that looks though.” She said as he finished placing the cube around the room.
With a smile playing across her lips she scanned the room carefully – it was average size of a dorm room but it appeared bigger due to the lack of a roommate. There were free spaces where she expected to see the clutter of an extra person; shoes or maybe a laptop or dirty clothes on the floor but the room was neat, and she suspected it was much more manageable with only one person. Though Rose expected it was lonely, she’d grown so accustomed to her own roommate Freya that when she wasn’t around there was an odd sense of loneliness. Even if Rose did drive her crazy with her crazy nightmares they were friends. Zyro’s room was cosy though he’d certainly made it his own and as he set up the portable DVD player she nodded.

“So how long have you been a fan of this film then?” she asked settling herself down on the bed, reaching for one of the fluffy pillows. She waited for him to set up and click play.
“You know you’re in trouble if it doesn’t live up to expectations,” she teased playfully. “if it’s rubbish I just might have to eat all you’re chocolate.” she smirked, "Sounds fair right?"

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He thought about it. "Hmm, no. It never really get's lonely. Quiet maybe, but I've never been lonely up here by myself. I never really had many friends, A few over the years. Something about blood-red turns people away from you, especially as they tend to glow as my emotions change. It is a little unsettling I suppose" he sighed. He'd scared people away before. He found, at least in his experience, that humans tended to avoid the unknown and un-explainable, or charge ahead with an almost obsessed fervor.

"Cool, huh?" He blushed scarlet at that. Nobody had ever called his power "cool" or "lovely" before. "I suppose it is, And it can come in handy, but it's dangerous." He lifted his gauntlet up. "When I do lose control it scares the shit out of me. I never know what's going to happen." He sighed. "Well, no use in obsessing over it. I can usually keep it in control, that's what matters."

"Hmm, I've loved this movie forever, well, since the 90's at least, and I believe it came out in '88. I never tire of watching it, and I believe that that's a sign of an excellent movie." He smiled at her, do you have the chocolates you want? I can pop popcorn too, if you want. I need to get some snacks myself." he got up off the bed.

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Rosalie raised her eyebrow in surprise at the thought of an eye colour putting people off rooming with him. It seemed such a stupid thing to be preoccupied with after all their were much weirder things at the school than red eyes. Though she supposed if the situation was surprising enough they could shock some people.

“I guess it would be a bit of a shock,” she said “Still though, it’s the 21st century I don’t get how unaccepting people are,” she shrugged. Zyro was right; back in the human world people weren’t as accepting as they were at the academy. They had safety here behind the stone walls of the school – out there things were dangerous especially if you couldn’t control your powers. But how could anybody be afraid of Zyro, he was to kind to be properly afraid of – and his eyes weren’t that scary there was something oddly entrancing about them. For a moment her gaze lingered and she felt a blush creep across her cheeks before she glanced back at the DVD player screen.

She nodded in agreement, “losing control is the scariest thought in the world.” She said softly knowing fine well what it was like to be at the mercy of your own power. “I guess you just gotta take it one day at a time,” she said shaking her head.
She quirked an eyebrow with a smirk, “well, we’ll see,” she teased, though she was really excited to see the film. “Oh um I’ll just steal some chocolate for now.” She grinned, “so have you always been a fan of eighties movies?” she asked curiously.

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"Eh, true. look at the bright side, we aren't in the 18th century. No witch trials" He grinned. "But yeah, humans see what they want to see in my, and when they don't see what they want they tend to alienate it. Well, not all people." Zyro smiled, thinking about his father. He noticed her looking into his eyes and felt oddly flattered. It wasn't fear or a revulsion that he saw in hers, more a kind of... was wonder the word for it. He felt his temperature rise as the now seemingly common bush came across his face.

"You have no idea... well, you might. I still don't know your story yet, and I can't make any judgments until I do." He went over to his chocolate cabinet and grabbed a couple of twix's and a couple king sized packs of Reese's. He came back deciding not to pop the popcorn... well, he might later, and jumped back on the bed flipping the switch on the portable DVD player. He grabbed a couple of pillows himself and settled in... actually kind of nervous. He had no idea what to do. Should he wrap his arm around her, or hold her hand? Pull her close to him? He had no idea. "Well, it depends on the movie, Highlander being a big one!" He answered.

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“It isn’t great,” said Rose as she remembered her life before the academy. And image of sirens and the corpse of her friend came to mind as well as cutting her hands on the shattered glass from car windows broken by a sonic sound wave. A scream to be precise, she glanced away and fought back the memory – there was nothing she could have done to change things she was a harbringer of death not a death preventer – she was useless maybe she could have stopped it but she’d ignored everything, and it had been costly. She smiled weakly and nodded, “Maybe that’s a story – “she stopped herself short, he’d trusted her enough to tell his story. She should do the same. She opened her mouth again and glanced down.

“My powers went crazy over summer,” said Rose, “I could have helped someone, but I ignored it and because I was so stupid, I lost a friend.” She said her voice trailing off, “I was the one who found her, since y’know banshees are drawn to death and I just lost it.” She said “and I’m talking mass destruction of anything made of glass in three mile radius. Mum and dad found me five hours later writing jibberish on an alley wall.” She paused for a moment and shook her head, “God I sound so crazy.” She was fucked up, she was sure of it. But she was piecing things back together, slowly.

As Zyro settled next to her she moved so that she leaned against him and as the credits rolled she leant her head against his shoulder.
“Well clearly that’s the next film on our list,” she grinned “I mean after I subject you to Rocky horror, you might have to brace yourself for that one though – but I’m sure I’ll have you dancing the time warp in no time.” She grinned.

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Zyro then wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry, I didn't know. I probably shouldn't have brought it up, but I was curious..." He then squeezed a little in an attempt to comfort. "Man, I thought Amy Lee had a powerhouse of a voice, but I guess you beat even her." He grinned attempting to revive the mood. "I'm not really sure if I can sing or not. My mom said I can, but the only times I've ever been confident enough was in the shower... and it doesn't give me a lot of satisfaction no know that she was listening." He grimaced. "How about you, are you amazing on a karaoke machine?"

"Well, If you want, I have Highlander over there." He glanced over at his alarm clock. "It's not to late, we can watch it if you want." He then thought for a moment. He had several movies he could show her, and he didn't want her to go.. "You know, I don't think we have classes tomorrow, I know I don't. Do you want to stay over and watch movies with me? I have several I can show you." He then grinned. "I don't have Rocky Horror, but I have several other horror movies. Would you like to stay the night?"

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She snuggled closer as she felt Zyro’s arms wrap around her body, she felt safe the feeling of stability that surrounded watching something as simple as a film on a portable DVD player with a guy she was beginning to really like was amazing. She didn’t want to it to end. He didn’t judge her, and he didn’t give any indication of being creeped out by her wacky powers – it was – it was refreshing. She felt a fluttery feeling of butterflies in her stomach and bit her lip as she felt her cheeks flush.
Rose giggled and shook her head, as Zyro broke the awkwardness she’d imposed upon the room.

“It was so bad, there were car alarms going off streets away,” said Rose making light of the topic, she shook her head again “oh my gosh I’m a terrible singer,” she grinned “I mean I love to sing, but I can’t” She grinned, “I still do it though, and I do a mean version of respect .” She joked playfully cringing as she remembered the many times her cousins had forced her to sing with them at family gatherings.

“Awwh you should sing sometime,” she grinned smiling up at him “I’m going to take your mums word for it I bet you are great!”
“I’m a better writer than a singer,” said Rose, “dad taught me how to compose and I’d love to write film scores one day.” She said dreamily. “I’ll have to show you, you can tell me if I suck!” she chuckled.

“Nah I’m completely free, so I’d love to stay over,” she grinned, “horror film night, gosh count me in, I mean if it’s horror someone’s gotta protect you if they get to scary,” she teased sarcastically, her tone playful, excited at the prospect of staying over.
As the film played on she found herself giggling at the cheesy jokes and cooing at the romantic parts – even loudly insisting that the Rodents of unusual size were completely adorable and just misunderstood. Westley she’d decided was beautiful – especially at the start and it would definitely be a film she’d watch again.

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"Ah... singing... hmm, maybe another day. I want you to know me better before I make a risk like that. I'd hate to have you running away screaming.." Zyro grimaced. He wasn't so sure about his singing voice, so singing in front of Rose... He had to put his foot down for now... metaphorically. "I'd love to see your compositions, show them to me some time!"

Zyro then got up and walked to one of the drawers and opened it. "So, what do you want to watch? Ginger Snaps? Underworld? The Purge? ...Scary Movie 2?" He joked. "I'm not a huge fan of slasher films, but I do have a few horror films." Zyro then turned to look at her. "In my opinion, slashers aren't scary, they're irritating. I mean really, Dude coming at you with a knife, what do you do? how about you curl up in a ball, scream, and get hacked to death. I mean really...." Zyro sighed. He loved a good horror film, but the last slasher he decided to try really disappointed him. The new Nightmare on Elm Street. Bah. It was full of scientifically incorrect interpretations on the actual concept of dreaming as well as a horrible movie. Talk about a waste of his time...

"So, how many guys have you dated before? I bet a few, eh? A beautiful girl like you, I wouldn't be surprised if they came to your doorstep." He tried to move the subject to something a little more personal. This WAS a date after all. His own dating record was all but nil, but he bet that a beautiful girl like her had. And with that in mind, he wondered if she was actually enjoying herself, especially compared to other dated she had had. He hoped so, and thought that she might, I mean she stayed when he asked her to, but that could of been out of courtesy and... Whap!! He slammed his fingers into the drawer into the drawer when he was distracted by his own thoughts, and gave a lout yelp as he did. Idiot!

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“You should come down to the music room sometime,” she smiled, “I’m always there, it’s like a second dorm room.” She giggled, “you can prize me away from the piano as well.”
Rose knew she had a terrible tendency of staying up all night until she finished a section, she was a perfectionist at heart she couldn’t help it, who could sleep with unfinished work anyway! It just didn’t make sense to the little banshee and the thought made her almost shudder.

She nodded in agreement, “oh god yes, slashers are way to offensive, and it’s always some silly girl with no common sense that screams her head off all through the film.” She said shaking her head, “talk about a step back from a hundred years of progression.” She said rolling her eyes at the thought of slasher movies and their stock characters.
“Oh! Let’s watch Underworld, I love that film,” she said with a grin, “soundtracks amazing Danny Lohner what a producer.” She grinned.

She cocked her head to one side raising an eyebrow with a dry comment perched on her tongue though it fell short and her cheeks reddened as he called her beautiful.
“Actually I’ve only ever been on one other date before,” she said shrugging – there’d never really been anyone remotely interested in her before – “the last guy I dated thought taking me to get his hair done was a great start to a date.” She said with a light laugh, “I snuck out when he was getting his hair washed – the bathroom had a great window perfect for crawling out of. but what about you, I bet you've been on loads of dates” she grinned.
Her eyes widened as the thud and cry echoed the room.
“Oh gosh are you alright?” she asked running forward, she bent to his level and took his hand in her own inspecting it gently, “here let me see.” She said softly.

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Zyro grinned "I'd love to see you play, I have a fondness for the piano, so I'd love to see you play!" He considered for a moment, than decided it was safe enough to tell her about his own musical experiences. "I can play a little flute, haven't played in years, though. I can show you if you want." He thought he saw his old flute when he unpacked, perhaps it was in the closet... "I might flop, though. I dunno if playing an instrument is like riding a bike."

He was relieved to hear of her own opinion of slasher flicks, Zyro loved finding like-minded people! "Thank god they didn't have those films during the feminist movements, or that would have been nasty..." Zyro shuddered at the thought. He grabbed his copy of Underworld, then tossed it on the bed. After he slammed his fingers he yanked them out of the drawer and closed the drawer again from the floor, being sure that no important body parts were in the way that time. He sucked in a breath and said "yeah, I'm fine. Happens all of the time.

He then noticed that her face was a bit closer than he expected when she came over to him worried. He looked into her worried chestnut colored eyes, and as she took his hand, he looked a little lower to her lips. He then had another set of rushed thoughts come to mind. Should he kiss her, was this the right mood? Did she want to kiss him? Zyro had no experience in these matters, and no clue how to approach them... Well, he thought, it couldn't hurt to try. He leaned his face a little closer to hers, not knowing what to expect..

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“Yeah,” said Rose in agreement “eighties horror was a bad time for progression, though I guess the movement had all the Hammer Horrors to deal with -” said Rose, “but I guess you can overlook some of it though because of how cheesy and bad the movies are.” she giggled.
“Underworld is amazing though, my mum actually caught me running round pretending to be Selene when I was little once,” she grinned as she remembered being younger and sneaking a peak at the film “I was a very cool child,” she joked.

“Ahh it comes back to you in no time,” grinned Rose, “I bet you’re really great, we should practise together I’d really love to hear you.” she smiled. And she did Rose really wanted to spend more time with Zyro.

His fingers didn’t look sore and any redness from the initial impact of flesh and cabinet had already begun to heal, but then Zyro had already mentioned his vampyric healing abilities and she was definitely jealous. It certainly came in handy she giggled again, “Clumsy,” she teased cheekily, “what will we ever do with you,” she stopped short as she noticed his gaze and renewed redness returned to her cheeks flushing them a distinct cranberry colour. As he leaned in closer Rose bit her lip before plucking up the courage to meet him halfway pressing her lips softly against his with a gentle movement. She squeezed his hand gently and laced their fingers together breaking away her smile slowly turning to a grin.

"So um," she started shyly, "U-underworld, should we watch it?" she was so totally not suave, why couldn't she have said something cool or witty or anything. She probably looked ridiculous now.

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Zyro thought for a minute. "I actually started with Evolution. I then saw the first movie." He remembered that he loved the movies when he first saw them, some of the first horror movies he saw, actually. "Well, perhaps," he said when she said that it would come back to him. "Yeah, I'd love to play with you sometime." He only hoped that his skills hadn't gotten too rusty.

When Rose drew back, Zyro thought that he shouldn't say anything for a second. Seriously, anything that would have come out of his mouth would have sounded stupid, and after an experience like that, would have sure as hell would have destroyed the mood. He'd never felt anything like that before, and he sure as hell couldn't think. Any though that was in his head when she kissed him just zoomed out of him when their lips connected, and the feeling coursing through his veins? only one word would come to mind. Wow. He began to collect his thoughts together, and had to make sure that he didn't have a stupid look on his face. It appeared as though he didn't. Although, it did seem that his face was bright red. Joy... And he had one definite thought running through his mind: He wanted to kiss her again.

He regained his composure and cleared his throat. "Yeah, we probably should." He then looked into her eyes and asked "But first... can we do that again?"

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A flurry of emotions span around as the nervous butterflies subsided and her heart swelled with simultaneous joy and warmth. He’d kissed her back; did that mean he liked her to? She bit her lip and glanced at the ground before her gaze suddenly snapped back to Zyro. Had he just said that he wanted to kiss her again? Her cheeks flushed pink as realization hit her, and with her smile returning she shifted closer to Zyro, well since he asked so nicely it would be rude of her not to indulge his request.
“Y-you don’t have to ask,” she said shyly, “I-I’d kind of prefer it if you didn’t.”
Rose giggled and wrapped her arms around his neck, standing on her tiptoes she drew closer and softly pressed her lips against Zyro’s, leaning against his taller frame as her lips worked against his, until finally she broke away again. She was beginning to fall for him, she could feel it, this amazing boy who’d helped her and shared her taste in films.

“You know, just for future reference,” she winked cupping his cheek with her hand gently smoothing her thumb down the side of his cheekbone; Rose chuckled softly and resting her forehead against his own any thought of the film forgotten for now.

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Zyro lifted his head up and framed Rose's face with his hands. It seemed that he couldn't remember them getting to their feet, but at the moment, Zyro really didn't care. He felt a feeling that he had never felt before flowing through him, and it was filling him up completely. Was this love? The feeling was... unimaginable, and he as well felt a huge flow of happiness as well as the love flowing through him. He wondered how it could have happened so quickly, he had only known her for a couple of days. Zyro guessed that time apparently didn't factor in this case. Either way, once again, he didn't care, he was in bliss.

Zyro brought Rose closer and began kissing her on the top of her head, her forehead, both cheeks then once again on her lips. He held her closer still, laying his cheek on the top of her head. "Good to know." He replied to her. He then led them over to the bed and made them both sit down. He kept her in his arms still, sighing contentedly. He hoped the night would never end. This was bliss, and he didn't know how it could ever get better.

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Rosalie giggled as he kissed her cheeks sighing with complete and utter content as Zyro kissed her lips again enjoying the delicate way they brushed and melded together. Complacent and ecstatic with the clarity of her growing feelings Rose was happy. There was no buzzing at the back of her mind which usually signified a spirit trying to communicate with her she felt completely safe and the aforementioned happiness radiated in the form of a deep flush of pink across her cheeks. Allowing him to lead her back to their original spot she snuggled closer to Zyro as they settled on the bed, shifting to look up at him she grinned playfully, almost forgetting about the film. Not that she cared, she could stay here all night just cuddled against Zyro and she’d be quite content.
Though they did have a lot of films to get through… But then, kissing Zyro had been much more fun and all kinds of wow…

“Cute,” she smiled, lacing her fingers with his and snuggling closer to him. “Y’know we should watch that movie…” she said though her eyes drifted away from the DVD box and back up to Zyro her gaze locking with his, brown eyes meeting red.
“Screw it Lycans and vampires can wait.” She chuckled.

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"I couldn't agree more" Zyro replied. He moved the The movie case over to the nightstand while never taking his hands off of Rose. He carefully pushed her down onto the bed and began nibbling lightly at base of her neck. He then undid her braid. He liked her hair in a braid, but he preferred it loose, and felt that it would be kinda hard to run his fingers through her hair otherwise. He let his hands roam a bit, enjoying the feel of her. She was beautiful, with both form and mind. He lifted the covers over them both, and gave himself to her..

The next morning he found himself with his arms wrapped around her. Her back exposed to his front. He heard her slow breathing and smiled. Last night was beautiful, and most definitely the best night of his life. He carefully snuggled a little closer to her, attempting to not jostle and wake her. As he lay there in bliss, he turned over in his mind the events of the last night. He was amused by the fact that they hadn't known each other for very long, but still, here they were. He loved her, he had no doubt in his mind now, and began thinking toward the future... then hesitated. He hadn't used a contraceptive, he hadn't even thought about it. Oh well, he thought. What happens next will happen. He wouldn't think about it too much. He would just take responsibility for anything that would happen. For now, though, he was happy, and hoped that Rose was just as much as him.

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Groggily she awoke as the light from the window shone across her eyes, blinking back her fatigue Rosalie furrowed her brow in confusion as she stared at the unfamiliar bed covers until instantly her after sleep memory finally returned. She was in Zyro’s room, in Zyro’s bed… Her cheeks burned red as the memory sunk in though a grin settled across her cheeks. Running a hand through her hair that fell in a waterfall across her shoulders of loose waves (she remembered the braid amongst other things swift removal) as she remembered how they fell apart in each other’s arms, becoming completely undone.

It hadn’t been amazing (how could it have been they were both so young and unexperienced), it hadn’t been terrible but it had been perfect and wonderful and despite the sudden intense nature of their relationship she was elated, and a feeling of warmth washed over her as she thought about it. It had happened so quickly and while she was certain they hadn’t used contraception birth control wasn’t hard to get a hold of, problems could be contained especially if they were to do this again in the future – something Rose seriously hoped they would. She banished thoughts of that for now enjoying the blissfulness of the moment.

Shifting around she smiled up at Zyro sleepily enjoying the feeling of his arms around her.
“Good morning you,” she yawned kissing his lips softly. “last night was – wow.” She said snuggling closer to Zyro.

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Zyro felt Rose stir and come out of sleep. "Hey sleepyhead," Zyro laughed and wrapped his arms around her tighter. He felt, at that moment, the he was the luckiest man alive. She had rolled over so that they were front-to-front and snuggled closer to him. He sighed in ecstasy, and decided that he wouldn't rather be anywhere else.

"Hey, yourself" Zyro softly replied to her greeting. He felt her coming back to life in his arms. He took note of the way that she came out of sleep, and smiled. When she kissed him with that soft tenderness, he felt a warmth go through his body like a warm flame. "Wow, huh? Come to think of it, I can't think of anything more fitting." He had hoped that he had given her what she wanted, as he wasn't very experienced at all... and apparently, neither was she. That thought ran through his veins with as much warmth as the girl he currently held in his arms. When she curled up into him with a smile, he relaxed a bit. He was a bit worried, but that reaction was all the comfort he needed. He kissed he forehead tenderly, "You know? I have a feeling that today's going to be a great day." He then laid his cheek onto the top of her head and smiled.

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