Chapter 66 - Sixty-Four (2/2)

”Well, you are charming, gentle, caring, but can be a brute when needed, you respect me and my decisions, you don't force your will on others, and yet carry the weight of all with upmost strength and-”

I stop at that before he changes his mind about respecting my pace, making me pout my answer in.

”Y-you know, t-that kind of stuff, though don't start thinking to full of yourself alright?”

”Hahah, no, of course not. My turn… right?”

”Well, you don't need to answer if you don't wa-”

”There are many things that I love about you. Your smile, your laugh, the way your eyes shine under the moonlight, the way you are compassionate towards those you care, how you-”

”Ok, ok, that's enough.” I say, looking out in the rain trying to hide my smile.

We stay in a comfortable silence once more, watching the rainfall, making me very sleepy, especially after such a warm drink.

”You know…” Leo starts, making me hum for him to continue. ”Should I give you a ring?”

I almost choke my drink up with that statement.

”W-what? W-why? We are not marring.”

”Is not that; though I wouldn't mind it; but a ring on the right-hand means compromise, not marriage, just a way to say we are dating.”

The last word, rolling down his lips, making me hold down a goofy smile that wanted to show on my face, though my tail wiggled a little. ”I don't know…”

”Well, I'm not a prince anymore, so I can't make you my queen… but I can still give you a fitting ring.”

”Oi oi, who said I would be a queen uh?”

He just chuckles. ”I'm just teasing you.”

”I know, dummy dum.”

”And we still kind of look like royals… we are just building our own empire from the ground right?”

He shrugs. ”Don't know, but you will still be the queen, you are already wearing a dress.”

”Oh, shut up” I say, punching him on the shoulder loosely. ”And this is a tunic, a tu-ni-ccc”

”Uhum, if you say so…”

I stayed longer in his embrace, almost falling asleep, as I hear his husky voice say:

”Thilgon… can I ask you a favor?”

”Uhm? Right now…?”

”Uhum, can you… can you sing for me? You did it all the time on the other time, and it has been so long since I heard you… Please?”

At this point I was far more asleep then aware of what was happening around me, so I simply hear the word sing and let my mind flow at ease, my voice coming low and sleepy, singing in a way one would do to coax a child to sleep, slowly and lowly:

”A prince, a demon, a man, a beast~

Many titles, many names

Try to weight you down beneath dignity~

And yet you stood above, never loaded out

Chose your name, chose your path

Never let them tell you how to act now

In a river full of sharks, you stood as a dragon~

So no little sharp teeth could do you harm

So that your neck above the water stood

As those that try to drown you down soon learn that you were born in the water

And yet your jaws were gentle

And yet with your claws you could support

For your kind soul could not be hindered by others

That love was stronger than hate in your heart

That you chose the path of light instead of darkness

That you chose to be grateful instead of complaint

That you chose the path of love…”

~And me; My mind finishes the song, but no final words came out of my mouth as my eyes shut and my breath even as I fell asleep beside his comfortable warm body, feeling secured and cared for, feeling that I was where I belonged to.

In his arms.

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They are so sweet together aren't they? I wonder how I can mess things up…

Heheh.

BTW, today is 13 on a Friday with a full moon in sight, which dance are we going to perform tonight to celebrate at midnight?

Haha, just joking. 〜(꒪꒳꒪)〜

See ya next Friday!