167 My All Is Yours To Take (2/2)
Lu'um spun around, dodged Reed's greedy paws, and then hit him with his own tome. She smirked and said, ”Ah-ah-ah! You should know better than to challenge me, dear.”
As if to goad him, she waved the tome in front of his face and said, ”If you need this stupid thing to save the world, you might as well not even try to save it. The world is doomed.”
Reed knew that she was trying to provoke him and coldly said, ”I. Won't. Fail. And I don't appreciate your incessant meddling and teasing. Aren't you supposed to be helping me?” He lunged again toward his tome in a feint attack. Lu'um spun around again, but the move did not work this time, as Reed had gone for the source of troubles instead.
He caught Lu'um himself and quickly chucked her on his bed in an attempt to pin her down in one place. The more he letter run around freely, the harder it would become to catch her were she to get serious about running away with his tome.
Lu'um giggled in a provactive manner and said, ”...Oh? Isn't this a welcome surprise... Is this yet another one of your secret... preferences? You should have told me sooner, dear. We could have done this--”
”Give me my tome, you damn pervert.”
Lu'um laughed and said, ”Why don't you make me, then? You have me in your clutches, don't you?” Of course, this was far from the truth. The clown of a woman who was currently being pinned down possessed a bodily consitution that allowed her to, in a literal sense, move mountains. She was full of provocations today.
Reed wanted to get mad, but he knew that if he did, she would win. Deep down, he understood that getting into an argument with her was a battle that would always end up in his defeat. He was not her match when it came to verbal sparring, by far. The only reasonable thing he could do was capitulate to get her off his back...
He deeply sighed and released her from his hold. There was nothing he could done to her anyway, the she-bear that she was by nature. Reed shrugged his shoulders in defeat and said, ”What is it that you want from me? State your full terms, woman.”
Lu'um grabbed Reed and said, ”Don't mind if do you, then.” She dragged him back into the bed and reversed their positions. It was Reed that was now pinned under her iron grip with nowhere to run.
When Reed noticed the dangerous, primal gleam in her eyes, he sighed internally. He was going to get the full works today, he thought. It was going to be one of those nights...
She closed in on him and said, ”...All I want you to understand is that you aren't alone in this tribulation. All I want is for you to understand that I am at your disposal. You don't need to search for answers; My Knowledge and Wisdom is yours to take, mine beloved, as is my Strength and Will. My all is yours in the same way that all you have is mine.
What I am asking is that you rely upon me, as you should. Let what I possess make up for what you do not. If you truly trust me and think of me as yours, then you should naturally not be concerned with such.... inane concerns. We will find the correct answer together, I promise.”
She put his tome on his chest and said, ”You have me. You do not need this little thing.”
She closed in on him and said, ”...All I want you to understand is that you aren't alone in this tribulation. All I want is for you to understand that I am at your disposal. You don't need to search for answers; My Knowledge and Wisdom is yours to take, mine beloved, as is my Strength and Will. My all is yours in the same way that all you have is mine.
What I am asking is that you rely upon me, as you should. Let what I possess make up for what you do not. If you truly trust me and think of me as yours, then you should naturally not be concerned with such.... inane concerns. We will find the correct answer together, I promise.”
She put his tome on his chest and said, ”You have me. You do not need this little thing.