66 Stargazing (1/2)
Erza and Qi Long finally had their first date in the city. They strolled around the streets and tried some snacks along their way. When they passed by a jewellery store, Qi Long decided to buy for her a beautiful bracelet made from jade. At first, Erza politely refused his gift, however since Qi Long kept insisting for her to accept his gift, Erza could only nod her head in the end.
They forgot about time until Erza received a call from Elsa.
”Hello, where are you?” Elsa's voice was heard from the other side.
”Ah, sorry, is everyone already there? Please wait for a while. We will be there shortly.”
”Actually, I'm calling to tell you that it is okay for you two to continue your little date. After all, it is very rare for you two to spend your time like this outside the academy, so you better cherish it well. Besides, Mozart and Qi Di already went back first because they were too bored waiting for us here.”
”Oh… so how about you, Lisa, and Linda?”
”We are still full due to all the street foods we ate earlier. So we are planning to just buy some fruits for our dinner, then go back to the academy.”
”I see... Okay then, I'll see you girls tomorrow.”
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”So it's only the two of us now? How about now we go grab a quick dinner, and after that I will bring you to a place where we will take a short break before going back to the academy?”
”Okay.” In the end, Erza and Qi Long decided to eat some street foods as their dinner before going to the top of a small hill near the city. It was an open field with some small trees in its surrounding.
Walking toward the middle of the field, Qi Long then chose a spot and lied down on the grass.
”Come here.” Qi Long asked Erza to lie down beside him.
At first, Erza was confused why Qi Long brought her here. However, once she lied down, she was surprised and mesmerised by what she was seeing. It was one of the most beautiful things she ever saw in her life.
She saw countless beautiful stars across the night sky, some were shinning brightly, some were a bit dimmed. They filled the entire dark sky with splendours.
”How is it?”
”Amazing. I honestly don't have any words for it.”
”Your vocabulary is not big enough.” Qi Long teased her, and slowly pointed his finger to the sky.
”Deneb, Altair, Vega. Those stars make the famous Summer Triangle, though as we are located at the Northern Continent, it is always winter for us.”
”Next straight to the side is Ophiucus… so Serpens is over there.”
”That bright star there is Spica, meaning Virgo is over there.”
”Cancer is over there… It's a little hard to see.”
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”That's all.” Qi Long concluded his explanation.
”Hmm?” Erza was a bit confused.
”That's all I have.”
”Being able to help you study and practice.”
”A deep clan background.”
”And this starry sky. That's all I have... That's all I can give you, Erza.”
”That's everything.”
”Everything…” Erza murmured under her breath. At the next second, Qi Long moved his hand and grabbed onto Erza's hand. He turned his head to look at the girl beside him.
”You are the best thing that come to my life and I'm afraid of losing you the more I spend my time with you.”
”So right now, the last thing I can offer you… is this starry sky.”