Walking to her rooms, Daine was exhausted from her days work with the new batch of trainees; she barely noticed that her door stood ajar even though she was sure she had locked it this morning.
Thinking of her morning brought a smile to her face, Numair had not disappointed in his weekly efforts to persuade her to marry him. Even when she thought, he would be too busy to set up another plan he managed it. This morning it came in the shape of a smoky grey house cat named Thunder, which Numair had employed to bring Daine a single red rose that sparkled as if fairy dust had touched its every petal. Attached to the stem was a note, in fine gold ink Numair had written, "you are more beautiful than even this rose, be my wife?"
Daine was reveling in the attention she was receiving from Numair; every week had brought a new surprise. Numair by all accounts was enjoying the challenge thoroughly.
A chirp echoed from the floor, bringing Daine from her thoughts. Still smiling stupidly she looked to what had bothered her adopted dragonet, Kit. Seeing what had captured the dragon's attention, Daine's smile spread further across her face. Numair had entered her room and covered her bed completely in the same fairy dusted rose petals from this morning. Kit made a trilling sound; Daine recognized it as the sound she made when she could sense magic. With another trill from Kit the rose petals began to move forming words, Daine knew what they said before they had finished spelling out. "Marry me Daine?." With an emotional laugh Daine fell blissfully onto the bed scattering the petals, which came floating down to cover her body, feeling as if she was in one of Numairs' tight embraces, she drifted off to sleep.
A thudding sound echoed through her dreams, bring her to mild wakefulness. "Hmm, come in" she mumbled loud enough for her visitor to hear.
"Good morning Magelet." Numair walked into her room towards her bed, sitting just near the edge. "or more accurately good afternoon"
"What oh gods, Onua is going to be upset, have I truly slept that-"Daine's words where cut of by a giggle escaping her lips. In her rush to rise from bed, she had sent Numair tumbling onto the floor, she leaned down lying across the bed wrapping her arms around his neck and hugging him from behind "I'm sorry, I didn't realize you where so close to the edge." Her giggles turned into a small squeal, Numair had reached up feinting to stroke her hair, but had pulled her from the bed to rest on his lap, laughing loudly, "Sorry Magelet, I didn't realize you where so close to the edge."
Holding her in his tight embrace, he kissed her thoroughly on the lips, his emotions pouring in with a passion; he could not seem to control. Daine kissed him back, equaling his fervor. When they finally parted Numair wavering voice came to her in light breaths "I love you, may I have an answer to my questions of yesterday." He already knew the answer, it no longer disappointed him, instead making him more determined, he loved lavishing her with attention and surprises, his heart flew every time she smiled at one of his attempts of wooing her to marry him. "Someday, Numair." She murmured in his ear "I love you" making a shiver run through his spine.
A smile crossed his face, her answer had changed, not yet a yes but she had said someday, not "maybe someday."
"When are you gonna put that poor man out of his misery and give him a straight answer Daine?" Numair heard Alanna's question as he walked the hall passed her room; he stopped intrigued at the answer to follow, momentarily feeling bad about spying but consoling himself that he was just over hearing, completely different from spying. Grinning at his logic, he moved closer to the door.
"The answer in my heart has been yes for weeks now, not that I'm trying to play games with I'm as such, just he seems to enjoy the challenge and I am definitely not complaining. Did I tell you about the rose petals?"
"Only 50 times."
Numair could tell from their tone they where smiling on the verge of laughter. He wasn't angered by his discovery; in fact, he was putting another plan together as they spoke, a wicked grin on his face. Remembering the first time he had asked, Daine had said she would say yes if he was very very good, and he had received the same response from her when he asked his possibilities if he was very very bad. He had been showering her with gifts, surprises, flowers, after over hearing the conversation he decided it was time to be bad, although he doubted very much he had the amount of control he would need to follow through with his decision, but found it all the more exciting to find out.
"Daine, you might find one day Numair will just give up and stop asking." The lioness said, she didn't want to put doubts in the girls head but felt it her duty to make sure she didn't let a good thing slip past her.
Numair frowned at the Lioness's words, he would never give up on her. The thought hadn't even crossed his mind.
"No, he wouldn't. Do you think he might?" Daine started to bite her bottom lip, a habit she had when she was nervous or worried. Her eyes where watering a little as much from the pain in her lip as in her heart at the thought of losing Numair over a silly game.
"oh, oh Daine I didn't mean to up set you, I think this whole thing is very romantic, I kind of wish Numair would have a word to George actually, I just wanted to, well, oh just don't listen to me, I shouldn't have said anything." Alanna put her arm around the girls shoulder, never feeling more horrible in her life, here Daine was having romantic gestures thrown at her constantly, and she was so happy for her, but her worrying nature made her do just that worry.
No you shouldn't, he thought. But left it at that.
This is my first post here, I know DN stories have been done to death... cause i have read all of them (its and addiction, I'm looking into rehab) anyway I hope you like and if you do ill add a few more of my idea's. Can't promise a solid plot though just lots of Fluffy fluffiness.
