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Once Kumersun was in view, Lawrence woke Holo. "Holo, we have arrived. You will need to wake up my love" He said slowly lifting the tarp off the cart looking at the love of his life, Her eyes slowly started to open and he saw her beautiful white tipped auburn ears perk up and her long luscious tail start to wag. She let out a long yawn and spoke to him in the lightest of tones.
"Lawrence, have we arrived already?" She still seemed half asleep. "Don't just sit there watching me, hand me my cloak so that I may hide my ears and tail until we arrive at the inn." She said feeling groggy; she stretched out her limbs after being asleep all day. She raised her rear in the air while stretching her arms and neck out low. Her beautiful white tipped auburn tail was waging back and forth leisurely.
Once they had made it to the inn they put their horse and wagon to the stable and went up to the room the innkeeper had given them. "You should probably wait here and sleep off the rest of the hangover, you would not want it to spoil the beautiful dinner I have planned do you?" He said seeming to tease Holo much in the way she teases him.
"You are probably right Lawrence, I am still not feeling very well and the sooner this unfortunate hangover ends the sooner I shall be able to enjoy a rather large dinner." She put an emphasis on large that immediately made Lawrence regret what he had said previously.
"Ok Holo" he said lovingly. "I have to go out and take care of some things but I will be back soon, then we shall have a delectable dinner with the finest wine or ale we can find." He said while slowly closing the door behind him. He had thought she had already fallen asleep and decided to not push his luck. Lawrence walked down the stairs and waved to the innkeeper on his way out. He was going to visit friend he hadn't seen in a while.
He walked up to an ornate wooden door; he knocked three times before saying the password. "I wish to purchase a crate of white feathers."
An attractive woman answered the door; she had long black hair, pale skin and blue eyes. Her clean and beautiful appearance somewhat clasheed with her house, it was cluttered with books and large white fathers.
"So Lawrence, what brings you back to Kumersun? It has been quite a while since I have seen that handsome face." She said smiling innocently.
"Actual Dianna, I have a favour to ask of you. It is about Holo."
"And what might that be Lawrence?" She said curiously.
"Well, I wanted to ask about your alchemy talents. I was curious if you could make me a trinket, it would be a small circle with beautiful metal and some nice stones. It should fit around a small figure, imagine the finger of a beautiful young women when you make it." He said with a smile knowing that Dianna knew exactly what he was asking for.
"And does miss Holo know you will be proposing to a woman? I am surprised that she would be ok with such a thing." She said with a grin that widened the more she thought about it.
"Actually Dianna it is Holo who I am going to propose to." He said imagining the moment in great detail. He would walk through a brothel on his way home to hide the smell of the alchemist's town so that she would not expect what was coming. Then, when she would get angry about the smell of a brothel knowing that he had gone to one, he would get down on one knee and propose. It was going to be perfect.
"So am I right to assume that you to are in love?" She said inquisitively lifting one eyebrow looking at Lawrence straight in his eye.
"Yes, we are." He said very proudly to the alchemist sitting in front of Him. 'How long do you think it might take for such a ring to be forged? Also what about the price?" He said hesitantly, knowing it wouldn't be to low.
"Well…for the both of you… I would say… how does 6 trenni silver coins sound? This of course would be a wedding present and would not cost you very much." She said grinning at the man in front of her.
"That sounds amazing Dianna, thank you." He said relieved knowing the price would be so low.
"As for when it will be finished, it will probably take around 3 days. How does that sound?" She said
"That sounds perfect!" Lawrence said with large smile. "Thank you very much Dianna, this means a lot to us."
Dianna suddenly stood up and walked over to her many stacks of books.
"Is something the matter?" Lawrence said hesitantly looking at Dian curiously as she seemed busy looking for a book.
"Oh nothing she said, I just thought of an even better wedding present. It might take some time to make though." She said with a smirk that could only mean that she was planning something. "And since I do have to charge you for the ring, even though it is a low price, it is not a good enough gift from one incarnation to another." She said looking a Lawrence who was confused yet pleased to hear it.
"What do you mean?" Lawrence said sounding confused.
"We can't have a wise wolf like Holo marrying someone like you can we? I will have to fix that." She said to Lawrence playfully as if she was being sarcastic.
"What is that support to mean?" He said somewhat aggravated.
"Oh nothing," She said to him now barely holding back a smile. "Run along to Holo, I am sure she is curious as to where you are. After all it is almost dinner."
"That's right!" he said knowing she was waiting for him to go out for dinner. "I have to go immediately." He declared politely to Dianna while heading towards the door. "Thank you once again, and have a wonderful night."
Lawrence was back at the inn. He was slowly opening the door as not to wake Holo (he was hoping she was still asleep).
"You're late!" A voice yelled out from the room before he could finish opening the door. "It is almost past dinner and I am hungry!"
As Lawrence came closer he found Holo backing away covering her face. "What is the matter Holo, is there something wrong with your face." He said this immediately regretting it and realizing what she was doing. He had been with a Alchemist for the last couple of hours, he probably smelt very bad.
"How dare you!" Holo exclaimed. "There is nothing wrong with my face. You smell putrid! Bath before we go out, I wise wolf such as myself cannot be seen with a man who looks and smells as you do at the moment."
Lawrence realized not only had it been a few days since he last bathed having been traveling. He had also not shaved. "Are you sure you are not smelling yourself?" Lawrence said playfully leaving the room."
"Yes I am sure! I do not wish to argue with you right now, go bath! That smell is unbearable what have you been doing all day bathing in rotten eggs?" She scowled at him.
Lawrence knew he should stop talking and just leave. "I'll be back soon and then we will go eat." He said to Holo
"Go already!" She exclaimed.
"Ok, Ok." Lawrence said closing the door behind him.
Holo lied back down on the bed, the single bed. They now shared a bed instead of asking for two, she really liked this. She would cuddle up to him during the night; she loved the warmth of his body. "I am afraid to consummate our love," She thought to herself. "A wolf mates for life. It is not a choice either, they just do whether they like it or not." And after all, he would eventually die. His mortal body would grow old and she would be alone again. She was truly afraid of that. And then, after he had gone, she was afraid she would never be able to move on. She would always yearn for him, hi voice, his feel, his touch… this was why they had not consummated it. "I never wish to feel that way." She thought sadly. "Although," she thought. "I have seen the ways old human couples look into each others, they see not the fear of death in each others eyes, but the happiness that life had brought them. They were just happy to have had each other. Maybe this is the way I should think. I will never truly be alone; I will always have my memories of him. I will always have my love." She thought this to herself as she dosed off once again.
Lawrence later returned and they enjoyed a beautiful dinner and a large sum of alcohol. Holo was very pleased with the way the night had gone and was happy to fall asleep in the arms of the man she loved so very much. "Maybe it wouldn't be so bad after all. Being in love with a human might not last forever, but she would be happy while it lasted.
