Ringabel had a variety of bad habits that Edea had noticed during their travels. He liked his coffee black, first of all, and he talked in his sleep and he chased too many girls all too often. Alright, maybe they weren't habits, but they still bothered Edea, especially the last one.
When their group arrived in Florem, all those things merged together and somehow became worse. The place was infested with women, and only women! Even worse, some of them actually humored Ringabel on his attempts to woo them, and every night he would wake Edea with slamming doors at ungodly hours of the night and would keep her up with his stupid blabbering. The thin walls of the inn were no help whatsoever in these situations. The following mornings he would have his stupid, horrible smelling coffee at breakfast, smirking the entire time as he briefed his companions on his adventures that happened the evenings before. It was enough to make Edea gag, and frankly, she was sick of it. She wasn't quite sure what bothered her so much about it in the first place, all she knew was that she was going to put an end to it.
Before the vagrant could leave with the rest of the party one afternoon, Edea caught Ringabel by the collar and made sure he stayed put.
"Ah, a bit firmer than usual. A welcome change, I should say." his breath smelled bitter, just like the third coffee he had chugged that day.
"Listen, Ringabel," Edea crossed her arms and stared down at him. "Ever since we came here, I've noticed something about you and it's been bothering me a lot."
"I'm flattered you've been observing me. Please, do tell what's on your mind."
"You're so noisy when you turn in for the night! You've woken me up too many times now. Next time you go out with a stupid girl, just stay with her!"
"Ah, is that jealousy I'm detecting in your voice? My, Edea, I never knew it bothered you that much!"
"That's not it! I'm not jealous! All I want is a proper night's sleep, and I'm sick of you doing whatever you please and then reminding us all about it the next morning!" her voice had risen more than she had intended. Travelers were starting now, and Ringabel was starting to look uncomfortable. He stood up and placed a hand on Edea's shoulder.
"I get that you're upset, but perhaps this isn't the best venue for an argument..."
Edea shrugged his hand off and scowled. She hated to admit it at this point, but he was right. She sat down and sighed. "...sorry. I'm grumpy from lack of sleep I guess. No thanks to you."
Ringabel took a seat as well and drummed his fingers on the table between them. "I apologize as well. I had no idea I was disrupting your beauty sleep. If it really bothers you that much, I'll stop."
Edea smiled a bit at his apology. "No, do what you want to do. It's not like I'm your mom, I can't tell you how to behave. It's just..."
"Just what?" Ringabel pressed.
"Well, doesn't it bother you, being with different women all the time? Can't you just be loyal to one girl?"
As soon as she let those words escape her lips, she regretted them. She covered her mouth and squeaked out a 'sorry', expecting Ringabel to be upset with her. She watched his face and instead of getting angry, he smiled. And he didn't just smile, he started laughing!
"What's so funny?!" Edea demanded.
Ringabel smirked at her. "I'm a very dedicated man when it comes down to it, dear Edea. You could call all these dates practice, for when my angel finally graces me with a date. I only want the best for her, after all."
Edea's mouth hung open and she felt her face grow hot.
"The angel's you, in case you've forgotten." Ringabel added.
"I know that!" Edea snapped. He had some nerve!
"Anyway, I'm sorry for making you jealous of all the others. Perhaps we could go out for a night, and I'll make it up to you. I'll show you what I've showed the others, and then some." he said with a wink. "We can start with dinner, then we could fetch some water jellies. Then the rest of the night's free game, and the city gets rather boring rather fast..."
"Stop talking!" Edea covered her face with her hands.
"Yes, why waste words when we could be out on the town already?" Ringabel stood up and grabbed Edea's hands and pulled her out of her chair. "Restaurants fill up fast here, so let us make haste!"
"Unhand me right now, you lech!" Edea shouted. The duo had caused yet another scene, and Ringabel ignored them all as he whisked her out of the inn.
"The night is young Edea, and it's up to us to make the most of it!" Ringabel called in that stupid, over the top way of his. "I promise I won't keep you up too late tonight!"
"Ringabel!" The pair continued to run through Florem, raising several eyebrows along the way.
Why did she have to go and open her big mouth?
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AN:
Here is prompt three, loyalty! A bit of a delay, thanks to graduating and work. I hope you all enjoyed and I hope everything was in character! The idea for this one came from BlazetheDragonite :) Thank you all for reading, and thank you reviewers for your kind words!
Icee Suicune
