A/N: Hey! I'm back! Sorry for the long wait! Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 4: Love Released
"Alo!" Arturia called to her friend, as she walked through the hallways. Suddenly, she heard her younger brother scream, telling her that Alo must have caught him. "Hey, Alo! I need to ask you for a favor", she said after Alo was finally in her field of vision, Arturia could see Alo holding Arthur up by the collar.
Alo looked toward Arturia and dropped Arthur, who ran away like a child running away from a stranger on the street. The strawberry-blonde haired woman sighed and walked toward her friend. "The brat got lucky today. Whatever, I'll get him soon. Anyway, what do you need, Arturia?" the woman asked, turning her attention to the person in front of her. She could see red on the blonde's cheeks, as Arturia opened her mouth to reply. "Ah, I see. This has to do with Diarmuid, correct? I should have known from the unusual amount of love radiating from you", Alo stated before Arturia could give her answer. Alo guessed that she was right due to the large blush that crept up on Arturia's face.
"H-How do you know that I came here to talk about Dia?" Arturia asked, an enormous blush on her face.
"I just told you, didn't I? Anyway, you're also very easy to read. You always blush when Diarmuid comes up in a conversation. And the sad part is that I wasn't the only one to notice it either. Cu noticed it as well. Hell, even Archer noticed it", Alo informed Arturia.
"I-I don't blush every time he's brought up! D-Don't be ignorant!" the short woman retorted embarrassingly, causing Alo to sigh once more.
"I'm only making it worse, aren't I? Well, I guess it can't be helped", she said to herself. "Anyway, what did you want to ask me about him? And don't even say anything about how I don't know that you're going to ask me something about 'Dia', because I do know that you're going to ask me about him", Alo told Arturia.
Arutria looked down at the ground. "Um well, can you, you know, like kind of…spy on him to see what he all likes and stuff…or maybe try and get me…a date with him?" she asked her friend nervously. Alo opened her mouth to tell Arturia that she didn't want to, but Arturia must have been prepared because Arturia opened her mouth before Alo could decline.
"If you say no then I'll be sure to tell Sasaki your number, and if you do help me then I'll get you a trip to that really nice spa you've always wanted to go to. Bazett and I will even come too", she said. Alo looked at her with complete aggravation.
"You son of a bitch", Alo replied. She really wanted to go to that spa. It had 4.9 stars out of five from over one thousand reviews. "Ugh, fine."
"Yay! Thanks, Alo! You're the best!"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever", Alo replied, as she rolled her ruby red eyes. "Just don't be talking to me about all your hopes and dreams for the fu-"
"Could you imagine Dia and I getting married? Wouldn't we make such a cute couple? Omg, that means I would be Arturia Pendragon Ua Duibhne. Hehe, that sounds so cute! Don't you think so, Alo?" Arturia rambled.
"I hate my life", Alo sighed.
"Why was she in such a rush?" Diarmuid asked Cu. Cu was about to answer when his phone vibrated – a text from Alo, he read the text and smirked to himself. He quickly texted her back with confidence and turned back to Diarmuid to answer his question.
"No idea, but you and Arturia, huh? I could ship it", the blue-haired man commented. Diarmuid blushed after he heard what his best friend had said. Upon seeing Diarmuid's red race, Lancer chuckled.
"So Arturia is the one you're after. Ha! Alo and I could not have been any more right", the man said.
"W-Wait, you and Alo guessed that I was after Arturia?" Diarmuid asked in disbelief.
"We didn't guess; we knew. And anyway, the whole company could have guessed that you two dig each other", Cu replied.
"You mean I dig her?"
"Nope, the company can totally see that Arturia digs you just as much as you dig her. I mean you two do seem pretty comfortable with each other. It even makes me wonder if you two have already fu-"
"Okay, I get it!" Diarmuid told Cu before the conversation could get out of hand. Cu started chuckling again. "How the hell does Bazett put up with you?"
"I don't know. I guess we were just meant to be together."
"Oh, really? I would have never guessed. You two seem like the type of people who would do it during a phone call. Oh wait, I'm sorry. That's already happened before…twice", Diarmuid responded, causing Cu to only chuckle more. He knew it was the truth. That was the reason for his laughter.
"Well, we just couldn't wait any longer. Well enough about my perfect love life, you should ask her out. Like I said before, if Archer can get a date then so can you", Lancer reassured his best friend.
"Yeah, but I don't want things getting weird between us", Diarmuid said. "I'm just worried that our friendship might get ruined if things don't go well", he continued.
"Oh, come on. Everything will go fine!" Cu replied optimistically.
"Well, I'll think about it, okay? I don't want to rush into things too fast", Diarmuid replied.
"Fine, fine…then I guess you can just sit back and watch Gilgamesh go and take your only shot of actually getting together with the girl of your dreams. Argue if you want, but Gilgamesh does not take no for an answer", Cu said.
"Gilgamesh is planning on asking her out?" the raven-haired male asked worriedly.
"Yep, planning on asking her today, too. I personally heard that he was going to ask her sometime around one", the other man informed him
"B-But, it's already 12:30!"
"Well then, you better hurry up and decide", Cu told Diarmuid. "This one decision could change your life forever." Diarmuid just stared at Cu for a moment. Then, he finally opened his mouth to say something.
"I'll be right back", he said before dashing out of the lounge and towards the direction that Arturia had gone when she chased after Alo.
"Cu saw that the light in the bathroom across the hall was turned on, signaling that it was occupied. Suddenly, Alo came out. "Nice job", she complimented.
"I told you that I had that, didn't I?" he replied. "Nice lie by the way."
"What lie?" Alo questioned.
"The lie about Gilgamesh asking her out today", he told her. Alo just looked at him with a blank expression.
"…That wasn't a lie", she told him.
"Arturia!" Diarmuid called. "Arturia!" Finally, the woman he desired was in sight; and luckily, she was alone. She stood in the meeting room (which was more of an entertainment room) looking for something. "Arturia", he called once more. Finally, she looked his way.
"Oh, hey, Dia", she smiled, as he walked up to her. "Do you need something?"
"Hold on. I-I need…to catch…my breath", he said, as he got a hold of himself. Once he did, he straightened himself up and returned her smile that was as warm as a summer day. "Sorry about that" he told her. She giggled lightly, the rhythm of a feather bouncing in a soft breeze.
"It's fine. I'm guessing that you have something pretty important to tell me, if you were full out sprinting all the way here", she stated, causing a soft glow on Diarmuid's cheeks and ears.
"Ha-ha, yeah, I guess you're right", Diarmuid agreed. "And I, uh, actually was going to ask you something", he told her.
"Oh, okay", she smiled.
"Well, uh, I was actually going to ask you if-"
"Wait, hold that thought", Saber interrupted.
"Hmm? What is it?" Diarmuid asked worriedly. Suddenly, he saw Arturia reach her hand up to his forehead. He started to think of their dance at the wedding once again. The way her hand was raised up to his forehead was the same way her hand was raised up to his own at the wedding.
"Oh, never mind. Sorry for interrupting, I was just making sure you were okay. You look a little…" she slowed down her sentence, as she locked eyes with the handsome man in front of her. "…red", she finished.
Suddenly, she felt Diarmuid's hands grab her waist, as she reached both of her hands up to run her fingers through his soft hair. Their lips locked in a passionate release of love and desire. Their tongues wrestled for dominance even though they both knew that the battle would ultimately end in a tie. The two moaned in pleasure, as they continued to kiss each other, not even acknowledging the world around them.
A/N: Well, I hope you enjoyed! I will most likely start updating more often, so make sure you keep up if you're enjoying this so far. Well, have a WONDERFUL day!