Time to write about everyone's favorite (or hated, depending on what you think of her. I'm...not particularly in either camp) tsundere. Tsunderes are hard to write, man ;_;- ArcanaHermit

Chapter 7: Honesty(Robin x Severa)

Robin was in a Ylisstol shop famous for it's silk dresses, accompanying his wife Severa on another one of her shopping sprees. At least once a week, she would demand that he take her shopping, whether it would be clothes or jewelry. Robin didn't mind so much, as it allows him to spend time with her, which they rarely do when on the field as Shepherds, and Severa promised not to bankrupt the both of them with any excessive spending (admittedly with some convincing from Robin).

"So, Robin. What do you think of this dress here? Hey, are you paying attention?"

Robin was just snapped out of his train of thought by the scarlet silk dress shown to her by his wife. It was very intricate, full of ribbons and other such attachments. Robin didn't care either way for it, but decided wisely not to incur Severa's wrath.

"I think it might look very good on you, Severa."

Severa scowled, dissatisfaction clearly shown on her face.

Damn, looks like I made a mistake again

"M-might? I might look good in this? I want a concrete answer Robin, yes or no. I want to find a dress to make myself look beautiful for you"

Before Robin could give an answer, Severa immediately turned away, blushing embarrassingly.

"S-sorry for raising my voice like that, that was immature of me"

Robin didn't mind it so much. If there was one thing he knew about Severa, it was that she can be very...vocal at times, but she's never truly malicious, and she has everyone's best interests at heart when it comes down to it, always nagging about her fellow Shepherd's safety. His marriage to her has also had the benefit of softening her somewhat, as she has also shown the more sweet and tender side to her more and more frequency, much to Robin's silent delight.

"It's ok, I should correct myself. I'm sure you'll look very beautiful in that dress."

Severa whispered a barely audible "Thank you" before returning to picking another dress, her face redder than ever.

After finally buying some clothes, Severa decided to go get some food. On Robin's recommendation, they decided to try out a Ylissian restaurant famous for it's meat dishes. Once she looked at it, Severa was appalled at the menu.

"Urgh, I really hope none of this stuff gets me fat. I have appearances to keep up."

"Oh, don't worry. I'm sure we won't eat much of it."

Despite that statement, the moment they decided to take a bite, they couldn't stop munching down on the food like starved barbarians. These chefs were the best of the best, and they made sure that those meals were irresistible. The only thing that stopped Robin from ordering another serving was out of care for Severa's confidence in her figure.

"So...how was the meal? I hope it isn't too fattening, Severa"

"It...was nice. They sure know how to cook their meats, at least."

Robin, feeling brave, decided to hold her hand. The reaction from Severa, another bright red blush, was almost instant.

"W-what do you think you're doing"

"Holding your hand? I'm allowed to do that as your husband, right?"

"I-i know that, idiot. Just give me a warn- never mind..."

Severa held her hand back, smiling slightly. They stayed like that for a while, making small talk and such, until they finally left the restaurant. Finding a nice bench, they decided to sit down, the sun just beginning to set.

"So, how was today, Severa? I hope I proved to be adequate to you needs"

Severa blushed and looked down for the second time today

"Of course you were, dummy. You are never NOT adequate, Robin. You're always being Mr Perfect for me."

Robin smiled at the compliment. From anyone else's mouth, that would be sweet, but it was doubly so when Severa was the one saying that.

Despite that, Robin noticed her quivering a little

"Severa, is anything wrong?"

"...Robin, don't you ever get tired?"

"Hmm, tired of what?"

Severa was shaking a little, hesitating on what she's about to say

"O-of me"

Robin was taking aback.

"What do you mean? I can never tire of you Severa."

"But I always drag you around on my shopping sprees, and you're always offering to pay for all of it. You are never mean to me, even when you had a tiring day. You always offer to help me when I need it, even when it would be extremely inconvenient for you. And I know i'm not the most...tolerable person to be around all day, especially since we're married. So how do you do it? How do you stand me all this time?"

Robin sighed inwardly, he sometimes forgets that underneath all the snark and cold words, Severa was just using it as a facade to hide her own insecurities. He simple held her close with his arms, with Severa yelping in surprise.

"Well, simply put, I accept you for who you are. True you're very loud at times, and I won't say that its always pleasant, but I accept you for who you are, the good and the bad. That's what relationships are about, accepting people for who they are, not who they can be"

"B-but still, it's not that easy, Robin"

"Well, put it this way. Would you'd still accept me despite me being a big, tactical jerk? Would you still stay with me, now and forever?"

Severa looked at Robin, anger in her eyes

"Of course I would, you dummy. I'd follow you anywhere, no matter what. And you aren't a big tactical jerk, you're much more than that to me."

Robin smiled, and gently patted her on the head, smoothing her bright crimson hair

"So it's settled then. We've admitted we'd accepted each other for who we are, flaws and all."

Severa gave Robin a light kiss on the lips, much to his surprise, smiling impishly at his reassuring words despite the tears in her eyes

"Y-you know, for someone who looks at books all day, you sure can be a smooth talker. Now let's go home already. I bought you something to wear, I'm sure you'd look dashing in it"

Robin nodded in approval and decided to head home with her, hand in hand. But not before Severa gave him one last kiss on the lips.

"T-thank you for making me feel special...dummy"

Done. Man it's hard to write tsunderes correctly. I hope this chapter being short doesn't run your enjoyment of it :/. Despite that I hope you enjoyed the chapter if you're a Severa fan, or at least found her tolerable if you're not a Severa fan. I'll see you all next time, thanks for watching ^-^ -ArcanaHermit