So im over at a friends today which means i can upload this chapter! God damn having internet is nice after not having it for 2 months, going to be annoying when i cant use it anymore, but blah, life sucks, what can ya do? I rewrote this chapter, the first of a handful, i like the way i wrote it this time more than the last, sucks i lost a good chunk of the story though, but whatever, enjoy!
Generally the group had come to terms rather easily over the fact that the two love birds have now gotten together, the teasing that was done by Raven was generally dealt with, albeit heavy handedly, by Rita, Judith's teasing was dealt with by Yuri, a simple remark and a few quick friendly whips between the two was generally how it went. Over all it was silently agreed by everybody that day to day events were treated the same as before the truth of the two was found out, everybody would act the same as before, and the two wouldn't do anything romantic or mushy until the day was through, acting as they always had before, and they went away from the group to do this, firstly because of Raven, and secondly because they wanted their privacy.
When it came to the deal of staying at an inn, the two would stay near each other when in the main room, or would go outside together, but the rooms stayed like they always would, guys in one, girls in the other, their lives weren't heavily affected by the fact that the two were together, and it seemed like it was going to stay that way for a long while. Of course no one knew what had happened in Aspio, and since it was such a long time ago, no one really remembered it or questioned it, and as such, the promise Yuri made to one day come and live with Rita when everything had come to an end stayed between the two.
One day the group had decided that they needed some relaxation, everybody was stressed and had gotten to the end of their ropes, being as high strung as they were, they snapped at each other often over the littlest of things; even Judith and Yuri had lost their generally laid back and easy going attitudes. Figuring some time away from everything and each other was a nice way to relax, they all headed their separate ways for a bit, Estelle returned to the capital to check up on everybody back at her home, Flynn had agreed to help her do a quick vanishing trick should she need to if she couldn't leave of her own free will.
Raven and Karol had returned to Dahngrest , raven needed to do some guild related work, while Karol wanted to reunite with some old friends, see what he could learn, and wishfully run back in to the girl he likes. It also helped that the two were at arguably the most evenly tempered between the two out of the whole group.
Judith had decided to explore a small mountain range with Ba'ul, hoping to find some new adventure and excitement for the two of them, but because the two were every ones mode of transportation, they didn't have very long to explore, roughly 3 days was what everybody had decided on, as for Yuri and Rita, the two weren't that upset at each other like everybody else was with everybody else.
Yuri was looking for a nice relaxing town to stay in, and Rita had decided that she needed to take a break too, even from her research, stating a huge headache had been bothering her for a while, making concentrating rather hard, they both agreed that a town by the ocean sounded calming enough, so they decided to stay at Capua Noir and decided to take a pleasant boat ride over to Torim, hoping the sudden change of scenery, but with the same vibe, would help the two relax.
Soon after reaching the twin harbors, the two didn't know how much peace and quiet they were going to get, but it was evident that it was going to be quite a lot, most of the town of Noir harbor was gone; apparently the trading guild had just gotten a giant haul of supplies that needed to be transported so almost every ship was out of the harbor, and with mostly everybody with them. The guard had been increased to make sure looting wasn't a problem, luckily for them when they reached the inn asking about a room and a possible boa ride to Torim, they found out a few small ferry boats had stayed behind to make sure that if someone wanted to cross they had a way.
Leaving the supplies they had taken with them in their room, they decided to head out into the city, see what they could see, surely enough it was like walking through a quarantine zone, guards on every street, almost not another soul out of uniform wandering the place, an eerie emptiness filled the town, they headed over to the shop to buy a few gels to make them seem unsuspicious, as leaving the inn and returning within a few moments due to the weird atmosphere might make the two seem like they were planning on looting a house or two, and with Yuri's reputation, they didn't want to risk it.
Soon after returning to their room Rita went and flomped down on her bed face first, laying unmoving, legs dangling off the side, Yuri soon sat down next to her, patting her head softly, a knowing look on his face, Repede decided to curl up and rest in the corner and let the two have their own time. Yuri then spoke up, trying to get a conversation started between the young girl and his self,
"Hey, it's not like we knew it was going to be like this, and I talked to the inn keeper when we got back, Torim isn't suppose to be like this, even though that's the trade guilds HQ, they use the boats from there for regular trade routes; so tomorrow when we leave we can expect a more warmer atmosphere, alright?"
Rita just sighed at this, shaking her head softly as she did, then she started to grunt, then she leapt up from her bed and started to stomp around, pacing back and forth, her face in a usual scowl, then finally she looked at Yuri, who had a concerned face, shrugging, she figured she should tell him what's bothering her,
"I'm upset because of how this ended, we came here to relax and spend some time together, not just sit around and do nothing for an entire day, I wanted to go out and hold you tight as we explored the town, not sit in our room wasting precious time, we only have three days Yuri, and at this rate we are only going to have two, is it so much of a problem that I want to be a tiny bit romantic on our most recent vacation from everybody else?"
He smirked at this, closing his eyes and tilted his head away from her a tiny bit, she just huffed at this and crossed her arms, mad at how it seems like he's taking everything she had just said as if it was a joke. He then slowly stood up and started walking towards her, still mad, she just looked away and pouted, slowly walking backwards, away from him. He laughed as she did so, soon she couldn't walk back anymore, her legs bumped into his bed, still with a scowl on her face as he wrapped his arms around her.
Surprisingly she kept her bad mood on as he hugged her close, not letting him have even an inch when she usually would melt in his arms, he even kissed her cheek and she was still scowling. Finding this all to be a big game he chuckled softly and continued to kiss and hug her, trying to break her moody expression. But as much as he tried she wouldn't budge, her entire face had turned into a giant red light bulb, hot to the touch. He thought it was cute, as even though it made her seem a little bit angrier, he knew she was enjoying this.
"Hey, Rita? I got a little question for you, so are you going to drop the act long enough to listen?"
All he got was silence and a small huff from the young girl. Still smiling the young man decided to continue on anyway, loving every moment he had teasing the girl.
"Well then, your no fun, you know that? And here I am trying to help you feel all romantic just like you said you wanted to be. Those mixed signals you are making are really funny to watch though, you know? Well I will just ask my question anyway, alright?"
To this he just drew back a little bit so he could look her dead in the face, still red and sulking, the young girl looked back, wondering what it was he wanted to ask, but all she got was a soft smile, and eyes staring at her, half close, with long dark bangs covering them slightly. It stayed like that for a few more seconds, then finally she couldn't hold it in any longer, so she asked,
"What the hell is the question? Or are you just going to sit there and stare at me for the next 5 hours?!"
Yuri gave out a small laugh, triumphant against the young girls temper, he then leaned forward, she expected a kiss, but instead he hugged her tight again, and kept on leaning, forcing her to topple onto the bed with him on top, mind racing, her mouth open and eyes wide, she couldn't talk, but she soon didn't have to, she felt his breath as he whispered into her ear,
"You want to sleep with me tonight? Just the two of us, arms wrapped around each other, you resting against my chest and using me as a pillow? Sure, I've slept in your lap before, but we never really slept in the same bed before, as a loving couple, would that be enough romance for you today? Or are you still going to sulk, saying that today is just going to be a waste and that we only have two days of romance instead of three?"
She laid there frozen, mind empty, her heart beating so fast it felt like one long thump in her chest. She stared at the ceiling, unable to cope with what he just said, then she slowly took her arms out from between the two of them, and slowly wrapped them around his back. Slowly she closed her eyes and buried her head into the crook of his neck. Then silently, so silently that even as close to his ear as she was, Yuri could barely make out what she just said.
"So, we have gone from boyfriend and girlfriend to loving couple?"
He felt her fingers did into his back softly as she tried to press her body deeper into his own, he felt soft lips kiss his neck, and he felt her heart beat, knowing she enjoyed everything that is happening to her, then he heard a small whisper again, it said,
"Soon we will move on from loving couple to husband and wife, right?"
He smirked at this, and felt another kiss as he silently whispered back his answer,
"Right, as soon as we possibly can."
So, a lovely little couples moment after a nice little one sided argument, you get to see a cute little Rita as she dons her tough girl act i plan on using a little bit in the future, i like the way i worked her out, you get to see she really does want to try to be stubborn like she use to, but you also get the sense that she knows shes going to fail, but she tries anyway, either for the cuteness factor, or just her pride, but over all i like it XD well heres hoping i get lucky in the future and can upload more soon!