Author's Notes: Since I've already upped the rating I'm going to warn you guys, there is just a tad little bit of swearing in this part. Thank you and please enjoy the show.
Just Waiting
Part Twenty-Four, Day 90 – Decision Day
By Relm
"Why are we up so damned early for?" Gavin groaned as he dragged his feet while walking to the restaurant with Leviathan. It was early in the morning, too early in fact so few people were awake in Zelphilia.
"We are heading to the restaurant because we have to be there for the shipments that are arriving." Leviathan explained not tired one bit. It didn't matter to him what time of the day it was, he could sleep any time and wake up when he wanted and still feel fresh.
Gavin groaned as he clearly wasn't a morning person. "But it's just produce! Why does it matter so much if we're there?"
"Because Luna isn't here and someone has to be there to sign for it or they'll just leave it by the back doors."
"Again I repeat, it's produce so why the hell do we care?" Gavin spat out in irritation.
Leviathan narrowed his eyes at his little brother. Gavin's blasé attitude wasn't sitting well with him. "Luna left us in charge so have to make sure we make responsible decisions. If we just let the guys leave whatever for us at the door we won't know if it's good till well after the fact. Luna always checks over the merchandise before signing the papers. Sometimes even just one piece of bad fruit or vegetable can ruin a whole meal. How can I knowingly look Luna in the eye when she gets back and tell her that I did everything I was supposed to if I'm too lazy to even get up early in the morning?"
"This isn't early in the morning! It's practically still evening!" Gavin protested. "Besides she'll probably be coming back today or tomorrow."
"I don't care if she's coming back this minute! We're already up and almost there so quit your whining!" Leviathan ordered Gavin not liking how his voice sounded as he did it. Lev was more a peace keeper not a bossy person. Bossing people around wasn't something in his nature.
"I wonder if she'll be coming back alone." Gavin thought out loud.
Leviathan frowned as he thought about his oldest sister. "Gods I hope she doesn't."
"Do you think De Tanga is going to pass her test?"
"I would love to say, 'yes of course he will' but I can't. De Tanga is a great guy and Luna would have to be stupid to let him go. But this is Luna we're talking about here and she's the most stubborn person I know. I know she cares for De Tanga but I don't think she'll want to let herself feel those feelings for him. She's too guarded to let just anyone get behind her defences."
"Hmm... If she's not coming back with him then she could be gone for more than just a few days." Gavin reminded Leviathan.
"Yeah if she's going to break De Tanga's heart I doubt he'll want to teleport her back. So she would be stuck traveling." Though it would be an unconvincing thing for Luna, Leviathan couldn't help but feel a bit jealous of the notion. Living somewhat of a sheltered life Leviathan hadn't had the opportunity to see much of the world besides Zelphilia. He often wondered what the outside world was like.
"If she does fail him then that means we'll be Luna free just that much longer. Of course if it means having to get up stupidly early for restaurant stuff it's not that much better."
"Then let's hope Luna comes home with her new boyfriend."
The two Inverse boys nodded in agreement as they got to the restaurant with the delivery wagon already there loaded up with produce.
"Okay sign here and we'll be on our way." The delivery man handed Leviathan the forms with a pen.
"Hold on Thale. You know the drill. I need to look over everything and check it with our order sheet." Leviathan was quick to point out as he took the papers from the delivery man.
Thale groaned. "I was hoping just this once I could go through this route fast. Oh well at least you're not as bad your sister."
Leviathan let out a chuckle as he looked through the order.
Gavin stood there waiting for his brother to over the produce order bored and sleepy. So sleepy that he fell asleep standing. It wasn't until Leviathan woke him up that he realized he had dozed off.
"Gavin, wake up. We've got to take the stuff." Leviathan gave his brother a slight nudge. He didn't want to wake Gavin but he needed help getting all the stuff in.
Gavin yawned and stretched before getting to work. He grabbed two boxes and followed his brother into the restaurant. Of those two boxes Gavin had in his hand one of them was on the order list. The other wasn't. A mysterious box of oranges...
...
De Tanga mumbled as he rolled around in bed. He was still asleep but just on the cusp of waking. De Tanga fought the waking feeling and reached out for his bed mate to cuddle so he could further retreat into slumber. But feeling the bed around him De Tanga found that his bed mate was nowhere to be found. Even though he didn't want to De Tanga woke looking for the whereabouts of his Luna.
A quick scan of the room revealed the purple haired beauty. And a beauty she did look that early sunny morning. Luna stood by the window looking relaxed as stared at the view. She wasn't dressed and only a sheet covered her otherwise naked body. The sheet was large enough to fully cover the waitress from Zelphilia but Luna had it so loosely wrapped around her that it just barely covered her. The slight tousled hair and the whiteness of the sheets contrasting to her slightly tanned skin made Luna look like a goddess.
Though the sight was a heavenly one De Tanga couldn't help but feel a bit confused by Luna's actions. Why wasn't she in bed with him? They had made love the night before so why would she distance herself from him? De Tanga didn't understand.
"About time you woke." Luna spoke breaking the silence but still staring out the window. She didn't need to turn to know that De Tanga was awake. She could feel his eyes on her.
"I would still be sleeping if a certain someone didn't leave the bed." He patted the bed playfully hoping to entice Luna back to their bed.
Luna didn't bite; in fact she didn't even turn around. "You know what today is right?"
De Tanga felt coldness settle in his gut. He didn't like how this was starting out. "Yes."
"It's decision day. The day I decide if I'm going to let you date me or not."
Yes De Tanga didn't like how this is going. "After last night I figured..."
"That we got drunk and ended up in bed together? Yes that did happen, but it doesn't change things."
Now De Tanga was really starting to get afraid. He thought back to everything he did the night before that he could remember. Yes he had stolen a couple kisses but Luna was the one that took things further. Was he not supposed to go along with it? Was he supposed to resist her? Was it a test? So many things went through De Tanga's mind at that panic stricken moment. And it came to him, he remembered. Right as he was drifting off to sleep he'd said it.
I love you.
He'd told Luna Inverse the woman who rejected all forms of commitment especially if it made her vulnerable that he loved her. There was probably nothing worse to say to Luna Inverse other than those three little words. Now it was all clear.
Luna cleared her throat before continuing on. "I had said no dates before the 90 days but I did make that exception for the wedding. And even though last night was 'fun' that won't impact my decision."
De Tanga couldn't tell what Luna's decision was going to be. Her body language told him that he failed and failed hard. "Listen Luna I know that last night I-"
"Shut up!" Luna silenced him. "I don't want to hear any sort of argument or excuses. I've made my decision and there's nothing you could do or say to change it."
"Then what is your decision?" He dared ask.
"I enjoyed last night... but I've decided I don't want to date you."
In that one moment De Tanga felt his whole world crash into a thousand pieces. His heart had stopped and he couldn't breathe. After everything, everything they went through, the ups and downs after professing his love to her she would refuse him? "You what?"
"I don't want to date you." She repeated in a deadpan voice devoid of all emotion.
"I can't believe you! You string me along for three whole months and you say no? Is that the reason why you forgave me so easily? You wanted to lull me into a false sense of security so you could really rip my heart out?" De Tanga spat out angrily.
Luna didn't even flinch at De Tanga's angry words. She made no sound or movement at all.
"Was it hard waiting all this time to destroy me? I'm supposed to be the monster! I'm the one that's supposed to cause mayhem and chaos! I'm supposed to toil with other people's emotions! Not you! Gods you are the most infuriating woman in this world! You're exactly like a monster!" De Tanga screamed with the most anger and rage he'd ever felt. But it wasn't just rage he was devastated. Tears freely fell from his face and he didn't even care. He wanted Luna to see exactly how she made him feel. He wanted her to see his pain.
If Luna was affected by this display of emotion she made no effort to show it. She still continued to stand by the window looking outside rather than look at De Tanga.
"And I told you I loved you to! I meant it, I really did. I still mean it. Gods do I wish at this moment I didn't. But that's what did you in wasn't it? Me saying those three damned words. A stupid monster priest admitting he loves the monster slayer. How could you ever date such an imbecile? Heaven forbid you ever love me back! Because that's what you're the most afraid of isn't it? Luna Inverse is afraid to let anyone into her heart because she'd be exposed. She could be hurt. Well? I let you in and I didn't want to. No I never let you; you forced your damned way in! And this is what you do to me?" De Tanga choked on his sobs really making a pathetic mess of himself.
Standing there Luna had to fight the urge to react. She couldn't react to what De Tanga was saying. Because she was Luna Inverse after all and Luna Inverse wasn't a weakling affect so easily by petty emotions.
"Well is it? Are you not dating me because I admitted that I love you?" De Tanga spat out.
"Yes, that's exactly what the reason is." Luna admitted in a very calm but emotionless voice.
This admission took all the wind out of De Tanga's sails. It wasn't fair. He had done everything he could to make things work. He walked on eggshells trying not to screw things up. He would have gone to hell and back for her if it would have helped. Telling someone you loved them was supposed to be a good thing. It was supposed to solidify a relationship not crumble it into pieces. He didn't know what to say to her. All he could do was sit there staring at her with his mouth hanging open in surprise.
"I can't date you. There's no way I could ever..."
De Tanga had a couple choice words he was storing up in his brain to say to her at that moment.
"...I'll have to marry you instead."
"YOU EVIL BITCH!" De Tanga screamed. "I can't believe you! You are evil the most evil woman in the fucking world! How dare you screw around with my feelings like that! You actually make me think I failed and you go and sneak in a damned marriage proposal!"
Luna turned around and leaned against the window sill in a most seductive manner. Her come hither smile was tainted just the slightest amount of evil intent. "Oh no, there is no proposal. You are going to marry me."
"And what if I refuse?" De Tanga stated crossing his arms in mock protest.
Luna's smile broadened and got much more wicked. She let the sheet that just barely covered her drop exposing her whole body to him once more. "Just so you know when you tell a woman you love them you lose all bargaining rights. Especially if the woman you love looks like this."
"I'm still mad at you." De Tanga declared while not moving an inch.
"And how can we fix that?" Luna sauntered over to the bed crawling her way over to De Tanga for a kiss.
De Tanga turned his head away to avoid Luna's lips. "You tell me you're sorry..."
"I'm sorry." Luna mumbled as she nibbled on De Tanga's neck.
"...and tell me you love me."
Luna stiffened and stopped what she was doing. She looked him in the eyes to see if he was serious.
He was. "I'm not going to marry a woman that can't even admit to me that she loves me." De Tanga stated sternly.
"Why do I need to tell you when you know damned well what I feel?" Luna raised an eyebrow at him. She did love him, and she really did want to marry him but Luna was still Luna after all. It was hard to let go of all her self control.
"Because it means nothing if I can't hear it from your lips. It's nice to hear you're loved once in a while."
Luna rolled her eyes. "You are such a girl."
"Do you love me?"
"Yes." She admitted feeling both vulnerable and empowered. It wasn't just any guy she was letting her guard down with, it was De Tanga.
"Yes what?" He prompted her. De Tanga wasn't about to let her get out of this one. Not after the three months she put him through. He earned it and he was going to get what he wanted.
"Yes I... love... you."
De Tanga smiled as he kissed his fiancé on the lips. He grabbed her and pulled into bed with him.
Luna was quick to shove him off her. "Oh no there will be none of that."
De Tanga looked at her confused. "What do you mean?"
"We're officially engaged. Therefore we can't have sex until our wedding night." Luna stated.
"Then what the hell did we do last night?" De Tanga exclaimed.
"A drunken impulse that won't be repeated for a long while."
De Tanga let out a fake groan. "So you're going to make me wait... again?"
"Aren't I worth waiting for?" Luna flashed him a cute playful smile.
"I would wait for you forever." He admitted lovingly as he kissed her on the forehead.
"Well you will have to wait. Starting tomorrow we will have no sex until we're married." Luna declared.
"Starting tomorrow?" De Tanga prompted.
"Yeah tomorrow sounds good." Luna took charge shoving De Tanga on his back.
"You just wanted to be on top." De Tanga mused as he ran his hands up and down Luna's back.
"I'm always on top." Luna growled at him while hungrily devouring his lips with her own.
...
After Leviathan and Gavin got everything off the wagon and into the restaurant it was time to unpack and put everything away. A majority of the stuff was going to the kitchen but some of the produce was going to the bar. Particularly some of the lemons and limes.
"Hey Lev did you order oranges for the bar too?" Gavin asked in curiosity as he picked up a strange looking crate. It looked like oranges on the label but Gavin wasn't too sure as the writing on the label was hard to read. It might have been tangerines for all he knew.
"No. And I already unpacked all the oranges for the kitchen. Did Thale give us an extra crate by mistake?" Leviathan wondered as he examined the very box Gavin handed him.
"Maybe. Or maybe he was just being nice and giving us a freebee. Could you use oranges in the bar?"
Leviathan nodded eagerly. "Oh yeah I could do all kinds of fun drinks with oranges. I'm sure it would be a nice change for the patrons. But this box looks old and beat up. The oranges inside might be rotten." Leviathan opened the crate to make sure and shocked with what ended up being inside.
The moment the lid came off a flash of light emerged from the crate and a figure burst right out. Within a second a scantily clad woman with long dark hair appeared flying out of the crate and crashing right into Leviathan.
The woman felt woozy as she struggled to regain her composure. She couldn't even remember how the hell she ended up in the box let alone how long she had been there. And she clearly didn't know where the hell she was now but she was glad to be free. "OHOHOHOHOHOH! I'm finally free of the cursed crate!"
Leviathan looked down at the woman who was currently laying on top of him with curiosity. It was always strange to be suddenly knocked down to the floor by any strange woman but more so when they appear out of things that are far too small to contain them. The woman appeared to be very tall and busty but what grabbed Leviathan's attention most was her glossy raven hair and pristine blue eyes. "Are you okay?"
She looked up realizing she was laying on top of someone. Her blue eyes met his and she felt that connection she never felt before. People never looked into her eyes; they always dismissed her and looked at other parts of her. No one took her seriously enough to look at her so directly. It made her shiver but then she realized she was laying on top of him. Her face was the only spot this man could clearly look at her. So with that realization she sprung to her feet regaining her usual confidence and composure. "I am fine now that I am rid of that evil crate! OHOHOHOHOHOHOH! I, Naga the white serpent, is free!"
Leviathan got up with a small smile on his face. "Well I'm glad I got you out Miss Naga." As Leviathan smiled his little fangs were present. He could have been ogling the sight of the woman before him as she was wearing the least amount of clothing he had ever seen on a woman before. Naga wore what looked like a black string bikini, cape boots, gloves and a few other accessories. What her clothing didn't do was cover up the fact that Naga had an extremely large bust. But her chest size didn't surprise Leviathan as Naga was a tall girl, tallest he'd ever seen so it didn't seem strange to her. Instead he continued to look Naga in her eyes.
Naga was a little thrown off at Leviathan's gaze. She expected him to look at her chest or other areas, but not her eyes. Another thing that was strange is that she had to look up to meet his eyes. This man before her was taller than her! And that rarely happened. What really got Naga going was not only was he tall but he was muscled almost like a body builder and he had a blue dragon like tail. And not to mention he had the cutest smile. He was an interesting one. 'My gods he's gorgeous.' She couldn't help but think to herself.
"Looks like some sort of a variation of a temporal box spell." Gavin mused picking up the crate. "Kinda of an ingenuous way to trap someone."
"OHOHOHOHOHOH! It had to be ingenuous if it managed to capture the beautiful and talented Naga the White Serpent!" Naga boomed referring to herself in second person. "Where am I exactly? And who are the two of you?"
"Oh! Right I'm sorry! How rude of me." Leviathan apologized. "Well you're in Zelphilia-"
"Zelphilia? The land of eternal wine?" Naga almost squealed with delight.
"Well we are a wine country so yeah-"
"Then we must drink!" Naga announced clapping her hands.
"Not so early in the morning!" Leviathan exclaimed with a sweatdrop falling down the side of the face. "We can drink later perhaps. In fact I'll buy you a drink later, would that be okay?"
Naga wanted to drink now but she couldn't help but be charmed with this handsome stranger offering to buy her a drink. "Alright, so who are you two again?"
"That there is my brother Gavin," Leviathan pointed to Gavin standing behind her, "And I'm Leviathan, Leviathan Inverse." He offered his hand to shake Naga's in a normal traditional greeting.
Naga didn't take his hand. She was too shocked too. "...Inverse?"
...
"As much as I would love to stay in bed all day I think we have to get ready and go home." De Tanga announced after a third round of passionate sex with his fiancé.
Luna frowned at him. "Once we leave this bed it will be no sex until after the wedding." She warned him.
De Tanga considered thinking about if he could go another round. The truth was he could but he knew he shouldn't. They had already had enough sex for the day. "Don't tempt me woman. I could stay here all day. But you can't feed off emotions, you need to eat food." He reminded her.
"Isn't that idiot friend of yours paying the tab for the room? We could just order room service and never leave." Luna suggested.
De Tanga growled as he nibbled on Luna's ear. "Stop it! We already broke the bed! We're going to get ready, eat breakfast and check out." De Tanga declared with much force and power to his voice. Even as commanding as he was that didn't matter too much to Luna.
"And what makes you think you can boss me around?"
"Because I'm marrying you and I'm taking you out for breakfast."
That was enough for Luna and she got up. "Okay but it's going to be a very big breakfast. I've worked up quite an appetite."
"I'll bet you have." De Tanga replied with a satisfied smirk on his face.
...
The pair got up ready and had a lovely breakfast together. There was something nice and relaxing about being in each other's company and not having to dance around each other. De Tanga could show as much affection towards Luna and she would reciprocate to a certain degree. (She was still Luna Inverse after all) There were no worries of a pass or fail so all was good in the world.
After breakfast the couple went back to their room to pack up to check out. Since Luna had way more stuff than De Tanga he was done well before she was. Instead of doing the gentlemanly thing to do and offer to help her finish packing De Tanga stepped out for a little while. He had an errand to do that he couldn't do around Luna.
Luna had an idea or two of what De Tanga was doing but she wasn't going to voice her suspicions. She trusted him enough to know it wasn't something she should worry about. A part of her hoped he was saying goodbye to everyone for the both of them as she wasn't looking forward to all the parting pleasantries. However when De Tanga returned and they checked out Luna found out that wasn't the case. They still had to say good bye to Filia and Xellos and everyone else. It felt like an hour of talking before Luna and De Tanga could finally get away.
"Let's go home already!" Luna fumed in exasperation after tearing De Tanga away from one of the townspeople who just had to talk to De Tanga before he left. She held onto his arm so tightly that if he were human it would have turned white.
"Oh? Does this mean you want us to teleport home?" De Tanga teased her.
"Yes!" Luna hissed. "How the hell were you expecting us to get home?"
"Well since you don't like teleporting I thought we were going to travel the rest of the way home by foot." De Tanga exclaimed coyly.
Luna considered De Tanga's fake suggestion. Something about spending endless days traveling off together did appeal to Luna but she knew she had to get back to her restaurant. "No you're going to teleport us. Gods know what my family have done with my restaurant."
De Tanga chuckled. "Of course. But if I am going to teleport you you're going to have to hold onto me a tad closer than just my arm." He pulled her close wrapping his one free arm around her tightly.
Luna didn't recoil from the contact like she had the first time they teleported. Instead she had a coy smile of her own. "Remember no sex until the wedding." She reminded him.
"I wasn't going to try and seduce you. But now that you've suggested it there's something intriguing about the idea of having sex mid teleport."
Luna playfully hit De Tanga over the head with one of her bags. "Let's go home!"
"Yes dear." De Tanga answered happily. The notion of having an actual home was a happy one for De Tanga. A place where he belonged and people accepted him for who he was.
They teleported back to Zelphilia and expected some sort of fanfare or special greeting but all the pair was greeted with was worry.
"Miss Luna you need to get to the restaurant right away!" Liden one of Zelphilia's blacksmiths exclaimed the moment he saw her.
This sort of greeting alarmed Luna. Her first instinct was to run over to 'The Devil's Spoon' but instead De Tanga held on tight and teleported them right inside the restaurant. She would have hit De Tanga once more for unnecessary teleporting if her family (sans Devon) wasn't standing in the restaurant looking worried.
"Luna!" Faithe exclaimed. "Something terrible has happened!"
Luna looked around the restaurant noting it's condition and frowned. Nothing appeared to be wrong with 'The Devil's Spoon', in fact it looked extremely clean to boot. "What?"
"It's not terrible Mom." Gavin sighed while rolling his eyes. "You're over exaggerating."
"I am not!" Faithe insisted. "This is terrible! I can't believe Leviathan would do this!"
Now Luna was really confused. Leviathan rarely ever did anything wrong and when he did it was by pure accident. "What did he do?"
"He ran off with some strange girl!"
Luna had been confused before now she was as puzzled as she had ever been in her life. Yes Leviathan may have had the occasional crush or two since getting his human form but he never acted on it. Leviathan was just too painfully shy when it came to those types of things that he never could muster up the courage to ask a girl out on a date. So the idea of Leviathan running away with one seemed preposterous. "What?"
Gertrude stepped in at this moment to explain. "It seems somehow Leviathan freed this woman from a magical trap that was holding her in a crate of oranges. This woman claims to be the greatest rival to our little Lina and is on a quest to find her."
Now it made sense for Luna. "So he wanted to go with her so he could find Lina?" She prompted.
Gertrude nodded. "Yes it would seem that was the case."
"I just saw Lina. She was at the wedding." Luna mused.
Both Faithe and Blitz glared at their oldest daughter in disbelief.
"You saw her?" Faithe exclaimed. "And you didn't bring her home with you?"
"No, why the hell would I do that for?" Luna matched her parents glare. "What what's the problem with Leviathan going out traveling?"
"He's only been human for so long!" Faithe protested. "He's practically a baby! He doesn't know the cruelties of the outside world!"
"Keeping him cooped up in Zelphilia isn't going to get him to know the ways of the world." Luna pointed out.
"Well if he wanted to travel then he should have gone with one of us." Blitz countered.
"Yes because we have all the free time in the world with running just a few family businesses." Luna snorted sarcastically. "You wouldn't even take Leviathan on that last trip you made."
"He wasn't ready." Blitz insisted.
"Luna you need to go after him and bring him back!" Faithe insisted.
"No." Luna huffed while crossing her arms.
"There is no discussing it Luna. You're going to go and get your brother and bring him back!" Blitz growled in frustration.
"I'm not going to. He's a not a baby and he shouldn't be treated like one!" Luna yelled back.
"I know this isn't my business..." De Tanga interjected. "But keeping Leviathan from seeing the outside world would just make him want to leave that much more. You'd run the risk of him leaving and never wanting to coming back. Whereas if you let him explore and travel with no repercussions he'll be more likely to come back."
"You're right De Tanga..." Faithe agreed. "It's none of your business! Now Luna do as I say and bring Leviathan back!"
"No! I'm not your lap dog, you can't order me around!" Luna yelled.
Faithe and Blitz turned their attentions to De Tanga which made De Tanga a little nervous.
"You're going to bring him back." Blitz stated rather than asked De Tanga.
"And why would you think he'd do that for?" Luna spat out in irritation.
"Please De Tanga?" Faithe pleaded ignoring Luna.
De Tanga pressed his lips together in a frown. "I care about what happens to Leviathan and yes the world can be a cruel place but I also know Leviathan. You don't see it because you're not monsters but Leviathan isn't exactly as happy as he appears. He loves his home, family and the people of this country but he feels trapped. If I go and find him and bring him back will resent you all. Let him go and explore for a while. He'll come back."
"And how can you be so sure?" Faithe demanded with tears threatening to spill down her cheeks.
"He'll have to come back for the wedding." De Tanga insisted.
Right away Luna shot De Tanga a death glare. They had just gotten engaged! He wasn't supposed to go telling everyone already!
The members of Luna's family either ignored Luna or failed to see the angry look on her face and instead they focused their attention on De Tanga.
"What wedding?" Faithe had to ask. Deep down she wanted to hear it was Luna and De Tanga's but realistically she didn't think that was the case. She wasn't going to get her hopes up.
"Oh well apparently instead of letting me date her, your daughter has decided that we're going to get married instead." De Tanga explained trying to keep his glee hidden and at bay.
"You asked De Tanga to marry you?" Faithe squealed with glee at her daughter.
"I didn't ask him. I told him." Luna corrected her mother. She had her arms across her chest again.
"BWAHAHAHAHA!" Blitz roared with laughter. "Typical Luna!"
"I'd run if I were you." Gavin whispered to De Tanga in a voice was just a tad too loud to really be classified as a whisper.
Luna threw a plate at her younger brother's head which of course Gavin managed to dodge.
"So when's the wedding? Have decided on a service? Colour scheme? Flowers?" Faithe eyes just got crazier and crazier the more she talked. To say she was excited was a gross understatement.
"We've decided nothing! We just got engaged this morning after I woke up." De Tanga explained very quickly.
Blitz eyed De Tanga suspiciously. "What was Luna doing in your room before you were awake?"
De Tanga's eyes were wide with fear. Showing his fear was a bad thing but it was a gut reaction he just couldn't help it. "Well... um... you see... there wasn't a lot of rooms at the inn..."
"If my daughter ends up pregnant before the wedding then you won't live to see it!" Blitz growled at De Tanga with a booming roar.
"No, no forgot that!" Faithe interjected. "Have as much sex with Luna as you want! The quicker I get grandkids the better! But have you been having sex already? Gods Luna could be pregnant!"
"I might be a great-grandmother already!" Gertrude exclaimed with just as much glee as her daughter.
Luna paled at the thought of being pregnant already. Especially thinking back to just how active the two had been in bed. Yes Luna could very well be with child, what a scary thought.
"Seriously, get out now while you still can." Gavin insisted to De Tanga once more with another plate nearly missing his head.
De Tanga did the only thing he could think of doing at that moment when faced with such an abundance of emotions. He scooped up all the luggage, grabbed Luna and teleported out of there.
The pair popped up in Luna's bedroom and the moment they teleported in Luna hit De Tanga over the head.
"What the hell were you thinking? You weren't supposed to tell them yet!" Luna fumed while angrily grabbing her luggage from De Tanga and started unpacking.
"Really? And what were you going to say when people asked about our deal? Where you going to tell them we were dating?" De Tanga shot back with a satisfied smirk.
"Maybe." Luna answered confidently but she wasn't even so sure.
"Well your mom and dad were upset about Leviathan. It was either tell them about the wedding or have them hate me for not doing what they wanted." De Tanga crossed his arms.
"I would have been fine with them hating you." Now it was Luna's turn for the satisfied smirk.
"Of course you would." Instead of saying more on the manner De Tanga decided it was time to show Luna what he had been doing while she was getting ready at the inn. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a little black velvet box. Getting down on one knee De Tanga grabbed one of Luna's hands and looked up at her. "Luna-"
"What are you doing?" Luna interrupted him.
"Shut up and I'll tell you. Luna I know things going forward are going to scary for the both of us but I want you to know I love you and I want to be with you forever." De Tanga opened the box revealing a white gold diamond ring that had little amethysts surrounding the diamond. The diamond itself was quite large and sparkled beautifully in the light of the morning sun. "Will you marry me?"
This was an extremely romantic gesture and all Luna could do was roll her eyes. "I already told you we're getting married."
"Yeah but your proposal sucked. So I want a moment to remember."
"I didn't propose. I told you what was going to happen." She reminded him.
"I don't care. I want to propose! Will you marry me?"
"When did you get this ring? And please don't say you've had it in your pocket almost right after you met me because that would be extremely lame."
"I got it in Valsteep while you were packing things up at the inn. Now answer my damned question will you marry me or not?" De Tanga exclaimed impatiently.
"You are such a girl."
"Luna!"
"Yes, I'll marry you." Luna finally caved in.
De Tanga put the ring on Luna's finger happy to finally solidify his relationship with her. "Now everyone will know you're mine." De Tanga got up and pulled Luna in for a kiss.
"No I don't belong to anyone. I own you." Luna corrected him while playfully biting his bottom lip.
De Tanga chuckled. He didn't mind being a possession of Luna's, in fact he relished in the idea. "Well at least everyone will know the result to the test you put me through."
"Was I worth waiting for?" Luna asked in a playful voice.
De Tanga flashed her a loving smile. "I'd wait for you forever." He told her again pulling her in for another kiss.
THE END
(Author's Notes: With how long this part ended up being I could have easily have made this into two parts. Oh well that just goes to show you never know how long something is going to be till you finish writing it. And this story is a testament to that fact. I've never written a story this long and finished it in such a short amount of time. Just a little over a year. I'm quite proud of myself. But then again I probably wouldn't have been so motivated if it hadn't been for the all the support I got from everyone here at fanfiction . net. I never expected to get one reader let alone the plethora of reviews I ended up getting. Nice reviews always brighten my day. So thank you all!
I know I've left things open for a third story which would focus on Leviathan and Naga. It is a project I'm considering but not right now. I'd like to focus on doing a little more on non-fanfiction type stories. But in the future I will probably write the next story in the series. Until then,
THANK YOU ALL MY LOYAL READERS!)
