Gifts

"Normal speech"

'Thoughts'

"Speech over phone or terminal"

Feldt

The couple sat cuddled on the couch in Setsuna's apartment, the movie they were watching having just ended a few minutes ago. She hummed contently, her head resting on Setsuna's shoulders, his arm around her pulling her closer. Feldt basked in the happiness, the feeling of watching a movie with him in person vastly outweighing anything that they watched together online. 'I wish I had done this two months ago.' It wasn't that she didn't like watching things over the internet with him, it was just there was a physical connection that couldn't be replicated.

She looked up at Setsuna, who softly smiled at the screen. She kissed him on the cheek, catching him by surprise. Tilting his head, he asked, "What was that for?"

Feldt giggled, "Nothing. I just wanted to." Setsuna smiled knowingly, then tickled her sides, causing her to try and fail to resist it, the pink-haired woman playfully calling out between laughs, "Stop…it! You know…I'm…ticklish there!"

He laughed, "Why do you think I'm doing it?" After a few more seconds he stopped, her laughter dying down. She pulled away from him slightly, pouting as she looked away from him. 'That's not fair.'

She heard him try to contain his laughter, "Feldt, I was just having fun. And I stopped."

She huffed, "Doesn't mean you won't try again." She then felt his lips on her neck, giving her a quick kiss, catching her by surprise. A moan began to rise in her throat, but she resisted, pulling away a little more, fully out of his arm. A smile began to form on her lips even though she didn't want it to, "See? This is why I don't believe you."

He scooted closer to her, pulling her in again, the pink-haired girl not resisting. She cuddled into him again, Setsuna speaking quietly, "I know something that will make you feel better."

She turned to face him, seeing a warm smile on his face. Her curiosity peaked, she asked, "What do you have that will supposedly make me feel better?"

He just smiled mysteriously, "Follow me to my room." They both got up, her holding his hand as the entered his room. She had been in his room a couple times since they began dating, seeing the collection of mech models, books about mechs and aircraft and a recent addition of RPG books. She had recently introduced him to her friend group and after a slightly rocky start, he was finding a place, even joining their weekly sessions on Sundays, like yesterday. 'Well, most Sundays. Lichty still has a bad habit of needing to be reminded.' Christina still interrogated him, which he played along with in good spirits.

As she scanned the room, she was caught by surprise when he held out a wrapped present to her, blushing, "I got something for you."

Blushing herself, she asked, "What was the need? Is there a holiday?" 'Is he apologizing for something?' Her eyes widened at that. 'Oh no! What if I made him think he messed up?' Her tone became apologetic and desperate, "Is this an apology? If it is then I didn't mean to. You haven't done anything wrong and I'm sorry if-"

"Feldt, I wanted to get you something. You deserve things every once and a while." His tone was loving and warm, her blush rising as he spoke. 'Calm down. He is just being a good boyfriend. Christina did say never turn down free stuff, especially from your boyfriend.'

Tentatively, she began to open up the gift, curious what he would get her. 'It is shaped like a box, but that could be anything.' As more of the paper came off, it became apparent what it was. She could see from the front of the box that it was a set of over-ear headphones. Not just any headphones, but the ones with little cat ears she had been wanting for a while. She began to tear up slightly, her smile and blush growing. 'How did he? I never told him…'

She looked up at him, wonder in her eyes. He just grinned, "Open it up." She nodded and opened up the top, seeing a set of pink, cat eared headphones with green highlights. The ones that she had convinced herself she would have to save for. 'But he got them. How? I never told him!'

She looked at her boyfriend, lost for words, "How did…but I never…did…?"

He chuckled and smiled at her reaction, "Well last month I saw it on your browser and your headphones just broke so I thought…" He trailed off, waiting for her reaction. She could see he was nervous and all she could feel was happiness flowing through her. Her boyfriend had seen what she wanted, gotten it for her and she hadn't needed to tell him. There was only one thing she could think of doing.

She began to kiss him all over his face, wordlessly trying to show her thanks. Setsuna was caught by surprised, but their lips quickly met in an intense and passionate kiss, him pulling her close, her pressing into his chest. The kiss broke after a minute and she fell onto his bed, feeling exhilarated. The two had never kissed like this before, leaving her feeling overwhelmed, but receptive to it. He quickly pounced on top of her, pulling her into another kiss as he pushed her into the bed. She moaned as he did this, not able to resist the intensity of his affection, returning them just as intensely. She didn't know how to say her feelings, but this would do instead. Her mind began to fog up, but it was a pleasant fog. 'I could get used to this.'

The two continued like this for several minutes, but the kisses slowed down, till eventually they both broke the kiss and the fog began to clear from her mind. Her cheeks were burning and she could see him blushing intensely as he rolled off of her, landing on his back next to her. She rolled onto her side, wrapping her arms around him.

Breathlessly he smiled at her, "That was…something else." She nodded in agreement.

She spoke quietly as she caught her breath, "I wouldn't mind doing that again." 'Chris wasn't lying about how making out felt.' It was a rush and she wished she had done earlier.

Setsuna chuckled, "Give me a minute to get my brain straight."

Feldt chuckled at the raven-haired man's words, but her mind drifted to something else quickly, "You didn't need to get me those. I know you were saving for that new model."

Setsuna gave her a slightly bittersweet smile, "I can always get it later. I have other models I need to build anyway." She could hear sound of sadness in his voice. She knew he had been wanting that model and a twinge of guilt snuck into her mind. 'If he got me something, then I need to do something for him. Maybe that model?'

He thought process was interrupted by Setsuna kissing her again, all thoughts besides his lips and hers going away. His tongue entered her mouth and she let herself get caught up on the tide of good feelings, the present being washed away in a pleasant haze.

Setsuna

Almost a week had passed since he gave her the headphones and another session had come around. Setsuna approached the door to Feldt's apartment, tabletop stuff in his backpack. Knocking on the door, he saw the door open after a few seconds, Feldt in her haro shirt and sweatpants looking at him surprised. 'It's Sunday, isn't it? Did I miss something?' He was growing to enjoy playing with the group, even if he's not the biggest roleplayer.

Setsuna looked at his girlfriend curiously, "Why are you giving me that look? I thought we played Sunday."

Feldt stood there for a second, before her face twisted in realization. She facepalmed before looking back up at him, "I'm sorry. I forgot to tell you that both Lichty and Chris had to cancel. They are both going to be out till Tuesday. Something about visiting Christina's aunt. I was going to tell you but then I had to deal with a bitchy customer and it slipped my mind."

Setsuna shook his head, "Don't worry about it. I've done the same before. Can I come in?"

Feldt nodded, smiling at him, "Sure." He stepped in through the door and put his bag down on the kitchen counter. She moved into the living room, him following behind her. She looked at him coyly, "So, do you want to stay over? You already walked so far and I wouldn't mind you staying over…"

Setsuna rolled his eyes at her tone, but smiled, "If you wanted to make out, you can just say it. Did I complain before?"

Feldt blushed in embarrassment, "Well no, but I wanted to try it and Lichty said guys like it when girls act like that and…" She trailed off, not knowing what to say.

Setsuna smiled and pulled her close, kissing her on the forehead, "You don't need to be like that with me. I'd rather you be honest with me." Feldt placed her forehead on his chest as he wrapped her arms around him, enjoying his presence. He suddenly felt her jolt in his arm and he looked down at her curiously, "What was that? Is there something up?"

She pulled out of his arms, eyes widened in realization, "I just remembered I got something for you! Stay right here!" She rushed to her room, leaving the raven-haired man confused. He stood there waiting, curious what Feldt had gotten for him. Ever since she had gotten her headphones from him, she had been nervous looking, seeming like she was looking for something. He had asked her what was going on, but she had been cagey, saying it was something that she would deal with herself. He shrugged it off, not wanting to push her and because it didn't seem that serious, or at least he assumed so. He hoped she would come to him in time about it.

Just as he was contemplating, Feldt came out of her room, a large brown paper bag in her hands, her hangs ringing nervously and her eyes trying her best to not look away from him, "I got you this! After you got me those headphones, I needed to get something for you!" She looked away from him, her tone calmer, "You were saving for that model for a while and you must have spent a bunch of that on me, so you deserve something you wanted."

She held out the bag, a hopeful look in her eyes. Setsuna took the bag and looked in. He was astonished to see the heavy mech model that he had been looking for and a master grade at that. It may not have been the one that he was saving for, but it was certainly on his list. He looked at her, beaming with happiness at seeing it, "How…how long did it take you to find this? I was searching for a while and couldn't find it! The variant was stopped years ago!"

Feldt looked down at her feet, "Well Christina knew a guy who sold models second hand and I asked if she could check if he had it. He did and I managed to get it!"

Setsuna kept beaming, putting the bag down and stepping closer to Feldt, "So you called in a favor and got something that wasn't even available pretty much anywhere." He wrapped his arms around her waist and tipped her chin up to look at him, "You are more devious and resourceful than I thought." He pulled her in for a quick kiss, squeezing her sides. She smiled into the kiss, his approval and compliment causing her blush.

She broke the kiss, her tone happy, "Well, you surprised me, so I get to surprise you. A boyfriend deserves to be spoiled as much as a girlfriend does."

Looking down at the bag, Setsuna smirked at her, "Since it's just us here, do you want to work on a model with me?"

Her eyes widened, not expecting him to offer that, "You mean the one I got you? Isn't it some special grade?"

Setsuna shook his head good-naturedly, "No, not that model. That will probably take a few weeks and require things I have in my room." He walked over to his backpack, pulling out a box from within it. He had gotten a light scout model for sale and was planning on building it on his own at some point, but it also was his girlfriend's favorite mech in the game, so it was a good choice. He held the box in his hands, "I meant this one. It was going to go in my 'to build later' pile, but seeing as we have nothing but time, are you interested?" 'I don't expect her to say yes'

Feldt saw her favorite mech in front of her, her expression glowing, "I would love to! You always talked about how much you loved it, so why not? Where do we start?"

Setsuna smiled at her enthusiasm, "Let me show you." The two began a process that took hours, but it seemed to rush by. While it took her awhile, she quickly took to the basics of it, though even he knew it would take her years to understand how to do it fully, since it took him years to learn from Graham. The two bantered back and forth, talking about matches from the game, lore about the mechs of the universe and other things from the canon. By the end, the two had only gotten part of it done and it was already 11pm. She had said she would show it off in her room when they were done. He could see her enthusiasm and without knowing it, he had started a couple's activity that would continue into the future.

The two quickly found their way into her bed, where she cuddled into his chest as they both fell asleep, tired from the extended session. Before Setsuna's eyes closed, he brushed some hair out of her eyes, pulling her closer. 'I never expected to find someone to build with, but I'm happy it's her.' His eyes closed, exhaustion catching up with him.

Author Note

More fluff, more couple stuff. I just love how cute it is! I'll see you guy next week, so I hope you guys want more!