Blue Fire 2: A Rose Without Thorns
Little wisps of strategically-placed cloud swirled and hovered above the hanging and potted plants, dropping their rain onto the thirsty soil. Ororo almost didn't hear the shy knock upon her door. She listened again. When there was no repeated knock, she called out "Who is it?"
"It's me..." a hesitant, familiar voice muttered on the other side. Ororo smiled.
"Come in, Kurt." she said, opening the door for him.
"Guten abend, fraulein Ororo. I...have something to give you, as a token of our friendship, and to thank you for rescuing me from my former life." he smiled slightly, reaching into a pocket and drawing out a gold guardian angel dangling from a necklace.
Her mouth opened in suprize, and she looked from the necklace to Kurt, her eyes sparkling. "Thank you, Kurt. It's beautiful!" She turned it over in her hand, shocked and flattered at the unexpected gesture. "But you didn't have to do this, you know."
"I insist."
She was still staring at him in disbelief as he stole behind her to clasp it around her neck. "Even angels need guardians to protect them, mein shon der Schutzengel."
"If this is your way of asking me on a date, the answer's yes." Ororo smiled, looking down to hide the furious blush that had crept over her skin.
Now it was Kurt's turn to blush. "Nein, that was not exactly my intention...but I have no objections." He smiled boyishly.
Little wisps of strategically-placed cloud swirled and hovered above the hanging and potted plants, dropping their rain onto the thirsty soil. Ororo almost didn't hear the shy knock upon her door. She listened again. When there was no repeated knock, she called out "Who is it?"
"It's me..." a hesitant, familiar voice muttered on the other side. Ororo smiled.
"Come in, Kurt." she said, opening the door for him.
"Guten abend, fraulein Ororo. I...have something to give you, as a token of our friendship, and to thank you for rescuing me from my former life." he smiled slightly, reaching into a pocket and drawing out a gold guardian angel dangling from a necklace.
Her mouth opened in suprize, and she looked from the necklace to Kurt, her eyes sparkling. "Thank you, Kurt. It's beautiful!" She turned it over in her hand, shocked and flattered at the unexpected gesture. "But you didn't have to do this, you know."
"I insist."
She was still staring at him in disbelief as he stole behind her to clasp it around her neck. "Even angels need guardians to protect them, mein shon der Schutzengel."
"If this is your way of asking me on a date, the answer's yes." Ororo smiled, looking down to hide the furious blush that had crept over her skin.
Now it was Kurt's turn to blush. "Nein, that was not exactly my intention...but I have no objections." He smiled boyishly.