Roxanne woke up, she had slept amazing after calming down from her nightmare. The chair felt better than she remembered the night before, her pillow solid yet comfortable, for some reason it seemed to rise and fall in a slow comforting rythm. She looked up to see she was in bed with Edwyn nuzzling against him. She fell out flailing, wondering how she got there. Edwyn turned slowly, waking up and looked down at her. "What are you doing down there?" he asked the shocked slayer, staring at her beet-red face. She snapped out of it, "N-nothing." "Alright." Edwyn said, rolling over to get up. As he put on his shirt and jacket he noticed Roxanne still absent-mindedly staring at him. "Take a picture, it'll last longer." he said grinning. She snapped out of her daze once more, frowning and sticking her tounge out at him as she got up.
She pushed him into the hall for a bit while she changed, opening the door to let him in after awhile. "Took you long enough." She didn't comment on that, but just spun around asking, "What do you think." He mentally sighed, knowing it wouldn't come across good if he let one out. She was wearing tight dark blue jeans, a simple, long-sleeved white and blue striped v-neck with a plain white shirt underneath. He'd be lying if he said that he wouldn't think she looked good in anything. "You look nice." he said simply, hoping he chose the right words. She beamed at his words, "Thank you!" Edwyn was so relieved, women are dangerous and mysterious creatures and he just narrowly avoided facing the wrath of one. "Alright, while we have time, I'm going to take you clothes shopping like I said I would." she said. He opened his mouth to protest, but was stopped with a finger to his mouth. "No arguements, you need some more clothes. As much as you like black, I'm sure you'd look better in more colorful clothes." He sighed and was quickly pulled along by his wrist, against his will.
"Nope, not that one." Roxanne said putting a shirt back on a rack. "Don't you have enough to choose from?" He asked, exasperatedly as he looked down at the massive pile of clothes on her arm. "Ugh, fine, I guess we can stop for a bit." She sighed and led him to the dressing room, giving him different outfits to wear. She rejected most of them after seeing him in them. "Am I done yet? he asked, turning for her as directed so she could see the outfit. "Almost." she said smiling, she tapped her chin staring at him, "It's so hard to find things that look good on you. "Gee, thanks alot." he said. "You know I didn't mean it like that," she said poking him in the chest while handing him another outfit, "Try this one." He changed quickly coming out in a white dress shirt with a tie, and black pants. "Hmmm, too formal for everyday, but it's something that finally works." He changed again into the next outfit and Roxanne added the simple dress shirt and pants to the miniscule amount of outfits she decided worked.
Finally they left, it was already lunch time so they stopped and had a quick meal. "Well, now you have some nicer clothes to wear." Roxanne said. Edwyn picked at his food, "It only took forever." he grumbled. "Oh lighten up," she said, "it's wasn't that bad." Edwyn just continued eating. Once they finished, Edwyn paid for lunch and they continued walking around the city. Every now and then, Roxanne's eye was caught by something in the windows and Edwyn paid for it, partially out of his own will, "Repaying her for the clothes." she always said with a sly grin. He didn't argue with her, knowing he did owe her and mostly didn't have the energy it would require. He enjoyed being around her and everything, but sometimes it took a lot out of him. "I think we should go back to the mansion, it'd be a good idea to sleep before we have to stay up all night." he suggested, mostly just to get a break. Roxanne nodded in agreement, and they begun walking back.
Finally back they went to the room. Edwyn dropped his bags and collapsed onto the bed, Roxanne dropping into the chair. Edwyn was soon asleep, as was Roxanne. They woke up hours later from a knock on the door. Roxanne woke up first, finding herself laying next to Edwyn, still asleep. She cursed herself under her breath and opened the door, saying they'd be right out. she walked over and started shaking Edwyn, "Wake up! It's time to go ya lazy bum!" He just rolled out of bed and stood up, quite annoyed by his awakening. He grabbed her wrists. "I-I'm up." he said, half asleep, he let go of her wrists and stumbled off to the door. She just looked at him and followed close behind. The man at the door ran them through the basics of their shift. Showing the basic routes and routines. Once he was satisfied that they understood he left them to their job.
"So, I guess I'll see you later." Roxanne said, rubbing her arm. "Mmhmm." Edwyn mumbled in reply. They stood in silence for a bit Roxan broke it by saying, "I know that nothing will happen most likely, but try and be safe anyways." before pecking Edwyn on the cheek quickly and running off. Edwyn stood there a while longer, proccessing what happened, before walking off on his route.
Stupid, stupid, stupid! Why'd you do that? Roxanne walked through the silent hallway berating herself. She couldn't have stopped herself, it seemed right at the time. She regretted it soon after. All of her actions seemed stupid, but she couldn't help them. First it started with her sleepwalking over to his bed and laying down with him, and now she went and freaking kissed him! What if he didn't feel the same way? This is the question that crossed her mind the most. She took a minute to stop and clear her mind. She needed to be focusing on the task at hand.
It was the silence that got to him the most. Walking through the large, empty halls wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't so damn silent. The halls had a haunting glow in the pale moonlight. It was a full moon tonight so there wasn't much darkness, not that it would bother him, he is a shadow-make mage after all. He found it quite hard to focus, her sleepwalking into his bed told him quite a lot already, but just that small peck sent him over. When he remembered the sensation of her warm, soft lips brushing lightly against his cheek he felt immensely giddy, for lack of a better term. He hadn't felt this way in years, he stopped for a moment, when was the last time he felt that way, he tried to remember, but his memory, still locked, pushed him back out. It frustrated him to no end, so he just began focusing on his patrol.
It was cold, oh so cold. She hadn't noticed it before, the hear she felt from embarrasment kept her mind occupied. It had been about an hour since she began roaming the silent, cold halls. She was thankful for the full moon shining its rays in through the window, if it was dark she might not be able to do this any longer. She hoped the halls would stay relatively lit for the next few nights that they had to work. A peculiar vase had spotted her eye and she stopped to look at it. Her footsteps stopped, the only sound she heard was her breathing. Looking at the vase she noticed an engraved pattern, she felt it, trying to discern what felt so strange about it when she heard a voice from behind, "You'd do well to not touch your employer's items, madame." She jumped, the butler had snuck up behind her, a seemingly impossible task due to her dragon slayer hearing. "S-sorry." she mumbled out, trying to calm herself from the shock of him seemingly materializing out of nowhere. "Just be sure it doesn't happen again, madame." he said, walking off silently. The silence disturbed her, his steps made no noise as if he was walking on air.
A few hours in, Edwyn while walking, tried to decide what to do when he and Roxanne met up again in a few more hours. Surely she felt stupid, it was an odd thing to assume, but by the way she ran off so quickly he could only assume that. Never had he actually been in love, let alone admit it, or confess it, whatever people call it. The giddiness he felt earlier turned into nausea and nearvousness. Now he knew what people meant when they said they have butterflies in their stomach. He just wanted to get it over with, and with that get this shift over with. Over the hours he was alone the silence seemed to grow louder, his heart beat louder than even his footsteps to him, a pounding so unbearable he had to begin humming and making noise so that it would stop, but he didn't want to be loud for fear of waking anyone who is sleeping. The small amount of noise kept him sane through the night, which quickly came to an end, nothing really happening.
Edwyn made his way to the room, his boredom causing extreme exhaustion. He opened the door, seeing Roxanne already inside sitting in a chair staring at her feet. She looked up when he walked in, standing up about to say something. Everything seemed to move extremely slow as he thought about his next move, unsure of what to do he just pulled her closer and returned the kiss she gave hours earlier. All the tension left her as that one simple gesture assured her of his love. Butterflies fluttered in her stomach warming her, she melted into his embrace as their lips brushed gently, and they stood there for a minute, enjoying the moment. Edwyn reluctantly unwrapped his arms from around her and went to lay down, he pulled off his shirt and slid under the covers. Roxanne hesitated for a second, but followed him, sliding under the covers and snuggling against him. His warmth comforting her, and vice versa. No words were exchanged, their feelings obvious, there was no need. They slept. Their slumber was abruptly ended by the sound of an explosion tearing through the air.