It had been a week since the festival, since that fateful kisses. And it was safe to say many kisses soon followed.

In a few days Carmine had no choice but to leave for Blueberry Academy once again and she wanted to savor as much of her remaining with Florian as possible. They had been trying very discreetly to continue their passionate make out sessions, away from prying eyes. Carmine at all costs didn't want Kieran to find out. He had been distant and sometimes outright hostile when his name was mentioned.

So he and Carmine had to get 'creative' and find ways to indulge their lingering feelings. And right now they were at the Chilling waterhead, embraced into a deep kiss at the water's edge.

Laying in the grass, Carmine on top of him with his hands wrapped around her waist as they kissed the day away. Ever since that first kiss the night at the festival, sparks had begun to fly immediately. They hadn't need to say any words because that kiss spoke more then they ever needed to say.

Their lips parted and they looked at each other for a good minute just getting lost in one another's eyes.

"Has anyone ever told you that you have beautiful eyes" Florian said smiling.

"Well no but I already knew that," Carmine said confidently while blushing at the same time "but thank you.."

Carmine averted her eyes, still not used to this entire situation. This entire almost hidden relationship that she had to hide from her little brother. She was in love, she admitted it. She was in love and wanted to shout it off the rooftops.

But she had to settle for secret rendezvous away from prying eyes.

Wait rendezvous? In her head it went to a more intimate place then it should have. She shook her head, knocking those thoughts away for now.

"So you bigshot champion," Carmine purred tracing her fingers alongside Florian's chest "what are we going to do when I need to get back to school in a week. It will be hard to keep this up with me gone so far."

Florian mulled it over for a bit.

"Maybe I can convince Briar to let me enroll their for a bit?" he suggested.

"Hmm maybe since you have been to Area Zero and Briar is obsessed with that you could use that as leverage."

Both giggled at that suggestion. Though Florian never outright discussed what happened at Area Zero and she wasn't going to probe it much, she was still curious. Being with Florian made her curious about the world outside of Kitakami and the mysteries and stories that it held. Stories she wanted to widely explore with Florian.

Her face turned scarlet red as she felt a pair of hands right on her butt. She looked down and saw Florian lay there beneath her with a wide grin.

"Florian. Your hand is on my butt" Carmine said raising her eyebrow.

"Oh sorry it was an accident" he replied sheepishly.

It was silent for a few minutes but his hands however did not move, instead remaining there comfortable on her rear end.

"It's still there" Carmine said after the silence.

"It's still an accident" Florian replied with a grin.

A/N: I know these chapters are quite short but I'm trying to keep up with the story and slowly edge it towards something more intimate. I hope in spite of that you still enjoy the story and how sweet it is.