[IC] Malicious. Unintended. Super & Elegant (Muse) [VKAllen x Rhapsody]

[VKAllen]

Perhaps it was going to be difficult for Lann to listen to comments like such expressed by the friendly waitress. His face remained hidden behind the foiled cardboard-like paper with a list of rather delicious sounding foods that Lann was tempted to try. However given his pocket money-- he wouldn't be ordering anything too incredibly expensive... Although the prices surprised him a little. "$6 for a cup of cappuccino... That's pretty steep." It almost made him reach for his pocket and pat it to settle the traumatised wallet. Lann's family may be richer than most people's, but money management was what Lann learned. Lann's conscience nearly broke when he heard Emilia.

"He's a good friend. For now." The statement was bold and daring of Emilia. It made Lann realise how close the waitress and Emilia might be if she would share her opinions to her. He quickly eyed the waitress's uniform in search for a name. Lauren. Taking a peek back to Emilia, he had a wry smile when he saw her warm cheeks blushing as her eyes scanned over the familiar menu of Timeless R!viére.

"Just a good friend. For now. Perhaps she likes me too? She even said... 'For now'. Does that mean she plans to ask me on a date sometime? Or am I just being over the top with myself? That must be it..." Even though he couldn't see, he felt curious eyes looking over to him as he carefully read the menu. His heart beated a little too nervous about it and droplets of sweat began to flow from his forehead hoping that it would go away and pretty soon. The feeling broke itself when Lauren asked him a question that all cliched waitresses would ask.

"What are you going to get?" The question made him look up steadfastly, the redness remaining on his cheeks as he turned to Lauren and ordered his cup of cappuccino, forgetting that it was $6 a cup and it was pretty damn steep. He wanted to cancel the order, but the quick writing skills that Lauren had made Lann bit his own tongue and defeatedly set down the menu before sighing. Emilia's giggle was responded with a small, yet playful, glare. The stacking of books followed as Emilia prepared her work for school and Lann followed. He stacked his own books onto the table and thought over what homework he should be doing before he was flooded in indecisiveness and procrastination. Emilia wouldn't let that happen though, right?

"Which do you want to do first? I could catch you up on chemistry you missed from this morning." He was right. She was precisely on target. It made Lann scuttle for his his chemistry book and checked his agenda to search what needed to be completed for tomorrow's lesson. His recent chemistry notes had gaps, so perhaps it would be a good idea to follow up on Emilia's suggestion. "You're good at math right?" Her question threw his train of thought slightly out of course, seen by the sudden roll of eyes and swirling in confusion lips.

"I think you should help me catch up first. As for maths... I understood it. I'll tell you all about it once I've caught up with chemistry. How about it?" He smiled before moving his chair closer until he was practically next to Emilia. He compared his current notes with hers and immediately wrote up the missing gaps before Emilia explained the entire lesson to the best she could. Lann was slightly intrigued at the fact that she was stuttering a little. Did she not understand the lesson too? Or was her mind elsewhere? Either way, he absorbed as much of her explanation as he could before continuing to record it down. Several minutes flew by and they started on their chemistry homework, which was also the time where Lauren returned with the wooden tray in hand holding Emilia and Lann's orders on top. She deftly placed them onto the table in front of Emilia and Lann.

"Getting a little close there mister. Watch out, Emilia might bite!" She sassily commented before escaping the table with Lann's embarrassment level piercing through levels thought to be impossible. He playfully swatted Lauren away before returning to their work and sipping upon his cup of cappuccino and working. Their study session lasted for a while as they moved through the subjects. Maths, History and Theory PE Lann felt like his homework wasn't home work. With Emilia, he felt a certain feeling that made his homework feels like it was a fun activity. He was able to enjoy it better than at home where he would be dreading over his work and just didn't give a damn. He hoped that Emilia felt the same way, the familiarity never ceasing to fade away as he looked into her eyes and smiled with her. It was surreal.

Now, his coffee was finished after several hours of working to complete their homework. Bags packed and minds mentally discharged from all energy, Lauren swooped in and saw the two exhausted couple just sitting about getting comfortable with each other and gave them their table's bill. It seems that Lann had repressed all of his temptations by just ordering one cup of cappuccino. It was similar with Emilia. "How's the studies Emilia? Both of you look pretty tired from here." Lauren spoke of the obvious that made Lann laugh. "Hey!" She murmured, annoyed at the fact that Lann responded. The time was about 6 PM, just enough for them to still head out to the market and have a look around.

[Rhapsody]

Emilia already had to concentrate hard to recall what had been taught during the chemistry lesson that morning, since she'd been a little distracted herself by Lann's not showing up. Now, concentrating properly got harder and harder for her. Lann had moved his chaur next to her and sat so close, she had the feeling his scent was everywhere. Which didn't mean that she didn't enjoy it. A small smile had managed to creep onto her lips while she explained to her best ability as Lann copied her notes to complete his own. She hadn't noticed Lauren bringing their order until the waitress had placed their cappuccinos right in front of them and said to Lann: "Getting a little close there mister- Watch out, Emilia might bite!"

It earned her a sharp glare from Emilia, whom she ignored though, in favour of amusing herself with Lann's embarrassment. Her smile reappeared when she saw Lann swatting away, who looked at Emilia as she left. She grinned at the other girl, before returning to keeping up with Lann, explaining her notes to him, now taking a few sips in between. She tended to drink slowly, especially in this cafe, for while it had a great atmosphere and she really loved it here, she thought it rather too expensive to indulge herself. Lann seemed to feel the same way, nursing his drink slowly, but not complaining about it or anything, which relieved her.

She glanced at him, and whenever their eyes met, they'd hold them for a second, before moving on. Emilia wondered again, why it was easy for her to be around him and be natural and herself. She'd always felt a little awkward around guys she didn't knew too well, Daniel and Sirius were a different matter of course, but with Lann it was just as if they were supposed to be like that. As if you have known each other for a long time.. her thoughts distracted her and she blinked when she realized Lann was done with chemistry. Together they moved on to math, now switching roles, with Lann explaining what she didn't get as they did their homework. History and Theory PE followed and it seemed like time seemed to go by way faster with Lann around than it usually did when one had to do homework.

When they were done, Emilia was suprised as she realized how late it already was. She packed her things together, putting them back in her bag and watched Lann finish his cappuccino. She had finished her own a few minutes before. Lauren came again, with the bill and Emilia got her wallet, handing over the money with a little tip as Lauren commented on their obviusly tired state, making Lann laugh. "Hey!" she murmured, anooyed and pouting, then grabbed the money from Lann and was off with a "Bye!", friendlier because she looked at Emilia, but still pouting. Emilia laughed and shook her head, then turned to Lann. "Don't mind her, she likes to pout." she explained with a smile.

"It looks like we still have some time to stroll over the market, you up for it?" she asked him, wondering whether she looked just as tired as him. Most likely, she did. They got up and left, waving goodbye to Jimmy and the still fake-pouting Lauren, before stepping outside and heading for the first market stalls. The stalls werea mix of vegetables, fruits, other food, as well as all kinds of other things. She saw the sweets stall she had always gone to with Kat when they'd been younger and right next to it there was one with jewellery and scarfs and next to that one she saw some cute picture-frames and other decoratives. She smiled at Lann and pointed to the sweets stall. "You got a sweet tooth?"

[VKAllen]

He wasn't sure what to make of himself whenever they kept staring at each other's eyes. Lann would continually just be so mesmerized and pause upon a glance's gaze. It was like he just wanted to pull himself into her world. The two of them were quick to make leave from the cafe, with Lauren pouting at Lann for laughing at her. "Don't mind her, she likes to pout." It seemed like it was true. The moment we turned away Lauren had a blast with another customer already.

"If you say so, Emi. I'll stop worrying." Lann continued walking. "Bet you'd just be jealous anyway." His tease was followed by a rosy smile when he turned around. Worries were away. Homework was having no hold over them and it was now their time that they're spending together. Lann wanted to imagine all the things that he could do with Emilia... Sharing what he loves or talk about his interests, without leaving her in the picture of course. He wanted to know what it was like being Emilia despite of his familiar feeling.

"It looks like we still have some time to stroll over the market. You up for it?" Of course Lann was up for it! There was an immediate nodding when he heard her request and boldly returned to her side as they journeyed slowly towards the market on their exhausted feet. Emilia waved at Lauren-- still pouting. It made him giggle before Jimmy could be seen returning to wave at them with sweat covered face and a nearly toppling chef hat. It seems like it was a hard day at work.

As soon as they stepped out to the footpath, they were greeted by the street night light and the gentle lamps glowing from stalls and other stores. It showcased the items that they had in store with a lavish shine that you couldn't get with natural lighting. Everything, ranging from fruits to vegetables-- those edible and not edible looked stunning. There was the jewelry store that practically shined their eyes out, from all of the glittering stone that it had. It was all lovely in the market. People were mumbling and talking, window shopping as they go through the stalls. Emilia and Lann was looking around until one of them caught Emilia's eye. She points towards it making Lann look towards the direction she had pointed towards. "You got a sweet tooth?"

It was a candy and sweets stall. It had the typical features of one-- brightly coloured with pink as its main complimentary colour and swirls. It was attractive to the eye, despite of the practically outstanding jewelry store a few stalls down. "You bet!" Lann invited Emilia into the stall, before they began looking at the variety of sweets that the store had on display. "I want to try that flavour please." Lann pointed towards the apple -flavoured candy and the worker gave him a sample. "No surprises there... What about that one?" He continued to try every single flavour until one pratically drove him incredibly ecstatic. It was a mixture of strawberry and cheesecake flavour. "I'll have 100g of the strawberry cheesecake." While Emilia was looking for her favourite flavour, he amused himself by browsing other products around.

When he browsed, he stopped at a particular lollipop candy that made him pick it up and reminisced of a time when he was little. It was a large piece of lollipop. If any parent knew that their child was having one of these on their own, they sure was to have a really bad time being yelled at by their parents. That's why he shared it with somebody-- so that he wasn't going to get in trouble. He remembered, it was a girl that he shared it with. "Emilia!" He said, waving the lollipop at her. "Remember when we used to share this together?" He was grinning, reminiscent of that moment.

[Rhapsody]

Emilia watched Lann looking at the sweets store and a wide smile spread across her face when his face lit up and he answered: "You bet!" They headed for the shop and she blushed slightly as he held the door open for her like a gentleman. Once inside they both started looking around, taking in all the different kinds of sweets. She glanced at Lann, watching him happily sampling a few kinds as she looked around for her favourites as well, though she knew exactly which she liked best, since she'd already been in that shop a thousand times with Kat over the years, But it never got boring looking at all the colours, shapes and what she loved most was the sweet, always changing smell surrounding her as soon as she stepped from one display to another.

She picked out a few different kinds of candies, some caramel, some fruity ones and some nougat, before turning around to see how Lann was doing the second he turned around to wave a familiar lollipop at her. "Emilia! Remember when we used to share this together?" he asked her, grinning. Her eyes went wide and she stepped close, reaching for the lollipop in his hands and taking a closer look at it. She had seen it a few times over the years and had always been close to getting it as well, but somehow, and it sounded stupid because it was just candy, she had never thought it felt right to get it.

"I do." she finally answered Lann, her eyes shifting to his and holding them as pictures entered her head, of a young boy her age with that same hair and those same eyes and she suddenly felt like she had found something she had lost a long time ago. "It makes sense now.." she murmured to herself, because it did. It made sense now that they'd hit it off right away like that. That they felt so close and as if they'd known each other forever, even though they had supposedly just met for the first time yesterday. And it made sense that Emilia trusted him so much, enough to let him walk her home, to invite him in even though she had known they would be alone and even enough to lead him to her room in the complete darkness and having been reluctant to let him go. Or that she had kissed him, though on the cheek it was still something she had never dared to do like that before.

Emilia cleared her throat at the memory of the slightly awkward, intimate moment in her room the night before and looked back at the lollipop candy. "I'll get this." she decided, a smile spreading on her face that then turned into a grin, that she directed at Lann. "We can share." she added with a wink, then turned to pay up, trying to hide the red in her cheeks a bit and that she still felt a bit confused at the sudden revelation. When the cashier had finished ringing her up and she had paid, she grabbed the little plastic back with her sweets and turned back around to Lann, scowling lightly as a thought came to mind. "How come we didn't remember earlier? Daniel and Kat didn't remember either, though I'm pretty sure they were there as well, at least sometimes." And what happened that seperated us so thuroughly? she added in her mind, but didn't really want to discuss that at that kind of place.

[VKAllen]

He wondered whether or not she remembered. It felt like gambling his feelings towards Emilia as he said it. He contemplated what would happen if she actually hadn't remembered. He imagined that there would be an incredible silence of awkwardness that would make Lann feel silly about himself before dropping the candy on to the floor and recomposing himself by calling the entire ordeal an accident. Or, if her response was... "I do."

Lann's heart nearly skipped a beat. Their eyes met, interlocking in a divine moment of romance. All the reminiscence, all of the sweet memories somewhat unlocked inside of his mind. Those dreamy eyes, her luscious hair. The little girl he once known was Emilia all along. The colourful surroundings of the shop and the slowly turning ceiling fans shadowed over both of them. "It makes sense now..." Emilia spoke in thought. It did make sense. He now knew why the vibes around Emilia felt so familiar and so... Unbelievably close. Lann was almost stunned.

"Y-... Yeah." It reminded him of the first time they reconciled together. When he walked her home and how they spent time in Emilia's bed room until night falls. The exact moment where her lips touched his cheeks in a soft warmth as she fare him well home. It made sense. It also felt strange. He wasn't able to act in such a way with other girls. Perhaps this softer side of him only belonged to Emilia. It was natural around her. Everything was right and both of them knew it was. Emilia's curdling tone made him snap back to reality.

"I'll get this." She sternly said. There was a nurtured smile and it blossomed to a grin. It made Lann to just want to pick her up and spin her into the air, holding her tight by her arms. "We can share." And that was the most important part of that candy. She winked, sending Lann into a deep blush. He probably knew where this was going to go but he wanted to see if it would really drive them there. He faced away from the cashier as Emilia paid-- A little embarrassed. The rustling of plastic told Lann that they were ready to go, so he came to Emilia's side. "How come we didn't remember earlier? Daniel and Kat didn't remember either, though I'm pretty sure they were there as well. At least sometimes." It made Lann think.

"I think we may have only done it in secret... You know how Kat reacts when she sees lovey dovey things. As for Daniel... I'm... Not sure." He scratched his own head thinking about it. "Alright, looks like we're done here. Let's go and have another look around!" He felt his spirits becoming high from the memories. It made him feel happy that he was reunited with a person that he once knew. She was prettier too. It never crossed his mind how come he hadn't remembered after all this time. He believed that what mattered more was what happens now. He pulled Emilia with him as firm as he could as they browsed, one shop after another until there was no more things that was interesting.

After the two finished window shopping, Lann brought her to the nearby park where people were still having their night run with their dogs, or even sitting by benches chatting to one another. There were cyclers, roller skaters and even children. "Let's sit over there. And enjoy a little of our childhood." Lann jogged towards the bench and made himself comfortable with Emilia. "And... The candy..." He removed the large lollipop candy from the bag and ripped the packaging, before licking upon its rainbow sugary surface with his tongue, placing it between them. The sweetness of the lollipop was just at the perfect nostalgic range. It reminded him clearly of the same event that he shared this lollipop with Emilia. They were so stunned at how the candy was just godsend. Incredible sweetness and didn't gave them a gaping hole in their mouths. He gave the lollipop another taste with his tongue, addicted to its flavour.

[Rhapsody]

Emilia sat down, exhausted after the last hours of window shopping. It was fun with Lann, everything seemed to be fun with him, but she could tell that she wasn't the only one stealing glances at the other and thinking about that lollipop in her bag. Her mind was still trying to catch up with the relvealed past of the both of them, but she slowly managed to cope with it. She was still rather irritated that they hadn't remembered sooner though. Sure, Lann might be right that they hadn't met too often with Kat and Daniel around, which would explain their lack of recognition and Lann looked, as people usually did, much different from his kindergarten-child self all those years ago, but not even his name had rung a bell with her.

With Lann holding onto her hand and almost dragging her along, they arrived at the nearby park. Surprisingly many people were around, considering that the sun would soon start setting and Emilia glanced around as they sat down but turned to Lann when she felt a tug on her hand, the one that held the bag with candy and watched Lann freeing their lollipop of its packaging. He was right, it was a little part of both their childhoods.

Fascinated and a little embarrassed she watched him licking the big rainbow-coloured lollipop and glanced around, suddenly wondering about her bold decision to share it with him. Luckily, they were a little away and out of sight of most of the other people and at the moment, noone seemed close enough to notice them. Her cheeks flushed bright red, Emilia leaned forward, nipping at the lollipops edge, her eyes locked with Lanns, who was tasting it at its other side. She sat back up after a few seconds, licking her lips and enjoying the flavour, though for a while too embarrassed at her bold actions to look Lann in the eyes again.

[VKAllen]

"You know, you can always ask to hold the lollipop than just keep on leaning over to me and nip at it." He smiled, before sitting back against the backrest of the wooden bench and had another lick of the lollipop. It was sweet and sour all mingled together that made one great taste. Lann had fun reminiscing the times where they could share a lollipop without people caring for what they're doing. He imagines now, how should a person see them share a lollipop together-- They would just stare. Maybe they should just share the lollipop as they walk home, finishing the rest there but who knows what would happen if they took on that path. Perhaps being at a public place would help keep Lann's urges from emerging.

"I miss the times when we were little... But hey, how did we forget...? I mean... If we were good friends... Did we separate?" He wondered as he looked up above to the sparkling sky. Did Lann move out? Did something happen to him? He can't figure out the past and it was bugging him. The streetlights flickered to life, lighting the park like fireflies. He took another lick of the lollipop, this time leaning closer towards Emilia. "I remember you, being just as sweet and sour as this candy. You liked teasing me, and I always hated it. Then there were the times where you became a sweetly loving friend. That's the part I really like." He pulled away a little.

[Rhapsody]

"I miss the times when we were little.. But hey, how did we forget..? Imean.. If we were goof friends.. Did we separate?" Lann asked her and Emilia nodded. "I had been asking that myself as well." she answered him and sank into her thoughts until she noticed Lann leaning closer. She blushed, took advantage of the lollipop leaning her way now and nipped at it again, her eyes going to his when he talked again. "I remember you, being just as sweet and sour as this candy." she blushed more deeply. "You liked teasing me, and I always hated it. Then there were the times where you became a sweetly loving friend. That's the part I really like." He pulled away a little and Emilia fought back the slight sting of disappointment she felt at the movement.

SHe lenaed back and regarded him with a huge smile. "I'm sorry I was teasing you like that all the time, it was just... your reactions were so cute, I couldn't help myself." she told him and laughed, already sure he woudln't like being called cute. Though he still seemed to have some of that cuteness left here and there, she knew he was different now. Though she was also pretty sure teasing him would be just as fun as it had been back then.

"Maybe we should ask our parents what happened, they are bound to know something." she offered, but then decided talking about their parents now wasn't feeling right.

SHe looked around, noticed it was getting darker and darker, the park now illuminated by the lampposts scattered around the park. "I guess we should get on our way, we can continure to share as we go?" she asked him, her mind wandering to all that had happened the day before and she fought the blush from creeping into her cheeks again. That was not what she'd had in mind when she'd said that.

[VKAllen]

"Argh!" He muttered upon the word 'cute'. It was the only word that never describes a man. Especially one with strong capabilities such as himself. He crossed his arms in annoyance and pulling his face away. "There you go again! Oh, how the memories are coming back to me bitter sweet." He kept his face away for several moments. Even then, he already wanted to see Emilia again. So his head turned, to see the smiling angel next to him. He wanted to just reach out his arm and give her a one-armed hug. The park was becoming gradually more silent. Crickets would start to screech and stray cats and dogs began to emerge.

"Maybe we should ask our parents what happened. They are bound to know something." It was a smart offer. However, thinking over it-- What would happen if they got the wrong idea? Perhaps it wasn't the time to ask something about that at the current time. He shook his head in disagreement, but he'd expect that Emilia would already know the answer for that question the moment she asked. He smiled after. Lann decided to just go along with his idea of hugging Emilia with one arm. He reached in and pulled her close to him, seeing her watching the nightfall looming slowly. He continued to share the candy with Emilia. "I guess we should get on our way, we can continue to share as we go?"

He snorted at her request. "Why not just stay here with me? Spend a bit more time to finish sharing the candy before we go. Don't worry, you have me. You'll be okay." He reassured her. "You can count on me Emilia." There was a grin, before he gazed onto her eyes. He leaned a little closer, slowly creeping towards her lips while he remained silent. He felt his heart beating fast for doing it and it felt odd. Well, he was unsure. Just as he was within inches away, he placed the candy between them and took another lick before pulling away. "Oh. Umm. Yeah. I'll walk you home again so..." He was sheepish and blushing madly. "Does that sound like a good idea?"

[Rhapsody]

She was only a little surprised to feel Lanns arm coming around her. She let him pull her close and had to keep herself from snuggling into him. Instead, she pulled one leg up to sit on, so that she could face him without having to turn too much. She looked down at her legs and ran a hand over her skirt, sorting it back into place. WHen Lann answered her she looked back up, her eyes almost naturally seeking his lips and taking a second to lift to his eyes. "Why not jsut stay here with me? Spend a bit more time to finish sharing the candy before we go. Don't worry, you have me. You'll be okay." Emilia smiled at his words. "You can count on me Emilia." he added and her smile grew even wider. She didn't doubt that. Especially after seeing him in action the day before. There was no place safer than here, with him. She felt that.

His grin, paired with his direct gaze had her heart fluttering, then grow to a full out thumping as she noticed he was leaning forward. Her gaze went back to his lips and she watched as they slowly got closer and closer. She lifted her eyes to his, then closed them. And felt something hard and sticky against her lips. Emilias eyes blinked open and she stared at Lann licking the candy, then pulling away. She flushed furiously. Had she made the wrong assumptions? Was she really so desperate to get kissed by him, htat she would turn into such a fool? She hoped he had not noticed.

"Oh. Umm. Yeah. I'll walk you home again so.." for some reason he was blushing madly with a sheepish look on his face and she wondered whether he was actually thinking the same things as her. "Does that sound like a good idea?" he asked her and she took a second to scramble an answer together, her eyes still wandering to his lips when she didn't pay attention- "Y-yeah, sure. Sounds good." she answered him, knowing she sounded a little clueless, but playing it off and reaching out to tug the lollipop out of his hands to give it a few licks and nibs herself.

It was almost dark now and the park was mostly deserted, except for the occasional cat making its rounds or onw or two dog-owners going for a quick walk. The park was illuminated by the last rays of the setting sun, mixed with the light of the lampposts that had been tunred on some time ago. Crickets were screeching all around them. It was an absolutely romantic setting. The thought had her mind wandering to kissing Lann again and she looked at him, a slight blush on her face. As Daring as she could be sometimes, she was not comfortable initiating this kind of thing.

[VKAllen]

"Why can't I just..." He almost threw his thought away in annoyance. He paused for a moment, looking at the nearly-finished candy in his hands and then to Emilia, who sat and was looking towards him unmoved. He felt hesitant and looked around him for a moment. It was a quiet night. Not a person was in sight and only the crickets were chirping among the grass, singing a tune of melodic harmony under the colourful starry night. The moon wasn't as bright as it was yesterday. He returned his look back to Emilia. "... Uh... Let's..." He rolled his eyes away, but it quickly looked back at Emilia and the candy. "Finish the candy together?" He held it up, close to both of their faces.

He leaned in, licking the last pieces of the lollipop with Emilia until he could just feel Emilia's lips and tongue melting away the sugar. They continued on, but unexpectedly, as they finished it together he grazed upon Emilia's lips, at which brought Lann to a stop to gaze at Emilia. He felt the way her lips had tasted. It made his mind twist into a different reality. His eyes blinked. Before Emilia could say anything, Lann dropped the lollipop stick and kissed Emilia by her lips. His hands pulled her hips closer to him, his mind numb and eyes blind. It was a long romantic kiss. Emilia's lips were soft like the clouds. When they finally released their kiss, Lann gazed at Emilia speechless in an attempt to make up an apology.

"I--Uhh..." It wasn't doing him any good. "I-- just-- it just suddenly..."

[Rhapsody]

WHen Lann looked back at her after glancing around the park and said ".. Uh .. Let's.." Emilias heart beat faster and she scolded herself from jumping to those kinds of conclusions again. Especially when he added: "Finish the candy together?" She wondered whether her blush would stay permanently from blushing so much. She looked at the lollipop Lann was holding up between the two of them and noticed how little was left of it. He leaned in, licking at the last pieces left of the candy and Emilia joined in, carefully trying not to get too close to Lann, but there just wasn't enough of the candy left for that. It was inevitable that the two of them would meet at one point.

Emilias heart fluttered, leaving her with a funny feeling in her chest, her eyes fixed on Lann so close to her. Their lips grazed and she gasped a little at the feeling. Her eyes searched for any sign that it had been accidental or that Lann was put off by it. All she found was his intense gaze on her. He had stopped licking the candy. THen it all happened so fast. His eyes blinked, he let the lollipop drop and their lips met. Emilia took some time to catch up with it all, staring wide eyed at Lann as she felt his surprisingly soft and candy-sweet lips on hers. Then she felt his hands around her hips, pulling her even closer and sheraised her own hands to place them on his shoulders for balance. She felt firm muscles moving under her hands as he pulled her so much forward, that she ended up straddling his hips.

Her eyes had closed by themselves at some point, all she felt was the long, long sweet kiss. One hand she kept on his shoulder, the other snaked up to his neck, holding onto him lightly. She enjoyed the feeling of his skin on her hands almost as much as she enjoyed their kiss. Emilia had no idea how long exactly it lasted, but when they broke apart she was breathless and flushed and speechless. She sat back on his legs, not aware enoguh of her position to be embarrassed yet. All she could do was gaze back at Lann, who was now scrambling for words. "I--Uh..." he started, his head seemingly as uncooperative as her own. "I-- just-- it just suddenly..." Emilia smiled at him. A small but sweet one, before shaking her head lightly and whispering: "No need for excuses..", softly and leaned forward, claiming his lips one more time.

[VKAllen]

No matter what he said, it looks like Emilia could see through it directly and it made him sigh a smile. Emilia had a little smile. Something told him that perhaps she had gotten an idea and maybe... Just maybe... He might like it. Emilia who was on top of Lann shook her head gently and sweetly as her voice whimpers to his ear. "No need for excuses..." The whisper that chilled his steamy head. His heart beated faster, pumping his adrenaline as she leaned forward and conquered over Lann's lips as they kissed again one more time. His mind was twisted and he couldn't think. Her hands crawled around his cheeks that pulled him deeper inside Emilia's kiss.

His hand reached for her curvy waist again, hugging her close and caressing along her spine. He almost pulled up her shirt. Everything felt like it was a blur. Her lips was sweet and tasted like the candy they shared. He loved their kiss and maybe he would never let Emilia go because of it. He could feel himself becoming aroused, perhaps the kiss was made him want to give everything he was to Emilia. Could she feel him becoming more and more aroused, as time continued to tick with their lips connected? Even so, would she feel weird about it? But it's Emilia... She wouldn't feel that way... Right?

The more aroused he became, the more tense their kiss. His hands from her spine quickly reached over to her cheeks. Their eyes were closed and nobody was watching-- It was the perfect setup for the two. Their lips continued to smooch. Perhaps if somebody was around they would be able to hear the sound of their lips clashing and kissing. He just hoped, subconsciously that nobody was watching.

[Rhapsody]

Emilia raised her hands, placing them gently on either side of his face. She sat up, the position letting her be a little taller that Lann, and leaned forward, into him. Their kiss deepened and she felt his hands reaching for her waist again, pulling her even closer, so that she was flush against him, fitting perfectly. She shivered at the feeling of him caressing her spine through her shirt. She moaned softly, her mind a delicious, white haze. All she could feel, all she could think of was him, there with her. his arms around her, his lips on hers. The kiss grew from sweet and soft to passionate and she could feel Lanns reaction to it. It made her cheeks blush a deep red and all she could think was, that she was so very happy that he reacted like that towards her.

Their kiss grew tense, Emilia moaned in protest when his hands left her spine, but smiled into their kiss when she felt them on her cheeks. She covered them with hers and opened her eyes. She felt feverish and was pretty sure her eyes were glazed and her lips a little swollen. Anyone seeing her like that would definetly know exactly what she'd been doing. She gasped for breath as she sat back, gaze locked on Lanns closed eyes. Now sitting, she could feel his full arousal through his jeans against her bare thighs und ehr skirt and she gasped, eyes widening, the leaned forward, giving him a short, sweet peck on the lips. "Maybe.." she still had trouble catching her breath and forming proper sentences, ".. Maybe, we should stop this here." realizing how her words could be interpreted wrongly she hastily added. "As in, in the park. Not stop kissing... Defienetly not stop kissing!" She leaned forward to strengthen her words with another sweet kiss.

[VKAllen]

His cheeks was overheating. The kiss slowly becomes an addiction that he must get after such a short period of time. This kiss, passionate and incredible-- Was longer than the first time they kissed. It was strange how their kiss felt just right despite the fact that they probably never kissed someone by their lips before. After a minute of kissing and touching, they finally broke away feeling breathless and speechless again. Lann felt the way his lips had stung. They kissed so much that he felt the after effects of it. That just meant that they really had a good time making out.

They gathered their breaths, Emilia pulling herself away a little but still looking at him by his eyes unbroken. Butterflies could be felt from Lann's stomach as he frozenly stared at Emilia's luminous eyes. He just wants her. The feeling of her skin along the curvacious waist and the feeling of her lips against his-- It was just heaven. When she felt him becoming aroused, he could just feel it touch between her, giving him another red cheeks as both of their eyes widened. To his surprise, Emilia leaned forward, giving him a peck on his neck. He couldn't tell whether she was okay with it or if she was surprised by it but the next word made his heart skip a beat. "Maybe..." It came off to sound like a moan. It was breathless and inviting to hear. His hands almost latched on to just...

"... Maybe, we should stop this here." It confused him for a moment to understand what she meant. His gaze turned to a confused stare until Emilia stuttered. "As in, in the park. Not stop kissing.... Definitely not stop kissing!" She took him by surprise once again as she leaped in to his lips for another sweet kiss, to which Lann opened his mouth and slipped his tongue inside of her lips, wrestling lovingly in a french kiss. He felt himself becoming harder as they kissed in between. He realised that they probably have spent fifteen long minutes kissing one another from the start. The night was already dark as it is and perhaps it was the sensible time to take Emilia home.

"Aah... Emilia... Why don't we continue when I take you back...?" He said, remaining breathless as he pulled away from Emilia's lips. He could feel himself wanting her, but what she said before was right. Not in the park. Maybe in her room. He pecked the upper part of her chest and the side of her lips where her dimples were. "We can get a little bit more... Privacy..." He added.

[Rhapsody]

Surprised at the feeling of his tongue against hers, she gasped, opening her mouth a little wider and letting him in deeper. It was her very first french-kiss and it felt so natural with Lann. She moaned into his mouth, a little embarrassed at the sounds he was making as well as at the feeling of Lann getting harder between her thighs. Lann broke away slightly, his lips moving against hers as he spoke, letting her feel his breath on her skin, sending shivers all over her body. "Ahh.. Emilia...," her name said in that breathless voice, thick with lust, made Emilia gasp. "Why don't we continue when I take you back..?" he went on and Emilias eyes widened at the realization of what his words meant.

He pulled away from her lips and she sat back again, all too aware of the hardness poking her soft, inner thighs. Suddenly, she realized what they were doing, how fast they were going and how much further they would go when they got abck to her house, where there was noone there to stop them. Her father was doing an all-nighter, since an assignment was meeting its deadline. The would be all alone. But all those thoughts and the bit of fear rising with them were forgotten when Lann pecked her skin on the upper part of her chest and then her dimples. Goosebumps spread over her skin. "We can get a little more.. privacy.." he added and she looked him in the eye.

She nodded, her cheeks flaming red and her voice the softest whisper. "Okay." Slowly, she climbed off of his lap, feeling a little shaky on her legs as she stood before him. Nervously, she straightened her clothes, smoothing her hands over her skirt as she put it back in place. Sh elooked back down at Lann and reached out a hand to catch his, then, unable to resist, leaned down to kiss him shortly once more..

[VKAllen]

The next morning was greeted by the cheerful chirps of canaries in the garden lawn. The bathroom window of the Langley residence was engulfed with warm steam of the hot shower. With a quick twist of Lann's hand he shut off the water and dried himself with a clean white towel before proceeding to his room to get dressed ready for school. He unplugged his phone from the adapter and lightly danced around the screen to send Emilia a cheerful message to her inbox. The button tones equalised the whistling of the canaries well that they began to harmonise, creating a little orchestra of music that soothed his ears. "Good morning, my sunshine Emi! I can't wait to see you today. I'll pick you up by your house." He pressed the 'Send' button with as much enthusiasm as he could before his father could be heard stomping up the stairs about to approach his room.

He heard the gentle knock originating from his door and his father shouted out; "Lann! I'm going to drop you off to school today. I'm also picking up your cousin too. Come down for breakfast when you're ready." Lann turned at the door and stared, stooped at the thought that one of his cousins actually go to the same school as him. He wondered who it might be. The stomping continued, but it faded as time went on meaning that his father had left his door. Without giving it much more thought, he got himself dressed with a new set of uniform since his last one was... Well, dirty. He looked into the window, remembering the incredible night that they spent with one another on top of Emilia's bedroom. The way her body felt around his chest. The way she tasted when they kissed. The warmth of her in the inside. It all made him stand in his toes. He wanted to see her badly, after thinking about it.

His quick hands arranged the books for the subjects he needed today and he also remembered to pack for the homework that was due today. He felt confident and organised-- Free from stress that he was able to complete such loads amount of work with the help of none other than Emilia. What was he going to do the first moment that he would see her? Would he kiss her? Would there be a warm hug? Or would it just be trying to play it off as if they're just friends? After all, nobody knows of their steamy love relationship with one another yet. Not even Kat, Emilia's best friend. He zipped up the rest of his bag and carried it downstairs with no problems and headed for the front door where he left the bag near the porch.

"Alrighty Lann. How do you like your jam? Strawberry or blueberry?" At the dinner table resided his father, Alphonse sitting on his own with the TV on. Where was mother he wondered. Surely she isn't out of the house to go grocery shopping that was Lann's and Alphonse's job. He looked around the room quickly to search for her and Alphonse was able to quickly decode what mystery Lann was trying to solve. A smirk came to his face as he continued spreading his toasted bread with jam. "Mum's not feeling well last night. She's in bed getting some rest. How come you don't know this, Lann? You're usually the one who knows what happens in the house when I'm at work." Alphonse's confrontation made Lann feel like he was being interrogated and he swallowed his own saliva difficultly as a result. Images flashed over his head of the warm time he spent with Emilia and couldn't get an explanation to be made to Alphonse. Lann only looked away with a nervous laughter before diverting his own attention to his breakfast. He spreaded his strawberry jam that reminded him of her generously before taking a bite. One after another until it was finished. Alphonse didn't give his unusual response much thought either. So, the two just enjoyed their toasted breakfast and hot cups of tea.

Ten minutes later, Alphonse reached upon a set of keys. He stood up and began to make way towards the front door to get the car ready. Lann hurried, placing the dishes onto the sink before running towards the master bedroom where Freyja laid asleep, only to be awoken by the presence of Lann moving closer to her. Her eyes did not shudder nor move from its frozen position. He wondered if Freyja was still asleep even if her eyes were open. When her pupils finally moved, her lips began to mutter. "Good morning, Lann." She said in a gentle voice. Lann kneeled down beside her to kiss her hand.

"Good morning, mum. Are you feeling better?" It was his immediate enquiry to ask for her health after his disappearance yesterday. There was a smile, before it was followed by a confused and frustrated expression.

"I couldn't've felt better last night. I tried to call for you so much but you never came. I felt dizzy and a little disoriented. Where were you yesterday my dear?" Her small suffering was what made Lann feel a little guilty for having stayed with Emilia. But at the same time, when she asked him where he was in the house it made him stand rigid in nervousness.

Lann decided to lie to his mother. Perhaps it was better than to let her know that he was at a girl's house doing things with her. "I went with a few friends to study and work on yesterday's homework. I'm sorry mum, I should've called." His mother smiled again, before looking towards the source of Lann's voice.

"That's okay. Your education is your priority. Even me. I hope that you'll be able to gain good marks so you will be set for a good job in the future. I want you to be successful." Her encouragement made him smile, but he felt shameful at the same time. Alphonse all of a sudden opens the door, looking directly at Freyja and Lann as he notified him that the car's ready to go. "Your dad's ready. Come on now, kiss me good bye for school today. I'll see you tonight honey!" Lann nodded to his mother with an affirmative 'Hmm' before taking off. He wore and tied his shoes before getting into the car with his school bag before they drive off.

"Okay, so like I told you earlier this morning, I'll be dropping off your cousin too so... Just bear with me for a moment while I try to find her house." They drove into the road and Lann just looked outside, amusing himself along the windows that reflected the houses of many other people in the street. Little did he notice that his dad made a turn towards the district that Emilia lives.

[Rhapsody]

Emilia was sitting by her mirror, humming as she combed her hair. She caught her face in the mirror, glowing cheeks and a smile she had been wearing ever since she had gotten up. Luckily, her face wasn't home. She wouldn't know what to tell him if he were to ask what was up with her. To think he might tease her about being in love! She would surely been unable to keep a blush off her cheeks. She was, after all, unable to keep it away everytime she thought of the evening she had spent with Lann. She still couldn't believe they hade done it. It all seemed like such a dream.

She heard her phone vibrate on her desk and got up, putting the bomb aside and walking over, picking up her phone to look at it. Reasing Lanns message, her smile widened into a goofy grin. She answered right away, grinning stupidly all the while. "Good Morning! I hope you slept well :* I'll be waiting for you <3" She turned around, almost dancing back to her mirror, where she grabbed a hair tie, slipping it onto her wrist. She started braiding her hair as she went to her wardrobe. It didn't take her long to finish the braid, she did it all the time. She picked out a clean uniform, putting it on and all the while thinking of what had happened to the one she had been wearing yesterday. A blush crept into her face. She had put it in the hamper when she had went to take a fast shower afterwards yesterday.

Once dressed, she skipped down the stairs, phone in hand and eagerly awaiting a reply from Lann, while she fixed herself some breakfast, making sandwiches, enough of them to share with Lann. At the thought of him, another smile spread on her face. Her phone vibrated and she eagerly looked at it. It was a message from her father, though. She felt bad for being disappointed for a moment, then was distracted as she read the message. "Good Morning honey! I hope you slept well, I did not manage to get more than an hour or two of sleep. I am sorry, but we won't meet today either, I will get home in a few hours to take a shower and get some fresh clothes. We're very busy here, some trouble has come up. I asked my brother to pick you up an drive you to school. You should know remember him even though you have not met for a long while, you used to play at their house all the time, he has a son your age. I am really sorry that I don't have more time to spend with you, but I'll be able to get a few days off soon, we will go somewhere then, alright? I wish you a great day! I love you!"

For a few minutes, all Emilia could do was stare at the message. Then she read it again. Her fathers brother? A picture came to mind, of a man looking very similar, if younger, to her father, but it was vague, more of an impression, really. She could not manage to remember anything else, but she had a rather strange feeling about it all. Her high spirits a little dampened, she went on making sandwiches and having a bit of cereal for breakfast, before she went back up to pack her bag. She brought them downstairs, where she put on her shoes and grabbed her jacket, bringing it with her to the couch where she waited, concentrating on listening to any cars apporaching on the street.

[VKAllen]

"Hey Lann. You know that picture that you sent me the other day?" Alphonse tried to converse with his son who looked like he was daydreaming through the window. His reflection was crisp by the mirror's pane staring into the sparkling sky as the sun rayed its brilliance. The moment he heard his father's voice his head turned towards the road. The place seemed familiar. The view of it reminded him of something but he couldn't put on his finger what it was. The night's view during the street that Lann and Emilia always passed masked the way to her home well.

"Oh yes. That's my first friend. Something's up?" Alphonse was focused on the street in front of him, smiling as he turned the steering wheel towards the corner of the street swiftly. The road was now the path that lead to Emilia's house-- That Lann still had failed to recognise.

"Nothing's wrong. It's just that..." Alphonse could see a student in the distance, looking around as if she was trying to locate something or someone. As soon as she looked towards the direction of the car, she waved to signal that it was her waiting. "There's your cousin." From where he was sitting, he couldn't see who was the girl. His heart beated a little hard and felt as if something was horribly amiss as they kept approaching. Soon, as the car moved closer... And closer... The figure revealed itself, slowly bit by bit. He also slowly came to realise what street he was in.

"This is...--" Alphonse put on the brakes, looking at Emilia and waving at her with a smile. He pulled the power windows down and greeted her.

"Hello--" He greeted her but he stuttered. "Lann's... First friend?" He was confused. What was happening? Lann next to Alphonse was practically nervous at this entire encounter. He tried to focus his eyes on Emilia. "Are you waiting for somebody to pick you up?" Lann didn't know what to say or do. Whether or not to make Emilia say yes or no. "I'm on my way to picking up my brother's daughter. She lives around here too."

[Rhapsody]

After a while, and Emilia continuing to glance at her watch, she got up, putting on her jacket and heading outside, deciding she should probably wait where he fathers brother could see her. Not that she expected that either of them would recognize each other. Her father hadn't send her any more information, though she would've liked to get some kind of desciption to identify the man who was picking her up.

Once outside, she already noticed a car slowly coming around a corner, the driver looking concentrated as he glanced at the houses. Then, she noticed his eyes pointing in her direction and she waved, smiling friendly. She had a bit of a strange feeling, since she couldn't be sure this actually was her uncle. She did not really remember him, apart from the bit of an impression she recalled when thinking of him. The car got closer and she suddenly recognized the person in the passanger seat. Lann! Her smiled widened. He had said he would come to pick her up, but with his father? This all felt kind of strange. She realized then, that she did not actually know much about her boyfriend. Was he that close with his father? Did he want to introduce her? Or was his father the kind to have fun by forcefully snooping around in is sons lovelife?

The car stopped in front of her and the drivers side window went down. She kept up a pleasant smile as Lanns father greeted her. Apparently they had just been talking about her, but apparently Lann had also not told his father that they were more than just friends. She wasn't sure how to feel about it, but thinking about it, who would tell their father they were together with someone they had just met two days ago? Her father would lock her up in her room and kill Lann. Probably.

"Are you waiting for somebody to pick you up?" she was asked and she realized that she had forgotten to tell Lann that her uncle would be picking her up. Her eyes fell on her boyfriend and she smiled apologetically saying: "My uncle is supposed to pick me up today." at the exact same second Lanns father said: "I'm on my way to picking up my brother's daughter. She lives around here too." They stared at each other for a while, Emilias brain overloaded with that bit of information. She closed her eyes for a moment, trying to fight back the dizziness. That was her uncle? Lanns father was her uncle?! They were cousins?

She swallowed hard, eyes going wide as she stared past the father and at Lann. She forced back the tears when she noticed Lanns father- her uncle- looking at her worriedly. "Is everything alright? You look a little pale all of a sudden." he said. She blinked, forcing a smiled on her face and shook her head. "No. No, I'm fine, thank you. I'm just.. a little surprised. Thank you for coming to pick me up." She would have been proud at the way she managed to play over her reaction, but her mind was to occupied to register much else beyond what she had just learned. "Not at all, it's my pleasure. You sure grew up into a pretty young woman, don't you think Lann? Get in, we wouldn't want the two of you to be late for school." her uncle, Lanns father, said cheerfully. And mechanically, she did, getting into the backseat, clutching her hands in her lap and staring with wide, shocked eyes at Lann as soon as she was out of his fathers sight. Her mind reeled. Why? Why did this have to happen? Was she still asleep`Oh, how she wished this to be just a nightmare!