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I watched as Sharena savored the ice cream cone I had bought for her at the local ice cream shop. I could watch her forever as she ate the ice cream, but that would be creepy. The way that Sharena would smile was honestly one of the main things that drew me to her. She was bright, cheerful, and always positive. Everything about her was genuine and I never had to second guess her motives nor question the kindness that she had shown me everyday. She was everything a princess should be, honestly. To top it all off, she was super cute.
Honestly it was almost unreal how perfect she seemed to be. I knew that it wasn't the case. She was childish and didn't care much for books. According to her, books are for eggheads. She was skilled with lances but she was far from the best lancer in the Order. At the same time… I wouldn't ask her to be an 'egghead' only that she stays the same Sharena that she always had been.
"Kiran! Aren't you going to eat your ice cream? It's going to melt if you don't eat it."
"Of course, I will Sharena. I was just… enjoying the scenery."
"And by enjoying the scenery, you mean me right?" Sharena winked
"I'm not sure what you mean by that…" I say hoping to redirect the conversation to something else.
"I'm not like my brother, Kiran. You are the worst liar I have ever seen. Honestly, you'd think that Mr. Smartypants would be able to figure it out pretty easily but I swear he's so dense that you could create diamonds in his butt from how dense he is!"
I chuckled a bit "Then what am I lying about then?"
"Why don't you start with why you really took me out here? Admit it, Kiran. This is a date isn't it?"
"Why must you hurt me in this way Sharena?"
"But you're not denying it either~"
"Sharena you have a bit of ice cream on your face"
"Then why don't you clean it up for me? I am your number one fan, after all."
"Ok, well I will go grab a napkin and-"
"Kiran you're just as bad as Alfonse! Do I really have to spell it out for you?"
"I'm not sure that what I think you are suggesting is appropriate to do in public"
"Just do it. As your princess, I order you to do it."
"Are you really trying to abuse your position as a princess to get me to…?"
"It's not really abuse if both of us want it" she smiled mischievously. Clearly, I had severely underestimated her.
"Well if her royal highness wants it, then what can a commoner like me do but comply?" I could feel my face burning from embarrassment. I never expected her to find me out so quickly. Nor did I expect her to return her feelings. She may be childish at times but I often forget how perceptive she can be at times. It's actually quite scary, to be honest.
I was sitting across from her at the table so I had to move over to a seat over next to her. I was so close to her now and I could feel my heart beat a mile per minute. My lips touched the corner of her mouth and I licked it off.
"See? That wasn't so bad now wasn't it?"
"Easy for you to say… people are staring at me…"
"I'm surprised you hesitated. You usually seem so… confident around other people."
"Confident? Ha! You flatter me too much. I've had crippling self confidence issues for ages. I'm just better at hiding it than I used to be. It took me forever to even think I would even have a chance of taking you out on a date like this. Heck I led you out here under the pretense of having a girl's day out on the town. I didn't think you'd figure it out much less ask me to kiss you. You are more dangerous than I give you credit for, Sherena."
"I just notice things easily. Especially when it's people related." she winked.
I could feel the heat in my face burning… that amount of cuteness should be illegal. I briefly wondered if Sharena's cuteness could be considered to be a weapon of mass destruction. She certainly destroyed my heart… God that sounded cheesy.
"You're being unfair. Winking at me like that… hijacking my plans to ask you to be my girlfriend… You've left me nearly speechless"
"Well, I've always liked you. I hardly see an issue with me taking some of the initiative if it gets you to relax and eat your ice cream."
"Right… yeah… I'll finish it then. I'll take us home afterwards"
"Moving a bit fast are we?" She teased
"T-that's not what I meant, Rena! I just thought we could watch a movie at my place… that's all…"
"Alrighty then! By the way keep calling me Rena. It sounds cute coming from you."
I scarfed down my ice cream and gave myself a brain freeze. I was internally freaking out because she called me cute. I felt like I was melting or something.
"Is there… anything else you'd like me to do?"
"Close your eyes, please!"
"Alrighty, my eyes are closed. What next?"
Rena didn't answer me. Instead, she planted a soft gentle kiss right on my lips. She was a lot more bolder than I was, I guess. It didn't matter though, because I loved her just as she clearly loves me. We are each other's number one fan.