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It was around two in the morning when Killjoy sneaked into the kitchen. She had discussed this idea earlier with Raze, and the Duelist had already taken the initiative for a part of the idea, the Sentinel was yet to finish. She chose the wines to hide in her room, took some extra supplies, including Brimstone's favorite cheese, as she was sure he wouldn't mind.
She went back to the room in silence with her arms full, she could hide everything until the two of them left the next day and going unnoticed would be even easier, with Brim setting up a mission for each of the agents who were not off. Even luckier were the missions being in Bind and Icebox. Icebox ... She didn't really want to go back there at the moment.
The Sentinel entered the room in silence, she didn’t need to unlock the door, Raze had left it open at her request. She put things on the counter and went back to lock the door before organizing everything in the basket that Duelist left in the room earlier. The wines, the cheese, the glasses, as well as some extra supplies for both of them to eat if they were hungry, the rest depended on Tayane preparing for their secret date.
Klara lay on the bed with a silly smile on her face, she had never felt like that, like a teenage girl in love, acting beside Raze as if she were always keeping a secret, the synchrony always praised, even by those who didn't know. She still loved that she could call Raze freundin, the double connotation fooled very well those who understood a little bit that it was German, even though Raze called her by affectionate names in Portuguese. She went to leave her cell phone on the dresser when she saw a piece of paper and, surrendered to curiosity, she took it and saw Raze's short message wishing her a good night's sleep and a drawing, a little cartoon of the Duelist sending a kiss to the Sentinel , something that made Killjoy even more silly with the situation.
She settled on the bed, covering herself carefully. Memories crossed her mind, she could never feel that way, she could never love while she was working for Kingdom, she couldn't even talk to anyone, she took advantage of her status to receive anything, what her power gave her, her Name. All she had to do was wish and she got it. All night. Nächtelang. But nothing could compare to what she felt with Raze. Tayane made her feel complete, whole, happy... Happy... Truth be told, she never thought that she would, one day, feel the way she did, Klara finally, let sleep take her.
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Raze didn’t need to, but she woke up early, wanted to prepare some more things before, finish the drawing she had started the night before, when Klara gave the idea of this impromptu date taking advantage of their day off. It would be interesting to go to a beautiful place to enjoy the each other's company. After finishing the drawing, the Duelist went to prepare both a playlist with some songs to enjoy the place, as well as a table cloth and pillows for both to sit. She was anxious, she would never deny it, Killjoy and she have never really been able to date as a couple since they started dating and she missed it a little, since it had always existed in her previous relationships.
Raze left her drawing on her desk in her room when she went to see the mission briefing, she wanted to see where each agent would be assigned out of curiosity, as well as see if Venice was off the list today. She greeted the other agents before helping herself to the powerful pre-made coffee. For Bind Cypher, Jett, Omen, Phoenix and Breach would go, Icebox would go Sova, Astra, Reyna, Yoru and Skye. So Viper would be working in the laboratory to increase the potency of her toxins, since she felt that the enemies moved through the curtains with ease, Sage would be waiting for emergencies and Brim would be waiting for calls from the allies, prepared for emergencies with the equipment ready.
The Duelist watched each of her teammates pick up their gear before following their paths through the portal until they went on their respective missions, Skye with her Phantom and Breach with his Odin casting an understanding look at Raze, suspecting what the girl would do on that day off.
"You woke up early for someone who is off duty, Tayane ...". Brimstone put a hand on her shoulder, trying to get the younger girl's attention.
"I thought it would be good to see where the missions were today ... Isn't Icebox early?"
“The armor is still there, I need intelligence, to say the least. That's why I sent Yoru and Reyna, they both know the place, albeit a little”.
"É, sei não, visse... I don't know, I think it would be smart to be closer, Icebox is far away, regardless of what we've already done...".
"... You have been hanging out with Klara a lot.... Making me think that the worst of it all, is that what you said makes sense, I am going to the secondary base in Vladivostok, I think it will be better". Brim took his Ares and Sheriff already going to the portal, without noticing the Duelist's smile, even though the Controller knew about their relationship, she didn't want him to be dogging her tracks with Killjoy.
She went back to the room to finish preparations for her date.
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Killjoy woke up without the alarm clock, which was already a gift. She didn’t even lend herself to go straight for breakfast, decided to go to the shower, get ready to meet Tayane, in a more casual outfit, in a more casual situation. She was already getting dressed when she saw Raze's message. She had a surprise for her, to go with lighter clothes and avoid long ones. 'Ah, great! I don't think I have any shorts'. She invested in what she had, a tank top and her old pants, that was it.
She took her part of the deal to the portal, before finding Raze in the cafeteria with her hair styled differently, without the combat apparatus, just the cap. It was so out of the ordinary that Killjoy didn't realize she was staring until her lover laughed a little, letting the Sentinel flush with the situation.
“So, everything in order? Shall we go?”. The Sentinel was more direct, with anxiety always there.
“Anxious, aren't you? The point is, I managed to get rid of Brim, if you trust me, we can do something different...”. Klara frowned, staring at the taller woman, wondering what she had prepared.
"Stupid question is if I trust you, Schnucki ... So come on, what did you prepare?"
"You can trust me, amor, you will enjoy it". Raze reached out to the Sentinel, guiding her to the place she had prepared, taking everything on the way. "Ok... Would you be very angry if I blindfold you?" Killjoy was amazed, that is something she did not expect, to deprive herself of one of her senses was bizarre.
"Nein, but you keep my glasses then, so I don't take any chances". Even Killjoy was surprised by her response, handing her glasses to the Duelist's hand, which she kept in her pants pocket before getting blindfolded with her own bandana.
Raze took over the job of carrying the remaining things as well, having already prepared the place that they would both be staying earlier, another reason for having woken up so early. She wanted to surprise Killjoy, to make her feel unique, as she made Raze feel.
They went through a series of portals and, at the last, the sun hit Killjoy hard, without having much idea of where she was, she was even tempted to remove the blindfold, but she didn't, she wanted to understand what Raze wanted to do, what was her intention.
“ ‘Joy, stay here, 5 minutes, just for me to put this in place ”. The Sentinel only nodded, standing in the shade that the Duelist placed her, listening to her surroundings to better define where she was, but she could only hear a car door slam. "There, come here, and watch your head". Raze helped her into a car, taking as much care as possible before getting on the driver and driving for a good 20 minutes, always checking to see if the Sentinel needed anything.
Killjoy could not deny that curiosity and anxiety weighed on her mind, she had a conversation with Raze, but always trying to catch some information about the place she was going to, but the Duelist always noticed, laughing and taking the woman's attention on the subject.
"Killjoy, it's a surprise, I'm not going to speak, it's no use."
“Scheiße! But it is so easy, you just had to open the game”. Killjoy laughed, even a little frustrated by the failure of her attempts.
Raze stopped the car, again telling the Sentinel to wait in the car, a characteristic smell reaching her, but she couldn't quite place the spot that had that smell.
"Ea! Come on, love, come here”. Raze helped her down calmly, always taking care of her, the sound confusing the smaller girl's mind. She felt like she knew places like that, but she didn't always go. “Hold your glasses here, le’me take this blindfold off”. Tayane placed them in Klara's hands while taking off her blindfold.
The image was paradisiacal, only that adjective came to the Sentinel's mind. The smell she smelled was sea air, the wind refreshing her face, the waves crashing. The tablecloth with the basket they had prepared to eat placed in the shade to maintain comfort even in pleasant weather. Raze kept her hands on her shoulders, assuring that was true.
“So, what did you think, Klara? It's still far from home here, but I came here a lot with friends when I started to... the police or Kingdom security... But, how did you like it?”.
“Meine Güte, Raze! How can I not like it? This place is beautiful”.
This doesn't even reach your feet, linda". Raze hugged her, resting her chin on the Sentinel's shoulder, pulling her closer. "Let's eat, I'm hungry".
Sitting in the shade, eating and drinking wine while watching the sea and talking, enjoying each other's company on that deserted beach.
"I didn't think there were any deserted beaches in the world yet."
"Here in Bahia everything depends on the day and place, but I know it well, né?".
“Wait, did you bring me to Bahia? Aren't you from Bahia?”.
"Yes, yes, but we are about 10 hours from Salvador by car, and today is our day".
"Ja, ja, just don't take me to see your house if I'm not decent, at the very least."
“You are always decent, carai. Anyway, this is Rio da Barra Beach, an isolated side of it, we are in Trancoso”. Raze kept a look at Killjoy, her hair in braids, totally out of the pattern she used to wear was captivating. "Ah, before I forget, I did this for you". Raze took the envelope she had hidden in the basket and handed it to the Sentinel.
“Raze, but ... I have nothing for you, Götter! I didn't have time to think about anything, just-”. Raze placed his finger calmly on Killjoy's lips, stopping the torrent of words.
"No need to worry, you here, with me, are already a gift". Killjoy blushed again while holding the envelope, adjusting himself to face the Duelist, who was doing the same to face the Sentinel. Klara opened the envelope carefully, looking at Tayane taking out a simple pencil drawing of the Sentinel herself holding a robotic heart, it was as if she had made it out of a gear.
"Schnucki, das ist so süß". It was a sincere compliment, Raze's drawings always touched the Sentinel's heart, she cheered her up to see that someone had spent or, as Raze herself used to say, invested time thinking about her.
"Hehe, I thought it was cooler this way than if I tried to paint, but that is not the only thing, there is something behind and inside the envelope yet". Killjoy frowned, looking inside the envelope for a small silver ring, worn and with some ink stains on it. She opened her eyes wide and turned the drawing around, holding the ring in one hand, finding a letter:
'Ea,'Joy ... No, I'm not proposing to you yet, I don't think it's time, let this whole thing with Kingdom end that I will make it a point to do it, but I don't want to keep our relationship anymore hidden, if you don't want it too, obviously. For me, I would have screamed all over the base that I love you and I will be with you until the end, if you want to hide yet, I don't mind, but could you, at least wear the ring, it's from my family, it's been with us since when we were slaves dragged here, this way I will always be with you even at a distance. So... Eu te amo pra caralho, also how do you even write? Ich liebe dich und ich werde nie aufhören dich zu lieben, du vervollständigst mich auf einzigartige Weise. Ich liebe dich, Killjoy, auf eine Weise, die ich nie für möglich gehalten hätte. Und ja, ich hatte Hilfe von einem Online-Übersetzer, one of these men with dem, was Sie mir beigebracht haben, zu schreiben, aber es ist. Hahahaha’. (Translation here: I love you and I will never stop loving you, you complete me in a unique way. I love you, Killjoy, in ways I never thought possible. And yes, I had help from an online translator to write this along with what you taught me to write, but I swear I tried. Hahahaha’).
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Killjoy read it calmly, with some tears of emotion already in her eyes, calmly placing the envelope on her right, fitting the ring on her left thumb, without Raze realizing it, at the comic tone at the end of the letter, she laughed and put on your side, looking at the Duelist. Without expecting any reaction from Tayane, the Sentinel leaned forward, seeking the other woman's face with her hands, holding her in a firm kiss, lightly caressing the other woman's face. Raze responded affectionately, stroking the Sentinel's arm, moving closer.
At the end, both leaned their foreheads against each other, with their eyes closed. Killjoy's hand was still caressing Isadora's face while she was still caressing the Klara's arm.
“Ja... For me, we can assume that. I was thinking about it too, hiding is tiring, sometimes”. Killjoy placed the ring on his right ring finger, still with her eyes closed.
"Arre, you make me even happier than I thought it was possible". Raze reached for her cell phone to be able to pause the playlist for a while, a notification appeared, but she decided to ignore it for the moment. “So, do you want to enjoy the sea a little? There's the river to wash the salt out later. I brought this for you”.
“Willst du mich veräppeln, weil ich mir einen Bikini gebracht habe?”. Killjoy laughed when Raze took the bikini out of the basket, for both of them to enjoy the beach, taking it from the Duelist's hand and going to change clothes, both coming back prepared to dive, the glasses left on the cloth, almost blindly trusting the taller one.
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They spent the whole afternoon, enjoying the beach, the river, music and the wine and cheese. Lying on the cloth, together, damp hair, Raze with loose hair, talking with Killjoy, exchanging vows of love in a low voice, cheese and wine running out as the afternoon progressed.
"Amor, we have to go...". The duelist spoke to the sentry, quietly, without spoiling the magic of the moment.
"Aber... ich wollte nicht". Killjoy received a look of confusion from Raze, before translating her speech, that she did not want to. For a moment she had forgotten everything, the Kingdom, omega, the war, the radianite... Everything stayed in the back of her mind, with no concern but to be there with the woman she loved.
"I know I know...".
"Ja ... Can we repeat? Like, another time?”. The Sentinel looked hopefully at the Duelist.
“But of course, linda. Whenever you want, we can find a way”. Raze stood up, picking up her cell phone from the floor and extending her hand to Killjoy, to help lift her up. Hugging her like this when she was standing. "Come here, let's take a selfie here, quickly". The Duelist fitted her face next to the Sentinel, both of them already posing for the photo.
"Schnucki, what a notification this is". Killjoy asked after the selfie was taken.
"It arrived earlier, but I didn't pay any attention, 'xô ver". She opened it to find two messages from none other, none other than Aamir, the eyes and information from the protocol, Cypher. In the written part, a simple ‘did you two really think you could hide it from me?’ Followed by the photo of the kiss shortly after the Sentinel read the letter from the Duelist.
“Eiliger Strohsack! Yeah, this guy ... He's really amazing”. Killjoy laughed at the situation, moving away to organize things to go home while Raze answered the male Sentinel via cell phone, knowing that he probably would not answer. Klara had already grabbed and took the keys to the car that Tayane had taken. “Where did you get that car, anyway? I didn't remember an outpost in Bahia, just the portal”.
"Uai, I said I came here when I was younger". Raze embraced the shorter one. “And I woke up earlier to prepare, you know, I even got rid of Brim so he wouldn’t dog our footsteps”.
"Ja, ja... I'm going to have to work hard to beat you". Killjoy gave the other girl a light kiss on the lips.
“This is not a competition, ‘Joy”.
"Regardless ... As a matter of fact, I'm the one who will take the car back, okay? I tolerate more alcohol than you do".
"Ih a lá". Raze took the basket to carry, stumbling over nothing, earning an accusing look from the German. "Okay, okay, go straight there, that's where my Jeep Willys is".
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Both arrived at the base hand in hand, heading straight for the mess hall. Crossing with anyone who came without questioning much, Raze hair still loose and Killjoy still without her characteristic and flashy jacket. They left what should be left in the kitchen before heading to Klara's room, getting some rest and perhaps sleeping, even though they had to work the next day. Mission in Ascent and Haven just waiting.