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Homura looked at her reflection in the fancy mirror standing right in front of her. She let out a long breath as she fixed her bangs. She knew she looked decent enough to go back out there, to the crowded ballroom, where all the crew was.
Homura had told everyone, her boyfriend included, that she needed to freshen up, but the truth was not that. A lot had been going on since they arrived at the party and she was doing what she did best in situations she couldn't understand, hide. She was good at fighting and beating down enemies but with feelings, she was just not so much.
Taking a deep breath, she grabbed her purse and walked out of the bathroom with a smile on her face.
"Took you long enough" the purple haired girl stopped walking and turned to look at the person talking to her.
"Weisz… What are you..?" The blonde man was standing by the entrance of the bathroom, clearly waiting for her. He really could be thoughtful and sweet when he wanted to "I wasn't gone that long, you didn't need to wait for me"
Weisz walked towards her and grabbed her hand.
"I was worried about you, you looked a little bit troubled back there, too many people?" He ask softly and Homura shook her head
"No, not really, I just needed a moment" she didn't want to tell him what was bothering her, it was stupid and it would make her sound like a child.
"Are you sure?" He did not believe a word she was saying but he was not about to start arguing with her about it.
"Yes, I'm all better now" Homura smiled and let go of his hand. To keep walking and join the rest.
As they walked side by side, Homura tried not to think about the sad look on Weisz's face when she let go of his hand, or when she told him that she felt more comfortable if they didn't show a lot of affection in public.
Homura was a very reserved person, she was very affectionate and loved being intimate with him, but only in private. There was no reason for them to be all flirty in public. Homura knew that it was a bit selfish of her to ask him not to be his usual self when they were in front of everyone, but he hadn't complained so far. And that was good, right?
She sneaked a look at Weisz, who was walking with his hands in his pockets. Tonight he looked even more handsome than usual. It wasn't often that they got to dress pretty to go out. But one of Rebecca's B-cuber friends invited the whole crew to a fancy party in her home planet as a thank you gift.
Unlike Homura, Weisz enjoyed this type of activities, gambling, drinking, partying, those were things he used to do a lot before they started dating. She rolled her eyes, who was she kidding? If he were single right now he would be out there chasing any of those girls who have been smiling at him for no apparent reason.
Homura slowed down her pace as realization hit her. There WAS a reason, she just didn't want to accept it.
Noticing that Homura suddenly stopped walking, Weisz turned around to check on her.
"Homura?" He asked with his hands still on his pockets and giving her a soft smile.
Homura didn't say anything, she was trying to process what she had just realized. Of course women will look at him, he was handsome, smart and funny. Weisz could really have any girl he wanted if he put his mind to it, and every female in the room knew that. That's why they kept staring at him and throwing flirty looks his way hoping he would catch the message.
Two girls, a brunette and blond, walked past them. Both of them giggled as they glared at Weisz from head to toe. They whispered something to each other and then gave Weisz a flirty smile.
He didn't even flinch, nor looked at them which obviously annoyed the girls, who kept walking with a discontent face. Homura's heart started beating fast, and she felt the sudden urge to hit something. Who did they think they were? Who gave them the right to look at her boyfriend that way.
Didn't they notice he was with her? She was standing right there and those girls just kept ignoring her existence. It made her so mad.
Homura didn't know what to do, that was the main reason she went to hide in the bathroom. Since they arrived to that party every single girl they crossed paths with either stared at Weisz for too long or just gave him a suggestive look. It was driving her insane, to the point she even felt her Ether flowing higher than normal.
Homura knew she was going to snap at someone if she kept overthinking so she excused herself and went to the bathroom. She thought she had calmed down but clearly she hasn't.
It was her own fault, she was the one who made up that stupid rule of not showing affection in public. How are all these airheaded girls know he was not single if she wouldn't even let him hold her hand with people around.
"Homura are you ok?" She heard Weisz's voice and she took a second to look at him, now he seemed concerned. Probably because she had been in absolute silence for like 5 minutes now.
"No…" she whispered, it was so low that Weisz barely heard it. She was so ashamed, so mad and angry at the girls for flirting with her boyfriend and at herself for being such an idiot.
What was this sudden rage she was feeling? This need, to keep Weisz close to her and protect him from those, those, those… ' ugh!! What is wrong with me?! Why am I so possessive all of the sudden?' Her mind was processing all those emotions, and images of Weisz flirting with other girls, smiling back at them the way he smiles at her. Holding their hands, holding them in his arms like he holds her, kissing them, kissing…
"Kiss…" she whispered again and touched her lips. No, no she couldn’t stand that thought.
Weisz was hers and only hers to kiss. What was going on? Was she jealous?
' Oh my god, I am!!'
Homura felt her face burning, she had never felt like this before. Truth was she never had the need to keep him away from other women. She trusted every single female in the crew, they all knew about their relationship and she never felt threatened by them. But all these b-cubers, they didn’t know, and they clearly wanted his attention.
Of all the men in that party, why was Weisz the one they kept trying to flirt with? Two other girls passed by next to them, again looking at him. But this time one of them decided to actually talk to the man and tap his shoulder.
Weisz, noticing someone was trying to get his attention, turned to look at the girl who was now smiling triumphant.
"Excuse me? Do you mind showing me the bar, I'm kind of thirsty"
Homura's eyes widened when she noticed the girl was trying to reach for his arm. 'Hell no, thirsty my ass she is totally trying to get him alone' an instinct she didn't know she had taken over her and before the girl could reach Weisz's arm, Homura was already next to him wrapping her arms around his waist.
Her dark red eyes rested on the girl's shocked face, coldly.
"The bar is over there," Homura said, nodding in the direction of the bar. And ignoring Weisz's questioning look.
"Uhm… thank you, I guess…" the girl said looking disappointed. She took one more look at Homura's arms around Weisz's waist and turn to her friend "Let's go Tam, I really need a drink"
As both girls disappeared in the crowd Homura felt a wave of relief overwhelming her and she sighed
"Ugh…that was easier than I expected" she smiled softly.
"Mm Homura? What are you doing?" Weisz asked her, and she lifted her head to look at him. He looked confused and Homura noticed she was still holding him.
She couldn't take it anymore, if she saw one more girl coming near him she was going to lose it. Taking a step back she searched in her purse for a little pocket mirror Rebecca asked her to hold for her, along with a red lipstick.
"Hold this" she told Weisz who was still clueless of what was going on and gave him the little mirror
"Yeah ok… what are you—" he stopped talking when he saw Homura taking the lipstick. While she was looking at the mirror Weisz was holding, Homura started applying it slowly on her lips just like Laguna had taught her and Rebecca once.
Weisz was stunned, what on earth was going on with her today? First she seemed completely lost in thought when they first arrived, then she said she needed to freshen up and took more than 15 minutes to do so, finally she hugged him right in front of everyone and now this? He had never seen her wearing lipstick before.
He was not complaining, Homura looked absolutely beautiful, and he didn't mind her wrapping her arms around him, not at all, he actually enjoyed it. But he knew something was troubling her.
Weisz didn't mind Homura's rules about their relationship when they were in public. At some point it even made sense. But sometimes he just couldn't restrain himself from wanting to grab her hand or kiss her cheek.
' Maybe me holding her hand upset her earlier' he thought. And the idea of upsetting her with something he should have been used to by now, made him want to hit himself.
"There, thank you," Homura said, smiling widely at him and taking the mirror from his hand.
"No problem," Weisz said. Curiosity was killing him he just couldn't help it "what's with the red lipstick? you never wear those"
Homura rolled her eyes, but gave him a sweet smile.
"Well it was sitting there on my purse so I put it on, what is it? You don't like it?" She said pouting at him
"No, no, it is not that. I mean, it looks beautiful" he scratched the back of his head "You are always beautiful" Weisz said softly. "I mean, sorry I shouldn't have say that"
Homura's smile grew wider. It really was an effort for him to not be affectionate in public. Maybe she should rethink that rule. Maybe today was a good day to start.
The purple haired girl was reaching to grab his hand when she noticed another group of girls nearby, whispering and looking at them. Well, they were actually just staring at her boyfriend again.
That was it, she had to take action. Trying not to die of embarrassment in the process, Homura took a step forward and pulled Weisz down, closing the distance between them with a kiss.
Weisz was shocked at first, he had never expected Homura to do that in such a crowded place. But he went along with it, kissing her back and pulling her closer.
When they broke the kiss he noticed Homura lips were a complete mess of red and he held back a soft laugh when he saw her expression.
"Now I really know something is up with you, that was kind of unexpected" he said, letting out a long breath.
Homura stood there for a second looking at him and smiling, satisfied with how some of her lipstick was spread all over his mouth. But that only lasted for a minute cause instantly she noticed the girls from before still giggling and sending flirty smiles towards Weisz.
' Ugh so that wasn't enough for them then? We will see" she had no idea what kind of primitive instinct took over her but she grabbed Weisz by the collarbone of his shirt and kissed him once more.
Weisz noticed this time how Homura looked over the group of girls who had been staring at him for a while now. He wasn't dumb, he knew some of the girls there were trying to get his attention, but he didn't care. All he wanted was for Homura to have a nice time.
For the looks of it, it was really bothering her and Weisz couldn't hide his smile as his girlfriend applied some more of the red lipstick on her lips.
Homura didn't care about her rules anymore, and as careful as she could she grabbed Weisz's face and planted kisses all over his face. His cheeks, his nose, the corner of his lips, and finally on his lips again.
' That's better, they will definitely stop smiling at him now' she wanted them to go away and fast.
Weisz chuckled, still having his face held by Homura's hand he stood there admiring how beautiful she was. Was she jealous? Was that what had been bothering her?
"What's with the kisses all of the sudden?" He asked teasingly.
Homura let go of his face and turned to look at him. When she saw his face, the purple-haired girl realized what she had just done and her face turned as red as the lipstick in her hand.
What the hell got into her? How did she do something so blunt? Weisz's face was covered in red lips kisses and even though it looked hilarious and she knew most of their friends would tease the hell out of him for it, she just felt completely embarrassed.
"Eh?! N-nothing" she turned her head to the other side in order not to face him, this was so embarrassing, the worst part was that he seemed to be enjoying it "I just felt like it, ok?! Is not like I'm jealous or anything, it's not"
"Yeah ok" his mind was analyzing her expressions. He smiled again and decided not to give her a hard time about it.
' please! she is so damn cute' was all he kept thinking about. He then remembered his face was probably covered in red lipstick and there was no way he would walk like that in front of his friends.
"I'll be right back, gonna take this off my face before—"
"Don't you dare!" Homura stopped him by grabbing his hand. "You are staying like this and next to me for the rest of the night" she said as she started walking, pulling him with her
"Wait, you are not serious, are you? What about the rule?" He was letting himself be dragged by her, he could have stopped her but Weisz was enjoying this side of his girlfriend way too much.
"The hell with that rule, it was dumb anyway, I am your girlfriend after all, and everyone should know that" the way Homura said that seemed calm and composed, but Weisz Just knew she was a hot mess.
He didn't say anything else, he only gave her hand a little squeeze, to reassure her he was there with her and for her. Homura smiled and held his hand tighter.
Yep, she was totally jealous and there was nothing wrong with that. Maybe, and maybe one day she will say it out loud, but for now, she would just make sure to keep Weisz extremely close.