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The perfect date. With chocolates,flowers and everything. Ruined beyond repair. Or so Law thought And worse, he couldn't shake the feeling that Rinwell thought the same.
She was, like him, trapped in that damned cabin in Cislodia, while the biggest snowstorm of all time raged outside, its winds howling like a wolf zeugle(though to be fair there were probably were wolf zeugles outside, all the more reason, what with the extremely low visibility and all, to stay inside). At least the cabin was cozy and warm, for now.
-I still think we should at least try to reach Messia.
-And i still think we should wait until the storm weakens.
-Alphen and Shionne...
-Would do the same thing, and they're smarter than me!
-I don't know why you're being that cautious, we defeated a planet, didn't we?
-Which dousen't mean we are immune to hypotermia or frostbite!
- Listen, i'm just say'n that with my astral artes i could clear a path for us.
-Thanks, but we still would need to get to Messia...
-...Which would be extremely dificcult in this blizzard.
-Yes,it would.
-So... I guess were stuck here till tomorrow, right?
-Yes....
-And Hootle is still out there...
Both of them were consumed with worry over the little featherball. As much Law hated to admit it, the owl became a cherished part of the entire team.(Yes, even to him, his perpetual pecking bag)
Seeing the tears forming in Rinwell's eyes, Law shuffled closer to her.
-Look, i'm worried about him too, but he is a tough little guy, we both know that.
-He's just a baby!
- He survived that shipwreck too didn't he?
More silence. For a second, Law had worried that he spoke somthing he really shouldn't.
-I guess you're right, still...
It was at that moment they heard a sound that seemed to come from the door, a sound that almost sounded like a small body bumping against the cabin.
And it was too small to be one of the zeugles...
They opened the door, and sure enough, standing outside and covered in snow...
-Hootle!!!
Both of them hasted to collect the little featherball and bring him to the safety of the cabin, he seemed surprisingly well for an owl that had been on an blizzard for the past few hours, possibly because he was born here.
Rinwell was beyond happy
-Hootle, you're safe! She said while hugging the cherished mascot of the team.
-That's our Hootle!
Hootle cooed happily, even though he was still covered in snow.
-I missed you too!
Law looked on the scene happily, and then remembered something, something for the now only slightly less ruined date.
-Hold still Hootle!
And with that Law gave him a small grilled fish
-Where did you find that?
-I asked Kisara to prepare for Hootle.
-For our...
-Date, yes.
The average person, dahnan or renan, would think that, after who knows how many hours of fighting together, camping together, and saving the damned planet together those two would just confess and be done with it, and the average person would be wrong.
And with that, Rinwell remembered something important
-Oh Law, i brought something for you...
And she handed him a medium sized box
-What's this?
-Open up and find out.
Law did just that, and within the box were two gauntlets, shiny and new, the most beautiful ones he ever saw.
-Wow, Rinwell i... I have something for you too!
-What, but you already gave me the chocolates and the flowers...
-Yeah but this one's special!
And then he gave her a smaller box.
-Law, is this...
-A book, yes it is.
Hootle observed all of this from the sidelines, and then remembered a similar situation in Ganath Haros, involving a rifle and a sword and... Wait a minute...
-Thanks. Said both of them, at the same time.
And then, it happened.
A kiss, a fleeting one, but it was a kiss, brief but, to them anyways, wonderful all the same.
Hootle watched everything unfold, too shocked to do anything.
After a brief moment they pulled themselves apart.
-Law...
-Rinwell...
-I love you.
-i love you too.
And then you Hootle attacked who he always attacked.
-Ow ow ow!
-Hootle stop!
Hootle followed the command of Rinwell, seemingly surprised.
-It's okay.
-Yeah
-We're... Together now.
-Absolutely.
And with that, the two held hands