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Red Son lifted his wielding mask up, one of his ears flickering a little from the adjustment. He had finished adding a few adjustments to one of his inventions.
"That should help it work more properly now." He mumbled to himself, setting down the blow torch and taking off the gloves. He sighed as he stretched, a slight groan leaving him as he felt the stiffness leave his body. Perhaps it took longer than he expected if his body is feeling like that. He really should pay more attention to the time.
He did not hear the door open or the footsteps, due to being to caught up in his thoughts.
He also failed to hear his name being called. Multiple times.
He simply shrugged as he shooed his thoughts away. Grabbing his wielding mask off and placing it onto a nearby table before jolting startled upon being hugged from behind, his tail and ears perking up.
A familiar snicker was what gave away to who was behind this surprised hug. Along with the familiar scent of strawberries.
"...Really princess? You know I dislike upon being surprised." The fire demon stated as he pulled away from the hug, keeping his back to her, a dusting of blush appearing on face. He was embarrassed to be startled by such a passive move.
Arrow smirked, resting her hands onto her hips and snickered lightly. "Mhm, but I did call your name a few times and you didn't reply." She stated in light matter of fact tone.
Red Son blinked. "Ah yes, well I suppose I had been thinking before rudely interrupted by you." He retorted, though his tone still filled with embarrassment, instead of annoyance. His tail swaying a bit fast as he could practically feel the amusement coming off from her."You really should be more patient with getting a response from me."
"I believe that's not just the...." She has started, while having him face her before she trailed off. Her eyes slightly widening. Her dark brown eyes seem to sparkle a bit from what she was seeing.
The fire demon blinked upon Arrow trailing off, he crossed his arms and raised a brow. "What's with that look?" He asked as he leaned down to study her face. He hardly saw her trail off whenever she was with him, so he found it amusing to say that least. Finally his turn to be amused.
"You have freckles.." She said softly as if she had seen the most enchanting view and was scare of ruining it in anyway.
"What?"
It took him a second to process that before his eyes widen. He must have not been paying attention, how could he have let the glamour come down. He could hear those comments from his childhood starting to surface up.
"Oh right, do ignore these." He mumbled his brows furrowing a bit, standing up straight and turning away.
He doesn't stay like that as he was turned back and his face being gently cupped by Arrow. It took him a second to not lean into her touch
"Why should I? Your freckles look so cute~"
Did she just?
He did not expect that.
"H-huh?" He asked, his hair flaring up a little.
"Pfft- you look so surprised~" Arrow giggled, though a faint look concerned washed over her face. "..You look so lovely with your freckles."She said softly before leaning up and starting to kiss every inch of Red Son face.
Red Son blushed profusely, his hair flaring up dramatically, none of the areas near Arrow face though in order to keep her from getting burn. He also let out a slight squeak in surprised, wrapping his tail around his girlfriend leg, in order to keep it from wagging. "T-these aren't worth the affection." He mumbled, the comments from his childhood continuing to bubble up.
That made the woman pause and she looked at the fire demon raising a brow. "And said who? Your freckles are cute and they add more to your dashing looks and I believe it's giving me the places where I should kiss you. Which is like almost your entire face and honestly I got no problem with that She stated.
"...They're just spots on my skin that are the result of overproduction of melanin , that's not worth it in my opinion." The fire demon mumbled, one of his ears flickering as he glanced away. He really couldn't believe that she found his freckles enticing. Sure he knew that beauty standards had changed since his time but it didn't change the way he felt about it. He still kept his glamour up on them, to keep more of a perfect image. At least that what had been suggested to him by demons who got under his skin to say the least despite him not caring much for those he consider beneath him.
"Beautiful spots. Like in a way they're a galaxy across your face. You know stars in the night sky, or constellations on your skin." Arrow smiled, snapping Red Son out of his thoughts.
"Oh gosh that was cheesy." She mumbled to herself before perking and looked into his eyes. "Come on sweetheat, you know me. I don't say things without meaning it." She stated smiling reassuringly at him before continuing her affection.
Small purrs started to leave him as he was continued to be given affection and the worries about his freckles were still there, but it wasn't dampening his mood that much anymore. He simply closed his eyes, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her close. A faint sigh of content leaving him.
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When DBK and PIF saw their son later that day neither of them said anything about his last glamour being down, they both felt a slight pride upon seeing their son being comfortable. They also kept quiet about the fact that their son face was covered in lipstick. It was a bit amusing to them, seeing that their son hadn't even noticed.