New Year's Resolution

WC: 0241 | TWC: 0241

Leave the Future in the Past, We're Living in the Present now, Baby!

Her pestering paid off, Mathis was finally taking a break and relaxing, granted it was on New Years Eve that he decided to. She had her long hair tied in a rather loose braid as she donned a button up puffy, long sleeve blouse and a long button up jean skirt worn on her waist rather than her hips. On her feet were a pair of combat boots, and despite the casual look, she was classy enough for it. Ollie and Grayhound were staying back as per her orders to let her have alone time with Mathis since it had been quite a while since she convinced him to go on a ‘date’ with her. Greyhound liked pointing out that it wasn’t a date as they weren’t dating or courting or whatever, and that it was more a hangout between the two. She didn’t care about the correct term, she simply hoped one day it’d actually be a date.

She pushed a strand of loose hair behind her ear as she softly smiled. “This is my first time here too, honestly. And as a tradition of every New Years Eve celebration, most people are getting smashed with alcohol.” She shakes her head before she holds her arm out to him to see if he’d let her loop it in his. If he did, she of course went through with linking her arm to his, otherwise she walked forward without it. They would walk a little bit till they came across a little games section. Everyone of various ages were playing games, and Lethe giggled at some of them. The first game she had gone up to was a bean bag toss game to a board that had the new year as the holes to get the bags into. She looked at Mathis and smiled. “Come on, play a casual game with me?” She asks as she was already making her way to the game.

There were four boards set up, and five bags a piece, so the games went by rather fast. She stood in line, and literally a minute later she was up to a line that indicated where she was to toss the bags. She grabbed one of the bags that were put in the bucket that the volunteer gave her, and she tossed it, managing to toss it just right in one of the holes, causing Lethe to throw her arms up and cheer for herself. She tossed a second and managed to get that one in as well. She got a little cocky and missed with the third and fourth bags, so of course she let herself calm down with the last one and managed to get in another hole with the final bean bag. When she was done, she stepped away for the next person to play the game.

She was laughing as she stepped away and looked for Mathis, seeing if he played the game with her or not.

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WC: 0512 | TWC: 0726

Leave the Future in the Past, We're Living in the Present now, Baby!

As Mathis confessed he hadn't drank in his life. She smiled as she shrugged. "I haven't either, and don't intend to ever on purpose." She muses. As he said he'd try the game she put her hands behind her back and watched as he got up to a board. His words had been underestimating the game a bit, but she wanted to see how well he did. Even if he missed, Lethe cheered for him.

"Good job, Mathis~! You were close!" She called out at first, till he made it in and gave a bit of a 'woop!' As he came back from finishing his throws, she clapped her hands to him. "Good job getting them in." She laughs as she let herself take his hand when he says the game was more of a test. "Here I was, going to be casual in the games, but it seems I am not allowed to with how you are." She teases back, smiling sweetly as she did so.

She let him lead her to the bar, frowning a bit as she looked at a couple drunks sitting near the bar. She got herself the same thing as Mathis, having zero intentions of having even an ounce of alcohol the whole time. She sipped her water as he began to explain his recent actions, raising an eyebrow as she did so. She let him rant for a moment before she set her drink down and put her hand on his bicep enough to push his shoulder, but there was no indication of violence or anything.

"You realize I could have helped you out right? With your investigation, even though I might not have a lot of knowledge on Blades, I could be a set of fresh outside eyes that could spy something you and your summon Blades couldn't." She smiles as she holds her glass up while leaning against the bar. "Though, now I'm curious, if you gain more humanity, would you be able to connect with more and summon more?" She questions as she sips her water. Of course, Lethe was rather interested in this talk. He was interacting with her, not avoiding her, and letting her in on something that seems rather personal. They were hanging out without her fully dragging him places, and he was relaxing with her.

"There anything else you found out about yourself? Like how you gained some humanity or such?" She glanced over as another man came close to her. She smelled the alcohol on his breath even though he probably didn't have too too much, but it was still enough to get him drunk. It was the curse of being a slayer being able to smell things like that.

"Hello miss, you look rather pretty." He smiles at her as he leaned on the bar counter. He was tipsy enough, and seemed to be a giggly type. Not too bad, but still annoying to the raven haired woman. "You here for the fireworks later?"

Lethe smiled as she leaned closer to Mathis, slinking her arms around his bicep if he let her, or she just leaned close. "Yup! With my partner for the night." She says calmly, even though she wanted to just remove the man from her presence.

The intoxicated man looked over at Mathis, and gave him a bit of a frown before leaning on the counter more, nearly burying his head in his arms. "Why are there so many couples on New Year's Eve that will probably kiss at the fireworks and I have no one?!" He whined a bit.

Of course he was the mood changer kind. Lethe hung her head and grumbled about wishing to be away from him or knocking him out to be rid of his whining. She sighed and glanced at Mathis, wondering how he would react to this man as well.

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WC: 0549 | TWC: 1275

Leave the Future in the Past, We're Living in the Present now, Baby!

As the man seemed to take a swing at them, Mathis seemed to get up and block his attacks rather easily. She watched him with slightly wide eyes at how he took care of the man, and put a knuckle to her lips as she glanced at the water she had ordered. After he finished with the man, Lethe opened her hand and ‘fanned’ herself from the sight of Mathis taking care of the pest for her. His apology had her smirking as she shrugged a shoulder. “I didn’t have to touch a bug, and got to see a rather lovely sight. Can’t really say I’m complaining.” She smirks before sipping her drink.

At the mention of one of Obrona having said she’d be interested in his physiology, she nearly spit her drink out of her nose, but quickly raised her hand to say she was fine and to continue. Of course she was… but probably not in the way he thought. She continued to listen and as he mentioned that something was a joke, she actually did snort. She found it adorable how he tried sometimes. She was honestly starting to get lost in a little bit of thought though, backtracking slightly on the conversation. She quickly opened her eyes though and turned her head to Mathis as he continued to talk about how only extraordinary drivers were able to summon at least 3 blades at one time.

She sipped her drink again as he talked about how he was similar to celestial spirits, and she made a face that showed that she found that information interesting. As soon as he mentioned that, she became curious about if he could be summoned along with him. She watched him move his hair out of the way to expose the core he had shown her before. He mentioned that it was basically like his heart to her. As she took another sip, he told her he’d like her to touch his core, and she instantly did a spit tank. Honestly, she almost got Mathis with it. He wanted her to touch his core! As soon as he started apologizing, she held up her hand to get him to stop.

“Yes, I did indeed offer to help, and still will help you if you ask me. It’s just… How do I put this…? Honestly, I don’t think it’s strange to ask me to touch it, per say… I thought your core would be something more personal for you, as you said it was basically your heart, right? I just never expected you to ask me to do that, at all even. It just seems like it might be something rude to do, if that makes sense?” She tilts her head to the side as she raises an eyebrow. How he looked with his hair brushed out of his face made her want to pout, but she pursed her lips to keep from pouting at him. She couldn’t rush at him… Taking a deep breath, she hangs her head for a few seconds before sitting up and holding her hand out to him. “Want me to touch your core with my hand or finger…? Or would…” She honestly wondered if it would be too much to ask this question. Might as well jump, he knew how she felt about him. “Or would it be okay for me to touch it with my lips?” She had a bit of a grin on her lips as she pointed to them, of course she was teasing and expecting him to say her hand or finger would be fine for this inquiry that he requested her help with.

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WC: 0843 | TWC: 2118

Leave the Future in the Past, We're Living in the Present now, Baby!

As Mathis seemed to be confused about her request, she sighs as she reaches a hand out and gingerly touches his forehead, tracing her fingers around his core at first after he leaned close to her. “I was mostly teasing, wanting a reason to kiss you with your permission.” She chuckles softly before her fingers felt across the core, feeling the texture of it on her skin. She blinked at the blue flickering light, and raised an eyebrow.

“What… was supposed to happen…?” She wonders aloud, maybe they could try again later.

Her phlox eyes glanced over to where a speaker was, listening to the announcement. Then Mathis took the initiative to go to a hill to watch the fireworks there. She honestly raised an eyebrow as a smirk curled up on her lips. She took his hand and let him lead her before she softly bumped his hip with hers. “Can’t say I don’t like this side of you. Its honestly interesting, and I wouldn’t mind it again.” She listened to his story as they walked, turning her head enough every now and then to let him know she was listening while she made sure she didn’t bump into other people. As they reached the hill, she looked to Mathis as he questioned where she would stand, of course she kept her face as serious as he had been till he sat down. She moved to sit with her legs next to her as she sat on the ground next to Mathis.

She was thinking of his question while looking at the fireworks starting above them. “Honestly… it can happen anywhere. War. My mother technically started a small riot before in Bellum before she was entrusted with my siblings and I. If I could choose, I would choose not to fight in a war… but I fear I would have to… both Bellum and Pergrande aren’t great places, but to protect my family, I might have to choose Bellum… I can’t speak on behalf of Meliora Vitae. But to keep my siblings, blood and not, and my adopted family from having to deal with a fight, I’ll be a shield for them… even though ma’s a great diviner and can kick great ass on her own.” She muses to herself, closing her eyes for a moment. “I can’t say I know why people celebrate in hard times myself, but it gives them a distraction. A sense of normalcy, without thinking of doom. We don’t know how others work either… so you don’t have to feel like you understand everything about humans, humans also think like that too…” She turned to look at Mathis, reaching her hand out to run her fingers through his hair to look at his core as well before she leaned in and kissed his cheek, there was the room for him to push her away if he didn’t want her to touch him like that though.

“I know you know I like you as more than a guildmate or a friend. Or one of your summons would have told you by now that I do. Would you ever consider attempting to date me?” She asks as she leans back, thinking she should have asked that first before she attempted to kiss his cheek, since now her own cheeks were flush from embarrassment of actually attempting to kiss him. This whole asking someone out thing was actually a rather foreign concept to the slayer… it had been quite a while since the last time she had done so.

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WC: 0560 | TWC: 0560

Leave the Future in the Past, We're Living in the Present now, Baby!

As Mathis kissed her own forehead, her cheeks flared up even redder as her phlox purple eyes grew wide. She honestly was not expecting him to do that in response to her. She watched him as the fireworks lit up the sky, as well as his face changed colors with the lights. A soft smile started slipping on her lips as she admired him next to her. As he spoke up again about what his fellow Blades said about her, and about how he was, she stifled a snicker at him saying he’s too serious. She listened to him none the less.

She wanted to hear his words.

He continued to explain that he lived for quite a while, and that he was finally understanding the phrase of “getting some fresh air” as well. She smiled a little guiltily at his comment about her helping him learn to take everything in and him thanking her for it. Her ears popped out and she instantly lowered them back from his words as a steady blush stayed on her face. He found their time together, special? Who took her Mathis and upgraded him with this stuff?

At the mention of love, her ears perked up before she reached her hands up and patted her ears down and shook her head to keep them away momentarily. It’s been a while since she let her emotions go unchecked enough to let loose the animalistic sides of her briefly. She looked at his face as he called himself an old man, letting a smirk cross her lips, then raised an eyebrow to his question.

“With how you’re talking now, I think there is a start of a change coming from you. And even though you’re a serious person sometimes, I find that part of you endearing, especially since you give new takes on things for me as well. And I like experiencing things that are a first for you too.” She says as she looks to the hair piece, reaching her hands out to gingerly hold it and admire it for a moment. “So am I to take this as a yes to attempting dating me?” She let her smile spread wide enough to show her teeth. Her own excitement showing as she put the hair piece on her, wondering how she looked to him.

She moved to let herself be close enough to lean against him, but wasn’t touching him just yet. She wanted to be sure he was accepting of her proposal to date before she went any further, despite how she usually just did as she pleased. This was important to her.

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