AN #1: I don't like the beginning of this chapter I hope you all manage to enjoy it, because I did not enjoy writing it.
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She froze.
The fleeting touch of her beloved still resonant on her lip as she looked at her in a stunned silence.
She was enjoying the cream, at least.
She had a happy smile on her face, one that warmed her very own heart just by looking at it.
It was beautiful.
Not to say that her beloved wasn't the pinnacle of beauty even while not smiling, but that it elevated her beauty and presence.
With any other person, conventionally attractive or not, a smile would add to a persons allure, but it wouldn't elevate them, not like it did for Hope at least.
While she would wholeheartedly admit to being biased in the favour of her beloved it was still something that in her mind stood true, Hope, was beautiful.
She was a work of art that the heavens themselves painted, for if it was made by any other, then her form wouldn't be as half as majestic as it was.
But still… that was her cream, and while she may be more lenient on her beloved than on anyone other than her big sister she couldn't let this transgression go unpunished. For to steal from a king would demand a harsh punishment no matter what the stolen item may have been.
Thus…
"Hope," she called out her name and started to lean forward, intent on evening the score, in manner of speaking.
"Hmm?" Hope asked the indulging look on her face freezing in a moment of questioning, before exploding outward in a moment of shock as she grasped her chin with her hand and pulled it close. Before she accepted the kiss and decided to immerse herself in the pleasure of the action, before it eventually came to an end.
She pulled her head back and a string of glossy saliva stretched out before eventually snapping over the table.
She held her beloveds head gingerly by the chin as she looked at her plush, rosy cheeks… it almost made her want to kiss her again.
The only problem was that they were in a restaurant… and everybody had seen them, in fact they were all staring at them rather rudely.
Well that just wouldn't do now would it?
"What are you all looking at!? Mind your own business!" She ended up screaming as the rest of the occupants decided to look away in embarrassment, "Hey," she looked at the server who was trying his best to become invisible, "You! Give us our check."
"Y-yes ma'am," he answered meekly before getting her their check, she quickly paid the fee and took the hand of a Hope who was just now becoming lucid once more and leaving the establishment.
There was still much to do during their date after all, it would be improper to end their date after a sweet dinner.
What to do, what to do…
AHA! EUREKA!
…
She was reeling.
The sweet taste of Orfy's lips on her own, her saliva which was so so sweet…
Orfevre's french kiss was so different then her own chaste one on her cheek that she wasn't sure she'd be able to go back to it.
It was addicting…
But… why was she being dragged by Orfy?
Weren't they still in the cafe?
Actually… now that she looked around herself, they weren't in the cafe…
She looked to where she was being dragged and she looked at what seemed to be a hotel with a heart next to it.
Didn't her old man tell her about this kind of thing?
She couldn't remember… at least exactly.
But she did remember him saying that if she was taken to one of those without her consent then wasn't that supposed to be a problem?
Uhh… her head hurt, whenever she thought harder about it she remembered the kiss!
It was while she was reeling that she saw a group of rather peculiar looking people.
They were of differing heights and where each wearing masks and sunglasses…
Wait a second… white hair… scarlet hair… short black hair with a bit of white… long brown hair with a moon esque pattern of white…pure lavender colored hair… and dark hair with white braids…
No it couldn't be.
They would have better things to do surely, why would they be watching her date?
Now that she looked closer around them there was a tall man, easily taller than the rest of the people around him with red hair, a short girl with black hair that brightened at the tips and a taller woman with hair that was really similar to that of her beloved who seemed to be very close to the girl, and they were all three wearing masks and sunglasses.
What the?
That tall man, he had to be her old man!
And that short girl, well it was probably Stay Gold… so then who was the women with them, and why was she so close to Stay Gold?
Before she could question anymore she was brought through a door.
It was just then that Orfy spoke, "A room for two please."
A room for two?
It was just then that she finally remembered what her old man had told her… "Hope… if you ever get taken to a love hotel without your consent… Assume the worse…" A love hotel.
Was this a love hotel then?
She wasn't sure her old man never did tell her what they looked like before, except for the fact that it looked like a hotel room.
What did a hotel room look like?
She didn't know.
So, when she saw the karaoke machine and the room…
"Orfy!" She exclaimed in shock.
Orfevre paused, "What is it?"
She looked down and rubbed her arms together as she muttered something out.
"What? I didn't hear you can you say that a bit louder."
"I… didn't know that you wanted to go so fast…"
"…" Orfevre looked at her with a dumbfounded expression before coming to a realization, "Hope… where do you think we are?" She asked with an expression filled with pity.
She looked to the down and to the side, a heat rising to her cheeks, "A l-l-l-love hotel?"
Orfevre sighed and palmed her face, "Hope… this is a karaoke place."
"Oh. What's karaoke?"
Orfevre sighed once more before a smile bloomed on her face as she started to explain its concept to her.
After a bit of explaining, they finally started to sing Karaoke.
… (I can not bring myself to write song lyrics semi seriously, I apologize, but this isn't nearly as important as the date and all the lovey dovey scenes are to the plot, so I apologize.)
After what seemed to be a flash their hours had passed and they were forced to leave.
They walked with each other back to campus, passing by a bridge and a small river nearby as they had both decided to take a more scenic path back to campus.
It was then while walking that Orfevre decided to speak.
"Hope…"
"Hmm? What is it Orfy?"
"I have a gift for you."
"A gift?"
"Yes, a gift."
"I don't understand, your presence here with me today was a gift enough, I don't need anything else."
"…" Orfevre said no words for a second before a slight smile came to her lips, "I see. Then I'll return the gift if you don't want it."
"…Can't you use it?"
"I already have a phone of my own, I do not need another."
"A… phone…?"
"Yes, Hope, a phone," She spoke again a small almost deviant smile on her face.
"Well… now that you say what it is, I wouldn't mind taking it off your hands, you must have spent quite the considerable sum to buy it after all, it would be rude not to."
A bright smile soon came to her partners face as she spoke those words, "I see, here," she handed over the phone, an umaphone 16 pro max… she didn't know what half of those words meant but that must mean that it was expensive, "If you require any help with it you could always ask your roommate, who is Gold Ship, am I correct?" She asked as she looked to the side and glared for whatever reason.
"Yes."
"Good, well then let's get back to the academy."
"Actually, Orfy."
"Yes?"
"Would you like to race back?"
She paused for a second before a smile came to her face, "Yes, of course, I'd love to."
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AN #2
I am so so sorry for the late update, the words weren't coming to me yesterday add in the fact that I didn't quite like the first part of the chapter and I couldn't bring myself to finish it yesterday, on another note, expect a late update next week as well, I have my math final on Monday so I won't be able to work on the weekend.
But… as I am anything if not a kind author I will add in a omake of your choosing (as long as it's clean(no lemons or lime suggestions, please)) at the end of the chapter.
If you guys decide to make me write something I have no idea about I'll just make what training Halo really was like and be done with it, I will still try to do your ideas first though.
Either way, I am entering the final stretch for high school now,
and this is GreekAntrielos,
signing off.
See you next time.