The words rung in her head as she was held in the soft yet firm embrace, her breathing erratic as she looked upon her softly smiling face.
She could feel as Orfevre calm, almost patient breathes landed on her, and she couldn't help but shiver at it.
Her heart was racing faster than it had ever done before, even in those few rare moments where she would panic like a raging animal, her heart had never once reached the same level of pure panic.
She breathed in her scent and a soft tingle would spread throughout her entire body.
She would be surprised if she could even string together a few articulate sentences together in her current state.
Her mind was in panic, her body was betraying her and rejoicing at the closeness of it all.
"A… Date?" She was in such an erratic state it was a miracle that she could even string together such a small sentence.
She could barely even hold herself together, her mind had closed out everything and everyone, the only person that she could pay attention to was the golden tyrant who was in the process of stealing her heart, without even trying.
"Yes, a date. Would you like to join me in one, my beloved?" Orfevre spoke, her voice smoother than even velvet as it all but seduced her ears and made her only want to hear her and her alone.
It was then that the last "rational" part of her mind decided to make a promise with itself.
"I absolutely can't lose! Not from now on! No matter what! I won't lose to her in love! I won't lose to absolutely anybody on the track! ESPECIALLY HER! All for the sole purposs of being able to one day be the ONE making the moves! I WILL NOT LOSE! I won't submit! I REFUSE TO SUBMIT! From this day onward I will make her LOSE TO ME AND ME ALONE!"
In truth, perhaps the last part of her "rational" mind was in truth irrational but there was nothing left to do except…
"Orfy… I'm so sorry, it seems my heart has truly been stolen… This… playboy, I'll make her have only eyes for me… no matter the cost, she will be mine. I'm sorry, but… Orfevre, has taken your place for me…"
Apologize.
Yes apologize for it seems that she couldn't hold on until Orfy arrived, but… it wasn't that simple, if it were anybody else Orfy would never have been replaced, the only problem was that the one who took Orfy's place, was… Orfevre.
In a sense, Orfy never stood a chance, the same attraction that she felt towards Orfy, she felt it with Orfevre if not even more.
Her heart, had truly been stolen.
By… wait? Orfy… Orfevre… Orfy… Orfe… Orf… Or—
"Well? What's your answer?" Orfevre spoke once more, and then suddenly her train of thought was derailed completely and utterly as her eyes, mind and body were fully focused on the thief who stole her heart.
No words were uttered for a few moments, she merely looked at Orfevre as she slowly came to a realization.
"… Yes," she said slowly, "I would love to go on a date with you, Orfy."
…(AN : I should have probably put that entire last section in last chapter, the cliffhanger would have gone crazy.)…
Her smile stilled as she heard her beloved's words.
Had she figured it out? Had she? Was her game set to come to an end this soon?
While it would have been acceptable she would really rather not let it come to an end this soon.
"Orfy? Yes, I like that pronounciation of my name, it is acceptable, I shall let you call me it."
Yes, that should work just fine to let her keep playing this game with her beloved all that was needed to ensure that her beloved wouldn't be able to tell the difference was a smile.
So she ga—
Her eyes widened almost imperceptibly as she was spinned to take her beloved Hope's place.
Hope looked at her with an almost sultry look as she held her almost exactly as she had once done to her.
"I was going to call you it anyway, Orfy, after all," A small smile of pure joy spread across her face, it was one of the most beautiful things that she had ever seen, "I know it's you…"
They both said nothing merely enjoying one and the others presence, the only difference was that instead of Hope being enraptured and all but seduced by Orfevre's mere presence, it was her, that was being enraptured and seduced. By the one person that she would give the world for.
"Say…" Hope started her eyes radiating pure love and devotion, "I heard you're aiming for the Triple Crown, right?" She could only manage a nod in her current state of mind, "I see… then," suddenly an even brighter smile bloomed on her face, "Every king needs a queen right? Then Orfevre, no, Orfy, I'll be your queen."
She froze, she didn't know what to say, she was in pure shock, it took all of her effort not to let it show on her face.
"I'll let you make the plans, but I'll choose the time, ok?"
She didn't know what to say.
"Alright then, how does Saturday at 12:00 pm sound?"
She was stunned, it wasn't supposed to go this way, but even then, she nodded.
A soft smile that could only be described to be filled with love bloomed on her face, "It's a date then!" She leaned in a gave a quick soft kiss on her cheek, as she suddenly turned away and made her way to the school building.
Completely failing to notice the bright red flush that had engulfed her face.
"Saturday then, huh. It's a date." She said as she slowly touched her cheek almost to be sure that she was indeed kissed there.
…
She had to rush to class as fast as possible, if she didn't she'd fear that the image that she had just made would have been completely shattered, "I did that… didn't I?" In truth it was an action that had simply felt right to do at that moment but that didn't stop the fact that she felt extremely embarrassed after what she had just done.
She kept her face down out of fear of anybody even seeing how red she was.
The heat in her face was so bad that she went to the water fountains to see if the cool water could chill the heat that was building on her cheeks.
It just so happened that in her rush to make it to the fountains she completely failed to notice the pink haired girl who was laying backwards with blood staining her clothes.
…
She desperately splashed water on her cheeks as she thought back to what she had said.
"It's a date then…" It was Thursday, there would be two days for her to get ready for the date.
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Authors note
Bit of a shorter chapter, sorry about that, I hope you all enjoyed my first or was it second attempt at making a genuine romance moment, I hope you all liked it.
I tried to write something that would put a smile on my face and I achieved that in the second half, I hope you all enjoyed it.
And you know what I didn't make the wrong the choice of keeping the beginning for now, flows better I'd say, than it would have last chapter.
No extra chapters available this week, I have a french ministry exam to do.
This is GreekAntrielos, signing off.
See y'all next week.