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I woke up in the arms of my angel. She's awake today and playing with my hair. Obviously, something has changed since yesterday. I don't know what but it feels positive.
Hopefully.
"Good morning, Sophia." I said, my voice groggy with the taste of morning.
"Good morning, Tangerine." She said in that sing-song voice. She gave me that smile which made my heart hurt.
Yep, can't deal with that. I go to get out of bed but she stops me. Pulls me back down into the bed and drags the covers over both of our heads. Trapped in our own little world.
"Tangerine," she asked, slowly as if to confirm something. "If I returned to the convent, what would you do?"
My mouth opens and closes like a drowning fish. Ah fuck. How do I even begin to answer this? I can't lie, I'm terrible at it. But the truth is going to make me sound like such a simp. It's not cool at all!
"Tangerine?" Well fuck, I guess silence isn't an answer.
"I would follow. Become a nun too, I guess." God I'm so cringe. Though I guess not God anymore… Lord of Light I'm so cringe. It doesn't roll off the tongue quite as well.
"You really would never leave me?" She asked.
I just shake my head. "I can't. Not anymore. I'm sorry." I look down, away from her eyes. I feel guilt over my possessiveness. But I don't want to be different. Sophia is mine and nothing will ever change that.
Under our bedsheet kingdom, Sophia's hand cups my cheek. She lifts my head to face her, her smile radiating glory. Then her eyes close slowly as she leans forward.
Holy shit!
Holy fuck, holy shit!?!
Her lips brush gently against mine. I freeze. I am stunned. I don't know what to do. But Sophia doesn't freeze, gently she applies a little more pressure, as if to claim me. To stamp her seal and make me hers.
She pulls away. But not far. Our faces are mere inches apart. "What would you do?" She said, "if I stayed?"
"Buh?" I replied. Wait! No! Tangerine that is not cool! Get you shit together girl or Sophia is going to think we are a loser!
Sentence, sentences. We can do this!
[Yeah you can do it.]
'Hush you.'
"I stay here, you with. Get money, very strong. You keep safe." Nailed it.
[A line worthy of the Oscars.]
'Was that a joke? Are you saying I didn't nail it?'
Gestalt repeats the line in my head. Oh fuck, that was nonsense! I didn't nail it at all! Oh shit, Sophia is going to think I'm such a messy bitch. I can't even think straight after one relatively chaste kiss.
[You could never think straight.]
'Valid.'
I try again "I want to stay. To get stronger, become a real Rift Officer. I want to help Maria. I don't know for certain, but I think she's trying to fix this city. Change it. Make it better. I want to help her with that. Most of all I want to keep you safe. With me."
Sophia strokes my hair. The only sound is the hammering of my heart beat. All the feelings are too intense. I fold forward, burying my face in her chest.
From my new position I can hear Sophia's heart and it is beating just as fast as mine. This quells my emotions a little. Sophia always looks so composed. So in control. In a way, it's nice to know she is nervous too.
"I spoke with Daisy yesterday. She opened my eyes to a number of things." Sophia said. "She told me that you love me. Is that true?"
Fuck.
We are just hammering in all the nails today, aren't we. It is frightening how good a read that Daisy has on everyone.
Okay, don't panic. She already kissed you. And she kissed you after she talked to Daisy. Which leads me to believe that she's probably cool with it.
Hopefully.
Please.
"I..I do." I said, "I'm sorry, it just kinda happened. We were in bed together all the time and you are just so soft and wonderful and my angel and I tried not to, I really did and I know it's only been a few weeks and that makes me sound totally crazy but I couldn't help it because it seems like I'm much more intense than I thought I was. Gestalt has been helping me though, I hope it's not too…"
"Breathe, Tangerine." Sophia giggles and rubs circles on my back. "Just breathe. It's okay."
I pause my rambling, face still buried. She hasn't pushed me away yet. That has to be a good sign.
She knows that I love her and as crazy as that is, she hasn't pushed me away.
How does she feel about me?
Well, she's currently holding me, rubbing my back and she kissed me moments ago. So I feel pretty safe saying that she's into me at least.
Wait, do I have a girlfriend?
I should ask her.
[Wait, Sophia doesn't have a brain slug so we cannot convey meaning. Fracture doesn't have a word for girlfriend. The closest words you have are betrothed and courting.]
'While I would take betrothed, I'm guessing that's not going to work here between two women.'
[Not currently. But once you are powerful enough then there would be little that could stop you.]
'So I guess courting but exclusively?'
[That's probably the closest you are going to get.]
"Sophia, w-would you like to c-court me? With me, I mean?"
"Are we not already?"
"I mean e-exclusively."
"Hmmm, so I wouldn't be allowed to court Ria as well?"
Ria?! When the fuck did that happen?! I'm gonna kill that bitch.
'Gestalt, sashimi's on the menu.'
[Yummy. We could take some mermaid brains.]
Her giggle overrode my murderous train of thought. "Of course it would be exclusive. I am yours."
I am yours.
The sounds of angels wouldn't be so sweet.
I wrap my arms around her and squeeze her tight. I kick my legs in joy because apparently I'm five years old.
Sophia pulls my face out of her chest. Making me look at her once again. It's so fucking hot when she handles me like that.
"But, Tangerine. You are mine as well. There can be nobody else. No Daisy. Okay?"
Easy ask. "I'm yours. Forever." I said, with the finality of the insane.
She kissed me again, slow and tentative. Neither of us really know what we are doing. It was awkward, we managed to bash our teeth, twice. But I didn't freeze. I kissed back. But do you know what?
[What?]
For the second part of my first kiss. I did okay!
I have a fucking girlfriend!
Eheheehehejehe.
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I'm on cloud nine. Sophia and I were holding hands at breakfast, which honestly isn't that uncommon for us. But the fact I held them up to Lillian and waggled my eyebrows furiously - might have given the game away.
I, of course, sat between Sophia and that fishy bitch with her dopey innocent smile. I know her game. Is it not enough that she's twisted the Construct around her webbed finger, she wants an angel as well.
Daisy sat next to Sophia. The air had shifted between those two. Sophia was no longer staring daggers.
"You work fast, sister," Daisy said.
"Thank you for your help yesterday. You were correct." Sophia replied.
"Think nothing of it. I cannot abide waste is all. Although, do let me know if you are ever ready for a menge de trois." Daisy said.
Hello?
"Thank you, but no. I don't see that happening." Sophia replied.
Darn.
[Would you have allowed it with Ria?]
'Fuck no.'
[Well then. Fairs, fair.]
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Dueling class was fun. I got to beat the snot out of Rupert. Which felt very cathartic after yesterday's annoyances.
My barrier was stronger than his, and while he had a lightning bolt prepared, I had more bullets. A lot more bullets. And while my flash bang no longer works against barriers, it still meant he couldn't see where I was.
I need to take the rune cutter to Chekhov. But the problem I have is what spell do I craft onto it? Chekhov is special. It's my first gun. I could put a barrier breaking spell on it. But how often am I really going to be fighting Mages and Rift walkers? Oh, maybe a fire spell? Although that feels kinda dangerous in an overcrowded city like this. I will have to think about it.
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After lunch, on our way to creature handling, Sophia pulled me aside into a quiet little corridor.
Of course we make out. It was amazing! Fuck I love having a girlfriend so much!
"I want to come with you." She said.
"Bah?" I said, so cool. Wait, is she asking what I think she's asking? I mean I've been dreaming of this day for years. But I'm not sure I'm ready. We have only been dating for half a day.
"I want to help with the Necromancer." She said.
Oh…
"No chance. It's dangerous." I said.
"Yes, I'm well aware. Do you think I want you going? For that very same reason?"
"I have Lillian and Shiv with me. We will be fine."
"Then I would be fine as well."
"No, but…" Fuck, she might have me here.
"What do you think of me?" She asked. "That I am some sort of fragile vase to be placed upon a shelf and looked at?"
I mean kinda. You are a nun? A nun who is stronger and fitter than I am, to be fair. It is weird to think that I'm probably the weakest person in the class. They all seem so soft… well not Shiv. Or Lillian, or Daisy and Bronson. But the rest though, very soft.
Sophia is soft, heh. No, focus, this is our first disagreement. You got this.
"We are going to deal with him. Isn't that against the whole nun thing you have going on? You didn't like the mugger situation much."
Sophia sighed. "I need to think about all of… that. But that is besides the point. You are going to deal with a Necromancer. Do you see a problem that you might need a light mage for?"
No? …Wait, Fuck I'm so stupid. "He's not going to stay dead is he?"
"Probably not. Unless you have someone with an affinity to light magic that can turn the undead."
Shit. She's right. I probably do need her. Or some other way to make sure the dead stays dead. There's probably an artifact for that. There's an artifact for everything.
"I can see you thinking you know. You're probably going to try to fix this with some sort of artifact right?"
"Wait, how did you know?" I pouted, did she get a brain slug? 'Gestalt, I didn't consent to let her read my mind!'
[Wasn't us.]
Sophia sighed. "You spaced out again. No it wasn't Gestalt. You just try to solve all of your problems with artifacts."
Huh, I guess I am kinda predictable. "Huh." I said.
"Look. I am coming with you. Because I want to keep you safe as much as you want to keep me safe, okay?"
I mean no, it's not okay. But she does have me beat. I do have to compromise. "Okay, but you have to stay behind me okay?"
"I have the stronger barrier between the two of us." She said.
Fuck!
"Okay. That's fine, if we need your barrier then we will use it. But until then you stay behind me okay?" I negotiate.
"Fine. We can do that." She said, "We should get to class."
"Yeah. But like, we can be a little late right?"
We make out some more, I even tried adding a bit of tongue, which made Sophia "Eep!" a little.
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No bunnicorns in creature handling class today. Which made me very sad.
We learnt a bit about different ways to control and transport your creatures. Apparently they have freaking dinosaurs that you can control from one of the realms. Insanely dangerous. Mostly, they need to be mind controlled to be able to be used safely. Well unless a rampaging dinosaur is something you are looking for.
Lillian did manage to ask about zombie control and counter measures, which wasn't all that subtle as we weren't talking about undead at all. But the teacher still gave us some tips and tricks on how to handle the undead.
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I was pumped for the gym today. To be fair I think I would have been pumped for anything. I managed to miss bathtime yesterday so I wasn't smelling the freshest once my workout was over.
I declined Sophia's help with washing today. I had become somewhat used to it. But now it feels different. Now that we are girlfriends.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!
'Sorry.'
[It's understandable.]
I collapsed into bed, with my angel. My girlfriend angel. Holy shit I'm never going to get tired of saying that.
I would say that we go to sleep. But we don't. We make out a lot, and hug. But mostly kisses.
Whatever, it's Voiday tomorrow. We can sleep in.
I got a fucking girlfriend!
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