Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-25808351-20191120203148/@comment-39280634-20191127222719

Lance and Meri were sitting in front of the fireplace for a while now. The fire gave a pleasant warmth, as if the room felt like home to them. It was quiet, save for the crackling of the fire inside and the rumbling of rain outside. An apt reprezentation of their feelings at hand.

Inside their minds, a cavalcade of thoughts running, rumbling like the rain. Inside their hearts, thumps and drums, crackling like fire. Each of them nervous of the other's presence. Each of them... even half fearful of the other's thoughts.

Lance was rubbing his hands together to better warm-up, trying to think of something to talk about, while Meri kept fidgeting around with her fingers on her arms, trying to work up the courage... to tell him.

But just when Meri was about to make the proverbial 'first step', Lance suddenly begins to speak, almost startling her.

L: "Hey, Meri."

M: "Wha-huh, y-yes Lance ?"

L: "I've been thinking..."

M: "A-About what ?"

L: "... You wanna get a fireplace ? I mean, it's gonna help with the temperature during the cold. And it might even make the house a little more bright, you know ? What do you say ?"

M: "O-Oh, that... well uh, if-if you want to... I-I think it w-would be wonderful. M-Maybe if we can s-save some money and f-find the right place for it, we-we might, who knows..."

L: "Hey, only if you want to as well. I'd be the last person to pressure you into anything, okay ? I just thought it would be nice, that's all. And yeah, space and money are gonna be an issue. Let's just ask Lina when we get back tomorow, alright ?"

M: "A-Alright...... L-Lance ? Can-can I ask you... something ?"

L: "Y-Yeah sure, go ahead."

M: "Do... do you... like me ?"

Lance was stunned for a moment, but quickly regains composure and replies to her. "... Yeah. Absolutely. I mean... you're a wonderful person, you're nice, cheerful, considerate... and very cute, hehe. A friend who did so much for me. And... i'll always be grateful to have met someone like you", he stops talking as he's looking at the small wreath she made for him, lying on the table.

Meri answers back, with all the courage she could muster, even averting her gaze away from Lance's. "I-I know that, but... I-I want to know... I have to know... if...if...". She begins holding onto Lance's arm and snuggle on him, the same way Cyndwella and Marcus did before. Suddenly, she even nozzles her face on Lance's neck, sending chills down his spine and even making his heart skip a beat. She then finishes her question: "... you really, really like me ?"

Lance was shocked. He had no idea what to say at the moment, yet he recognized this as a confession. With all the displays of affection she did before, it was obvious. Perhaps it was the bouts of stress she went through, rare as they might have been; or perhaps she was spurred by Cyndwella's 'mischiefs'; Lance knew... this was it... The big moment. Would it be right to return the feelings ? Would it be too rushed ? What was certain is that he too felt compelled to it. He too wanted to give in to it. After all, it was something denied to him, for a very long time.

At last, with a mix of nervousness and serenity, Lance takes Meri's hand, looks into her eyes and gives his answer: "I do. I do like you, Meri. Very, very much."

She was just ecstatic. No words could describe how she felt. To know that she was accepted like that. To know that her big heart was welcomed. She gave him a sultry look and a hearty hug, pressing her large chest against his: "Haww... I... I really like you too, Lance... Can-can we go to bed ?". Lance stutters once more. "Y-Yeah... L-Let's go..."

Shoortly after, the two place themselves on the large bed with royal pillows, covered with a soft, woolen blanket, laying into each other's embrace, eager to spend the rest of the night together like this and even sharing their first ever kiss. It was clumzy, but again, it didn't matter to them. At one point, after spending some time hugging and snuggling together, Meri gave Lance a 'special' embrace, one specific of Holstaurs, where she place herself on top of him...