on the move [Cassandra] (Read 915 times)

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It was 7:00AM in the morning and Alduin just woke up after a comfortable sleep last night. It was a night that he hasn't had for quite a few years ever since he began living alone. He would never fall asleep ,though something made him feel secure and at ease yesterday. He felt warm and comfortable, although he didn't know why until he opened his crimson eyes before they widened with surprise. Cassandra was laying next to her and within his arms. ''No wonder why I was able to sleep.'' He smiled before kissing his loved one on the forehead.

''Sleeping beauty...'' He stared at her tiny face while touching it softly before noticing that she was wearing different clothes then the ones she wore when they slept last night. Did they d-? No he preferred to not think about it as he got up and went downstairs and into the kitchen. Although today was going to be a rough day, he had everything planned out. A happy breakfast made with love for both of them. ''Princess is going to be happy about this haha!'' He spoke before entering in a daydreaming phase about them kissing and having lovey dovey moments. Life was so perfect with Cassandra now. He felt complete and a lot stronger then he was ever before. ''Oh, Noooo!'' He shouted before realizing the dumb mistake he just made. Never daydream when you are cooking food was something he needed to note down for future references right now. ''H-Ho..How am I suposed to present this to her?'' He stared at his overcooked eggs before looking down depressingly. ''I guess I was too focused on impressing her that I forgot about how bad of a chief I was haha...'' He tried to comfort himself up while trying to find excuses hoping that Cassandra didn't got woken up by his scream from earlier.

Depression was the emotion he felt right now. An hour of hard work gone to waste. There went his romantic breakfast thrown into the water. Looks like that he will have to eat electricity again and buy food for Cassandra to cover up for his mistake. ''What am I going to do now?''

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[Cassandra]

The young woman’s subconscious sleeping thoughts were… empty. Blissfully empty. She had never slept without being plagued with nightmares for so long that she had lost count of the last time she had a decent night’s sleep, and her body felt refreshed while she slept. Her body had curled up instinctively while she slept, crawling closer to Alduin as a small smile tugged up at her lips from when she had fallen asleep. She breathed softly, her chest rising and falling slowly and rhythmically as she enjoyed her first night of real sleep for what must be far too long. She wasn’t disturbed whatsoever when her lover kissed her forehead or when he spoke in general, and stayed sleeping soundly.

She was remotely aware of something, or rather someone, shouting, and it riled her from sleep, although not harshly. She felt as if she had woken up naturally, and slowly stretched out as she yawned and rubbed her eyes to remove the remnants of sleep from them, swinging her legs off the bed and soaking in this moment. She had felt so comfortable and warm last night, so much so that she didn’t have the usual awful dreams that dissuaded her from sleep so many nights in a row usually. She was aware of the fact that her earlier warmth was gone, and noticed that Alduin wasn’t beside her. So he was already up and about? She yawned once more and crossed the bedroom to where she had left her night bag, pulling out a pair of fluffy boot-like slippers from it to shove on her feet. Then, she left the bedroom and wandered around trying to find where her beloved had disappeared to.

She smelt food, and followed it curiously to the kitchen to see the back of blonde hair stood at the stove. “Good morning.” She told Alduin cheerily, smiling happily as she crossed the kitchen to wrap her arms around him from behind in a welcome embrace. As such, she wasn’t aware of him being unhappy about something, and was blissfully unaware of his failed cooking attempt.

[ALDUIN KOU]

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''Ahh-! G-Good morning princess!'' He greeted with a hesitant tone while trying to maintain his balance. Her sudden apparition was quite surprising as it almost threw him off of his feet but it made him nervous and blush at the same time. Without the high heels , she looked very little compared to him right now but it made her appear to be so cute. ''You're dazzling in the morning.'' He smiled her benching down and wrapping Cassandra within his two arms. She was so pretty that Alduin could hardly resist from approaching her. No, he wanted her entirely like yesterday when they kissed.

''I tried to prepare breakfast for us bu-... Haha.... I kind of messed up you see...'' He said embarrassingly before pointing toward the overcooked food on the table. ''Thinking about you makes me nervous and turns me into a complete idiot sometimes. I wanted to impress you so much that I forgot about my poor cooking talents.'' He looked at her within the eyes to try and tell her about how much he loved her again. Although the action had been done so many times yesterday, it never gets old. This feeling that Alduin resented toward her was not a short term love for sure. Although they have only been together for one night, he already wanted to be with her for the rest of his life. After all, where would he possibly find an honest , intelligent , beautiful and charismatic little angel? There was no one in the world that would be able to replace her within his heart right now.

''I'm sorry, I messed it up. I'll try to learn harder next time to prepare you something special.'' He spoke before pulling off from the hug as he stood up with his entire height again. The situation was getting quite awkward, although it was only 7:00 am in the morning. Alduin was wondering about what he should do now. He wanted to ask Cassandra but he is to apprehensive and shy to do so. Would she want to go eat outside or prepare another meal together with him? Though , Alduin highly doubted if his little princess knew how to cook as well.

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[Cassandra]

The orange-haired young woman giggled softly at her lover’s sudden surprise at her being here; it was rather comical, she had to admit. There was that and how adorable he sounded when he stuttered as he had done. It was her turn to be embarrassed and surprised when he said that she was dazzling in the morning, and she tugged down at her silken night dress, dusting it and blushing slightly as she did so. “R-Really?” She asked in disbelief, feeling refreshed from the good night’s sleep and yet not feeling particularly beautiful. In all honesty, she never felt as such.

She realised that Alduin had to stoop in order to embrace her, and it made her feel guilty and embarrassed when she held him in return, pushing herself up onto her tip-toes to try and make up for her lack of height. He told her that he had tried to make them breakfast and ‘messed up’, overcooking the eggs he had been preparing as he gestured to the food presented on the table. He stated that thinking about her made him into an idiot, apparently because he had forgotten that he wasn’t the best cook in the world. His crimson orbs met her orangey brown ones, and she felt yet another blush creeping up to her cheeks at the intense eye contact, but she didn’t look away. She smiled at him, reflecting how she felt about the blonde easily.

He apologised for making a mess of their romantic breakfast, and Cassandra merely waved it off dismissively. He broke their embrace and stood back up to his full height, and the young woman took the initiative into her own hands, walking towards the stove and clapping her hands together slightly. “How about I cook us both something for breakfast?” She asked, but it was more of an assurance rather than a question. She had already started preparing her idea for breakfast, using her index finger to write out words in front of her like ‘Bacon’, ‘Egg’, ‘Sausage’, ‘Beans’, ‘Cooked tomatoes’ and the like. Her magic really did come in handy sometimes.

From the solid words she created, she cut off sections of them and fashioned them into what their real counterparts would look like, working quickly and easily. She often prepared breakfast like this, and it wasn’t an alien thing for her to do. “Ta da!” She claimed, picking up the two plates of steaming breakfast and beaming delightedly at her accomplishment. Because whatever she wrote became real, everything on the plates was as if they had literally just been cooked from scratch… and wholly organic.

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Surprised, Alduin was speechless as he stood silently upon place while watching the mistress of the house showing off her cooking skills. There was no word to describe her short and magnificent performance. He did not even have the time to react as the little steamed breakfast got readied.''Mhmm...'' Trying to regain his composure, Alduin sat down before taking a bite into the food her beloved one just made. ''!!!'' His eyes widened before pointing at the plate asking if there was more. ''The food is so good! Can you make more later on?''

He actually felt embarrassed for asking her such thing as he blushed making it quite a cute little scene. Normally, he was the one that always teased her and made her blush but now... ''I.. I didn't know that you were good in cooking as well...'' He spoke with an apprehensive tone as he looked away. It wasn't like to to be like this but he felt shy and weak for some reason. She was not only intelligent , cute and honest but also a great cook. ''Wouldn't you make the perfect little wife? Hehe...'' His teasing side came back as he slowly regained his confidence. Looking at Cassandra's talents made him feel prideful. He must have had really good eyes to have chosen her out of every other girls. She was everything he ever wanted and everything he needed. ''Of course, it is not any food hehe... It's the food made by my little princess right? I would be able to eat all day if it's food made by you.''

Too occupied to eat and flirt with Cassandra , Alduin hardly noticed the time passing by. He cut a little of the sausage Cassandra cooked before trying out one of the numerous tricks he read within fantasy novels. ''Open your mouth and say Aaah, my little princess.'' He grinned while approaching the piece of sausage that was stabbed by his fork in front of his princess's mouth to feed her. Although he did not cook the food, this turned out to be an even more romantic breakfast then the one he had previously imagined. It was perfect and it was all thanks to Cassandra that most of this could happen. She made his life sweet and enjoyable unlike the boring one he previously had. Without her, he would still be eating electricity each morning and not sleeping well at night.

''Hey you have a little bit of left overs on the corner of your mouth.'' He tricked her as he left some intentionally upon her face when he feed her earlier before his face extended next to her's as he licked the corners of her lips while cleaning off the small pieces of food. Their lips meet once again lips could meet once again and Alduin gently brushed his lower lip against hers while attempting to suck them for a little bit, completely and utterly savoring the moment before he pulled away and stared into her eyes. ''You have no idea how lucky I am to have you by my side. I feel like that I found a rare diamond in a sea of rhinestones.'' Her presence gave him the feeling of protection while her angelic blush melted his heart. They only needed candles now to make it a real romance movie scene.

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[Cassandra]

It seemed that her little trick had worked a treat, as Alduin was utterly impressed and astounded while he ate the breakfast she had prepared for him. She beamed with delight as she sat down to eat her own food, delicately using her knife and fork to cut pieces apart and pop them in her mouth. She must admit, this was one of her better tries at making ‘word food’, as she fondly called it, and she enjoyed doing as such, especially when she made other people so happy. But Alduin wasn’t just ‘another person’, he was her prince, and that was why she was additionally glad that she had done a good job. He asked her if she could make more later, and she nodded her head with a small smile. “Of course I can. I can make whatever you like.” She told him. Of course, she could do the ‘cheat cooking’ and she could actually cook physically; as a young lady of the Del-Monaco household, she had been taught very womanly things. She could sow, play instruments and cook, all as part of the charade that her father put on.

He was so surprised as he stated that he wasn’t aware that she was ‘such a good little cook’ as well, and it made her giggle softly while she ate, covering her mouth politely as she did so, of course. Her eyes widened in surprise when he stated that she would make a perfect wife (she chose to ignore the word ‘little’), and a blush touched her cheeks upon hearing as such. She was aware that he was joking, but just the thought sent her heart racing so fast that she felt as if she had taken part in a marathon. He told her that he would be able to eat all day if it was food made by her, something that brought a soft smile to her lips.

Alduin proceeded to continue his romantic antics and cut off some sausage before asking her to open her mouth and say ‘aaah’, a cute ploy to get her to eat more of his food. She giggled and did as she was asked, taking the piece of sausage off his fork with her teeth and chewing it delicately, aware of how there was a little around her mouth, but she would get to that after eating. It seemed that her lover had planned the whole thing, leaning across and licking the excess food from around her mouth, an action that made her gasp in shock. He wasted no time in pressing his lips to hers, and she eagerly kissed back, feeling much more comfortable and expecting it this time. This kiss seemed deeper than the last one they had shared, romantic all the same, but not as innocent.

When he told her that he was so lucky to have her, a blush once more tinted her cheeks red as she looked at him shyly. “Not as lucky as I am to have you.” She told him, tenderly raising a hand to the side of his face and stroking her thumb across his cheek, afterwards moving her hand to tangle in his blonde locks. It was so loving and intense, and her heart continued to pound at impossible levels, a huge smiled crossed her face, and she had never felt happier.

[ALDUIN KOU]

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The lovey dovey moment was just too intense. It was more then he could handle as his heart began to melt. Cassandra's modesty and cuteness was just too adorable. He was happy to hear that she too felt lucky to have him by her side. What surprised him even more was that she willingly returned his kiss. He was touched by her action, knowing full well how difficult it must have been for her. ''I love you so much that I can't even express it with words. You look absolutely fabulous when you blush.'' He complimented again before pulling away as both of them finished their breakfast in the awkward yet silent atmosphere. There was no need for words to describe about how they felt toward each other right now since it was no longer needed. They were both blushing and thinking about the same thing. He could still feel the taste of her delicate lips and soft tongue. It has come to the point were they understood each other almost perfectly. They were in sync.

''Oh princess! Look at the time! Get prepared, I'll do the dishes when we get home!'' He got up from his table breaking the awkward silence before pointing at the small clock upon the kitchen's wall. Time elapsed so fast when they flirted each other that they almost forgot to dress up and get readied. ''We need to get dressed up quickly. There's a lot of things that are still waiting for us to do! Get ready and I'll wait for you at the door's entrance.'' He spoke before rushing to his/their room. ''Which one to put on...'' He opened his wardrobe while contemplating upon the few sets of clothes he had. ''I'll go with this one.'' He picked the usual set of white cloth since it was more relaxing and windy outside. It was the perfect set of cloth when you wanted to feel the wind's full tenderness.

''Alright I'm ready.'' He spoke loudly before going downstairs as he went to the front door and put his shoes on while waiting for Cassandra. It was a simple little routine but he liked to keep things cleans. Beside, it was not like that Alduin had a lot of clothes or anything. ''Take your time my princess.'' He spoke in case if Cassandra was the kind of girl that liked to put a little bit of make up in the morning, although he already found her as radiant as the sun without anything anyway. At this point, they were already like a little family planing to go on a small trip except they were not going on one. Instead, they had a lot of work to do such as moving Cassandra's apartment stuffs and also a surprise romantic afternoon at the theater that Alduin had secretly planned out yesterday night while laying next to Cassandra.

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[Cassandra]

She smiled softly when Alduin told her that he loved her so much that it couldn’t be expressed with words, and she understood what he was saying entirely. After all, she felt exactly the same about him. And because of her primary magic school, she was particularly good at expressing words. He complimented the way she blushed, which only made her cheeks heat up more as she placed a hand to the side of her face, obviously confused what made it such an attractive feature. “Oh, u-um… thank you.” She smiled all the same, feeling more and more comfortable with every passing moment spent with her beloved.

Cassandra was startled out of her dreamy state when her lover exclaimed that they had to hurry, and that they had a busy day ahead of them, which they did. They would be moving all of her belongings from her apartment into his house, and she felt determined to begin decorating the place today as well. She might propose this idea to Alduin as they left, and they could pick up some paints and other necessary things for decorating such a large mansion. She barely had time to gather her bearings as her lover left to get ready, and she followed as quickly as she could afterwards, passing him on the stairs as he told her that he was ready, assuring her that she should take her time. “I won’t be long!” She told him as she hurried up the stairs, the silk on her night dress billowing as she did so.

She quickly pulled out the attire she had chosen for today, consisting of a casual shift dress coloured a gentle pastel blue and accented with a darker blue clinched waist and sewn patterns around the hem of the skirt. As she pulled it over her head and shifted it into place, it sat at her mid-thighs quite comfortably. After that, she fastened a pair of strappy sandals on her feet which had the standard four inch heel that she never went without while wearing shoes, and went to the bathroom to brush and style her long orange locks. She did something a bit different with them, and instead of wearing them loose, she plaited her hair and tied it all up in a bun, leaving a few loose bangs framing her face and swept over her forehead. Finally deeming herself to be ready, she went back to the bedroom to retrieve her overnight bag which doubled as an over-sized handbag, and then rushed down the stairs again.

“Okay! Let’s head out, shall we?” She asked, smiling with delight as she instinctively reached for Alduin’s hand.

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Once again, Alduin couldn't help but feel how lucky he was to have Cassandra by his side. Out of all the other women, god just had to give him the most beautiful one. ''Alright then.'' He said as the little couple took off before he realized that Cassandra immediately held his hand upon instincts. He smiled while noticing the fact about how much she cared about him. To hold his hand without even noticing it. She must be madly in love with him as well.

''I only have you within my eyes.'' He said to Cassandra while the little couple went through the main streets that was filled with people. Some random girls would occasionally stare toward Alduin, though he gave no attention since Cassandra was the only one he cared about. She was the only one that he was deeply in love with. It was like that his heart was only build to accept her but no one else. ''If we work fast enough today. I might be able to show you the surprise.'' He mumbled involuntarily as if he were trying to intrigue his girlfriend's attention since he did not want her to feel tired and bored at the end of the day. Of course, they were going to move stuffs for most of the time but he actually had plans on what they were going to do afterward if they still had some time left that is.

After a short walk, they finally arrived at Cassandra's apartment as both of them stood outside. Alduin was not exactly sure about what to do and thought that he should perhaps let Cassandra some personal space right now. After all, this was going to be her last time seeing this place. Maybe she should have a good look at it before bidding farewell with it? ''Want to have a last look?'' He asked before waiting her response. ''In any case, we better get inside right now. '' They weren't going to get anywhere like this. Standing outside and doing nothing wasn't exactly what Alduin called productive , although he needed Cassandra to tell him about how they were going to move her stuff. After all, she was the brain and he was the muscle since there was no way that Alduin would ever let his princess carry heavy stuffs. No, he was going to carry it all for her if he had to. ''You know, if you ever miss the place. We could always come back to visit from time to time?'' He put his hand upon her shoulders to comfort her just in case. He did not want her to feel down, although he was actually scared. Scared by the fact that she might be too attached to this place to leave and scared by the fact that she'll ever leave his side.

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[Cassandra]

As they walked through the main streets of Magnolia Town, the orange-haired young lady was aware of the stares that other girls directed towards Alduin. She chewed on her lip a little nervously, wondering how her boyfriend would react. Would he prefer them over her? It seemed that wasn’t the case, as he told her that he only had eyes for her, something that made her cheeks heat up as a smile touched her lips. She gripped his hand tighter and led the way to her apartment, focusing only on her goal and choosing to ignore the numerous females admiring her beloved. The blonde beside her muttered that he could show her ‘the surprise’ if they worked fast enough, and she withheld her curiosity to wait and see what he meant.

They stood outside for a short while when they reached the apartment building, and Cassandra fumbled around for her keys. Leaving this place would be hard; it had been her solid rock since arriving in a strange town to follow a haphazard dream of hers. But she would be leaving to live with the young man she loved, so it wasn’t as hard as she imagined it would be. She nodded at his question if she wanted to have a last look around her apartment before they started moving all of her furniture, and opened up the outer door to the building. Regardless of what she would have said or done, Alduin pointed out that they should get inside, which she moved to do so with a deep inhalation of breath. There were a lot of things that she had an attachment to that she would wish to move, and she would have to talk to her landlord about her moving away. But the elderly man was a kind soul; he would understand and wish her the best of luck for the future.

Her boyfriend kindly stated that they could come back to visit the apartment if they wanted so, and she looked back over her shoulder to smile at him slightly. “There’s no need for that. This place will become a home to somebody else, like it was for me.” She claimed optimistically, and then started the ascent up the great amount of stairs towards her apartment. She wasted no time in opening the front door, and stepped inside with a deep sigh of contentment. This place held a lot of nice memories for her, but those memories would merely be transferred and amplified by living with Alduin. And they had so many more memories to make together. A lot of the furniture in here was made from flat-pack kits, which would make moving them all the easier. The one thing she realised that would be difficult to move would be the old period four-poster bed that housed the master bedroom. It had been a buy that she adored, and the bed held a romanticism for her as a lover of old-age times, when things were simpler. She was eager for it to become the bed she would share with her beloved. “Let’s start with dismantling all of the living room furniture.” She gestured at the sofas, coffee tables and bookcases that made up the main living space, and was already setting herself to work. She had done all of this herself, so she had no issue of doing it again.

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The fact that she was not attached to the point of not being able to leave this place somehow made Alduin do a sudden sign of relief. He was happy to hear that she had made up her mind, though it began to feel cold again ,once Cassandra retrieved her hand from his. It was weird since she was but a few feet from him but Alduin had grown so attached to her that he wanted to stay in physical contact. The moment she voluntarily took her hand away made his mind think about all the worst break up situations possible.

He noticed that she began to work and decided to not think about it too much. ''At your service my princess!'' For now, he was going to help her move her furnitures to their new home. A place where they would build beautiful memories for the rest of their lives. Alduin has always been fighting alone up until now. He has always been a lone wolf before he meet this beautiful little deity. They were going to help each other and face whatever problems the future had reserved for them together from now on. ''You're wishes are my command.'' He spoke with a teasing tone like always as he tried to treat her like a real princess.

Dismantling furnitures wasn't exactly what he was best at ,although he did have some past experiences with it. The kitchen table which was actually one of the only handmade furniture within his house was constructed by him. He figured that it wouldn't be too hard since he already did it once as he tried to act cool, although it took him quite some time before figuring out about how everything worked. He gave an embarrassing stare toward his beloved one before continuing his work. Dismantling furnitures was actually a lot harder then he thought. ''Eh... How are you doing over there?'' He said embarrassingly while trying to stare over to the side of his princess to see how well she was doing. With his work halfway done, he wouldn't allow her to finish before him due to his competitive nature. He would be so shy if she actually finished her before him. It was for sure that she would laugh about him and show him how to do all of this properly without taking twenty minutes per furniture.

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[Cassandra]

The young orange-haired lady focused intently on her work, quite well versed in means of flat-pack furniture and the like. Although she was not very physically strong, she could manage things that were simple, like these kinds of things. She dismantled the coffee table, an armchair and a loveseat sofa before she noticed that Alduin was finding things difficult. He asked her how she was doing, and she looked over at him to see him struggle with the same piece of furniture he had started with. She smiled softly at him, finishing dismantling a small bookcase to leave her work and aid her beloved. Finally, she had found something that she was better at than him, but she had no idea it would be in… dismantling stuff.

She knelt beside him, removing his hands from his work and leaning forward to show him. “It’s tricky when you’ve not done it before or put the stuff up, but here’s how it goes…” She pointed at the few small arrows across the bottom of the armchair Alduin was trying to dismantle and pulled the pieces of wood in those directions, basically going in reverse of what the instructions had told her to do when she was building everything up for herself. There wasn’t much left to pull to pieces now, and then all that would remain was boxing it all up separately to avoid confusion per items. She got back to her feet and ruffled her boyfriend’s blonde locks playfully, giggling softly and feeling her cheeks redden at the action she had performed. It was all so new to her, so new and so wonderful that she felt a little overwhelmed by it. The action had been instinctive too, and it made her smile in spite of herself.

Three more bookcases remained, and one three-seat couch, but otherwise everything else would be moved by hand. A large crimson, elaborately fashioned rug would have to be rolled up and carried, and it was ridiculously heavy. Cassandra had called in a man to help her move it from the stall she bought it from because she struggled so much with it. The kitchen features were all standard, and those would be left. She was dreading the master bedroom, with her huge four-poster bed which had seemed like a wonderful fairy tale idea at the time, and was now filling her with doubt. It was far too heavy to shift alone, and she was pitifully weak, so she wouldn’t be of much help either. She saved those worries for later, however, and instead focused on dismantling the next bookcase, stacking all the books she owned into neat piles beside her while doing so. Her organisational skills were immense; she had arranged all of the novels she owned into alphabetical order, and she had far too many books to be counted.[/div]

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Alduin contemplated his princess's delicate face as she proceeded on explaining how to dismantle her furnitures. He was half focused during the explanation since he was too focused to admire her beauty, though it did not take long before she finished her compendium and woke him up of his day dreaming phase by playing with his hair and smiling at him. ''Uhh...'' He blushed before receiving his condign punishment. It seems like that the roles have been reversed. Alduin used to be the one that almost teased her but she was teasing him now. She made his face blush nonstop.''I'm so jealous of myself for having you hehe... You are good not only beautiful but also good at almost everything.'' He exclaimed upon seeing how happy she was to teach him dismantling stuffs. He knew that she felt the same about him, although she was a lot more talented then him. Alduin was a brute and only knew how to fight and make money, compared to Cassandra who had all the other positive qualities within the world. He was not kidding when he said that she would make the perfect wife earlier this morning and he was glad that he got to be the lucky one by her side. Millions of men would pursue for Cassandra's heart if only they knew what kind of person she was. ''Alright , I'm done. Anything else we need to do now?'' He asked as he finished dismantling the furnitures of Cassandra in no time thanks to the steps she showed him earlier.

''Man, you must have had a lot of trouble when you first moved in here alone eh?'' Alduin moved next to Cassandra to see what other things were left to do. ''No worry, I may not look like it but your prince actually has a lot of physical strength!'' He managed to read the problems within Cassandra's mind through eye contact before he tried to vent off about how strong he was. Not to be cocky but Alduin was actually pretty strong, if not considered as the strongest mage there was aside from the guild masters right now. He fought against few of them in the past but the fights did not end up really well. Despite how he was currently the closest one to them in terms of magical and physical strength ,the power gap between them was so ridiculous that it could actually be compared to day and night. ''Don't worry about carrying the furnitures, I'll take care of that ok?'' He poked her on the forehead to tease her before packing up the dissembled parts in gigantic bags. He noticed how she's been staring and thinking about the gigantic bed within the master bedroom and so he went to it and tried to lift it up. ''Is this bed that important to you? I'll carry it back if you want.'' It was a relatively easy task for him,though he immediately put it back down after noticing what he had just done. He knew that it was something that a normal human would not be able to accomplish ,though he was not a normal human either. He was the embodiment of the lightning dragon and he did not want Cassandra to freak out upon seeing how weird he was. ''I know, I'm a monster...'' He looked down before slapping himself once for the huge mistake he had just done. Maybe Cassandra will look at him in a different way now? What if she does not want him anymore? What if she does not consider him as her lover anymore? They had just accepted each other yesterday night so was this really going to be the end of their relationship already? ''Pl..Please don't leave me?''

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[Cassandra]

It seemed that her slight teasing had the effect she had wished for, and it made her giggle seeing how much Alduin was blushing. He told her that he was jealous of himself for having her, and that she was not only beautiful, but good at almost everything, something that made her blush rather insanely. The things she happened to be good at weren’t particularly useful skills per say, apart from the cooking and flat-pack furniture expertise. But those things were more of a necessity for her to learn, so she never considered them particularly good skills. By this point, she had begun packing the furniture into separate large bags so that pieces wouldn’t get confused, and she didn’t have to hide her blush because she knew that it would have already been spotted. “Well… the things I’m good at are a means of ‘sink or swim’, really.” She explained, brushing them off as things needed for survival.

Not long after saying this, her beloved told her that he was finished dismantling the furniture, and she continued to pack it all away into separate bags. He asked if there was anything else they needed to do now, and she finished her current job before getting to her feet and placing her hands on her hips, looking at the paintings that decorated the walls of her main living space and pointing at them. “We should take all of these down and pack them too, to help brighten up your… I mean, our home.” She smiled upon thinking of this realisation; the mansion was for both of them now, of that it was rather obvious. Alduin commented on how it must have been hard to move in here alone, and she nodded slightly as she surveyed the strangely empty living space now. “It was challenging, but I managed somehow.” She replied, giving him a small smile as she remembered the early days spent in this apartment. She hadn’t slept until it was all decorated, because she didn’t feel comfortable otherwise. Her lover assured her that although he didn’t look it, he was very strong and able to do all of the heavy lifting. She placed a hand over his upper arm, where she could feel the well-toned bicep muscle and she giggled softly, nodding her head. “I don’t doubt it.”

She piled all of the bags with the flat-pack furniture on top of one another, and then got to work rolling up the large crimson rug on the floor, leaving bare boards beneath it when she rolled it all the way back. When it was all rolled up, she stood the thing up leaning against the wall near the door, and then proceeded to take down all of the paintings she had spent hours creating for her apartment. In between taking the paintings down, she noticed that Alduin was staring through into the master bedroom too at the four-poster bed that she had been glancing at nervously before. He asked if the bed was important to her, and she nodded slightly in response with a small smile. “It’s a comforting thing.” She explained in short. Not to mention she had a passion for older medieval-style furniture, which just happened to be ridiculously heavy. When he said that he could carry it for her, she was surprised; even though he was strong, was he really that strong? She stopped in her work and watched in awe as Alduin picked up the bed with ease, before realising what he had done and placing it back down, despairing about it. He said that he was a monster, and begged her not to leave him, and it tore at her heartstrings just hearing it.

She hurried across into the master bedroom and proceeded to hold him tightly, wrapping her slender arms around him and holding him close. After spending a short time in silence, she raised her head and gently placed a hand at the back of his head to angle it down so that he would look her in the eyes. A small smile touched her lips and she stood up on tiptoes a little to place a tender kiss on his lips. “You’re not a monster for being strong, and you’ll always be my prince. Always…” She told him sincerely, without blushing even the tiniest bit as she expressed her feelings towards him. How could she look at him any differently? He would always be the young man she had fallen in love with.

[ALDUIN KOU]

 I'M WAKING UP TO ASH AND DUST   

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''C-..Cassandra.'' He said while his eyes widened upon the surprisingly kiss his princess just gave. It was a gift and Alduin was simply toucher by how she said that he was always going to be her prince and the young man he loved. ''You too...'' He replied while blushing madly before looking away once again. ''What is wrong with me!?'' He asked himself inside of his mind as he still felt a little bit ascetic about his own strength. He knew that he would have to explain who and what kind of person he really was eventually, but right now was not the right moment. ''It's getting harder for me to tease you now.'' He smiled before returning her kiss as he wanted to continue it before he realized that there was still a lot of work to do. ''We'll continue this tonight if you want...''He whispered within her ears before laughing and pulling away.

''Come on now, we still have a lot of work to do.'' He poked her forehead again before standing up in his full height. Everything seemed like a dream until now. Although their new mansion was not going to be as commodious as this apartment, he was going to try and make it so. ''No worry, I should be able to carry them all...'' He said trying to reassure himself. ''Um... It is kind of heavy.'' He said with the bed upon his hands along with the multiple heavy bags that were on it. In truth, Alduin did not really want to carry the bed, although it was going to be an easy task for him. There would be two beds in their house now and that would mean that he would no longer be able to feel the warm that kept him asleep last night. It has been a long time since Alduin ever did this something this demanding. ''Haha, no worry! It's been a long time since I last did any kind of physical workout.'' He tried to hide his pain as they got out of the apartment and descended the stairs. The way back was a little bit shorter , though Alduin was struggling midway with his dragon power slowly diminishing. He went away for a few minutes to take a little pause before he returned back to Cassandra's side. He noticed a few suspicious shades that were following them within the shadow along their way, though he did not pay much attention to it.

''Ah, we might just make it in time for me to give you the present!'' He exclaimed trying to divert the subject away while they slowly moved forward with the heavy furnitures they were carrying. ''Are you not excited?'' He spoke as he began to become impatient himself.

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