Thank you, I'm glad you dug it!

Marianne waited for the laughter, the suspicion, the doubt, whichever reaction would come. Instead, Jeritza seemed to relax.

"Enchanting," he replied softly, a hint of a smile on his face. "Please, take me to this place."

Shadows seemed to stretch across his face even in the spring sun, "Which of your friends would draw such a conclusion?"

"Well…" Marianne hesitated, "she's actually… She's a bird."

start." Even for her, Jeritza was too quiet. She made a mental note to never let Mercedes set her up with anyone again.

"There is a hunger within me. I would satisfy it."

"Oh! There's a bakery not far from here a friend recommended. Apparently they make the best sweet buns in town."

The silence had gone from cute to awkward about five minutes ago. Marianne could feel the tension between them, how something needed to be said but neither of them knew the right thing.

"Um, I -" she started.

"There -" Jeritza began at the same time.

Oh, please," Marianne said, blushing, "you

Thank you so much! I never thought of the two off them interacting before but now I really want to dig into it!

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Thank you! And thanks for the suggestion, I don't think I've ever written them playing off each other before!

Dorothea sighed, "Or how inviting someone out for dinner and a show might have romantic intentions behind it."

"Did you say something?"

"Nothing, Edie!"

where to look. You can't look at only one element and expect to understand the whole."

"I suppose that is true. A single factor may only be a piece of the puzzle. Much like how one can't predict an enemy general's plan based off the movement of the front line."

I admire your love of this music, Dorothea. I don't think I understood a thing that went on." Edelgard's eyes were still on the curtain as the audience rose for the act break.

"It's not just music, Edie, there's acting, dancing, singing," Dorothea replied, "even a burgeoning romance, if you know

Manuela and Seteth?

he even heard her giggle once.
"It is. I could tell you more," he says. "If you are interested."
"Oh, please! I am!"
A smile appears before he can catch it. Maybe she's good for him, too.