Thanks for playing!
>>6025260Softly sighing, you shake your head and turn to face her. “…Okay. Fair point. I’ll just continue to relax tonight then.” You give her a kiss back, and you start to lead her away from the games and towards the tables with appetizers on them. “But you’ve put a lot of work into this, prepping for tonight and helping me get everything together and just… I’ve had plenty of chances on my own to do some stuff for you, but I’ve spent a lot of them training and trying to get ready for the next big threat. I feel like I should be doing more for you, especially since you’re the biggest thing I’m training to protect and…”
Cocoa giggles and gently pets your head. “You’ve done a lot already. You still do what you can to make time for me, and I appreciate that. I know you’ve been trying hard to be ready for what’s next, but don’t think I want to push you away from that, okay?” Her hand moves down and takes yours, holding it gently. She then adds with a playful smirk, “You’re blushing again, you know.”
Dang it, you are. “...Imma stuff some hors-d'oeuvres down my maw so I stop babbling on like that.” That gets her giggling, but you do make good on that, dancing some of the appetizers over to your mouth with telekinesis, to the bewilderment of the lady serving them. Wait one of those ain’t shrimp, that’s lobster! This place can get LOBSTER for high schoolers? Better funded than you thought. You try one of the bao buns and- ooooh that’s a pizza one! Let’s see, and there’s some fish tacos, and crab rangoon, and jalapeno poppers, and dragon roll sushi, and deviled dino eggs, and- …you smell something vaguely off near the punch bowl.
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