[Well, now she's tempted, her cheeks flushing at the thought and her eyes going wide, as if she's just been caught doing something she shouldn't have been. Or thinking something she shouldn't have been, as those bubbles rise and rise around her... and he just walks off and leaves her standing there without even a kiss after that!?
She jogs after him, a trail of those hearts following after her, and she shoves them away.]
You know, I'm starting to think these bubbles are your fault.
[What a risky line she is dancing on right now, because the moment he looks at her, more of those hearts burst to life, most of them pink, but a few more red ones are among the mix.
[No, he's definitely doing some magic trick to do this. Some sort of dreamotion.
She grabs hold of his hand and pulls him right back towards her, her arm wrapping around his as she tugs him along. People are definitely staring now as these hearts trail after her, some of them growing bigger and bigger with every step.]
[She tucks a strand of hair behind her ear nervously as they come up to the end of the street, right in front of this creperie and café that she had been admiring their entire walk over.]
[Okay, well, he could have at least offered her a chaste kiss on the cheek or something after all that!? She's left standing there... again... staring at him with a slight look of bewilderment on her face before following after to catch up.]
Reminding you that we are on a date, my dear husband.
[She catches his gaze with hers as she walks a pace ahead of him so that she can open the door.]
[And there goes another one, right from the tip of her nose where he touched her, and this one feels a little warm... Warm and tingly enough that she brings up a hand to her nose before going in after him.]
Um... why don't you grab the orders?
[She's too embarrassed to go up to the counter and do it!!!]
[How is it that no matter where they are or what they are doing, he manages to get that bit of a shudder out of her when he does that? As if that buzz of heat wasn't enough, it's only made worse by the way those hearts continue to filter into the air.
She glances up at him through her lashes before she tips her head away, the stares of the other patrons making her more flustered.]
And a peppermint tea, please.
[Off she goes!!! She's going to go find a table right at the very back!!!]
[She might hear his low, quiet chuckle before she completely disappears and he goes off to the front where the counter is. There's a bit of a line so he has to wait for a bit, and when he finally makes it to the table hopefully his beloved wife has calmed her red hearts a bit.]
They had a special going on, so I got a few others we can try.
[As he sets down the tray, she'll see that not only is there the strawberry and cream crepe (with extra cream ho ho), there are also some small pastries and a cinnamon apple crepe he considered trying. And with her peppermint tea, he opted for an espresso with some extra cinnamon.]
[Well. At least she did get a little bit of a reprieve. She doesn't know why these bubbles are so pushy about it, but she could at least escape them as she sat near the back of the shop, tucked away in a corner along with crawling ivy and plants. The red hearts have all popped, but the pink ones flutter up the moment that Eustace returns.]
...Thank you.
[She huffs out a relieved sigh and looks over the spread.]
[She watches him with fondness, that headtilt making her heart flutter. He didn't need to get all of this, but he did anyway, and she does plan on showing him her gratitude.
And she'll start by shuffling a little closer to him.]
I guess we could take some back to the resort with us. Whatever we don't finish... Eat the rest of it there.
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