A Valentine's Date

[infinitejustice]

Who: Athrun Zala and Euphemia li Britannia
What: The engaged couple spend the day together. It's the Feast of Valentine, after all.
Where: Tsuwano province -- first in the capital's cemetery, then in the town of Rishiri.
When: February 14th. All day.

Athrun sat waiting in the living room of the estate. He was ready to go, but still apprehensive about the whole thing. The idea of having fun on the anniversary of his mother's death felt off to him, even if he should be trying to move on from her death. He was fine with visiting her grave, at least.

Athrun tried to distract himself by looking outside. It looked like a beautiful day for mid-winter, though the islands had mild winters anyway. It would be a good day for this sort of excursion. All he had to do was wait for Euphemia to finish getting ready.

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[infinitejustice]

Athrun turned his head to look at Euphemia, a curious expression on his face. "Of course. What is it?"

[coulditbeawish]

She made a pause to look at him. "How did you feel today? Did you have fun...?"

[infinitejustice]

The question surprised Athrun. He continued to walk, while he mulled it over for about a minute. Then, he smiled. "yes. I did have fun today. Thank you for giving me such a wonderful time, especially on today of all days."

[coulditbeawish]

Watching him smile made Euphemia felt so happy that she even smiled back.

"You do not need to thank me for anything. If you are happy, so I am."

[infinitejustice]

"Still, I'm happy to see that I'm in such good hands."

As they reached the carriage, the driver handed each of them a towel. Athrun quickly wrapped his around himself.

[coulditbeawish]

"You flatter me, Athrun."

She did the same once she got hers. Despite her looks, she was quite happy with the whole situation.

[infinitejustice]

"Either way, I'm glad." With that, Athrun helped Euphemia up into the carriage and climbed in himself. Once the door closed, it began its journey back to the capital.

[coulditbeawish]

"I should thank you as well, for this wonderful day."

[infinitejustice]

"It was my pleasure."

[coulditbeawish]

She smiled happily at him and decided to help to dry his hair with the towel next to him.

[infinitejustice]

That caught Athrun by surprise. However, once Euphemia had started, all he could do was just sit there and deal with it.

"...Uh."

[coulditbeawish]

She chuckled at that. "I do not want you to catch a cold."

[infinitejustice]

"...Oh." Not that Athrun was worried about such a thing; the Magitek infusion he had received as an infant also boosted his immune system.

"Well...I guess it shouldn't take long to dry my hair out."

[coulditbeawish]

She sat next to him to work better, though she was a bit surprised at his words.

"This should do..." For some reason, she blushed lightly.

[infinitejustice]

Athrun looked at her in mild bemusement. But then he took his own towel and began to run it down Euphemia's hair.

[coulditbeawish]

She giggled a bit at that. "Thank you. I hope you do not get tired considering I have such long hair."

[infinitejustice]

"It'll take more than some repetitive arm motion to make me tired." Athrun continued gently running the towel down Euphemia's hair, careful to not mess it up.

[coulditbeawish]

"Thank you."

She leaned a bit closer to help him dry her hair.

[infinitejustice]

That made Athrun blush. Just being in close proximity of her was almost intoxicating. Nevertheless, he continued to dry her hair.

[coulditbeawish]

There was a small blush at that, but she didn't say anything. She looked down attempting to hide her own face for bit. Specially since her heart was racing a bit.

[infinitejustice]

"That's all I can do. The air can take care of the rest." With that, Athrun withdrew the towel.

[coulditbeawish]

When Athrun withdrew the towel, Euphemia's head fell into his shoulder. It seems the little princess fell asleep for the moment.

[infinitejustice]

"Wha--" Athrun's face turned red, but then he realized that Euphemia had fallen asleep. He tried to calm himself.

It took a few minutes, but he eventually did. And when he did, he carefully wrapped his arm around Euphemia's shoulders. He didn't fall asleep, but he did look out the opposite window, keeping her head within his line of vision. He'd remain that way for as long as she slept.