Human X Goblin, D&D Fanfic

Chapter 3

The sun was beginning to set as Lucan and Bran returned from a quick hunting trip in the forest behind Owen Estate, "feeling any better bud?" Lucan asked "a lot better" Bran smiled gleefully "great! It'll be a lot more fun to tear you back down again"

Lucan sneered, shooting a fox-like grin to Bran "With Friends like you who needs enemies" Bran chuckled.

"Believe me you don't want me as an enemy" "Yeah yeah, seeya later edge lord, I'm glad I have a friend like you it makes me appreciate the non-sociopaths in my life" "fuck you too rich boy" Bran handed his kills over to Lucan and waved goodbye dropping his equipment off with Naal and returning to his enormous bedroom.

Before he could enter he found an oddity at his doorstep, a small letter stamped with green wax pinned to his door with a small nail.

Bran plucked the nail from the door and undid the seal of the letter opening it up to read, 'I'm sorry about before at the entrance hall, if it's ok with you I'd like to meet at the gazebo and talk things out, I have something to tell you -Hestia'.

Bran felt his heart skip a beat, what could she want to tell him? She forgave him? Why not come find him herself?

All of this was quickly pushed aside and Bran raced off to the gazebo just behind the manor passing a rather sly looking Willow and there finding a confused, cute little goblin woman looking around expectantly.

When Hestia spotted Bran running towards her she knew Willow had played her, she wasn't here for a private talk about crushes, she was here for a private talk WITH her crush.

Elsewhere inside the manor willow was helping herself to a glass of wine as Lucan joined her, their plan going off without a hitch as they clinked the rims of their wine glasses together, taking a sip as they looked from a balcony onto the two love birds.

"W-what's going on here?" Hestia asked shakily "I thought you wanted to see me?" Bran questioned now just as confused as his rather dorky crush.

Bran outreached the invitation which Hestia snatched from his hand quickly reading it over.

She immediately recognized this was Willow's hand writing and as she was about to communicate that fact with Bran, she had a sudden realization, this was her chance to (hopefully) kiss, and make up.

"Oh. Right." Hestia began "yeah, uh, I wanted to talk about earlier" a subtle flush filled the pairs' cheeks.

"So I'm glad you saved me and uh..." she thought to herself for a moment "maybe as a 'reward' we could hang out sometime..." Hestia proposed, her voice slowly being reduced to a whisper.

Brans' eyes lit up with excitement "like a date!?" He blurted out uncaring of his volume "W-what!?!?" Hestia squeaked with a tinge of repulsion that betrayed her true feelings of glee.

"Oh, if not that's ok! I've just never really been on a date before... sorry if I misunderstood" "I mean... I wouldn't mind being your first, sure let's go on a date" Hestia chirped slowly looking up to meet Brans' gaze with her own.

Once more those large doe-like eyes locked with light gentle ones.

"So how would you like to do this?"

Bran asked "h-how about you s-surprise me, take me wherever y-you think would be good" Hestia stuttered her blush only growing as she came to terms with her date, a feature Bran found quite adorable.

"I think I know just where to take you my dear~" Bran cooed "watch it giraffe! it's a little early for pet names dontcha think?"

"Right, right, I'll hold off on that for now" Bran raised his hands defensively.

"Thank-you" Hestia said with a huff "I'll check in with you tomorrow for the time and place lov~" she smirked, winking up at the taller walking past him.

Bran turned to watch the little goblin woman stride away back into the manor confidence in each step even after she was out of his sight, up every step, through every twist and turn, carried by her internalized joy, arriving back to her small apartment-sized bedroom, more than spacious enough for someone as small as her.

She arrived at the boudoir once more staring at herself maintaining her composure for a moment before an enormous toothy grin stretched from cheek to cheek of her cute as a button face.

Hestia had herself a date with Bran Owyn, and she wasn't going to fuck up her chances with this guy, hopefully, would she?

'Oh no' she thought, this could be a problem.