Another Life, Another Me

96. Romance and Food

"So...are we still planning...on going to that date?"

I gave Ace a wide smile.

"Sure."

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I took Ace's hand and we walked.

That was all it was.

A simple date, underneath the moonlight in the middle of the most random forest in the world.

At first, I was worried.

'What do regular people do on dates?'

'What did I need to wear?'

'Was there a specific way that I needed to act?'

I had stressed myself out so much that I had almost forgotten that...Ace wasn't the type to care at all.

All that we needed...was to be by each other's side.

I would even be completely satisfied if we could stay like this for the rest of our lives.

Grrrr...

I flinched.

Oh no.

I was so distracted that I didn't even care to look at my surroundings at all!

We were in the middle of a very dark forest...

Was there a monster nearby...?

But my fears washed away when I heard Ace give a low throaty chuckle as if he had seen the funniest thing in the world.

"What's so funny?" I asked.

Ace gave me a funny look.

"Are you hungry?" Ace asked with a small cock of his head.

Huh?

Grrrr...

It was at that moment I realized that the monster-like growl that I heard was actually the sound of my empty stomach roaring in protest.

"Oops...I guess I am," I chuckled awkwardly in slight embarrassment.

Ace gave another laugh and I weakly smacked him in the back in retaliation.

"Would you like to stop by the capital to get something to eat then?" Ace laughed as he grabbed the wrist of the hand that was smacking him and intertwined it in his.

"......yes.............please......." I answered in a very quiet voice below my breath.

"...What did you say? I couldn't hear you," Ace said with a cheery smirk.

What did he mean by he couldn't hear me?!?!

Didn't he have the sharpest sense of hearing in practically the whole world?!?!?!

He was definitely just trying to tease me!!!

"I said.........Yes. Please," I pouted as I gave him an upset glare.

Ace gave a chuckle and picked me up from the ground, letting me sit around his shoulders.

I widened my eyes as the scenery suddenly shifted from the blackness of the forest to the warm, golden light of the capital city at night.

It happened so smoothly and instantaneously that I almost didn't even notice the change.

We were standing in the middle of a long street filled with rows of food stands.