Continue the date.

A date, already? I mean, anything can be a date, but for some reason, I feel like I should be doing more. That's just it, I guess... This world is so zany that I've almost forgot how simple things can be. Just me, and a kind, lovely girl at my side, watching the night sky before bed.

"I would not mind standing here forever," she says under her breath. "Look at the sky, Kyle. And the hills. The trees. Perhaps you cannot see as far as I, or hear the squirrels down below, but I hope that you are enjoying this as much as I am."

Her hand is around yours so firmly. It's so soft--her skin, like the finest silk. Truly an elf is a being of pure natural beauty. No matter what, even when she first awakens, or when she's about to sleep, such a lovely ray of light never fades. Of course, there's no doubt about what your answer to her question is. You hardly even know how to reply, because it's so obvious to you. This is what you'd rather do than fight a hundred monsters. Perhaps one day, your woes with the other Demon Kings and other threats will finally disappear, and you can do this every single day.

All this time, you've been staring into her eyes without even realizing.

"Amara. I couldn't possibly enjoy anything else more than this," you say.

She takes in a sharp, quiet inhale. Then she moves even closer until you can feel her breath on your neck. She then touches her petal-soft lips against yours, and the two of you kiss with such a warming passion that you forget completely where you stand. She wraps her arms around you, and yours around her, as you embrace for what feels like an eternity--time stopped, and you'd be content with it not beginning again.

Though finally, the two of you release.

Her elven ears twitch as she touches her fingertips to the choker around her neck, and with a face radiant with red, she stares back at you. "It is you who possesses the keys to this item. And it allows me to think that perhaps you are always here holding onto me. I would like nobody else to have such a connection... Deep down, my selfish heart wishes for us to live alone together, far from all the chaos. But I know that I would not be truly happy if I abandoned everybody else. Though I would like to say, that if there ever comes a day where you and other girl both wear a matching set of rings, even if it were not my hand chosen, never would I feel apart from you. Anyhow, I would not doubt many of the girls here being entirely fine with sharing their hands, if you know what it is I mean." She chuckles. "For an elf, it is even more common."

You take her hands and hold them together. "With everything that keeps happening to us, it's hard to think about settling down, but if I did..." Would I choose Amara? Would I choose only one? I know what she means. It's true. I wouldn't have to be with only one other. But I could. Me, Amara, with a family. Or, me and everybody else, with the biggest family of them all. You make yourself chuckle at the thought, but it isn't out of the question. Suddenly, you can't stop thinking about all the options, even if your future is so uncertain.

She pulls one of her hands away to place a finger to your lips. "I would not want an answer. Not now. For when the day comes, even if it is many years from now, even if I am not the woman with you forever, I will always be here if you need me. I know there is much you wish to say to me. But I do not want to hear further thoughts when they are so clouded by current events. I would rather hear it when you feel comfortable, and we do as well. When we can live in safety and never have to fight again. But I wish you to know, Kyle Warren, that I love you."

But she doesn't remove her finger from your lips, as if she still doesn't want another word.