midnightstar | A SURPRISE LENALEE APPROACHES; Command?

That was definitely an accurate assessment. Abnormally close and abnormally quickly. "Hehee, well at least when you do I won't have to go searching for you."

"Well, even if I did have to I'd not stop searching till I found you. Ah~!" Hey, berries, awesome. Though again, she wasn't sure they were safe to eat, so she leaned forward carefully to break off a few small branches from the berry bush.

"You know.. I didn't tell you this, but the reason I wanted to learn to cook in the first place is because of you." And Komui, but that went without saying.

That's why they were bringing back as diverse a haul as possible so Jerry could figure things out for the future. Then they'd know what to look out for and what to just outright skip.

What Lenalee said next actually threw him for a bit of a loop.

"What? Truly?" Because of him? He sparked her interest in cooking? But how?

She chuckles softly at his surprise, nodding with a bit of an embarrassed smile. "Well... you look so happy when Jerry brings cooks for you, I.." She paused to tuck the berries into his pack.

"I wanted to do something to make you smile like that too."

"O-Oh. Well I'm flattered. And I hope you still will practice even if you have other ways to make me smile now." Allen said meekly, trying to not let his face turn into a ripe tomato in color.

Other ways.. that was so true, but Lenalee smiled even more. But that might be because of how impossibly adorable he was when he was flustered like that. Somehow it made her want to see how much more flustered he could get. -- ahem! "I will, of course..! Wanting to make delicious things for you is a big part of why I want to learn to cook, but it's not the only reason."

"It's a good thing I do have more ways to make you smile now though. I wouldn't want feeding you to be the only way to be the only way to make you happy." Between Jerry and her, he might get fat and -that- would be criminal. She definitely didn't want him to lose his figure and all those... gah, stop with the mind wandering, Lenalee!

She would have an easy time flustering him without actually making him angry first. That would be one of the privileges she had automatically gained the moment they progressed things past just friendship.

"I-I see. I should think up some new ways too to make you happy then."

Good, because she didn't want to make him angry! "Well, you're already doing that, even without trying, you know." Cryptic comment from Miss Lee - but at a stray breeze, she's distracted with making sure the flower stays put tucked into her hair like that.

As if she could ever make him angry. "Well I could say the same but that doesn't mean I shouldn't try to add some more to that." Allen started before he paused as the breeze rushed past, Lenalee moving to hold the flower in place. A simple gesture but one that left him completely speechless and entranced by Lenalee's beauty.

Lenalee lets out a pleased sigh. How often did they get to just walk around and enjoy the breeze and each other's company without having to worry about Akuma, or the Earl or Noahs or anything. Almost never, that's how often. "I bet there must be caves on the island too, don't you think ... Allen?" Oh..! It took her a minute or so to notice Allen's attention, at which point her face gets pink and she smiles gently at him. As she hits him with the full effect of a point blank smile full of adoration for him.

It was a rare moment of peace that allowed both of them to act a bit closer to their age and nature. Which was why it felt that much more magical to Allen. But just when he was about to break her spell and answer...she hit him with that smile....How...how could she be so stunning? So perfect in every way and even more so, how did she just come to love him of all people?

"I uhhm....yeah caves..."Oh he was in a complete daze as his cheeks grew pink with a blush."

That ..was a very eloquent response. For some reason Lenalee couldn't help but grin even more, as she reached out to take his hand again, her fingers absently brushing over his human hand fondly in silence a moment. Then she realized standing there and pinning him with that loving gaze wasn't helping matters. "..ah..we should probably start heading back.." Bro-dar was starting to ping that Komui might be wondering where she was. Hopefully Jerry was able to keep him distracted. They still had to grab some fish -- literally in Allen's case.

That grin was seriously not helping at all! Honestly any happy, playful or mischievous look Lenalee could throw his way would probably make him shut right down and focus on nothing but that expression. He had it that bad for her.

"Ah! Yeah I guess that's true. Well I guess it's back to the beach then?" Dammit he actually sounded disappointed right now.

WOW he had it bad. Not that Lenalee was much better off, but at least she wouldn't totally shut down from -any- happy, playful, or mischievous look. ~~Just most of them~~. Though that might be because he'd fallen for her for even longer than she fell for him.

Awww, that disappointment. She reached up to brush her fingers against his cheek gently, smiling. "It's okay, Allen - we'll come back and look around more another time." Because that's why he sounded so disappointed, right?

Had it bad and was only just coming to terms with that fact. It was easier to suppress and contain when he thought it was onesided. But now. Now it was going to be very very trying to keep things within safe limits.

"Huh? Oh yes of course." That wasn't quite it but it was enough to ground him again. So much so that he coughed to clear his throat but did nothing to break the contact to his cheek.

"I wonder what fish we'll catch. Not quite familiar with the wildlife in this part of the world."

If she knew how hard it was going to be to keep things to within safe limits, she might tone down her own gestures of joy and affection for him. Or not since any affection with him would be welcomed. She drew her hand back, unable to stop smiling when she was watching him.

"I don't know. Trout, maybe?" Wait, no, those were river fish weren't they? "The only kind of fish I really know of living in oceans are things like.. eel and octopi..and sharks." Well this was just one more adventure!

"I think a shark would prefer deeper waters than the ones around this island." Allen said with a small chuckle. Still it was definitely a mystery they could use to wrap up this little adventure. Though that did he would need to set down the ingredients they'd picked up already.. After all if a shark did show up then it would take a bit of a bigger tool to bring it down.

"Oh, and dolphins and whales!" ... "What? Oh!" Ahaha, right. "That's true. We'd have to get a sailboat if we wanted to catch something like that - not that I'd want to catch a dolphin any more than a whale." She wouldn't mind -seeing- one though. And with her Innocence she could certainly get that far out; it'd just be down to luck to seeing one when they surfaced.

"Do you want me to carry the plants?"

Someone was getting really excited. Though that was also kind of totally adorable. Allen chuckled again before she spoke of a sailboat. He'd heard the stories about what happened when he was recovering from his fateful encounter with Tyki. He didn't think she'd be too happy about being on a boat like that any time soon. The ferry ride to the island was an exception and again he was there as well.

"Ah would you mind?"

Deeeeeefinitely not, no. But a little one in safe waters would be no problem. If she were on a large ship like the one Anita had, it would just bring back all kinds of unpleasant memories.

"No, not at all!" She answered, reaching out to take said plants from the Crown Clown pack.

Allen would keep that in mind of course and avoid it as much as possible. Then again their line of work that sort of travel was not unlikely at least until an Arc gate was established at the location.

"Thank you. I'll make it quick." Allen said and....paused for a moment before simply kicking his shoes off and rolling his pants up a bit. As long as he didn't submerge himself completely he could get away without stripping down right?

"Good luck, Allen!~" Lenalee beamed, carefully cradling the vegetables and plants in her arms as she watched him. Of course he shouldn't need to ..to strip down to get some fish. Uh. Unless the fish try going deeper to hide from the intruder in their domain, but erm. That ...that wouldn't happen! And Lenalee certainly was trying not to think about that. Just like she was trying not to think about visiting the beach with him later, and cheating with her Innocence to dunk him in the water when they were playing around.

He would be quite surprised to hear of the nefarious scheme cooking inside of Lenalee's mind. As things stood he was already turning away and heading a little ways into the surf until the water started lapping up almost up to his knees.

With that he closed his eyes and immediately a dozen tendrils extended from his cape and then stabbed into the water. What Lenalee didn't see was that once they were at a certain depth, each one of those tendrils split into hair-string like feelers, spreading out into the depths to detect any fish that might swim within their reach.

Was it really that nefarious? Goodness! She really is her brother's sister. She stayed on the shore of the beach, watching patiently and ...she's pretty sure no one in the Order had expected he'd use his Innocence in -this- way. It hadn't even occurred to Lenalee until he'd suggested it.

Meanwhile unda da seaa, there had been numerous fishies that all scattered once Allen waded into the water - but once the water was still again and he had stopped moving, they resumed their normal fishy business. A few brave fish swam around his legs, one taking a little nibble at his ankles before deciding it wasn't food, while a few others actually swam closer to the feelers. Are those really big worms? FOOD.

Well at least her schemes did not involve drills. So on that front alone she was much more preferable. Allen closed his eyes and stood completely still waiting until more fish would gather around the feelers while taking note of the braver ones around his feet. Already his cape was moving to entrap those as well.

Poor little fishies. Before long he had quite a few fish poking at the tendrils which they are certain are quite stubborn worms, some swarming around his feet as if they totally forgot he was even there. Only the most skittish of fish caught note of the cape moving, but only one or two darted away quickly enough to try to escape the cape.

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