midnightstar

Since graduating from the Academy, life has been..interesting for Alisa, to say the least. She's been kept very busy, since she was upholding her promise to her mother on showing her the proper way to run the company, and it wasn't easy to put in those changes. Though it would have been a lot harder if she didn't have the support of those around her. But because of that, she hadn't been able to get time to get to visit Rean as much as she liked.

Translation: As much as she liked = every day. She did get to visit - or vice versa - at least on the weekend, and she talked to him almost every night thanks to the range on the ARCUS. Just as finished up for the night, she made her way up to the penthouse, glancing around to make sure she was alone (And you never know with Sharon) in order to take out her ARCUS once more and see if she could get a hold of Rean before bed. She was planning on seeing if he was in the area - alternatively, she was sure she could get away for a visit, if he wasn't busy.

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It did frustrate her to no end, but she would also have him no other way. She exhaled sharply when he squeezed her against his side, her blush even more intense than usual, but her smile brightened at the same time.

"Still, that seems like a lot of fish." She has no clue what 'a lot' really means in fishing terms. Kenneth would probably find the naivete amusing, and then immediately try to get her to fish too. Or chat at her for hours about fish. Or even Annabelle would - her devotion to fishing was scary.

"If you're sure you can manage - I ... I can help you carry them if necessary though." She..might be a little reluctant to though. Fish stink.

Well if that smile could brighten her world, it all worked out just fine didn't it? Rean certainly had no reason to stop when it was just him and Alisa like this.

"Oh it's not really. Especially if you catch different kinds of fish. NOt all of them are the same size or weight after all. Though I might end up needing to throw my clothes into the washing machine when we make it back to the penthouse."

Meaning she would have to face a more casually garbed Rean. AGAIN.

She never wanted him to stop smiling for her like that, so it definitely worked out for trhem both.

"...." No, she's not re-imagining him in his more casual attire from earlier in the morning at ALL. "O-oh. That.... that's fine, I guess..." More than fine if she got to see him like ...

WAIT. Mental math. If he throws the dirty clothes in the washing machine when they get home...

Oh god. It.. it's.. she's going to see him like that all through lunch, and until his clothes were ready almost an hour later. Oh mercy her heart. It must be illegal for him to look so good even in casual attire.

"I wonder what kind of fish you'll be able to catch then." She mused idly, watching the local wildlife scatter as they drew close to the fishing spot. "This is it, right?"

Rean is also blissfully ignorant what his casual look will do to poor Alisa. So she can only endure that charm on her own without any help from him.

"Oh I brought quite a few lures made for deeper roaming fish or larger ones specifically. So I am aiming at least for one or two Arowanas"

That is actually a good thing, since if he did know how it effected her, he might use it for nefarious reasons! She looks suitably impressed by his goal, "That sounds good to me!" They'll be able to make something good with the fish, she was sure.

Once they reached the fishingspot, Alisa glanced around for somewhere where she could sit and observe Rean's fishing form.

Would it really be nefarious if it made Alisa unbearably happy too? Oh well her loss really. Rean let Alisa take care of finding a spot to seat while he quickly and skillfully put the rod together and baited the hook. With an expert swing he ssent the shook with lure and bait, plopping into the water and waited.

... no, thoughg maybe it depends on perspective, if they indulge in so much happiness, and then end up having to pull apart before long. It would be very nice if Claire could pull strings and let him stay another day, but the likelihood of that is... slim.

Alisa made her way over to a spot a short distance away from Rean, close enough to watch him, but far enough to gie him space and not spook the fish. So she watched him silently, her gaze on his expression the whole time, not even minding that it took a while for the fish to even try to nibble - but before long, Rean's patience won out and there was a tiny nibble on his line.

Rean quickly found himself immersed in the moment, his eyes growing calmer yet focused as he watched the fly floating on top of the water. A rookie would jump to pull on the rod the moment it bobbed once but Rean knew he had to be patient. AFter all the first nibble was often a test. Only once it was pulled under would the true battle begin.

His gloved hands gripped onto the rod a little harder in preparation for when the fish would take the bait completely.

The fish has no idea who it's dealing with. Poor thing. The fly bobs one more, briefly, and then!! Plunk, it goes under as the fish takes the bait and proceeds to swim for dear life.

Alisa sat up a bit with a small gasp, surprising herself - who knew she was so invested into his fishing?

The moment that Rean was waiting for all along while he pulled on the rod with a slight curve to his lips as the reel starts to pull the wily aquatic creature to its now inevitable fate. It was doomed the moment it took that juicy tasty bait.

The fish isn't as great a fighter as the legendaries that Rean's caught obviously, but it still struggles, once or twice flipping out of the water in a desperate attempt to escape - though that didn't help its situation one bit, and before long it stopped fighting and was reeled in, a nicely sized Arowana as his prize.

Rean held the fish up by the hook and admired the catch for a bit as it wiggled on the hook.

"Yep a good size for a first catch." Rean announced happily before he dumped the fish just far enough to keep it from flopping back into water. Once secured he quickly started prepping the hook once more before casting it out into the water again.

Alisa laughed, glancing over to where the poor fish flopped about, helplessly, "Good job, Rean~" she was right - his face when he was fishing was pretty amazing. She wished she had an orbal camera to take a picture - DANG, she should have asked Sharon for hers. Oh well.

The second cast goes out, it takes a little longer for the fish to approach, cautious - but once again because fish have no long term memory, there was a little nibble at the bobber once, twice -- and then yoink! It goes under the water~!

"Hehe it's good to see I haven't gotten as rusty as I thought." Rean grinned with a nod as he waited for the fish to take the bait again.

It didn't take him long this time and the battle of reeling against swimming doesn't last as long though this time the Arowana in question somehow actually feels a little bigger. Maybe this one was a bit more lazy.

Alisa giggled - watching him fishing was surprisingly not boring as she had privately worried. She got to see his expression at her leisure, and share in his joy when he brought in a fish.

The second Arowana reeled in must have been not as young as the previous one, it didn't put up nearly as much as a fight, and it was a few inches bigger then the last when it was reeled in. Surprisingly the next two reeled in were crabs. They must have been long from home.

Though Rean may also catch sigh of a very large fish lurking in the deepest part of the water, almost mocking him.

Crabs would still make for very fine eating so Rean didn't throw them back into the water. In fact he made sure to knock them out wiht his sword to prevent them from scuttling back into the water before he caught sight of the challenger in the depths. Oh he thought he was being all sneaky did he? Rean quickly fished out one of the lures for depth and tied it to the hook before baiting it and casting again this time his focus intensifying to a whole new level.

Fish and shrimp was definitely going to be the main dish, Alisa decided. The challenger was fairly large from the shape of its shadow beneath the water - definitely larger than the previous Arowanas. Alisa caught that intense focus in Rean's eyes, and went very quiet, watching the water as the cast was made, plinking into the water.

The fish circled the lure a few times - long enough that a rookie would have made a careless mistake. Once or twice the fish nipped at the bait, then swam away, almost taunting this foolish fisherman that thought he could capture the prize. Two more times it swam over, nibbled and swam off - the third time though, it came in hard and fast, chompped onto the bait and took off like a bolt. If Rean wasn't paying attention it would have probably yanked the fishing rod out of his grip or snapped the line.

Rean was anything but a rookie though. After all he earned his way up the fisherman ranks twice and once was during a civil war no less! So he didn't even flinch or even shake as the challenger taunted him. His body was still as a rock all throughout those attempts.

That was until the fish finally took the bait and tried to break free in one quick move. Rean let the pole get pulled a little to give the fish the illusion of breaking free. But then just as its guard lowered, Rean pulled hard on the rod, the reel roaring almost as rean spun it furiously.

This is a battle of a whole other kind! Alisa sat up and crept forward a little to get a better look on hands and knees to try not to startle either fisherman or fish and ruin the catch. The fish was quite a beast actually~! And when Rean pulled hard on the rod it clearly didn't want to get captured, fighting against the line, making small leaps out of the water in an attempt to get some distance in that line, thrashing about - then going still for a few inches to catch its breath - only to burst into motion again, -this might go on for a few minutes more in fact. Not nearly as difficult a fight as the legendaries - it clearly underestimated the fisherman!

Seeing it jump out of the water to try and escape had an adverse effect on Rean since he could see just how fine of a specimen this particular fish was. As such the desire and determination to catch it flared up considerably while Rean let it think it was catching a break only to reel it in closer and closer. It was a lot of give and take though but slowly, the distance between the sure and the fish was definitely shrinking.

Seeing Rean's face like that was really something else, he was so lively fighting the good fight bringing in this giant fish. And it really WAS quite a specimen, it'd almost be a shame to catch it. But it would make quite a dish at the same time, "You've almost got it..!"

The fishy was clearly aware it was getting close to the shore, and it thrashed all the more, fighting to the very last! Almost in range of being yanked right up~

Rean had no qualms in reeling in such a fine catch. After all Alisa was cheering him on too! how could he possibly squander her encouragment. So with one last mighty tug, the fish was ripped out of the water and into the air where rean held it out at arm's length to make sure he didn't get tail slapped in the face since the huge boy here looked more than capable enough to use that as a last resort.

And wouldn't you know it, that's exactly what it tried to do as it was lifted out of the water, almost frantically trying to slap at Rean or wiggle off the hook, to no avail. Alisa got to her feet, brushing dirt off of her skirt, and she looked pretty impressed by the catch. "You got it!" She cheered excitedly, grinning. Sharon was going to be impressed by the catch too, she'd bet. She'd hug Rean but he kind of smells like fish so he'll have to settle for her beaming smile for now.

Oh he's fine wiht the smile. After all he would hate to make Alisa stink of fish. Though the opportunity to see her fresh out of the bath...No no no not allowed to get that carried away.

"He's a real catch. Made me work for it but It was worth it~" Rean grinned before he went over to start gathering the large haul.

"This should be more than enough don't you think?"

Well, she was going to need to take a bath later herself - but she would do that when he was distracted upstairs, hoping she could get out and to her room before he saw her~!

"He must have been surviving in the river for a really long time to get that big." Alisa guessed, glancing over at Rean with a grin, "Yeah, I think this is fine. Let's head back."