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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Rean wasn quite relieved indeed to hear her accept his apology though her sudden paleness followed by the return of the blush in full force left him even more confused than before.

"My neck? What's wrong with it?" It did feel like of hot and a little sensitive after everything. On both dies of his neck actually...

She reached back to pull his hand away from her back so she could get off of his lap (reluctantly, but .. yeah, if she - they - stayed like that much longer they would end up missing their dinner date later. Cough.). "You... should probably see for yourself." At least if he had done that to her, she could cover it up with her hair-- well, depending on -where-, but he had short hair, so he didn't have the same luck in the matter.

"Now you're making me worried." Rean frowned faintly before he sat up next to Alisa and brought his hand up to one side of his neck before looking at his palm. Nope there was no blood. How bad could it be. Not that if it had been bleeding he would have freaked out or anything.

"Okay I'll just step into the bathroom for a bit." With that Rean slowly walked over to the room in question since his legs had fallen asleep while cuddling with Alisa.

No, if there had been blood Alisa would have been freaking out and apologizing a LOT. Watching him get up and walk away, Alisa let out a sigh, scratching her head a little, but she got up too, stretching her own legs a bit before she slowly followed after Rean, poking her head into the bathroom awkwardly. "... see?"

When she walked in she would find Rean prodding and touching at the marks almost in a daze before Alisa entered and his face went almost tomato read as he half turned around to face Alisa.

"Ahaha...ye-yeah I see now. Uhhhm it's okay though I'm sure it'll clear up quick..." He did NOT sound sure at all. At the very least he was fairly certain Sharon would definitely get to see those marks.

Funny how she immediately looked toward those marks on Rean's neck, blushing a little at how red he was in turn. "Y-yeah, I'm sure..." she sounded about as confident in this as he was. In fact, she was worried that Sharon would see it too, and oh, the teasing that would follow. "Um..." Deep breath, "I don't...regret any of it though. You know... because I got to see a side of you..." she fidgeted a little, glancing away, "I really liked."

She doesn't -regret- it, but oh BOY is it dangerous to cuddle with him. She knew she'd longed to be close to him like that, but -wow-. And the scary part is she still wanted to get close to him. Even with the 'danger' involved.

Well considering he wouldn't be here for long the teasing from Sharon wouldn't be nearly as bad as it would be for Alisa. Still he was surprisessd to hear she still didn't regret it though. But that fact alos made him immensely happy. So with a Bashful smile on hi lips he nodded.

"Well I saw a wonderful side of you too so I can safely say I feel the same way~"

She blushed shyly herself, folding her arms, "R-Really?" Actually that made sense - she's said his name enough for him to say that. Although she personally thought his reactions were far more intense -- probably because she had rather aggressively given him affectionate attention quite a bit. "Um...a..although I think...we should probably not.. get so close like that again." Not -ever- again, but just...for the moment.

"Oh. Yeah I suppose that would be prudent." Then again he couldn't help but feel a tiny bit worried she didn't mean that in in just the short term. Because that felt really nice and he hadn't realy wanted to stop until that little accident wiht his hands.

"Yeah.." She coughed awkwardly. "Um... I'm... I should..." She made a vague gesture. She needed to put her clothes together for their date, she hadn't even begun to start with that. Honestly part of her wished Sharon WERE here to help her get ready, even though it was probably at LEAST another hour or two.

Being alone with Rean was ..much too tempting. At least with Sharon there, it'd be easier to keep her distance. A little easier.

Vague gesture but he had a feeling he was supposesd to answer like this.

"Uh yeah of course. I'll ummm go check on Rumu then." As a distraction because just remembering what they'd indulged in was maing his heart rate increase.

Alisa nodded sheepishly, "Right, good idea." She backed out of the room slowly, "Thanks Rean." she quickly turned and padded up the stairs to her room. Where she quietly closed the door and sprawled on her bed to cover her head with her pillow for a few seconds for a silent freak out.

Then sat up again and started going through her room for appropriate outfits. Ah, but she wanted to match Rean, so that eliminated a few dresses. SHe couldn't wear her work outfit, but she did have something like it.

RUMU meanwhile, was in its inactive mode, though the music continued to play even then. Although it'll go active if Rean approached.

While ALisa was having her own freakout in the room, Rean was doing the same just in his own mind so his steps up to Rumu weer a little more stiff before he crouched down next to the 'sleeping' little construct.

"Hey Rumu. Charging up alright?"

Rumu's eyes lit up as it returned from inactive state, "Hello Rean. Charge is at 100%. Do you require assistance?" the little bot rolled off its charge station. "Your previously registered vital statistic have increased to higher, erratic rate. Contacting medical assistance ..."

Yeah that's all Alisa needs, paramedics to come charging to the door on a false alarm.

"No no no no no! Trust me Rumu we're fine. We just ummm uhhh...got excited that's all." Was this a preview of what it would be like to explain to a child what his parents were doing if they were ever walked in on. Still he had to stop the little helpful one from calling the medics up to the penthouse.

Yee-yeah, probably. The little bot stopped, redirecting its attention to Rean curiously. "Excited? Rumu does not understand the term. Searching database, please stand by." The music continues to play while he's doing this for a few minutes.

"Excited: Adjective, A feeling of enthusiasm and eagerness. Rumu likes excited. Rumu is excited to meet Rean and Alisa."

Rean lets out a sigh of relief as he managed to avert a public fiasco. Only to suddenly flinch and widen his eyes. Hearing him express such curiosity and honestly at that too. IT was simply too..adorable!

"Haha well I'm happy to meet you too Rumu. Say could you maybe do a favor for me?"

Rumu gave a happy little chirp when Rean said he was happy to meet him, and then chirped again at the question. "Yes, Rean. Rumu is happy to fulfill any command requested of it. What is your request?"

Honestly this little guy was too precious for this world. Or maybe Rean was more prone to growing attached to artificial beings after growing so close to Valimar. Regardless he flashes a guilty smile for a moment. "I won't be able to be here nearly as often as I would like. So I want to ask you to make sure Alisa is happy every time you're awake while I am gone. Think you could do that for me?"

Chirpchirp, "Yes, Rumu will make Alisa happy while Rean is not here." a pause. "Where is Rean going? Will Rean be happy?" Rumu asked, almost sounding curious with the questions. Meanwhile upstairs, Alisa was going through her entire closet until she found the perfect dress to wear, gathering the entire outfit into her arms and poking her head out of her room.

Mmm, she needed to get to the bathroom to shower and change, but she didn't want Rean to see her outfit yet. So she calls out, "Don't look - I'm going to into the bathroom to shower ..!"

Dammit Rumu you're going to make it hard to say goodbye to you too you realize that?

Rean flashes a warm smile. "I'll have to go back to work. Work that makes me travel around a lot. But I will be happy now that I know I have reliable Rumu to look after the most important part of my life. " He might have just doomed the prototype to become Alisa's permanently with this promise between man and machine.

He flinched briefly as Alisa called out and quickly focused back to Rumu.

"O-Okay go on ahead."

It's unintentional! Rumu chirps again - the little bot does that everytime it accepts information from Rean and stores it. "Is Rean coming back?" Rumu asks, as Alisa is heard hurrying down the stairs and rushing into the bathroom, the door shutting firmly behind her.

"Yeah. I'll do my best to come back as often as I can. I just don't know how long it's going to be." Rean answered with a soft smile before patting the small maching on its top with a warm smile only turning his head when he heard the door close behind him.

Chirp, "Rumu will do its best to make Alisa happy, and Rumu will wait for Rean to come home." Because since Rean registered in Roer with Alisa, it thinks this is his home also. Alisa would not correct him on that either. Roer is her home, and so is Trista. And Nord.

Having safely made it to the bathroom without Rean seeing the outfit, the sound of the shower running soon follows, and a soft sigh of pleasure from Alisa. Nice hot shower - though she can't help but feel a bit giddy with Rean waiting out in the living room.

"That just gives me another reason to do my best to come back as soon as possible. Thanks Rumu." Rean said with a soft smiling sigh. With that he went back over to the couch still touching at the marks on his neck idly. If Rumu wanted to follow him he could.