Day 23: Spending Time Together
"KIKKERIKIII~!!!" Kiara called through the phone. She hopped out of bed, the first thing she did when she got out of bed was call Ryan.
"Morning Tenchou," Ryan said through the phone in his normal monotone morning voice. He was a lot more energetic during the day. Kiara knew that Ryan wasn't as energetic during the day. "What's up?"
"I wanted to call you to say that I'm not opening the KFP today," Kiara said. "It's Valentine's Day and I want to spend today with Calli."
"I see," Ryan said, an understanding tone in his voice. "I hope you two have fun together."
"Thanks, Ryan!" Kiara said. "I'm happy you understand!"
"I'm going to go back to bed, then," Ryan said.
"Alright," Kiara said before hanging up the phone. She then dialed up Calli's number.
"What's up?" Calli instantly picked up the phone, which was something she almost never did.
"It's Valentine's Day!" Kiara cheered. "What do you want to do today?"
"I don't know," Calli said. "Fortunately, someone volunteered to take my job today. I don't know who, but Lucifer said that he was trustworthy, so I guess it's fine."
"That's great!" Kiara chirped, silently thanking whoever decided to take her job for the day. "Want to make some chocolates together?"
"I have never made chocolates before," Calli admitted. "Maybe it'll be fun."
"I'll see you in five!" Kiara said before hanging up. She hummed to herself. She was so excited to spend today with Calli.
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"Morning, Kusotori," Calli said as Kiara opened the door.
"Calli!" Kiara pulled her wife into a hug, giving her a deep kiss. "I'm so happy you came!"
"I'm happy to be here too," Calli gave Kiara a small smile before returning the hug. "Now, how do we make these chocolates?"
"I've already prepared everything!" Kiara said, grabbing Calli's hand and leading her over to her kitchen where everything needed for them to make chocolate. "I have everything we need to make chocolate truffes!"
"That sounds nice," Calli smiled. Of course, she didn't care what they made, as long as she got to spend time with Kiara. "Where do we start?"
"I've already started making the ganache filling. The chocolate is melting into the cream. All you need to do is mix it," Kiara gestured towards the bowl with melted chocolate and heavy cream. "Would you like to do the honors?"
"Sure," Calli said, walking over to the bowl and getting the cake mixer and awkwardly swishing it back and forth.
"Here," Calli blushed as Kiara walked up behind Calli and gently grabbed her hands, resting her head on Calli's shoulders. "This is how you do it."
Calli's blush only deepened as Kiara started to guide Calli's hands, mixing the ganache. "T-thanks, Kusotori," Calli said. She still wasn't used to the intimacy, but she didn't hate it.
"Now," Kiara smiled as she stepped back from Calli. "I was going to ask what kind of filling you want, but I think you would pick the chocolate wine."
"Chocolate wine?" Calli tilted her head. She didn't know was it was, but she was intrigued by the second word.
"We're just going to mix chocolate filling with wine," Kiara said. "I'm sure you'll love it."
"You know me so well," Calli said, eyeing the bottle of her favorite champagne that Kiara had on the table.
"Now, shall we continue?"
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Calli and Kiara had finished making the truffles, the only step was waiting for the chocolate to cool down. "What do you want to do now?" Calli asked.
"I wanna cuddle!" Kiara exclaimed. "Let's go to the bed!"
"Whatever my little dumb bird wants," Calli said as she let Kiara drag her to her room, flopping on her bed.
"I'm not a little dumb bird!" Kiara pouted as she pulled Calli onto the bed. "Am crow!"
"That you are, my little crow," Calli smiled, kissing Kiara on the forehead. "I love you, Kiara."
"I love you too, Calli," Kiara smiled, kissing Calli on the lips as they wrapped their arms around each other.
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"Man, it's been awhile since I've done this job," Edhas said, spinning his black sword with his hand.
"You really are a jack of all trades, huh?" Ryan asked.
'Someone had to take over when Grimm was busy getting drunk with Jack,' Edhas said. 'Well, drunk with Jack and Calli.'
"Since when did she let you call her Calli?" Ryan asked.
'She didn't,' Edhas said. 'But you don't always get everything you want in life.'
"Whatever."
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"Ame!" Amelia snapped awake when she heard Gura yell her name. Amelia jumped up, only for her and Gura to bump foreheads.
"Ow!" The both of them recoiled, rubbing their foreheads.
"What was that for?!" Gura whined, tears in her eyes as she had a hand on her forehead.
"You were the one who decided to wake me up like that!" Amelia shot back. "What's up?"
"It's Valentine's Day!" Gura exclaimed. "I wanna do something!"
"What do you want to do?" Amelia asked, cracking her neck and knuckles.
"Teach me how to shoot!" Gura cheered.
"Whatever you want, my little apex predator," Amelia smiled, rubbing Gura's head.
"Yay!" Gura hopped out of bed, an excited expression on her face. "Let's go!"
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"The gun range is an awfully weird place for two girls to be spending Valentine's Day," the receptionist said.
"I want to shoot stuff!" Gura exclaimed.
"What she said," Amelia jutted a thumb at her wife.
"If you say so," the receptionist replied, taking the money that Amelia offered him. "Will you be using your own guns?"
"Yep," Amelia replied.
"Okay," the receptionist wondered where said guns were, but it wasn't his job to worry about that. "You have aisle GP."
"Thanks," Amelia winked at the man before leading Gura down the aisles until they went to their assigned aisle, GP (Ground Pound). "What do you want to shoot first?"
"Can I use the Ground Pounder?" Gura asked, using her shark (puppy dog) eyes. "Please?"
"Not in public," Amelia said, patting Gura's head as she pouted. She opened her head, summoning a pistol. "Here, try this."
"Okay!" Gura grabbed the gun without hesitation, pointed it at the target and pulled the trigger. It was obvious she wasn't expecting the recoil, because the pistol few upwards with her hands, sending her staggering back into Amelia's lap.
"Woah there, tiger," Amelia patted Gura's head. "Here, let me help you."
"I'm a shark! Not a tiger!" Gura protested as Amelia guided Gura's arms.
"Here you go," Amelia said, holding Gura's arms, her floaties resting on Gura's head. "Pull the trigger."
"Okay!" Gura pulled the trigger, Amelia pushing her hands down as not to let the recoil overwhelm Gura. Amelia watched the bullet soar until it hit the target, a few centimeters away from the bullseye.
"Wow!" Amelia stood up, patting Gura's head. "You really are a prodigy at this. Maybe you'll be better than me after a few years of training."
"Watch out, Ame! Gura's coming!" Gura exclaimed, excited to shoot fer first gun.
"Do you want to continue?" Amelia asked.
"Of course."
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"That was fun," Gura said as she and Amelia walked out of the gun range.
"You did pretty good," Amelia said. "Now, let's go back home. I have a surprise for you."
"Really?!" Gura gasped. "Let's go!"
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"Uh Ame?" Gura asked, looking around. "Why are we in the backyard?"
"You'll see," Amelia opened her hand and summoned her beloved rocket launcher, the Ground Pounder. She loaded three rockets into the launcher and launched them in the air. Instead of making a normal explosion, the rockets exploded into blue and yellow fireworks, spelling the words "I LOVE GURA!"
"Awh, Ame," Gura tackled Amelia in the hug, kissing her on the lips. "I love you."
"I love you too," Amelia said, rubbing Gura's head.
"So, when are you going to Ground Pound me?" Gura asked.
"Maybe for your birthday," Amelia said, chuckling.
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"You know, that was way too much work," Ryan said, rubbing his back as his entire body ached. "I didn't know dead people could be so rowdy."
"Well, you learn something every day," Edhas said. "Why are you speaking out loud anyways?"
"I'm in my own apartment," Ryan said. "I can do whatever the hell I want.
Ryan took out his phone to see he had 100 missed calls. He looked to see who called him to see that Ironmouse, Choco, Mary, Suisei, and a few other people spam called him. "Well, fuck."
"Have fun explaining that," Edhas said. "You're on your own."
"Traitor!"