forum Pretending Hearts (O/O CLOSED)

Started April 05, 2019 by Deleted user

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Arvil snatched her hand, grinning. “I will neither deny, nor agree, to such a statement,” he poked her back. “Watch the movie, darling.”

Daisy huffed and slipped her hand from his hold, though a smile had spread on her lips. After a while, she started singing again, despite knowing that Arvil was listening. So what? They would be married. There would be plenty of opportunities for him to hear her singing again.

When she started singing again, Arvil smiled. He slid his arm back around her shoulders and pulled her close, letting her head rest on his. This was fun. It really was.

Daisy blushed slightly as his arm curled around her shoulders when she started to sing again. Why did he find this so amusing? It wasn’t like it was something attractive, anyway. In fact, she was sure it was rather unattractive…

The movie ended sooner than Arvil would have liked, for one, he had to remove his arm from around his fake fiancée. Two, it had been quite peaceful. Three, that meant they needed to go home.

But not if he could help it.

“How about we go get some ice cream?” He questioned Daisy as they exited the theater. “Ice cream is definitely wanted, no?”

Daisy blinked and looked up at him. “Oh. Sure, yeah. Who doesn’t want ice cream?” she agreed with a shrug.

“Exactly,” Arvil chuckled. “Which ice cream shop does my love want to go to?”

“Have you heard of Nelson’s? They give you a lot of ice cream for not a lot of money,” Daisy suggested with a shrug, unconsciously leaning closer to him.

Arvil’s arm slid around her waist, pressing her closer. “Are they any good?” he quirked an eyebrow at her. “Because if you’re just suggesting for the low price, then we’ll go elsewhere.”

Daisy chuckled and shook her head, choosing not to react to his arm around her again. “No, no. They’re the best. Really. It’s my favorite place to go for ice cream.”

Arvil hummed, though he was disappointed that he couldn’t see the pretty blush on her cheeks. “Nelson’s it is, then,” they stopped in front of his car and Arvil removed his arm from her. “Be my map?”

“Sure. I don’t think it’s far from here,” Daisy mused, opening her door and slipping into the car.

Arvil sat inside, buckling his seatbelt before he started the car. “It would have been better if you gave me a map to your eyes, but hey, gotta work with what I’ve got,” Arvil turned to wink at her. “Anyway, enough flirting. For today.”

Daisy choked on air, coughing a couple of times as her cheeks turned pink. It wasn’t that it was a particularly good pickup line… No, it was actually rather cheesy, which was why it had affected her so. She was partly flustered, partly amused because who used that line anymore?

Arvil grinned at her reaction, as well as the way her cheeks had warmed up. “Well, then,” he started cheekily as he pulled out of the parking lot. “Nice blush, love. When did you manage to reapply it?”

“Who even uses that line anymore?” Daisy questioned with her hoarse voice, tuning to give him a shocked look.

“Hey, give me credit here,” Arvil laughed, looking at her. “I’m very smart, Daisy—no narcissism—but you manage to make all but five brain cells fall asleep.”

Daisy hummed and glanced out the window, the blush returning. “Good to know,” she mused quietly.

Arvil reached over to brush a hand over her cheek. “So, the directions…? Also, play whichever music you’d like.”

“Oh, right. Take a right out of the parking lot, then a left at the first light,” Daisy instructed, facing forward again. His hand was cool against her warm cheek, though she refrained from getting any more flustered than she already was.

“All right,” Arvil hummed, getting out of the parking lot, having to wait a few minutes due to cars, and taking a right. “You know you can always tell me to stop, right? If I’m making you uncomfortable.”

Daisy blinked and opened her mouth to reply before he turned again. “Go straight until you get to the freeway, then turn off onto Freya Street,” she directed.

After a moment of silence, she sighed and turned to face him. “You don’t… make me uncomfortable. I just don’t always know how to respond to the flirting and stuff. You’re not the first guy I’ve been with, but it’s been a while since I was in a relationship. So I’m kind of relearning how to do things.”

Arvil hummed, doing just as she asked all the while listening attentively. “Well, at least I don’t make you uncomfortable,” he murmured. “Spend s little longer with me and I’m sure you’ll be able to withstand the flirting.”

“I’m pretty sure I’ll be spending a lot of time with you in the coming future,” Daisy said, glancing over at him. “We are engaged, after all. And getting married. For sure this time.”

Arvil simply hummed, choosing not to respond to that. When he reached the freeway, he did as she instructed and got off into Freya street. “Continue the directions?”