"Of course not!" Andion replied, sending her a wink. The boat came into view then. It was fairly large and crew members were hauling crates filled with trading items onto the deck. A couple other people were boarding the boat but it wasn't many.
Blaine snorted and rolled her eyes, shaking her head with a smile. "You're lucky you're cute," she teased, squeezing his hand.
Andion giggled a little, "I know." He squeezed her hand back before rifling through his bag for their boarding papers. He handed them to the captain and he let them on.
Blaine sighed and glanced around the ship when they boarded. “So… We have cabins, right? Or at least a cabin?”
Andion nodded and led them bellow deck. On one side was storage space, and on the other were rows of cabins for different guests and crew members, "We have one down the end."
"Sounds good," Blaine hummed as she followed him down. When they reached their room, she stepped inside and set her things down, glancing around to take in her surroundings.
The room was fairly small. There was a double bed that took up most of the room, a small chest of drawer filled with some spare clothes of different sizes. There looked to be a tiny bathroom off to the side and a mirror on the opposite wall.
Blaine hummed in approval. It was small, but that was to be expected. In fact, she was actually rather pleased with the bathroom; she hadn't expected that.
"Nice room… Should we rest for a bit or go look around up top?" she wondered, turning back to Andion.
Andion shrugged a shoulder, throwing their bag on the bed, "I don't mind. Let's go look around, maybe they'll be other people traveling we can talk to on board already."
"Sounds good to me," Blaine said with a smile as she stepped back out of the room.
Andion led them up onto the deck and by now it looked like they were about to leave the dock. There was a family near the bow of the deck, a couple next to them and a man around their age on the starboard side.
“I’m terrible in social situations,” Blaine muttered as she glanced around. “I’m better at seducing, getting information, and then killing…”
Andion chuckled, "Let's go to the family, I wanna meet the kids." He looked over to the family where there was a teenage boy and a six year old girl standing next to their parents.
Blaine looked over at them with a wistful smile. What would it be like to have a family like that? To have people there for you always?
"Sure. Let's go meet them," she agrees softly.
As they drew closer, the family seemed to notice their presence and the parents turned around, "Hello there! Who might you two be?" The mother asked, looking to Blaine as Andion already was chatting with the kids, mainly the little girl.
Blaine smiled down warmly at Andion, watching as he charmed the kids. When the mother spoke to her, she looked up and gave her a small smile.
"Hello. I'm Blaine, and this is my boyfriend, Andion," she introduced them.
The mother smiled back, "Nice to meet you Blaine. I'm Helena, this is my husband, Edward," The taller male gave her a short wave in greeting, "And these are our children, William and Lily."
“Pleasure to meet you,” Blaine said with a polite smile. “Where are you all headed?”
"Maradova, just like you I presume?" Helena raised an eyebrow.
Blaine smiled with a small nod. "Yes, actually. My boyfriend and I thought it would be a nice vacation." Not exactly a lie… But definitely not the whole truth…
Helena smiled softly, looking out over the waters once again before turning to where loud laughs were erupting from Lily, Andion and William, "It;s nice to see those two laughing again."
Blaine followed the woman’s gaze, her smile softening as she looked at the trio. Andion looked so happy… She hoped he could be that happy with her someday. And maybe their own kids, even…
“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen him laughing so much,” she admitted in a low murmur, as if speaking to herself.
Helena took one of Blaine’s hands in her own and squeezed a little, “Children bring out a side of people they tend to lock away, everyone has their reasons for doing so,” She offered a smile, “Maybe one day your man will tell his, but for now, it’s best to just admire, these days it’s hard to find such happiness.”
Blaine gave the older woman a thankful smile, squeezing back gratefully. “Thank you. I hope he will. I love seeing him happy.”
“I love seeing my kids happy, too. Are you planning on staying in Maradova?” She asked, glancing at her kids one more time.