"Don't be shy and eat!"
A high voice enveloped the round table. The girl that took care of the shop placing a dish one after another to the table while the other two sitting around it. Across Sarah, there's a girl with long blonde hair that shines because of the light reflection. It's Latina, all the time, she just bow her head and didn't see the interlocutor eyes the whole time. Her ears still read, it seems she's still embarrassed. Beside her, there's Orion with both of his palm pressing against his face.
At time like this, the only rational things that he thought are to keep his silent until the end. He didn't want to spoil the atmosphere and mood that already build up.
"So, how both of you met each other?" Said Sarah.
After half of the food at the table gone, Sarah tried to open a talk towards them. Hearing that, Latina halted and blushing again.
'It's weird seeing someone blushing this much in a single day,...' Taught Orion.
"Nothing special actually,"
"I think we met each other six month ago or so,...." Said him.
Hearing that, Sarah's eyes widening. She put her palm over her mouth and said, " Waah, so you two only took a few months to love each other?!"
"My, how envious,..."
Orion feels tired hearing that from her mouth. He already said it over and over but either his reason just passing through over her ears. His only hope was Latina, but it seems she's useless right now. Her reaction towards Sarah's teasing looks like all of Sarah's statements are true.
"How many times that I should tell you that we're not like that"
"Hmm, but her expression tell otherwise,...."
"...."
Latina still silent, she's eating, make a small chat and then turned red again.
The dinner goes on like that. Sarah kept pestering about Orion and Latina, the first half Latina only blushing and silent but after that she seems to regain her composure. The topic of they're married couple seems to be halted without any conclusion. Orion tired denying all the time so he kept his silent and Latina seems didn't bother it anymore even though her face turned bright red when Sarah mentioned it.
At the end of dinner, when the two of them want to search an inn. Sarah stopped them before they're leaving the table.
"Ah, you can stay here if you want,"
That statement caught Orion off guard.
"...What are you plotting this time?"
"Oh my, why would I?"
"That's, suspicious,...."
"Seriously, just take my kindness will you?"
"....."
"Look at your companion, she looks like a zombie,"
"Are you really want to search an inn with her like that?"
"I know you can search an inn but, just think about your companion," Add Sarah.
Orion take a peek at Latina, she's standing still but, sometimes her head will looked down and dozed off. It can't be helped, it was her first walk after hundreds year being cooped at that house.
"Ugh, T-then, I will take your offer,"
Sarah only answering him with her smile.
After that exchange, Sarah guiding them to their room. She's showing them a guest room, but inside, there's only a single bed.
"Hey Sarah, what-"
Before Orion finishing his sentences, Sarah cutting it and make her leave.
"Well, good night you two~"
The door closed, leaving Orion and Latina inside. Without further a do, Orion assisting her take off her robe and preparing the bed. When he want to leap to the bed, he seems hesitant.
"..."
All the time for more or less six month, they've been sleeping on one bed but, this time he's weirdly conscious about Latina.
"Ugghh, zip it, I want to sleep....."
"Latina, move aside....."
With his hand, he moved Latina's body to the wall and then he sleep on the edge.
When the sun rises, Orion woke up with refreshed feeling. He didn't think that something was out off normal with Latina beside him and hugging.
"Seems she still fast asleep,...."
When he want to wake up from bed, he realizing something.
"Wait,...."
"If someone walk in and see this, the misunderstanding will happen,....."
But when he still thinking the possibilities, a click sound can be heard from the door. At the other side of the door, there's stood a girl with apron, opened the door slowly. When she can see the inside of the room. A wide smile curved on her face.
'Shit,...' thought Orion.
And then, the whole morning become a mess again from Orion perspective.
In the middle of their walk home, in the middle of forest, after silent for a while. Latina make a small talk with him.
"She's a good person," said her.
"Yea, she is,...."
"She's the first person that telling me that witch are rare and so," add him.
"Is that so?"
"Yes, and we need to keep it silent,"
"Why?"
"Dunno, maybe there's a witch hunt or something?"
Hearing that, Latina's expression turned sour.
"You know that's not funny,...."
"...."
"It's just a speculation," add him.
"Hmm, I don't think so,..."
"In my era, Witch are like a legend and inspiring being," said Latina.
"....I hope so,"
What Latina's said are true. Witch are like a master of a master, a title that been given to someone that pursue the word of possibility. There's only 13 witch that been deemed a legend. A witch that defeated the demon lord that threaten the world hundred years ago and the one that happen to subdue that being are called the 13 witch. But after that, no one know the where about of them. And in the spawn of those years, a new witch began to appear but neither of them can be equivalent to the legend.
The books that Orion read are pretty old. And he can't even find library at the village as well. The source of his knowledge are only the villagers and the shopkeeper. With Latina's weird quirk and the minimum knowledge that he have, he can't decide to do something about it.
Time flies when the two of them walk together through the forest, when the two of them at the end of the woods. Orion halted, he seems to realize that he forgot something at Sarah's house.
"....I think, I forgot something,"
"Really? How clumsy you are Orion,"
"Sorry, I think I will pick it up today and come home the later day,"
"Can't you just left it there?"
"No, It's kinda important things,"
Latina's expression turned sour all of sudden. With a high voice, she said, "Ungh, ok.... make sure you come back ok?!"
With smile on his face, he said, "For sure!"
And then off to the woods again.
But, day after day, Orion didn't come back to the house, leaving Latina alone. Anxiety grew inside her heart. While opening the windows, she's looking up at the sky.
"Orion,....where are you,...."