Sophie was wearing a dress that was dark purple, and although it was simple, it revealed her white shoulders and long, slender arms.
Her waist was decorated by a beige ribbon that enhanced her graceful figure.
On her hands were velvet gloves, reaching up to her elbows, that had the same color as her dress.
Sophie's neck was adorned by a simple golden necklace that had a green gem, which went well with her beautiful green eyes.
And her gorgeous purple hair only glamorized her purple outfit even more, making Finn mistake her for an angel.
Sophie didn't really like wearing makeup, so she only had a pink lipstick, but with her already attractive face and her charming outfit, she simply became…
"Breathtaking…"
Finn didn't really know what that word really meant until now because, when he saw her walking down those stairs, he really did feel his breath get taken away by her.
She was feeling happy to hear Finn's compliment because it took her two hours to put her outfit together, but she didn't show it on the outside and only looked at what Finn was wearing with a raised eyebrow.
"You are going in this?"
"…"
After looking at his casual outfit, Finn grimaced.
Having no other choice, he went into a changing room and quickly changed into a suit because if he were to visit his parents while looking like before, it would be an embarrassment.
Luckily, he thought that this would happen, so he already had an outfit prepared.
Black suit with black shoes and a white shirt. He chose the color blue for his breast handkerchief, and he wasn't wearing a tie, so he had the two top buttons of his shirt undone.
Normally he wore his hair down, but for this occasion, he used a hair product that was supposedly created from a certain plant in this world to style his hair up and to the side.
Walking out of the changing room, it was now Sophie's turn to stare.
She knew that Finn was handsome, but since he always preferred casual wear, she had seriously underestimated his looks.
Satisfied with her reaction, Finn became happy to see his own girlfriend find him attractive, and so he extended his hand with a dashing smile that could make a girl faint on the spot.
"Shall we go, milady?"
BADUMP
Sophie felt her heart skip a beat, and the flush that she was trying to hide from Finn appeared on her face.
"Mhm…"
With a light nod, she grabbed the upper part of his arm with her hand because she was still not ready to hold hands.
It may seem childish, but she really liked to spend time with Finn, so she wanted to take her time and enjoy their love develop slowly.
Finn led her to the carriage, and after they got on, he kept staring at Sophie while appreciating her beauty.
But Sophie was having serious thoughts.
'If someone sees Finn like this, then they might fall in love with him and try to take him from me. I can't let that happen!'
He wasn't sure why Sophie was suddenly looking at him with a determined face, so he thought that she was angry at him for not complimenting her.
"Sophie, you look irresistible. You look charming..."
Finn tried to convey her beauty through words, but none of the words he said felt like they were worthy of describing her looks.
"...You look like an angel. No. You look like a goddess. You-"
He carried on talking, and after he finally compared her to a goddess, he was satisfied, but Sophie didn't allow him to continue.
"…Stop."
She became so embarrassed that she put her hand on his mouth to shut him up, but from the way his eyes were curved, she realized that he was smiling, so her face became painted with a light shade of red.
Finn took her hand away and leaned in to whisper in her ear.
"Are you embarrassed, Sophie? You look really cute right now."
With that, her determination was thrown out the window, and she had to push Finn's face away, otherwise she might really die of embarrassment.
'Fuck this! I am going to sleep.'
Meanwhile, Loki was getting sick of the lovey-dovey atmosphere.
He was also starting to feel jealous of Finn because he also wanted to feel a woman's touch like he had in the past.
So, he cut the connection with Finn and tucked himself into bed.
After that, Finn continued to tease Sophie, but she decided to plug her ears with her fingers because she didn't want to meet his parents with a blush on her face.
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Soon they arrived and got off the carriage.
"The Secret Ingredient? That's currently the most popular restaurant among the players! They only opened recently, but I heard that they are so popular that if you want to eat here, you have to place a reservation a month in advance!"
Sophie exclaimed excitedly as soon as she left the carriage and noticed the restaurant they stopped in front of.
"Yep, pretty popular, right?"
Finn smiled at her, but she was looking at him while shaking her head.
"Don't you realize how popular this place is? How did you even manage to book a seat here? Don't tell me you bought it from someone with our guild funds again?"
She began asking him multiple questions, but Finn's expression just showed confusion.
"Hmm? What are you talking about?"
He tilted his head.
"Didn't I tell you that my parents opened a restaurant and I would take you there?"
Hearing that, Sophie's eyes suddenly widened, and Finn smiled at her.
He loved seeing her show her emotions like that because when he first met her, her eyebrows wouldn't even twitch when she talked to him.
"Let's go in. They are waiting for us."
Before Sophie could ask about the restaurant, Finn went to the door of the restaurant and opened it for her.
Ting
A soft sound of a bell above the door rang out to announce their entry.
"After you."
Gesturing for her to enter first, Finn looked at Sophie, who was still standing behind him on the empty street.
She quickly left her shocked state, and with a deep breath in and out, she prepared herself to meet Finn's parents.
When Finn was changing in the mansion, he contacted his parents and suggested that they also dress up, but they were already planning on doing that.
Finn was the only one with the idea to go casual.
Entering the restaurant, Sophie looked around and noticed how homely it felt. There was a fireplace warming the place up, and the decorations on the wall were nothing too fancy.
The restaurant also had only five tables because Finn's parents wanted to take extra care of each customer rather than have twenty tables and then half ass the orders.
The work they did there was calming for them, but if they had twenty tables, then it would turn into a nerve-wracking experience.
Also, the way they only accepted a small number of customers made the restaurant appear fancier, which in turn made it even more popular.
Finn's parents were waiting at the door to greet him and Sophie as soon as they walked in.
Sophie looked at Helen, who in her yellow dress that went well with her blonde hair looked like a model, and Josh, who, after a long time, wore a suit and took care of his beard, looked extremely handsome.
She immediately understood where Finn got his looks. If both of his parents looked like this, then it was no wonder he would turn out the way he did.
"We heard so much about you, Sophie! I am Helen, Finn's mom."
Helen grabbed Sophie's hand into her hands and smiled at her.
"My name is Josh and I am Finn's dad"
Josh then grabbed his wife's shoulder and also smiled at Sophie.
"Good evening, ma'am. Good evening, sir. My name is Sophie."
Sophie didn't expect Finn's parents to be as warm as Finn was, so the line that she had prepared beforehand sounded pretty tense.
"You don't have to be formal, Sophie. Just call me mom."
Helen immediately noticed her tense expression and gave Sophie a warm smile.
"Yeah, you are part of our family now. So, just call me dad."
Josh also joined in, already accepting Sophie as his daughter.
Suddenly, Finn, who was watching from the side started signaling to his parents to stop rushing things because he thought that Sophie would feel uncomfortable.
But Sophie just smiled while grabbing Helen's hands into hers and nodding.
"Okay mom, okay dad."
Finn, who finally saw Sophie smile for the first time, felt his heart speed up as a wave of happiness washed over him.
Her smile was tender yet so gorgeous that he even forgot to breathe for a second.
Sophie's parents never showed her love, nor did they smile at her. They did praise her achievements from time to time, but she never really felt loved.
So, when she was met with the kindness that Finn's parents gave her, she couldn't help but smile.
Helen and Josh also noticed how much Finn loved Sophie, so they were already treating her as their new daughter.
Once they sat down at a table, Sophie got bombarded with questions, but she was never forced to answer, and the way she was being treated made her even more glad that she had chosen to accept Finn's confession.
"Well, then, let me ask the last question."
After asking multiple questions, Helen smiled at Sophie, preparing to ask the final and most important question.
"Are you planning to have children with Finn?"
"*COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH* Mom! Please!"
Finn, who was smiling because of the atmosphere, suddenly choked on his saliva and started coughing.
"What? It is important for me to know. I will respect Sophie's opinion if she says no, but if you won't give me grandchildren, then I at least want to know about it beforehand."
Helen turned to look at Finn, who looked confused because he didn't know why he was the one getting scolded.
"Okay. But her opinion might change in the future, so-"
Trying to explain why it wasn't the best question to currently ask, Finn tried to talk, but he was cut off by Sophie.
"…Yes. Not now, but I plan to have children with Finn in the future."
Sophie already planned really far ahead when she decided to date Finn.
Getting married and having children was something she had decided to do if she were to really fall in love with him.
She didn't know when that would be, but she knew that what she was feeling right now wasn't true love. It was more akin to liking Finn or having a crush on him.
Every day they were together, her love for Finn grew, so she knew that with enough time, her love for him could truly blossom.
Sophie wanted to feel like Finn was her everything, and she knew that once that moment came, she would know about it.
She didn't know why or how, but she would know.
And once that moment comes and she falls for him entirely, then getting married and having children would not be out of the question.
"…"
Finn became speechless when he heard Sophie's answer.
"That's great!"
Helen immediately hugged Sophie and Josh joined the group hug.
Sophie was happy to be hugged like this because her parents had never hugged her before.
After they let go of her, she looked at Finn and opened her mouth with a smirk.
"But I am not sure if Finn would want that."
Hearing that, Helen and Josh looked at Finn with narrowed eyes.
"Finn?"
Finn was surprised to see the cold Sophie, finally teasing him back for the first time, and she even used his parents for it.
'But you are a hundred years too early to win against me!'
He smiled and opened his mouth.
"Of course! If I have children with Sophie, then they will without a doubt look as cute as she does."
When Sophie heard that, she blushed, but Finn's parents didn't laugh at her. Instead, they defended her.
"Yeah, but if they get your genetics, they will get laughed at."
Josh looked at Finn and then shook his head.
"What's that supposed to mean?! You might not know this but I'm so handsome that all the girls in my school have a crush on me!"
This was not true, and Finn knew this, but he refused to have his pride hurt, so he tried to defend himself.
But he might have miscalculated a bit.
"Really? They do?"
Sophie was smiling at Finn's parents only a second ago because they were bullying Finn to defend her, but she suddenly narrowed her eyes at him.
"Uhhh… Wait! Why am I the one being picked on! This is not fair!"
Finn nervously looked at his parents to seek help from them, but they just shook their heads.
"We planned to let you enjoy a one-on-one date, so we will go prepare dinner now."
With that said, Helen and Josh left, and Finn was now alone with Sophie, who was tapping her finger on the table, still waiting for an explanation.
"W- Well, now that we are alone, it's finally our first date, Sophie!"
Finn, who started to sweat a little from how nervous he was feeling, tried to quickly talk about something else, but alas, Sophie was not giving up and kept staring at him.
He was happy that the angelic-looking Sophie was smiling at him, but the way she was smiling at him made her look more like a devil than an angel.
Glancing down at his hands and then looking back at his face, Sophie opened her mouth.
"You better have a damn good explanation, Finn, because you are going to lose some fingers if you don't."