After Amber was finished 'cleaning' her face, Leo reached out his hand to help her to her feet.
"I don't think I can stand right now, love. You're going to have to carry me if you want me to move from this spot anytime soon." she said when she saw his hand.
Leo could only laugh with a hearty feeling of both accomplishment and amusement.
"Then I shall carry you." he said as he reached forward and place one arm behind her back and one beneath her knees and lifting her into the air.
Carrying her in the traditional 'princess carry' Leo walked towards the lake and slowly lowered her into the water.
As her naked skin made contact, she shivered at the cold temperature.
Rather than find it uncomfortable though, the temperature helped to offset the constant waves of pleasure still coursing through her body.
A satisfied sigh escaped her lips at the contrasting sensations.
Rather than one of pleasure though, it was one of comfort.
Once Amber was submerged in the water up until her chest, Leo too lowered himself down into the water.
The two didn't speak at first and merely enjoyed the pleasant sensation of the water and the beauty of the night.\
Amber was the first to break the silence.
"Can I ask you something, Leo?"
Leo glanced over at Amber who was still staring off into space and responded, "Of course. Ask me anything."
"Do you think we would have eventually engaged in any type of relationship if we hadn't been influenced by the past/future?" she asked.
Leo didn't know how to answer at first, so he simply looked up at the night sky and the countless stars strewn across the sky.
Eventually he said, "I think so. I like to think fate plays a part in all our lives. Even if my past/future self hadn't meddled with our emotions or whatever, we still would have eventually gotten close.
You have to remember that my past/future didn't influence you until after we had already met.
So, our meeting was genuine.
And so too are our feelings, the suggestion that we should be together was embedded into us to make the process quicker and smoother not because it didn't exist at all.
For my past/future self to go through so much effort to influence our relationship means that it was worth the effort, and he loved your past/future self enough to make it worth that effort.
I know full well that I would never force someone to stay with me just for their strength, so I can say without a shadow of a doubt that he loved your past/future self."
When he finished speaking, a silence overtook the two of them that seemed unbearable at first.
Leo wasn't sure if what he had said would set Amber's mind at ease, and frankly, he wasn't entirely happy with how much his past/future self had messed with the girls' minds, but what was done was already done and he had to accept it.
After a few minutes of silence, Leo could hear the subtle sound of tears.
Startled he looked towards Amber, and saw her head buried between her knees.
"Wha.. what? Are you okay? Amber, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" Leo was startled.
'Why is she crying?! Did I say something wrong?! Was everything too much for her?! Ah shit! I'm no good with crying people! What do I do?!'
Countless thoughts rushed through Leo's mind as he desperately searched for a way to help her.
After sniffling a few times, Amber looked towards Leo and smiled, "I'm sorry. These are not tears of sadness, they are tears of happiness. I bet you think that my sister and I are only attracted to you because of your physical traits, such as your appearance or your strength, but I think you're a genuinely good guy, Leo.
And I've never had someone like you before...
I've always chosen the wrong guys which you're acutely aware of because you met my ex a few days ago and he tried to kill you.. haha...
Men have always used me for my looks or abused me because of my strong personality.
But not you..
You have done more for my sister and I in the past few days than anyone has ever done for us in our entire lives.
I doubt that we would survive more than a few weeks in this new world if it was for you, Leo.
You are a kind man...
Well, most of the time.
Not so much earlier.. that was just pure torture you jackass!"
Amber started laughing brightly as she cursed Leo which made Leo smile too.
"I'm sorry.. I got a bit carried away there!" he replied.
"Don't apologize maassterrr." as she drew out master, she gave him a cute wink and got up to exit the water. "That was the best sex I've ever had! Haha.
But enough touchy-feely crap! I'm feeling better than I have in a long time so let's get back to what really matters!
Plus, I'm getting kind of creeped out at Robin staring at us from behind the tree over there."
When Amber pointed toward a tree in the distance, Leo saw Robin's face quickly dart behind cover.
Shaking his head, he laughed and walked out of the water and started to get dressed.
"You're right. Now that you guys have your classes, you need to practice with them.
Luckily, Robin's class doesn't take much training since Luminara already has plenty of experience.
It's a shame her level is reset every time she is summoned to a new Earth but we'll make due with her knowledge for now.
As for you Amber.. what class did you get? Clearly it's some kind of assassin style class based on the skill you used earlier.."
Amber looked at him with her patented mischievous look and said, "I chose Void Dancer! It allows me to phase through walls, walk through the void, and practically teleport short distances!
It's the perfect class for me!"
Leo looked at her with incredulity, "Phase through walls? Huh?
Does that mean I should call you Nightingale?"
Before Amber could question who Nightingale was, Robin came running over and interrupted the two of them.
"Hey! How dare you guys have fun without me! If you were going to go swimming in the lake you should have told me!"
Amber just looked at her sister and shook her head side to side, "If you wanted to join us, why didn't you?"
Robin became flustered and her eyes started darting back and forth, "Well.. uh... I thought.. errr... you guys might be.. you know... doing 'it'. I heard you screaming earlier and when I came over to check what was happening.. umm... Leo was... you know... on your face.... so I ran way and.. yeah."
Amber and Leo both looked at each other and started laughing hysterically.
Amber was laughing so hard that she wasn't able to respond so it was left to Leo, "You could have come over right after that you know.. I don't think your sister has any qualms about you seeing her in any type of situation, especially after what she did the first time.
So don't be so shy and join us next time!"
Leo wasn't exactly sure if they were the right words for a girl as reserved as Robin, but he figured, 'What the hell! Might as well see if I can't instill the idea of a ménage à trois into these two!'
Amber, struggling to breathe from laughing so hard chimed in, "He's right Robin. You're my sister and I don't want to hide anything from you, so I don't mind if you see us or even watch for that matter."
Robin seemed like her head was about to explode at the two in front of her teasing her but she knew if she didn't stand up for herself they would just keep teasing her more and more.
"Fine! Next time, I'll stand right next to you and watch!"
""Huh?""