Darius didn't see this, but he knew how attractive Ahio's appearance was, was such an annoying act. 'Shitty girl.'
Ahio's slender neck was blown by the wind causing the hair on the back of her neck to stand up, but she ignored it.
"Jarvas and Fathur are on the opposite road from you, now that I think about it, Ell is the same."
Bang!!!
Darius hit the table hard. Some of Ahio's chocolate cake must have fallen.
"Hah..."
Ahio breathed a sigh of relief that her cake was not lying helplessly on the tile floor, in her left hand a apple juice was safe. A creeping icy cold sensation pricked Ahio's nerves.
GIRL looked up, the giant shadow of Darius' huge body covering her made Ahio feel like an ant and an elephant, sending the sensation of a wolf and a rabbit.
"So-"
Tughhh.
The sound of Ahio placing a plate of chocolate cake and juice on the table. Ahio never broke eye contact. "What's your decision?"
There was an incongruous, incongruous frown on Darius's forehead, his eyebrows knitted together, his eyes narrowed and then a heavy sigh emerged.
'Okay, maybe I put too much pressure on Darius this time. Now he is on the verge of peaking Negative Emotions.'
The smell of fresh musk layered with weathered chocolate pierced Ahio's olfactory nerves, it acted as a thin but sharp thorn. Ahio's brow furrowed to accommodate the burdensome smell to the senses.
"Okay." A second later Darius' hoarse roar was heard, triggering Ahio to question whether she would still be able to breathe oxygen or not.
"Let's do it."
Ahio reflexively sighed.
Cup.
Darius gave Ahio a short kiss, meanwhile, a girl blinked confusedly, drunk on pheromones. "You smell strange, I didn't know my sense of smell was this sharp."
"Ha ha ha."
Darius' light chuckle brought a burning sensation.
'Why are you so sus?'
***
"Ouch... Too tight."
Ahio groaned, busy biting her lower lip to block out the sound of groaning in pain. She was almost going to cry!
Tears threatened to drip down her healthy pink cheeks.
"Hold on a moment." Darius denied.
"What exactly is your family like!? This royal formal attire is annoying."
A luxurious modern vintage dress hanging down to the floor complete with vintage mesh gloves wrapped around the body, highlighting curves like a Spanish guitar.
Ahio will look like that because he is wearing a corset.
"Ugh..."
Ahio breathed a sigh of relief. Behind her, Darius tied the corset laces and clicked, satisfied with his work.
"Just a formality. Even the brooch you often wear is an ingrained tradition that I don't want to lose that."
Ahio turned face to face with Darius. "You shouldn't have bothered to put on a corset for me. Look, you're not ready yet."
Ahio gaped when he saw Darius nonchalantly, very casually, wearing a typical royal suit colored to match her own, namely green and black.
"You get ready that fast?"
Ahio was still gawking at being pulled by a maid. Since earlier, Ahio and Darius's little fight had been witnessed by many maids.
"Rules require men and women to prepare separately, Miss. What a sweet sight, young master Darius helped prepare you."
Unsurprisingly, Ahio's cheeks turned red, the euphoria of flying to the seventh heaven melted into an uncomfortable frown.
'Gosh, I must be weird. Natural blush!? Not suitable for me, Darius is red that much looks better!'
The maids wore luxurious dresses on Ahio. A girl faced the mirror looking at the reflection of the mirror which reflected the beautiful dress wrapped around her body.
"Wow... Beautiful."
"You are indeed beautiful, Miss."
"I mean this dress." Ahio still hasn't looked away, gone are the tangled thoughts that never stop circling in her brain that say vintage dresses are Ahio's biggest enemy.
"No, you look good in dresses. Hm..."
Darius stared at Ahio as if studying, the kind of gaze that could melt a 'soft-hearted' girl.
"Style the hair at the left and right temples back, use this ribbon hair clip."
Ahio stared closely at a hairpin shaped like a yellow ribbon, the green gem was a magnetic attraction.
'Is this hair ornament glue? I can't stop staring! Beautiful!'
Ahio's amber eyes sparkled with a kind of yellow flame with a white glow. She looked up at Darius who was wearing the Hanserheart family crest brooch.
A Sun and a black wolf's head.
The black, green, and yellow details ignite a strange fire in the depths of Ahio's heart.
"You're handsome," Ahio said.
A wide smile shows a row of neat teeth.
Many maid chuckled at Ahio's childish behavior.
Ahio looked down like a child seeing that she was also wearing a brooch just like Darius's, the difference was that hers was a female wolf.
These details are visible from Fine Texture.
For the next few seconds, Ahio never complained and was busy commenting on how beautiful and nice the clothes she and Darius were wearing.
***
The red carpet didn't bother Ahio's footsteps at all, as long as she channeled his nervousness by holding Darius' arm, Ahio was good.
Darius headed to a long, large table that could accommodate dozens of people.
Ahio's smile widened, Darius prepared a chair for her. After doing that, then he sat down.
'How sweet.'
Ahio turned for a moment to see Lian also present. Ahio's sincere smile was only met with a fake smile.
'Tch, career smile.'
On the outside Ahio was smiling, on the inside, she was grumbling.
The absolute point of meeting two women radiating an aura of inescapable Authority.
Exploring further, Ahio's amber eyes caught Fathur's large figure right beside Mrs Marlin.
'Ell and Jarvas aren't here.'
Ahio spread a smile looking at the food menu beautifully presented on the table. Wagyu beef is processed into premium beef tournedos, fish dinners, and scrambled eggs.
A salmon meat is arranged aesthetically and looks delicious.
"You look hungry."
Ahio looked up at the owner of the gentle voice. a beautiful smile on Ahio's lips.
*****