Aegis 3.0

[Scripted Away]

Noah smiled relieved as he wrapped his arms around his uncle and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you uncle Jim", he sighed happily, more or less cuddling against him.
"I was really scared that I could be something dangerous you know? But now I'm not scared anymore."
Grinning happily, he took Jim's hand.
"I don't have to be, if you are there to help me."
When his dad came back, still frowning and clearly pissed about something, he tilted his head to the side.
"Dad? Everything okay?"
"More or less,but you don't have to worry. Everyone is angry at someone sometimes", Mac mumbled, forcing a soft smile as he took a deep breath.
"Okay. And? Everyone has everything?"
Noah lifted his shoulders.
"I need a different school bag."
Mac raised one eyebrow. "How come? I thought you like the avengers?"
"I do, but carrying a backpack with wings-?"
"I see... What abooouuut..." Macon looked around for a while, until he smirked and got a bag to carry on one shoulder. "This one?"
"Perfect!", Noah said with a happy grin, hurrying over to jack to go pick a ruler as well.

"Awww, you'll have me back in just a bit", Bailey said with a soft smile, stroking over Cole's back under his shirt with a soft smirk.
"You'll find me easily. I'll be the one in the light yellow dress."
Yeah, she had intentionally not picked a white,but a yellow dress.
The yellow of the flowers that grew on the mountain where her and Cole had fallen in love.
"It was so cute how your mom has reacted when I asked her if she'd be my bridesmaid! And how proud your dad looked when he agreed to be your best man! Did you know he came to me a few weeks ago to thank me? He said he had never seen you so happy and at peace before and that is incredibly happy for us. It was so sweet of him."

"So Basically, by saying that you love me to the Moon and back, you're saying that you'll love me all your life, till death does us apart, hm?", Raven mumbled with a loving smile, softly running her thumb over the back of Tyler's hand while she was holding it.
"Then I love you to the moon and back, too. And even longer. Just forever."
She softly kissed his cheek and cuddled against him, closing her eyes.
"A romantic dinner and movie night sounds perfect", she sighed happily. "With lots of cuddling."
She just already cuddled against Tyler's just now, and closed her eyes with a happy sigh.
"You do know that everyone will call us crazy, don't you?", She chuckled softly.

"Hey!", Mio laughed as Heather messed up his anyway messy, weirdly halfway long hair.
He actually hated his haircut, but he just hadn't found the time to cut them lately.
Smiling softly, he kissed her cheek and gently ruffled her hair back.
"Don't feel bad again, you don't have to!"
Turning towards the door, he just normally spoke.
"Mom, how's lunch?"
A soft breeze carried his voice on, towards his mother, and it didn't take long until a breeze came back, carrying his mother's voice.
"Almost done, do you two wanna come into the living room already? Two minutes!"
"Alright, turn for lunch!", Mio Said with a happy grin and got up, gently pulling Heather up with him.
"Why don't you already go? I'll come in a minute, quickly have to get something done."
It didn't take long until Mio came into the long room as well.
And it was clear what he had to get done.
It was just a new haircut, but it made him look far more mature and male.
"Heeey, looking good!", Mio's mom said with a soft smirk, the same his oldest brother grinned. "I was hoping you'd get rid of that fringe sometime.", He chuckled, Mio just smirking softly as he shrugged and ran his hand through his hair.
"No big deal, it just annoyed me how it always fell into my face. And I figured hey, why care about what everyone thinks about the scar on my forehead."
"Who are you, and what did you do to my little brother?"
Mio's smirk just widened slightly.
"Moron."
"You'll be the new girls magnet in school. Cheerleaders, baby boy. Cheerleaders."
"Oh please! What would I want from those brats? No thanks."
He smiled softly at Heather, comfortingly wrapping one arm around her to make sure she wouldn't feel excluded or helpless.
"Ohhh I get it", Sung chuckled winking, causing Mio to raise one eyebrow. "And if?"
"Whaaaaaaaatttt? Is she your girlfriend?!", Genshi asked with big eyes.
Mio just blushed, turning to Heather.
"Please excuse my brothers. I've been a bit of a hermit lately. They're just excited."

 

[Wyosch]

As Noah ran off to Jack, Jim sorrowfully turned to his brother, raising an eyebrow.
"What's wrong? Who'd you call?", he asked, making some big, worried puppy eyes.
"You sound pretty pissed.", he mumbled, motioning over to Macon's son. "I talked to Noah. Not a dark angel. But angel with two main abilities.", he explained, smiling softly. "You should've seen how happy he was when I explained it to him. He thought he was dangerous."

"And I'll be the guy in the black suit and yellow tie, crying because he still can't believe how incredibly lucky he is.", Cole replied, his eyes sparkling lovingly.
As Bailey told him about Sam, he smiled proudly, nodding.
"I should thank Sam. Without him, I would have probably never met you."

"Nothing will be able to do us apart. I love you too much for that.", Tyler mumbled dreamily, happily cuddling against Raven.
"Yeah, they will. But it's true, we are both crazy. And I love crazy."
He grinned softly, his hands slowly making their way to her sides...
...tickling her heavily while he just laughed.
"Tickle monster is attacking again!"
They were grown up, yet so childish with each other. And that was just one of the many billion reasons that showed that they truly belonged together.
"My crazy baby- I love you."

Heather blushed to the deepest red possible when both Genshi and Sung seemed to hint at her being Mio's girlfriend. Which she wasn't. Not that she would actually like that... somehow?
No she was just confusing liking someone because they were nice and liking someone, like really liking someone.
Oh who was she kidding?
But how was that possible?
After not even knowing each other for a day?
Crazy! Just crazy!
But then again, love at first sight did exist...
Noticing that she had just trailed off from wanting to say something, she just smiled akwardly, somehow automatically reaching for Mio's hand.
Were his brothers judging her?
They would want him to come home with a cheerleader. Of course. Everybody loved those pretty girls - and who was she to give them competition?
If she would be standing next to them, she'd either be completely invisible - or the center of attention with everyone making jokes about her and what more.
"It's- it's kinda h-hot in here-", she gasped, pushing herself against Mio's body, her heart racing while she started to feel more dizzy and dizzy with every second that passed.
So many thoughts that were racing through her mind.
What if Mio's family didn't want to have her here?
What if they were really happy and proud of Mio if he'd come home with a cheerleader instead of a freak like her?
What if Mio only was nice to her so he could later make fun of her with his cheerleader girlfriend?
No no no - think rationally! You're exaggerating. Don't panic-, she thought to herself, quickly closing her eyes to stop her tears.
Yes, she was in absolute and total panic, feeling as if she were dying - and she was hiding it. Not perfectly - yet.
But trying to.
After all what would Mio and his brothers and family think of her if she were panicking here? With no reason to?!
She herself didn't even know why she was panicking.
But she really needed it to stop.
"Where c-can I sit down?"

 

[Scripted Away]

"oh I just called the principal and told him to kick that Victor guy out of school", Macon growled, crossing his arms- clearly still steaming inside.
"I had a vision of Heather panicking and telling the younger brother of one of my students how Victor and his friends beat her up."
His eyes gained the typical dangerous blueish glow of an archangel for a moment.
After all they weren't cute little boys in diapers playing harps but heaven's most furious warriors.
"Nobody hurts my little girl."

Bailey was smiling lovingly as she stroked through Cole's hair for a second and gently kissed his shoulder.
"I just think it's really sweet of him how he calls you all his kids, even though you technically aren't. And have you seen how happy your mom is? She looks at him as if she had fallen in love him just now. I'm fact- they remind me whole lot of us."
She softly kissed his cheek, cuddling against him with a happy sigh.
"My wonderful alien", she chuckled softly. "I love you."

Raven let out a weird mix of screaming and laughing and tackled Tyler down onto the bed, just sitting down on his lap, holding his hands down on the mattress, above his head, her face only an inch away from his.
"You have no chance against me, Sly!", She giggled happily, going from holding his hands down to intertwining her fingers with his, kissing him long and softly.
"Oh man, I'm so in love with you..."

Mio's frowned sorrowfully, hugging Heather softly to calm her down a bit.
"It's okay", he whispered to her ear, before turning to his mother.
"Mom, is it okay if Heather and I eat in my room? We've had kind of a hard day..."
Mio's mom just smiled apologetically, nodding at her son before she gently put a hand on Heather's shoulder.
"Heather? I know how you're feeling, I was just the same when I was your age. I'm sorry if we made you feel uncomfortable, we never meant to."
"She's right", Sung mumbled softly. "I hope we didn't scare you off so much that you'll never want to come here. We like having you here, you're a nice girl."
''guys! Leave her alone!", Mio mumbled angrily while he softly Les Heather back into his room and hugged her tightly as they were alone again.
"It's okay, let it out", he whispered to her, softly stroking over her cheek as he looked into her eyes.
"I'm here... I'm here for you. Try to focus on me, okay? I know you're scared. I know it's scary how everything always changes, people being your friends becoming your enemies... Who can you trust? And how? It's so easy to be hurt by someone if you just trust them enough...
So try to focus on me. I'm your constant spot, okay? My feelings for you won't change, Im no false friend, I'm here. And I won't go away. Focus on me. I'll protect you. You can forget about all the what-ifs for now. Take a deep breath instead. Close your eyes. Just listen to my voice and imagine we're on a mountain, watching the sunset. See the sky? All those beautiful colors... Feel the soft breeze gently stroking through your hair?
The wind is singing a soft Melody, just for you...
If only if only
The woodpecker sighs
The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies
And the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely
He cries to the moon
If only if only..."
He gently ran his fingers through her hair for a moment.
"Getting a bit better, sweetie?"

 

[Wyosch]

"He did what?", Jim repeated, staring at his - obviously pissed - brother, a deep frown appearing on his face.
"Is she okay though?", he asked, feeling really sorry for his niece. After all she was probably already having a hard time not being the little girl anymore, and then she gets beaten up on her first day at school. And that was something horrible which nobody would forget that easily. Especially the other kids at school.
"Good thing you got your visions. I doubt she would've told you about what happened herself. Anything I can help you with to calm down?"

"I have never in my entire life seen my mother this happy. She has nothing to worry about, a man by her side who loves her with all of his heart and who'll stay with her through thick and thin, and a beautiful little daughter that she cherishes more than her other kids. Not that I mind, I understand. I'm just so happy to see her this happy, all thanks to Sam.", Cole replied, a soft smile on his face. His life had changed so much, all thanks to Sam and Bailey. He still couldn't believe that he had hated Sam with every viber in his heart. After all, Sam had thrown that donut across the room onto that beautiful girl that was now lying in Cole's arms.
"Your crazy alien loves you too. No wait. He loves you more.", he winked, gently kissing her cheek and just cuddling against her.
"You're always so comfortable."

"Good.", Tyler replied, an evil smirk appearing on his face as he quickly moved his hips so Raven would fall forward onto his chest.
"And you know what?", he asked, his eyes sparkling lovingly as he softly kissed her lips.
"I'm super in love with you too."
He smiled, giving Raven's hands a soft squeeze while he just stared up into her beautiful eyes, a dreamy expression in his own.
"I just can't stop telling you how perfect you are and how much you mean to me and how much I love you.... ahhh I just love you so much!", he let out a soft squeal, a big grin on his face as he kissed Raven once again.
"Beautiful, perfect Raven."

Mio was moving his lips, talking, but Heather didn't hear a thing. She knew that he was holding her, standing just right in front of her, but her vision was blurred.
Everything she heard was either too loud or too silent. The crack in the door, too loud, like an explosion. Mio's soft voice, too silent.
It was as if her mind was driving crazy, and she didn't even know why. There was no reason to.
"I'm sorry-", she whispered, holding on to the blurred figure in front of her as tightly as possible, burying her face into what seemed to be Mio's chest.
What if, what if?
A billion possibilities, and she was listing them all.
What if his family thought she was crazy? What if he thought she was crazy? What if she indeed was crazy?
"H-hold me-", she gasped, her fingers gently digging into his skin, a tear rolling down her cheek.
There was nothing to be scared of! Nothing!
Why on earth was she even panicking?
This all didn't make sense!
"I'm sorry- i'm sorry...", she kept whispering, as if apologizing would take her panic away.
Mio was close. Warm. Comfortable.
He smelled good. No. He smelled great.
Panic.
Mio was holding her, and he wouldn't leave. He was there, with her, and he would not leave. He wouldn't leave.
Can't breathe...
Mio-
Panic.
No, Mio.
Fear. Thoughts-
"Mio."

 

[Scripted Away]

((Sooo I'm having guests right now and kinda busy, but I still wanna reply to Heather at least, so I'll reply to Jim, Cole and Tyler later, when I have more time to write my replies, like tomorrow :3))

Mio just pulled Heather closer, holding her tightly as if he was afraid that she might fall to pieces of he wouldn't hold her together.
Softly stroking over her back, he teleported away with her, and shifted into his human form at the same time, so he wouldn't be so much taller than Heather and could hug her better.
"I'm right here with you, it's okay", Mio whispered softly, gently leaning the side of his head against hers.
He wasn't sure what exactly had made her feel so bad now, but maybe, if he could find that out, he could take her fear away...
"Hey, take a very deep breath, okay?", He whispered to her ear, still holding her as close as possible.
Smiling calmingly, he softly tilted her chin up and locked his eyes to hers.
"Heather, look over there", he mumbled softly, pointing at the breathtakingly beautiful garden they were standing in, the Sakura tree on the hill nearby shining through the darkness. Thanks to time zones, it was night here, and the Stars were sparkling beautifully, just like Mio's eyes.
"There's only the two of us here", he whispered softly, gently stroking over Heather's arms. "Do you want to tell me what scared you so much? Maybe I can take a bit of your fear away, hm?"

 

[Wyosch]

((okidoes - I just copied and pasted what I had previously replied so it'll be easier for you to reply to Jim, Tyler and Cole))

"He did what?", Jim repeated, staring at his - obviously pissed - brother, a deep frown appearing on his face.
"Is she okay though?", he asked, feeling really sorry for his niece. After all she was probably already having a hard time not being the little girl anymore, and then she gets beaten up on her first day at school. And that was something horrible which nobody would forget that easily. Especially the other kids at school.
"Good thing you got your visions. I doubt she would've told you about what happened herself. Anything I can help you with to calm down?"

"I have never in my entire life seen my mother thishappy. She has nothing to worry about, a man by her side who loves her with all of his heart and who'll stay with her through thick and thin, and a beautiful little daughter that she cherishes more than her other kids. Not that I mind, I understand. I'm just so happy to see her this happy, all thanks to Sam.", Cole replied, a soft smile on his face. His life had changed so much, all thanks to Sam and Bailey. He still couldn't believe that he had hated Sam with every viber in his heart. After all, Sam had thrown that donut across the room onto that beautiful girl that was now lying in Cole's arms.
"Your crazy alien loves you too. No wait. He loves you more.", he winked, gently kissing her cheek and just cuddling against her.
"You're always so comfortable."

"Good.", Tyler replied, an evil smirk appearing on his face as he quickly moved his hips so Raven would fall forward onto his chest.
"And you know what?", he asked, his eyes sparkling lovingly as he softly kissed her lips.
"I'm super in love with you too."
He smiled, giving Raven's hands a soft squeeze while he just stared up into her beautiful eyes, a dreamy expression in his own.
"I just can't stop telling you how perfect you are and how much you mean to me and how much I love you.... ahhh I just love you so much!", he let out a soft squeal, a big grin on his face as he kissed Raven once again.
"Beautiful, perfect Raven."

Heather had been pushing herself against Mio as tightly as possible, trying to get back into her regular breathing rhytm, yet looked up at her friend when he talked about a beautiful garden.
She opened her eyes, gasping in wonder when she saw the beautiful pink tree in the distance, just staring at it with big eyes before she turned to Mio again.
"I kinda-", she mumbled silently, locking her eyes to the floor so Mio wouldn't see how akwardly red she was right now.
"Your brothers started talking about me being your girlfriend and the cheerleaders and I-", her voice got more silent with every word, hardly understandable what she was saying.
"...I got kinda scared that your family would like prefer a cheerleader and you would prefer one too and that I'd never be as good and as pretty and perfect as one and that every girl would now want to be with you like your brother said and I just got scared like you'd have such a big mass to choose from then and who would choose a freak like me over the sexy, popular cheerleaders and then I just... panicked."
She didn't even know if she had whispered loud enough for him to hear it. And she didn't even really know if she would want him to hear or not.
She was just panicking.
Even more.

 

[Scripted Away]

((okiedokes^^))

Mio tilted his head to the side at what Heather told him there.
Of course he had heard every single word, with his horse-like senses.
He just wanted to open his mouth to say something, when he broke off again, just standing with his mouth half open for a moment, while his mind started racing.
Had she just basically said that she was scared that he would prefer to have a cheerleader as a girlfriend-... Instead of her?
He blinked a couple of times, before he just gently took her hand, intertwining their fingers this time - what an unfamiliar yet wonderful feeling - and led her up the hill, to the tree.
He didn't say a single word, not one, as he turned around to face Heather again, and pulled her into a close hug.
With a gentle sparkling in his eyes, he sat down in the grass, leaning against the tree, and softly pulled Heather down on his lap and into his arms again, cuddling against her with closed eyes, a soft, peaceful smile on his lips.
"Nah, I don't want a cheerleader. You know? I already like this other girl. She's just amazing... She has the most beautiful eyes, really, even though she hates them."
Smiling softly, he opened his eyes again and looked deep into hers. "Now her eyes meet mine like green lightning whose power is so indescribable. green instead of the blue she wants, without noticing that so are precious stones, or deep unfathomable mountain lakes."
He gently stroked a streak of hair out of her face and took her hand again, closing his eyes once more as he leaned his head back against the tree with a soft smile, just softly stroking over Heather's hand. "We- if you want we could go out sometime, like, you know?"

 

[Wyosch]

((yeeep xD))

Heather was absolutely confused right now.
She had actually just kinda confessed to Mio, and he had probably heard every word she had said, and still acted so sweetly to her.
As Mio mentioned him already liking another girl, she smiled sadly, looking away with a silent sigh - turning back around to him when he mentioned green eyes.
Was he talking about her?
No. Impossible. Who would want-
Did he just ask her out on a date?
What?
"Go out?", she repeated, staring at him with big, sparkling eyes.
"L-like, you and me? On a date?"
While both fear and excitement filled her body, the feeling of excitement overwhelmed and almost made her giggle happily. Luckily she didn't.
No, instead she let out this weird, high squealing-like sound, blushing to a deep red.
"Eh-"
She just shook her head, closed her eyes and leaned back into Mio's chest, smiling calmly as she grabbed his arms and wrapped them around her to hug her.
"T-there's this boy with this super sweet face... and he's very sweet too... and has a cute accent, and he's so caring and friendly... and he's a horsefan, just like me, and I- I like him."

 

[Scripted Away]

((I'll probably only be able to reply to Jim, Cole and Tyler tomorrow (the earliest), life is busy X'D but I'll get back to them!))

Mio smirked softly as he wrapped his arms around Heather from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder, just watching the Stars for a moment.
What a day.
Just a couple of hours ago he had still been hiding from everyone, barely talking a word and for sure not getting close to anyone.
A loner, and in a way he had made his peace with it.
Now he was sitting here, cuddling with Heather and feeling so safe he could almost forget that he had ever been scared.
"Well, good thing he likes you too", he whispered to her ear, sighing happily, before he slightly moved to the side so he could look into her eyes.
"I just-... I might make mistakes. Or don't know what to do, or whatever... I've never-"
He smiled awkwardly, looking away.
"I've never dated anyone before. Hell I've never even been crushing on someone, so, yeah-..."
He just sighed softly, running his hand through his hair once before he softly intertwined his fingers with Heather's again.
"I-... I need your help with something", he whispered softly, his face only a few inches away from hers.
"This-... this famous first kiss with someone you like... the boys in school say it's best to just go for it and kiss her, but my mother taught me to ask for her permission. And I don't know what to do now..."

 

[Wyosch]

((I hope so!! xD And what do you mean life's busy? You're free this week XD))

"Well, I've never crushed, let alone dated, anyone else too, and call me old-fashioned or a prude - but I automatically don't like people who've dated lots before.", Heather replied, tilting her head as Mio said that he needed her help with something.
He looked so cute when he didn't really know what to say and do.
"Well... I personally think it's really cute and gentleman-like if he would ask it...", she whispered silently, slightly scooting closer to him.
"Though by asking if he should ask the girl for permission he actually already did-", she looked deep into his pretty eyes, hers sparkling like the sky, a soft blush on her face.
"I'm scared. But like a good scared, I think?", she whispered, her bottom lip slightly brushing against his because they were so close to each other.
"I'm actually so scared that I'll do it-"
Heather slowly approached Mio's face with her own, tilting her head to her side and lastly softly pushing her lips against his, closing her eyes as her tummy felt as if fireworks were going off inside there. Her head was... empty, but like as if there were some gaz in there that made her feel all relaxed and safe.
And when her skin suddenlyshowed some glowing marks for a second, she just kissed Mio deeper.
The marks.
Her mother had told her about this.
You know how mermaids are believed to have brought sailors to their deaths? Well, thousands of years ago, that was true. Within time however, whenever a mermaid had found another prey, her skin would glow up - meaning that she could not hurt that particular man, as he was to be her love. This continued, still today. Every mermaid has her invisible marks, and when touched or kissed the first time by her true love, they glow up to let her know that it's that particular person. It happened to me too. Your father saved me from the HACK soldiers, years ago - and my marks had started glowing too. They were on my back, so he didn't see them - when I woke up though, they were still there, showing me that the one who had saved me was my true love. And you know what? He is. You'll know it when it'll happen to you, even if it is only a subtle glow.
Well, it wasn't very subtle... but she honestly could not be happier that Mio was the one who had made her marks appear.
It would probably kinda freak him out though. What if he wouldn't like her anymore then?!
Noooo she didn't have to panic now.
Only concentrate on Mio's soft lips.
She just couldn't get enough of him being this close.
He was just amazing.

 

[Scripted Away]

((yeah just because I'm free doesn't mean I'm not busy X'D tomorrow's inventorying, today I went to Essen with Jas- busy life XD))

Mio felt as if his heart had stopped beating, just to pick up twice the normal pace a second later.
He softly pulled her closer into his arms, his eyes closing as the world disappeared, leaving him with nothing but Heather's scent and soft lips.
There was this old belief amongst his kind.
He still remembered listening to the elder telling him their oldest legend when he had still been a little boy-
When the gods created us, we were made to keep nature in balance; to protect and to care for it.
For many thousands of years, we lived as their truest and most loyal servants, devoted to our fate with everything we were.
But when mankind, their most beloved creation, rose up in hauteur and greed, to destroy their own creators, the gods loved their earthly children too much to fight them.
For a long time, our ancestors stayed neutral, but when humanity was close to destroying the gods, they stood up to them, betrayed their nature and beliefs, and took up arms against those they were meant to protect.
There was no glory to it, no paeans sung when they struck their own brothers and sisters down to protect their fathers and mothers.
Though they did the right thing, the betrayal of themselves made them lose their purpose, and ripped a hole into their souls that even the gods couldn't fix.
And to this day, we are born with a hole in our soul, that can only be closed by finding our purpose. What is each one of us living for? What completes us? Being a leader? Helping people? Solving the mysteries of times long gone? Only you can find out. If you found it you will know. Your soul will heal and take its true form. For your father it's the leading wolf, and mine is the wise owl. You will find yours, little one.
He had seen it with Sung a couple of years ago.
He had found his purpose in saving those who needed his help, and his animal, the eagle, helped him to get wherever he was needed in a matter of minutes.
A soft, peaceful smile formed on Mio's lips as he slowly opened his eyes, noticing that Heather was glowing- literally.
"... Wow...", He whispered silently, his eyes locked to Heather's for a couple of seconds, until he gently ran his fingers over her glowing markings.
"... Beautiful..."
I know my purpose. It's her. Love her, protect her. Get over everything that scares me when she needs me.
His eyes widened when suddenly his own skin started to glow too, forming a shape on his chest and neck.
The stag. Loving, shy and careful, but protecting his loved ones at all cost if they were in danger.
The elder had mentioned something like that.
It did look somewhat beautiful how their lights dipped the garden into a silvery light.
Smirking softly, He just kissed her again, cuddling against her after a couple of seconds.
"Do they mean something?", He mumbled dreamily, stroking over her glowing skin once more.

 

[Wyosch]

((yeah yeah XD))

Heather stared at Mio's glowing chest and neck with big eyes, a happy smile appearing on her face as he kissed her again, cuddling tightly against each other.
"Oh well-", she grabbed a streak of her hair and started playing with it, blushing.
"There's this thing with mermaids... eh like, when they're touched or kissed the first time by their... tr- true love, her invisible markings glow up to let her know and eh- that just... kinda happened."
She just slightly buried her head into Mio's comfortable chest, grabbing his hand and intertwining their fingers.
"And... why are you glowing?"

 

[Scripted Away]

((I'm @ The doc RN so when I'm back I'll hopefully be able to respond to the others as well ))

Mio's eyes widened as Heather explained her glowing spots as a sign that they were with their true love.
As in- the one?
"True love, like, the one? Meant to be?", He asked silently while he softly played around with her hair as well.
At her questions why he was glowing, he smirked lovingly.
"We centaurs are born incomplete", he explained silently. "An age old betrayal left such deep wounds in our ancestors souls that we even now, generations later, it still affects us. We habe a hole in our soul that only closes if we find what completes us. For my father it is being a leader, like a father for our entire herd. For sung, it is helping the ones who need him most.
When we find our true purpose in life, our souls heal and gain the form they are meant to have. At the same time, we get our mark."
With a soft smile, he got up and took off his shirt.
"For me, it's a stag, as it seems. Loving and caring, shy and gentle, yet furious and fearless when it comes down to protecting the ones he loves."
In a flash of light, he shifted into a really tall, beautiful,shining white stag, and lay down beside her, resting his head on her thighs.
"The stag is the soul shift of the ones who know love beyond measure."

 

[Wyosch]

((oki))

Heather nodded shyly, her face still as red as the one of a potato.
"Y-yeah.", she whispered, almost feeling embarrassed by it.
She just looked away, listening to Mio explaining where his glowing marks originated from.
"So you've found your purpose?", she asked, her eyes widening as he shifted into a beautiful white stag.
She just had to watch out that none of his antlers would poke her in the eyes when he lay his head down in her lap, gently stroking over his head.
"...you're so fluffy.", she whispered, giggling silently to herself, tilting her head as she thought of Mio's explanation of his stag-shift.
"Love beyond measure? You mean... you... love me...?"

 

[Scripted Away]

Mio smiled softly as he shifted back into his true centaur form, still laying in the grass and his head resting on Heather's lap.
"What else am I supposed to feel for a girl as amazing as you, hm?", He mumbled with a soft smirk, reaching up to softly stroke over her cheek.
"And after all, we're meant to be."
He rolled off his back again, watching out that he wouldn't accidentally hit Heather with his hooves, and sighed happily as he wrapped his arms around her again, cuddling against her side while the glow slowly turned into something that looked like a tattoo.
Smiling lovingly, he softly kissed her once more, the firework once again going off inside him.
"So, yeah... I love you."

 

[Wyosch]

Heather peacefully closed her eyes as Mio kissed her once more, feeling as if she were floating high up above in the sky, the tingly feeling appearing all back in her belly again.
As she opened her eyes again, her glowing marks having finally disappeared, she smiled shyly and just cuddled against him tightly.
"Well I- I love you too.", she whispered as silently as possible, making herself comfortable.
"And hey - you still haven't told me what your purpose is now. I'm curious."

 

[Scripted Away]

Mio smirked softly as she looked down into Heather's eyes and gently took her hand.
"My purpose, hmm? Well it's you of course."
With a soft grin, he made a bunch of flowers appear and shape a gracile flower crown which he put on her head.
"There, my princess deserves a crown after all."
With a silent sigh, he looked at his watch.
"We have to go back to school in a few minutes..."

Rachel woke up with a more or less silent yawn. For some reason, she hadn't been able to sleep for the last three nights, so catching up on that really did her well.
As she picked up her phone from the bedside table to see if there were any new messages, she noticed Jim's note, smiling softly as she put it away and just watched the lock screen of phone with softly sparkling eyes for a moment.
It showed a selfie of her and Jim, holding that old Polaroid selfie of them. They had gone through so much together, had never given up on rather large each other and taken every hurdle together, no matter how hard it had seemed sometimes.
With a happy sigh, she opened their chat on WhatsApp and sent him a quick message.
Good morning sweetie!
Just texting to tell you I love you bby! Come home soon :3
XOXO
Grinning happily, she Just cuddled into her blanket again, her face buried into Jim's shirt, waiting for her favorite pillow to come home.

 

[Wyosch]

"Me?", Heather repeated, tilting her head as she raised an eyebrow. How could she be his purpose?
"Are you sure? What does it mean then... when I'm your purpose?", she asked, quite confused, yet fascinated about this... all.
When Mio put a flower crown on her head and called her his princess, she let out a soft, happy giggle while her face turned as red as the one of a potato.
He was so cute!
"Thank you, my prince."
She quickly gave him a kiss on his cheek, cuddling tightly against him with a happy grin on her face - until he mentioned going back to school.
"You're right... but we have music now, like you said, right? So that'll be fun... right?"

((I'm just gonna pretend as if Jim & Mac finished buying school supplies for Jack and Noah and teleported home again ))

The second Jim and Jack appeared back in the living room, the little boy ran off with everything 'he' had just bought to show it to his younger siblings.
Smirking softly, Jim took off his jacket and put it around a chair on the dinner table, taking his keys and phone out of the pockets of his jeans, putting them on the table as well.
As his phone lit up with a text message from his wife, his smirk turned into a happy grin and he immediately made his way upstairs into their room to greet her.
"Goodmorning baby."
Jim smiled happily as he made his way to the bed, kissing Rachel softly before he sat down next to her.
"Looks like you stole my shirt again. Then again, you call my shirts ours so it's not that much of a surprise. And why do you keep taking my old ones that I put in the laundry basket? Isn't it nicer to take a fresh one and smell the nice laundry detergent instead of taking an old one and smelling your sweaty husband?", he asked, winking, letting out a soft chuckle. Of course he knew why she took his older ones that weren't washed yet - because they smelled like him.
He did that too. All the time. But she just smelled so good!
"How did you sleep? I didn't want to wake you up this morning, you really needed to rest. Brought Rose and Kai to school and then went to the store to already buy some school supplies for Jack. Had one of my shadows watch over William and Angel. You hungry? Let me make you some breakfast in bed, yeah?"

 

[Scripted Away]

Mio smiled softly at Heather's question how she could be his purpose, and pursed his lips for a moment as he thought about how to explain it.
"Well... I think you could compare it with... The totem animals of native Americans. Just like them, when we get our mark and purpose, it of course doesn't change who we are or how we behave. We still do things aside our purpose, like necessary stuff like going to school or things we enjoy, like playing the Viola... But our purpose guides us, is what drives us to grow beyond ourselves. Take me as an example. I loathe meeting new people. But meeting you was the best thing that ever happened to me. And I'm super scared to get into a fight, but when it comes down to you, no matter how scared I'd be, it couldn't stop me from defending you. You understand? Our purpose is what makes us become more than we were. And I'll make sure music will be fun!"

((Okie dokie^^))

"I slept like a corpse", Rachel chuckled while she pulled him down to lay beside her so she could cuddle against him in her favorite Hogwarts PJs.
"Finally slept through for once. I really needed that."
With a soft smile, she looked up into his atomic blue eyes and sighed happily as she cuddled her head on his chest.
He was so friggin comfy! And sweet and hot and just- her personal kryptonite.
As he listed everything he had already done, she smiled lovingly and gently stroked through his hair and over his cheek for a moment.
"Honey you're the best", she mumbled dreamily, before an excited grin appeared on her face.
"About breakfast- I was thinking, we could have a picnic? Take angel, Jack and William with us and Picknick in our spot in the forest. Oooor we make a romantic Picknick dir Just the two of us. Whatever you prefer, baby."

 

[Wyosch]

Heather closely listened to Mio explaining his purpose, her eyes starting to sparkle more and more with every word that he said. His voice was so soothing, so sweet and melodic. She could listen to him talk all day long.
"So... you're saying that your purpose is to like... protect me?", she asked, tilting her head, a soft smile on her face.
"You're awesome.", she whispered, giggling softly before she got up and cleaned the dirt off of her clothes so she couldn't be laughed at for having dirty clothes. Though some of the girls would probably laugh at her for her flower-skirt. After all, that was so last summer and all in all skirts could only be worn if one wanted to be sexy for boys or else one would be called a whore. Though Heather still didn't get why those who wore skirts without wanting to impress somebody were called whores and those who showed their asses wearing those mini skirts didn't... society really was fucked up.
"I think we should get going, or we'll be late. And I still want to thank your mother for the amazing lunch."

"I made sure to get to William or Angel as quickly as possible so you wouldn't wake up. Glad you didn't wake up with Angel screaming every twenty minutes because she wanted to play...", Jim explained, groaning silently, but then just smiling widely at his wife when she called him the best.
"Trying to be. For you."
He softly started stroking over her back when she cuddled her head against his chest, quickly nuzzling his nose into her hair and giving her a soft kiss afterwards.
So incredibly comfortable. He loved cuddling with his wife. And his children too, but Rachel at least didn't move every ten seconds to get into a new position.
"A picnic sounds nice! We could take the kids? Already have something planned for the two of us for this evening."

 

[Scripted Away]

"partly but not entirely", Mio mumbled thoughtfully at Heather's question.
Man, why was he so bad at explaining this?
Get was still wrecking his mind for an explanation when he got up and just watched her for a moment, smirking happily.
Then it dawned on him.
"Maybe it's easier to understand if I put it like this-
Our purpose is not necessarily something we do or own or even see or hear. It can be a person, something we do, basically everything. It is what makes us feel complete and willing to grow way beyond ourselves for. You understand?"
Smiling lovingly, he gently stroked a streak of hair behind her ear and kissed her forehead. "It is... The missing piece; what makes us whole. And for me that is, as simple as it is, you, princess."
Smiling softly, he took her hand, intertwining their fingers, and teleported abck into their living room, where his mother gasped as she saw Mio's mark.
Her eyes were sparkling softly as she gave Heather a gentle hug.
"Will you come for lunch tomorrow, too? We love having you around, sweetie."

Rachel just grinned happily as she nodded at Jim's suggestion to take William, angel and Jack with them.
Had they actually ever been to their place with their kids before? Not that she could remember...
"Remember the day we carved our initials into that trunk? Was the day you proposed to me. I was sure that I would be the one proposing one day", she chuckled softly. "I thought you would be too scared to hear a 'no'. Instead you made the most the romantic proposal ever."
Sighing happily, she just cuddled against her husband tighter and gently kissed his neck and shoulder.
"So you got something planned for tonight? What is it, hmm? Tell me hot stuff!"

 

[Wyosch]

Heather's eyes widened to the size of saucers at Mio's explanation. Did she just really hear what she heard? Or was she imagining it now?
"You mean like- I complete you? I am the missing piece of your soul? You're... complete because of me?", she asked, repeating the words over and over in her mind as if that would help her to fully believe that he had just said those words.
"Oh my god-"
She was cut off by the sudden teleportation back to Mio's living room, where she was surprised by a tight hug from his mother.
"Oh- yes, I'd love to. If it's not too much trouble, of course. I can cook too if you'd like. Thank you.", she replied, smiling shyly as she gave his mother a nod before she turned to Mio's brothers Sung and Genshi that were still sitting around the table.
"Yes.", she just said, blushing.
"I am his girlfriend. And his purpose too. And he's my true love - mermaid kind of sensing, you know? So eh... heh. Yeah."

"You were so beautiful in that cinder dress, dancing around the meadow with the fireflies swirling all around you...", Jim mumbled dreamily, sighing happily as he pulled Rachel a tad tighter.
"I was horrified. Never been that scared in my entire life. And that's a lot coming from me. And then I- I just did it and you said, well screamed, yes and... I was literally about to faint when you said yes. Had wrecked myself so much by being in constant fear of you rejecting me or worse that I hadn't been able to sleep nor eat well... man that was truly like... exhausting as fuck, but worth it all in the end.", he explained, a happy grin on his face as he gave Rachel a soft kiss, just leaning his forehead against hers for a moment.
"I don't want to spoiler my surprise for you. But it rhymes on domantic winner and epecial gance on a bong domposed for you."

 

[Scripted Away]

"my my my, just this morning my son leaves to school as a shy, awkward boy- and now he comes back as a proud young man. You really must be someone special, young lady", the groundshakingly deep voice of Mio's father, who was standing in the entrance door behind them with a small, proud smile cut off Sung as he just wanted to say something.
Mio Just smiled softly, wrapping his arms around Heather's waist as he turned around to his father. "She is, father."
Looking down into Heather's eyes, his sparkling softly, he winked at her.
"She makes me feel as if everything is possible."
After softly kissing her cheek, he flashed one of his sweet smirks at her.
"Ready for music?"

Rachel smirked pitifully at Jim's description about how scared he had been, and just softly kissed his cheek before she leaned her forehead against his and closed her eyes for a moment, just enjoying his presence and scent.
And as it seemed for now, it would never end.
They both were immortal, ageless gods, destined to live for many millennia. And she knew they'd live them well and happy- together.
"I was so happy about your proposal", she sighed happily, softly drawing random patterns on his chest with her finger.
His hint however made her laugh.
"Wow, how to solve that riddle, Mr.Sphinx?", She giggled. "So you... 'domposed a bong', hmm? Cant wait to hear it, sweetie."

 

[Wyosch]

Heather blushed to a deep red, not only by Mio's father's words saying she was special, but also because of Mio saying she made him feel as if everything was possible.
And then it hit her.
It hadn't been an accident that she'd fallen onto that growspurt-liquid-thingy by HACK.
It had been her destiny. It had been meant to be, so she would've met her true love.
Which was still so hard to believe.
"T-thank you.", she whispered silently, nodding as Mio asked if she were ready for music class.
"All ready. I think."

"I know you were.", Jim replied, smiling lovingly, his eyes sparkling like a sky full of stars, his smile turning into a soft grin as Rachel started laughing.
God how he loved her laugh.
"Yeaaaaah maybe I should've just kept my mouth shut. Now the surprise's kinda ruined.", he mumbled, smirking akwardly. "Oh well! I just hope you'll like the salmon I'll be making. And the song. And of course us dancing under the beautiful sky full of stars... even though you'll be shining brighter than any star."

 

[Scripted Away]

"okiedokie, then let's go", Mio said smiling, nodding at his parents to say bye before he teleported back to school-
Where Kato was staring at them with wide eyes as he saw Mio and Heather holding hands.
"Mio?! Whoa boy, I'm not around for just an hour and you- wow!"
Mio Just smiled awkwardly as he ran his hand through his hair. "Really, if everyone found my old haircut that horrible, why did no one say a word? Now I'm feeling stupid for running around like that for years."
Kato just stared at Mio, then at Heather. "What did you do to get him to talk? I'm his best friend and he barely talked a sentence to me!"
"Now you're exaggerating."
"I'm not."
"Are!"
"Not!"
"Are!"
"Not!"
"Not!"
"Are!"
"Hah, gotcha!" Mio grinned, both just starting to laugh.
"Sooo, are you two, like, together now?", Kato lastly asked with a lopsided grin, whereas Mio Just gently wrapped one arm around Heather's waist and pulled her closer. "It's far more than that...", He sighed happily, locking his sparkling eyes to Heather's for a moment before he cleared his throat. "However. Mr. Pendanski still sick?"
"Yup. We have the big music room today, but most of the class is getting high in the bushes again."
"Free lesson!", Mio cheered happily, looking at Heather. "We have a grand piano here, if you wanna play."

"Goddamn you old charmer!", Rachel squealed happily, just burying her face into her pillow with a wide grin for a moment.
How could he dare being so cute?!
"Oh my God! I almost forgot to tell you! GUESS who is moving back to Montana?!"
Her grin strongly resembled the Cheshire cat by now.
But how couldn't she be happy?
She had felt so guilty when Athena had left to Alaska because aegis was going through one crisis after another.
"I also got a message from Lily that's quite concerning me... But that's a different story. They'll come back!"