Maki
Ten Thousand Club
[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]Valken Truss[/COLOR]
The Shadow Mage was sitting at the end of the bed with a stern look covering his normally cheeky face. He had his hands clasped in under his chin as he peered out of the balcony sliding doors. He sat like this for quite some time, in the cover of darkness. @Maki He had laid in bed with Millie and had spent several hours trying to calm the girl's hyperactivity so she could rest peacefully, but the second her eyes closed and she was fast asleep, Valken had slipped himself from the bed to sit in his current position on the edge of mattress. Valken was already a night owl because of his powers, he felt most awake during the night time as that was also his strongest time. But that wasn't the real reason he wasn't sleeping, he had a lot his mind. The exam he had with Talon @Talon and Akame @Happy Red Mage didn't go exactly according to plan and the more he thought about it, the more he wondered if he had made the right choice in not allowing them to join... yet. It wasn't that Valken was a bad guy, and he didn't do it out of any spite or to annoy them but he made it clear what he expected in the exam.... didn't he? Maybe he should have told them exactly what he wanted to see? Was he being too strict with them?
In hindsight he'd asked them to get the daggers in any way necessary, but the dagger's weren't even the crux of the whole exam. He couldn't care less if they got the weapons, if both had simply turned to each other to discuss, then asked him together to simply hand them over he would have just passed the weapons straight into their hands. What Valken wanted to see was team work. Lamia Scale would die to save it's own brethren, and Valken didn't exactly like the idea that either of them were alone on a mission with Ferra or Grace. @Mitchs98 Would either of the girls come back alive? Valken had to know they would be protected around his fellow Guild mates, it wasn't even a case of pure strength, it was about risking it all to protect another. He saw some of that when Talon came to Akame's rescue, but rather then simply grabbing her and pulling her out of harm's way he had attacked Valken instead, of whom he was well aware of his powers and what he was capable of.
Was Valken being too strict? Was he an alright Leader in Maya's absence? @LeSoraAmari
He never expected to be given the role, but then no one expected the brooding, agitated Lloyd to become a Guild Master either. Right place right time...right? Valken tilted his head back as he looked over his shoulder to Millie and her adorable pose and soft breaths as she slept. That wasn't all... Valken had a fairly big thing to do today, reaching into pocket and feeling Masaki's rings in his Shadow Realm, before he took another sigh and sweat dropped. For all his bravado Valken was actually incredibly shy, he only put on the brave face before people started to notice the teenager as he got taller and couldn't hide in the shadows anymore. So to combat it, he flipped a complete switch. That didn't mean he didn't still find it incredibly uncomfortable, he was just really good at hiding it now. He slowly stood up from the bed and with silent feet opened up the sliding glass door to step out into the balcony and the stiff cold breeze, enjoying the cold in only a singlet and his pants which hung about his hips. He came to the balcony railing and half leaned on it, lifting out Millie's ring to spin it on the very tip of his index finger, watching the rising sun's rays glanced off it making it sparkle.
How was he even supposed to ask? What should he say? How should he even propose? He didn't even get a chance to talk to Emmerich about it before he left with his sister @Britt-21... he was literally alone with no idea what to do... maybe he should have asked Maya?... Then a stiff chuckle left his lips. Now why in the world would Maya care what he did?.. Well I guess Lamia Scale was family and in a weird kind of way Valken did see Maya as her own Mother almost, she had been around him ever since he joined Lamia Scale when he was little. And she seemed to pop up out of no where whenever he thought she wasn't around.... not to mention that tone she often used whenever he did something stupid. Maybe... if he could find five minutes alone with her today he could tell her. Maybe she could help him.... who knew. His mind was still swirling. That was if he could find a minute around Ferra, Grace even those Neko boys, Shiro or Laura! @FemTheHufflepuffRiceball @Arius LaVari @TheSecretSorcerer ....maybe he should ask Millie to marry him now, this morning, before they left to the Guild Hall... Another huge sweat drop traveled down the side of his face.
What the Hell was he supposed to do!
It was Christmas Eve, and the house was anything but quiet. Millie was just riled up. It was as if the little girl inside of her just burst out at the thought of Christmas, and poor Valken had to put up with it. He acted more like her dad rather than her lover, but Millie didn't care. She just couldn't contain her love for the holidays. The jolly vibes, the snow, the festivities, gifts, amd traditions, she loved it all. Though her favorite part had to be getting together as a guild and spending time together and exchanging gifts. She adored making people happy, amd that's just what the blonde planned to do.Luckily for both of them, the moment her eyes closed from tiredness she was out cold for the entire night. Snuggled up to Valken as dreams of sugar plums danced in her head.
As the bright sun leaked into the bedrooms shining over the sleeping beauty, coupled with the cold winter breeze from the open door, Millie's bright blue eyes slowly opened as she regained consciousness. Despite only being half awake she Almost immediately noticed that her main source of warmth had left her! Valken surely was close, but he wasn't close enough. He had to be touching her to satisfy her. "Valken..?" She muttered softly, yawning as she slowly sat up in the bed, glancing around the room. Her target was quick to find, her black haired lover sitting quietly out on the balcony. "Valken baby, come back to bed. I'm freezing without you here. Lonely too..." She said a bit louder, sending a sleepy, heartwarming smile his way, patting gently at the spot beside her. Although Millie wanted to get right into the Christmas fun she needed to wake up first with a bit of Valken. Only then could she make the trip to the guild hall.