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"O' course I'm havin' a wonderful time, Charice!" Leon grinned to answer the Falco Knight. He kept a steady pace to the music, despite it being kind of... upbeat. That was something he hadn't practiced, so his steps were a little bit off. No one was perfect though, right? "S' been a long time since we could act'lly enjoy ourselves, ye know? Everythin's always so..." his eyes only looked away from hers for a moment. "... 'S always so dramatic 'ere an' sometimes, I...er... like relaxin' too.."

He was in trouble. Never had he been so close to someone, dancing with them no less! Leon thought the advice he got from Large to learn how to dance better was just going to be more useless information, but to find it actually working was something of a surprise. However, even if he was nervous in his speech, they were the right words he was speaking. That was the important part.

And just as quickly as his eyes had looked away, they returned to Charice's face. There was something he didn't expect: she wasn't angry, irritated, or even annoyed. She too, was smiling! There was nothing that made him happier than seeing another smile like that. He dared to get closer, with one arm on Charice's waist, and the other bringing her hand up in.. what someone watching on the outside would call a fairly nice beginning of a tango.

Alright, there's this new fangled new years party that I seem to be missing out of. Since some people had, oh, so kindly requested her presence despite her either knowing nothing about them or next to nothing about them....

There was quite a bit of shiny in the area from all the holiday decorations. The FEF host club. She sure as heck wasn't familiar with it. But since it was a party, she was dressed in a dress, with a high slit on the side so she could still move around well of course.

So, now the question was "What should she do?" Food, dance, drinks. Drink. She headed for the table with drinks and looked around for people she knew. She saw Isadora with ...that darn shady priest from that island. getting all close and ... She gonna cheat on Harken?

The Tempest King

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Joshua and Morgans drinks had arrived and Joshua had downed his... what ever he was given was incredibly strong... so he ordered another one and that disappeared just as quickly as the first, like its brother it left quite the tingling sensation behind.

Feeling a little looser now he looked over and saw that blue-haired mercenary that he’d met in the pub, "Well! Perhaps this night isn't a total bust after all!" He thought, "Maybe my lucks changing for the better." Just to be safe he pulled a coin from his sleeve and flipped it, it landed with a clatter on the bar....

Tails, "...... ahhh. Dang." Normally Joshua probably would have gone anyway but with the earlier event that probably happened because he ignored the coin changed his mind, So instead he ordered a third drink and kept up the drinking with Morgan. "Come on pal! Drink up!" He practically shoved the mans drink down he throat.

~Five more drinks later~

Joshua had met three very charming fellows and was now making a line with them swaying out of tune with the upbeat music and singing

"Stick wi' me baby ah'm de fellow ye came in with... luck be a lady t'nIIIIIIght~!" He was quite red in the face and his hat was resting onsomeone elses head.


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She was on the way to the drinks until this black haired myrimidon looking man. Or at least she assumed that was his rank. All of them seemed to have long hair and they were all kinda of skinny and scrawny.

Farina's face scrunched up for a moment. Darn it, I'm thirsty. Maybe one dance then. One of the few instances where Farina didn't ask for payment. It was a new year party, for crying out loud. ... and maybe she would get dead drunk.

So, she softly smiled at Ziaram and said, "Why not?" She accepted it and waited for him to lead. There was a chance that she might end up leading though. Farina had danced with other men before, but for some reason, she ended up leading half the time.

The paladin could feel her heart fluttered as well as her knees getting weak to support her. She couldn't help express her feelings when she kissed Renault. Maybe words weren't enough to express the emotions.

Just then, Renault broke the kiss between them, leaving the paladin a bit dazed (Not that she was in love drunk.). Did he need air to catch his breath? She knew quite well that the kiss was not heavy and long like the couples she seen so far (Such as Tibarn and Ayra's make out session in the kitchen after their little cooking lesson when the paladin came to get a glass of water). But what could it be?

After Renault cleared his throat, he began to talk about her past in Elibe, especially about Harken. A short pain of sadness jolted her heart as she hung her head down a bit. Yes, what Renault said was true. She was once engaged to Harken when they were in Elibe, even before they met each other on the Dreaded Isles. She knew quite well that she couldn't replace Harken with anyone. Harken was her first love and she knew that first love was hard to overcome. But her sadness slowly changed to confuse when she listened to the last part.

Isadora raised her head and looked at Renault confused. "Renault, what do you mean treat you as Harken?"

Silence took over the conversation. Was it something she said? If the Saint was upset of what she spoke, she didn't mean to offend him. Then, she saw Renault gave a light cough and looked away from her. Before she thought she had upset him, she saw his face gave a soft, flush shade a pink. Was Renault embarrassed? Was it her fault for making him embarrassed?

Suddenly, she heard Renault spoke again that made her gasped in surprise. Renault declared his love to her and he wanted her to be his girlfriend. The paladin let out a smile as tears began to swell in her eyes. She could still feel her heart fluttered which each moment passing by.

Isadora took a step forward, closing the small gap between Renault and herself. She cupped Renault's chin underneath her hand and turned his face toward her before planting him a kiss on the lips. She then removed herself from the kiss as she gave him a soft smile while tears rolled down her cheek.

"I love you too, Renault. And yes, I would love to be with you."

((*will really appreciated if someone gives her tips of making romance post* LOL XD))

Ziaram led Farina to the floor and then.. as they started dancing, Farina got the feeling that she would have to lead. The guy had started to falter and became really stiff. This guy either is really shy around girls or just can't dance....

"Hey, let's do that waltz thing." It was easiest dance she could think of. Some people were doing that tango on the floor too. So, why not do a waltz? And if Ziaram wasn't going to start, she would.

Lethe approached the buffet table. Her amethyst eyes scanned the different types of beorc food. Hardly any of them contained just meat. The cat frowned at the selection. The cooks here must not be acustomed to catering to non-beorc.

"Interesting party, isn't it?" she heard an unfamiliar voice comment. The Gallian captain glanced at the tiger laguz as he picked up a plate and started walking next to her. “Interesting isn’t the word I’d use, but I suppose you could say that,” she replied. “I could be better. Today hasn’t been my favorite of days.” Surprisingly she was being more open to her fellow feline. “I promised my sister that I’d be more social in order to make her happy and so to my displeasure here I am in a human dress.” Lethe looked more closely at Rajin and noticed that he wasn’t in formal attire like the rest of the guests, excluding the hawk king and his bare chest.

Aruna woke from her long nap in one of the castle’s many guest rooms. She looked at the empty space next her. Ganon must have already left for the Host Party. It would seem like she better make her appearance as well.

The red-haired nagini changed into an extremely short and tight maroon dress with a low cut in the front. Straitening her hair and adding her favorite pearl choker, she was now ready to attend the party. Aruna slithered to the festively decorated room. Better late than never as they say.

Upon reaching her destination, the hostess spotted her love among the evening’s musical entertainment. She smiled at how lively he made the gathering. When the bard wasn’t busy playing, perhaps they could have a dance.

But for right now her throat was dry and she craved for something to alcoholic to drink. Aruna made her way to the bar.