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Mathias laughs softly as she rolled her eyes at him. It was like they had never been apart in his mind. She was classic Cora in everything she did, down to pretending that his flirting didn't work. "So telling you that I've missed seeing your lovely eyes and glorious smile aren't going to give you the warm fuzzies?"

He reached out and grabbed her hand for a moment, squeezing it for a second before slowly letting go. "I'm not gonna lie Cora, it's really nice to be hanging with you again - even if it's just as friends. I really have missed you, and I'll be straight with you - I'm starting to wonder why we even split up in the first place."

They weren't "perfect" for each other - but they hadn't been bad for each other either. She'd managed to get him to stop antagonizing his dad long enough to graduate and get into DCU, so she was partly to thank for his current situation.

But still.

"I mean - I totally get if you want to stay friends - and I respect that... But don't you miss what we had? I know I do."

Mathias suppressed a sigh when she said she didn't want to answer if she missed him. He was pretty sure she did. When she pulled her phone out as a distraction he lowered his gaze a little and ran a finger over the table.

"I think I made a mistake," he began, drumming his fingers on the table slowly. "When we got here - I thought it would be best for us to take a break, because I figured we could use the time to see if it was really best for us to be together."

Slowly he looked back up at her, reaching out he gently took her hand, even if it meant parting her of her phone.

"Look, I messed up - I admit that. If that costs me a chance with you now, I understand. But if there is even a ghost of a chance that we can get back together... I'd like that very much... Cora-bug."

Mathias chuckles softly at her and squeezed her hand in reply. "Well Cora-bug, that's okay, cause I still care deeply for you all of the time." He leaned a little forward to kiss the back of her hand, before looking up at her.

"If you need time to decide that's fine. I just want to spend time with you."

With a warm smile, he reached out and brushed his fingers against her cheek.

Mathias smiled warmly at her, his hand cupping her cheek, his thumb gently rubbing the skin there. "Look, I... I just have this one last thing to say."

Leaning in, he allowed his hand to slip behind her head, resting lightly on the back of her neck as he pressed his lips to hers. She should know by now he didn't care if they were out in public - he'd show her his feelings regardless.

He would hold the kiss until she pulled away, his hand wasn't really keeping her in place as much as he knew she liked it when he took the initiative.

Mathias smiled softly and cupped her chin, lifting it slightly, ignoring the fact that half the waitstaff was watching their table and almost audibly awwing. "Hey, why don't we get our food to go and go have a picnic like we used to."

He really wanted to just spend time with her, alone or out in public didn't matter.

But he just... wanted things back the way they were before. Taking her hand, he kissed it again. "What do you say? Let's give it another shot."

Mathias nods and was glad when the food arrived quickly, he asked the waitress if they could get it boxed up, and went ahead and paid, leaving her a better tip than he'd originally planned if only because she'd gone along with the change of plans so well.

Soon as he got everything squared away, he took the bag of their food, and stood, offering Cora his arm.

"This is honestly what I want - but if you want me to prove it that's fair - I just need to know what you want me to do. Or I can just keep in touch with you everyday and invite you over to my apartment every night. I mean - however you wanna make this work. Figured we could catch a movie later tonight... Then do dinner? I don't know what your schedule is like, so you tell me what works for you."

Mathias put the food in the back of his jeep, stashing it down behind the front seats before moving over to Cora and gently touching her arm.

"Hey..." He started.

"It's been awhile... I know it has," He took a deep breath himself, his mouth now officially outracing his brain in the talking department. "I thought long and hard about what to say to you the next time we ran into each other. I miss being with you - I miss having you at my side and I know I royally ******** up when I suggested we split up. If I could take it all back I would..."

His hand rubbed her arm and slowly turned her toward him, his other hand rubbing her shoulder before moving up to cup her cheek. "But right now all we have is the future, and I'd rather not weigh it down with the past - the mistakes I know I've made. If I have a chance with you again - I want to take it..."

He kissed her again, long and sweet.

Mathias smiles softly and cupped her cheek, allowing his fingers to brush lightly across her skin. "Yeah, just like old times, eh?" He chuckles at that, before pulling her close and keeping her pressed tight to him for a minute.

"So... Think we have time to make it to that little park outside campus? It's usually dead this time of day." He just wanted to spend time with her now.

After all, classes were only going to ramp up more until summer.