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Kaida and Enzo spent their time at the restaurant continuing with their questions to get to know one another. Kaida realized she hit Enzo with the hard questions first, so she changed up her tactics to asking easier ones, things like his favorite color, food, and such. Enzo did the same with his own questions.
After a bit, they hit a groove and were able to talk about anything that came to mind. Hitting that groove made them both sink into a level of comfort that didn’t seem possible between two people. Enzo cracked a joke about a couple in the corner opposite from them while Kaida was taking a drink, and it made her spit her water out, but it went through her sinuses and came out her nose when she laughed at it. Instead of feeling embarrassed about it, she laughed along with Enzo. It was lighthearted and brought more joy to her soul hearing his laugh.
How did I manage to get such a perfect mate?
When they stepped out of the restaurant, the sun was much lower in the sky than Kaida thought it would be. Instead of spending an hour at lunch, like she thought, it appeared they were there for at least three hours. It did not feel like that much time had passed as they got to know one another. All Kaida could see was Enzo, and all she could feel was his aura of kindness and a sense of good that kept her wrapped up in their conversations. Nothing ever felt as easy as it did just to be around him.
It wasn’t as if she hadn’t been around other guys before. There were guys inside of her family’s territory that were interested in her and tried to spark this level of conversation out of her. Some were close to the easy-going nature that she felt comfortable enough to get a little close to while in her mid-teens, though no one made her feel comfortable enough to go further than kissing.
Enzo? Even the slightest touch of his skin against hers made her yearn for more. She wanted to glide her hand up the length of his arm, pull onto his neck, and feel his lips against hers during the entirety of the meal. The only thing stopping her was the moments when Rual came to the table to ask if they needed anything. The bubble popped, and she was brought to reality that they were in public, and it would not look good on Enzo to be kissing her feverishly. Though the moment Rual walked away, they slipped right back into that bubble and comfortable conversation.
The carriage that brought them here was no longer in front of the restaurant. Kaida looked up at Enzo confused, but he didn’t explain. He simply held out his elbow for her to loop her arm in. Kaida didn’t ask anything but simply looped her arm through and allowed him to lead them wherever he planned to go.
They walked a few blocks before Kaida started noticing how people were stopping and staring at them as they passed. She tried not to let it bother her, but after the tenth person did it, Kaida found herself lifting her lip in disgust at them, especially when she realized it was all females that were giving those looks. Enzo let out a chuckle, and she glared at him when he did.
“What are you laughing at?”
“You. That face you made was cute.”
Kaida stopped walking, and Enzo felt the weight of her being immovable since she did not remove her arm from his. He looked at her with a surprised look and a cocky grin on his face.
“Cute? My disgusted look was cute?”
“Why are you disgusted?”
“Don’t answer a question with a question!” Kaida pouted at him to make him feel bad.
Enzo took a look around, and everyone was back to not looking at them at all. Yet again, she wished that her dragon would emerge already. Being able to growl with the sound of her dragon would have made these people think twice about throwing looks her way.
“People are looking at me as if they are disgusted that I am touching you or something.”
Enzo looked around again and didn’t see what she meant. He shrugged his shoulders and took a step closer to her. “They’re probably pissed off that it isn’t them on my arm.” A strand of her hair was over her eye, and he pushed it behind her ear. “Or maybe they are jealous that a beautiful girl is on my arm when I am usually alone.”
He was so close they were nearly touching. Kaida swallowed hard and stared into his eyes. The world fell away, and the only thing she could see was Enzo in front of her. Her eyes slowly left his and trailed down his face to his lips. Before she could lean in and claim his lips, taking action on the ever-present desire, Enzo stepped away. He offered his elbow once more, and she took it without hesitation.
They walked the entire length of the town, which was about a dozen blocks until they reached the dirt paths and the grassy terrain around it. There was a small stretch of grass that led to a wooded area which Enzo took them to. Enzo pulled his arm away at which Kaida whined softly in the absence of his touch. Enzo closed the distance between them and lifted her chin so their eyes could meet.
“Can I take you somewhere… a little more private?”
Kaida blushed, nearly breaking their eye contact as she felt a heat pool in her abdomen at the thought of them being alone. “As you wish.”
Enzo took several steps backward and gave her a smile. His eyes closed for a moment, and then deep blue scales slowly covered his body. Before she knew it, Kaida had a large blue and gold dragon before her. It was a gorgeous creature, and when he let out a roar to the sky, she felt its power deep inside of her soul. There was a tugging inside of her chest that she had never felt before, and she hoped that this would be the moment that her dragon would emerge! Unfortunately, the sensation only lasted a few moments, though, and then disappeared.
Before she could feel any sort of disappointment that, once again, her dragon didn’t show itself, Enzo’s dragon leaned its muzzle down to her face. She marveled at how the blue and gold complimented each other and seemed to fit Enzo perfectly. The calmness of his personality and how he made her feel was represented in the blue, and just how pure a soul he seemed to be was represented in the gold. Even his dragon’s eyes were the color of gold in its liquid form. Its large form created a shadow that made her own seem no more than a speck. If it was anyone else, Kaida knew she would be wetting her pants with this deadly dragon in front of her.
But it’s Enzo. He’s mine.
The dragon made a noise that almost seemed like a whine. Kaida held her hand out flat, and it moved its muzzle to lean into her hand. She never thought the feeling of scales against her skin would bring a sense of comfort, but it did.
“You are one good-looking dragon.”
He blew a puff of smoke at her and nudged her side. Kaida laughed and swatted at the air in front of the tip of his nose.
“Stop being pushy. I’m going, I’m going.”
She knew he wanted her to get onto his back, but with how tall he was, she wondered if she would even be able to. Enzo’s dragon laid his stomach on the ground, but it was still a good ten feet. When his nuzzle was on her back, she let out a yelp from the sudden touch but relaxed a second later. He was able to prop her up on his nuzzle to get her to his back. Once there, she sat between two of the spikes along his back.
With one strong flap of his wings, they were in the air. Kaida did her best to keep herself seated as he leaned left and right, soaring in the sky. Before she knew it, they were just below the clouds. She could see ripples of the magic drawn from being around the clouds within Enzo’s scales. Arcs of lightning cascaded down his neck, and she could feel his power grow as she flew on his back.
