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From tomorrow, I'll be
I'll protect you
All day all night

-

"Are you sure you don't want to get anything from your house ?" Dion asked the girl beside him. "Nah" She shrugged. "But can we go to Wigdrasil ?" She looked at him with sparkling puppy eyes that he really can't resist. "Why do you want to go there ?"

"I want to say my, goodbyes, byes, farewells, and see yas to my friends. Also, it's been a while since I've seen Wigdrasil. I really want to go but only for a while, is that okay ?"

"Then we'll take the carriage."

"Really !? YAY-" she paused "Wait we can't ride the horse ?"

"It's a long trip so the carriage is better."

"That's okay too I guess ! Let's go Dion ! Let's go Dion ! Let's go Dion !" She whined while impatiently pulling on his arm.

"Okay okay but we can't stay there for too long so say your goodbyes quickly."

"Aww~ what did I do to deserve such a sweet kidnapper ?" (Y/n) cooed.

Dion stared at her for a second before putting a black cloak he got from his closet around (Y/n)'s smaller frame. Once again the cloak still looked big on her even though it was his smallest one, but it did do a good job covering up her extravagant red dress and protecting her from cold. "Wear this cloak and try not to show your face okay ?" He pulled the hood over her head then lightly pat it.

"Okey dokey !" She nodded

-

"Dion are we there yet ?" The impatient girl whined as the carriage ride continues ahead on a long journey to Wigdrasil.

"Its only been 30 minutes. Just get some sleep (y/n), I told you it was going to be a long trip." He replied tiredly with his eyes already closed, trying to get some sleep unlike the hyper energetic girl beside him.

"I can't do that ! How do you people sleep so easily anywhere ?" (Y/n) threw her hands out in complaint only to be ignored by Dion who was trying to sleep.

"Hmph"

The next thing he knew, he felt the weight of a certain someone on his lap. Who else would it be if not (Y/n) Veritium making herself comfortable on his lap.

Dion peeked out one eye to see her intently watching him trying to sleep, he sighed and moved his hand towards her head, he gently rests her head on his chest where she can hear his heart beating in a faster pace.

With a light blush and satisfied smile coating her face, (Y/n) moved her head in between the crook of his neck. At first, her breaths send little tingles on his skin, she noticed this and decided to tease him a little by lightly blowing on his neck as her face stay hidden there, while silently snickering.

"Go to sleep." He said lowly. "Fine but If It gets difficult to wake me up, just tell me I'm drooling." Dion hummed in response. He wrapped his arms around her little frame and soon enough (Y/n) fell asleep in his arms and Dion who was surpisingly having a harder time falling asleep peeked an eye open to check on her again. "Goodnight." He whispered to the unconsious girl as he carefully moves to kiss her forehead so that she doesn't wake up.

- In Veritium House

"Why isn't she home yet ?" A frustrated (F/n) exclaimed. It has been an hour since she was supposed to be back home from that tea party and yet she wasn't.

"Dear calm down, maybe they just got some trouble on the way." (M/n) told, but inside she was just as worried as (f/n) about their daughter, what if something did happen to her ? Both of them could never forgive themselves for letting their daughter go to that tea party.

"Could it be Dion ?" (F/n) pondered. "Are you implying that (y/n) somehow met Dion ?" (M/n) asked

"It could be that way since we never once considered the fact that he'd go to the banquet late ?"

"It could be but let's not jump to conclusions yet, I doubt (Y/n) knew about it either."

"That child can be very troublesome sometimes." (F/n) sighs heavily. "but for now we should send some people out to find her and tell noel to come home right away."

(M/n) tried to calm her frustrated husband down by massaging his tense shoulders.

"It's all going to be alright. Our daughter will come back."

- Back to Dion & (Y/n) timeskip to arriving at Wigdrasil

"(Y/n) wake up, we're almost there." Dion said while lightly shaking her shoulder to wake her, receiving a little hum from her. "Shut up" she mumbled still barely awake and kicking around lightly, a habit she has when maids try to make her wake up very early in the morning.

"Are you still sleepy ?"

"...yes..."

"You can keep sleeping if you want to but didn't you say you wanted to say your goodbyes to those friends of yours ?" To be honest, Dion didn't really want her to say goodbye to her friends he knew who she meant by these friends, they would be Cassis Padelian and his younger sister, but if (y/n) says she wants to then he can't really refuse her request now can he, besides they're already at Wigdrasil.

"...no...?" She answered, still half asleep.

"You're drooling-" He lied "On me." He continued. (Y/n)'s eyes shot open and she immediately woke up instinctively. "Shit fvck." She rubbed her mouth to feel that it was completely dry and drooless. She also checked on where her head was on the crook of his neck to find there was no drool then the realization hit her. "I didn't want to wake up did I ?" She said, earning a nod from Dion. "Damn it." She muttered.

"We're here already." Dion repeated.

"Oh right. Let's go Dion ! Let's go Dion ! Let's go Dion ! Whoohooo !" (Y/n) cheered. As if magic, her energetic attitude made her forget she was ever sleepy.

Dion put the hood over (y/n)'s head and pat it a little "You're such a child."

"I'm a very pretty, very cute, very kind, very smart, child." She joked dryly.

"Okay." Dion answered so simply, earning a little pout from (y/n), she looked away and cleared her throat.

'Lord kill me now please that was so random.'

"*Ahem* anywayssss let's go Dion !" She grabbed Dion's hand and jump out the carriage.

"So first ! Let's find Jeremy."

"Jeremy ? Aren't you just here to see Cassis and that younger sister of his ?"

"Uh no. I said I want to say goodbye to my friendS. F-R-I-E-N-D- S. Jeremy is my friend too so I have to say bye and also Hi first to him too." (Y/n) explained.

"...fine let's go through the secret exit."

"Wait it's still here ?"

"Yes. Let's go"

Dion shyly yet also gently grabbed her hand and entwined their fingers together. They walked hand in hand in a cold winter night beneath the moon that so beautifully shone above the two supposedly forbidden lovers. (Y/n) leaned on Dion's arm. "Dion" she called, earning a hum from the said man

"The moon is beautiful isn't it ?"

"I love you too (y/n) Veritium."

(月が綺麗ですね | tsuki ga kirei desu ne translates to "The moon is beautiful, isn't it?" This phrase is a more poetic way of saying I love you : source from google)

Dion unexpectedly understood what she meant and replied back. (Y/n) immediately whipped her head with a look of bewilderment to Dion who was already staring at her.

The Veritium couldn't really hide the smile that crept her face when he said I love you back to her. She kinda had mixed feelings of happiness and that certain proud feeling when a mother finds out their child is actually quite smart despite not having them been taught yet.

"Woah are you really my Dion Agriche ?" She jokingly faked a surprised look. Dion playfully rolled his eyes with a little smile on his face at her attempt to tease him again.

"It's only been a day and It's really starting to feel like we're the main characters in some cheesy or lovey dovey romance novel that was written by a heartbroken author." (Y/n) said

"What usually happens next ?" Dion asks, fully knowing what usually happens next.

A kis-

"I don't know." She casually answers to which Dion's eye twitch in dissapointment and disbelief.

Her casual facial expression that didn't hint the slightest means of teasing made it hard for Dion to tell if she was teasing him again or if she really didn't know however it is obvious she knows what comes next, the girl has read hundreds of romance novels before to know where this is going.

"You really don't know ?" He asked again.

"Of course I do." She admited "but If I kiss you again, it'll just be too cheesy." She continues, waving her hand in the air.

"Who cares if its too cheesy ?" Dion complained.

"The readers." (Y/n) stated

"What ?"

"Oh look what a coincidence we're here ! Okay that's enough ! Let's go Dion." She let go of his hand and crawled in through the small hidden hole on the wall first followed by Dion behind her.

This was their little secret escape from the banquet whenever they got bored of just standing around while their parents leave them to talk with other guest. The two young children would often sneak out to go sit down under a tree and stare at the moon, there's even a meteor shower once every 3 years but the adults choose to waste it by staying indoors drinking, chatting when they could witness a beautiful sight.

It was still the same hole in the wall that goes all the way to another hole in an unoccupied old room behind a huge mirror. Even though it was the same hole, it can barely fit Dion now, after all, they certainly have grown over the 6 years (Y/n) still has a small figure while Dion earned a bigger, muscular and taller body.

"Fat. Hehe" (Y/n) muttered with a chuckle before she hit her head on a wall. Crawling through a tunnel wearing a big dress and cape wasn't easy for (Y/n).

"Dumb." Dion shot back, trying to hold back his chuckle because he knows what will happen if he doesn't. But unknown to him, (Y/n) was actually also trying to hold back her laugh, she also thought that it was sort of stupid of her to hit her head on a wall.

'So I'm guessing karma huh' she puckered at the thought, not noticing another wall right in front of her, except it wasn't a wall.

"Ack- Damn it why are there so many walls ?-" taking another good look at the wall, she realized it wasn't a wall but the other end of the tunnel that was supposedly behind a huge mirror. "We made it !" She whispered, she carefully slid the mirror to the left so she could check the perimeters. Luckily there isn't anyone there and she can finally crawl out of there.

"Yay we made it !" An excited (Y/n) cheered. "I missed this place." She sighed in delight. Dion got out after her.

"Woah I look good in an oversized cloak." (Y/n) muttered proudly as she stares at her reflection in the mirror.

"They are most likely at the banquet hall right now." Dion stated as he stood up.

"Then we shall head to the banquet hall !" (Y/n) declared