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Scara was chilling in the Teapot’s library when Lumine burst through the teapot’s front door. "SCARA!" She yelled out.
Scara got up from the couch and walked out. He looked at Lumine who was smiling at him. Her hair was done a little differently today…its Cute Scara thought.
Scara sighed, "you called?" He said.
Lumine smiled and nodded her head. "It's my birthday, and I want to hangout with you!" Lumine said, putting her hands on her hips.
"Just you and me, Scara. No one else." She added on.
"Wow, not even Paimon?" He asked and Lumine nodded.
"Besides, Paimon thinks my birthday is in 4 days from now." She said,
Scara gave her a confusing look, "why did you tell her the wrong birthday? Have you been telling everyone the wrong birthday?" He questioned the traveler.
Lumine nodded yes, she opened her mouth to give an explanation but it never came out. "Either way, come on, I've got some birthday money to spend!" She said smiling and grabbing Scara's hand.
"Woah, where are we going?" He asked, Lumine stopped and turned to face him.
"Ah... Right…I wanted to go to Inazuma... If you are okay with that..." Lumine said, fidgeting with her hands.
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Scara walked over to Lumine and gave her a kiss on check, "I'll be fine. Don't worry about me. You said Raiden doesn't even leave her house often right? What are the chances she'll be out and about today." Scara said.
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Fuck me. Scara thought, as he was staring at Raiden AND MIKO. The pair was at a stand eating Dango.
Lumine grabbed Scara's arm and pulled him away. She sighed to herself and her head fell on Scara's shoulders. "I'm sorry..." She said
Her voice sounded so sad. Scara didn't know how to react. One seeing his parents outside together, and two his girlfriend was sad on her birthday. Lumine was worrying about him.
Nope, today is not gonna be like this. I'm not letting them ruin her birthday. Scara thought. He wrapped his hand in Lumine’s. "Lulu." He said.
Lumine turned her head on his shoulder to show she was listening to him. "Come on, let's go somewhere else to eat. We're here to celebrate your birthday, I told you not to worry about me” Not like they actually know who I am anyways. That last part was left unsaid.
Scara and Lumine went to the teahouse. Lumine greeted the hostess and went to their room to settle down and eat. Scara could tell on Lumine's face she still felt guilty.
"Lulu enough. Stop it's your birthday for fuck sakes. Be selfish for once in your life. Stop worrying about me." Scara said, crossing his arms.
"I'm sorry Scara, I don't know what came over me." She said, giving a sad smile.
"Well hello there! I wasn't expecting to see you here, and oh who is this?" A voice said.
Lumine and Scara both look up and see a tall man, with green eyes and blonde hair.
"Thoma!" Lumine said. She got out of her seat and hugged him. "What are you doing here?" She added on.
"I've come to help the servers today, since the house was deep cleaned yesterday so i wasn't really needed there anyway, but who is this Lumine?" Thoma asked again.
"My name is Scara. I'm from Sumeru, I'm just here to take Lumine out on a date." Scara said.
Thoma's eyes go wide and turns to Lumine. "Are you two a thing?" He asked.
"Yup! He's my boyfriend! I've known him for quite some time. He is kind of my everything." She says, giving Scara a smug smile as she sat back next to him and relinked their hands.
Scara sighs and shakes his head. ‘You know damn well I’m not your everything.’ Scara thought. Lumine still gives him a smug smile.
"Well can I get you two anything to drink?" Thoma asked. Scara and Lumine gave them their drink order.
As they wait for their drinks Lumine and Scara are chatting about recent stuff. Lumine talks about what happened with Dain and how she finally had the courage to look in the mirror again.
Scara gives Lumine a certain look but she gives him a new expression when she kisses his nose. "I'm okay." She whispers:
Thoma returns with the drinks and asks if they are ready to order their food.
After giving their order to Thoma, Lumine and Scara continued their chat until yet another unexpected guest said hello.
"Oh my, is that the Traveler?" A girl's voice says. Lumine looks over and sees a girl with blue hair waving at her.
"Oh hello Ayaka. I didn't expect to see you here." She said.
"Hehe, I'm out with my brother on business but Thoma told me that you were with a friend!" Ayaka said.
Scara and Lumine look at each other with confusion. She looks back at Ayaka who is smiling at her.
'She's totally into you Hun.' Scara says through his thoughts.
Lumine looks at Scara dumbfounded.
'No way, she is not into me.' Lumine said.
Scara gives Lumine one of those looks like really you can't see she’s into you. Lumine just looked even more dumbfounded.
Scara realized no one was talking and looked over at Ayaka.
"My name is Scara by the way. I'm Lumine's boyfriend." He says giving her a smug smile and puts an arm around Lumine.
"I'm Ayaka..." She whispered.
"I know who you are. I've been to Inazuma before Miss Kamisato." Scara said. "Actually I was raised here so I'm aware of your status and family." He added on.
Lumine looked surprised by this, but Ayaka nodded and said her goodbyes.
"You didn't have to mean Scara." She said.
"I was being mean? I didn't notice." Scara said actually concerned if was being mean to Ayaka.
"Oh. I thought you were. I'm sorry..." Lumine said, dropping her head.
"Where did the badass Lumine go?" Scara asked. Lumine looked up. "Where is the girl that has saved 4 nations?" He added.
Lumine shrugged. "I think she needs a break." She said.
Scara sighed, "Okay, so then stop apologizing, and stop worrying about little things. Today is your birthday."
Lumine brings her legs close to her. "It's not just my birthday..."
Scara sighed softly, "...Ah you're thinking about him."
Scara goes over and hugs Lumine. "We'll get a cupcake for you and you can wish for both of you. Does that sound okay?" Scara asked.
She nodded. Thoma arrived with either food and they ate. Scara orders Lumine a cupcake and puts two candles on it. She blew them out.
"Happy birthday Aether."
They snuggled for a bit and after some time they left and witnessed something really strange.
"Heizou please! Bro I didn't mean it!" A tall bulky guy said.
Scara looked over at Lumine.
"That's Itto, and his gang. The one with green hair is Shinobu and the one arresting Itto is.. Heizou." Lumine explained.
Scara nodded and they continued to watch the oni get arrested.
"You committed a crime in front of the Shogun Itto. I have to arrest you." Heizou said with a sigh. "I was given the orders from Kujou Sara to watch you today. I'm sorry." Heizou said.
The couple watched as Heizou leaned over to Shinobu.
"He is probably telling her, he won't be in there for long. Since Raiden is probably heading back home soon." Lumine whispered to Scara.
Scara laughed a little. "Inazuma really has changed." He whispered. The couple ended up walking away.
They spend the rest of their night together...
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Later in the middle of night a certain Yaksha was waiting. He has a gift for a certain golden-haired person.
He heard their footsteps and turned.
"Hello. It's good to see you... Happy birthday." the Yaksha said, holding his hands out to them.
They took the gift and put it in their hair.
"Thank you Xiao. I appreciate it." They said, walking past the Adeptus, to lay their weight on the rails.
"Your welcome... Aether." Xiao whispered, wrapping an arm around Aether pulling him close.
"Happy birthday Lumine"