The Overlydramatic Love Story of a Noob Wizard

[Kenshiro-san]

Part III

Naoto yawned and sat up. She looked around at the scenery and noticed she was lying on beautiful, glittering, purple sand. Clear blue water maintained her feet wet and cool, and fireworks sparkled over her head. She blinked slowly.

What am I doing in Comodo...?

Oh... right. Last night I was with Sme...

Naoto's fingers brushed against her lips. Her eyes opened wide as she remembered the night before. Her cheeks began to redden and she covered her face with her hands.

I can't believe I did that... He probably thinks I'm easy now...

She sighed. Why was she being so hard on herself?

She hugged her knees and watched the fireworks. Suddenly she received a message. As she read it her breath was taken away. She began to write a reply.

Sme's here... wow...




"Hey!"

"AAAH!" Naoto fell backwards onto the sand. She spat out her pinkish white hair as she glared at Telecaster. He smiled nervously and helped her up.

"Did I... scare you...?" he asked, worried.

"Um, well, kinda.." Naoto fixed her wedding dress.

"I'm sorry! Soooo sooorryyyyyy!!" Telecaster frowned and apologized. Naoto stepped away.

"Relax, it's fine, I just didn't expect you to be here so quick." Why are you here now...?

"Are you sure? I'm really sorry."

Naoto kissed his cheek. "I'm sure."


Telecaster smiled and held her hand. She blushed and leaned her head on his shoulder. The young hunter stroked her hair, and they both watched the fireworks blast in the sky.



He's so wonderful... and so silly... I wish I could tell him how I feel...

She looked up at his face. He was smiling at the fireworks, the tide brushing against their feet softly. A soft breeze blew through his hair, and Naoto thought she saw the incubus doll give a slight wink. She saw his eyes reflect the stars and the light from the fireworks and smiled. He looked down into her eyes, making her blush. She turned away and frowned.



"Hm? What's wrong?" he asked, worried.

"You!"

"Wh-what?"

"Why do you have to be so... perfect...?" Naoto turned towards him again and smiled.

"Perfect? I'm not per-"

"Yes you are. You're handsome and wonderful and nice and sweet, you're a gentleman, passionate, not to mention you're extreeeeemely attractive physically. You are a great listener, and very social..."

"Wow, I can't get used to you listing so many great things about me like that."

She stuck out her tongue at him. "Well then, get used to them! They're all true."

"I highly doubt it." he gave a nervous frown. "There's a lot of things about me I don't like."

"Oh?"

Telecaster's hand shifted onto hers. She caught herself blushing pink again. Maybe I should buy the blush and just keep it on...

"It's hard to make me mad. But when I do get mad... it's not good." he said in a low tone. Naoto saw a hint of shame in his eyes. She poked his nose.

"C'mon, you're just awesome."

"Hey, I thought you didn't want to poke!" he smiled again and poked her side.

"I thought you said you weren't going to poke me!"

"Fine..."


They both laughed. Naoto's eyes shone from happiness.

Being with him is so fun... It's like there's no one else in the world but us. As if all the problems don't exist, no leveling frustration, there's no worry about feeding Setsu the Sohee, there's no trouble about selling items to have enough money for teleporting and warps, no latest equip buying frenzy... She touched the rose on her head softly and smiled as she remembered the day Telecaster surprised her with flowers. How did he know I loved roses...?



"There's this awkward silence again now, Sme."

"Well, you just talked didn't you?"

"Yeah but it's gonna go quiet again."

"Oh. Sorry then..."

"It's not your fault. I just.. don't like these quiet moments... they're so awkward..."

"I understand." he smiled again. Naoto grew nervous.

"It's just that... I tend to flirt a lot if things get too quiet. I don't want to come off as... well... 'easy' to you, ya know?"

Telecaster tilted his head. "Flirty?"

"Well... I just get really shy around you, so I try not to be too flirty or something but-"

"Go ahead." he chuckled.

"What?"

"Go ahead, flirt."

"But, but that's the opposite of what I want to do!" Naoto became frightened.

"Oh, then nevermind. You don't have to if you don't want to." He looked back at the fireworks. ... Is he using reverse psychology with me?

"FINE. I will."

"Hmm?"

"Well, we don't have to be quiet. We can keep talking... or... we can do other things~"

"Like what?" he tilted his head again in curiosity.

Naoto leaned forward and moved a lock of hair from his face. She slowly let her lips rest on his and closed her eyes. "Like that." she said as she pulled away and stared into his eyes.

"That's... interesting." He's uncomfortable...

"Hmm..."

"What?" he asked.




Naoto stood and got a running start. Telecaster stood too and looked at her curiously, until she ran towards him. He was about to run off, expecting a whack from the magical appearing newspaper, but instead was pushed onto the sand, the small puddles of clear water splashing everywhere. Naoto had jumped on him.

"Rawr!" she said playfully. He was laughing.



"You like to jump, don't you?"

"Absolutely."

She began to snuggle in his arms. The hunter looked down and watched her begin to doze off. He smiled and put his arms around her. As soon as her breath steadied he stroked her hair slowly. Naoto began to mumble. Telecaster bent over a bit to listen.

"Mm... school... homework... must finish..."

He became serious. Naoto mumbled again.

"S...Sme..."

His eyes shone. The wizard cuddled more in his arms and he held her close. After what seemed to them a few seconds, Naoto awoke. She yawned softly and looked at Telecaster. Suddenly realizing she had dozed off, she became flustered.

"Oh! I'm sorry, how long was I asleep?"

"Just a moment."

"Wh-what? No no, I didn't make you uncomfortable did I?"

"Relax, it was fine."

"Oh..."



They sat up again. After a while, Naoto turned suddenly. She heard feet shuffling accross the sand. A giant, silver like peco had appeared, with a crusader mounted on its back. He held a strong sword on his hand, and his blue cape hung gracefully over the peco. He looked at the two.

"Hey guys. Here you are." the crusader said.

"Selrahc!" Naoto said joyfully. She stood quickly and petted the peco. Selrahc smiled down on them.

"I'll leave you two a moment here eh?"

"It's alright, we weren't doing much..."

"Well, I need to go tank for Ama. So I'll see you guys later." Ama was the new priest in their guild and an old friend of Selrahc.

"Alright, see you later!"

"Bye Sme."




Telecaster waved goodbye. Naoto turned back towards Telecaster. He opened his arms slightly, and she ran towards him, but didn't knock him down. She rested her head on his shoulders and he wrapped his arms around her. They held each other close, Naoto unaware of her growing blush. He began to play with her hair, twirling the silvery pale pink/near white hair around his fingers. She hugged him closer and dozed off again...


Another day without me able to convey my true feelings. I should consider telling him how I feel... He knows I like him, but there's more. I want to tell him, I want to say it, but it's just so awkward... Why would anyone love a wizard? For their Area of Effect spells? Nothing more, we're just like sages, only we can't help or move while casting. Our tests are harder, and no one... no one would marry a wizard, because they can't help.

But then... why did Sme accept to marry me?