Peorth Hahahahhaha! Lind bought me a ring! My heart skipped not one but five beats when she promised me an even more spectacular ring for when we are engaged. When we're engaged! I never thought she would say those words. This is too good to be true! Ah I can picture my dream wedding now, flowers, doves and one gorgeous dress made by the finest seamstress goddess...Calm yourself Peorth, you're getting to carried away. Oh well I'll allow myself one last squeal YAY Lind wants to marry me in the future! I'm surprised she's thought that far ahead really, of course, I've thought about us getting married but this is Lind, she doesn't think about the future. I suppose I'm turning my ice queen into a giant ice slushie, it makes her all the more adorable. "Peorth where are we headed now?" asked Lind which snapped me out of my thoughts. I stopped walking abruptly almost making Lind trip by accident. That's a very good point where am I headed? I'm too excited to think really. I pondered for a while then glorious inspiration hit my head. I quickly started pacing again with Lind behind me. We walked to the end of the street and took several turns down winding pathways but eventually we made it to Noodle King- a small corner noodle store in the middle of nowhere that was a small paradise to all that know its whereabouts. "Ah Peorth-San. Welcome" called out the old man who owned the store. He sat behind the counter and waved for us to come in. We walked in and sat in front of the counter and he gave us our cups and tea. "Hello Mr. Satoshi" I said and smiled warmly. He's a short, slightly round man with a personality that attracts all. He wore his signature Hawaiian bandana, a memento of his days when he travelled across the world on his motorbike, and as usual and his white beard was as rough as ever. I always love listening to his stories it always reminds me of my past when I curiously explored earth, desperate to know all of its secrets. "So what can I get for you today?" he asked whilst wiping a glass. "We'll have two of your specials" Lind will be sure to enjoy this. "Coming right up" he said and walked into the back to start cooking. I turned to look at Lind who gave me a look that meant 'what are you up to?' Little does she know I just made her walk into her own heaven. Only us and another couple were in the small restaurant, probably because it was a little early to be having lunch. "What's the thing that you love the most?" I asked whilst twirling a strand of her hair in my hand. "If I answer wrongly will you subject me to restricted level magic?" "...I suppose not." "Well, um, you?" she said nervously which is very unlike her I might add; I'm not that frightening am I? I'm just little, harmless Peorth. "Of course me silly. What else?" "Well I suppose I love..." "Ramen coming up!" Shouted Mr.Satoshi as he walked out of the kitchen perfectly balancing two large bowls on the palms of his hands. "Careful now it's hot" he said and placed it down in front of us. Ramen upon ramen served with delicious soup and all the trimmings like fish cakes and what not. How I wish I had a camera on me, Lind's expression is to die for. She's positively shocked at seeing such a heavenly bowl of ramen before her. Her mouth is agape and hers eyes are wide, glimmering even. Also is that a bit of drool I see on the side of her mouth? Her reaction is simply too funny. Who would have thought the notorious ice queen, famous for her monotonous expressions, is brought down, and reduced to a drooling speechless person by a bowl of ramen. I placed the chopsticks into her hand and it seemed my touch brought her back into the living world. "This isn't a dream you know Lind-chan. You can eat it." She nodded and took the first bite of her meal. Her eyes lit up and she hurriedly ate the ramen with vigour occasionally chocking from the speed she was eating at but she continued happily. Ah I'm such a good girlfriend. After giving up on several attempts to feed Lind my ramen I gave up and just handed the bowl over to her completely; she really eats too fast. As she devoured my portion, I headed off to the toilets to freshen up. "Aw aren't you the pretty picture." "Yes I suppose I am thank you" I replied automatically...Hold on a moment I'm the only person in here, unless. "Urd get out here right now" I commanded and in a small puff of smoke appeared mini Urd floating in front of me. "Urd what are you doing here?" "Well after escaping all the traps and curses you placed around the house to prevent me from escaping I thought I'd come and pay you a visit," she said with a devilish grin. "What how? There's no way you could have escaped all 500 traps!" "500 more like 800! It wasn't easy mind you. All those bombs and giant mallets and spikes appearing out of nowhere. You've scarred me for life I'll have you know!" she yelled and showed me her pinky finger where she had put a mini plaster on. "Fine you can have you're revenge later. I'm busy right now on a date so I'll play with you later" I said and patted her on the head. "Play? Do you think I'm some sort of child that needs entertaining?" "Yes." "Fine, I don't care. I didn't even come here for revenge anyway, but I suppose you don't want to know what I found out now." I curiously raised my eyebrow. "Tell me" "No" she said and stuck her tongue out at me. Chance! Finally I have the perfect opportunity to try out my Lind stare! No I'm not sad or crazy. The Lind stare is a special ability where Lind stares at her opponent and fear is instilled in them, it's the perfect way to get information out of people. I massaged my eyebrows and got ready. 3, 2 1 Go! I gazed at Urd with my best impersonation of Lind; this has to work! "Do you have something in your eye?" I face faulted, I suppose my impersonation needs some work. "No I'm fine. Just tell me what you found out." "It'll cost ya" she said with a wink. "Fine. Name your price." "I get to take pictures of you on your date" "WHAT!? YOU PERVERT!!" I screamed and threw a fireball at her...by accident of course. Once the smoke had cleared a soot covered Urd appeared and she didn't look one bit happy. "woops. Heh heh, sorry, impulse" I muttered. "Right. Next time before your impulse comes into play can you let me explain first?" "It's an impulse I can't guarantee anything, but go on then explain." Urd snapped her fingers and cleaned herself of the soot and summoned forth a large screen. Ever the performer Urd took a pair of glasses out from her pocket and wore them in an attempt to look smart. "You see this? This is the latest dating polls" "The dating polls? You want me to see the dating p...Umph! Umph!" Before I could even finish my sentence Urd threw a spell at me and now my mouth had a giant red cross on it preventing me from speaking. I tugged at it and tried magic but it just wouldn't budge. "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted. This is the latest dating polls and as you can see you and Lind have dropped down to couple number 4 in heaven. Since I am your beloved friend I support you in whatever you do, which in turn means I place huge bets on you and Lind on the polls. Since your number has dropped this means I am losing...a lot. So what I plan to do is release a picture of you guy on a date to the daily heaven express and bam you guys are number one again and I win loads...which will of course be donated to charity." She snapped her fingers and the red cross disappeared and thankfully it didn't leave a mark. I looked at Urd's small size and was so tempted just to squash her since her plans are always money or betting related. "What charity?" I asked suspiciously. "Um the Help a Urd charity?" Honestly how is she related to Belldandy? Hmm would it really be that bad to go along with her plan? After all, I do like the spotlight and attention. "Fine I agree but make sure its just the one picture, and nothing to explicit or revealing." "Got it nothing ecchi" she said and poofed a camera into her hands, I sighed again she even wore a hat that said 'press' on it. "Now give me that information you found out." "Oh yeah that. Well Mist is on earth, she refuses to believe Lind is on holiday. She's come here to drag Lind's butt back to heaven." "WHAT! You can't be serious! Stall her, trap her, do something Urd!" "I did, I let loose Skuld. The two of them are having lots of fun right now, Skuld is trying out her new weaponry on Mist, and since well Valkyries can't use their powers without permission, it's just like watching Skuld and Keiichi play." "Still though I don't know how long Skuld can keep Mist busy. Why do these things always happen to me? I just wanted one nice peaceful date without any godly intervention, but noooo" I said and leant against the wall and hit my head against it. "Tell ya what for an extra photo I'll give you a sign every time Mist is near you guys" "What choice do I have?" I mumbled and left the toilets to see Lind had several bowls stacked up in a pile where my seat used to be. All my worry was washed away the moment Lind turned to me and smiled like a child "Peorth come try this," she said enthusiastically. I suppose I can relax after all Urd is my guardian angel...oh god what have I agreed to? ---------- Time: 1:45pm Location: La Mode fashion store Urd status: Floating above the entrance door Its fine, everything is fine. Lind is looking at some jackets and Urd is guarding the store whist I am acting like a paranoid fool. Then again if Mist is coming then I have a right to be paranoid. "Peorth are you ok? You seem on edge" asked Lind with a worried expression on her face. Of course I'm on edge, your crazy friend is coming to chase you down and take you away! "Fine, I'm fine" I exclaimed and smiled. She seemed to accept it and continued her browsing. I suppose I should tell Lind that Mist is on earth to find her, but although Lind doesn't show it I know she hates it when 'our' time is interrupted. Be it a fangirl, friend, or superior Lind will let her fury be known. So its probably better if I don't tell Lind if I don't want the earth to be destroyed in a giant catastrophic battle of Valkyries. Really by not telling Lind I'm saving our date and the earth; I'm such a good goddess, Kami should promote me. Of course it wasn't such smooth sailing from then on. In another store I proceeded to pay for our items when to my horror the cashier turned around and it was Urd in the cashier's outfit. "What are you doing here?!" I exclaimed loudly making the people behind me raise their eyebrows. "Why I'm scanning your items miss" she said and took the clothes and bagged them. She then leaned in close to me "Mist is close I suggest leaving now" she whispered. "Thank you miss, come again." I don't know what I found more shocking, Urd trying to pose as a 19-year-old cashier or the fact Mist was nearing us. I quickly grabbed Lind's hand and rushed to the next store. ---------- Time: 2:35 Location: Street Urd status: Sitting on a traffic light Everything is fine, Everything is fine, Everything is fine. Mist isn't here, Mist isn't here, Mist isn't here. Nothing will interrupt my time with Lind, nothing will interrupt my time with Lind, nothing will interrupt my time with Lind. "Peorth" The date is going well, the date is going well, the date is going well. "Peorth!" "Huh? Oh Lind, sorry was I not paying attention?" "It's fine" she replied. I gave her arm an affectionate squeeze and we continued walking up the street. I continued my mantra in my head, it really did seem to be working, I am somewhat calmer than before. "LINDDDDDDDDDD!!" Oh you've got to be kidding me. I looked around frantically; where is Urd?! I saw her sitting atop a pigeon and she was riding it up and down the street...DIVINE REVENGE!!...Wait I have more pressing matters to attend to right now. "Did someone call my name?" asked Lind. "No, no, no. You're just hearing things dear" I sheapishly answered. "LINDDDDDDDDDDDD!!" "There it is again...You really didn't hear it?" "HINDDDDDDD...EMBURG!! Learn about Hindemburg!!" shouted out a tour guide with white hair. Finally she's helping out. Thank goodness for divine intervention even if it is Urd. "See Lind it's only the tour guide." "Oh, I could have sworn I heard my name though." "Oh well, let's go!" "But" "Look Ramen!" I shouted and grabbed her hand and we dashed off. Phew crisis averted. ---------- Time: 3:20pm Location: Book store Urd status: Does it really matter anymore? I stared out of the window when I felt a pair of hands rest on my shoulders, I tensed immediately but relaxed when I saw a strand of blue hair out of the corner of my eye. She turned me around to face her, and she wore her usual expression except her eyes looked worried. The eyes are always the give away to what's she's feeling. "Something is the matter isn't there?" she asked softly. "Nothing, what makes you think that?" "...You seem distracted, annoyed even...Have I done something wrong?" My heart melted when I heard that. Had I really been acting in a way where I was ignoring my Lind? It pains me to even think I was ignoring Lind. I slowly moved my hands to her waist and held her close and already her eyes seemed happier. "You've never done anything wrong to me; I'm the one who's acting like a fool." My eyes averted behind Lind as I saw Urd write a message on a bookshelf 'Mist is in the park opposite! Take your Ice cream and go!' I knew I never should have told her about my ice queen to ice cream metaphor. You know what? There's actually no point in running anymore, especially when it makes me so preoccupied that I ignore Lind. I might as well go and let Lind meet that knucklehead friend of hers and they can both battle it out. If the earth gets destroyed well...We'll continue our date in heaven. "The thing I've been distracted with is right outside, come on" I took her hands and dragged her out of the store. We walked towards the park and I saw Mist. Anyone could spot her a mile away, with her white hair and Valkyrie uniform on she stuck out like a fruit tea in a Japanese tea house. Lind hadn't noticed anything yet but Mist turned in our direction and saw us, she then belted out "LINDDDDDDDDD!!" "What?" exclaimed Lind as she looked around frantically, she recognised the voice and she knew it meant trouble. "Oh great" she murmured. We walked into the park and Mist ran frantically behind us screaming and crying Lind's name. She ran with her out and tried to hug Lind but Lind quickly sidestepped making Mist run into a lamppost. "Oi! What are you doing here?" Lind half yelled whilst massaging her temples. "I came here because Senya is BORING! She's making me do all of your work! It's so unfair so I decided to bring you back with me" she whined like a child. "Of course she's making you do all of my work, I am on vacation." "BUT YOU NEVER GO ON VACATION!" "WELL I AM NOW!" "No way your just on holiday! Something is up!" said Mist forcefully. "MIST! NUMBER 83! Unless you want a fight I suggest you leave now and drop the subject!" Oh boy Lind's lost it. I've never heard her yell ever. Well I've never heard her yell when she's angry, I've only ever heard her yell when I ...What am I thinking?! FOCUS PEORTH FOCUS!! "Fine! Let's sort this out the normal way!" "Deal!" Mist leapt backwards and Lind protectively put her arm in front of me and stepped forwards. "Lind what are you two doing?" I asked somewhat worriedly. "Just watch," she said to me, and then she turned back to Mist "Go on then 83 I'll let you summon your angel first." "HAH! I've improved since last time. COME FORTH HURRICANE HAZE!!" Shouted Mist. Her silver aura surrounded her and the wind blew fiercely, the sky even turned dark and a hole opened up in the clouds. She's powerful I admit, but it's all show. Mist started laughing wildly but then a large voice boomed out. "MIST! Valkyrie 11092831! You are hereby summoned immediately back to heaven for the use of magic without permission!" HAHAHAHAHAH! GO LIND, GO LIND GO LIND! So that was her plan. Ahhhh my ice slush is so smart. "WHAT NO!!" shouted Mist as she started evaporating. "Just you wait till your vacation is over Lind! I'll go on vacation then you'll have to do my work!" she yelled just before she disappeared. The sky cleared again and pedestrians went about their normal business as if it never happened. The people in this town certainly are very laid back. "Lind you're so COOL!" I shouted and leapt up to hug her. I couldn't see her face but I knew she was blushing; she always blushes when I call her cool. "Heh well Mist isn't really that hard to outsmart." I kissed her on the cheek before stepping back. "Thank goodness she's gone" I muttered. "Is she the reason why you've been distracted for so long?" Whoops, shouldn't have let that slip. "Well yes. Urd told me Mist was on earth to take you away, and I suppose I was a little worried that if you met Mist you might go back to heaven." I held my head down in shame and she place her hand on my head affectionately, then surprisingly flicked my head. "OWWW! What was that for?!" "A wake up call." "Hmph! It still hurt" "However it was necessary. Honestly why would I return to heaven with Mist. Do you think me that much of a work-aholic?" "Yes" "Perhaps I am, but actually I'm...enjoying this date," she said, the last part in particular, slightly quieter. I raised my eyebrow, heheh I sense a teasing moment. "what was that I didn't hear you?" "Nothing I didn't say anything" "Oh so you think I'm boring or dull then?" "No." "So you're having a good time?" "Yes" "Do you love me?" "Yes" "HAH! Got you to say it!" I was laughing like a little school kid, since Lind always gives me this speech that she only says she loves me in important situations, but yet I got her to admit it so easily. Some resolve she has. Maybe slowness is a Valkyrie thing; they've been hit on the head one to many times. Then unexpectedly she kissed me! LIND KISSED ME! I usually initiate everything, this, this is unexpected, but, it's nice. It's a very nice change. My eyes were still closed when she pulled back, when I opened them Lind was smirking at me. "It seems to be the only way to stop your gloating." My jaw dropped. I was about to give her my speech about how I don't gloat when a picture fell from above in front of me. I caught it and I smiled immediately. The picture showed the moment Lind moved away from me, my eyes were still closed and Lind was smiling lightly. Lind moved behind me to look at it "Who sent the picture?" she asked curiously. "Divine intervention"
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