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The gift's the thing [Closed to Ronnae]

Once Billy was situated on the merchant planet and brow-beaten with the concept of relaxation despite certain threats, there was nothing left to do but shop. Shop. And shop some more until he found the perfect present. That was an important part of relationships, right? Surprising loved ones with something special. There were things for his friends as well, of course, but the gift for her was critical.

What to get, what to get? It took hours of agonizing, studying the other shoppers, odd jobs, and haggling, but eventually a weary Billy returned to their accommodations with a bag that required both hands to carry. There, he made several attempts to open the door. It wasn't possible to do the finger scan with a bag in his hands, so it was set down. The finger scan was successful then, yes, but at the cost of the bag rolling back down the stairs. Cursing to himself, he chased it down. Of course this would happen. How on earth did regular shoppers juggle all these things?

Finally, after some jiggling of the handle with his hip, he managed to tumble his way into their apartment.

"I'm sorry if I kept you waiting an extraordinarily long time, Ronnie. As you can see, I encountered some difficulties." The man sprawled over his bag hadn't had the time to check his watch.

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Ronnae had managed to get most of her shopping done in a hurry. She didn't want to be in the crowds for long and did her best to keep her anxiety in check. All in all it was a fairly pleasant shopping spree, not to mention the plethora of foods she tried, that alone had brightened her mood immensely.

But after a heavy day, a heavy meal, and all the thoughts that still plagued her mind, her body was exhausted and she had crashed in the room she shared with Billy. She had managed at least to take off her boots, but the girl still wore the mid-length black skirt and red hoodie she wore down to the planet.

Her face serene, and her chest rising and falling calmly denoted that at least it was a restful sleep.

"Ronnie?" Billy sat up warily, eyes flitting around the room. She wasn't up and about? Was she at least in the room? If she wasn't, he'd have to message her right away. Couldn't have her being hurt in any way, especially with known enemies around.

His little assistant bombling, who had also been sleeping, suddenly seemed irritated by her master's irrationality. Flare toddled up to Billy and chirped, hopping toward the bed. His attention was drawn to it, and much to his relief, there was Ronnie. Her angelic facial expression warmed his heart, fingers drifting forward to brush her face---but no! He couldn't wake her up quite yet. Not until the opportunity was utilized.

Billy knelt to Flare's level, programmed an order, and sent her around the room to help him redecorate (temporarily). A mood light in several colors that he'd rigged up as one gift helped light up the otherwise austere tan room in warm reds and golds. New sheets were draped over a chair in the corner, ready to decorate the house back on the ship. The centerpiece of the gifts was wrapped in that sheet, eagerly awaiting its owner.

Lastly, Billy added himself and one last gift to the picture. Quiet as a mouse, he crawled onto the bed and over his girlfriend. The perfect position for a surprise. Ronnie was so similar to a princess then that he'd treat her like one! As carefully as he could manage it, a crystal rose was laid over her hands. He then allowed himself to touch her, brushing her face with his fingertips.

Silly as it was, he found himself needing to confirm that there was no truth to those 'sleeping beauty' fairy tales. Of course there wasn't! She was probably just genuinely tired. Should he wake her?

Eventually, he decided to leave a fleeting kiss on her lips. Effective enough to wake any 'enchanted' sleeps, but not enough to wake her if the sleep was too deep.

Ronnae had been in the end of her nap, a nice end to a sweet dream.

The high bluffs of Mulgore overlooking the bright horizon. No war in sight, only the wonders and natural beauty of her world. The cool breeze whipping her hair lightly behind her as she tried to keep her small hat from blowing away, a small timid laugh as she was held from behind by her lover, having surprised her recently by arriving in Azeroth through means of an invention.

Her turned her to face him with his sincere kind smile that she adored. That piercing look he held only for her that made her melt. Soon enough she was leaning up to reach his soft lips.

She smiled in her sleep, her small frame stirring awake as her eyes slowly opened only to be met with a familiar face. She blushed and the smile only widened, "H-hey there." She said in a small voice.

"Hey", he answered, that loving look still focused on her. He trailed his hand down to meet hers, curling her hand around the rose to bring it to her attention.

"I was hoping I'd find you here. I've had enough of the throngs of tourists for a while, and the navigation was a little rough. But I hope it was worth it."

She blinked and raised the rose up into view and blushed, the smile still plain on her face. She wrapped her arms around his neck gently and raised her herself slightly to kiss him. It was a light sweet kiss, yet full of her emotions for him.

Settling down on the bed again she nodded. "This place is incredible. If... if I didn't have such a hard time in crowds I would have visited more locations." She admitted embarrassed.

Ah, a perfect opportunity! Billy sighed happily into the kiss, sliding his hands back for a moment before working them in her hair, gently tugging and playing with what he found---of course, that's what it seemed like he was doing. If she paid attention, she'd realize that he was tying something around her ponytails.

"That's why I brought some things back to you, love," he answered honestly, smiling down at her new accessories.

Billy produced a mirror from the side table, turning it toward Ronnie. She would see that he had added green crystals on black ribbon to her hair ties.

If he was trying to get her face to match the color of her hair, he was really close to succeeding. She smiled and lightly rose a hand to touch the accessory as she looked at herself in the mirror blushing.

"W-wow t-they're really pretty Billy. T-thanks s-so much~" She squealed out in a cheery tone, admiring her gifts.

Billy was pleased to hear that, flashing a large grin down at his girlfriend before hopping off of her and retreating to his package of items.

"I found a few other things. I haven't had a chance to do this for you yet, so...I might've gone overboard slightly."

With that, he brought the next gift and laid it over his hands, presenting it to her---an anklet with white gems very similar in style to the hair pieces.

"I thought these would look beautiful on you---everything does, really, but that's not all they do. I programmed another function into them."

Because Billy likes things to have practical function. He smiled once more, waiting for her to ask.

Her eyes went wide in surprise and she shrunk a little under the covers as she brought them up to her face, half hiding behind them.

"Y-you didn't have to d-do all this f-for me B-billy" She managed to stammer out, though her eyes studied the gift with curious appreciation and desire.

She looked up at him innocently and finally asked curiously, "W-what's the other function?"

Oh, but he wouldn't just tell her what the function was. That wouldn't be fun enough! Instead, he gestured to the gems in her hair.

"Press on one of those and hold it for a few seconds. You'll see what I mean."

She tilted her head curiously and did as asked. First she tapped at it, a light sparkle emitted from the gems, bringing a sweet smile to her face. She looked up shyly at him before pressing them further, making the gems shine and double as a reading light.

He had always found ways to surprise and make her happy in simple ways, she loved him so for such. She gave him an appreciative smile, still blushing at all the attention he bestowed upon her.

Billy wondered about that smile. It did appear that she liked it, but was there something else she needed?

"Is something wrong, hon? You don't have to worry about it," he assured her, scooting forward and taking her hand. "Don't mind me---if it's too intrusive, though, I can take those things back."

She shook her head hurriedly, mentally slapping herself for being so dumb.

"N-no it's fine I just w-wouldn't have wanted you to spend so much on me. What about your n-needs? You did buy t-the things you needed right? Things you wanted?"

"Of course I did," he assured her, pointing at the larger bag of heavy supplies in the corner. "I almost had enough for this set afterward. Sure, I had to do a few engineering odd jobs to get the credits for it, but it was worth it."

From the way he was looking at her, so pleased by how the anklet and ties suited her, that at least appeared to be the honest truth.

She gave him a raised brow look before deciding he was being sincere. She would have felt horrid if he had not gotten things for himself.

Her face softened and she made her way to try on the anklet. She raised her small foot and eyed the present with a warm sweet smile, it did look very beautiful didn't it? A small tightening of her chest rose as it usually did when her feelings became overwhelming. Butterflies fluttered around her stomach as she looked to him, then away quickly when she noticed him looking at her. It was silly of course, being embarrassed when they were a couple. But it was something that was just like her, and unlikely to change.

She pressed her fingers together timidly and smiled,

"T-thanks love... they are all so beautiful. You are always thoughtful, no matter where we go." She blushed and smiled shyly, looking down.

That shining anklet looked like it had belonged there all along. He gently touched it, watching the shine before craning his head to look up at her face.

"Thinking of you is easy. Not doing it is the difficult part," he admitted with a shy laugh, rubbing at his arm. "I had to find something that would match your beauty."

He always had a way of making her face redden incredibly, and make her heart soar with joy.

She simply glomped him, nuzzling onto his chest letting out a happy squeal.

"You're so amazing! I love you so much~" She mused happily, holding onto him, resting her head on her most favorite of places.

"Hey!" Billy yelped in surprise, falling back on the bed with a soft thump. This was more than fine with him. He wound his arms around her and breathed deeply, inhaling the scent of her hair.

As he did so, his foot kicked back under the bed, finding...something. That wasn't there before. Huh? Curious, he wriggled under Ronnie to reach his foot there. With enough of a kick forward, he'd pull it out.

Sorry about the moving, Ronnie. That can't be comfortable.

She squirmed on him as he kept moving, rising her head to look at him curiously.

"Something wrong love?"

"My foot bumped into something," Billy wondered quietly, finally managing to extract it. With a twist and a peek down, he noticed two odd items. The sorts of things he never expected to find around them. Surely they had been left behind by the previous occupants and Housekeeping had missed them.

A cat ear and tail tip were sticking out of the small package, with a collar probably buried with them. The sight prompted some thoughts in his mind, but he would ask first.

"Do you know where these came from, Ronnie?"

She eyed them curiously before giggling, remembering certain events where she wore something similar, but another animal altogether.

"Nope, but they look like fun~!" She mused excitedly.

"Right."

Billy hopped down to the level of the package, opening it up. Bunny ears, an appropriate little puff of a tail, and a collar for the cat were also included. Apparently the last occupants really liked costumes. He hefted the items onto the bed, showing them to Ronnie.

"You enjoy dressing up, then? As a rabbit?" It was a curious hobby, but he wasn't one to judge. He simply picked up the rabbit ears, folded one to flop cutely, and placed them on Ronnie's head for a moment.

"I see the appeal."

She blushed and laughed cheerily.

"This reminds me of the Noblegarden event! It's held in april, there's egg hunts and all sorts of fun events~!"

She stood up and smiled, trying out the little bunny tail, and doing a small playful hop.

She suddenly blushed, pressing her fingers together and looking away embarrassed, a shy smile on her face.

"One of the events asked guys and girls to place bunny costumes on girls of all the races in our world, and shower them in flower petals. It was lots of fun! Even if sometimes things got grabby, but I'm sure it was from excitement, it was a fun event afterall!"

Billy leaned forward and listened to her story, eager to understand ways to surprise her. He'd never heard of Noblegarden before, but in April? With eggs and rabbits? It sounded suspiciously like Easter.

He laughed at her adorable hop, thinking on the report. Oh, the ideas entering his mind...

"That actually reminds me of another tradition from my world, Easter. It's ostensibly a celebration of one of our most influential religions, but the symbols of rabbits and eggs have slipped in over time. It takes place in April on most years." An intriguing similarity, he thought, rummaging in the bag for something.

"Actually, I had a package of flower petals shoved on me in the deal," Billy admitted, lifting the container to show her. "Part of a 'romantic special' with the gems, though I suspect the true intention was to prompt me to overpay. But...we could celebrate Noblegarden here, if you'd like to?" he asked, tugging at his collar.

Why was he suddenly so awkward and nervous about this?

She eyed the petals with a child-like glee and nodded. Celebrating one of the holidays from her world definitely sounded like something she'd like!

"Sound good! I have some credits left over, maybe I can order up some of the foods, or similar foods to the ones they had for the festival?" She said eagerly.

"It sounds like a great plan. Let's get this started," he decided, walking about the room to begin setup. "Is there any particular ceremony to the dressing up and petal spreading?"

She giggled and shook her head while sending out the order to the innkeeper.

"Well to be honest it was a heavily magical world, so they tossed enchanted flower petals on top of us that would keep showering us in them for around five minutes until the spell dissipated. Same for the costumes, they could be spelled on us from afar, which made some play it as a game. The girls hiding and the guys trying to get the costumes on them. Of course, some of the people liked being more hands on with the costumes." She replied in a more confident teasing voice.

Billy looked slightly put out at the mention of magic. "As you know, I'm not magical at all. So I'm afraid I'll have to celebrate in a somewhat more mundane fashion."

But his smile quickly returned. That didn't sound too bad, did it?

"What about the men? Were they forced into costumes?"

She shook her head, "Not unless it was the couples playing around. The event itself focused on the girls. But the men did dress up in handsome Noblegarden tuxedos they could purchase from the festival heralds."

Billy slapped his forehead then. "I knew I must have forgotten something. I meant to acquire formal wear for ship functions."

He shook his head upon listening to the event description. That sounded remarkably unbalanced to him. "That doesn't seem fair. Did you have your revenge elsewhere?"

"Ha! of course! The girls in the family then took turns teasing the boys after the older girls rounded em' up and tied em'. It was a grand sight! Specially for the ones who were cocky and always teasing us."

She grinned wide.

"Mama Hinzan loved loved loved helping us in that specific part. Afterall she was the Matron of the houses and Head female of the family."

"Of course. You never take things lying down for long," Billy knew very well from their relationship, though he had the decency to blush. And look slightly worried for his safety. But it was time to propose an alternate plan. Yeah, that would work!

"It won't be a problem if the event's mutual this time, will it?" he suggested, picking up the pieces of the other costume.

She looked at him curiously, a sly devious grin forming on her lips.

"Of course not! I actually like that plan... A lot." She smirked playfully before laughing a bit shyly, blushing.

"Great, then let's give it a try," Billy decided, pausing after a moment to amend that statement. "After the food arrives. I'd rather the deliveryperson not raise questions."

Ronnae stuck her small tongue out playfully before nodding, "Yup! That sounds like a good idea." She admitted shyly, taking off her own costume for when he arrived.

Soon after the delivery attendant showed with the food they had ordered. She thanked him and tipped him before waving the happy attendant off.

She did a small cheer at all the delightful smells. Fruits, meats, cakes, sweets, refreshing juices and relaxing teas as well as lots and lots of chocolate everythings!

"I've died and gone to paradise." She teased jokingly.

"Don't go there without me!" Billy joked, glancing down at the meal with her. He smiled at it before picking up a light snack, meeting her eyes.

"How similar is this to Azeroth?"

"Really similar! Tho the food back home tends to be a bit bigger." She admitted thoughtfully, grabbing a chocolate covered strawberry-like fruit and taking a bite out of it, a pleasant smile on her lips as she savored it.

"Mmmm~ So good~!" She exclaimed cheerily.

Billy nodded along, focusing on savoring the food. It really was delicious, he had to admit. He took his time chewing, a thoughtful expression on his face the whole time.

...almost the whole time, because he did take a few moments to look at Ronnie's joy. She seemed so happy to be eating, and it struck him that it was a sight he almost never saw. That was a far less important worry than enjoying this meal and the festivities afterward, though.

"I concur. This was definitely worth it."

Ronnae savored more pieces than she would have certainly in front of ANYONE. But the fact that it had been a very relaxing evening already, coupled with her lover having given her such amazing gifts had really dropped her defenses down. Enough to allow her to eat as much as she would usually, and as much as she generally needed to keep her body functioning properly without straining it to its limits.

"Oh gods I need to find out what all this is~! It's so good! Not as good as papa, or mama's food, but dang good enough!" She mused as she drank and ate her fill. Don't worry however, she'll do a little freak out once she figures out she had been eating normally with people around, more importantly, her lover!

Billy focused primarily on his own food. It wasn't polite to stare at a person eating, he knew. Her eating her fill didn't really affect him, fortunately, since he'd eaten a little beforehand. The portions left for him were just fine, and it was good to see her taking care of herself.

"I'll help you look it up later," he offered when they were just about finished, leaning back with a satisfied expression. That was wonderful.

Ronnae happily straddled him, once she was satisfied, one last chocolate strawberry on her lips. She eyed him with half opened eyes, pressing lightly against his shoulders and smiling. She pressed the half outside her lips lightly against his playfully.

Whoa, Ronnie was definitely feeling good that night. He brought his hands to her hips, squeezing there in response. She was playing with that strawberry, taunting him with it---bringing it to his lips? To share? That was acceptable, though he noted they'd cut right to the chase. Usually this was done with a long noodle, wasn't it?

He laughed, causing the strawberry to wobble before he accepted his half and shaped his lips against hers. This was the fun part. He kissed her firmly as a signal, tapping out a one-two-three on her shoulder. With any luck, they'd bite down as one.

How sweet it was.

Yay! He took the hint, which made her extremely happy, as s playful smile formed around the strawberry, pressed against his lips. On the count of three she bit down, not only enjoying the amazing taste of the fruit, but the feel of his lips on hers. This was turning out to be an incredible night!

When the strawberry was consumed, he took the opportunity to roll his lips against hers and taste any lingering flavor on their lips. That had been unique and enjoyable.

He leaned his forehead against hers and slumped forward lazily, warm arms draped around her shoulders. "So what's next, love?"

Oh, she'd see him eying the petals and costumes if she looked.

She eyed them as well, and smirked, a light blush forming on her cheeks.

"Playtime sounds good to me sweetheart." She mused a bit timidly, yet daring.

Oh the wonders of being playful in the bedroom~

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