Andia: The Revolution

[King Acunasti]

A tear slowly parted from Valentin's eye. He grinned.

[Eltee]

Spoiler:

Val has a f*cked up sense of humour.

[King Acunasti]

Spoiler:

He's not laughing at her. Geez, who do you think he is?

[Eltee]

Spoiler:

Grinned is a bad word to use.

"What's up?"

[King Acunasti]

Spoiler:

No, because he did grin. But not because he was thinking about child labor in Empire City! Silly Lt.

"I want to marry you." Valentin replied, wiping the tear from his cheek. "I want to marry you so badly."

[Eltee]

Spoiler:

Ahem: Awwwwwwww....

Aarys looked at Valentin with her jaw open for a moment. "I... I... Okay!" She didn't seem to understand the words coming-out of her own mouth. "Okay!" She said louder, and launched herself into his arms.

[King Acunasti]

"Okay!?" Valentin said excitedly, holding Aarys closely and kissing her on the cheek. "You're serious? You really want to?"

[Eltee]

"I... Yes! Are you really asking me?" Aarys' eyes had lit up with an amber glow of excitement.

[King Acunasti]

"I...I don't have a ring." Valentin said. "F*ck! I don't have a ring!"

[Eltee]

"It's a Woodland elf tradition to weave or carve one out of grass or reeds or wood." Aarys said. "They are replaced each year on the anniversary... Oh my god! I am getting married!!!"

[King Acunasti]

"Stop, stop, stop." Valentin laughed. "We've got to do this the way they do it in the cheesy romance novels. Stand up."

[Eltee]

Spoiler:

Illiteracy + Romance novels = Puppy. <3

Aarys immediately understood, and stood up. It occurred to her that she was going to be proposed to in a tent in the middle of nowhere, wearing nothing but a t-shirt and her underwear. And I don't care! She thought gleefully.

[King Acunasti]

Spoiler:

Meh, you don't need to read novels to know what's in them.

Valentin got down on one knee, dramatically putting a hand over his heart and taking hold of Aarys' hand while gazing into her eyes. "Aarys," he said. "Will you marry me?"

[Eltee]

"Of course I'll marry you!" Aarys squeaked, feeling happier than she had in her entire (Godd*mn miserable, she thought) life. "Of course! Oh my god, I love you so much!" Tears were now running down her face in two tiny rivulets, steaming in the subzero cold.

[King Acunasti]

Valentin stood and locked lips with Aarys, wrapping his arms around her and lifting her a few inches off the ground.

[Eltee]

Aarys wrapped her arms around Valentin, her heart in her throat and the world spinning. I'm getting married! I'm getting married! God, I'm getting married!

[King Acunasti]

"You excited?" Valentin asked when he put Aarys down.

[Eltee]

"I can barely breathe! Valentin! We're getting married!" Aarys replied, her face lit up and happy.

[King Acunasti]

"Well, proposing is the easy part. Setting up the actual wedding is the hard part." Valentin smiled. "But I promised you - you'll be Aarys Fairfax by the end of the war."

[Eltee]

"I like the sound of that! Oh, I can't wait to tell everyone!" Aarys gushed, eyes happily flitting around the tent.

[King Acunasti]

"Part of our dream will be coming true." Valentin said, stepping closer to Aarys and placing his hands on her hips.

[Eltee]

Aarys placed her hands on Valentin's shoulders. "O tha mo dhúill ruit..." she murmured the first few Elvish words of a song. "Care to dance?"

[King Acunasti]

"I'd love to...as long as you promise we'll do some serious kissing when we're done."

[Eltee]

"I can go with that." Aarys said, smiling. She began to sing again, stepping in time with her quavering voice.

[King Acunasti]

Valentin gazed into Aarys' dark brown eyes, occasionally leaning over and whispering various things in her ear such as "I love you" or "You're perfect".