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lemon
Luck and kisses were immediately forgotten as soon as West started saying stuff, because it made sense now. Kind of. Not really.
"That's not even a question," she pointed out. It sounded like a suggestion. Or like he was giving her permission or something. Why was he acting all nervous and fidgety? He knew exactly what Alice was going to say when he DID ask. It wasn't like it was a secret. As long as she could throw jelly slugs at his face and tell him she'd be his if he could catch, things were going fine, didn't he know?
.. but there weren't any jelly slugs. Or anything that could be caught, really.
He wasn't getting an answer until she had food to throw at his face. Like a cookie or something. That was tradition. It worked that way, even in fancied up broomsheds.
"The question part was implied." Did she need a high rising terminal on that then? He rest his chin in his hand and watched her closely.
"I want you to be, starting from today."
.... and he was being stubborn.