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Nobody could fathom how taken aback he was at hearing her ask him that. How was he not supposed to get even a little offended at that? He was a little old fashioned compared to most, but he never thought that was a bad thing.

"I have a weird need to be a bitch to everyone. I’m sorry. You just always surprise me, chief. You’re weird," she shrugged, scooting closer. "But I like that." She leaned forward and kissed his cheek softly. 

If he had a backbone, staying angry wouldn't be a problem. When it came to her, he was spineless. It was physically impossible for him to stay mad at her, even if his life depended on it. She wasn't just a smooth talker but his Achilles' Heel. 

Oh. That.

Talking to him was like talking to an adult. She felt like she was talking to the typical dad rather than someone who was only two years older than she was. They lived in different worlds, she supposed. 

Nobody could fathom how taken aback he was at hearing her ask him that. How was he not supposed to get even a little offended at that? He was a little old fashioned compared to most, but he never thought that was a bad thing.

"Holy shit, chief."

Oh. That.

Scout hadn’t even realized her jaw dropped at first. She was in such a state of shock that she hadn’t noticed. Embry hadn’t planned anything for Valentine’s Day. She knew he wouldn’t, but she figured that somewhere beneath the sweetness was a teenage boy. 

"Uhhh...yes...?"

His face turned multiple shades of pink before going back to normal after hearing that. Listening to Scout’s unabashed comments was easier when he could hide behind his glasses.. 

"Gah, don’t do that." Scout gagged slightly, enjoying the annoyed look on Embry’s face. "Don’t go all fluffy on me. I know you’re a sap but control yourself."

Scout was tough. He was used to being the 'soft guy', but Scout was unusually hardened. Everything was too fluffy for her. He shot an annoyed look her way but dropped it. Picking a fight with her would start an uprising. 

"I didn’t mean it like that," she said nonchalantly. She wasn’t one for holding back, after all. 

His face turned multiple shades of pink before going back to normal after hearing that. Listening to Scout's unabashed comments was easier when he could hide behind his glasses.. 

"It usually means my dad is pretending to be sorry for ignoring me. Your lack of neglect makes it a little easier to accept."

"I thought you were going to be nice to me today," he said, pouting in her direction. 

"Asserting your dominance, I like it."

"I couldn't miss an opportunity to get you something. Where I'm from, it's a nice gesture to say 'I love you'. I'm not sure what gifts mean to you..." he teased, reaching around for the bag at his feet. When he finally managed to grab it, she had placed something in his free hand. 

"Hubba hubba," she grinned, snuggling in closer. For the first time in what flet like forever, she felt normal. She wasn’t a psycho Odair kid with him. With Embry, she was a normal girl who was completely smitten with her first love.

After a short laugh, he wrapped an arm around her once she was nestled in with him. Being with her was his favorite thing in the world. That probably didn't mean much to most people since his world was fairly limited, but he couldn't deny the butterflies he felt every time he was with her. 

Valentine - Ember

Embry always loved Valentine's Day. Even though it was always a reminder that he was painfully alone, people were always nicer to him on that day and the idea that maybe he'd find love one day made his sappy heart happy. 

"Go ahead, but I’m gonna have to put a copyright on it whenever you do so you’ll need to pay me…or however copyrighting something works." she said with a shrug of her shoulders. "I would just punch someone in the face if they asked me something like that. That might be kind of difficult for you though since you can’t see the person you’d be punching…so you could get me to punch them for you."

"I should hire you as a bodyguard. Theia has gotten too friendly with strangers and would look past me getting robbed for a strip of bacon. I hope you aren't so easily distracted," he laughed. 

"Aw but what’s the point of making terrible jokes and puns if you aren’t expecting at least a few groans out of it? I was taught that it isn’t a good pun unless everyone in the room wants to kill you." She stated with a nod of her head and laughed a little. "People actually ask you that stuff? Fuck, that must be so awkward."

"That's a good motto. I might have to start using that when I make an awful joke." He shrugged and waved it off simply, "You get used to it after a while. I guess it really is a miracle that I can go to the bathroom by myself to some people."

"Well it sure doesn’t take away from it. Who can ignore a lovable blind kid? Nobody that’s who." she moved out of his way when he closed the door, leaning against the back of a chair. "Yeah not to mention we aren’t very noticeable either, you don’t know how many times I get ‘ohmygosh, you’re left handed?’" she said in a very annoying girly voice, "at least you don’t get asked, ‘you can’t see?’"

"Lovable? You're too kind. I think after a while, the terrible jokes and puns take a toll on people." he shrugged, chuckling to himself. "No, they all get that I can't see. People like to ask how I do things. Personal favorites are always the dirty stuff." 

"Uh…the forest mostly." she replied with a slight chuckle, despite the statement being mostly true, as she walked through the doorway. "Nah, you don’t need to worry about that, you’re one in a million bud, couldn’t find someone to replace you if I wanted to. Though I was beginning to think you replaced me with another left hand shooter."

"I like to think being so unique adds to my charm," he snorted, shutting the door once he heard her enter. "And the same goes for you. You lefties are a rare breed, especially around here." 

Anya wasn’t always the sociable type, the main people she spent time with were Aries, Willow and Kyle (but those two always came together so they practically counted as one person). If she wasn’t lazing around the house she was out hunting with Aries or, now that she was in need of a tutor, studying with Caspian so when Embry had called her and invited her over she was looking forward to it. It had been some time since she had hung out with him so even though she was surprised, she was happy to hear his voice again.

"Lefty! Where have you been?" he asked, moving out of the doorway to let her in. Since he didn't want to come right out and say he had been sitting on his couch with Theia for the past month, he tried to focus on her. "Don't tell me you found a new token blind kid to replace me with, or worse, a sighted kid."