Vestal of Wind

“I would love to. Here, take my hand. We can chat while we walk if you’d like?” Neku suggested as he extended his hand to his girlfriend.

He smiled and brought out the picture he did. Thanks to Namine’s inspiration. Neku just hoped his girlfriend liked it. 

“I hope you like it.”

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She took hold of it with both hands to get a good look at it. Then, it sank in and she gasped. “Oh, Neku...” Agnès held it higher to look more closely at the details. “This is beautiful! I love it, thank you.” 

Normally, Neku didn’t allow anyone touch his headphones. But his girlfriend was different. He didn’t mind that she took them off and placed them on the side table. Though to be fair, Neku felt like a zombie. His head was pounding. Heart racing from all the coffee he had been drinking the past two weeks. And over all, he just looked like crap. With the bed cover turned back, Neku sighed slightly and turned to gently kiss  Agnès’ forehead. “Thanks, Agnès..this really does mean a lot to me.” Neku casually kicked his shoes off and tucked them under the bed so no one would trip over them.  Then without a second thought,he crawled into the bed. Half pulling the bed cover over his lower half. “Man..I hope I can get to sleep..’cause this really,really sucks..” Neku muttered more to himself, than to her. 

Don’t thank me, not yet. We’ll see if this works.

Agnès sat and reached out to run a hand through his hair. “Go to sleep, Neku,” she whispered. “Go to sleep, and dream of me.” At the very least, he was settled in the bed, so his exhaustion shouldn’t take too long to overtake him. How he’d managed at all before, she didn’t know, but he was in a safe place now.

His eyes softened a little and gently rose a hand to brush his knuckles against his girlfriend’s cheek. Even if it didn’t seem like it, Neku’s heart was beating pretty fast just by being this close to  Agnès.  “This..is gonna sound pretty sappy, especially coming from me but..,”Neku softly chuckled as he rested his forehead against hers while whispering softy,”..I sorta think of you as a beautiful princess that deserves anything her heart desires.” He was now blushing like a cherry, but couldn’t stop smiling.”I love you, very much, Agnès.” Welp. There goes that bomb. Neku really was trying to move things slow between them. The last thing he wanted to do was scare her off. But he couldn’t help but pour his heart out to her like that. 

Agnès didn’t know what to do, or what to say. “I-I am no princess,” she stammered, surprised. “I am only a Vestal, the Vestal of Wind...” But it was a nice thing to say, nonetheless. After all, princesses were girls who lived luxurious lives, who played political intrigue and led countries. She was a Vestal, raised since childhood to worship the Wind Crystal and help those who came to her. 

Her excitement made Neku feel highly amused. It was almost tempted to just pet her head,as Agnès reminded Neku of an excited puppy. Which was super adorable.

“Why don’t we start with the basics, hm? My full name is Neku Sakuraba. I was born and raised in a city called Shibuya in a country called Japan. It’s a pretty busy every day. There’s always something happening there. And it’s hardly quite. But, it’s not too bad. It’s also where you see all sorts of free lancing artists.”

“Neku Sakuraba,” she repeated. “As in... cherry blossom garden? Oh, Neku, what a sweet last name!” And it suited him so well, too. He was like a garden, all to himself, but so sweet and kind inside.

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“I don’t know how to swim!” Agnès cried, embarrassed. “How could I?” She’d lived in the desert her whole life!

Vanitas blinked, looking back at her a moment before he looked bored. Honestly…  “Would you relax…? It’s not even waist deep. Besides. There are designated lifeguards here specifically to help you if you’re having trouble.” Why had she even come here if she was worried about that…??

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Neku didn’t even argue with Agnès. He nodded slightly while still fighting to keep his eyes open as he forced himself up from the sofa. Leaving his now empty cup on the floor by where he sat, Neku followed his girlfriend to where the spare room might be. 

Agnès looked back in concern as she led him by the arm to her other room. I hope you will rest, Neku. This sounds terrible. She pushed open the door and set him on the bed. Then, quietly, she began to help him in the only way she could think of; she gently tugged his headphones off and placed them on the bedside table, and then turned back the bed cover.

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He’d chuckle softly,holding his girlfriend tight in one arm. “Crazy how time flies by, huh?” Neku then gently nuzzled his cheek against hers. Enjoying feeling close to Agnes. She was pretty much the light in his life and he wanted to make sure she was always happy.  “Heh, I’m glad I got to know you too. So much…that I uh..sorta made ya something. Wanna see?”

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Agnès looked down. Maybe he was right, and it was different. Tiz had meant the world to her; he had seen something in her that she hadn’t believed in at first. It might have been desperation in his circumstances, but he thought of her as a ray of hope. She had trusted him above anyone else, which turned out to be the right call as far as Airy was concerned.

But Neku was special to her, too, and he didn’t need to listen to this anymore. It was enough to know she had a past. “Thank you, Neku,” she said. “Someday I will have that chance. But for now, I will try to live my life in the here and now.”

He nodded slightly, holding her close. “It’s cool. Though…are you sure you don’t want to see him soon? If this guy means that much to you…I’ll do whatever I can for you to see him.” Neku was dead serious about that too.

Agnès chewed her lip. “I do want to see him, Neku. If only to know that he is alive and well. I pray for him and my friends, hoping that they are safe.” Her boyfriend was too much, however. It was kind of him to offer to help her, but that was something for her to decide on her own.