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“Si…uh…bonjour….”

It didn’t even rhyme. 

“Guilty as charged.” 

“Uh, it’s a penthouse but sure.” 

“ Really?! You mean it?! ”

Her energy bursts forth with a cry of victory ringing throughout whilst her body lunges to envelop the taller male in a tight embrace, face nestled into his chest. 

Roman was going to take her on an actual date! 

She could only think of what her parents would say if they were watching her now with this notorious thief. Would they be disappointed? Or happy for her happiness, she wondered? Her brother surely wouldn’t be too pleased- but Cerise was more than content alongside him. 

Cheeks flush at his words of having  ‘ulterior motives’ of any kind- her arms were still snaked around his neck as she gawks with a hard swallow, trying to tame her sudden heart palpitations. Was she even ready for THAT!? 

For a woman as stern and ferocious on a job, around Roman she was a complete MESS. It was hard to be taken seriously back at base when around Cinder and the others with the way Cerise stumbled about like a love struck puppy. She shook the lewd thoughts from her mind and settles in her resolve. 

The mood was too right to not take advantage of. And so she leans upon tiptoes, craning her neck upward to reach Roman’s proximity and places plush lips against her partner’s. Arms remain about his neck as she smiles against his mouth; delighted with the turnout of their talk. Cerise could be confident… not often, but when she did have that inner strength, it was best to make the most of it. She hoped Roman was prepared for what all her confidence could push her to do. 

He smiled against her lips, arm wrapping around her waist and pulling her into him. He forgot how lithe she was - how small. It was easy to forget when she was such a menace on the battle field. How such a small body could carry such anger and violence was beyond him, yet here she was. And here he was with his arms wrapped around her and her pressed into his chest. 

It felt natural, and when he pulled away, he refused to let go of her. Their foreheads remained pressed together, noses barely brushing as he held her on her toes. 

This was so different from his first wife. He couldn’t even articulate the warmth that bubbled up inside of him. It was far from just lust though that was a part of it. It was something else entirely. Something he had never felt before. Something he planned to cling to. 

“ Hey! ”

A defensive retort from his shot at her is the first thing for her to react to. The rest needing a bit of time to sit with her. 

She smiles warmly though, holding her hands to her chest to feel its increased heart-rate. He wants to do it RIGHT. With HER. One day perhaps she’d get to hear him speak those three words… it wouldn’t be right to corner him into saying it. It wouldn’t feel natural. But she knew, from his explanation alone, she knew he loved her. Face remains pinked with bliss, biting her lip to restrain the gleeful, victorious cheers she had for herself in that moment. 

“ Can I ask for one more thing…? ” She peers up at his taller figure with bright, hopeful eyes. “ Can we… go on a proper date? And not for me to get shot at for your sake, sort of date? ” It was a grim topic, one she knew Roman didn’t like her bringing up, but Cerise jests about the occasion anyways. It happened, she could have died, but that day was a staple for the two of them. And so- she figured perhaps it was time they acted like an ACTUAL couple and not stage as one. 

“ I want to know you better. We’ve been together for a while, but personally, and not so much you as a boss with money and fortune on the mind. ”

He really needed to give her more credit. Bringing that up at a time like now...that was low. 

He huffed, a pout forming on his lips, “Don’t push your luck, Flynt.”

He flicked her nose in emphasis, but he could only pout so long before a cocky smile slid back over his lips, “Always the romantic, eh? I s’pose I could take you...for real. No ulterior motives.”

Roman leaned back against the wall, seemingly thinking for a moment before nodding to himself. 

“Can’t say there’s much you don’t know, though...” most of his past was just that - in the past. 

He didn’t feel any real need to dredge it up when it was the now that mattered. Just as he didn’t pry into her life before him. Still, a date would be nice. Good food, good drink, good company. 

“ Wait what- ”

Her thoughts are put to a halt with the contact he makes with her chin. Eyes completely taken in by brilliant emerald and she was a puddle, almost having missed his last words.

PROPOSE?

That wasn’t a NO?

That was when everything chimed of bells in that dreamer head space of hers. Roman was not incorrect in the slightest when it came to Cerise’s ‘not listening’, as she was in her own world as of present. Birds chirping everywhere, wedding bells ringing, and flower petals scattered all about them. She looked like a damn child with the way she’d laugh giddily, eyes a complete daze but sparkled like that of diamonds. 

This daydream of hers lasted a long hard moment before Roman’s smoke made her sneeze, thus coming out of the spell. 

“ Oh- W…Wow. Um… So… ah~ does that mean you love me, Roman? ” 

Perhaps she was asking a bit much, but with a drunken sway of her body due to excitement, she bats her eyelashes upward at her partner, holding her own heated face anticipating one of his curve-ball answers. He’s never told her those words, however another thought strikes her, dropping the cutesy act momentarily and with a huff-

“ Wha- hey… I mean. What you feel for me is different than what you felt for her- right…? ”

Aaaaaaaand she was gone. He could see it in the way her eyes glazed over and jaw hung open. It brought a smile to his lips as he leaned back and replaced the cigar. He waited for the spell to break, for her to come back to her sense and resume gaping at him. 

She was so easy to get a reaction out of...honestly, it would be sad if he didn’t know she could slit his throat in his sleep and he’d be none the wiser. 

Of course, she asked him that question, which he was about to elegantly dodge, but Cerise made it easy. She handed him an out. 

He rolled his eyes, arms crossing over his chest, “If my feelings for you were the same as they were for her, I woulda kicked you out ages ago.”

Roman looked back to her, lips pursed for a moment as he seemed to make up his mind. 

“We went too quickly. It wasn’t love. It was a high with the shittiest hangover. I plan t’ do it right this time, so yeah. You are very different from her...for one thing she actually listened.”

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A twinge of jealousy shot through her- but it couldn’t be helped. 

This was Roman’s past. And from the sound of things, their love wasn’t legitimate… she kept telling herself that anyways. 

Still, for one woman to ruin a man’s idea of what marriage is, what love is- it made her inner self seethe. How irritating. 

“ Well- she was a fool to abuse what you had to offer… ”

The Roman she knew had a heart hidden deep. Covered by layers of trauma and disappointment after disappointment. Cerise wanted so badly to bring him what good there was to offer in this corrupted world. She hoped he saw that.

“ I’m envious. She received my dream first. ”

Honest words spilled from pursed lips, feeling rather huffy knowing he wouldn’t do the same for her- someone who WOULDN’T throw up on his deck or smoke…it wasn’t FAIR in her eyes. But- she couldn’t exactly BEG Roman to make things legitimate with her.

He rolled his eyes, a puff of smoke leaving his lips. Honestly, for a woman who has survived this long in the underworld, she really didn’t listen. Good thing she swooped in and saved his ass, or she would have been dead ages ago. 

He turned to her, pulling the cigar from his lips and exhaling - knowing some of the smoke went into her face, but he doubt she’d mind given the proximity. 

Cheeks flush, feeling rather clueless herself. 

She had no idea what Roman’s last marriage was like- aside from temporary obviously… And sure… he wasn’t WRONG. His loyalty to her spoke volumes.  “ They mean plenty…really. But yes I just- … I’ve always wanted a true marriage. Like my parents had… ” Thinking of them made her smile inwardly. This life of crime wasn’t what she originally planned for but- if this was how she’d continue to live her life alongside Roman, she wanted it proper. 

“ Is that so wrong to ask…? ” 

Her voice raises with feeling, eyes searching his own for clarity. Perhaps his heart to open just a little more to her.  She exhales, swallowing her pride and showing off a genuine smile with kind shades of honey. “ Won’t you tell me about her…? Why you married her… why… you decided it wasn’t worth it? ”

Oi. She wanted him to into that. 

He sighed, eyes opening before relaxing as he slumped against the wall. 

“Now that’s a hell of a tale,” he looked back at her. “Like your parents, huh? Never did shake that fairy tale ending, did ya?”

He offered a tight lipped smile. 

“Well, it was a couple years ago. I had just gotten my first big hit...” it was a good memory, golden and barely tinged by age. “I’d run a few jobs with her in the past, and we’d messed around, so I bought her a big ass ruby necklace,” he snickered. “She was a brunette and looked damn good in red. Anyways, it went downhill from there. I’d buy her stuff, and she’d stick around - do favors. And not the kind you think...at least, not all the time. She was the best infiltrator I’ve ever met. Could pick any lock in no time, and we made a damn good team. So naturally, we decided to take it a step further. I stole a real pretty engagement ring and well...”

He shrugged, lighting another cigar. 

He looked at her, brow arched. 

“Are you asking if I would ever marry you?” there was no malice in his voice.