#summoner-nightcipher

As they had agreed upon, Flayme and Kathe met at the airstrip the following day. The huntress was excited to see Night again, of course, but she wasn’t quite sure how her mentor was going to react to the mountain of news that had suddenly fallen into his lap. It wasn’t often you walked into your teacher’s office while he was working and said that you were both pregnant and getting married to a man he had never even heard of. It was safe to say that Kathe hadn’t gotten much sleep the night prior as she tried to figure out how best to word the big reveal to Night. 

Still, she wanted his help with this. He would make sure all of this went smoothly (not that her own parents wouldn’t, of course), and the Piltovian hospitals would be nice to have access too, particularly for someone as new to this as Kathe was. For most of the airship ride, Kathe was silent, her fingers entwined tightly with Flayme’s, her mind racing as she tried to figure out what Night’s reaction might be. He was always protective of her, and he most certainly wasn’t predictable.   

Her nerves only seemed to grow when they touched down in the City of Progress, but she led Flayme towards the police station with practiced ease nonetheless. The halfdragon’s reassuring hand on her back helped calm her down as they walked through the city streets, and Kathe knew that this was all unfamiliar territory to Flayme. Still, she was glad he was here with her. 

She was waved through to the offices in the police station, glad that they still recognized her after all this time. She found herself in front of Night’s door and let out a shaky breath. A quick glance in Flayme’s direction was met with a reassuring nod, and the huntress raised her hand to rap against the door to her teacher’s office. 

Once she heard his voice on the other side, she entered as bidden, a smile spreading across her face. At least, this time, she wasn’t seeing him because of some crisis.

“Hey, Night.” Her smile was as wide as ever “Been a while, eh?”