Red's Valentine- Part 2

Hey everyone!

As some of you may know, I am writing a HUGE story for the Valentine's Day event. Unfortunately, the story got SUPER long winded, so I needed to break it into three parts as opposed to two. So you guys get a treat early! ^^ Adding #KiranLoveMe here.

If you haven't read the first part, read here!

Again, this is a long read, so care.

Shorter than part one, though.

Red stared in disbelief, unable to move or react. The cutie herself was asking if he was free tomorrow! There's no way! Red mustered his strength to answer her.

   "Yes, I am free, Ayra. What's up?" replied Red.

"As you can see, I had a change in heart, truly being able to see a side of you I never thought of before. What did you want to do?" asked Ayra.

"Nothing major, really. Just walk around town and have some fun then talk over dinner. Again, nothing spectacular." replied Red.

Ayra paused for a moment. "Sounds good to me. What time?"

"Right around noon." replied Red. He felt a lot more relaxed at this point.

"Got it." responded Ayra. "I need to make the most out of this day. See you then." she quickly went back to her training site. Red just had this dumb smile on his face.

"Equally heartwarming." said Micaiah, approaching from behind with Sothe's hand in hers. "I truly believe you are a good spirited person and this will work out. Bless you, Red."

"Just please do me a favor and don't tell Myrrh." said Red, slightly panicked. A worried expression shot across Micaiah's face.

"That could be problematic." replied Micaiah. "However, we will save that until later. Let's walk back and show our new ally here the place we call home."

The three of them finally made it back to the barracks. The place was lively, as usual. However, nobody really stopped to greet Red anymore. However, Elincia and Eirika were both there to greet Red, their swords at their sides. Elincia appeared to be holding a bag.

"The flier team went to go complete some missions left on the mission board." said Elincia. "We were given these. Take them, and do as you will." Elincia handed Red the bag, which seemed moderately heavy, and was on her way. Red peered inside the bag to find 13 orbs.

"Five of those were from the new training maps. Those give orbs! Can you believe that?" said Eirika. "We also received a blessing that's never been seen before. We believe it to be the fire blessing. You can check it out later, but I need to go for now. Good day, Red!" Eirika took off to continue monitoring the training squad.

"Looks like you have everything under control here." said Sothe.

"Believe me, he does." responded Micaiah. "Nothing catches him off guard."

"REEEDDD!!!"

"Red was immediately met by Myrrh, who dive bomb hugged him. "I have something to show you! Come with me now, Red!" exclaimed Myrrh. Micaiah shot a worrisome glance towards Red, who had his other hand that wasn't being dragged by Myrrh to indicate "HELP!".

"Is this a normal occurance?" asked Sothe.

"No....not at all." responded Micaiah.

Myrrh led Red to the grounds behind the barracks. It was quite a nice evening out witgh a pretty sunset. Myrrh seemed to be leading him to a pretty structure on the top of the hill with space for two. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the dancer sitting peacefully off to the side further down the hill. Red decided to spark a conversation.

"What is this, Myrrh?" Red asked.

"This is something I made! Isn't it great, Red?" Myrrh asked. Red's stomach dropped further and further.

"You really put a lot of work into this." Red replied. His tone was starting to fade as he realized what Myrrh was trying to do.

"Yeah! I'm glad you appreciate it! We can sit here and watch the sunset together, and I'm even doing to get snacks! It'll be just us two, watching the sunset, and I'll be so happy....to..." Myrrh's voice began to trail off as she saw Red's expression sadden more and more. "Is...everything okay, Red?"

Red took a deep breath. "I'm sorry."

"You're...sorry?" said Myrrh, her voice starting to tremble. Red didn't wanr Myyrh to cry. She was so precious...

"I...don't like you like that, Myrrh." Red said in a low voice. Myrrh was expressionless. "Please don't get the wrong idea, Myrrh. You're great, and you don't know how big of a help you've been. I wouldn't trade you for anything, Myrrh. But we just don't feel the same way about each other." Red could see visible tears welling in her eyes. "Please...." Red barely managed to let out. "Don't...."

Myrrh broke into tears. She flew towards the barracks, very loudly wailing with tears streaming down her face the entire time. Red sat down and began to feel tears welling in his eyes as well. The dancer, who overheard everything, had walked up and saw Red. She sat down to give Red a hug, in which he began to weep in her shoulder. "She didn't deserve it..." Red said in a muffled voice between his sobs. "She didn't deserve it...."

"You did your best." replied the dancer.

Red couldn't sleep that night. He was tossing and turning in bed, and no matter what he did, he couldn't shake it off. He had been awake for well over an hour for when he was supposed to be asleep. He couldn't let go of how sad Myrrh was. How could he have done such a terrible thing to someone so precious? She didn't deserve it...she deserves all the good things in the world to happen to her.

Which is why an incredibly irrational decision dawned on him. He got out of bed, put on a decent change of clothes, and grabbed the orb bag alongside Breidablik to storm out into the night. But not without some assistance.

Red stormed the barracks to find a single person. He hustled down the stairs into the training section. Once down there, he approached the sleeping quarters of the training squad, with three different rooms, one for each trainer; Eirika, Mist, and Genny. Below Genny's name was a crossed out Lachesis. Your ineptitude will not be forgotten, Lachesis. Red knocked on Eirika's door and waited a few minutes. Shortly, Eirika opened the door.

"Oh! Red, it's you! What do you need at this hour?" said Eirika, who was still slightly puzzled.

"I need you to run an errand with me. Do you know how to ride the horse of your magical alter ego?" asked Red.

"I...think so." replied Eirika. "What exactly do you need?"

"I'll explain on the way to the summoning rite. Lets go!"

The two approached the summoning rite on horseback. There shots, Red said to himself. Three shots.

"I did some math on the way here. You actually getting what you want adds up to a less than one percent chance!" said Eirika.

"It's okay, orbs come back." replied Red. "Plus, being bluntly honest, you'd want this, too." Eirika knew Red was right. With that said, Red scans Breidablik in the rite to see his orb selection:

One colorless, one green, three blue. Thank god it worked out. Red grabbed a blue orb out of the selection and set it in place. Five orbs in the chamber, and fire. A beam of light shoots up as Red lets out a sigh and turns a knob on the side of Breidablik.

Sully appears, with three stars swirling around. "Hey you two! My name is S-"

Zap. A pile of feathers appear where she was standing.

"Red! What the heck did you do that for? That wasn't necessary!" cried Eirika.

"You have no idea how many times she showed up when I was pulling for Azura." replied Red. Eirika sat there in silence as Red adjusted Breidablik to summon mode again. He put another blue stone in position, loaded four orbs, and fired. Smoke. The beam of light appears...

Shanna. Four stars swirl around her and her pegasus. "Hey you two! I'm Shanna, a pegasus knight...sort of!...what are you doing out this late?"

"Trying to find a friend. Want to watch?" replied Red. Only four orbs left in the bag.

"Sure!" said Shanna, as she flew over next to Eirika. Red took a deep breath as he pulled out the last blue stone. He set it in place, then glanced over at Eirika. "Would you like the honors? Point and shoot at the stone." said Red.

    "Uhm...sure!" replied Eirika. She took Breidablik out of Red's hands and stood in position. Eirika nervously held it up and pointed Breidablik at the blue stone. After a few seconds hesitation, she fired. Smoke. The beam of light sparkled and flared up, as Red and Eirika held their breath.....

Ephraim. Five golden stars swirled around. Eirika stood in awe, in denial that she actually gets to see Ephraim. "Sister." said Ephraim. Eirika sprinted for Ephraim and gave him a big hug. "I missed you too."

Red awkwardly walked up behind Ephraim to grab Breidablik out of Eirika's hand. "I hate to be the party pooper, but can we go now?" he chimed in.

"Oh, yes, we should!" said Eirika. "It is 2 AM. That's really late, and there's work to be done tomorrow..."

Eirika and Ephraim shared a horseback, while Red caught a ride with Shanna. As they approached the barracks, Red saw Feh flying towards the window of his room. He pointed in that direction, saying "Shanna, can you fly me to that window?"

"Sure thing!" she replied. Once Shanna got close, Red slipped through the window.

"Thanks!" Red exclaimed. "There should be a place to park your pegasus around back. You'll know it when you see it. From there, you should be able to find your way through the castle. Have a good first day tomorrow!" Shanna nodded and flew around back.

Red then went to Feh to take the envelope out of her beak. Onto Reds hand rolled two orbs and a small pile of feathers. He opens a side drawer on his nightstand to deposit the orbs. If tomorrow went as planned, he was going to need them...

Red opened his eyes. He felt as if he should be productive today, but there were much more important things to be done. Red was the perfect combination of excited and nervous; luckily, he had everything set aside for the occasion! He walked up to his closet to see the casual outfit still in tact. With that in check, Red went to shower.

All clean, dressed nice, and ready to go!

Red was headed downstairs a little early, just to be there early. As always, the main foyer was packed. A couple stray heroes took a glance at Red's attypical attire, but other than that, everything seemed in place until Red rounded the corner to view the main foyer. In the corner, something caught Red's eye.

It looked like Myrrh's wings, with Ephraim trapped on the ground beneath her. Eirika was standing nearby, flustered. Red felt at ease, knowing he did another good deed. Eirika and Red met eyes, and she closed her eyes and smiled. Red smiled back and looked at his watch. It was 11:59. As he turned back around, he met eyes with Ayra.

Ayra was slowly making her way towards Red. It looked like she had on her normal attire and was ready for battle, which didn't surprise Red too much. However, she, too, caught site of Myrrh cutely smothering Ephraim. After a brief second, Ayra looked back with her same, stern, albeit cute, facial expression and approached Red. Eirika, who was previously looking at Ayra, looked like she saw a ghost. "Let's go." said Ayra.

"Awesome!" Red said, with a smile on his face as he held the door for Ayra on the way out. Eirika was still speechless.

"She....smiled..." Eirika said to herself.

TO BE COMPLETED