Now it was just the two of them. Bold contemplated and thought about the meaning of his words hard. But then suddenly stopped as if to realize the futility of thinking. Since thoughts weren’t even his what even was the point of trying to contemplate. He looked at the equally puzzled Emma and spoke:  

“So, Emma. Planning on mastering your spell?” 

“Oh, umm. I’ll do it someday.”

“Okay. But you gotta hurry. Since the trick to learning the spells became pretty obvious now. Would be embarrassing if you dragged”

Emma frowned at his sarcasm.

“Are you mocking me?” she asked angrily.

“Ahh, haha. No no. Not at all.” said Bold as he shook his head and waved his hands.

She pouted, got up and started imputing on her wristboard. She fiercened her look and stiffened her body to do a teleportation. Nothing happened. She looked at the curious Bold bashfully and spoke:

“Could you stop staring”

“W-why. I didn’t get in your way.”

“It’s hard to concentrate when you’re looking.”

“Hey, I looked at you when you only wore undervest and trunks. I think that’s a ceiling when it comes to nonperverted peeping is concerned.”

Emma’s jaws dropped. She turned her head towards Bold and raised her arm to smack him on the head.

“Wahh, ahh hoho, Nooo” screamed Bold and shielded his head with his hands.

Seeing the hero who saved her curl up into a ball, Emma couldn’t help but laugh. When hearing her giggle, Bold opened his eyes and looked towards her to see her bright face and loving eyes that gazed at him.

“You’re so silly. You know that?” said Emma happily.

“Heh”

“But its good to be silly. I don’t like having boring people around” said Emma proudly.

Bold scratched his head.

“I dunno. I never considered myself to be that funny. Most of my humor consists of weebshit anyway” said Bold.

“I’m a mad weeb myself, if you didn’t know” said Emma with a smile.

“Oh yeah, what’s your favorite shows?” asked Bold.

“Ryuball Z and Borubo’s dad’s show, I forgot his name.”

“Wow, you really are a pleb. Come back when you have refined your tastes” said Bold with a snobbish tone.

“Hey, who gave you the right to be so high and mighty!” yelled Emma and lunged towards Bold.

She grabbed hold of his cheeks and pinched them tight.

“Ouch, owow, stop” whined Bold.

“Woooow, your cheeks are so soft” said Emma with a gasp.

She continued to pinch his cheeks in astonishment. Bold looked at the curious girl in front of him dazedly. How she was childishly enthralled. Her wonder filled eyes were lighting. Her soft lips curled into a kiddy smile. Realizing how Bold was looking at her like a pup Emma couldn’t help but grin. She softly tapped his chest with her fist and spoke:

“You do awfully like to look at me”

“T-there isn’t anyone or anything else to look at” said Bold bashfully and looked away. But when he turned his gaze back Emma was staring at him back.

“Well, I’ll just be glad that your two brown eyes are looking after me.” said Emma with a smile.

Bold couldn’t help but become embarrassed by those words. Emma giggled and got up.

“I’m too bored to train. Since Mikhail explained how to meditate to us I’ll figure out how to master my spell sometime later. Come on, it’s time to celebrate your success”

Saying that Emma happily trotted away and Bold followed her with a smirk on his face.  

            That evening everyone brought the dining room table into the living room and the music player from the second floor. Putting CDs one after the other they sang along with the singers as they sat on the sofa.           

“We are the champions my friends. Come on, sing with me everybody!”     

Mikhail stood on top of the table and held the remote of the music player as an artifitial microphone.

“Dam dam damn daaahhhhn”

Diego, Bold and Emma quietly hummed the tone of the music while Gabi and Thompson yelled at the top of their lungs. As the vibrant and uplifting song ended, the next on the list was a cozy and romantic one.

“Ladies and gents, now it is time for a dance to take place in here. Grab your partners and let us sway like the trees in this magnificent evening” declared Mikhail.

Gabi jumped up and dragged Diego to his feet. Both of them hugged each other and started a rhythmic dance as they swirled around the table. Mikhail looked at Emma and Bold with loving eyes. The two looked at one another with bit of embarrassment.

“Come on you two. Don’t stay put. Just twirl around the room like the dancing stars. It’s only natural to do so” said Mikahil

They got up silently. At that moment Thompson pushed Bold on his back. From the sheer force of his push Bold almost crashed into her. But Emma tightly clinged to his body and stuck her face in his chest.

Oh man, this is embarrassing. But embarrassing as it is, this feels kinda good. a thought crossed Bold's mind. 

Together they swayed and hopped around the room. The music banged at their ears. None of them uttered a word, only exchanged silent glances.  

Mikhail watched them with delight. But someone opened the door and entered the room, almost crashing with them in the process. It was Amanda. As soon as she saw how they were leisurely having fun and dancing around she frowned and crossed her arms.