“This world is strange indeed with its time flow and doppelgangers and the like. I’ve come to terms with it since my arrival, but it doesn’t make it any less strange even now.” Krystopher was quite aware ever since he came to Revaliir and was kidnapped by the evil Moliira, or more so, the Moliira that was from this realm. For some people, they absorbed their Revaliir counterpart and in other cases, it was quite the opposite. He was unsure where he stood if he even had a counterpart to begin with. Krys still felt like his usual self and wasn’t as complicate as some of the others. Still, one could never really tell at face value.

He was a  bit taken back when her mom was less than subtly hinting them going out to spend some time together. His face rested in his plam while he got to listen to Liz trip over her words. Great. But he had to admit, it would help to make things more formal between them. And it looked like she was getting excited from it. “Sure. Suppose I need to go back and getting changed myself”, he said and when they were ready to go and change, he pardoned himself and headed outside to gate himself back to the White Rose Manor. When he got back, he was made to spill what happened to Aurora, who kept asking questions about what happened and he headed back to his room.

Krystopher changed into garments that were worthy of a nobleman and when he came out, she went off to go tell her equally big mouthed mother about what happened. After making sure to leave the house before anything else happened, Krys crossed through the gate again and he was about ready to go inside the house when a thought crossed him. Instead of doing that, he knocked on the door, wanting to at least make the experience as proper as he could make it.

Liz herself left as soon as she parted ways with Krystopher. At least she left the library, she went up to her room and sifted through all of her clothing only to realize the only dress she had in the whole manor was the one she wore to the court meetings. There was an unsatisfied groan that left her lips, it would have to do. The dress hardly felt special after all this time but maybe he would like it.

The dress itself had wide jeweled silk made of white while the bodice and skirt had a thin sheer purple material over a shimmery silky fabric. The top was of a sweet heart design and had the same jeweled fabric around the waist. A silk came up her dominate right leg and she fumbled around to find her nice court shoes as well, the same soft purple color as parts of the dress. She combed her hair out and pinned the front half of it back and left the long white curls to cascade down her shoulders and back. Her court jewelry would have to do as well: the trademark purple rose necklace that most of her court adorned, matching amethyst earrings, and a thin bracelet was all she had.

She made note that she would probably have to change all these things as… she didn’t know what to expect with Krystopher but she couldn’t very well just have the same dress over and over, could she? She groaned a bit more before slinking her way down the staircase once she knew it was time to go.

When the knock came at the door she froze on the staircase while the house staff opened the door for the visitor. She tilted her head as her brown eyes met Krystopher’s figure and immediately her face had gone red, she felt silly mostly because these were rather old clothes but they would do. She finished her descent down as soon as the house staff called for her and she looked a little stiff as she closed the door behind her. “I only had one dress…” She said ashamed of herself. “Is it okay?”

Krystopher wasn't the fancy sort, at least not these days, but he had made sure to have formal attire just in case.  He had dug through his clothes on something descent to wear before settling for a dark blue buttoned shirt and black trousers. He slipped into a dress coat and brought out a nice pair of boots before he felt as though he was ready. He didn't know what to expect out of Liz given that he had never seen her in a dress before. Krys was confident though in that her beauty would simply shine with it. As he made his way out, he heard whistling from his brother while he was tracking down his mischief filled wife. "I'll be out", he stated while Blaine smirked, "Don't worry, we'll leave the door unlock…Toya! Where the blasted heavens are you now? You better not be trying to fly on that dragon again!" Krystopher left the house and made it back to hers. His stomach felt slightly unease as he considered that it had been an awful long time since he did something like this. Gods, he hoped he wasn't too rusty. Fortunately he wasn't so sure that Liz had experience in this as well, so this would make for an interesting night. The door opened and he thanked the staff member as he was allowed inside. He glanced up to see her awaiting on the stairs and he couldn't pry his eyes away.

She looked stunning.

Although it was clearly written on her tomato colored face that something was amidst. "What's wrong…" He questioned as she came down to the first floor. Her reason made him shake his head. Clearly she was overthinking it again. "You look beautiful, I don't care about anything else." He kinda had a feeling that she wasn't the type to wear dresses all the time, but he liked what he saw. Then again, they were both wolves and their natural state was without having to bare the burden of clothing themselves to fit in with civil living. That, or she was a tomboy. Either way, it made no difference to him. "You look good all dolled up. Guess you were right in it being a treat." He looked her up and down once more before smiling. "Shall we? I still have no clue as to where your mother had suggested us going to dinner…"

The moment his eyes landed on her and her eyes met his there was a blush across her face. It was the way he was looking at her like it was the first time he had ever seen her.

There was a light chuckle from her lips as she moved her hands so she could straighten out his shirt. For a moment her eyes didn’t meet his but finally, when they did she was smiling once more and it was rather large, it could have hurt her face if it stayed there any longer. “That has to be the first time I’ve heard that in such a long time Krystopher. I suppose it just feels lazy to wear the same dress I dread for meetings out on a date with you that I am excited for.”

She blushed once more at his words and took his arm with care. “Thank you, Krys.” She reached up and kissed his cheek softly before they started to make their way to the night garden tavern that her mother had told them about. “I kind of do, I’ve seen it on the way back from the piers. It is a treasure in the Yellow Court for how beautiful all the flowers are. The food is supposed to be among the best in Sularia as well now that I think about it.”

It was weird as they walked together over the many bridges. They walked across the largest bridge where the mighty aqueduct separated the city and she stopped to watch the roaring water as it fell from the tower by the castle. “Isn’t it beautiful Krys? The water is so clear and sparkles in the sunlight…”

After they admired it for a while they came to a large building with a type of dark magic radiating from the top of it. “This it,” she said gently as they entered the doors. The building was pitch black only lit by a few candles here or there in the entryway. They made their way through the corridor until the entire building opened up.

The main part of the gardens was completely lit up by glowing flowers and even the butterflies that moved from flower to flower were glowing in their own light. The tavern was an outdoor style one with soft music and candle lit tables. She blushed a bit. “I’ve never been in here… It’s so beautiful.”

He didn’t think that she was lazy or anything of the like. If anything at all, Krystopher thought she was absolutely shunning. He thought she was overthinking things again. “Sometimes it's best to do things simple. This isn’t an extravagant night, it is one that we can share in good setting and just be ourselves, he reassured Liz with a smile. But she looked very happy and excited for the night, perhaps her first ever. As for Krys, it wasn’t the first time courting; he had his fair share but he was also looking forward to this night. He pondered if it meant her mother was accepting of him courting her. “Careful now, your face might get stuck like that if left for too long”, he laughed before came over to her side. At least she was getting used to the idea and feeling more comfortable about this. This in turn made the lycan happy as they would get better acquainted as they explored where this relationship between them went. He was hoping to give her as much enjoyment as possible with everything she went through, but also he would do the same for himself for similar reasons.

He smiled even wider when Liz kissed his cheek. “Come on now. We have a night to enjoy.” He took her arm into his and together they left the house and soon found themselves traveling down the streets. “The Yellow Court, can’t say that I’ve seen much of them. I’m more familiar with the Red, the White and now the Purple Courts.” The Black still eluded him as were the Yellow, but he had heard things about both.

“That sounds good, I’m getting rather hungry. I think in all of the excitement for tonight, I forgot to eat.” He couldn’t help but to laugh a little but in truth, Krystopher was starving. The last time they ate was definitely at breakfast. The travel took quite a distance, yet he didn’t mind with the serene scenery they went through. “Aye, it is.” He looked enthralled by it; it was hard to every picture leaving Sularia once one entered it. Had he not met Liz in the first place, then it was likely that he would missed seeing all of this beauty and would leave without hesitation. But now…he wasn’t so sure.

When they came to the tavern, he couldn’t help but to feel a familiar tingle, but decided to ignore it for the time being and entered it. The true sight of the place was simply amazing. He stared, mouth slightly open as they looked around. The scene was complete with the atmosphere completed with the lighting and music. He could see a few other couples around, carrying on with their own businesses. It was both of their first time here, he soon remembered. “Your mother has good taste all right…” He looked to Liz with her face blushing, “I swear that I’ll worry about you turning into a tomato one day”, he whispered into her ear before leading her over to a table and drew her seat out. “I shouldn’t be too surprised, this city is already filled with many beautiful things…”, he winked at her before taking his own.

“Careful your face might get stuck like that,” she returned his jest as she watched his rather large smile. She put her arm in his as they walked. “Lily sticks to herself unless she doesn’t.” Liz seemed amused with her rather vague answer. “They are more in control of the businesses around the docks. You’ll meet Aunt Lily eventually, she’s not really anything like Aunt Toya or Mom…” she chuckled a bit more. “Kirika is even more different.” Speaking of the Black Court queen she looked up instinctively at the house that sat on the hill of Sularia. The manor of the Black Court was now in sight.

Liz nodded a bit with him. “Think that was the last time I ate as well… and Aunt Toya was giving me the stink eye the entire time.” She chuckled as her thoughts drifted back to the breakfast entertainment that morning.

“I’ll say… I didn’t think she was interested in things like this,” Liz mused lightly as she looked around with her blush. “Maybe I will!” She jumped at his breath against her ear and chuckled. Liz sat down in the chair as he pulled it out and immediately grinned a bit stupid as he winked at her. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” She played dumb with him.

Soon they were brought some of Arri’s best rose wine and were given a number of Arriese dishes to choose from. If Krystopher needed help with figuring out the meals Liz was quick to fill him in. Before long they finished and she poured them each a glass of the wine. “This may be way too fancy for my blood.” It must have been funny hearing it from a princess but Liz never really lived like one. She was more a force of nature than anything.

“So… Does the Old Man know how to dance?” Liz chuckled at him. “I think I want to see if he does.”

“Perhaps she may have her own little secrets that you don’t know about”, Krys offered back. They all had their skeletons in the closets and no matter how close people were to each other, one couldn’t fully know every single detail. That was sort of how he was to all that knew him- he had his mysteries and secrets. His brother, sisters, even his previous lovers didn’t know him completely. But then again, he was sure that she would have some that would be too deeply buried for him to know as well. They had that in common too.

Krystopher couldn’t hide his amusement at Liz’s jumpiness, it seemed like she was out of her element and her normally composed self didn’t know how to handle his attention. It might have been slightly bad of him, but he couldn’t help but to have some fun in this. “Of course you don’t…”

The evening quickened as their meals and drinks arrived and he was thankful for her help since he didn’t quite know Arriese yet, unlike his brother that was forced to. But the food was really good, as was the wine that they were enjoying. “I can see that you aren’t used to eating like this? Me neither. Haven’t had a good meal in a very long time. Used to hunting and cooking my own meals.”

A cocky smirk came over his lips as he finished his wine and stood up from his seat. “Can’t remember if I can. Guess my age is catching up to me…” Moving over to her side, he held out his hand for hers to take before leading her onto the floor. “Question is has  the little youngster been taught?” It had been ages since he danced with another- it had been with his wife when they first got married. He could hazily remember that day as he led Liz into a waltz, slowly stepping about with one hand on her waist and the other joined with hers. With her, it was much more easier since she was closer to his height.    

“I’m used to hunting as well… I supposed that we’re just two wild people who aren’t very civilized.” Liz joked with him as they ate the food. It was really good but nothing like what she was used to. There was a gentle smile on her face as they talked over their dinner. They were so oddly close for two people who seemingly had a lot in common yet not enough.

She drained the rest of her wine and stood up with him laughing. “This little youngster grew up with Rosenites. She can dance like no one you’ve ever met before.”

Together they did the waltz and before long she was showing him traditional Arriese dancing. They had a blast and they laughed together. They fell down together and most importantly they helped each other.

When they got home that night they went up to their room and just collapsed on the bed together after changing. She put her head into Krystopher’s chest and closed her eyes. She couldn’t bare to say the words that wanted to leave her lips so soon so she remained silent as she kissed his cheek. “Thank you for the wonderful night Krys…”