Log: Ongoing

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When; Saturday evening, February 14th
Rating; PG to ??
Characters; Rain livingmyths and Mat bloodygoodluck
Summary; Mat and Rain celebrate Valentine's Day
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Rain bustled around happily in barefeet, working on making a nice dinner. She knew she wasn't the most accomplished of cooks, so it wasn't anything too fancy and was nicely supplemented by things she'd bought. A simple pasta dish with chicken, bread, salad, and a store bought dessert should do nicely. She just hoped Mat liked it.

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[bloodygoodluck.livejournal.com]

Mat had taken a walk earlier. Just to stay out of Rain's way while she made dinner. And to warm up his leg before dancing. It was better than it had been but it still tended to hurt him every so often.

Walking into the house, he grinned. "It certainly smells good."

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She turned and smiled at him. "It's not much, but I think it will be tasty and there's plenty of it."

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"It's food made by a beautiful woman. I'm sure I'll be satisfied." He laughed and came up to her to give her a quick kiss.

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Rain laughed and kissed him. "That's nice of you."

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"It's just the truth." Mat grinned and looked at the stuff. "Can I help with anything?"

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"You can help me bring things to the table?" she suggested. "The salad and bread and whatever you want to drink?"

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The salad and the bread were carried over. When he finished, he came back and got some water. It was nice to not drink ale or beer or tea every once in awhile.

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Rain smiled at him as she brought the chicken and pasta dish over to the table. "Water. Good. I like that best, I think."

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"Then we'll both be drinking something we like at the same time." Mat grinned at her again as he eyed the pasta and the chicken. He was hungry and that looked good.

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She pulled up a seat next to him at the small round table and dished them both out some dinner. His portion much larger than hers. "Please, help yourself to salad and bread."

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He usually ate more than she did so he didn't comment at the portion sizes. What Mat did instead was help himself to the salad and bread. Then he took a bite of the food and smiled around it. Swallowing, he nodded. "This is good."

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She smiled at him. "I'm glad you like it. I never really cooked much before I came here."

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"The only thing I ever cooked was leftover broth. And that was heating it up in hopes that would make it taste better." He laughed since it was the bloody truth of the matter.

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She grinned at him. "Well, there's plenty of this so you can always practice heating it up sometime when you're hungry."

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"Well, Light. We're going to lose of it to me somehow burning it." He laughed again then took another nice healthy bite. No point in wasting good food.

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Rain finished up and rested her chin on her hands, smiling as she watched him eat. "I'm sure I could help if you wanted. I mean, I learned after all."

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Mat shrugged. He probably should learn. While he had enough money to always ensure he had food, that didn't mean anything here. "I'd appreciate that actually."

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"Of course. Any time." Rain was happy to just watch him.

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He was actually used to being watched as he ate. So, he did so in silence then leaned back when he was finished. "That was delicious, Rain."

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She smiled at him shyly. "I'm glad you liked it. Do you want some dessert now or would you maybe like to dance a bit?"

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"Why don't you help me work off some of this food with dancing so I'll have room for dessert?" He got up out of his seat and went over to her with his hand help out for her.

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Rain took his hand and let him help her out of the chair. "That sounds wonderful. And we can just tell the house what kind of music we want and it will play it for us."

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"Then you pick the music and I'll start the dancing." Mat pulled her closer and wrapped an arm around her as he kept on of her hands in his.

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Rain asked for something soft and slow, with guitars maybe, and smiled at the choice the house came up with. Then she focused her attention on Mat, smiling up at him. "This is nice. Thank you for doing this for me."

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That was perfect. He smiled gently and starting leading her through the dance. When he added and intricate step, he slowly guided her through it. "You're welcome, Rain. I still don't understand the holiday but I'm glad I could."

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She laughed as she followed him through the fancy step. "It's a holiday for sweethearts and lovers or just people who are special to each other. They exchange cards or give candy and flowers or go out together. It's silly, but I thought, well... I never had a chance to do anything like it before, so..."

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He had never heard of such a thing before. But, he believed her. "Well, I'll have to find the time to get you a gift then. Even if it is late."

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Rain looked up at him. "Oh no, you don't have to do that," she said quickly. "This... we had dinner and dancing and I don't need anything else. This is more than enough!"

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He laughed and reached into his pocket while they danced. He handed her a little box. Inside was a necklace with a leaf charm hanging from it. "Good thing I already got something then. Here."

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She stopped dancing, eyes wide. "Mat, you... It's beautiful! But you didn't need to do this!"

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"I know I didn't have to. But I want to. It's yours." Mat grinned.

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She smiled up at him, her eyes shining. "Will you help me put it on?"

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"Of course." He took it out of the box and quickly had the latch open. "Turn around."

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She turned around, lifting her hair up to bare her neck.

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He smiled and placed it around her neck. "There. How do you like it?"

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Rain touched it, looking down at it with a smile. "Oh, Mat, it's beautiful, so perfect! Thank you." She slipped her arms around his neck and stretched up to kiss him.

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He laughed and returned the kiss briefly. "I thought you'd like it when I saw it in the window of one of the shops." Something pretty that represented the nature she loved so much.

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"I do!" she said, still beaming. "No one's ever given me anything like this before."

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He grinned foolishly and spun her around. "Well, maybe I'll have to start doing things like that."

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She giggled as he twirled her around. "You're just going to start giving me things? That's silly."

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"Why not? I have more money than I know what to do with." He might as well spend it on someone he likes.

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"Buy things for you then," she suggested. "Surely there are things you want. I have so much already. I've never had so much in my whole life put together."

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"I get things when I want them. And still have enough to spend on you. So, I'm going to." And he wasn't going to take 'no' for an answer.

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She laughed up at him. "Then maybe I'll just have to start buying things for you, too."

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He blinked at first then grinned. "Oh yeah? And what are you going to start getting me?"

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"Hmmm..." She thought for a moment, still moving with him in the dance. "I think first a very warm scarf and new gloves. For the snow."

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"Keeping my neck warm would be nice. My hands too." He nodded as if giving his approval even though there was a playful smile on his face.

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"And I'll think of better things too," she assured him with a smile.