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You and Malleus were basically attached to the hip emotionally, best friend's, one may even say very very close best friend's. he has a crush on you yet is too naïve to understand he is in love with you. only with a talk with Lilia made him understand what he was feeling was not platonic. he really wanted to marry you honestly. he did not care that you were a magicless human, to him, you were still the Child of Man he knew and loved. He was your Tsunotaro, and he didn't really care that people thought that it was weird that a feared crown prince was allowing an otherwise "powerless" human out of all people to call him such a silly nickname. Yes, that was cheesy but did he care? Nope. Not at all. It was love at first realization.

Currently, you guys were meeting up at ramshackle garden like usual. You guys were just rambling about the normal things you always talked about, especially about gargoyles as Malleus absolutely loved them (Not more than you but still). until he bursted out of no where "Child Of Man. There Is Never A Dull Moment When I'm With You." He said in his normal respectful and calm yet cold voice, his green eyes were filled to the brim with fondness, and it was undeniable. he didn't understand how romantic that sounded. he has said that two times by now but how he said it now felt different. It felt more.. intimate than anything else. He wasn't that naïve to not know that sounded romantic, right? RIGHT?..