As he cooked breakfast, the day ahead of him planned out in his mind, he stopped briefly with the feeling of both arms and tail wrapping around him, a face pressed into his back.
“Smells fantastic,” Thera spoke, sounding only a little groggy after just waking up. “This is one nice bit of motivation to get out of bed.”
“And I’m sure keeping your clinic head sane is another,” He laughed. “What would he do if you didn’t show up?”
“Drari would still have aunty, it would be fine. Let’s not talk about that right now anyway, I don’t want to have to think about all of the idiots I need to treat today.”
With the invasion drawing ever closer, people were growing more and more desperate to get whatever levels they could, and with the knowledge that the town had an awakened life mage, it was leaving far too many of them comfortable taking risks they otherwise wouldn’t with the knowledge that she could patch them up again after.
All of that led to even more stress for the clinic, with its only saving grace being that both Thera and Sonya could handle it without much trouble, giving the other workers enough leeway to relax a little without needing to worry about working themselves to death to accommodate the town, something that many other clinics in the surrounding towns and villages didn’t have the advantage of.
“Sure, instead let's talk about tonight. Sonya’s staying out with Ceselee, right? Any idea when you’ll be getting home?”
“Probably late afternoon assuming nothing goes wrong at the clinic or with Aso after. Why, going to surprise me with something nice?” She asked as she spun him around, batting her eyes at him playfully.
“Ha, probably no more than any other romantic evening, but we’ll see,” He told her, having an idea in mind, even if the chances of accomplishing it felt slim.
“Well consider my hopes raised,” she said as she leaned up to kiss him, running many of the spells that had become the standard through him as she did before they heard her aunt get up and she moved to the table, happy to wait for breakfast.
Any advice for me? Ben asked as he moved some tables in the back of the shop around, trying to give himself a bit more space.
As he cooked breakfast, the day ahead of him planned out in his mind, he stopped briefly with the feeling of both arms and tail wrapping around him, a face pressed into his back.
“Smells fantastic,” Thera spoke, sounding only a little groggy after just waking up. “This is one nice bit of motivation to get out of bed.”
“And I’m sure keeping your clinic head sane is another,” He laughed. “What would he do if you didn’t show up?”
“Drari would still have aunty, it would be fine. Let’s not talk about that right now anyway, I don’t want to have to think about all of the idiots I need to treat today.”
With the invasion drawing ever closer, people were growing more and more desperate to get whatever levels they could, and with the knowledge that the town had an awakened life mage, it was leaving far too many of them comfortable taking risks they otherwise wouldn’t with the knowledge that she could patch them up again after.
All of that led to even more stress for the clinic, with its only saving grace being that both Thera and Sonya could handle it without much trouble, giving the other workers enough leeway to relax a little without needing to worry about working themselves to death to accommodate the town, something that many other clinics in the surrounding towns and villages didn’t have the advantage of.
“Sure, instead let's talk about tonight. Sonya’s staying out with Ceselee, right? Any idea when you’ll be getting home?”
“Probably late afternoon assuming nothing goes wrong at the clinic or with Aso after. Why, going to surprise me with something nice?” She asked as she spun him around, batting her eyes at him playfully.
“Ha, probably no more than any other romantic evening, but we’ll see,” He told her, having an idea in mind, even if the chances of accomplishing it felt slim.
“Well consider my hopes raised,” she said as she leaned up to kiss him, running many of the spells that had become the standard through him as she did before they heard her aunt get up and she moved to the table, happy to wait for breakfast.
Any advice for me? Ben asked as he moved some tables in the back of the shop around, trying to give himself a bit more space.
