Hot Date

SAMUEL Remi seemed to take the news of his upgrade in stride, which both pleased and disappointed Sam. True, he wanted to be normal, to be unremarkable, but...he had hoped the news would garner some kind of congratulations. It had to be a surprise to Remi at least, right? "Oh! W-wonderful." Sam smiled and stepped towards his door when Remi...went back inside. He stared at the alchemy shop's window, wondering if he'd massively misunderstood how dates went. But soon enough Remi was back, holding the notebook Sam himself had made and some charcoal. Was he hoping to draw...? Sam supposed that was alright, actually found himself excited for it. He had never had the skill and it was like magic to watch another make an image appear. Eagerly, he took Remi's hand. With the upgrade it now felt different; he could feel the heat in Remi's skin and the roughness of his fingertips from the hard work. It was so much more, and he had to hold in a gasp at the sheer sensation of it all. It was indeed a short walk back to his shop - only a few steps. When they arrived he stepped in the door, let Remi in then turned the sign on the door to 'closed'. "It's...it's all upstairs. Where you helped me clear out the bats." He began to lead the other man to the bottom of the stairs, laughing when he reached them. "I-I think you terrified everyone else with that. It was funny afterwards, though." Despite his nerves he seemed to be talking well today; Sam tried to make the most of it and spoke while he took Remi up the stairs. "I...I took the time to make a little..um..haha. D-date place?" He informed Remi, then made a sweeping gesture at the set up in the attic, the light looking just how he wanted. Soft, sweet. "Th-there is different teas and I thought it might be nice to speak here." I'm starting to heal and find some faith I'm starting to feel what's out of place Don't need you to save me, I can't wait To fall, to fail and start again