"Where are we going to go first...?"
Alice asked in a voice filled with embarrassment.
She was fine with holding hands as Alex had done it many times before, and she was getting used to it, but this right now was....
'Too Close! Too Close! Too Close!'
Alice kept repeating the same thing again and again, she could feel her body rubbing on Alex as they walked.
Her hands were clutching his shirt in embarrassment.
Right now, Alex had his hand on her waist as they strolled around the busy street.
Alex had decided to give both Alice and Ann a date for compensation for the last date that was destroyed as they didn't have anything to do at the moment.
But Alice and Ann said that instead of taking both of them at the same time, it would be better to take them one at a time, that way, one could stay at home with Noctura.
Alex agreed as well since he didn't see a problem.
All the gate-clear requests they were getting were being overseen by Frank as he would send different S-ranked raiders of the guild to different places.
Alice, Alex, and Ann didn't need to do anything as there was no special request nor a request that caught Alex's attention.
They just waited for Max to give them the good news about his success in making the leaders of Indigo Country's Association sign the contract (Slave contract).
Alex wanted to raid the SS-rank gate that had appeared there, instead of letting someone else go and die in it.
(A group of S-rankers are required to clear an S-rank gate, so the same would be required for an SS-rank gate, but there are not many SS-rank raiders in the world right now.
So, his thinking was not unjustified.)
It was not because Alex wanted them not to die in the gate, he couldn't care less about their lives, he just didn't want anyone to spoil his fun. He wanted the SS-ranked gate to stay an unknown territory so that he could discover it.
Right now, Alex was more focused on Alice as he gave all of his attention to her alone.
They were walking normally while holding hands as they enjoyed each other's company, but then Alice saw a couple holding each other, with the guy's arms around the girl's waist.
Then there was the relational dynamic.
One would tell just by looking at them that they cared for each other, and it was true as Alice was one of the three people he really cared for while Alex was also someone that Alice cared for more than anyone else or maybe equal to Ann.
The way they interacted and moved caught the eyes of many single or committed people in the public, but the committed ones just decided to do better with their partners.
The single people on the other hand just looked at them with envy as both Alice and Ann walked away.
.............
"Which movie would you like to watch, Alice?" Alex asked Alice as he had never watched a movie, and he didn't know much about them.
He could just look them up on the internet, but he was too lazy to do that as he never had much interest in them.
"That one," Alice pointed at a movie randomly.
Alice was not a fan of movies as well, but since Alex was asking for her opinion, she replied with a smile.
The poster of the movie had a picture of a guy and a girl's shadow holding hands, and the name of the movie was 'I will always be there' along with it, there was a romance tag given, so she decided to go with it.
Alex who saw the name of the movie and the tags nodded as well.
It was not like he didn't like the romance genre, but the acting of the actors and actresses just didn't feel good to him as he could find so many flaws in them.
"I will get the tickets," Alex spoke and moved toward the counter after he saw Alice nod her head.
Alex let go of Alice's waist as he moved away, leaving Alice who was now missing the way Alex held her.
After all, she had gotten somewhat used to him holding her like that and she was now not that embarrassed or shy as well.
They walked quite a distance and that much was enough for her to calm down, but....
'I want him to hold me again....'
Alice wished as she looked at Alex who was standing at the counter. _________________________________________
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