One moment he was watching Hoko and the next, even if only for a brief moment, he was in a gentle embrace. It didn’t take long for Akito to hide away, but nonetheless Hiro gave a content sigh. He would have happily laughed, but Hiro didn’t want him to think he was making fun of him. The soldier was finally relaxing and warming up to him. He was finally opening up- more or less. While Akito may have seen it as an embarrassment on his part, Hiro saw it as progress. It was slow progress, much different than what he was used to, considering he was used to getting things at the snap of his fingers. But it was an interesting change of pace and Hiro was willing to explore it. 
 
The position they were in was comfortable so he decided not to move. Instead he followed Akito’s idea and explored the box to find what food was inside. He noticed a lot of the food in it wasn’t very suited for a proper picnic. In fact, it looked as if his mother picked sweets she was craving and told the chefs to put it in the box. It didn’t matter too much to Hiro because he spotted a few soft cookies and delightedly took two. While munching on them, he twirled his finger in the air and caused a small ball of flame to appear. The small flame gave him an idea. 
 
While they were sitting back to back, Hiro began to create a few different things with his flame, all that could fit in the palm of his hand. The first one was a small butterfly that flew around their heads before disappearing. The next was a bird that did the same. He created a few more random creatures before turning his attention to Hoko who seemed to take interest as well. 
 
“I don’t think Akito wants you playing with fire. It’s a dangerous you know.” He stopped the show to scratch behind Hoko’s ears and rest. As it fell quiet, and it did a few times, Hiro filled it with different stories of the neighboring kingdoms. He mentioned a four year old princess who was a delight to dance with, twin princes who weren’t the most friendly, and a few others he remembered from his childhood that they hadn’t gone to visit. He figured Akito would want to- or at least need to know some of the princesses and princes in the neighboring kingdom, though with his military training Akito probably knew where they were at least. Some of those royals would be coming to the ceremony and it was best to know how to act around them. 
 
“Oh there’s also the- well,I doubt they’re showing up but the Cano Kingdom used to be close friends with my father if I recall correctly. My dad almost married me to the princess there when I was younger but then their king backstabbed my father...somehow. I don’t remember the full story, but the two went to war a long time ago and it wasn’t pretty. But, as I said, I highly doubt they would show up to our wedding ceremony.”