At the soft touch, the young man winced; it shouldn’t come as a surprise as their guild master wasn’t someone who could have gotten into his position over nothing. [color=lime]“He’s far from a pushover I’ll give him that.”[/color] Dexter said with a chuckle to his voice as he laid his face onto the raw steak. His gut turned at the thought of becoming an S-Class Wizard. Not because he didn’t want to but because he wasn’t sure where he and Dawn would end up; could he still take her on S-Class Missions? Could they still work together? Or did they have to wait until she became S-Class, and if she did get called… would he be allowed to help her? Or worse… could she end up picking his tunnel and they had to fight?

All the thoughts that were racing through his mind stopped when she asked if they were going to do this and declaring that if anyone would help him make S-Class it would be her. Lifting his head from the steak he turned to look at her. He stared at her for a long moment before reaching out and taking her by the shoulder… he pulled her to him, close and almost rested her against his chest.

Almost…

Instead he put her in a headlock before ruffling her hair. [color=lime]“Like I’d choose anyone else, stupid.”[/color] He rubbed his hand playfully across her head, tussling her hair in a loving fashion with a bright smile on his face. With that he let her go and gestured towards the board, [color=lime]“Why don’t you grab a job and we’ll get some good practice in.”[/color]