[center][h1][color=6ecff6]Ada[/color][/h1][/center]
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Ada couldn't help but to look at Yang with an eager expression before turning to Nero and nodding vigorously as Yang asked him to make some meat for her. Even though Yang's dish was tasty, meat was still Ada's favorite dish as a carnivore. Not only that but since she was accustomed with eating raw meat, cooked meat was already something new for her and the way Nero prepared it was even more interesting, new and tasty for Ada. When Nero agreed to make some more meat, Ada looked at him and licked her lips with the tip of her tongue in a fast motion, eagerly awaiting for her piece of meat. Even though Yang had mentioned she couldn't eat or prepare meat for some weird reason that Ada didn't understand, she offered herself to help Nero by cutting some other ingredients. Even though it was really weird for Ada to know that Yang didn't eat meat [i]at all[/i], the fact that she was going to help Nero meant that her meat would be done faster and that was all she cared about right now, especially with the smell making it hard for her to keep waiting for it to be ready.

While she waited though, even though the competition had already ended and there were few people left, Ada saw on the distance as Neil and the Altissima sisters approached. As Neil greeted them, Ada waved at him and the sisters, giving them a brief smile before she returned to carefully watch as Nero prepared the meat, with her eyes glued on him and Yang and every now and then, sticking the tip of her tongue outside her mouth and licking her lips.

As Neil asked about the competition and Kira began talking though, Ada turned away and stop staring at the food being prepared for a second, looking at Neil and the sisters and licking her lips while touching her stomach in a clear signal that the competition was indeed 'very tasty'.

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[color=8dc73f][center][h1]Freyr[/h1][/center][/color]
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Freyr said nothing and simply stood in silence as his arrow intercepted the cupid's arrow. Despite the protests and the unsatisfied cries of both the other contestants and the people watching it, Freyr still said nothing. He knew it was highly unlikely that anyone else but another accomplished archer would be able to understand what was about to happen, to mentally trace the trajectory of the cupid's arrow in their mind and know that she was aiming at Haley instead of the apples. Due to that reason, Freyr didn't even bother to try and defend himself, simply staying silent as the judges announced that he was disqualified from the competition. For him, Haley's safety was way more important than winning a competition. Holding his head high with a dignified expression as he normally has, there was no shame in his face as he left the competition. Despite Sir Reed and Haley's clear opposite reactions to what happened.

When Haley angrily came to scold him, asking why did he do that, he simply stood quiet until she finished speaking. It wasn't a surprise she was angry at what happened, nor it was a surprise that she didn't understand what was about to happen.

[color=8dc73f]"Hitting an arrow mid-flight does take much more skill than hitting an apple on free fall."[/color] Freyr said, calmly as he began trying to explain himself, before being interrupted by Sir Reed, whom apparently told Haley to calm down. 

The moment she replied to him, still angry, Sir Reed mentioned in a confused expression, saying that he wasn't the one who told her that. From behind him then, no one other than the same cupid that was going to shoot at Haley revealed herself, which made Freyr immediately look at her with a cold, penetrating stare as he took his hands to the long hunting knives he always carried with him in a clearly threatening gesture despite his apparent calm posture. Why did she came to meet them? Did she have anything against Haley to target her like that?

[color=8dc73f]"Chose your next words and movements carefully."[/color] Freyr said in a cold, cutting tone, before the cupid began saying anything.

As the cupid began explaining herself, Freyr still kept his hands on the hunting knives even though she had quite a calm tone in her voice. Instead of providing Freyr an explanation about what happened and her motives though, her words only made things even more confusing for him. Why did she show such a concern, not wanting a rift to be created between them when she was clearly going to shoot Haley? That made no sense at all. The moment the cupid said her next words though, Freyr finally understood everything, opening his eyes wide as he sighed and took his hands to his face, embarrassed and ashamed.

[color=8dc73f]"I-I'm sorry for reacting like I did right now..."[/color] Freyr finally opened his mouth, clearly blushing both out of shame for acting in such a rash manner and embarrassed for what the cupid said about him and Haley.

[color=8dc73f]"I... Didn't even consider that as what was happening... When I saw you aiming at Haley I simply intercepted your arrow out of instinct."[/color] he continued.

Freyr received the gift from the cupid with a small bow and with another silent apology before she disappeared in a flash of pink light and feathers. It didn't take much for anyone looking at those arrows to realize that they were indeed, special. As the cupid explained what they did, it became even clearer that they weren't just special, but powerful and undeniably dangerous. Even if they haven't won the contest, those arrows could indeed be very useful in the future, just as Sir Reed mentioned after the cupid was gone.

[color=8dc73f]"I... have no idea. My body isn't exactly feminine nor I am trying to hide myself..."[/color] Freyr replied to Sir Reed, almost as confused as he was as he asked why nobody noticed he was a male other than the Cupid.

[color=8dc73f]"I'm sorry. I was just trying to protect you..."[/color] he said, turning to Haley, still embarrassed as he looked down.

[color=8dc73f]"I didn't even think about that... Thinking about it now, it is painfully obvious of what she was trying to do... She [i]is[/i] a cupid... Still... I don't know if it would be the right thing for me to do... To simply look away and let it happen. Even if..."[/color] He said, clearly embarrassed and ashamed as he hesitated for a moment.

[color=8dc73f]"Even if it might be in my interest to let her arrow hit you... You should be able to chose your own feelings... Without any interference or anyone making that choice for you."[/color] He finished, looking away.

[color=8dc73f]"I am really sorry, Haley..."[/color] He finished, bowing down as he apologized himself, still avoiding looking directly at her, both out of embarrassment and shame for everything that happened.