[ Ace shook his head, but it had nothing to do with denying the girl the truth... that did not exist. There had never been a bigger plan behind it than what his instinct would whisper into his ear, which was something that he had grown to appreciate over the course of the past months and meetings that they had brought.

(Left unspoken were the moments where his instincts crashed spectacularly against his bouts of uncertainty resulted from either shyness, or lack of proper knowledge. It worked now.) ]

Please, don't give me that look. [ He chuckled softly as the fingers of his hand subtly brushed against hers in the hold they shared. ] And I hope you're not expecting anything—....

[ Romantic? The word would not pass through his lips, and it wasn't as if he hadn't stopped to consider it from such an angle. No, the boy exhaled. It just seemed somewhat unconventional compared to the preferred spots of others, but he still hoped his idea could be perceived as such. ]

... Let's call it a walk to calm down one's heart.

[ While the direction he appeared to be taking her in as they began to walk left little room for doubt. The Castle. Ace had no intentions of actually entering it unless the temperature forced them to, knowing that its open sections higher up offered breathtaking views of the city. ]