Sunday came and Klein quickly got up from bed, freshened himself up in the bathroom and with vigour stepped out of his room to the dining room with a set of outgoing semi casual semi formal wear that Amon had bought for him.
Today was the day of the date!
But before that he had to accompany Old Neil who wanted to show him some ritualistic magic he wanted to do. And it wasn't like Klein could just walk into Amon's mansion at half past 7 in the morning asking for a date. No, dates were supposed to be for the evening and ending with a beautiful sunset at some beach or park!
Wait... it wasn't like it was actually a date... just bros hanging out, except one thinks that the other is his future husband while the other thinks of the other as a fellow bro.
Schematics, schematics.
Klein quickly gulped downa cup of quality tea Amon had gifted him and with his top hat and cane, he sauntered out the door and took a public carriage to Zouteland Street.
After meeting up with Old Neil at the Blackthorn Security Company, they both rode the carriage to the North Borough to Old Neil's Bungalow.
The floors were a dark brown color. In the middle of the room was a tiny carpet with floral imprints and placed above it was a heavy round table.
Surrounding the table were comfortable long benches, single-seaters, and a piano.
"My deceased wife loved music." Old Neil pointed at the piano and turned to Klein, "I heard that you have a fiance?"
"Huh?" Klein was stunned due to the sudden question that came out of nowhere, "Y-yes… his name is Amon."
Old Neil smiled at him, "Make sure to treasure that person and keep him close. You're a beyonder now, it's your responsibility to keep him safe…" he sighed as looked at the ceiling blankly, "don't be like me and be too late and weak to do anything…"
Before Klein could respond to such a thing that had suddenly been dropped on him, Old Neil was already moving to the next room, "Let's do the ritualistic magic in the living room."
"Alright," Klein replied cautiously, he couldn't help but respect the old and experienced Old Neil…
Then he saw Old Neil performing a ritual to the goddess to repay back his debts…
He wanted his respect back.
After having lunch with Old Neil, Klein went back to the Blackthorn Security Company to do some paperwork and continue his mystics studies. The situation with Ray Bieber was currently being handed and even a grade 2 artifact related to the Antinogus Family was sent to Tingen. Dunn even assigned Klein a dedicated combat trainer since he was officially a beyonder now.
After that, there was still quiet some time before the time he had planned for the date with Amon, he had already bought the tickets for the Theatre as well as the circus, so he could rest easy before visiting Amon in the evening. So instead he visited the Divination Club to figure out a way to 'act' as a Seer and digest his potion.
After being proclaimed as a magical doctor, self proclaiming himself as a face reader type of divinator, and even doing something so cringey and embarrassing as using divination to see if the tea provided by Angelica was of a high quality or not Klein finally got his first 'customer'.
The woman was a young looking girl named Anna who wanted to find out his fiancé's current situation.
Klein pointed to a fountain pen and stack of white paper on the table and said, "Write down the name of your fiancé as well as his facial features, address, and date of birth. It would be even better if you can remember the specific time he was born."
Klein was going to use the Astrotable method he had learned from his mystism lessons from Ole Neil and his various readings.
"Does your house, or Mr. Meyer's house, have a toy windmill?"
Anna's eyes widened, shocked into silence.
After a while, she muttered, "That was a present he gave me. It is by the door at my house. How did you know that…"
C-can this be divined?
Klein smiled and spoke with a gentle tone, "Congratulations Miss Anna, Mr. Joyce Meyer is currently a guest at your place. If you rush back, you should still be able to meet him. He just experienced a calamity, an unimaginably painful journey. What he needs now are not questions, but consolation and a warm hug."
"Really?" Anna asked in disbelief.
The fortune-tellers she knew would never speak with such certainty or give such firm conclusions.
"You will know if you go back immediately," Klein replied with a gentle tone and smile.
"Oh, Lord of Steam, is that true? Has my poor Joyce returned? Are you certain? No, I cannot believe it…" Anna froze for a moment and said a few delirious words.
She took out a one-soli note from her purse and did not wait for Klein to give her the change. She broke into a small jog as she left the Divination Club, taking a carriage back home.
"Does this include my tip?" Klein looked at the note and shook his head with a laugh.
He realized with great joy that he felt like his Seer potion had actually digested a bit!
And most importantly-
He even got a tip!
Klein opened the door to Amon's mansion and found Amon sitting in the garden feeding some random crows and squirrels, all of them with some kind of deformation on or around their right eyes.
He couldn't help but smile and remember how he had called Amon in his mind a few days ago- Disney Princess…
"Amon," Klein called out as he approached the monocle wearing man.
"Klein~ welcome back!" Amon greeted as he stood up from the ground and hugged Klein. Although this wasn't really Klein's home, Amon never forgot to say things like 'welcome back' or 'welcome home' to him as if it was Klein's home as well- and that he was always welcome here.
"I didn't get the chance to prepare dinner yet, it might take a while." Amon sighed as he detached himself from Klein.
"Actually, I was thinking about… going out somewhere together to like… hang out and stuff…" Klein mumbled embarrassingly. God! Why was he acting so awkward like this now?! "Like a-"
"A date?!" Amon squealed excited.
"Like a bro-" Klein wanted to continue, but Amon cut him off again.
"You've never asked me out on a date by yourself before!" Amon let out a happy tear.
Klein instantly shut up. How could he take away such a joy from Amon?!
("The entity is becoming better and better at dealing with this Klein haha!")
"Looking at that clown reminded me of Klein," Amon chuckled as the couple walked out of the circus tent. Of course he was talking about the sequence 8 Clown and Klein's clown mask.
Are you saying that I remind you of a clown?! Klein felt himself shrivel up.
"They're selling some street food there, let's go!" Amon cheered as he pulled Klein towards the food stands.
Amon got himself a lot of ice cream and sweet and snacks of all kinds, living up to his personality as a sweet lover that Klein had labeled Amon as in his mind. Of course, Klein bought everything for Amon. Today was the day he had promised that he would pay for everything Amon wanted, and even though in the end he was many pounds poorer than before- he couldn't help but feel himself getting happier and happier as he bought his spoiled wife treats and snacks. He already knew that dating was expensive and going on dates to please your girlfriend was even more so, so he didn't feel a pinch at all and was ready to spend for Amon.
And Amon too seemed like he was having fun…
They two watched the latest play in the theatre, a play which Roselle had ripped straight off from Klein's modern era. But Amon found the main character really pathetic and funny looking and walked out of the theatre clinging to Klein's side with a cute smile so Klein considered that too was a success.
Then Klein brought Amon to the beautiful public park near the Khoy River.
Since it was a Sunday, the park was especially lively with a lot of kids and young adults playing around and going on their own dates. The elderly were hanging around in a group near the trees and the parents were overlooking their children and calling them back for the night.
Amon and Klein sat there on the park bench overlooking the beautiful river in comfortable silence.
"A crow!" Klein pointed out as he saw a crow slowly approaching them.
The crow didn't seem to be afraid of the humans in front of him and instead jumped up and into Klein's lap and nestled himself near Klein's crotch with a seemingly very satisfied and smug smile.
Klein was taken aback by such old moves, but after the surprise had waned away, he let out an amused an smile and ran his hands through the crow's shining smooth black feathers.
Caw!
The crow cheered happily as it rubbed back against Klein's palm happily.
From the periphery of his vision, Klein saw Amon giving him and the crow a small happy smile and himself got embarrassed.
Why is he looking at me like that…
It's… it's exactly like an actual date…
And wasn't there a rule he had read somewhere in the internet in his past life that every date had to end up with a kiss?
A kiss…
Klein blushed even harder.
Caw! Caw!
Klein broke out of his love sick mind and saw even more crows gathering around him and Amon. It seemed like somehow the entire population of this park's crow had all gathered up here around them for some reason…
One crow nestled itself into Klein's head and a few sat on his shoulders, nuzzling their soft feathery heads into Klein's face gently. Klein, already used to random crows approaching him randomly something's on the streets or at his home, just chuckled and played with the crows.
A few of the crows were even surround Amon and sitting everywhere around and on him, but Amon paid no attention to them and just held Klein's arm, clinging to his side. The rest of the crows were seemingly just content with sitting in the trees overlooking the pair and the crows.
"Why are all these crows so fat?" Klein pointed out with an amused smile, "though it's kind of cute." He smiled.
Ah…
The Amons wanted to claim Klein right then and there.
Klein pated a crow on the head and cooed, "Aren't you a cute little crow?"
("JUST MARRY US ALREADY!"
"FLIRTING WITH US LIKE THIS WITHOUT ANY SORT OF RESPONSIBILITY- PLAYBOY!!")
Klein's vision went back to Amon and noted with a start… the edges of Amon's ears were a little red. Although it was dark and there was no proper lighting, he could clearly see a faint speck of red on Amon's cheeks and ears.
"Klein you flirt…" Amon pouted as he buried himself into Klein's neck.
Klein blushed again.
What did I even do…
Whatever he did- at least it made Amon happy!
They couple + the crows sat there for almost an entire hour, playing and snuggling into each other until finally Klein coughed out and said with a small blush, "H-how did you like today's d-date?"
"It was wonderful," Amon replied honestly. His face was lying so close to Klein that Klein could feel Amon's breath hitting his face as he spoke.
"Klein…"
Klein turned to look at Amon.
Amon had closed his eyes and had put forward his face, as if expecting something- a kiss.
Klein noticed that suddenly, all around him, the crows had also paused whatever they were doing and were staring at Klein expectantly with wide eyes.
Ah…
Klein looked back at Amon who was still in position to receive a kiss.
He…
Klein pursed his lips.
He had never kissed someone else before.
Amon was definitely not expecting something other than a kiss on the lips right now, and Klein knew that running away from the situation and just kissing Amon's forehead this time as well would only shatter the peaceful atmosphere around them and make Amon angry…
Klein gulped.
He had always dreamed of having his first kiss with a beautiful girl after a really nice date in a romantic place like a park or a beach…
Amon was a guy… not a girl.
But…
Wasn't he also Klein's finance?
Whatever-
Klein shook off the crows on his shoulders and held Amon's face in his hands.
Then he too closed his eyes and pressed his lips gently onto Amon's.
On that day, Klein had his first kiss after a romantic date with an audience of crows.
And with that-
The first date between Klein and Amon (+clones) was a major success!