"man, those tamagoyaki hit the spot. you're such a great cook, (y/n). makes me think about the lieutenant's dishes." shinra exclaimed with a smile plastered on his face as he rested his head on the female's lap, facing right up to her features, and since she was comfortably seated on the picnic blanket that they brought with them to the park for today, he knew that it didn't hurt her a single bit.

meanwhile, (y/n) scoffed at the male's compliment, replying. "if that's the case, should i worsen my cooking skills? tch. you said yourself that you don't want to talk about anything related to your world for now, but look at what you're doing." she rolled her (e/c) eyes before sticking her nose back to the book that she was currently reading, not minding shinra's action at all.

shinra only shook his head as a reply before closing his eyes, relaxing more and more as every second passes by. it was true. having to hear something about things related to where he came from makes him think about how to get back there, but they didn't go to the park just for him to think about it. he needed to be in a state of tranquility and relaxation, which is what he's feeling as of the moment. i hope this never ends. he thought.

however, everything went wrong just as soon as he said those words inside his head. shinra immediately jolted up from his position as his crimson hues started to roam around his surroundings, only to notice that the people who were around them before were now hurriedly on their way out of the area, panicked.

on the other hand, the (h/c)nette seemed rather calm despite the commotion as she loudly groaned before soundlessly closing her book and putting it back inside her sling bag. "ugh, why do i always get disturbed whenever it's reading time?" she asked to herself, which caused the male to sweatdrop and throw her a stare of disbelief.

"out of all the things that you could've worried for in this kind of situation, you actually worry more about your books? you really are amazing, (y/n)." shinra remarked sarcastically as he rolled his eyes, earning a scoff from the female as she stood up from her seat.

"whatever. let's just get this o–" (y/n) trued to finish her reply, but the scene wherein her companion suddenly flew across the park with a sudden bang took her aback, unable to move from her position as she stared at shinra's figure that was currently laying on the vivid green grass. "shinra!" she yelled on top of her lungs as she tried to run towards him, but she had a priority to handle.

"alright, who the fuck did that?" (y/n) asked as she turned her head to look behind her, pissed off. she was so mad that even though she saw a lit up figure towering over her fair physique, her brows remained knitted together. "it was you, wasn't it? you see, i'm short in money right now, so can you please beat shinra up later? thanks." the (h/c)nette spoke, the corners of her lips curving into a smile, yet it was clear that she was faking it as she didn't want to resort to her final choice.

"what in the hell are you doing?" she heard from beside her. knowing that it was shinra's voice, the female didn't bother giving him even a single glance.

"can you like, shut the fuck up for now, sweetie? can't you see that i'm in the middle of a feud here?" (y/n) asked, which caused the black-haired male to sigh and stared at her in disbelief as he punched through the figure in front of them, his arm completely digging on its blazing physique, which made it disperse out of their sight, which was rather odd for him. they weren't this easy to put to rest before, he said.

"that was an infernal, (y/n). you could've been hurt." he spoke as she glued his eyes on (y/n)'s features, but he turned his head back to where the creature was and linked his fingers together with his thumbs slightly bent nevertheless, forming a sign that he and his team always do inside his world.

"flames are the breaths of souls. and smoke is the souls' release. ashes to ashes, dust to dust. this soul, return to raging flames." shinra chanted wholeheartedly with his eyes closed shut, slightly elbowing the lady beside her to ask her to do the same thing he's doing, knowing that she also knew what he's supposed to say.

(y/n) chuckles and gave him a nod, putting her fingers together as well before they both chanted the last word to end the prayer. "latom."

NOTES ;

tbh irdk if i used the right terms for
the prayer so pls bear with me. i only
took 'em from netflix lmao.