A Dance Until Midnight
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Kiva stood near a decorated doorway; throughout the night she smiled as the king and queen along with their advisors came and thanked her for defeating Morgana and defending their city of Sentori from her dark magic and forces.
But between the greetings and pleasantries her lower lip would puff out a bit, and her head would lower and let out a heavy sigh, thinking about how she was not much closer to her goal of, defeating Kronos, or returning home to her own time.
Seeing her reaction between the praises she was receiving, Xander makes his way over to Kiva. When he reaches her, he offers his hand and smiles softly, “Kiva, may I have this dance?” He asks.
Kiva looks up at him with wide eyes, and a faint blush rose her cheeks, not expecting the big guy asking her to dance. Without saying a word, she places her gloved hand into his larger one; he leads her to the balls’ dance floor.
Once on the dance floor Xander bows, and Kiva gently grabs the hem of her dress and curtsy; the two start dancing to the sound of the band’s music.
For a moment when Kiva looked up into Xander’s eyes, it felt as if her heart skipped a beat; her cheeks warmed. She felt comfortable in his arms as they danced.
Her mind drifts off to when she would go dancing as Jack with his wife Etna in their youth while he was in the service with the army rangers on base.
“I noticed you seemed a bit down Kiva, is everything alright?” Xander softly asks. Kiva looked up at him and let out a soft sigh,
“I was thinking about how we haven’t gotten too many more answers for my journey yet Xander... I mean we got some clues to how I arrived now... and some of Kronos’ past because of Morgana but...” she bit her lip, and her heart sinks a bit.
“We will find the path you need Kiva, I promise, and I will be with you every step of the way, and I will see you succeed in your quest, no matter what” he stats.
As they dance and look into each other’s eyes Xander gives Kiva a soft kiss on the lips that makes her eyes go wide then softly close, after a moment Kiva quickly steps back,
“I-I have to go, I –I can’t do this...” she stammers and franticly turns and runs off making for the decorated door she stood by earlier, passing by the king’s head advisor Solomon as the cities bells chime at midnight.
Xander stood watching bewildered at what just happened and released a sigh thinking he may have done something wrong.