Snippet #2568411

As Aeron reached out and grabbed his hand, Anthony very gently closed his hand around hers, sensing the comfort she wanted to give him, and accepting it. Having powers that gave him abilities and sense akin to an alpha predatory had its perks; whether he wanted to or not, Anthony could always read body language as if he were hunting the person he looked at, and could sense just about everything about their current emotions by the way they moved and held themselves.

"Thank you." He said softly, giving her hand a small squeeze. "Of course, I was innocent back then; I had no real clue why they did it until after I escaped. My mother tried to be a good one by giving me some attention while I was in my cage, but she never let me out nor got too close." He sighed and then laughed, giving Aeron's hand another little squeeze. "I guess....they turned me into the kitten that I am...." he laughed again.

As Aeron admitted to him what she thought the bond would be like he couldn't help but chuckle, his eyes closed in amusement, and as she finished her sentence and gripped his hand, his eyes opened and he gripped her hand right back, noticing her blush he chuckled again. "I see that it's your turn to blush now." He said playfully.

He shrugged at the next part. "I guess it's okay; I sleep most of the day and my room-mates don't bug me all that much. They don't know I have powers, but they sense something different about me.....I wonder what it is!" this last part of his sentence was overly sarcastic, his canines showing while he laughed about it. He then tilted his head softly, his brow furrowed in concern. "Emancipated?" he asked quickly, his eyes narrowing to stop her from answering his question as he stared at her. He didn't even let her finish her story about the court case; he knew her smile was fake this time, his eyes showed it.

After she then thanked him for the meal he smirked and blinked his serious look vanishing as he shook his head. "It's the least I could do for a first date." He said, playfully raising her hand to his lips and kissing the back of it gently since they were still gripping each other's hands.

He tilted his head again at her next question and thought it over. "Sure! Don't be insulted if I don't respond all the time while we're around each-other. I prefer to read body-language; kind of a trait I get for being the Chosen of the Huntress Goddess." He said, smiling. "I can teach you to read body language, too if you want." He offered.

Soon the waiter came back and gave them their bill. Anthony looked at it for a second before pulling out a $100 Dollar bill and handing it to the waiter. "Here, keep half of what's extra for yourself, and the other half of what's extra to the cook. I insist." Anthony said, handing the server the bill and the bank note.

The server stood motionless for a while in disbelief and then smiled. "Y-yes! Thanks!" He said before turning and walking away quickly to get everything in order so Anthony and Aeron could leave. With that Anthony cleared his throat again. "Would you like to stay here for a little while and talk? Or maybe head somewhere else for a little while?" He asked; he was fine with it either way. After all, he was pretty laid back.