-Blake POV-

I continue to kiss (y/n) for as long as I can before I run out of air, and then I find myself releasing and panting a little bit. The two of us look at each other with blushes and sheepish grins, and then for seemingly no reason, both of us break into nervous and sheepish laughter. I manage to calm down first, but I laugh for long enough that my sides start to her, and then I find myself looking at him as he continues to laugh, thinking how cute he is when he does laugh, and it makes me think for a little bit. I don't like comparing my current partner to my older partners, but maybe some comparisons needs to be made.

Adam was always passionate. About everything, about what he did for the faunas, the need for equality in the world, and his feelings for me. As I told (y/n) my attraction to him was like a moth to the flame. In a lot of ways, Adam was like fire. It could be warm, mesmerizing and comforting at the best of times. And during the worst of times, just like fire, Adam could burn everything in his path, hurt the people who needed to him, and he destroyed.

(y/n) wasn't like that. That wasn't to say he didn't take things seriously. He took things like equality just as serious as Adam did. Where the two of them differed was in their approach to things. Adam always leapt before he looked during the best of times, and during the worst of times, he shot first and asked questions later if he ever did. Unlike (y/n) who took the time to think, take things slowly and ponder the consequences of his actions. He was like the ocean. Calm and peaceful, endlessly helpful to the people around him. And while he could hurt others, it was never on purpose, and never his first choice.

Adam and I never would have been able to have a moment where the two of us laughed after kissing. He was always more suave then (y/n) was. But in a way, it wasn't genuine. It's like he always thought about what to say or do two of three steps head, at least when it came to me and his feelings for me. (Y/n) while a kiss with him is more awkward, in some ways it's more real. While Adam was impulsive in action and deliberate in romance, (y/n) is impulsive in our romance and deliberate in his action.

He keeps laughing until I can see it hurting his sides, and then he manages to finally calm himself down, and then he looks at me, clearly about to break into laughter again. " What's so funny," I ask him, though I'm about to laugh again myself, just seeing how happy he is, and how close to laughing again he is. He then breaks into laughter a little bit again, and I chuckle at it.

" Sorry. Sorry," (y/n) says when he calms down again. " I was just thinking that that's something I always wanted to do, ever since I was a little kid. And I've read a lot of books and I've done a lot of reading. Romance mostly. And I always thought about my perfect kiss would be like. And it was nothing like that. Well it was. It was the perfect kiss, and it was with you. But I don't know how to explain it. That was something I thought was never going to happen and then it did, and yeah."

I nod, understanding what he means. I didn't think it would happen either, but I'm so glad that it did. I smile a little, and then I think for a little bit. " Romance for huntsman is never easy. In fact, it rarely ends with marriage. But I'd like to try it with you. But before we can fully commit to each other, the one thing I need to know is what's your plan for faunas? And for Adam? Until we can manage to deal with him, with Belial. With any looming threat, I won't be able to enjoy our relationship fully."

" I don't want to kill him. He's my brother. I would never want to hurt him at all. But he's made that something I have to do. Im going to have to stop him in some form or another. If I can, I just want to make sure that Belial leaves his body. Adam is a good person. Underneath everything else, I know that he has a good heart, and he wants the right thing. To make things better for faunas, for equality. Belial made that something it isn't. I'm going to stop him, but that doesn't have to mean stopping Adam."

(Y/n)'s words and his earnestly always make me smile, and a moment like this is no exception. His desire to help everyone, even Adam, the man who killed him at one point has always made me smile. I can't imagine him doing anything other than smiling brightly and saving all the people he can reach, and this time I'm going to be by his side for him and help him. This time, he's not going to have to do it alone. " I think the same. I don't think Adam is beyond saving. I don't think the dream of my parents and saving the faunas from their situation isn't something beyond saving."

He nods and smiles and then I look out the window and then I see the bullhead begin to land and I smile a little and stand up. I think about it a little bit and offer him my hand. He blushes a little bit and stands up as well. The two of us stand side by side as the doors open. With a smile, the two of us step off. One adventure behind us, we can start the next one together and do what we can to help everyone we can reach.