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The camera captures the essence of your elegance and joviality all the more brightly. It seems that you are all having a wonderful time. Please ensure that you stay safe and return home in one piece.

Selfie of some of the Modern AU group!

My OC Melody (bottom left), @kitsvoidcorner OC Katya (bottom right), @little-sw33tie OC Mewmew (middle), and @cero-sleep OC Zephyr (top left)

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I greatly enjoy the quiet moments we share together as well. You are as beguiling to gaze at as you are fascinating to converse with.

I hope this messages reaches you well, Melody. I noticed that you have shared some questions to be asked, and I assumed you may wish for me to send some your way. For you:

1. What do you search for in a partner?

6. Where is the best place to go for a date?

7. Where is the worst place to go for a date?

8. What is the best thing to do on date?

11. What is the best gift you have ever received for Valentine's day?

40. Are you the person who says "I love you" first or the type to wait for your significant other to say it?

If these questions are too intrusive, then you are more than welcome to pass them by.

-Your Prince.

1) What do you search for in a partner?

I look for someone who is caring, selfless…. Loves poetry… writes it very well too… and maybe strong. That’s my ideal type!

6) Where is the best place to go for a date?

Ohhh there’s so many to pick though- I don’t know if I can… I do like really anything that may be considered a bit cliche, but it’s so romantic!! If I had to pick one though, maybe a picnic at a park? …Or stargazing, watching the sunset, museums, coffee shop…

7) Where is the worst place to go for a date?

Any where it’s too intensive or loud to focus on my date, I like spending time with my boyfriend and talking to him. I’d prefer to get closer through more quiet intimate moments rather than just both participating in an event together or being somewhere too crowded.

8) What is the best thing to do on a date?

Honestly I’m not sure, I love every part of my dates! I especially enjoy just spending time with my date!

11) What is the best gift you have ever received for Valentine’s Day?

I really like receiving letters or notes- no need to buy a gift when a written gift is far more personal!

40) Are you the person who says “I love you” first or the type to wait for your significant other to say it?

I mean I already said so the other day- so me!

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Worry not, Melody. If you wish to expediate the date of our nupitals, then you need only look into ways in which you could increase your income and assets. If you would like me to assist you in setting up a stock market portfolio, or purchasing lottery tickets... I would not be opposed.

You reblogged it!! I’ll be easy on you and just send 3 (for now)- even though I really want to send all of them- these are for the love questions!

24. Does true love exist? Can you love someone fully despite all of his/her flaws?

27. Is there an ideal age for marriage? What is it, if there is?

35. What is the best relationship advice you have ever been given?

-Melody

Of course I wished to take the time to reblog it. It seemed only fair, as I assailed you with questions on your own account. I do hope that the number is not too troubling. You are perfectly welcome to curate your own experience online, and answer as many or as few as you wish.

In regards to the small selecton you have sweetly submitted...

24) I believe that the concept of 'truth' is entirely subjective, and indeed varies greatly from individual to individual. Humans by nature are fluid and impermanent - Our desires, our needs, and our very personhood shall shift and grow as we age and settle into different phases of our lives. And while it is well possible that you may find someone who perfectly keeps pace with you during the ebb and flow of your life, it is also possible that you may find a "true love" for each new phase.

As the poet Khalil Gibran suggests: "“Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."

I do believe that genuine, resilient and healthy love stems from making peace with the idea that we are our flaws as much as we are our strengths, and choosing instead to love someone for their weaknesses as much as their strengths.

27) I believe that an ideal age would be one in which both (or all) parties are entirely stable in multiple aspects of their lives, such as work or finances. While a couple should be strong together, it is important that they are also able to weather most hardships while apart. With that said, most people will achieve this once they have surpassed the 30-year mark.

So if I were to state a particular age... 30 years or older.

35) There are many eloquent and emotionally articulate poets I could seek inspiration and counsel from, but there is advice from an entirely different source that was of much help to me rather recently. If I may be allowed to transcribe it here....

"fao-fae your overthinking this too much xDD if she makes you happy then you deserve to be happy!! stop thinking and JUST DO IT like the man from the actual cannibal video!! happiness is looking at you and smiling and twirling their hair around their finger so talk with your heart and not your brain xS"

Unconventional advice, yes, but advice that has ensured that I am happier now than I have been in quite some time.

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You reblogged it!! I’ll be easy on you and just send 3 (for now)- even though I really want to send all of them- these are for the love questions!

24. Does true love exist? Can you love someone fully despite all of his/her flaws?

27. Is there an ideal age for marriage? What is it, if there is?

35. What is the best relationship advice you have ever been given?

-Melody

Of course I wished to take the time to reblog it. It seemed only fair, as I assailed you with questions on your own account. I do hope that the number is not too troubling. You are perfectly welcome to curate your own experience online, and answer as many or as few as you wish.

In regards to the small selecton you have sweetly submitted...

24) I believe that the concept of 'truth' is entirely subjective, and indeed varies greatly from individual to individual. Humans by nature are fluid and impermanent - Our desires, our needs, and our very personhood shall shift and grow as we age and settle into different phases of our lives. And while it is well possible that you may find someone who perfectly keeps pace with you during the ebb and flow of your life, it is also possible that you may find a "true love" for each new phase.

As the poet Khalil Gibran suggests: "“Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."

I do believe that genuine, resilient and healthy love stems from making peace with the idea that we are our flaws as much as we are our strengths, and choosing instead to love someone for their weaknesses as much as their strengths.

27) I believe that an ideal age would be one in which both (or all) parties are entirely stable in multiple aspects of their lives, such as work or finances. While a couple should be strong together, it is important that they are also able to weather most hardships while apart. With that said, most people will achieve this once they have surpassed the 30-year mark.

So if I were to state a particular age... 30 years or older.

35) There are many eloquent and emotionally articulate poets I could seek inspiration and counsel from, but there is advice from an entirely different source that was of much help to me rather recently. If I may be allowed to transcribe it here....

"fao-fae your overthinking this too much xDD if she makes you happy then you deserve to be happy!! stop thinking and JUST DO IT like the man from the actual cannibal video!! happiness is looking at you and smiling and twirling their hair around their finger so talk with your heart and not your brain xS"

Unconventional advice, yes, but advice that has ensured that I am happier now than I have been in quite some time.

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Cute Couple Asks

THE BASICS 1. When did you both get together? 2. Who made the first move? 3. How long have you been a couple? 4. How did you first meet? 5. Were you already close friends before going out as a couple? 6. Are you/Were you ever in the same class at school? 7. Are you long-distance? 8. Are you in an open, regular or committed relationship? 9. Do you live together? 10. Are you engaged? If yes, describe your proposal. If no, what ring would you like? 11. Are you married? If yes, describe your wedding. If no, would you consider marriage? 12. Which one of you is older? What is the age difference? 13. Which one of you is taller? What is the height difference? 14. Do you share any of the same hobbies/interests/passions? 15. What fictional couples would you compare yourselves to? 16. Sum up your relationship in 6 words or less. 17. Doodle a little picture of you both as a couple. 18. Describe your relationship using only emoticons. 19. Share a cute photo of you both together. ATTRACTION 20. Top 5 fav things about your partner. 21. Your partner’s top 5 fav things about you. 22. What physical traits do you find most attractive about your partner? 23. What physical traits does your partner find most attractive about you? 24. What personality traits do you find most attractive about your partner? 25. What personality traits does your partner find most attractive about you? 26. Do you hold hands in public? Any other public displays of affection? 27. List your top 3 turn-ons about your partner. 28. List your partner’s top 3 turn-ons about you. 29. How would you seduce your partner? How would they seduce you? 30. Innocently or not, where do you like your partner to touch you? 31. Describe your partner’s eyes. 32. Describe your partner’s hair. 33. Describe your partner’s smile. 34. What is your partner’s voice like? 35. What is your partner’s scent like? 36. How does your partner impress you? How do you impress them? 37. What outfit would you like to see your partner in? What would they like to see you wear? 38. Show your fav picture of your partner that they’ve posted online. ROMANCE 39. Do you have cute pet names for each other? 40. What’s one of your favourite memories as a couple? 41. Describe your favourite date so far? 42. What’s the sweetest thing that your partner’s ever done for you? 43. Do either of you get jealous? 44. Is one of you protective of the other? 45. How do you both like to kiss? 46. How do you both like to cuddle? 47. What’s a gift that you’ve given to your partner? And one they’ve given to you? 48. Are you an openly mushy couple or a reserved couple? 49. Does one of you like to cook for the other? 50. Do you have unique ringtones/images for each other on your phones? 51. Have you ever had your initials written on a tree or in the sand? 52. What’s “your song”? 53. Do you own any items that are a special symbol of your relationship? 54. What did you both do for Valentine’s Day? 55. Do you express your love lavishly or discreetly? 56. What’s the funniest thing you can remember your partner doing? 57. Does thinking about your partner still give you butterflies? 58. What’s the weirdest part of your relationship? BEING TOGETHER 59. Fav things to do together on a rainy day? 60. Fav things to do together on a sunny day? 61. Got any plans together for next week? 62. What’s your favourite thing to share together? 63. What did you do for your partner’s latest birthday? What did they do for yours? 64. Where would you like to go on holiday together? 65. You have a whole weekend to yourselves and 500 in cash- what do you do? 66. How would you comfort your partner on a bad day? How would they comfort you? 67. Where would you both get takeout together? 68. What’s the longest time you’ve been apart? 69. What things remind you of your partner? What things remind them of you? 70. Has your relationship changed at all since it first started? 71. Have you ever worked on a project together? 72. Have you both influenced each other in any way? 73. Have either of you made sacrifices for this relationship? 74. Has you discovered anything surprising about your partner? 75. How have you both made a positive impact on each other’s lives? 76. What do you both mutually agree is the most important part of your relationship? EVERYDAY LIFE 77. What are the everyday things you both do to show you care about each other? 78. Do you follow each other’s blogs/twitter/instagram? 79. Is there a favourite place that you both frequently go to together? 80. What TV shows do you like to watch together? 81. How do you relax together? 82. What sleep positions do you tend to sleep together in? 83. Do you borrow each other’s clothes or other items? 84. Do you ever share the bathroom together? 85. How do you both keep in touch when you’re away from each other? 86. Do you share secrets between each other? 87. Do you rotate house chores or do you each have assigned chore duties? 88. Do you remember how your partner takes their coffee/tea/bar drinks? 89. What does your partner think of your Tumblr? 90. What characters do you play as together when playing multiplayer games? COMPATABILITY 91. Are you both introverted/extroverted or opposites? 92. Who is the more dominant/submissive one? 93. What are some major differences between you both? 94. When are you both “in your element” together? 95. Who would win in an arm-wrestling contest? 96. What are each of your zodiac signs and how do they compare? 97. What are each of your MBTI types and how do they compare? 98. What are each of your Hogwarts houses and how do they compare? 99. If you were both in a dating sim, what character tropes would each of you be? 100. If you were both animals what would you be? Would you be the same animal? 101. How does your partner’s wardrobe differ from yours? 102. Have you ever both said something at the exact same time? 103. Rate your relationship on a scale of basic vanilla (1) to extremely kinky (10) 104. Mix your fav colour with your partner’s fav colour- what is the result? 105. If you were both ingredients, what would each of you be and what would be the resulting recipe? (e.g. PB & jelly sandwich) 106. Which of you would win in a Pokemon battle? Assign yourself and your partner a fitting Pokemon type (e.g. water, grass, poison etc). Are either of you super effective against the other? CONFLICT 107. What happens when you argue with each other? How do you both make up? 108. What’s something that your partner does that annoys you? How do you annoy them? 109. What are some imperfections that you love about your partner? 110. What are some imperfections that your partner loves about you? 111. Has your partner ever accidentally hurt you? Have you accidentally hurt them? 112. Is there anything about you that your partner just doesn’t understand? 113. Is there anything about your partner that you just don’t understand? 114. When was the last time you cried about your relationship and why? 115. What is something you love that your partner hates? 116. What is something you hate that your partner loves? 117. When was the last time you had to apologise to your partner and why? 118. Do either of you get too clingy? 119. Do you have any insecurities about your relationship? 120. When was a time that your relationship was put to the test? 121. What would your partner have to do to make you end the relationship? RELATIONS 122. Does your family approve of your relationship? 123. What do your friends think of your relationship? 124. How do you both act together around others as opposed to when you’re alone together? 125. How did you first reveal to people that you were going out? 126. Do you think you and your partner look similar to each other? 127. How does your partner treat you special compared to everyone else in their life? 128. Do you both have a mutual friend group, or only separate friendship groups? 129. What’s a common misconception about your relationship? 130. Has your relationship affected any of your relations with others? 131. Has anyone tried to sabotage your relationship? 132. Quote something somebody has said about your relationship. 133. Quote something somebody has said about your partner. FUTURE 134. What do you hope for the future of your relationship? 135. If you both got married, what would you want your wedding to be like? 136. Can you imagine what your ideal home would look like? 137. Do you have kids/want to have kids? What would they be like? 138. If you could do anything for your partner what would you do? 139. Do you think you’ll still be together when you’re old and wrinkly? 140. Got any relationship advice?

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Love questions (｡♥‿♥｡)

1. What do you search for in a partner?

2. What do you hate about relationships?

3. What do you like about relationships?

4. Do you get jealous easily?

5. Have you ever had a jealous partner?

6. Where is the best place to go for a date?

7. Where is the worst place to go for a date?

8. What is the best thing to do on date?

9. Describe the worst date you’ve ever been on.

10. Which is more attractive: a naturally attractive person or a person who puts in the effort to be attractive?

11. What is the best gift you have ever received for Valentine’s day?

12. Be honest- are you the type to forget anniversaries?

13. When was the last time you got angry at someone you loved?

14. When was the last time someone you loved made you sad?

15. When is it okay to be impulsive in a relationship?

16. What is the best way to break up with someone?

17. What is the best way to ask someone out?

18. Have you ever been asked to homecoming or prom? What was it like?

19. Do you like planning dates or do you just go with the flow?

20. Do you believe you are high maintenance? If not, why not?

21. Which is better: a lover who cares too much or a lover that cares too little?

22. Do you believe playing hard to get is necessary?

23. Which of these do you prefer: an assertive partner or a submissive partner?

24. Does true love exist? Can you love someone fully despite all of his/her flaws?

25. Are your standards “too high?”

26. Have you ever fallen in love?

27. Is there an ideal age for marriage? What is it, if there is?

28. What are your thoughts on arranged marriages?

29. When was the last time you got rejected by someone you liked?

30. When was the last time you rejected someone who liked you?

31. Have you ever been cheated on?

32. Have you ever cheated on someone?

33. What are your thoughts on sex before marriage?

34. Do you know the difference between asexuality and demisexuality?

35. What is the best relationship advice you have ever been given?

36. Are you a heartbreaker or the heartbroken?

37. Can you love someone without knowing anything about his/her past?

38. Is the phrase “I love you” used too loosely? When should it be used?

39. When was the last time you said “I love you” to someone?

40. Are you the person who says “I love you” first or the type to wait for your significant other to say it?

41. Have you met your significant other? If not, where do you think you will meet your significant other?

42. Imagine if the people you knew in real life were the only people you could marry. Could you be satisfied marrying any of these people?

43. Do you give second chances?

44. Have you ever been given a second chance?

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Your enthusiasm is rather contagious, my Melody. I am looking forward to our date as well. I hope it will be one of many, for the two of us.

IT’S HAPPENING!! ITS HAPPENING!!

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Hey do you want to go to a book store/library, wander around and look at books together? 🥺

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♡ photo credits : pearl_tbr on instagram.

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I did it 🌹💞

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Happiness. It is often so fleeting, and yet each time we grasp it firmly by its ghostly, immaterial hand and ask gently for it to stay with us. To fill us with bliss, with a sense of satiety that could not be found in the finest of feasts.

I am unaccustomed to such happiness, and yet the brush of this hand is warm, and soft, and full of life. I grasp it gently, and it grasps me back, each tender finger slotting perfectly between mine.

I smile at them. And she smiles back. And I am wonderfully, perfectly at peace.

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One can spend their life putting their utmost faith, their very soul and substance into the written word, and yet.

And yet there are some sentiments, when committed to paper, that remain ethereal. Too laden with hope and happiness to have a weight, a solidness to their being.

I must simply trust that they are, even as they do not appear to be so.