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Isabela 2:56pm
Well it’s about damn time!
Hawke 3: 02pm
Merrill told you?
Isabela 3: 05pm
No Anders did
Hawke 3: 09pm
Who told him?
Isabela 3: 11pm
Fenris
Hawke 3:15pm
Oh, well that’s good I guess.
Isabela 3:17pm
Omg have u even spoken 2 him since then?
Hawke 3:20pm
Yes I have talked to him. Just not about it.
Isabela 3:23pm
It? UR calling a kiss that every1 has been waiting for it???
Hawke 3:27pm
Idk what it means and Idk how to even go about asking!
Isabela 3:29pm
U don’t talk about it, u just keep doin it
Hawke 3:32pm
Its not that easy, there’s feelings involved.
***
Varric (group text) 4:34pm
Karaoke Friday night before you all have to go back to class. Who’s in?
Hawke 4:36pm
Omg yes totally, Merrill is too
Merrill 4:49pm
I am? Ok then
Anders 4:51pm
I’m in but I’m not singing. For all of your sakes I am not singing.
Isabela 4:55pm
Oh Ur voice isn’t that bad, its tolerable.
Anders 4:57pm
Thanks…….
Fenris 5: 03pm
If I refuse what are the chances at least one of you drags me there anyway?
Isabela 5: 05pm
10/10
Merrill 5: 07pm
100% chance of dragging
Anders 5: 09pm
If I have to go then so do you
Hawke 5: 12pm
*image sent*
Can you say no to this face?
Fenris 5:14pm
I think you already know the answer to that
Varric 5:16pm
Wow did it get steamy in here or what?
***
They hadn’t seen each other since New Years. Nor had they spoken about their kiss. He had started so many texts asking her if she wanted to talk about it only to delete them at the last minute. How were you supposed to even go about talking about something like that? He waited and hoped that she would break the ice first but it seemed she was just as reluctant to talk about it as he was. So when karaoke night finally came around he was elated to finally see her face.
She charged into him and he wrapped her in a hug and spun her around. She kissed him on the cheek and told him how much she had missed him.
“It’s only been two weeks, but you’re right, I missed you too.” He said setting her down. He hesitated only for a moment and gave her a light kiss. She kissed him back and blushed at the hoots and cat calls she got from Isabela and Anders. They made their way over to a table that Varric had gotten for them and ordered a round of drinks.
They all grabbed sheets of paper and gabbed about what songs they wanted to sing and dared each other to try the most ridiculous songs they could think of.
“No I’m not doing it.” Anders said his arms folded over his chest. “You know I can’t sing Bela, why would you even ask?”
“Please, please, please? Sing this with me. No one will care.” She said with a pout. Anders finally relented and they were all treated to a very interesting rendition of ‘Summer Lovin’ where Isabela sang the male part and Anders the female. Hawke snorted and choked on her drink when they got to the chorus and Anders tried hitting a falsetto.
Varric belted out ‘Bad to the Bone’ and did a lovely bow for the ladies at the bar who cheered for him at the end. The waitress came by and mentioned that one of them had bought his next drink. He held up the glass and gave her a wave.
“Not getting her number then Varric?” Fenris asked.
“I had love once. Won’t ever find another one like it. All I need is my friends and Bianca.” He said.
“The way you talk about your laptop is disturbing.”
“I’m a perfect gentleman, in public.”
Merrill and Hawke got a standing ovation for their duet of “Total Eclipse of the Heart’. Fenris balked at the idea of singing and finally agreed to give it a try. They all cheered at his performance of ‘Swallowed’. Isabela made several cracks about the song title before being silenced by the entire table.
“I have a proposal. Who’s up for a round of Kamikaze Karaoke?” Varric asked them.
“That’s sounds rather frightening Varric. Do we crash into the stage when we are finished?” Merrill said sounding very confused.
“Not quite that drastic Daisy. You put your name on the paper; we lay them face down and then pick them up. You pick the song for whoever you got and they have to go up there and perform it. You can choose to show it to them or you can make them suffer.”
“Oh you had me at suffer.” Hawke said with a laugh as she wrote her name down. She flipped her paper over and looked at everyone expectantly. Eventually even Anders agreed to join and they all picked up their respective names. Hawke got Merrill and already knew exactly what to put down. She wrote ‘Time is Running Out’ and let Merrill take a peek before handing it off to the DJ.
“Oh Hawke, you really are my best friend.”
“And you are mine.” She said planting a kiss on the top of her forehead.
“Oh this is going to be good.” Isabela said with a wicked grin looking at eyeing Varric.
“Careful there, I do still own half your business.” He said jokingly.
“Merrill I beg you nothing ridiculous.” Anders said as he watched Merrill stare at him deep in thought. She finally wrote something down but refused to show it to him.
“Oh come on Hawke showed you!”
“She’s my best friend of course she showed me. It’s nothing silly I promise.”
“Anders I know you have me. Your poker face is god awful.” Isabela said poking him in the chest.
“What makes you think I’ll share it with you?”
“Because it’s been awhile.” She said with a wink.
“For you maybe.” He said laughing.
“Ass.”
“Wait who has me then?” Hawke asked and the resulting smirk from Fenris was her answer. Her eyes widened and she thought of all the guilty pleasure songs she had admitted to him, her emo phase, her pop phase, oh no her boy band phase. He walked over to the DJ and handed in the sheet of paper with her fate sealed on it.
“Varric you had better give him something good and embarrassing because I don’t know what he put down for me.”
“Oh you won’t be upset by it.”
“He showed you?”
“Only if I agreed to show him what I picked for him.”
Once they all handed in their songs they ordered another round and waited to be called on. Fenris refused to share his pick and Hawke tried to come up with several bribes to convince him. But no amount of begging or pleading would sway him.
She watched Merrill get up and put her heart and soul into her song as she knew she would. Anders was pleasantly surprised to find that Merrill picked “Smells like Teen Spirit’ for him and had several whistles from the enthusiastic ladies at the bar. He walked away with the phone number Varric hadn’t bothered to ask for. Isabela laughed when she found out her song was “If I could Turn Back Time’ and put on a show that would give Cher a run for her money.
When the DJ called Hawke’s name she walked up to the stage nervously. She waited for the music to start and broke out into a grin when the opening bars to ‘Magic’ began. Fenris watched her the whole time with a look of adoration on his face and didn’t notice the bet being made between Varric and Isabela going on next to him.
When she finished she planted a kiss on Fenris’s cheek before going back to her seat. Fenris was called next and he made his way over to the stage.
"What song did you pick for him Varric?" Hawke asked. Varric shook his head and Hawke nearly said more when Fenris's voice came through the speakers.
"My lovers got humor; she's the giggle at a funeral. Knows everybody’s disapproval, I should've worshiped her sooner." He started and Hawke found herself speechless. She leaned forward in her seat and rested her chin on her hands and could not take her eyes off of him. His voice was hypnotizing and she was so enthralled she didn't see Isabela hand Varric a twenty.
Had it really only been two weeks since they kissed? Didn't matter it had been too long she decided. His mouth was made for kissing and his voice made her ache deep inside. When he finished she stood up and clapped for him cheering loudly. He blushed as he walked back to the table and took his seat.
"You sounded wonderful." Hawke said and he gazed into her eyes and she knew he was feeling the same way that she was.
***
Merrill offered to walk Anders back to his dorm leaving Hawke and Fenris to walk back by themselves. As they got closer to their dorm Hawke kept finding excuses to touch him. A brush of her hand on his arm. Her hip bumping into his. Their hands brushed together briefly and he took the initiative to hold hers in his own. When had hand holding ever felt so amazing she thought?
They stood outside her door and she kept trying to give herself the courage to finally kiss him. She was about to compliment his singing again when he beat her to her own thoughts.
There was that magic again. He did not hesitate or falter, his tongue demanded entrance to her mouth and she gave it. He pulled on her bottom lip with his teeth and she felt like she would melt into his embrace. He gripped the back of her head possessively with one hand while the other brought her hips against him. She bit his lip back affectionately and was pleased with responding groan that came out of him.
"Dinner." He said breathlessly. She pulled back and looked at him quizzically.
"You're thinking of food right now?"
"No I mean I want to take you to dinner. Let me take you to dinner." He said kissing the side of her face.
"Oh well then yes all right. An actual date?" She said her arms lying over his shoulders as he nuzzled his cheek against hers.
"Mmm yes actual date. I want to take you on a date Hawke." She nipped the bottom of his ear as he buried his face into her neck.
"I like that."
He let go of her and she wished for just a moment that they could just forget the date and he would come to her bed. But she supposed that was not the best idea. He kissed her forehead and bid her good night. As she shut the door her knees finally gave out and she leaned against it smiling so hard it hurt her cheeks.
As she was getting ready for bed she heard her phone buzz.
Fenris 1:32am
I should apologize to you
Hawke 1:34am
For what kissing me? I think I made it quite clear with my response that I enjoyed it.
Fenris 1:36am
No, for waiting so long to finally do it. I have wanted to kiss you for longer than I care to admit.
Hawke 1:39am
You’re not the only one. Tell me and I’ll tell you.
Fenris 1:43am
Since the night you fell asleep in my lap in front of the fire
Hawke 1:46am
Ferris wheel
Fenris 1:49am
I should let you go to sleep. See you tomorrow?
Hawke 1:51am
I can’t wait.