Angel of Vale 1/3

"You do know what you've done, right?" Arthur asked, standing with his arms raised and legs open slightly as Coco stood in front of him, a few pins in her mouth which she used to pin the excess fabric of the work in progress suit coat's arms that Arthur was wearing.

"Arms down" She ordered and Arthur complied as she began to circle around him, giving a quick nod as she nodded her head, "Good, take it off" she once again ordered, soon being handed the jacket, which she took to her work bench and immediately began to trim the excess fabric off as well as add a few final touches to it.

"Yes, I do lover boy, but this is my playtime, the fun type…" she said giving a quick snip with her fabric shears, trimming the last of the excess fabric, "And the really fun type" she said licking her lips as her eyes wandered over Arthur's body, a sparkle in her eyes, "That… we can do later, ain't gonna let pesky rumours get in my way."

Letting out a tired sigh Arthur said "You still haven't explained why you abducted me… and are making me even more clothing…" he pointed out.

"Oh… Right… I got a message from VNN saying they wanted to interview us, and seeing as they couldn't find any way to contact you, they asked me to" She explained.

"And I take it I'm not getting a choice in this?" he asked.

"Yep! This is the an amazing opportunity to subtly advertise my clothes, and your my model, therefore I'm your boss and I'm ordering you to go to it" She said bringing the sleeve of the coat to her sewing machine where she folded over the raw edge slightly and began to sew it closed with a straight stitch.

"Fine, I was sort of expecting it anyway after seeing the broadcast yesterday." He said walking over to her workbench and grabbing one the stools, taking a seat in front of her, a grin on his face, "So 'boss', how much is my body worth to you?"

Coco gave a snort and said "that depends, we don't have to worry about the magazine or paying for a photographer currently, my mom has set out a place in hers for me, she's also letting me use her photographer until I find one of my own, and she comes with lighting and sets, so I don't have to worry about those. My main expense is really just you, Velvet the fabrics as well as a few smaller things, not including man-hours or daily necessities" she listed.

"You're paying Velvet? I thought she would have tried to do it for free" Arthur questioned.

"Oh, she did, I am forcing my money on her, you'd be surprised how many things Velvet wants but doesn't have enough to buy, she gets an allowance from her parents every month but she tends to just give it back to them saying 'she doesn't need it'" she said making air quotes then tossing the coat to Arthur who grabbed it, stood up and pulled it on, "Really, she's quite annoying with how caring she can be, like, if she doesn't give it back she spends it on gifts for her parents or for Ciocco and Vanilla" Coco sighed, moving around her work station until she was in front of Arthur, looking him up and down before she began to adjust it and buttoned it closed.

"I would give her some cash so she could actually have some fun, but she wouldn't touch it, so this is my way of forcing it on her without giving her a chance to even refuse" She added taking a step back after her last adjustments giving him another once over.

"But anyways, back to your salary…" she said turning around and opening a small wardrobe with numerous dangling strips of fabrics in various colours "Let's say, four hundred lien an hour give or take, say a shoot takes about, five hours, then that's a good sixteen hundred a day. It's not professional pricing, but it should do for the beginning, once I start earning more I'll raise the rates for you and Vel." She said pulling out a purple tie, holding it up in front of herself with Arthur behind it, with a frown she turned and put it back in.

"That sound good?" She asked pulling out a white tie this time she gave a nod and closed the wardrobe and walked up to Arthur, wrapping the tie around his neck and letting it hang before unwrapping it and placing it over a chair after which she unbuttoned his coat and pulled it off him and throwing it onto her workbench.

"I think so, I don't know how much an actual model earns so I can't really compare it, and I haven't really used any Lien in the last two months" he said staring with wary eyes as Coco began to unbutton his vest.

"Well, the models my mom hire generally earn around two to three thousand, but they're generally the 'handsomest' or 'sexiest' men and women in Vale, whereas you… actually… you're pretty up there, probably beat out a few of the current champs in a few years, but no one knows who you are, and I can't afford to pay that per hour, maybe for a day, but then I really couldn't give you that much for the next shoot until the magazine out and I get orders in." she explained as Arthur's vest was undone she pulled it off throwing it atop the coat and began to unbutton his shirt, causing Arthur to become even.

"You do know I can undress myself right?" he asked.

"Yep, but don't you worry, I won't get… Frisky" she whispered into his ear and quickly pulling his shirt off while pressing her body against his.

"Little contradictory there don't you think?" Arthur said with a grin, pulling his right arm through the sleeve until it was free and bringing it up to gently trail down her spine causing her to shudder slightly.

"What can I say, I'm a liar" Coco said, removing Arthur's shirt completely and walked out of his grasp towards one of the larger wardrobes, where she grabbed a new black shirt which she threw to Arthur, "Maybe we can play another time" she said stretching her arms above her with a light teasing moan and pushing her chest out to accentuate them.

Chuckling Arthur pulled on the shirt and quickly buttoned it and pushed it into his pants, "You know, if we keep doing that people are going to get the wrong idea" he said as Coco wrapped the tie around his neck and tied it, then pulling on the silver vest over it and lastly the silver suit jacket, buttoning the single button at the centre of it.

"And I should care? It's fun doing it, and it can only be a 'wrong idea' for so long before it becomes a 'right idea'" she said matter of factly as she hopped onto her workbench and sitting on the edge of it, letting her legs dangle from it.

"Coco Adel, are you saying, that eventually you will go the full distance with me, and even further?" Arthur asked.

"Maybe, eventually, never know where the future will take us, who knows, maybe just for a night" she swung her legs back and forth for a moment as a beep came from her scroll on her workbench, which she quickly picked up and turned off.

"What was that about?" Arthur asked, watching as Coco hopped of the table and began to walk another of the wardrobes in her workshop, her hands unbuckling her waist cincher which she threw to the side, her hand then moving to the hem of her cardigan which she quickly pulled over her head and off her body, leaving Arthur standing there staring with a slight gulp at the sight of Coco's pale white back with the black straps of her bra being the only thing left on her body.

"Enjoying the show?" She asked with a smirk turning her head back to look at Arthur as she pulled the doors to her wardrobe open, "Don't worry, I don't mind" she grinned, and began to look through the various dresses and shirts in the wardrobe, eventually pulling out a maroon coloured turtle neck blouse with sheer sleeves.

"Hell, I'll even give you something extra" she said, kicking her shoes of and unbuckling her belt of cartridges around her waist, letting them fall to the ground as she grabbed the edges of her pants, pulling them down slowly while also bending forward revealing her black silk panties, and causing Arthur to gulp once again, as he found himself unable to move his eyes until Coco had pulled on another pair of more formal looking pair of trousers that she had to jiggle herself into, which only help accentuate her assets.

"So, happy?" she teased turning back to Arthur hand on her hip and a wide grin on her face at Arthur's lack of words, "I'll take that as a yes" she chuckled and walked over to a shoe rack with numerous types of shoes, where she grabbed a pair of black ankle strap mid-high heels with a rose gold buckle.

Snapping out of his daze Arthur too began to chuckle "You really aren't shy are you?" he asked.

"Oh, Arthur, I've had more photos taken of me with less on than that" she said pulling out various rose gold accessories from the jewellery box behind her desk, these including two bracelets which she put on her left wrist, a long golden necklace with a large gold rectangular pendant and lastly to dark blue teardrop earrings.

"I've modelled for a few of my mom's fashion magazines, mostly for clothes, but I do, do undergarments and lingerie, also did a nude shoot for a perfume she had developed" she said, walking up to Arthur, grabbing a stool and seating herself next to him, "Hah! You should have been there; none of the boys at Beacon could look me in the eyes after that! Except Fox, but he's blind so that was understandable… does that even count as looking me in the eyes?" she murmured, "Oh, and the girls, it was amazing how many of them stared at me with pure hatred after they walked in on their male members 'Private time'" she began to laugh, "Ohhh, you should have been there, though…" her body shivered "The amount of awkward winks and sidelong glances Port sends me to this day still creep me out."

"Yeah… he really is creepy when he does that…" Arthur muttered as another beep resounded from Coco's scroll.

"That's our ride" She said standing up

"I'm guessing that means the interview is now then" Arthur said also standing up and stretching his back.

"Yep, got the message just as lunch ended asking if it would be possible for us to do an interview, and whether we could do it today or tomorrow, while the news is still relevant" She said, hooking her arm around Arthur's.

"You do know this is just going to make the rumours even worse for me if we walk around like this, it's really annoying having people staring at me constantly a muttering rumours behind my back" he said while also walking with her towards the exit.

"Oh, I know, but you're going to have to get used to it, mr. model, you'll be getting so many more once the magazines get printed, hell maybe one day you'll have your face plastered on billboards around the four kingdoms, then people will REALLY be talking about you." She said walking through the empty boutique, eventually arriving outside the store where a sleek, black, four door, convertible car was waiting, reminiscent of a Rolls-Royce. Inside was covered in a slightly darker shade of red than Coco's blouse.

"Ah, ms. Adel, you're mother has informed that I was to bring you and your friend to the VNN building, as well as to anywhere else you may need after that." A tall man in a black and white suit with a chauffeurs cap said giving a light bow, after which he moved to the back door and opened the door, indicating for Coco to enter with his other hand.

"Thank you Alf, that'll be great" she said stepping into the car the door closing once she was seated with both Alf and Arthur moving to the other side where Alf opened the door for Arthur and indicated for him to enter.

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Alternate Chapter names: [Dress up] [Assets] [Alfenheim] [Who cares about Rumours?]

I am a really slow writer and I get distracted easily, I started this at six, after which I played about four rounds of deadcells before restarting at ten, then stopping until eleven after which I then wrote until two… I really need to work on my writing speed, but that'll come with experience, it has literally been like two – two and a half months since I started so give me time.

Also sorry for no chapter yesterday, wasn't feeling too well, head just wasn't in the game and I had no idea where to begin with the chapter, so essentially I just had a daylong writers block.

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