"Hey Hero! Come here please." Iris said in the field of flowers,

"I made you a flower crown." Hero ran to her and gave her a hug,

"Thank you, I love it."

"That's great, after you wake up, I'll make you some more."

"Okay!"

"Great, now wake up."

"Wake UP"

"WAKE UP IDIOT!"

Hero jumped up and fell off the couch, "ZEKE WHAT IS IT? DID IRIS DESTROY THE CAVE AGAIN?"

"Hey, my name is Iris, not Zeke."

"Oh Iris, you scared me, I thought I had to do something today."

"You do have to do something, go to the garden okay." Iris said lovingly, it was so sweet that it was obviously fake, but because Hero is a man that’s deeply in love he fell for the trap. He walked to the garden like she instructed, Iris behind him with a mischievous smile on her face, 'he's not going to see this coming, it's too much work turning him into my minion, it's better to just get him out of the picture.' Hero walked to the garden whistling, he stepped on a tile, an arrow shot out of the wall and shot him, he blinked in and out of existence for a while before the invincible frames ended and he started walking again, "I guess Iris never deactivated the traps." Hero thought, Iris stood there amazed, 'Is he immortal.' she thought to herself, confused. "Fine he won't be able to survive the next trap." Soon Hero walked forward and stepped on another tile, a trap door opened under him and he fell through it landing on spikes before teleporting back up, "What the!" Hero then jumped over the spike and pulled out a huge chicken from nowhere, he ate some before continuing forward, "I should warn Iris about this, this is very dangerous." Iris couldn't help blushing because he was worried about her, though she doesn't want to admit she enjoys this feeling.

"Why won't you die!" she shouted, running towards Hero.

"Huh, I can die. It's just that the sword prevents it."

"Where even is the sword."

"It's inside me."

"What?"

"It's a part of me now, so what was it you wanted to show me." he asked looking around the garden, Iris had to think fast on her feet, making sure Hero doesn’t suspect her of trying to kill him.

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"Uh, these, um, flowers." she shouted rushing over to the tulips, she was about to pick some but Hero stopped her, "You don't need to ruin your garden for me, I know how much you like flowers."

"But, but."

"It's alright, I can appreciate the beauty of it while it's alive." he said while lightly touching the petals,

"Oh, okay." she responded, she clutched her heart, she never saw this gentle side of this boring man. 'Come on girl, don't be weak, don't be weak!' She started to leave the garden but stepped on a tile. Hero noticed this and pushed her to the side before an arrow impaled his chin. It left a small cut on Hero, but did no damage to Iris. Hero ran to Iris's side and held onto her shoulder examining her, "Are you alright?"

"Me! You should be worried about yourself."

"I'm fine." he said before pulling out a cupcake, the cut disappeared.

"You need to be more careful, I'm not going to invade the castle anymore, so you could disable all the traps," he said sweetly. Iris nodded before getting up to leave.

"Baily, disable all traps." she instructed,

"Yes ma'am." Bailey said behind a bush. The sound of engines being turned off can be heard before it became silent.

"Woah, how many traps did you have?"

"Enough."

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Zeke was walking down town, searching for Hero.

"Where is that idiot?" he grumbled to himself, kicking a can. All the girls were swooning at the sight of this man, but he paid no attention to them, he needed to find his best friend.

"I hope he isn't fighting something without me." He began to run just because of that thought. He tripped on something and landed by someone’s foot,

"Are you alright?" a girl with red hair and glasses asked,

"Oh, miss librarian, yeah I'm good. Have you seen Hero?"

"No, I haven't."

"The kid’s missing again, I'm worried."

"Well, he's growing up, you shouldn't worry about him so much."

"You're making it sound like I'm his father, I'm only two years older than him."

"Well, you act like his father."

Zeke got up and put his hands in his pocket, "He says he wants to date Iris." he whispered,

"The villain! He was serious about that declaration."

"Yeah, and I'm afraid he's actually dating her."

"Impossible, Iris doesn't seem like the type to date a basic guy like Hero."

They both nodded at this idea.

---------------------------------------"Irisssssss, let's go on a date." Hero shouted excitedly,

"Let's go shopping then have a romantic candle lit dinner, and finally end it off on the beach, watching the sunset." Hero said, disturbing Iris who was reading her romance novel.

"No, leave me alone."

"I'll make you chocolate cake if you say yes."

"You can't cook. I saw the mess you left in the kitchen."

"I learned; I found a book in the library."

"You can't learn through theory but experience."

"I can learn through theory and don't need experience."

Iris still denied the idea of going out in public with this fool. Hero peeked over her shoulder and read the words in her book.

'Perfect I can use this.'

He found a random rose lying on the ground and put it in his mouth, he used his powers from the sword and activated his wind ability, flower petals flown around him,

"My darling Iris. Please, go on a date with me my darling." he said in a sultry voice.

He got down on one knee and held his hand out to her. Iris squealed because of his reenactment of her favorite novel, she placed her hands in his, and got up.

"Of course!"

'Wait, I totally fell for his trap.'