“Hey,” she protested as he kissed her again. “This is serious. What do you want from me?”

“You know that. I want your love,” Daniel smiled calmly at her, enjoying her face. Her ear were slowly going back normal. “Hey, if I had wanted someone impatient, I would have married a dwarf,” he joked.

“Daniel,” she pouted, “you know I don’t like you making fun of me. The cure is starting to work, but it makes me mean at times.”

“Yes, I know. And thanks for taking it. Soon your transition from elf to human will be finished, and we can have a normal, beautiful life together. So let’s just enjoy the moment.”

She grinned heavenly, and shook her mane of hair again, splattering him with droplets.

“You know,” Daniel’s elfin wife said slyly, “Elves do have special powers. We can be very romantically… persuasive when we want to be.”

Daniel raised his eyebrows. “Well, now, why don’t you use those powers on me?”

She giggled. “I think I will.”

She took his hand and led him deeper into the water.