Spiegel parked his Hoverbike outside the university and took off his helmet. He checked the time on the chronovisual on his wrist. 1530. Right on time. Fawn's seminar oughtta be over now. He looked up at the front entrance, and saw the gate dissolving to let students out. Small groups of people exited the building. Trolls grunting over their homework, human girls checking him out, elves giggling and chatting vividly.
There she was. She was talking to a human friend, apparently comparing notes. She looked up, as if she had sensed him being there, and she smiled when she saw him. She hurried down the steps and ran into his arms. He kissed her, and put his arms around her tiny waist.
"Hi, princess!" he mumbled.
"Hi..." she smiled, gazing into his eyes.
"Interbreeders..!"
"Pervy elf-fancier!"
Two strangers hissed at them as they passed. Spiegel glared at them. Fawn's grip around his shoulders tightened.
"Ignore them!" she whispered. "They're just ignorant speciests!"
He smiled sadly, and kissed her forehead.
"You're right," he said.
He opened the luggage box on his Hoverbike, and got out a small, red helmet. He carefully put it on her head, and made sure to pull her long ears through the holes at the sides.
"I look like a mushroom in this!" she pouted. "My head looks like a red ball with wings on it!"
"Toxics!" he said. "You look pretty! Come on, now!"
He straddled the Hoverbike and put his own helmet on. Fawn put her books in the luggage box, closed it, and got on the bike behind him. She put her arms around his waist, and they floated out into the afternoon traffic.
Rush hour had just started, and the air was full of transporters, hovermodules and Hoverbikes. Below them, the street were full of pedestrians.
They got held up at a junction, where a line of commuters were waiting for their turn to get on the Southern Flight Lane. Fawn leaned her head against Spiegel's back and inhaled the musty scent of human. Her arms squeezed his strong body, so compact and muscular compared to that of an elf.
The line slowly cleared up, and on they floated, in a speed just below the maximum allowed, arriving at their home in practically no time. They landed on the front yard, and Spiegel parked the Hoverbike in their assigned place, and entered the code into the manouveur panel, to shut it off. Fawn hopped off and got her things out of the luggage box.
"Want me to carry those for you?" Spiegel asked.
"Not necessary," said Fawn. "They're not heavy."
Spiegel pulled her closer, and kissed her.
"You look so fragile," he said. "I keep forgetting how strong you really are."
She pinched him playfully, laughing as he squirmed. They ran up the stairs, giggling like children.
They stopped outside the door, panting, and Spiegel put his hand on the Reader Panel, that scanned in his fingerprints, approved it, and the doorway dissolved, letting them into their home. Once inside, Fawn locked the door by punching in the code on the PS-system.
"Are you hungry?" said Spiegel, pulling his helmet off.