[For anyone near or around the Stadium you'll take notice of a blue haired girl running around the track again. Aqua's wearing the PE uniform, with the sleeves of her shirt rolled up. Her hair is actually up in a pony tail. Since her first arrival to the Academy she hadn't have time to get a hair cut. In fact the last time she had her hair this
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No! No! No! This wasn't what she needed! She didn't need to have her mind keep going back to that moment! She had to focus! Focus--oh shit was that Terra in the stands. Either I'm hallucinating...or he really is here...]
Terra? [Aqua called, slowly walking over to the stands. She had to play it cool, which shouldn't be too hard...right?]
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...He was going to get killed for it, but he led an alright life up to that point. Terra looks up from his studies to see Aqua walking toward him.]
...Yes? [Okay, play it cool. It can't be that hard to just talk, right?]
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She gets closer to him, even going as far as walking into the stands. Part of her wants to sit down next to him, but that might increase any awkwardness between them...]
I thought you had class.
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...It could also make it a bit easier for them to talk. Either or.]
Besides. Knowing you you probably forgot what day it was.
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[She blinks. Today was Monday...just another normal, plain, Monday.]
It's just Monday, nothing special.
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And... That just proved it for him.] ...It's also April 18th.
[He chuckles faintly, pulling the present from under his book.] Happy birthday, Aqua.
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Wait April 18th?
...And that's a present...oh boy. She feels incredibly stupid now.] ..my birthday. I completely forgot. [Because it's nothing special to her...but b'aww present.]
...Terra you didn't have to..[Really he didn't, but she still takes the present, examining it before slowly peeling back the wrapping to see what he got her...]
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Figured you might; that's why I got you that. And of course I did; it's your 18th.
[He gives it to her, waiting to see her reaction. The first thing she'd see is a walnut-colored picture frame, intricately carved to look something similar to the architecture of their home. He would have added stained glass, but arts and crafts really wasn't his forte. The picture inside the glass? Her in a dress- KIDDING. It's actually just a picture he'd had developed from one of the few films he had left in his travels: one of them together with Master Eraqus and Ven right in front of the castle of Departure the morning of the exam. True, he still didn't like that his grandfather took the shot, but it was the last one they'd had together. And ironically? The only photograph that wasn't distorted by his time in the Mist.
...He silently hoped she liked it.]
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She's anxious to see what Terra had picked out for her. The first thing she feels is wood, the grain of the frame. Her eyebrows knit together in confusion. he got her a picture. Oh it better not be her in that dress! And thankfully it's not...instead it's a family picture...of all them. Her heart stops there as tears start to prick the corners of her eyes.]
Terra....[She hugs the picture frame close to her for a long moment, bowing her head. This really touched her, more than words could ever express. After a long moment of silence she carefully puts the photo down on one of the bleachers. Once that task is complete she hugs Terra tightly. A tear or two comes down her face, but she doesn't care ( ... )
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He still has that photo in his room, undeveloped; hush.
Terra watches for a moment in silence, letting Aqua cherish it and...those tears. If it weren't for the smile and then the hug, he'd have been worried like the derp that he is that he'd done something wrong.]
...You're welcome. Any time-
[Oh Mufasa, not the blush- You did not see it at all, Aqua. For he is hugging back.]
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She continues to hug him, resting her head on his shoulder. He means so much to her. He's her best friend, her confidant, the one she can always rely on. They've been through so much together and with the kiss he gave her last week...and kiss she just gave him, something she didn't mind to do and to be honest it felt natural, makes her more confused than ever. It irked her to think he could've been crushing on someone else and she felt something entirely new and wonderful when he kissed her...
If, if she liked him like that...was she really going to risk a friendship over it?]
.....Did you mean it? ...About the kiss and the crush... [Aqua knows Terra's always been truthful with her, but she wanted to be completely sure before doing anything else.]
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Aqua would probably never fully know what she meant to him; how Ven and her especially were what made himself claw out of the mist alone and how he couldn't give up and lose them. Ven was his second little brother, but Aqua... she's his best friend, the light that had reflected in his wayfinder when he was so close to losing all control and becoming so much like his grandfather or even his own blood-brother. It was her strength mixed with his own and the power he'd gained that facilitated his escape from the deepest abyss.
And now... he could see that it was possibly even more than just that inner strength and wisdom--the shoulder he could always lean on when his pillar-self was about to crumble--meant so much more than just best friends. So when she asks that, the question is met with a definite nod.]
Yes. ...Every word. [Why would he lie?]
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...I think....I feel the same....but.. [She was scared, afraid to move forward and to explore these feelings. And then there was Ven to consider. She didn't want him to feel left out...]
....I don't know where to start. [For all her knowledge on poetry, literature, spells, chemistry and everything else the one area she lacked in was how to date someone, especially your best friend.]
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.........Then we're in the same boat. [He's scared, too. It doesn't mean he's not willing to try, though.] And with Ven back... [Tone laced with worry? you bet.]
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There's a long moment of silence before she finally speaks up on the other matter..]
....I'm willing...to try..if you are. [To give whatever it is they have together a shot.]
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