[Thread] Kiss and Make Up

[hands_of_reason]

Characters: AU!Lyle Norg, OU!Naoki Kashima
Where: The Fountain
When: Sometime after the Tanabata festival ends
Summary: Now that Lyle's back, Naoki has some things he wants to talk with him about.
Warnings: A little angst and/or fluff? Shouldn't be any, really.

After he ran into Lyle, he hadn't lingered around the festival very long. It had been nice

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[invisikid]

In the thinning crowd, he weaved past a couple and got the fountain, with Naoki beside it, in sight. A breath escaped him, chest tight in hesitation. This meeting was...unexpected. Inevitable, yes, but so soon? Lyle barely had his Econtra feet under him. After how much he had made the older boy mistrust him, he'd thought they would be avoiding one another like the plague.

Lyle approached, slowly, and ended his walk three wide steps, a respectful distance, away. If he was guessing right, Naoki had been their for a while. "...Enjoy the festival?" He managed, itching to tug at the sleeves of his yukata. His voice was testing the waters, even a little suspicious, tense.

Before, it had been easy to be surprised, to let the air between them become friendly once more. Now he was alone, face to face with Naoki, and no Dick or Tim or Brainy to keep his mind off of the words he and the Demi-Fiend had exchanged. At that, Lyle's eyes darted to the side, before slowly returning to the other teen's face.

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While he was glad to see that Lyle came after all, Naoki could hear the unease in his voice, and it only made him feel worse about what he'd done.

"Of course. Tanabata is one of my favorite holidays, even if the story is a little hard to believe." He smiled, trying to dissipate the suspicion and put Lyle more at ease. It was unlikely the hero would be as willing to hear him out if the negative feelings persisted. "I was surprised to see you there, but... it made the night that much better."

[invisikid]

"...Heh." A smile tugged at the corner of his lips. This speech pattern was familiar...it was something Naoki would say. That meant he was really dealing with the balanced version of his friend...? The unease didn't leave him, but his shoulders relaxed. "I was surprised to be there myself. Home and back again. But its..." What was it exactly? Lyle refocused on Naoki. "...I don't really mind being back."

But the other boy had wanted to talk to him, hadn't he? The younger teen tried to figure out exactly what was going on by glancing across the other's face.

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He'd just see the somewhat sad smile on his face and not much else. For once, his expression gave little away.

"I'm really glad you're back. I missed you; probably more than you know." Naoki sighed and went back to sitting on the edge of the fountain, hands folded in his lap as he looked up at Lyle.

"I did a lot of thinking while you were gone, and I was actually a little scared that I'd never get to talk to you again; that I'd never get the chance to tell you all the things I wanted to." Whether Lyle believed or listened to him, he certainly sounded sincere and almost remorseful. "And you'd never know how sorry I am for what I said to you before. I don't know what came over me, but almost everything I said then was a lie. I don't regret trusting you or liking you, even if I don't know you as well as I think." He paused, shifting to stare at the ground between his feet. "I know I can't take any of it back and just apologizing won't make it right, but I really am sorry. I'll do anything to make it up to you."