joint post: come on it, the water's fine!

[findmyownreason]

The weather report had forecast rain, but they'd been lucky.  The sky had been clear and sunny when they'd picked out and set up their campsite earlier and it had stayed just as balmy on the long hike to the lake.  It was his last chance to be with his baby sister before she went off to college (not such a baby anymore.  Life seemed intent on

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Aww, siblings XD

[waterfell]

Under the overhang, Ami had the luxury to look over her catch: a slippery bass determined to thwart them and quite furious at being caught. She couldn't say she blamed it; but she had no intention of freeing it, either.

"I can fry it," she told her brother. "Back at the campsite, I can do it. I brought everything we'll need." She'd come prepared, of course. This meant going back there, but they needed to eventually anyway, despite the weather. She glanced upward, then at Cloud.

"You're soaked." This was mostly a mischievous way to point out that she wasn't. Brat.

[waterfell]

"Onii-san." And she rarely calls him that without being serious, though this seriousness is more than a girl should probably being carrying the weight of. "I told you once: I have no intention of giving myself away."

To anyone. And she's more than capable of defending herself if some grubby, dirty hands don't understand that message quickly enough; as far as she's concerned, the subject is really moot.

The truth is, she's scared of it. But it sounds so much better to say she's above it.

[findmyownreason]

Frankly, she's not the only one in the family scared of it and he's the idiot attempting it anyway. But he'll nod and the smile peeks through - just a little. Reaching out he stirs the fire competently with a stick to spread the heat more evenly.

"I can't help it. You're my baby sister and I'm going to worry." His eyes lift over the fire to find hers and there might be a hint of a smirk. "Besides, we already know none of them are good enough for you."

[waterfell]

She's a girl who'd been scared of having friends from the start; and when she'd tried, it hadn't ended well. The same could be said for that attempt at romance and it makes her all the more ready to keep people at arm's length. Further, really.

Somehow, Cloud's gotten around that, nudged himself right in closer, so much closer that it almost terrifies her when she's awake and thinks about it and can start to worry about losing it. She wonders sometimes what it says about her that the only people who seem to understand her a little bit are in her dreams. (Wish fulfillment? Delusion? A weak mind that runs away to sleep at night because waking life is so much harder in this area?)

"You can leave off the 'baby' part," she remarks dryly. "I may be your younger sister, but I'm not that far behind." It's a protest for protest's sake, really; it's kind of nice (so much more than kind of) to be the one someone is worried about and protecting. That's part of the 'baby' part.

[findmyownreason]

He lets out a snort and hunches forward a little where he's sitting but it's a relaxed move and there's the hint of a smile on his lips that doesn't leave.

"Sorry, kiddo," he definitely teasing now. "In this at least I'm always going to be a step ahead. It's the only time I get to do that. Gotta milk it."

((OOC. wrapping up time?))

[waterfell]

It's true she can't suddenly become older. "I'll leave you that little reassurance, then," Ami says flippantly. If he's going to tease her, she'll tease back. In the dream, she doesn't even think to notice how unusual that is.

(ooc: sure :D)