44th Draw = Check ups! [Voice/Open action]

[selphie_t]

[Since Selphie had returned to normal, she'd been left feeling a bit odd. Events of the past two weeks were fresh in her mind and most of those events had left her feeling a tad on the bummed side. That was what it felt like to have a family to her. She hoped that it would continue even though they were all back to their normal sizes and ages once again. If she were to be honest with herself, lacking that family atmosphere has her feeling a bit lonely but she's not about to let that on to others. If Yao were still around, she'd go see him because he'd always said she could come over and talk to him.

It was nice to have a confidant who could make a mean cup of tea. It made her think about the friends that she'd lost since she'd come back to Luceti in the spring as she hoped that they were all well wherever they were.

For now though, she'll pull on her winter gear and take a walk in hopes that the fresh air would help her figure some things out. A friendly ear might be a nice thing to have though as she kicks up bits of snow into the air. She stares at her breath in the chilly air before moving forward.

Someone's in need of some advice and maybe a hug or two.

Eventually, she finds her way into the main plaza before she plops down on the side of the snow covered fountain and opens up her journal.]

So guys. We all like different times of the year. Some like myself, like Winter. Others might like a different season instead. So, what's your favourite time of the year?

And how's everybody doing?

Comments

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[And there goes the head on his shoulder.]

It's nice...

[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

[He takes a good moment to think about it. He remembers clear as a bell gushing to a child about his family and how happy they made him. It contrasts so much with how he feels about the burden of being theirs now. And yet he finds himself wishing Cecil still knew him.]

Yeah, it is.

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[Selphie closes her journal before standing up and pulling Ceodore up with her.]

Walk with me?

[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

Sure!

[Once on his feet, Ceodore holds his arm out to Selphie. Once in a while he can remember his upbringing.]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[She hooks an arm around his and giggles happily.]

Lesse... where to...

[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

I know. C'mon.

[Leading the to the larger of the lakes.]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Okay. Where're we going?

[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

[Ceodore doesn't explain until they get to a spot between the forest and the lake. Nothing at all remarkable. It's just water and trees.]

This is the place.

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[But it's pretty~ Selphie doesn't wander into the forest very often these days so she stares at her surrounds in awe.]

It's pretty.

[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

It's the spot I've found that comes closest to looking like home. If the lake were the sea and the trees were the forest south of the castle. Facing this way, the desert is to the south west and beyond that the Chocobo Forest and the valley leading to Mist Cave.

[Good luck getting him to admit it, but Theodore's story made him homesick.]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[Selphie closes her eyes to imagine it and smiles as each little part of the puzzle comes into place and forms a brilliant picture. It's nothing like Trabia or Balamb and it sounds like an exciting place.]

[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

[Ceodore watches her with a fond smile. Selphie makes him ridiculously happy, even in the littlest things.]

Someday, I want you to see the real thing.

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

I'd love to.

[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

[That puts a smile on his face and Ceodore leans in to kiss Selphie on the forehead. There's something he's been meaning to tell her but there's always something. Someone goes home, someone gets kidnapped, there's an experiment. There is never going to be a right time and he's not exactly the world's best about holding back about things.]

Hey, uh, Selphie?

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Hm? [She looks at Ceodore curiously.]

[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

N-nothing. Nevermind.

[Fail, Derp. Fail. Totally scrambling for something else instead.]

Um, are you cold?

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

Huh? What's wrong?

[Change of subject, what?]

Ceodore... I grew up in the mountains. Now, what's wrong?

[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

Uh, huh? [Mountains? What does that have to do with anything?]

It's nothing. [Maybe he should talk to Frey about this first. But that's no good. Frey's more clueless than he is. He could try Cecil but that would be too awkward. Kain? Hell no. Not in a million years. If Edward were still around, maybe...] I can handle it by myself.

[Possibly. GULP.]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

What's wrong?

[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

N-no... nothing's wrong. I uh...

[Spit it out already, Derpface. Deep breath. Trying again.]

I... I...

We were supposed to walk weren't we?

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what's going on.

[lunarianlegacy.livejournal.com]

[Well this isn't going at all as planned. Not that he does much planning for anything but it's not quite how he pictured it. She's getting cranky now.]

It's nothing wrong. I think. Just uh...

[DEEP BREATH. Open mouth. Speak. Before something else can go wrong.]

I love you.

[There! It's out. And if she doesn't, it's going to horrible. But it's done.]

1 of idk how many...

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[First she stares at him.]

2 of idk how many...

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[Then the look on her face slowly starts to soften.]

[boomchucka.livejournal.com]

[Then she's blushing as she's been having butterflies in her stomach about him for the longest time.]