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[Dialogue Diary 2]

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[Characters: Aires and Juliet

[Setting: Just near the exit to the Guild's training/track field. Afternoon]

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After a short restroom break, wiping her hands with a towel, Juliet walks through a dim hall, luminated by the sunlight creeping in from the wide open gate to the track field she's approaching to, when suddenly a figure bolts straight to her direction.

"Jyuls, there you are!" It's Aires, immediately hugging her once she was close.

Juliet was surprised by this since she wasn't paying attention on what's ahead. "Eh? A-Aires?" She starts to become flustered again, her cheeks blushing in light pink.

"Ah, I don't know what I did, but I'm sorry!" She say frantically.

"E-eh?"

"I must've done something stupid to annoy you or I offended you. S-Sorry if I wasn't watching my actions."

"Uh, n-no it's nothing like that--"

"Whatever it is, please don't be mad at me." She withdraws and bows her head in front of her.

"What? N-no it's fine. I-I just got carried away is all."

"How about I buy you a meal to make it up to you." She looks back up to explain her compromise.

"Wha--It's okay Aires, I'm not mad." Juliet awkwardly say.

Right? She doubts.

"I've... just been dealing with something personal, that's been keeping me up lately." She excuses herself, trying to slide away from a discussion she fears is gonna happen.

"Eh? What is it?"

"Uh, it's too personal. I-I can't explain the details." Juliet continues to hide what's been really happening. "Just... It's nothing to worry about." She brushes it off with an awkward smile, waving her hand to signify it being trivial.

"But, it carried to our training session, and you were ignoring me more frequently. Are you sure it's not something I can help with?" Aires says, looking concerned with one brow up and another one down. That made Juliet panic inside Oh no, she can tell! W-was I making it too obvious? She tries to think of another way to cover it, another reason that'll hopefully be the end of the growing suspicion.

"I-I just couldn't take my mind off it, that's all." Juliet say, answering a bit awkwardly with a bit of franticness in her tone. She can already fell the sweat appearing from her face to her neck, it's getting a bit warm for Juliet. It's not a complete lie, but it's broad enough to not make any further assumptions.

"But what about during our sparring session? You were kinda aggressive back there." Aires scratches her head. "Is this persnal issue of yours upsetting? Is someone upsetting you?"

That made her panic even more, the blush in her cheeks becoming red, and the temperature in her body getting warmer. That fake smile of hers is starting to fall off, trembling. She didn't get to the truth of the first question but now she's starting to take a different route to it. "Uh no..." Juliet tries to deflect, "Since you were my opponent, it'll be hard for me to hit you, s-so I tried to think of it as hitting a criminal instead." Juliet remarks, making an impromptu lie on the spot.

"Eh? A criminal? I feel like that's a bit too high of an opponent." Aires is surprised by that response. "No wonder why you were hitting so hard."

"Hehe yes..." Juliet takes a sigh of relief, internally, glad that she took that answer. Her body is cooling, calming down now.

"But, heh, do warn me next time." Aires awkwardly say, "I'm kinda not used to see you upset like that."

"Huh?"

"It's just...when I think about you, all I can see is your cute and pure personality." That surprised Juliet, that blush appearing once again, but not out of nervousness. "And maybe sometime you're tsundere side too, which is also cute!" She close her eyes with a bright smile.

Eh? What's with this sudden compliment? Juliet thought.

"Hopefully, those hits earlier wasn't serious. And don't worry, they didn't hurt me seriously either." Aires added, saying with a delighted tone. Juliet doesn't utter a response, just an awe stare at her friend.

"And hopefully, that personal issue of yours will be resolved soon, so you won't be thinking about it again." She remarks.

Juliet is surprised by that. Even when she doesn't know what it is, or that it's about her, she still wishes good things for Juliet. She ponders if it's even possible to resolve this issue of hers, it feels like it'll stuck with her forever. The feelings she has for her friend, the admiration, gratitude, adoration, but the frustration, will it disappear eventually? But how, and when?

"Uh, yeah. Thanks Aires."

She giggles, "no problem.", and moves towards her again for a hug.

Juliet's eyes widen as Aires arm stretch around her, surprised and flustered. Her cheeks blushing in red again as her embrace makes Juliet's heart flutter, her body becoming warm once more. The frustrating thoughts begins again.

This feeling..., Juliet thought, whenever Aires feels this close to me, my body feels tense. Is it because I'm nervous? Or that it's just being cautious that she might do something to me, but she already is. She's making feel like this. She can feel her heartbeat becoming more and more loud, quicker and quicker as minutes go by in her embrace.

There it is again. She listens to the heartbeat inside of her. Lightly touching her chest where it beats.

*Dum dum, dum dum*

Why is it acting like this? Am I scared? Am I happy? Why does her hug feel so comforting yet I wanna reject it?

Juliet has been feeling this for a while now. Everytime Aires tries to be affectionate towards her, she wants to deny it, but she's still confused why she's doing so.

When Juliet started becoming aware of what she was feeling, she already had certainty of what's happening between them and their relationship. She already knew that Aires has feelings for her, and she's growing feelings for her back. She already accepted that fact. But as time went on, the doubt kept crawling back, that what if her conclusion is wrong. What if she eventually confess, it'll be revealed that she was wrong the whole time, that the feelings were just one-sided. Or, what if Aires have alterior intention, hence why she's so nice to her. She's only kind to her just to get something out of her one day. Whenever Juliet thinks of that assumption she always thinks of those story plots where a couple confesses their love to one another and have a great romantic relationship only for it to end up being an abusive one just because one of them finally got what they wanted in the relationship, which usually happens between married couples. Now that they know everything about each other, one might use it against the other. She reasons with herself that those scenarios can't possibly happen, it's isn't in Aires' nature to do that. But then again, she's fearful that future might come to her too, it's just not obvious yet.

Am I really afraid? Of rejection? Being manipulated? But why is that when there's no sign of that in Aires. Her kindness and light-hearted personality is consistent, and she has told me a lot about her and her life. She tries to discuss things in her head, like her thoughts are trying to answer the most difficult and contradicting math problem; they already have the values in hand, but each one is applicable to different formulas. Or is it--Am I afraid of falling too hard? Her eyes widen from that conclusion. I never dated nor had a crush on anyone before, perhaps I'm afraid that if this doesn't work out, I'll be devastated about it, or I'll be disappointed if it doesn't work at all, how much that will affect me. Her train of never-ending assumptions continues.

Juliet knows everything about love and relationships from the many books and dramas she has read and watched, so she knows what to expect, she has prepared herself for it. But at the same time that knowledge backfired on her, making her grow doubt instead. The fear of uncertainty. It makes her frustrated, but not towards Aires, but... just herself.

Even though I try to point my frustration to Aires I'm just projecting it to her. She finally had that realization. I...I shouldn't be doing that to her, but at the same time, why is it so difficult for me to express gratitude instead? Am I... really suppressing myself that much? To express what I truly feel towards her? To like her?

*Du-dum du-dum da-dum* The beating in her heart grows faster. She reaches out and takes a hold of Aires' long-sleeved top, and resting her head on her.

I-I don't know how to tell you this--I don't even know where to begin! She cluthes the arm surrounding her on front. Her face becoming red and sweaty, nervous eventhough there's no reason to. She expresses dread in her eyes yet wanting to feel comfortable. B-but, do I even want to? To finally make it stop? My heart beating this much, my doubts and fears? But what if you don't like me back-- She blinks her eyes and stops that train of doubt running again.

"A-Aires?" She meekly calls.

"Hm?"

"Uh, I'm sorry for hitting you so much earlier." She say, "I didn't mean all of that." Finally confessing what she feels yet still not saying the full truth, but it's enough for her to make a first step. She leans her head more to her, trying to snuggle on her.

"It's fine. You didn't hurt me too much. Besides, I'm more stronger than normal folks."

"Hm, yeah."

"Plus, maybe it's good for you to hit hard like that." Aires continues, "If you were thinking about real criminals then I think you'll be a real hero hitting that ruthless." Juliet is surprised by that further compliment. She can feel Aires withdrawing, and starts to panic once more. "But your training can't be just about hitting, you need to--", once Aires' eyes moves back to Juliet she can notice her acting very shy. Her shoulders raised, her head down so she won't see her flustered red face, and the slight panic in her body language. But before Aires can respond Juliet immediately rush in to hug her, wrapping her arms around her out of panic to hide her flustered face, tightly like being a bear trap. She hides her face deeply on Aires chest.

Ah wait! I-I didn't mean to do this! She say in her head while thinking of how to get out of this situation next.

Aires begins to blush about this as well, flustered from that sudden action of her friend. "Uh... Jyuls?" The flustered Aires asked.

But Juliet doesn't hear it, she's still discussing on her own in her head. Ah, I guess this is a good start... She turns her head to the side, giving herself air to breathe, still closing her eyes looking uncomfortable on this predicament she put herself in. M-maybe if I do gestures like this--like what Aires does--maybe I'll be comfortable about it and eventually share my feelings. Her embrace tightens.

But this is so embarrassing. Her pride joins in her group of thoughts, still wanting to play things cool and show that she's a witty and composed person. Then she feels a light touch on the back of her head.

"If that issue of yours is effecting you this bad, I'm sure you'll get through it." She gently slides her hand on Juliet's soft peach hair, slowly petting her. "But if you ever need help, you can always call me." She warmly says with a soft smile. She still has no idea what's going on with her friend but she assumes it's something dire with how she's acting. She can't do much if she doesn't want help, but she still insist in offering one.

Juliet's flusteredness takes a hault from that, now expressing awe at her words of service. Uh, it's okay Aires I--this isn't your problem to deal with. A slight feeling of patheticness has risen, knowing that she had to be affected in this even though she's oblivious of what's truly going on. With a furrow in her eyes she begins to reflect on how she's been acting as of lately. She must've been cold towards her friend, being so fixated on her doubtful thoughts, and being harsh without giving her a visible reason why which must've made her so confused even though she tries to act so friendly. Is this how years of isolating herself has done to her? She thought, reflecting back to her younger days. Juliet knows she can act kindly and friendly towards others but when others tries to express their feelings, and friendship towards her, she knows how to act, but she doesn't know how to do that act, to respond. She realize that now.

She feels more pathetic now, stupid even, that the first time someone is truly affectionate to her, she doesn't reciprocate the kindness and friendship, but rather she deflects it. Not because of annoyance but doubt. Not because of Aires, or others, but because of herself. She begins to blush again, but not because she's flustered, but because she's embarrassed.

She finally lets herself go, distancing herself abit from Aires, with her head still lowered. She sticks her arms close to herself, feeling small, gripping on of them tightly.

"Have I...ever been rude to you, Aires?" She suddenly asks.

"Eh? Rude?"

"When I ignore you or not listen to whatever you're saying..."

"Oh, not at all." She shrugs, "I just think you're being introspective or thinking about something."

"Eh? But don't you think that's being dismissive?" She finally turns her head up, in disbelief of Aires' answer. "When someone wants to talk to you but they don't care?"

"I don't think you're that kind of person." Juliet is taken aback. "I'll just wait for you to get back to Earth." Aires' words leaves Juliet confused yet intrigued with her answer. It seems so naive yet it shows that she doesn't have negative feelings towards her. "Although it is concerning sometimes when you take too long." Aires adds.

"I...I didn't mean to be lost in thought so often." Juliet looks back down once more, feeling ashamed of her habits.

"It's okay, Jyuls. I know introverts always do that, so I'm alright with it." Even knowing what kind of person Juliet is makes her heart skip, and the fact that she's so patient of her despite of her temperament shows her gentle heart.

Aires takes out her phone from her pocket and turns it on, the light from its screen luminating her face. "Ah, it's already past 30 minutes!", She's surprised that it's already passed their break time. "Come on, Daniel would give me 20 pull-ups if we're 10 minutes late!" She immediately grabs Juliet's hand and pulls her as they run towards the entrance. But before they would come out into the bright light of the outside, Juliet slows down and Aires notices it, pulling her to a halt.

"Aires can you...remind me next time if I'm being rude to you?" She timidly asks, still averting her eyes from her.

"Huh?"

"As your friend, I need to know if I'm doing something wrong." A blush begins to appear, She furrows her eyes, but all of what she expresses is obscured by her glasses becoming opaque.

"Yeah, sure." Aires replies before beginning to sprint again, with Juliet being dragged by her, following her pace. Juliet focuses on their hands interlocked, she can feel Aires is holding her so tightly, that sense of sincerity even if it's just urgency, feels so interesting to Juliet. Even for the fact that they're late, she didn't rush in on her own, she took Juliet with her so they would both be on the same pace, and arrive at the same time. Those thoughts solidify her certainty about who Aires is and what her intentions are, turning those fog called "doubts" that cloud her mind into a light haze. Atleast, she wants it to be like that starting now, so maybe one day, Juliet can finally share what she's feeling. And if anything does go wrong, atleast she'll know that she was right, but that's what future Juliet will have to get through of.

For now, for the present, she wants to try being true and honest to what she's feeling, and soon, express it. She smiles at those thoughts, somewhat still embarrassed but glad that she's finally resolving this issue of hers.

Thanks for being patient with me, Aires. Just give me a bit more time to sort out my thoughts.

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obviousniklr · 23 days ago

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[Dialogue Diary 1]

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Dialogue Diaries are gonna be a series of posts that I wanna make about my characters and their dialogues that I don't have a full structure or story to include them in (yet). In other words, they're gonna be short snippets of conversations or scenes that I wanna write down in case they'll be useful one day. They're also canon hence why I wanna post them. (If they're not canon anymore I'll just delete them :v)

So here's the first entry and an introduction to the format :].

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[Characters: AiJyul]

[Setting: Nighttime, precisely 2am. In the bedroom of a little vacation home in a rural area. Just right between the sliding glass door to the backyard and the edge of the bed. The two girls chat all night long after showering, eating steamed buns while they share stories, or gather courage to confess a secret. The next conversation comes up just like that.]

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"Umm... I have something to confess", the peach-colored hair girl feels nervous, somewhat embarrassed as her eyes soften and her cheek becomes pink, "Something, I haven't told anyone a-at all..." She wears light pink pajamas with tiny floral patterns.

A bite is taken from a soft yellow pizza bun, "This sounds serious." The girl with short blonde fading to lilac hair with red bangs responded, all ears yet somewhat unserious by eating at the same time. She wears an oversized white T-shirt, sporting a black running shorts underneath.

"It's...as someone who's known for reading many books, and alot, it's kind of a shameful act, maybe degrading even." Juliet squeezes her eyes as she expresses a disappointed expression, lowering her shoulders as if a sudden weight has pulled them down...

"I..." Then pulls them back up again with a dainty fist close to her chest as she slouches like being suddenly stuck in an invisible box...

"...skip parts, even chapters when they're not interesting to me! Especially romantic scenes! M-mostly romantic scenes!" Then she suddenly raises the volume of her voice as she lets her confession out.

The short blonde and lilac haired choked on the pizza bun she was eating. She turns her head behind to recover herself, swallowing her food properly while she holds her chest from that sudden statement. Then her short hair quickly sweeps the air as she turns back around to face her friend. "You WHAT?!" Aires immediately shouts.

"I can't believe it! You've been lying to us the whole time!" She added.

"No wait! I-I can explain!" Juliet grabs Aires' arms before they let loose any farther, worrying that this might go out of proportion too quickly.

"Your status as a bookworm has been a lie the entire time!" Aires exaggerates further.

"Not entirely!"

"But...", the two suddenly stop from their frantic movements, "I really thought you've read so many books because--"

"I'm a quick reader?" Juliet finishes her sentence, and withdraws back from her previous position. "No, I skim too when I can tell the coming plot isn't interesting to me."

"Eh? But I thought you're into those things, that's why you read novels alot!"

Juliet lets out a heavy and quick sigh. "I'm only in it for the world and character building. I've read so many kinds of common romantic tropes and scenes that they're just a bore to me now." She explains. "And I know it's a selling point to these books and their readers but it brings nothing to the table other than ship material or pleasure to explicit-interested readers." She continues, complaining like a dissatisfied client who's tired of the usual occurrences.

"Isn't that...the whole point of novels?" Aires speculates.

"I want to read something that can take my mind into a fantastical world or a universe that has unique rules and function, and meet characters who're more noble than just loving others or their purpose, or a character that has sound logic, or an antagonist with a conflicting yet reasonable intention." Her tone gradually changes into a more softer and dreamy delivery yet it still has a bit of passion lingering, as if she's recalling a grandiose theatre performance. "It's been a while since I've read a book that has delivered me that satisfaction, and these days, I've been searching for works like that again but... they really are once in a blue moon. Especially how... societal culture is these days, and how demands are more favored and celebrated than creativity."

Aires is left silent a bit to process what Juliet has said. "Sooo... you're not really into the romantic stuff? Eventhough novels are mostly about that." Aires say, still confused yet trying to understand how it can be possible for romance to be the most uninteresting part of a novel.

"It's such a misconception to novel readers." She expresses slight frustration in her brows. "That's why you don't see me reading a slice of life novel either." Juliet added, lightly grabbing her arms.

"But what about cute and sweet moments? Where one of the couples makes a surprise date, OR a plot where a cute and kind guy tries to make a girl like him by sweet gestures?" Aires suggests.

"I mean, it is cute, don't get me wrong, but I've read so many of it that my mind would immediately jump on what's the ending. If they become a couple, or not." Juliet answers, smiling modestly yet it doesn’t stay long. "It's... interesting in your first couple of books, but you start to notice the patterns. You'll notice the character's personalities, and then their dynamic, and then you can easily assume what happens next. It's basically sorting them out into how many permutations or scenarios are possible with the various elements of the relationship that has been told so far. You don't need to get through all that fluff to get the information that you need, you can even just scan through it." The conversation suddenly sounds like a math class where Juliet is suddenly explaining formulas on how to find the right answer, or in this case, how a story would end up on.

"Uuh...suuure." Aires squints one of her eye, tilting a bit of her head as she express confusion. She lost her a bit in the middle but she's still trying to comprehend her reasoning. "Umm... How about a story with a friendship or family centric plot?" Aires suggests.

That caught Juliet's attention a bit, "Well... I'm okay with those. It's interesting to see a group of people with different characteristics and backgrounds work together, bond, and make compromises." she returns to her normal tone, with a bit of zest, "Grow trust and support with one another, despite conflicts and disagreements, it's rewarding. But, you can always tell that there are some author's biases" She returns to that disappointed mood, "and that lingering sub plot." She raises the stress of her voice as she says "that" and falls back down to a lax tone as she circles it back to the main topic. Aires can't do much about that other than smile awkwardly as it feels like the conversation won't be ending soon.

Her eyes dart to the side with drowsy and uninterested eyelids, and leans back to rest on the side of the bed. "It's...redundant, nothing surprises me anymore." She says with a slight annoyance in her tone. "But, it's also why I've been reading works on collections of real people's daily lives instead recently. It's nothing special to what I'm searching for, yet it's slightly different, more... humbling in fact. It's nice to read through the windows of other people's mundane lives and careers rather than just... a title talking about the trials of a romantic, fictional relationship."

"Hm? What's the difference? Don't normal people's lives revolve mostly around finding love too?" Aires asked.

"Well, when it comes to these collections, you can read about someone's normal routine on their office job, or how it feels like to be a vendor at a local market, or how to care for their aging mother while still striving to finish college, and just... other things that may seem boring to watch or go through yet, it's important to acknowledge." She smiles softly as her mind browses through old memories of reading these biographies, resting her chin on her knees as she folds her legs up and slouches on them. "Reading these real stories makes me feel thankful for the things I have yet still sympathize with the hardship of others."

Aires is starting to understand what her partner is saying. She finds interest in trying to emotionally understand and feel what she's indulging in rather than just gaining a feeling or reaction. Feeling empathy towards characters she reads about, atleast that's how Aires rationalizes it. Or, maybe she's just tired of reading alot of romantic stories and wants variety, she thought. Though, it seems that she's interested in other kinds of love too. More than just the romantic kind but the mutual kind and the familial kind, maybe that's why she's getting tired of it, she wants to see more than that. She continues to hypothesize in her head.

Is that... telling of how lonely she was? Aires suddenly felt melancholic as that conclusion occurred to her. Aires remembers her telling about how high school was for her, and that she didn't do much other than study and read. Socializing for her was just a necessity back then. She pouts a little just thinking about it.

"Heh. For someone who's so curious about how love and relationships works that's really contradicting to hear." Aires responded, trying to lighten up the heavy thoughts and assumptions.

"I guess..." Juliet lets out a small chuckle, "you could say I lack empathy in trying to care about these fictional tales. What else should I say if I've already read it before? What else to expect that's not already expected?" She shares these questions of hers. "Maybe perhaps I haven't experienced what these characters go through before, hence why they don't affect me."

"Like it feels... exclusive." Aires suggested, which Juliet lightly nodded on. It's as if, even when she's reading these stories she still feels like she's only looking through a window. Only perceiving but not feeling. Aires' thoughts continue.

"Then...the books I've gifted to you before must've been... disappointing, huh." Aires scrubs the back of her head as she smiles awkwardly. She's somewhat ashamed of it now, recalling the titles she has given to Juliet as a surprise. "I just read their synopsis and genre to check if you would like them."

Juliet returns her sentiment with a smile. "It's alright. You wouldn't know anyways unless you actually read the whole title. Plus, I don't blame you for not knowing anyways since...I've revealed this just now." Her expression turns into a shamed one again, still with a smile but sorrowful brows.

"So you're really not into romantic stuff..." Aires ponders, "but why are you interested in my romantic stuff?" she averts her eyes back to Juliet, while pointing to herself. Trying to be a bit playful in the middle of a sad tale.

"Um..." Juliet didn't expect that question.

"Did I... bring something special on the table?" Aires flirts as she raises her finger close to her chin, tilting her head slightly.

Juliet awkwardly yet gleefully laughs, running her hand on the side of her face, through her peach hair. "It's illogical isn't it?"

It makes so much sense though, Aires thought.

"I guess... it's different. It feels different, and new, if you're actually the one in the romantic plot." Juliet lightly giggles. "I would know what to expect already from what I've read but sometimes it doesn't happen. Everytime my mind would assume things but when they happen, or something else, it feels..." Juliet pauses a bit to find a word to express her thoughts, "Like I know what to feel but when I actually did, it feels… special." She spoke with a light tone as her eyes softly glances to the side, slightly blushing, looking at the two steamed buns placed on the floor. A white one that's hers that haven't been touched yet, it's white square wrapper still lying neatly under it; while a yellow one is just a few inches from it. Half of it is already eaten and it's wrapper is all wrinkled. She giggles, "The real deal is much more different than what I expected."

She looks back to Aires. "And because of this--our relationship-- I can understand now why readers like these kinds of plots. I can relate to it now, that giddy, exciting, and fluttery feelings." Juliet continues. Her annoyance just a few minutes ago has now changed to a more peaceful and forgiving mood. "It still doesn't change my mind when I encounter them in a title, I would still skip some of them but...I have a bit more empathy for it now."

"Heh, glad I helped to change your perspective on that, I suppose." Aires smiles. "But still, why don't you tell this to anyone? I mean it's not a bad trait."

"Erm well, it is in a way." Juliet smiles awkwardly again. "When usual people hear novels they always assume that you mostly read the romantic kind since it's the majority of novels, hence why, if I say that I don't like the romantic aspect of the genre it would imply to them that I'm being offensive or a hypocrite." She explains elaborately, in a straightforward fashion without any bumps from her statement. "Um... It's like if you say you like pizza but you don't like the cheese part of it', that's what it feels like to most people."

"Ah~ so you don't want to offend people, or make them think negatively of you, because of this?"

She nods.

"How... considerate of you." Even if she doesn't show herself to others that much, she's still weary of what they'll think of her.

Juliet blushes a little. "It's just probably me being picky. I mean, I don't hate it all the time but you know...", she retracts her limbs as if she wants to feel small, "books have always been my form of escapism and... that's the main thing that matters to me when I read."

"Going somewhere... different?" Aires added.

She didn't respond to her question. "Maybe...I glossed over everything because of that." Juliet says to herself in a much lower volume. Her head bows down a little as her vision directs to the cold, blue floor. It seems like the realization, all that she has said, is processing through her now. She remains silent, her slightly furrowed eyes wandering, melancholic as she looks at her lap and the floor, illuminated by the moonlight. Then a hand enters her view, grabbing hers warmly.

"Hey, are you okay?" Aires raises her concern.

"Huh?" Juliet's head perks up. "Oh, my head just wandered a bit." She holds her head lightly. "Perhaps...the night is getting to me."

"Hm...no worries." Aires stood up from her position and moved to Juliet's side. She slides her arms around Juliet's waist and leans her head to hers.

"Eh?"

"I get it now." Aires says as she hugs her partner, swaying both of them slightly with a warm smile. "Heh, don't worry. Now I'm more eager to keep taking you to new places." She smiles. "Maybe somewhere overseas or just somewhere really cool and interesting, or maybe somewhere historic that might pique your interest."

Juliet lightly chuckles, "Anywhere is fine with me, just as long as I get to explore."

"We still have to check out that small town nearby tomorrow, see if they have a local market or other tourist spots."

"Hm, right." Juliet exchanges her sentiment with a soft smile.

"Just... anywhere to get you out there." Aires said. "And you get to meet alot of new and nice people too!" She added as her smile widened. "You don't have to be alone anymore, Jyuls." She unsticks her head from Juliet and straightens, both of them turning to one another. "Cris, Neva, everyone in HQ, and all the people we met throughout our missions, we now live in your world too! And you don't have to wish for friends to experience things with or get to travel to a new place, you can do it right now!" Juliet doesn't respond but just stares back with an awed expression. "And if you're shy about something, I'm always here to give you courage!" Aires' eyes sparkles with stars as she makes a determined expression.

Juliet finally moves a muscle, smiling with falling brows as she looks away. "I...know how to talk to people, Aires." She comments with a sarcastic remark but in a tone that is grateful, and gigglish, being playful to hide emotions. "I'm still grateful you never gave up on me eventhough I can come off as dismissive." She adds. "Perhaps, if you didn't intervene I would've stayed in that old way of thinking." She sweeps the side of her hair, sliding her fingers through them as her eyes look elsewhere, being shy again. "And, even till now..."

"You're always not leaving any space." She says before a giggle. Aires' hands are still interlocked around Juliet, not even a nudge eventhough Aires has leaned back.

Aires giggles delightfully, "What else can I say?" She said, snuggling Juliet closer with a swinging motion once more. "I LOVE my Juliet!", and then she hugs her tighter, pulling her close as she actually loses balance, her legs being tossed in the air for a second, and pressing their cheeks so close Juliet's head is being shrunken. This surprised her a bit, but it didn't take long for her to start laughing.

"Aww~Aires." She giggles.

"And from what you've confessed just now, it means I'm the only exception! Right?" Aires cheekily slips in. "Out of all the guys and girls out there, I was the one who broke into your heart!" She gloats with a pleased and proud expression.

Juliet sits up properly again, getting up and out of Aires' embrace. "Heh, well...the character exposure came first before the dating plot you know." She replies, now sounding arrogant with her soft voice yet still entertains her partner's play. "Plus, you're more than just my partner. You're also my friend, my comrade, my guardian, even a sister at times." Her voice sounding more sincere. "And furthermore..."

"You're the first person who kept my mind going!" She says with a soft and sentimental expression. Her bright blue eyes sparkling behind her glasses. Aires blinks, blushing a little as she listens. "Running endless possibilities, assumptions, questions in my head... Remember when I said I like interesting characters?" Aires automatically nods.

"Well then... you've made the mark!" She smiles with her eyes as she squeezes them close, curling a small smile.

"Ah–R-Really?!" Aires suddenly seems shy. "Was I...that interesting?" She humbly says as she smiles awkwardly with her eyes, scrubbing the back of her neck.

Juliet lightly giggles. "And...", she leans closer, grabbing Aires' arm, "you taught me how to be comfortable doing this..." and kisses Aires on the cheek, and withdraws back. Her partner freezes for a second.

"But, you're the first one who kissed between us." Aires replies, still shy as she blushes further, gently pressing her cheek where the kiss landed. "I didn't teach you anything. Or was it, from all those romantic stories you've read?"

"Um... maybe." Juliet shyly answers with a shrug, and giggles.

She pouts, "Hmm, I wanna give you some kisses too now!" Aires says with determination, before she jumps onto Juliet, pressing her close to the bedside as she kisses her cheek in combinations of long and deep ones and short pecks. Juliet continues to giggle as Aires' arm grabs a hold of her while the barrage of kisses commence, she holds her head to the side as if she's being repeatedly splashed by water.

"Alright alright, that's enough." Juliet says as she giggles and puts her hand on Aires' cheek, pushing her away and getting out from her hold. "No need to be so aggressive about it." She wipes her cheek with her palm as Aires laughs delightfully as well, expressing her glee.

"But you're so cute Jyuls!" She says, still in a lovey-dovey mood, bouncing a little as if she's dancing to a tune in her head.

Juliet huffs a breath with a smile on her face. "You're such a little kid sometimes, you know that?" Aires just giggles at that.

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