#decided the little easter egg could remain bc it showing mari actively thinking about what akilah was doing before DFHOFISG

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@itchose said "i've never kissed anyone before" / pairing: mari & akilah

discussions about things they miss are typically, implicitly, forbidden. akilah is different from the rest of them, though, and she talks about things from before they landed here with more ease. it's nice; getting to know her and what she's done is nice. it's more than nice. before this, she never would have known that she was a girl scout, she only had a vague recollection of her family members, and mostly, she wouldn't know what it was like to be around that smile. it could light up the whole damn universe.

it doesn't stop her from thinking about walking through the high school hallways, trying to place akilah. "i thought you were dating...that guy." she doesn't really remember his name, and she only saw them together like, once, and the thought of it now makes her insides twist. if they've never kissed, though, how serious was it? was it real? did mari just make it up when trying so hard to think of who akilah was and what she was doing before they got on that plane ride together? does she have a chance? it's silly to think. she thinks it often. "do you, uh, you know, like...want to?" she should clarify. she is absolutely clarify in general. she doesn't.

meme: a hundred kissing prompts / status: selectively accepting