These days,

girls, how have you been?

it’s been two years, time flies, doesn’t it?

a lot has happened, hasn’t it? and there’s a lot that’s still to come, i bet.

i hope you’ve been well, i promise that i hadn’t forgotten about you two, and i’m sure that you haven’t forgotten about each other.

rea, how have you been treating lilly? please try not to tease her too much, you know how she gets.

lilly, i don’t doubt that you’ve been keeping a close eye on rea for me. although, i have a feeling that you’d be watching her anyways, even without me asking.

funny thing about flowers is…

let me be the first to thank you two. you’ve been so patient with me, although, you do have each other to pass the time. is it selfish of me, to ask you to wait a little longer? especially to you rea, i know how you like to run ahead of everyone.

these days have been hard, but they’ve been good, too. i’m sure you can relate. you get swept up in life, and end up forgetting about what’s important. i hope you two never forget what’s important. don’t let go of that feeling.

what’s important to you two is…

lilly, rea, i just wanted to say thank you for waiting all this time, all this time for such a horrible person like me. and also, sorry for having to keep you waiting for a little while more. we are all fidgeting from anxiety, ready to take the next step forward.

i hope i can take that step to you soon.

see you around, girls

"Shall we dance?" she asks.

But I'm scared.

People are out there. They are going to watch. Some of them I know.

Because of that, I'm scared.

"Shall we dance?" she asks again. Her hand reaches out to me.

I can't dance. I don't know how. I don't particularly like it. Please, let me stay, stuck to this wall, like a decayed painted.

I cannot dance. Therefore, I cannot reach for you.

The audience continues to gather, expecting something I cannot give them. The spotlight there, like a fire. Don't throw me into it!

With her hand still there, she smiles. To twist that face, I would much rather die, I think.

But...

I'm sorry.

I cannot reach you, in that way. I cannot dance, in that style.

So...

Why are you still here? Haven't I answered you?

fixed some dialogue from previous chapters, nothing big, just typos

changed the synopsis on the 'About' page, will probably try and get it changed on WFG soon

TV TROPES PAGE please check it out and add some if you would like

Let's make 2016 amazing!

Since I wanted to get this out of the way ASAP, here is the interlude bridging Volume 2 and the soon-to-be-coming Volume 3, coming by December.