❀ Aloha 'Oe

“You can do this, I swear. It’s not as difficult as it looks.” 

“Auwe,” Nani breathed, as she adjusted her position to finish the last of her sit ups and bring her workout to an end, “I hope you know what you’re talkin’ about, ‘cause my arms are killing me.”

“Are you sure you know where you’re going?”

“Yeah, ‘course I do. I take this way a lot on my way home,” she admitted to her. “It’s more scenic is all.”

         “You know, instead of hopelessly lamenting over someone who can’t care less about whether I’m alive or dead and thinks me torture, I’ve decided to just throw all of myself into this Valentine dance, and to make it the best yet, I’m actually employing friend help whether it be in the form of labor or opinion, so if you’re interested let me know and I’ll see what I can do. I’d even help you find a date. Anything but staying in my room again. I can’t do that because of some guy I don’t even like. That’s ridiculous. Ridiculous I tell you. I am stealing back my wind.”

“I am one of your favorites?” Cheshire gasped, moving over to hug Nani again. “Oh you spoil me so so with your chocolates and words! My heart is twisting again! In a good way!” They cheered with a great big smile upon their face.

“Definitely in my top four,” she laughed, hugging them back. “It’s no problem though, I don’t mind sharing either of those things,” she smiled, taking a chocolate for herself and smiled at them. “Well I’m glad it’s in a good way this time. I knew chocolate would make things better.”

“Wait…really? Nani that’s amazing!” Rapunzel grinned, a slight bounce in her step, “How many people were there? Was it scary? How long did you have to wait to find out the overall results? How did Lilo react? Or David? I bet he was really happy,” she rattled on, unaware of how fast she was talking. It had felt like ages since she had last seen Nani, and she wanted to make up for lost time.

“Nothing wrong with some chocolate in our system!” Cheshire held out a finger and begun to laugh as well. “There’s no such thing as too much!”

“And this may be a reason why you’re one of my favorite people, Ches,” Nani laughed as she extended the bag for the other to take some for theirself.

“Lead the way!”

“Not a problem!” Nani smiled, making her way towards the nail salon, just glad that she had one more day to relax before it was officially back to the daily grind.

Cheshire gasped and peeked into the bag. “Oh beautiful beautiful chocolate! Come let’s find a bench to sit and enjoy these together! Oh my heart! Do you feel this?” Cheshire placed a hand on their chest. “It’s being mended!”

Nani smiled, following after the other. “That sounds like a good idea to me. Chocolate’s my favorite, I probably eat a little too much,” she admitted with a small laugh.

“Oh dear I’ve guessed wrong!” Cheshire reached over and gave Nani a big, warm embrace. “Oh love, could it be chocolates?”

Nani returned the hug with a small chuckle. “Yes, they are! I probably love chocolate a little too much,” she laughed, opening the bag for the other.

“Oh, that would be so cute! A white heart on the ring fingers; I can see it now!”

“It’ll look cute! We should go and see if there’s any wait time or if they can squeeze us in now.”

“That sunset is quite stunning, isn’t it?” 

“Yeah,” Nani sighed. “Never get tired of watchin’ it. Come out here every day after my shift, it’s relaxin’,” she looked over at him.

Cheshire gasped with excitement. “Oh if I guess do I get any repercussions for guessing wrong? I hope not or my heart will be twisted into another knot!” They eyed the bag suspiciously. “Biscuits?”

Nani thought for a second, “mm, you get one free guess, but after that you’ll owe me one hug since you didn’t accept my apology,” she laughed. “Nope!”

“I don’t know! I was thinking maybe a light purple, like a lilac or something. That’s still a Valentine’s color, right?”

“I think you can’t go wrong with lilac and maybe like a heart decal on your ring fingers; hearts instantly give the Valentine’s vibe, right?”