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six chuckled softly as he shook his head at her act. “i’m sorry, but rules are rules.” he responded with a disappointed tone, a smile threatening to poke through but he was determined enough to keep it in. he put his chin in his hand as he looked up at the ceiling in thought, “hmm, you know i could probably come up with something where you just throw yourself to the floor. i’m sure it would, it’d be a perfect choreo for you!” six leant back onto his palms as he looked in front of him at sky. his smile never seemed to falter with their conversation. this felt easy, it felt nice to just…talk. no matter how ridiculous the conversation. “but i am, according to…certain people. whenever i would dance in competitions, they would describe some of my expressions as ‘dramatic’. it was great.” his smile widened as he allowed himself to move with her hand, “you haven’t, so you’re good. i just…really liked dancing. i wanted to make something out of myself and dancing was something i turned out to be decent at. it’s how i got ‘six’ as a nickname.” 

she understood completely what he was saying. and even if it wasn’t a set rule that she couldn’t keep tripping over her feet while dancing, she guessed it would make her a quite unpleasant dance partner anyways. and normally she wouldn’t mind; she never felt like a pleasant companion in any space, to start with, but she found six nice and didn’t really feel like bothering him for any reason. “it’s okay,” she replied to his apology, laughing a little. “now we’re speaking the same language,” she replied with excitement, placing both of her hands together and widening her eyes slightly. “in any case, to do the move better i’ll just get a bit tipsy before the class begins and it’ll all come natural to me. i’ll be a dancer in no time.” she closed her eyes and opened her palms, dragging them over her chest, as if she was receiving inspiration that suddenly came to her. she changed her expression when he spoke again, though, to one of confusion. “huh? is that a bad thing?” she questioned, furrowing her eyebrows. “i mean... not that i know shit about dancing but being expressionless while dancing isn’t a good thing, or is it? i would take that as a compliment. but maybe i’m wrong.” with a shrug, she ended her opinion on the subject. her next movement was a nod, a slow one, to show she was paying attention to his words even when she wasn’t looking at him. although she couldn’t make the association between dancing and ‘six’ being his nickname, she chose to not inquire any further and just keep nodding. “i see. six is a cute nickname, it suits you.” she agreed, smiling. “in fact, i don’t even think i know or remember your real name.”

“listen, i can’t remember if you said to grab you some food or anything so i didn’t because well that’s who i am.” she said looking up innocently at the person standing across from her, “and don’t think i’m sharing this with you if you did tell me to get you something, because this shit is too good to even let you have some, so wipe that look off your face because the answer is no and will continue to be no.” she gave a smile before she continued eating her food.

honestly, sky couldn’t remember if she had told the woman to grab food either. as always, her mind was busy processing some random thoughts, but she didn’t really think about the fact she was hungry; being so used to the feeling, she would just be reminded everytime her stomach growled. and it did. quite often, if she had to admit it. “but... i want food.” sky began whining, putting on her best pair of puppy eyes in order to convince her. “please? pretty please? just a bite? i’m hungry.” she even began leaning over the table they were sitting at, her pout increasing by the second. “just an itty bitty. a little lick of the fork. please.”

georgie grinned, watching the other’s reaction as her hands still held onto her arms from previously trying to make sure she didn’t stumble backwards. “you’ll see. don’t make me ruin the surprise and the suspense.” she laughed, enjoying the look of confusion on sky’s face as she tried to process everything that had just happened in the span of a few minutes. georgie took another look over her shoulder when she heard someone yelling in her direction. the cop. “yes exactly. and now we are running,” she giggled before taking hold of sky’ shand and pulling her along with her quickly. “hope your legs are faster than your brain!” she called out, running and dodging people left and right in order to lose the cop that was running after them. finally, she turned into a shop in order to hide and catch her breath. “oh perfect, exactly where i wanted to take you,” she lied, but continued to drag sky by the hand afurther into the shop.

not only was sky’s mind jumbled, but now her heart was as well. she wasn’t sure if georgie’s response was supposed to bring any relief, and if she was supposed to just relax and not think about the situation until they got to wherever the other woman wanted them to. she was feeling even more curiosity and anxiety than before, but she preferred to keep quiet about it. her head turned around simultaneously with georgie’s. “oh, that’s the cop that- crap!” she yelled, laughing as they both began to run. running had never been her forte, and she was trying her best not to bump into anyone else or simply fall and embarrass herself. “you’re losing me here! my legs are just as slow, if not slower!” thankfully she didn’t have to repeat herself afterwards; soon enough they found a hiding spot. sky was breathing heavily, and simply smirked and rolled her eyes at georgie’s words, knowing they probably weren’t true. “you better get something nice for me once we get there!” she demanded jokingly, continuing to follow her.

he laughed heartedly at her words, trying to cover his mouth to mask them all. “sure, sure let’s go with that.” six chuckled, smiling at her words. dark jokes were always his favorite despite how much they did not match his personality. “you could always use that to your advantage. just as long as you don’t fall flat on your ass. a dance partner would be nice though.” a soft snort left him as he shrugged, “it can if you want to be good at what you’re doing. but that doesn’t mean i don’t do some of those things.” six burst out into more laughter as he dropped to the floor, sitting cross legged in front of her, “you’re full of shit, i swear! if you were any more dramatic, you’d be me.”

the young girl simply accompanied her response to the boy’s words with laughter, not wanting to push the coping mechanisms further any longer. her brain went immediately to his second response; and even when she knew exactly what he meant, she couldn’t help but take the opportunity to be a little bit more dramatic. “as long as i don’t fall flat on my ass...?” she questioned, feigning a sad tone. “but that’s what i do best! that’s so sad. if i ever start dancing you should just, like, teach me moves in which i have to drop to the floor. that would come natural to me.” her laughter died down to a few giggles as he sat down in front of her. seeing him laugh so much made sky feel satisfied with herself, happy that at least she could entertain the boy with her foolery. “aw, c’mon, i bet you’re not even that dramatic.” she joked, putting her hand on his shoulder and shaking him very slightly. “what got you into like, dancing and stuff though? have i asked that already?”

i've been having some trouble w/ my mental health lately and so i took a break, i know i just got a warning so i'm here to say yOU'RE NOT GETTING RID OF ME YET

tomorrow i promise i'm regaining activity in both of my muses and getting this back up, i'm feeling a lot better and i think i'm ok now

six nodded before laughing at her words, “ah, i do those things too! just…i mess around dancing more often than that, i guess?” he watched as she walked around, his amused smile staying plastered across his features as his arms crossed against his chest. “you’re overexaggerating, i don’t even go that fast!” six joked in faux defensiveness as he chuckled. “perhaps i do. i just…” his voice trailed off as he did a quick little move, nothing much, “do it.”

sky’s mouth gaped open slightly as she heard him speak, nodding slowly. she decided to close her mouth before speaking herself, trying to diminish her surely ridiculous appearance. “oh, i see. so you have, like... healthy coping mecanisms and all of that.” she couldn’t help but let out a laugh at how grim she sounded, shaking her head as she sat on the floor. “you did go fast! and well, if i ever fix whatever problem my legs have to make me stumble so much, i might join you as a dance partner. as you say it, it sounds like it can replace drugs and binge drinking.” and before she could add anything else, six was already doing his thing and moving again. pretending to be absolutely shaken, she placed a hand on her chest and leaned back, eyes wide. “holy shit! you were so fast there i almost didn’t catch it!”

georgie had been struggling to climb on top of a statue of a horse in the middle of town for about a minute before finally pulling herself up. snapping a quick picture, she looked around and saw a policeman walking towards her. laughing, she quickly jumped down and ran off away from the statue before running into someone. “shit!” she chuckled, reaching out to catch them before they fell. “oh look at that. i was just looking for you,” she lied, but kept a small smirk on her face. “come with me?” she raised a brow.

someone had been around causing trouble... and it hadn’t been sky. “huh...” she watched the person climbing on top of a horse statue from afar, failing to recognize the person until said person got off and walked towards her. it was none other than georgie. and sky herself barely had enough time to even make fun of her, or laugh, before their bodies collided; hers almost fell to the floor, but she managed to hold onto georgie who caught her before anything happened. “what, really, what for?” she questioned, face furrowing in confusion before answering the other woman’s last question. “yeah, i’ll go with you but- but woah, what was that? you were on that horse, then you got off and ran into me, and now we’re going somewhere- i’m so confused. my brain is too slow to process this.”

“i don’t know if it’s true but i heard that there is only one stop sign in this entire city and i intend on finding out if it’s true. how weird would that be? how do you end up only needing one?” she asked with a laugh. “then again i come from a town that has only two stop lights and they are like right next to each other so i guess it’s not all that weird.” siemprya told them with a shrug. 

“dude...” sky began, squinting at the closest street nearby them, as if she was judging it. of course, she knew it couldn’t respond in itself, but she also knew she wasn’t supposed to stare at the other girl like that. “that sounds beyond unsafe, like, is the car accident rate here high or something like that?” she let out a huff, scratching the back of her neck afterwards. “guess i have to be careful when walking here, i could start daydreaming in the middle of the road and put my life in danger. is the traffic on your town chaotic?”

A chuckle came from him, shaking his head at her. “Honestly just got it ten minutes ago, I swear.” Sunny said, inhaling the smoke. He gave her a shrug, he didn’t care either way, he just couldn’t wait to light up. “Fair enough.” Looking down at his joint, he then looked a her. “I’m not wasting this though,” 

“uh huh, uh huh, sure you did.” sky continued her teasing, her words coming to an awkward ending as she began to wonder if sunny would be comfortable with her teasing. after smoking a little, he sure will, she reminded herself. “hey, never said you were supposed to waste that,” she replied, looking at him for half of the sentence, then looking behind her for the other half. “give me that.” then, she stretched out her hand, her entire body facing the wall to feel less exposed.

maddy was more that shocked by the way the other girl seemed to be responding to the way she had purposefully tripped her up. she raised a brow, curious as to if she was being serious or not, but as she continued to talk, she seemed to be completely genuine. “uh…” she started, eyes narrowing now the longer she just stared at her. “no…” she finally replied before glancing down at the girl’s glass, then back up at her face. “you might’ve sprained my ankle though. i could use a beer as a way of you apologizing?” she gave a sly smirk, hoping that she could get a free drink out of her. “are you always such an airhead?” she chuckled, shaking her head as she did so. “take a seat. gonna get me that beer?”

upon seeing the girl’s reaction to her responses, sky didn’t know whether to feel sorry or proud. because, as dumb and oblivious as she was, she could tell the girl was trying to make her feel bad for tripping over her. but sky knew better, as she had gotten those comments before; she had learnt to let them slide and not affect her anymore, so she answered with enough attitude to baffle her, or so it seemed. “are you sure? well, shit... try to walk later and you tell me,” she told her, again, probably not sounding concerned. and this time... she wasn’t. she had never sprained anybody’s ankle before. but she didn’t complain when the girl asked for a drink as an apology. after all, she brought her money to waste it on alcohol, so she turned to the bartender before saying anything else. “one beer, please. thank you.” then, back to the girl. “yeah, i’m always like this. they call me ‘the airhead’ around here, did you know? i’m just sky, the girl who ironically lives in the clouds,” she joked, giggling. “don’t you have any nicknames?”

laughing breathlessly, six faced sky with a bright smile, “if i go any faster, you’d be spinning.” the male paused the music playing, his heavy breathing filled the silence in the room as he laughed more at her question. he shrugged lightly, grabbing his water bottle and chugging the cool liquid before rubbing the excess off his lips. “practice, and lots of it. what i did wasn’t anything too, too special. i was just messing around.” six responded, running a hand through his sweaty hair. 

“messing around?” sky exclaimed, not able to help the smile that crept up onto her face. “boy... you know what i’m doing when i’m messing around? i’m out there getting drunk or, i don’t know, probably breaking stuff, or bumping into a bunch of people.” she spoke like she was reciting an open monologue, walking around the room and turning. “you mess around, you do some fast dance moves i can’t keep up with.” she sighed after that sentence, and proceeded to let out a small laugh. “guess you do spend your free time in useful things, huh? how do you even do it?”

maddy tugged at the white drawstrings of her solid black hoodie, keeping to herself in the corner of a bar. taking another long swig of her pint, she eyed someone starting to walk past her and she quickly swung a leg out in time to trip the other up. sly smirk fighting a tough battle to creep onto her features, but she brought her pint glass back to her lips to hide behind, “almost made me spill my beer,” she sighed, dark hues peering up at the other as she spoke. “new feet?” she quirked a brow up, finally lowering her glass once she was able to pull herself together and give the other a sympathetic look. “or have you always been shit at walking?”

no one could have been a better victim than sky in that occasion. she was so used to tripping over air, stumbling everywhere and generally being clumsy, that never did she think someone had actually made her almost fall on purpose. she just blamed it on herself, like everytime she did whenever it happened. but, of course, she couldn’t hold back a small laugh at herself. “damn, i’m so sorry,” she began, probably not sounding as sincere as she was. “definitely, losing beer is a great loss. have i spilled some?” inspecting the fellow female’s body, she didn’t freeze a bit at her comments, didn’t take any offence, and just let out another laugh. “hey, have we met each other before? how did you know? yeah, i pretty much never learned how to walk.” she admitted, shrugging and moving her head briefly to get the hair out of her face. “this always happens. sorry if i hurt you or anything like that, though.”

The first time ever on this trip Sunny had gotten an ounce of weed. It really wasn’t that big of a deal, but it made Sunny happy and calmed. Leaning against a building, he lit the freshly rolled joint and placed it between his lips. He had no idea if it was legal or not, but he didn’t care. Inhaling the smoke, he looked over to see a disapproving person, stand before him. “…Want a hit?

sky was, in fact, looking quite disapprovingly at sunny, but not because of his drug consumption, or because of the fact he was doing it in public. she wasn’t actually disapproving anything at all; her sour expression was just a tiny bit of drama for not being invited to smoke. “oh, you little... you were hiding this from me,” she started, a smile slowly settling on her face, as she playfully accused the other. “i would like one, yes. but, maybe not here in the outside. kinda uncomfortable being seen, and maybe getting caught, don’t you think?”

paris, a beautiful city filled with gorgeous architecture, amazing food, perfect scenaries, and a lot more to do yet here six was completely bored out of his mind. so he decided to go do what he did best and for fun: dance. after being able to find an empty room in the gym, he went to work, dancing complicatedly to song after song. by the end of the third song, jeno let himself stop to breathe before catching someone by the door. a grin spread across his lips as he connected their gaze in the mirror, “may i help you?”

at what level of boredom do you have to be to walk inside a gym, in paris, not even having any idea of how working out even feels like in the first place? a few minutes on the treadmill showed sky that, even after twenty two years of existence, she still had to learn how to walk and run properly, as she didn’t take long to fall from it. thankfully, there weren’t many people in the building, so her embarrassing mistakes went mostly unnoticed. and so, she was there, a little bit high, a little too bored, walking around until she heard music coming from a room. maybe somebody’s dancing, she thought as she opened the door. and she was absolutely right; it was none other than six, moving incredibly smoothly and sharply to a song sky didn’t recognize as familiar. she almost felt dizzy watching him... he was going so fast. “woah, six, you might want to speed up the process a little bit,” she began sarcastically, but not sounding malicious, just... breathless. “how do you even do that? i got lost just looking at you.”