Picnics at Lumen Spring had become standard activity for the couple somewhere down the line. It had started naturally, really, with Norma tagging along at first when she still hadn’t wrapped her head around their newfound closeness. Now, more often than not the Merines and the knight went here to escape the busy politics of every day life, knowing their friends would know where to find them if anything happened.
Shirley was sitting next to the spring after having helped Chloe pack everything back in the picnic basket. She hummed Grune’s song softly as she stretched her hand out just beneath the surface of the water, watching the current flow of it and thinking of nothing in particular other than how nice the sun felt and how she really had to get that recipe from Chloe for next time.
A silver fish moved past her hand and she laughed. A swim did sound nice right about now but...
“Chloe?” She stood up, shaking the water off herself as she walked over to the tree Chloe was propped up against. “Tell me... have you ever thought of going in the shallower part of the spring?”
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