#alligatum

    Alice couldn’t get it out of her mind. Oz was here. That Nightray guy, Elliot, had informed her of this earlier. Who knows how long he had been here without her protection? And while she wandered around, alone and worried, Oz still hadn’t found her yet. Ironically, it had been while she wasn’t searching for him that she finally found him.

    She was on her way back from the store, bag of meat clutched in her hand, when she heard his achingly familiar voice. Alice stopped short, not even daring to breathe. A head of golden blonde was in her line of vision with his back turned to her and it was all she could do was stare for a moment, stunned. Only when he turned slightly, showing his profile, did she snap out of her trance with a start. She dropped the bag of meat, leaving it stranded and forgotten.

    ❝Oz!!❞

    He turned around just in time for her to collide with him, knocking him to the ground while her long hair trailed behind. Alice straddled his stomach and hiccuped sobs back with small sniffles. Her fingers dug into his shirt and she tensed, head snapping up to look him in the eyes; a watery amethyst meeting emerald.