ㅤㅤ❝𝓘t's nice to have the day off... Get outside for a while and forget about saving the world.❞ At least Mint somewhat had the day off. She still had previous engagements later on regarding her dance practices, but not having to see the boy's faces was an absolute perk. She wasn't about to jinx the team by delving deeper into the world-saving part, but the two of them knew well enough what that meant. ❝—What were you planning on doing today?❞

@cosmicsins , lumine ; ❛ i’m trying to fix your hair, so hold still. ❜

setsuna clicks his tongue in annoyance. though he doesn’t actually pull away, just barely tolerating the fussing. arms fold neatly across his chest as he finally stills for her. eyes half-lidded as he watches her toy with strands of his hair from the corner of his eye. ❝ i don't see why you're bothering to fix it. the wind will ruin it again anyways, ❞

@cosmicsins , nahida ; ❛ do you think we’re friends in every universe? ❜

friends . . . it's a word he rarely found himself using nowadays. maybe back when he was known as kabukimono, he was more willing and naive enough to let others close enough to be considered a friend. even now, he keeps people at arm's length, only letting them know him on a surface level. but nahida had become an exception. she was the first person to give him a second chance and trust him without suspicion. she showed mercy towards him instead of giving him the kind of punishment he knew he had deserved.

// Joined hc with @cosmicsins

Scientist proposes to Paradigm with a meteorite engagement ring- and they also use meteorite for their wedding bands since both of their outfit codenames are meteor_man and meteor_woman.

@cosmicsins - ❛ i'm shutting off my brain for a minute , ❜ lumi @ kae \ SOMETHING DARK & SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL ,

( ✨ )   THE CAPTAIN NODS in understanding as he shifts her within his arms , placing himself ( and her ) onto the couch within his office. he felt he deserved a break after doing at least ONE stack of paperwork today ; feeling that a perfect excuse as he diverted his attention to lumine herself and soothing her from her worries.  ❝  OF COURSE. NEED little from it while one rests i find.  ❞  

   nor would he dare to , truthfully .

   the ginger had exited the machine exactly five steps before his one , though that did not stop him from leaving at the very last second , gaining a yell from the driver that barely could keep the doors open in time . even as the cold breeze embraced him once again ( it was always so during this time in paris ) , it took him quite a bit to actually begin to move after her .

   he had kept his distance from her , always right behind her step nevertheless ——— so focused on her entirely that he hadn't truly grasped at the fact that , like her , he was entering a cafe ; only noticing so at the smell of coffee being brewed and the pastries being made ——— and now , he was but a few inches from her , behind her on the queue .

   it was . . . not quite the best move , no . after all , the professor had no reason to have want to enter such place ( though , the location was now marked in his mind ) , and he could feel his head race at . . . he doesn't even know how many miles per hour that would be .

   how is he to start up a conversation with what is essentially a complete stranger ? did she even have memories of her past ( the other times she appeared in his long , long life . . . she did not ) ? did he even want to start a conversation , if there were no memories intact within her ? he shakes his head , and just as he does , an opening is given to him :

   just as the woman he had just followed for the old gods to know how long dropped her wallet , he moves to grab it instead .

   "" i believe this is yours ? ""

   it was a normal night out patrolling . . . that is , until the most ultimate betrayal .

   he heard her wings as she flew closer , and right away , he didn't look at aurora . "" hmm ? "" is the sound that leaves him as he looks at her now , full attention on her as she grabs his hand right before he could grab another wing for himself to feast upon . he blinks a few times , before his eyes widen in shock .

   he doesn't even have time to fully voice it as she flies away , fast . he waves his hand a little , not having at all expected a bite of all things for her to do to him . "" HEY ! GET BACK HERE ! "" though , soon after , he is right on her tail .