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a  toothy,  mischievous  grin  stretches  across  his  face.  he's  holding  his  hands  up,  inches  away  from  her,  with  the  intention  of  tickling  her.  ❝you  know  i  have  to.❞  he  says,  then  his  hands  are  on  her,  tickling  up  and  down  her  sides.

this  is  something  they  used  to  do  in  high  school  when  she'd  come  over  to  his  place.  in  his  room,  they'd  play  a  game  or  watch  a  movie,  and  he  would  end  up  tickling  her  —  just  to  hear  her  laugh.  and  who  could  blame  him?  he  got  to  be  close  with  her  and  hear  the  most  beautiful  sound  in  the  world  —  what  was  not  to  love?

@sunsweets asked: ❝ care to join me? ❞

"Can   I   really?"   Celine   asked   with   a   tilt   of   her   head,   giddiness   evident   in   that   sweet   voice   of   hers.   "it's   been   awhile   since   I've   had   the   chance   to   forage   with   a   friend" 

 Reina   and   Adeline   were   both   very   busy   people   these   days   and   though   the   gardener   had   a   fondness   for   being   alone   in   nature   --   there   was   just   something   extra   special   about   enjoying   it   with   someone   else.

"I'll   just   need   to   grab   my   basket,   be   back   in   a   jiffy   ..   kay?"

HEADLINE: don't smile at me meme NOTIFY: @sunsweets CONCERNING: aoife thatcher

the new farmer's been settling in fine! or so the gossip goes, people coming in, and out, looking for their little pick me up as she baked through the day and welcomed people in as they came and went, and there, oh, there's even moments when she'd hear about how aoife had done something particularly KIND within the community. it's all a positive turn, she thinks! it isn't easy, after all, to chose to start over, and aoife had managed to adjust in near record timing.

and it also meant that they saw one another more often! like when she settled with cows and chickens, it was often alice swinging by to pick up ingredients and to be supportive, often giggling as she stayed over and had a pot of tea once the day was over and neither of them had to worry about attending to their chores. "i made these ones with what i got from here. TRY THEM!" it's supposed to be that special kind of difference made. "once you figure out the butter situation, i'll happily take those too! ah~ everything's grown so fast..."

" it's pretty cool, right? "

HEADLINE: don't smile at me meme NOTIFY: @sunsweets CONCERNING: aoife thatcher

small towns are so dreamy, aren't they? a place to float in, to settle, to make your bones find rest when the rest of the world was oh-so-overwhelming! those within it, locked into their own dramatics, lives, in the way in which everyone knew everyone, and secrets really were hard to keep when nearly all its residents had all GROWN UP together. it made coming here a harder prospect for newcomers, a fact that had hit alice when she'd first moved here to settle in at the cafe and tea shoppe that sat in the downtown, for as much of a downtown as it could be called. frankly, it was simply where the shops were, the central hub.

life here, really, FLOWED DIFFERENTLY.

which was why it was always a grand affair when someone new moved in. it'd been the same, years before when she'd started her own business here, but now? it was aoife's turn, so it seemed, her name floating around long before she'd even come to town. after all, the residents could be nosy when considering anyone coming in front what they perceived to be the outside. which in some cases could even mean NEIGHBOURING villages! in face, alice is a little surprised when a blonde girl comes through the door, her lips curving upwards into a pleasant grin. a tourist? their newest resident, perhaps?

alice helps to provide her the selection that she asks for, coffee, tea, cakes, small things to make things feel a little more homey ; alice able to piece together that yes, this was INDEED the new farmer, slipping in a few extra welcome gifts into her bag without comment as she offered it up with a radiant grin. "well i hope that i'll be able to see you more often around here!" alice trilled, explaining a few smaller things to know. "if you want to get a good selection of seed stock, if you come the season before, they tend to have discounts at the store next to this one. and if you need to improve on any of your tools, there's a great artisan down the road that can cover that, and a few other things you might like. our town is really well known for the coral and pearl jewellery we produce thanks to the shores to the west of here~ hmmm... you might even be able to sell anything you find if you're down there? we're always looking for material up here."

" i don't think i caught your name. "

zoey's  eyeliner's  smudged,  her  bucket  hat  the  only  thing  shrouding  her  face  from  the  blistering  heat  of  the  sun.  she's  stuck  on  the  side  of  the  road,  the  only  thing  the  driver  had  managed  to  do  before  the  car  engine  had  gone  kaput.  and  of  course  her  driver  had  bounced  (  or  more  accurately,  he  went  to  search  for  the  nearest  town.  )  but  she's  starting  to  run  out  of  water,  &  out  of  patience  to  wait  for  help  (  …  )  soooo,  what  if  she  just  …  goes  looking  for  help  herself?  or  at  least  a  place  to  charge  her  phone?

which  is  how  she  ends  up  down  a  winding  path  &  ending  up  in  front  of  a  beautiful  little  farm.  bad  people  don't  usually  live  in  farms,  right?  only  one  way  to  find  out,  she  supposes,  &  heads  up  to  the  door,  steeling  herself  before  raising  her  hand  to  knock  on  the  front  door.

@sunsweets said → " why the hell not ? " ( src. / accepting. )

"Oh, really?"

There's an inordinate sort of joy that comes with the acceptance, brusque as it is. Hakkai doesn't start grinning like a maniac, or anything, but there's no absence of shine to his eyes. There are, after all, a number of reasons why someone might say no to the offhanded offer of a nice drive through the countryside at night—though Hakkai supposes, to give himself credit, he's built himself enough rapport to not come off as a completely suspicious person.

Not that it isn't a dangerous offer, but not for those sorts of reasons. If Aoife knew how he drove, she probably wouldn't have accepted. Kanan had been the only person before to willingly continue getting in a car with him after her first experience, and even she'd white-knuckled the grab handle every time.

"I'll have to put a few things in the back, then, but I'll be glad for the company." A genuine sentiment, though Hakkai isn't looking directly at Aoife when he says it. "You have much longer and emptier roads here than I'm used to. It's nice."