#void-kissed

    Eventually, she let out a loud groan and flopped, stretched out on her futon with exhaustion and frustration. "Man..." She draped an arm over her eyes, and picked up her phone to peek at the time...

    About fifteen minutes had passed since her last check, and it was 3:00AM. Great! How wonderful! She was being sarcastic with such comments, of course...It wasn't really clear to this werewolf why they were having such a hard time sleeping, and they knew they'd be a zombie in the morning even if they got a little rest now.

    Was sleep even worth it? Maybe they'd walk around a bit...As long as the moon wasn't full, it'd probably be fine to go outside, too...

    So that was their plan! Getting out of bed, Lizzy peeked out of her bedroom door, and glanced around the hall. Seemed like everyone else was asleep. She tiptoed her way down to the lower floor of the apartment, which functioned as a living room. They glanced at the couch, tempted to try sleeping on it - but the problem there was the rude awakening they might get once the morning rush started for Mr. Lynn and Lily...And if Nick showed up...

   She got a chill at that last thought, and decided against the couch. A walk it would have to be...But she didn't get far when she heard the creak of the floor behind her, and spun around, startled.

    "What're you doing?" Ira yawned the question. This was the streamer roommate who had been mentioned prior; Lizzy supposed he was done for the night, considering he'd changed into the blue pajamas he slept in. "Did I uh, wake you up or somethin?"

     "No, it's okay - I couldn't sleep anyway," Lizzy rubbed the back of her fuzzy head awkwardly. "A-actually, I was gonna take a walk..."

    "Eh? A walk?" Ira blinked his eyes tiredly. "Ah, I guess it's not a full moon...So there's no point stopping you. Have fun, then." He began walking up the stairs, and Lizzy was struck by a sudden idea.

    "W-wait! Ira, um...Would you like to come with me?"

    "Wha?" Ira looked back, raising an eyebrow.

     "On my walk!" Lizzy looked...strangely excited all of a sudden. "We don't have to go far! I just want to tire my legs out, so...!"

    "Tiring your legs out is a drastically different subject from my tired legs, isn't it?" Ira sighed, rubbing his temple. However, as he opened his eyes and turned to face them again, they'd gotten extremely close to him, and were grabbing his hands in enthusiasm. "Eh -?"

    "C'mon!" They smiled brightly at him, "It won't take long, I promise!"

    "Y-you're not even gonna wait for my answer, are y-"

You were shocked you had never seen this girl before. Or that you had seen her but just didn’t notice her until now. She was quite lovely and looked rather kind, so you decided to muster some courage and approach her in order to ask if she wanted to join your party.

“Uh, hello there! I’m (name) and I’m with the (Union of your choice) Union. What’s your name?”, you asked, clearing your throat a bit. 

There was a brief silence until the girl finally responded, “Oh! Y-you’re talking to me...?” You smiled and nodded, affirming that you were, in fact, talking to her. “M-my name’s Strelitzia! And I’m...uh...with that Union too actually!” The girl was visibly nervous, with a slight redness to her cheeks.

“That’s a very beautiful name!”, You grinned once more. “So we’re in the same Union, huh? It’s incredible we hadn’t met until now!”

“T-th-thank you! Your name is beautiful too! At least I think so...”, she said, the last part quieter, but still loud enough for you to hear.

There was another silence again, until you finally broke it once more.

“I saw you sitting here and um... thought that it’d be cool if you could maybe join my party...?” You asked rather nervously. You usually weren’t so shy, but you were with her, for whatever reason. 

“Oh my stars...! Are you sure? I mean... um, yeah! I’ll join... if I’m not too much of a bother...” Her voice stated rather loudly, getting quiet as a whisper near the end like before. 

“Don’t worry about it! I’m sure you’ll be a great party member. So, uh, would you like to start with, I don’t know, defeating some heartless around Daybreak Town?” You inquired rather forcefully. You didn’t mean to sound so eager, you were just happy to make another friend.

Strelitzia stared at you back at you, mouth hanging open a bit, her turquoise eyes wide in shock. “Alone?! With just you... and me?! I mean... “, she cleared her throat. “I’d love to!” she said louder than she intended. This girl was really interesting, you thought. She was quite adorable too.

When she said she’d join, you got a great big grin on your face and held your hand out to her.

It's... it's way too early in the Land of Departure. By the clock on the wall, it's too early for Terra, at the very least. Still, he pushes himself into a sitting position, staring out the window and listening to the birds chirp for a few quiet moments. Reluctantly he has to get out of his warm blankets. Today was the first day of training with everyone here - and perhaps more importantly, the first morning that Lyon was living in the castle with them.

That thought really gets Terra out of bed, albeit still a little slowly. The thought to make Lyon breakfast crosses his mind as he stretches and rubs at his eyes. Would that be too much? He wonders. Their relationship was admittedly still pretty new... but, if Lyon thought it was weird, Terra could always just say he was making food for everyone. Yeah. That would work.

The hallways were quiet as he padded down to the kitchen. Aqua was probably doing her morning yoga or something like that, and no doubt Ven was still (blessedly) asleep. Sora and the others weren't set to arrive for another few hours at least, so for now, the quiet was welcome.

When he rounds the corner into the kitchen, Terra is surprised to see Lyon sitting there. There was a small breakfast nook in the kitchen - perfect for, well, breakfasts, and when there weren't ten people to feed. Lyon was there, already showered and dressed, what appeared to be honey-covered toast on the plate in front of him.

Okay. So. Lyon already made his own breakfast.

Suddenly Terra is quite aware that he's still in his pajamas, and that his hair is probably all messy. Lyon blinks once, sleepily, before gesturing to Terra with a piece of toast as way of a greeting.

"Morning! Hi. Good morning," Terra says, and curses himself for being so awkward.

Lyon clears his throat before he speaks. "Morning."

"How was your first night here?" Terra asks, leaning against the counter. Be cool. Be cool.

"You can sit down in your own home, you know," Lyon says, patting the spot next to him.

It takes Terra a moment to realize what he means, but finally understands, smiling and sliding in next to Lyon. To his surprise, Lyon scoots closer until they're shoulder to shoulder.

"You're so warm still," Lyon mutters, before actually answering the question. "It was good. The view outside my window is amazing."

Terra decides to latch onto the first part of that, shifting to put his arm around Lyon's shoulders and pull him close against his side. Lyon seems slightly surprised but settles against him gratefully. Again, without leaving room to hesitate, Terra leans to press a kiss to Lyon's temple, then after a pause, does it again. Lyon hums.

Terra asks, "Is that a little better?"