"I- Lilac, it's been an hour! Can you get off?" Serah panted, her face flushed and sweaty with exhaustion. Lilac mewled sadly, wrapping her arms around Serah's shoulders.
"Lilac, get off of Serah."
"But I hurt my ankle…"
"Can't you heal it? I can't possibly carry you anymore."
"But if you don't carry me, then I'll have to walk. And do you really want that, my little Giraffe?" she said, patting her friend's head with a smile. Noel rolled his eyes at the bickering girls.
"No. You know what? I'm done."
Serah stopped to catch her breath.
She stood up straight, causing Lilac to fall off of her back and to the ground. Her eyes watered momentarily from the impact, but she quickly got over it.
"Hey! You're my giraffe!" she said, rolling over and shaking her fist. Serah face-palmed.
"You know, you become less cute when you do that kind of thing." she said, turning away from the silverette and continuing to walk through Yaschas Massif. Lilac crossed her arms and pouted.
"Goddammit, I'm not moving on my own! How do you feel knowing you abandoned an innocent little woman-child?" She called after her. Noel sighed, bent over, and threw Lilac over his shoulder.
"Hey!"
"I'm not dealing with your stupidity right now, Lilac. I don't want to waste any more time because of you." he said as he followed after Serah. Lilac pouted again, resting her elbow on Noel's lower back, and her head in her hand.
"Can you at least move your hand off of my ass?"
"Not without you potentially further damaging your brain."
"…That's not funny, Noel."
"I was being serious."