Evra strummed his guitar as Puff laid next to him. The only souce of light in the room was a small lamp.
He couldn't shake the picture of Kattrina wearing his shirt and felt another crappy love song coming into his head.
A dozen crumbled up music sheets were already on the ground.
His foot tapped on the foot of his bed.
"Can't shake this picture from my head," he muttered as he wrote down the words. "So many words still left unsaid."
In his head, it didn't sound bad but if he actually tried to play it in front of an audience?
Disaster.
"I tell myself 'get out' but one word from you and I'm back in."
He scratched out the last line and groaned.
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Kattrina snuggled into her 'old lady pillow' as Evra called it. She wrapped Evra's present because she suspected he would snoop around her room.
He would never think to look inside the stuffing of a pillow. Personally, she thought it was a clever idea.
She huffed when she couldn't fall asleep.
Underneath her bed was an old violin she had for five years. Kattrina pulled it out and started bundling up in coats, snow pants, and hats. She never wore gloves when she played the violin outside, no matter how cold.
The members would complain if she made noise this late so she snuck over to Evra's tent.
"Evra?"
He was on his bed wearing only sweatpants, a pen hanging from his mouth, and his guitar in his arms.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Can't sleep and I wanted to practice. I wanted to see if I could borrow your flashlight."
He fished in his drawer and pulled one out.
"Want some company?"
She blushed.
"You sure?"
He started throwing on some clothes.
"Mr. Tall is going to kill me anyway for sneaking into town. Might as well go practice."
"Just don't get me lost again, genius."
There was a hill a distance away from the camp covered in large rocks.
Evra sat on one as Kattrina quickly tuned her violin.
"Care to do a duet?" Evra said smiling.
She smiled back.
"Just try to keep up."
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Evra's fingers were like lightning on his guitar while Kattrina's bow strummed to the same melody.
She was standing up on the rocks and rocking gently.
"Not bad," Evra said looking up at her.
A blush crossed her face before she stopped playing.
"What's wrong?"
She put an arm down towards him.
"Help me down. I can't feel my legs."
He happily took her hand and eased her down. Kattrina looked at their locked hands before glancing into his eyes. Evra saw her face turn bright red as she pulled her hand back.
A lump formed in his throat as he tried to form the words.
"Are we gonna talk about what happened?"
"Th-There's something to talk about?"
She scooted away from him.
Evra touched her shoulder.
"The kiss."
Kattrina looked him in the eyes.
"Wh-What about it?"
Evra felt his face heat up.
"Was it...just a one time thing?"
He thought about her words. "Hang out." The men of the Cirque always warned him about words like "we need to talk."
Kattrina bit her lower lip.
"Evra...I don't want us to move fast. You're one of the best friends I ever had."
"Friend..." he said disheartenly.
She stood up and covered her face.
"But I can't stand being away from you! All the time, I just want to have you notice me! Like I'm some whiny little brat or something."
Evra set down his guitar and stood up next to her.
"And I act like a snotty boy. I try to wear anything that looks cool hoping you'll notice. I strum my guitar until my fingers are about to fall off because I know you like it."
He took her hand in his and stared into her eyes.
"Why don't we..."
"Take it slow?"
Evra looked away.
"I-If you want to. I mean I w-was, um, I-I thought."
Kattrina giggled as he cleared his throat half a dozen times.
"You all right?"
She hesitantly took a step closer to him.
"Do you want to go back?"
He chuckled nervously.
"Let's go."
Kattrina laughed as he fumbled to get down from the hill.
"Looks like someone's a little jittery."
Evra walked alongside Kattrina.
"A-A little. Don't really know how to go slow with a girl."
She gave him a confused look. He put his arms out in defense.
"I-I mean that I don't have experience with girls! I didn't want it to sound like that!"
Kattrina laughed and took his hand in hers.
"Relax. What I mean is that we won't just suddenly jump into stuff like pet names or calling each other boyfriend and girlfriend. Kind of like friends but a little more."
"Friends with benefits?"
She trembled in disgust.
"No. Where I come from, thats what we called the school tramps. I'm sorry but now that term is just dirty to me."
He flushed.
"Really? Um, I didn't know. I-"
He cleared his throat again before covering his face with his other hand.
"Damn it all!"
"What?"
"My mind's going a mile a minute. I-I'm just not used to this," he said looking down at their hands.
Kattrina bit her lower lip to try and hide her smile.
"Really? Then how about this?"
She leaned up and kissed him as her arm circled around his neck.
When she pulled back, he hesitantly smiled. Her fingers traced the back of his neck.
"N-Not used to that."
When they made it back to the Cirque, Evra led Kattrina over to her tent.
"I-I had a great time."
"Me too," she said smiling.
Evra scratched the back of his head as he debated to give her another kiss.
"See you in the morning."
He quickly turned to leave with a disappointed look on his face.
Kattrina went over to him.
"You forgot something."
She kissed him on the cheek and winked.
"Good night."
Evra stood frozen as she entered her tent without glancing back. Kattrina, on the other hand, entered her tent and immediately congradulated herself.
"I was so awesome!"
Evra walked back to his tent, changed into his nightwear, and laid in his bed. He stared at the ceiling with a smile on his face.
Puff crawled over to him and stared curiously at him.
"Hey, Puff. Bite me so I know I'm not dreaming."
Still need the Evra song.