After a while, Faith couldn't resist saying: "Hey, B, tell them I said hi!"
Buffy grinned and said: "Fai say hi!" and then ran into Faith's arms for the tenth time in one hour and said: "They say hi Fai! They like Fai, so Buffy kiss Fai for they too!"
"Aww, really?"-Faith asked and smiled, and Buffy started kissing her face all over.
Faith kissed her back, hrew her up in the air and easily caught her. Buffy loved that, she started giggling and yelling: "More, more!" Faith had to thank Powers That Be for being super strong, cause that kid was rarely tired, she always wanted to do something, and being thrown in the air was number one on her 'to do' list!
Buffy complained when Faith stopped throwing and catching her, but Faith decided to tire her out so she started tickling her so bad, Buffy laughed so hard tears ran down her face and then she wiggled out of Faith's arms and ran. Faith caught her easily, but she pretended it was really hard to catch her... and Buffy thought it was awesome, she was pretty proud of herself.
When Faith 'finally' caught her, she lay down on the grass and Buffy climbed on her stomach. She pulled Faith's shirt up and saw a scar. Her face got serious, Faith noticed her eyes got bigger and she swallowed a lump in her throat. It scared her so much that Buffy might actually remember how she got that scar.
Buffy didn't remember, she was just worried about Faith, bless her. She gave Faith a worried look and asked: "Fai hurt?"
"No, Buffy, don't worry, it's nothing. It was an accident a few years ago.. Look, it doesn't hurt!"-Faith pulled the skin and scratched the scar to assure Buffy it wasn't painful. She was relieved when Buffy smiled and said:
"Good, but Buffy kiss better!"
She kissed Faith's scar gently and said: "No hurt more." Faith's eyes teared up, she was never so touched in her entire life, and Buffy had managed to touch her many times in these past few days. Buffy's kiss and those words made her think about the past and it really wasn't a pleasant thing to think about. She hurt Buffy so much...
"Thanks, Buffy."-Faith said, her voice sounding even huskier than usually.
"Fai sad?"-Buffy asked when she saw tears in Faith's eyes. She tried to blink them away, but the way Buffy lookd at her, with worried and gentle eyes, made her tear up even more. A tear ran down her cheek and Buffy repeated: "Fai sad?" and pouted. She looked like she was about to start crying, and Faith said:
"No, B. Don't worry, these are happy tears. I'm just happy, you make me happy so easily! You're probably too small to understand, but not many people really cared about me. I've been alone pretty much all my life. And you care. I just hope that'll never change."
Faith NEVER confided in anyone like that. She screamed at Buffy on the roof top and said things that were bugging her, but she never let anyone see the softer side except this little Buffy, for some reason. It felt good. It felt really, really good to cry and allow herself to be vulnerable. She kissed Buffy's cheek and Buffy hugged her and said:
"Buffy love Fai and Buffy no like see Fai cry."
Faith held Buffy in her arms so tightly and gently, Buffy's head was resting on her forehead and Faith placed her own head on Buffy's little shoulder and continued to cry. She felt like some horrible weight had been lifted off of her shoulders..
"Fai loves you too, B. Very much. You're my little Twinkie and I don't wanna see you cry either. Ever again. Is that a deal? No crying?"
"It a deal."-Buffy answered and wiped Faith's tears away with her sleeve. "Now better."-she said and Faith just had to smile.
"Much better."-Faith agreed and kissed Buffy once again. She felt so much love for that little blonde kid and it was like she couldn't stop kissing her. Buffy kissed her back and now that Faith was smiling again, she was ready to continue playing. She pulled Faith's hand and ran. Faith loved the smile on Buffy's face while she was running away, thinking she was too fast for Faith, and she realized there was nothing that she wouldn't do to make Buffy stay happy and carefree.