The Owl House was a lot bigger on the inside than it should have been. Luz was pulling Amity along the hallway and showing her all the strange décor everywhere as they went. They'd gone up the stairs, looking at the hundreds of pictures on the walls and walked down a long hallway filled with cabinets and knick-knacks. A hallway that split into more branching hallways, all with rooms attached that should not have been able to fit.

It wasn't the first time she'd been up here of course. Amity had been to Luz's room before when they'd trained her to face Grom. She hadn't really thought about it at the time though, her mind focused more on the task at hand. Now, as Luz took her down a hallway to the side that should definitely not be there, Amity was curious.

Enchantments like these were fairly common on the Boiling Isles. The Construction Coven used them all the time, but they were expensive and required a lot of permits and red-tape. Amity somehow doubted Eda had gotten the appropriate paperwork for all of it and the thought made her smile. Eda had very quickly shown Amity that there was a lot more to her than people thought. She was rebellious. Free-spirited. Surprisingly foxy for her age. Luz had mentioned more than once that Eda was the most powerful witch on the Boiling Isles and, while she had her doubts about that, there was no denying that she was powerful. Amity kind of understood why the Emperor's Coven wanted her.

But Eda was more than just a powerful, rebel bad girl. She was kind and generous. She loved Luz like Amity thought parents were supposed to love their kids, even though Luz wasn't hers. A worried, exasperated sort of love with plenty of affection and teasing to go along with it. Amity couldn't quite believe that Eda was extending that same affection to her now. Amity had shown up on her doorstep, a total mess, in the middle of the night with nowhere to go and Eda had opened up her home to her, no questions asked. She wasn't a criminal. She was amazing. She was kind and thoughtful and compassionate. She cared in a snarky sort of way. She just wanted to live her life free of the limitations & expectations others put on her. Amity could relate. Strongly.

Her eyes lingered on Luz, a fellow member of Eda's found family. Luz had had such a profound effect on Amity that she wondered if it'd been the same for Eda. Maybe Luz's endless enthusiasm for magic and her love for the people around her had helped Eda be more open to having a family too. She'd certainly been more than happy to add Amity to it after all.

How was she ever supposed to tell this gorgeous idiot how much she owed her? How could she possibly ever repay her? How was it possible that her eyes were such a pretty shade of brown? Like hot chocolate on cold winter nights and wait, was Luz looking at her? Oh god how long had Amity been staring? And she was speaking now! Crap, what had she said? Say something!

"Uh-wha?" She snapped her mouth shut. Those weren't words! Luz tilted her head, confused.

"Are you ok? You looked like you were spacing out really hard there for a minute," she said, her lips twitching at the corners. Amity's brain caught up at last and she managed a smile to try and cover her embarrassing slip.

"Sorry, I was just lost in thought. What were you saying?" She asked. Luz grinned and stepped in front her, stretching her arms out wide.

"I was saying that we're here!" She said, gesturing to the hallway. Amity blinked and then turned to look. They were standing in front of a familiar door. Confusion pulled her brows up and she looked back at Luz.

"Your room?" She asked.

"No, silly," Luz grinned, her eyes sparkling excitedly. "Your room." She turned and pointed to the door. Not her own, but the door that was right next to hers. Right. Next. Door.

"M-my room?" She stammered. Amity swallowed hard because she suddenly felt her heart trying to climb its way into her throat. Before she could squeak out some sort of reply, Luz was grabbing her hand and yanking the door open to pull Amity inside.

It was packed with boxes and old piles of junk. Trunks and chests overflowed with what looked like human artifacts that Amity couldn't even guess the natures of. The window was obscured by a rack of old coats that didn't look like they belonged in this century. It was a dusty mess.

"What do you think?" Luz asked enthusiastically. She was grinning at Amity expectantly. "If we clear all this trash out, it could totally work, right?" If Amity had any thoughts on the matter, she would be hard pressed to articulate them just then. Luz looked so adorably happy about the idea and it was stopping all blood flow to Amity's brain so all she managed was a garbled mess of stammering. Luz seemed to take that as a yes though.

"Great! I'll just go ask Eda where we can put all this junk. Be right back!" She said happily and then she was gone. Taking a deep breath of the slightly musty air, Amity calmed herself down and looked around. It was hard to tell, but the room was probably roughly the same size as Luz's. Deeper than it was wide but certainly not small. Not as large as her old room at the manor of course but she kind of preferred this. Maybe it would be a little hard to deal with the idea of having Luz literally only one wall away from her at all times but the idea was as exciting as it was nerve-wracking.

"Hey, Amity, are you sure this room's okay?" Luz asked as she walked back into the room and Amity turned to look at her. "I know I can get a bit overexcited sometimes and I don't wanna force you or anything." She looked genuinely worried that she might have overstepped in her excitement. Amity wandered if maybe Eda has said something to her. That wouldn't do at all. Amity grinned at her.

"This is great, Luz, really," she said happily. Luz's face lit up and Amity decided she could live with her brain malfunctioning on a daily basis if it meant getting to see that all the time. "But you're definitely doing all the heavy lifting," she added. "I know how strong you are now." Luz flushed, grinning widely and took a deep, exaggerated bow.

"Of course, my lady," she drawled in that silly accent and Amity laughed into her own blush. Yeah, this would be ok.

They'd been moving boxes of trash for a while, laughing as they unearthed new bits of human junk that Luz would try to explain to her. Some of it was pretty mundane, like the old broken 'racquet' that Luz had said was for a human sport called 'tennis'. Amity had thought it sounded a little dull. All you did was knock a ball back and forth over a net until someone missed. Where was the fun in that? Luz had just laughed and agreed.

Some things were a lot more interesting, like the strange little metal cart that she called a 'car'. Apparently it had been a toy version of the things humans used instead of flying staffs. Luz had said the real things were much, much bigger and that you climbed inside them. It all made Amity want to visit Luz's home just to experience it with her.

It was when Amity was clearing some old books out of a particularly heavy box that she stumbled on something. Something confusing and a little distressing. Did Luz know about this? Should she bring it up? Why did Eda have this?

"Amity?" She jumped and turned around to see Luz looking at her with concern. "Are you ok? Your ears look kinda droopy," she said, stepping closer. Amity felt her face turn crimson and she snapped her hands up to her ears, feeling them self-consciously as the paper she'd been looking at fluttered to the floor.

"M-my ears?" She stuttered out.

"Yeah, they get all droopy when you're anxious or sad and they were definitely going like bwaaaaa, right then," Luz said, using her fingers to imitate the motion over her own rounded ears. Did her ears really do that? She'd never noticed. Why had Luz noticed? How much time did she spend looking at Amity's ears?!

"They… they do not!" She said, flustered and Luz chuckled at her.

"Yeah they do. So what's wrong? Did you find something?" She walked up to Amity and retrieved the paper she'd been looking at from the floor. Amity bit her lip as Luz read over what had turned out to be an application form for the Emperor's Coven mentor program. It had been signed Eda Clawthorne. Eda had been planning on signing up for a mentor in school, which meant…

"Oh, yeah apparently Eda wanted to join the Emperor's Coven when she was a kid. Lilith told me about it right before she nearly had me branded when I was stuck in Eda's body," Luz said, nonchalantly tossing the paper back in the box. Amity's brain had stalled. Had she just said she'd been stuck inside Eda's body?

"What?" She yelped. She definitely needed to hear that story. Not only because body-swap spells were highly illegal and she wanted to know why they could possibly have ever needed to use one, but also because she desperately wanted to know what Luz had meant about the branding. Had Lilith almost forced a brand on Luz? The thought sent a spike of anger down her spine that stiffened her. Before she could ask about it though, Luz continued.

"I'll tell you about it later. It was a really weird day. Anyway, I don't really know what happened. I guess things changed when Eda got cursed and she decided not to join." Luz looked up at her and tilted her head curiously. "You want to join too right? You told me that at the convention when we first officially met." That gave Amity pause and she frowned lightly. Had Luz forgotten? Amity sure as hell hadn't.

"We met at school, Luz. Remember? I nearly had you dissected?" That awful day still ate at her. She was horribly ashamed of the way she'd acted. To her surprise, Luz laughed.

"Nah, that doesn't count, I never told you my name that day. Besides, what's a little casual dissection between friends?" She gave Amity her special little lopsided grin. "It's not like it was the most dangerous thing we've ever done together. Or the most dangerous thing that's happened to me at school." She added.

It warmed Amity's heart to know Luz didn't hold any of it against her, but she still felt the need to apologize. "As flawed as that logic is, I still want to say how sorry I am about that day. I could have gotten you seriously hurt. I know it's not an excuse but when I lost that badge… I wasn't thinking straight and I panicked. I'm really sorry, Luz," she said earnestly. Perhaps sensing that this was going to become a conversation, Luz hopped up onto a box and patted the spot next to her as an invitation for Amity to join her. Amity felt heat rise in her cheeks but managed to sit next to Luz, clutching her knees nervously.

"Come on, give yourself a break. You weren't that bad," Luz said, nudging Amity's shoulder with her own. The friendly jolt helped her relax and she smiled weakly. "I did plenty of really dumb stuff to you before we became friends too. Like at The Knee and the convention? Or your diary?" Their eyes met and Amity could see the genuine remorse in Luz's face over her own mistakes. She'd been so focused on feeling bad about the things she'd done in the past that she'd half forgotten that Luz hadn't been perfect when they'd first met either. She felt suddenly like she'd been awoken to something. Some new realization. They were both flawed but they'd both grown so much. Together. A soft smile spread across her face and Luz grinned at her happily. "It all worked out though, right? If it makes you feel better, I'll accept your apology, but only if you accept mine for all the dumb stuff I did. Deal?" She held her hand out and gave Amity a mock serious look that she couldn't help but laugh at.

"Deal," she said, matching Luz's serious tone and taking her hand to give it a firm shake. Luz gave her hand a sharp tug and pulled her into a hug, wrapping her up tightly in her arms. It was all Amity needed to let go of any lingering regrets between them.

"Besides," Luz said as she pulled back, giving Amity a sympathetic smile. "Now I kinda have an idea of why you were so determined to keep that top student star in the first place and I can't blame you for going a bit crazy. I'm just spit-balling here but I figured it was because of your parents." Amity scrunched up her face at the phrase.

"Luz, don't spit. That's gross," she said. Humans were so weird sometimes. Luz snorted and broke out into a fit of giggles, giving Amity a playful shove.

"Not what I meant!" She laughed happily. Amity grinned back and rolled her eyes. Ok so maybe she was the idiot this time. She'd made Luz laugh though so she was ok with that.

"I get it though. Your parents were really strict about school stuff right?" Luz asked once she'd calmed down. Amity sighed and leaned back on the box, staring up at the ceiling. It somehow felt easier to talk about like this. Maybe it was because Luz always seemed so genuinely invested in everything she had to say and Amity wasn't quite sure how to deal with that after years of no one wanting to hear her thoughts or opinions. Or maybe it was because her pretty brown eyes were so damn distracting. Who could say for sure.

"My parents are… were very invested in my studies. It's all they really cared about. They picked the Abomination Track for me because it's the most prestigious one. Only really powerful witches specialize in abominations. They're really hard to conjure and even harder to control." She felt an old, familiar pang of bitter jealousy twist in her stomach and grimaced. "Ed and Em got to go into the Illusions Track because they showed a lot of potential for it as kids. They're practically prodigies. I'm… not. My parents would have killed me if I lost that top student badge for any reason. As long as I was the top student of the top track, they were tolerable. Still, it never felt like it was enough for them. I always had to do more. Be better." She paused, suddenly worried that she'd been rambling for too long.

She glanced down at Luz to apologize but found her watching her with rapt attention, eyes wide. Thinking fondly of what she'd said before about liking backstories, Amity decided she could keep going. "I've never been a natural at magic like the twins," she said and gave Luz a small smile. "Kinda like you actually. I've had to struggle to get my abominations to work. It was hard… seeing the other students get it so fast on their first try, even if their results weren't perfect. I've always had to make sure to read ahead and practice for hours before class so that no one would know I'm useless at it. I mean, you saw me learning fire magic with Ed and Em on the knee. I had to use a practice wand just to get it to work the first few times and fire isn't even that difficult to conjure!" Bitterness at her own weakness built up in her and burned at her eyes. She'd never told anyone about her struggles with magic before. She angrily blinked back the tears though. She was done crying about it.

"Amity… I had no idea! I thought magic came easy to you. You always make it look easy! I mean you've got to be the strongest witch at school!" Luz gushed. Amity smiled at her shyly.

"Thanks, Luz, that's sweet of you. But to be honest I find most magic really difficult to master. I have to work at it a lot," she admitted quietly. Luz tilted her head curiously and frowned.

"So training for the Emperor's Coven… was that your way of getting to learn different kinds of magic later?" She asked. Amity paused at that and frowned.

"Not really. I mean the idea is appealing. As hard as it is, I love learning new spells and getting to use all kinds of magic would be great, but that decision was my parents too. Ed and Em are headed for the Illusion Coven so I was their only other option. Joining the Emperor's Coven became all I ever thought about but I think I was just trying to make my parents happy. Honestly… I don't really know what I want anymore."

When she turned to look at Luz again, she found her staring at her with absolute awe on her face. Her eyes were wide and her mouth was gaping open, leaning in close. Amity felt heat flood her whole face and she leaned back a little. Too close!

"Luz… you're staring." Luz blinked as if coming out of a trance and shook her head.

"Sorry, it's just… I can't get over how awesome you are!" She said excitedly. Amity frowned in confusion. Had Luz been listening at all?

"What? Luz I just told you I'm totally useless at magic," she said but Luz shook her head vigorously. She hopped off the box and paced in front of Amity with enthusiastic energy.

"No! You're like the ultimate superhero! Fighting tooth and nail to prove your strength. There's danger and adventure and villains who try to beat you down! It's tough but you never give up until you come out on top as the most powerful witch ever!" She exclaimed, hopping about and acting as if she were fighting off invisible enemies. She turned suddenly to look at Amity, her eyes sparking. "You're just like Azura!"

Heat flooded her whole body and Amity wondered if Luz could feel it from where she was standing. But as she sat there, staring at Luz, she realized she was wrong. She stood sharply and looked at Luz seriously, feeling something building in her. She needed to get it out because Luz was so very, very wrong. She definitely wasn't Azura.

"If anyone is like Azura, it's you!" She cried out, surprised by the passion in her voice. "You were never supposed to be able to do magic at all and look at everything you can do now! You literally figured out how magic was done by the original witches. That knowledge was lost centuries ago but you did it anyway and in just few days! I've never met anyone that can do the things you can!" Luz was staring back at her in shock but Amity found it impossible to stop. "And you're brave and selfless like her too! Look at how you helped Willow at the Grudgby match. Or when you helped me with Grom! You're always so willing to help everyone no matter what! Isn't that what a real hero does?"

She was pretty sure she was just gushing at that point. She had no idea where she'd found the courage to be this open with Luz but she wasn't about to complain when Luz launched herself at Amity and pulled her into a tight, warm embrace. She smiled happily and held on tight. They stood for a moment, quietly holding each other, when Amity found herself talking again. "You are easily the most inspiring person I've ever met, you big dork," she whispered, happily giving Luz one last squeeze before pulling back.

Luz, for her part, couldn't stop smiling. Amity had no idea how much all of that had meant to her. She found Amity a little intimidating at times. She was so powerful and strong and beautiful. But being around her made Luz feel like she was all those things too and now she knew that Amity thought she was just as powerful and impressive. Hearing Amity whisper that she, Luz Noceda, inspired her, had sent thrills tingling up her spine.

"Awe, you really are going soft on me aren't you, Blight?" She said, grinning at her teasingly. But then Amity leveled her with a smirk that made Luz's brain turn fuzzy. She walked past Luz and bumped her shoulder as she passed.

"Maybe just a little, Noceda." Hearing Amity say her name like that sent a bolt of lightning through Luz and she felt her face go crimson. Thankfully Amity was already sorting through boxes behind her so she didn't see the absolute mess she'd just made of Luz. She let out a shuddery breath, desperately trying to calm down but that smirk and that tone just kept flying around in her head. Did she realize how flirty that had been? Had she meant for it to be? She swallowed hard and turned to look at Amity, who still had that little smile playing around her lips.

"Ay, Dios mío…" she murmured. This girl was going to be the death of her. Amity paused and turned to look at her, confused.

"What was that?" She asked and Luz yelped. Oh god, she'd heard!

"N-nothing!" She stammered awkwardly, putting on a big grin to cover her nerves. "Just thinking out loud." Amity frowned at her suspiciously but then seemed to think better of it and shrugged. It was quiet for a while after that as they worked when a thought occurred to Luz.

"So, I got to learn pretty much all of your dark secrets today, huh?" She said and Amity snorted out a laugh. Luz couldn't help the grin that spread her cheeks at the adorable sound.

"Maybe not all of them, but pretty much, yes," she said with a chuckle. "Any deep dark secrets you want to share so that we're even?" It had been a joke but Luz got the feeling Amity actually did want to hear more about her. The thought made her smile giddily.

"Seems fair. I'm an open book! What do you want to know?" She said easily and Amity tilted her head in thought, trying to decide what to ask.

"What's Earth like?" She asked eventually, looking up at Luz curiously. That was a tough one. There was a lot she could say about it but where to start?

"It's… different," she said at last. "Definitely a whole lot more boring than the Boiling Isles, that's for sure. We don't have any magic obviously, but we have a lot of technology you guys don't. Like the internet. I'll show you that later if I can get King to stop watching cat videos on my phone long enough to get it back." They both chuckled at the unlikeliness of that. "It's the same in a lot of ways too. Maybe just not as dangerous and fun as it is here. This place actually feels a lot more like home than Earth ever did," she admitted, feeling immediately guilty at the admittance. "I feel like I belong here, ya know?"

Amity very much believed that Luz belonged there on the Boiling Isles. With her. She watched as Luz seemed to become quieter, more introspective.

"Kids are kind of meaner on Earth too." She'd said it so quietly that Amity wondered if she'd meant for her to hear it. But she had and the sad lilt in her voice crushed her.

"What do you mean?" She asked gently, stepping a little closer to Luz. She felt suddenly very protective of her. Luz winced at being caught but she kept talking anyway, perhaps sensing that Amity genuinely wanted to know.

"Well… people here just seem more, I dunno, accepting? I wasn't liked very much at my old school. I spent most of my time reading Azura and watching anime by myself." She was trying to act nonchalant about it but Amity could hear the pain in her voice. She reached out and touched her arm gently, silently telling her it was ok to keep going.

"I didn't have any friends on Earth. I guess people thought I was annoying." She smiled sardonically and shrugged. "No one wants to hang around with the weird kid that can't stop talking. It probably didn't help that I kept backup snakes in my pockets though. I got into trouble a lot, which… isn't all that different to now really." She chuckled and smiled up at Amity awkwardly, trying to cover how hurt she was with humor. Amity wasn't smiling though. She gave Luz the most understanding look she could muster, choosing not to ask about what backup snakes were for. Or what had happened to the first snakes.

"Keep going," she said instead. Apparently it was all the encouragement Luz had needed.

"It was… really lonely," she muttered, hugging herself around her middle and looking away uncomfortably. "My mom is great and she really loves me, but she's not always around. She does her best and we have lot of fun together, it's just… she's a nurse, so she's busy a lot." The hitch in her breath broke Amity's heart and she wanted so desperately to hold her but she was terrified that Luz would stop if she did. It was clear she'd been holding on to this for a long time.

"I know she loves me and she's always been there when I really needed her," Luz continued. "But she's never really understood me. I know she wants what's best for me but I think I frustrate her a little. Sometimes it feels kinda like she's trying to fix me too. I was supposed to go to this super boring summer camp where they teach kids to be more mature or something. I really didn't want to go. But then Owlbert stole my Azura book and I chased him and ended up here by accident."

Luz looked up at her then and she must have seen the devastation on her face because she gave an awkward little laugh, trying to cover up how vulnerable she felt. "I'm sorry, I'm being kind of a huge bummer. You probably didn't want to know all of that," she said. Amity stared down at her, her heart racing. She'd had no idea that Luz had been just as lonely as she had her whole life. Their circumstances were different but they'd both felt alone. Unseen. The thought of sweet, bubbly, optimistic Luz being that unhappy and having to cover it all up with a smile so no one would notice was heartbreaking.

It was all Amity could take. She pulled Luz into a hug and held her as close as she could.

"Don't say that," she said sadly. "Don't ever feel like you can't tell me stuff like this. I'm glad you told me." She felt Luz press her face into her shoulder and take a stuttering breath. "You are definitely weird, but in a good way. Sometimes you say stuff I don't understand at all but it makes talking to you and being around you so fun! I've never had a friend I could just be myself around, at least not since Willow and I were kids. I've always admired how proudly you, you are. Anyone who ever said you were annoying was an idiot. They have no idea what they're missing." Luz was clutching her tightly, trembling a little, but Amity was glad when she felt a small smile against her shoulder.

"So… your mom really has no idea where you are?" She asked cautiously. She could very clearly remember the sight of Grom taking on the form of Luz's mother. She'd been curious about it but hadn't wanted to pry at the time. She felt Luz shake her head.

"I hate that I'm lying to her but if I tell her the truth she'd be so disappointed and she might make me leave and I don't ever want to leave!" It was all coming out in a breathless rush. "I don't want to lose Eda and King, or Willow, or Gus… or you. I only have a bit more than a month left and I love it here so much but she's my mom! I should want to go home but…" She sniffed and pressed her face into Amity's neck as if to hide away. "It feels like I'd be leaving home if I went back to Earth."

It was all Amity could do not to burst into tears herself. The thought of Luz leaving the Boiling Isles terrified her. She hated the idea of her goofy, gorgeous idiot not being around anymore. She'd miss her more than anything in the world. But more than that, she hated the idea of Luz being stuck in a place where she'd been so lonely right after she'd finally found somewhere she felt seen. Somewhere she had found friends and a place to explore her creative, weird self.

"Luz…" What could she say? How could Amity possibly express all that she felt in that moment. Luz laughed weakly and stood back, pulling herself out of Amity's arms to wipe at her wet eyes.

"I guess we're both pretty big train wrecks, aren't we?" She asked tremulously. Amity's brain caught on the statement and she gave her friend a flat look.

"I have no idea what a train is, Luz." It did the trick and Luz burst out laughing. A laugh so genuine and free that it stopped Amity's heart and sent her stomach fluttering again. She'd done that. She'd made her feel better. She smiled at her sadly and reached up to wipe at the tears on Luz's face, her hands trembling a little.

"I… I don't want you to go either, Luz. But we still have time right? We'll figure it out. I promise," she said earnestly. Luz smiled at her then and she could see the pain leave her.

"Thanks, Amity. Thanks for listening to all of that. I think I needed it," she said gratefully before giving her a tentative look. "Could I… get another hug? You give really good hugs."

Amity chuckled and opened her arms because she was pretty sure she was physically incapable of denying Luz anything. "Of course. You never have to ask," she said sincerely and happily folded her arms around Luz when she moved in close.

"Ok," Luz said, stepping back after a long, lingering hug and grinning at her. "I think that's enough angsty backstories for today. Let's finish your room so we can do something fun."

They worked quickly after that, eager to move on to something a little more light-hearted after revealing so much of themselves to each other. It was quiet but there was a comfortable ease between them that was punctuated by meaningful looks and the occasional playful nudges. Between Amity's magic being able to lift multiple things at once and Luz being able to push the heavier stuff out of the room, they made quick work of clearing everything out.

When they were done and Luz had set up a makeshift bed with the piles of blankets and pillows she'd used the night before, they stepped back to observe their hard work. Luz winced and awkwardly scratched at the back of her neck.

"Sorry. This is probably not as good as you're used to…" She said. It was smaller, sure. And mostly empty; the only décor was weird and mismatched chests and drawers that they had cleared out for her to use as storage. There was no real bed to speak of since apparently mattresses were the one thing Eda didn't seem to have in her hoard. But there was a window that let in a lot of sunlight and it was cozy and welcoming and Luz's room was right next door.

"It's perfect," she said honestly. Luz looked positively ecstatic at that.

"Great!" She said happily, bouncing on the spot a little. "We can decorate it however you like. Oh! We should go to the market and get some stuff!" Amity couldn't help but grin at her enthusiasm but there were better things to do than go shopping.

"I'd rather just hang out here, if that's ok with you," she said and Luz shrugged.

"That works too. What did you have in mind?" She asked. Amity pretended to think about it for a second before grinning at her friend.

"Azura Book Club?"

"Azura Book Club!"

Luz grabbed her hand and ran next door to her own room, pulling Amity along with her. They spent the next few hours reading, discussing increasingly more ridiculous theories and writing their own fanfictions together. Luz had shown her the most recent piece of art she'd drawn and had eagerly told Amity that she should do some too. Considering how much she enjoyed drawing and how Luz assured her she was great at it, she promised she would draw with her later too. They were sitting close, shoulders bumping and Amity had to fight not to be a blushing mess but it was peaceful and fun so she didn't really mind.

When the sun started to dip below the horizon, Luz whipped out her notepad and started sketching up some witch lights, happily blowing on them so they would float away and light up the room while Amity read aloud from the latest Azura book. They'd both read it more than once of course, but it was fun going over parts of it again and she enjoyed reading to Luz. She was so engrossed that she found herself leaning forward, getting drawn in by the adventures of the Good Witch Azura and Hecate.

As she read she felt a light breeze blow past her ear, rustling the hair around it a little. Irritated by the sudden tickling, her ear twitched and she reached up to push her hair back behind it. A little squeak made her look up at Luz curiously. She was trying very hard to act innocent but Amity had no idea why. Frowning suspiciously for a moment, she decided to let it pass and turned back to the book. A moment passed and then suddenly she felt another little breeze puff past her ear. It twitched again and she was sure she heard Luz trying to stifle a laugh then. Ok, she was definitely up to something and Amity was going to find out what.

Ready to catch her in the act, she turned her head just in time to see Luz lean in and blow on her ear! She let out a loud yelp, threw herself back, arms flailing and landed heavily on her back. She lay there, hand clamped over her tingling ear and breathing heavily as her heart made a good effort of pounding its way out of her chest. She was pretty sure she was red from her toes to the tips of her damn ears that Luz had just been blowing on! Said girl was laughing hysterically at her, doubled over and clutching her stomach. Oh it was funny, was it?

"Luz, what are you doing?" She barked, her voice strangled.

"Sorry!" She gasped out between laughs. "It was an accident the first time I swear! I was blowing a light spell away but I got your ear when you moved and it got all twitchy and it was really cute! I couldn't resist. I didn't realise they were that sensitive!" Her laughter was so bright and bubbly and it made Amity's heart soar but stars was Luz trying to kill her? Where was this fascination with her ears coming from?!

Still giggling, Luz reached down to pull Amity back up and leaned into her side. "Sorry, I won't do it again, promise," she chuckled. Amity wanted nothing more than to beg for her to do it again but she had to keep some shred of her dignity intact so she just huffed at her, willing her scarlet cheeks to cool down.

"You are such a dork," she said, reaching up to flick one of Luz's rounded ears with a finger. She laughed and yelped, her own cheeks flushing as well.

"Ow! Hey, I said I was sorry!" She giggled and Amity laughed with her. She knew Luz liked someone else but sometimes the things she did and said made her think maybe it wasn't totally hopeless. Either way, Amity was pretty sure all of this innocent flirting was going to be the death of her. When they settled back to finish reading, she made sure to stay level with Luz, just in case.