She could see again now, and had actually come to him this time, surprising Fred with a visit to his shop before he could visit her at hers. George patted her on the back and said she was a brave girl for visited so early. Fred hadn't even had his first coffee for the morning yet. George left them alone and walked off down the road to work with Minya instead, keeping two at each shop all the time to make it fair. Or at least that was the excuse that he was sticking to.
Tararyn produced half a package from her pocket, looking to be one of the same of the 'Australian Care Packages' one of her friends back home sent her occasionally, filled with vegemite and other strange wonders which Fred wasn't quite sure he liked Tara enough to like them as well. She finally revealed a small plastic box, filled to the top with rice like...things. She took a few for heself before she handed it to Fred without a word as she sat at one of the other stools behind the counter.
He looked at it for a moment, and then back up at her. "And what the hell is this?"
"It's called a tictac, they're a Muggle sweet..." she laughed, amused at his expression. Back homea athough she came from a Pureblood family,social groupsmixed a lot more with the Muggles in Australia. Everyone was just too carefree to really care, and she had even gone to a Muggle primary school and then a year of Muggle highschool before an opening had come up at the Australian Institute of Magical Persons. Her knowledge of Muggles was something his Dad would love to hear from one day, and that was exactly why Fred had never let his father know much about her.
"Try one, they're a form of breathmint." she took the money from the customer automatically and sold them the product even though it wasn't her store, and raised an eyebrow at Fred who still hadn't tried one.
"I trust whatever you give me." she pointed out.
"I'm just worried that I won't like the taste." he admitted, making her laugh.
"So without the worry that they could turn you blind or make you stop breathing, you simply worry that you could get a taste in your mouth that you don't want?" she teased. "I wish my life was as easy..."
"Oh lay off, I feel bad about those times, you know that..."
She watched with a smile as he finally spilled one out and put it in his mouth, watching him carefully before she leaned forward and kissed him for a long moment, pulling away after what felt like an age.
"I've been waiting to do that for a while..." she admitted with a blush.
Fred could only gaze at her. "...Why did you wait?"
She shrugged, looking away with a smile. "All I had to do to myself first was just add tictacs."