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Neither of them really know where they're going. She had promised an explanation when they reached their destination but neither really knew that destination. The road seemed to though so Sei trusted in that and apparently so did Youko because not once did she ask where they were headed. It could have been because she knew Sei would do something like suggest a hotel or maybe it was because she was pondering the fact that the root word of destination was destiny. Wherever she were destined to be. Wherever she was destined to be with Sei.

While she was thinking, there was silence between them. That was okay though because it was a kind of comfortable silence. Then the car rolled to a stop, which Youko thought was good since it meant Sei was improving in her driving. They were stopped by a park. It was just a kids park and Youko gave her driver a bemused lookbut she just muttered,

"Yeah, yeah, just get out."

So she did, and when she did she found Sei already walking towards the swings, which sat next to the jungle gym like structure. It was warm with a slight breeze but nota bothersome breezeand it was a good day. She walked up to where Sei had already sat down on one of the four swings and realized it was deserted, the park,which made sense considering most younger children would still be in school but still it was a little off. She readjusts her skirt before sitting on the swing then she looks over to Sei expectedly.

"Well...?"

Usually she's not impatient but the entire sintuation has piqued her interest so she just kind of sits there and Sei's looking at her feet. Finally she looks up and grey meets blue. The breeze seemed to have stopped blowing and Sei seemed to look like she was pleading. Which was a very un- Sei-like thing to do and maybe that's why it was only kind of there in her eyes. Like when it was kind of cold out but in a good way.

Then she leans in and kisses her.

Youko can't kiss back. She wants to. She wants to so badly and perhaps a little more than that too, but she just can't. She cares for Sei, she always had. Of course the care at first came with the fascination. Sei had been anti-social, she'd been an aberration. Unlike Rosa Foedita, she didn't usually delight in that which was a tad astray from the rest but with Sei she had. Then it turned to an odd pity when Shiori had deserted her. No, that wasn't the right word, plus she knew no matter how many times Shiori returned and left again, no matter how many times she broke her heart, Sei would love her.

And there's something there. Something that wasn't in the kisses they shared at other times. Kisses that came about because Sei was playful or because Youko wanted to try it out.

So she pulls away from her because that scares her.

Sei just says one thing.

"Oh."