You don't know what to do either? Perfect!
"So uh... what do we do now," Amity asked, breaking the silence. After confessing their feelings the pair opted to just take in this exciting, yet equally scary, thing they'd created between them. So for the past... however many minutes they'd just been staring at each other, holding hands, with dopey smiles on both their faces. It wasn't until another, very strong, gust of wind chilled the both of them, knocking them out of their trance, letting go of each other's hands in the process.
"I... I don't know," Luz smiled sheepishly. Glancing to the right she saw that the picnic setup had yet to be touched. "We could just sit down and enjoy the nice meal that your little helpers set up."
Amity pinched the bridge of her nose irritably, "Right. I'll have to deal with them later."
Luz put her hands on her hips, "Hey, worry about them later. We kind of do owe them, if you think about it."
"Yeah... no. But you're right, there's someone more important I should be paying attention to right now," Amity said with a small smile.
"Ohhhhh. And who might that be," Luz asked innocently, putting her hands behind her back.
Amity walked past Luz to the picnic setup, not letting her see the blush on her face. Luz chuckled, "Same ol' Amity."
The pair sat down on the blanket and unloaded the basket, which was filled with sandwiches and other small, yet appetizing foods.
"Nice," Luz said as she snagged a PB&J. Amity joined her and ate silently next to her, not really knowing what to do.
A couple more minutes passed of silence, while it wasn't awkward, Amity kept glancing at Luz as she ate. While it was cute to watch her nibble on her food she felt like there should be more to this just silently eating together.
"Hey, Luz."
"Yeah," Luz asked with a mouthful of food. Amity rolled her eyes at her goofball antics.
"What are we supposed to be doing? This is... a date, right?"
To her surprise, Luz blushed as she swallowed her food. "Oh. Hehe, yeah. I guess this is a date."
Amity's eyes widened. Am I going too fast? Maybe we should have actually set something up. We could have-
"We can just... talk," Luz offered.
"Really?"
"What, you don't want to talk to me," Luz asked, raising her voice.
"No! No! I just-"
Luz laughed, "You're too easy Blight."
Amity frowned, crossing her arms. "Don't do that."
Luz raised her hands in mock defeat, "Alright, alright. But this is new to me too. I don't really know what we're supposed to do. Honestly, if you ask me I'm kinda happy that I get to be with you like this. Just the two of us."
Amity blushed, "Yeah. I like it too."
Luz brightened up, "Oh I know! We can play 21 questions."
"What's that?"
"It's where one person asks another a question, that person answers, then they swap, and do the same thing again 21 times."
Amity shrugged, "Ok. Sounds interesting…"
"Cool, I'll ask first," Luz said excitedly. "Do you have any hobbies?"
"I like to draw," Amity answered simply.
"Oh yeah! I remember your little picture with Malingail, the mysterious soothe sayer," Luz teased. She stifled a laugh at seeing the same face she made when she discovered the drawing in her Azura book. Luz gasped. "Did you draw any pictures of me?"
Amity looked away, "No."
"..."
"..."
"...Ok fine, I did."
"Can you show me," Luz asked giddily.
Amity gulped, trying her best to compose herself, but Luz's smile was making her insides do somersaults… like always. "I thought that it was supposed to be one person asks, the other answers, and then they switch. Isn't it my turn?"
"You're no fun," Luz pouted, not really meaning it.
"Now that it's my turn, I have to ask... you like girls?"
Luz tilted her head, "I mean... I like you."
"Well yeah," Amity scratched the back of her head nervously as her heart skipped a beat at Luz's words. "But I didn't really know how they did things on Earth. You were always so gushy with the boys in the Azura books and you never mentioned liking any girls before so I figured..."
"So… on Earth things like this were complicated for a long time. But recently most people accept any relationship, as long as it's morally sound. Of course there are those who disagree but they're nothing compared to the amount that are cool with it now."
"So you like, boys and girls?"
"Yep! Aren't I awesome?"
"Yes you are Luz, I wouldn't have it any other way," Amity smiled warmly.
The two continued to talk, genuinely interested in learning about one another. Enjoying their time together as they leaned against their tree. Eventually it was apparent the two were beginning to get tired, so the pair packed up their belongings and stood up.
Amity looked at Luz, "Wow."
"What is it?"
Amity had been so focused on Luz she hadn't noticed how she was dressed. Looking at the state her clothes were in she suddenly felt the need to apologize. "You look beautiful. I'm sorry I'm underdressed."
Luz blushed, trying her best to casually wave it off, "Don't worry about it Amity, I think you look great just the way you are."
It was Amity's turn to blush, "Thank you, Luz. But still-"
Suddenly Amity's was engulfed in a cloud of smoke.
"Amity!" Luz screamed stepping forward, only to pause mid step as Amity emerged from the smoke. Not only was her hair fixed, but she was now wearing a beautiful lavender dress.
( Again, giving credit where credit is due, you can thank ReesePineDragon's post of "Draw Your Grom Outfit" for the art )
"What the-"
"You look... wow," Luz praised in awe with a noticeable blush.
Amity inspected herself, unsure of what just happened. She certainly hadn't done this to herself, so how... Her eyes widened, realizing what this meant, casting a quick glance to the tree line.
"You really had to outdo me huh," Luz asked, regaining her senses. "How'd you do that?"
"Uh... it's a secret," Amity quickly spat out... not wanting to say that her siblings were most definitely watching from afar.
"So mysterious," Luz smiled. "Y'know, this kind of reminds me of Grom? Well, minus the actual Grom monster. Don't ya think?"
"Yeah…" Amity agreed.
The two stared at each other nervously, knowing what they both wanted, but too afraid to say it. Yes, they danced together before, but this time it felt different. It is their first date after all.
Braving herself Amity extended her hand out, "May I have this dance?"
Luz gave her such a bright smile that Amity thought she'd melt, "It would be my pleasure."
The moon shined brightly on the new couple as they danced, smiling. It was slow, sincere, sacred. There was no music, but the words of the other played blissfully in each of their heads, hearing the other say "I love you" was the most breathtaking thing they'd ever heard.
This moment was there's and no one else's. It didn't matter if they were both exhausted from that day's events, their legs may feel like they're about to give and their eyes may be on the verge of shutting, but the speed at which their hearts were beating never made them feel more alive.
There was no pinky promise, no magical oath, but as they danced beneath the moonlight their hearts' rhythm became one forging a relationship that would truly be...
Everlasting.
Author's Note
So yeah, here was the fluff that I was going to throw in after the last chapter's ending... but decided it could be its own chapter. Hope you enjoyed it! One more fluffy chapter to go...
