I own nothing.
Lucy walked into Wagner's. She'd only wanted a bag of chips in between two of her classes. She didn't expect to find Kaleb standing at the stand with the pendulums.
"What are you doing? This seems awfully traditional," Lucy said to his back. He flinched and turned to her with a furrowed brow.
"I know. A professor said I needed to learn some traditional. I figured the pendulum would be easy."
Lucy snorted then blushed at how unattractive that sounded. "Good professor." She stepped next to him and started turning the display.
Her fingers grazed a few that caught her eye before pulling one out of its place. For a moment, it almost looked like she was glaring at it. It was a pink and green stone that had been shaped into a pointer, a simple silver chain, and a small ball of emerald at the end of the chain.
Kaleb was surprised that she'd chosen the simple one. He'd been looking at the ones with chakras or more impressive stones. In theory, he knew about stone resonances but had never watched someone do that. Felt the subtle beauty of a person's magic as they asked the stones their question.
"The basic use for a pendulum is sample answers." She moved him over to one of the answer mats next to the stand. "Hold it steady," she said softly. Her hands were holding his still. "Think of a question."
He knew how to use the pendulum, but this was the first time she'd willingly touched him. It almost made him willing to look like an idiot if it kept her hands on him.
"Looks like your answer is yes," she said, looking at the way the pendulum was swinging.
"I asked if you wanted to kiss me."
She arched an eyebrow. "I usually want to punch you in the same thought." She gestured for him to bend down and kissed his cheek.
"That's it?"
"Yup." She skipped away, bought her bag of chips, and left.
When Kaleb got home, he looked up the stone that Lucy had picked. Unakite: attraction, resolving conflict, healing the past.