It was Saturday morning, or lazy Saturday, as Riley and Maya called it. The were on the couch and Riley was lying her head on Maya's lap.

Maya was loving running her fingers through Riley's hair as they watched Saturday morning cartoons together. "Don't you think we're to old for cartoons?" Maya asked with a playful smile.

Riley looked up and laughed. "Nope, I'm fine watching these still."

Maya laughed a little in return, shaking her head fondly.

Riley giggled and went back to watching the TV.

Maya was still mindlessly playing with Riley's hair, not being able to focus on the show.

Riley noticed that her friend wasn't paying attention, so she asked, "Are you okay?"

Maya tucked Riley's hair behind her ear and whispered, "I'm always okay." Suddenly, she felt Riley take her hand and was gently rubbing her thumb on the back of it, knowing that that was a gesture that got her to melt. Maya tried to fight it, but eventually she just couldn't anymore. "I'm... I dunno. It's stupid."

Riley sat up and kissed her temple. "Tell me, I want to help," she whispered. Before Maya could answer however, Riley wrapped her arms around her neck and touched their foreheads together.

"It's really dumb, I don't want to..." Maya trailed off. You'd think by now she would've trained herself not to give into Riley's puppy dog eyes, but she had not. "I just... These cartoons reminded me of when we were younger. I... I miss it."

Riley smiled warmly. "Aw, it's okay, Peaches. I miss it too." She then went back to rubbing her thumb on the back of her hand.

Maya stilled her hand by holding it tightly.

Riley squeezed back and pecked her on the cheek.

Maya leaned on her shoulder and sighed quietly.

Riley grabbed the remote next to her and turned off the TV, then looked back at Maya, giving her her full attentioh. "Hey, it's going to be okay," she told her, not knowing what to say.

Maya didn't respond. She merely buried herself into Riley's side.

Maya was never like this and that made Riley feel bad. It was her idea to jokingly watch cartoons they used to watch, so she felt like it was her fault. Riley lifted her other hand, the one that wasn't still intertwined with Maya's, and calmly brushed her thumb across Maya's cheek.

Maya leaned into it greatly, acting like it would be the last time they'd ever do this.

"Don't worry, Maya, this won't be the last time," Riley whispered comfortingly in her ear, know exactly what was going on. Why was Maya suddenly missing childhood? She didn't even need to ask, because she answered for her.

"I miss when it was just the two of us; when there wasn't boys and highschool, just laughter and dumb stuff. It's not that I don't love the boys and Smackle, but I just sometimes wish we could go back in time."

Riley looked at her best friend, surprised at her honestly. "Maya..." She trailed off. How are you supposed to respond to that?

Before she could respond, Maya reached up and kissed her cheek. "I love you," Maya whispered in her ear while tears ran down her face.

Riley nuzzled her fondly.

"I love you so much," Maya continued a few moments later.

"I love you too," Riley responded softly.

Maya looked up at her. "Don't... Don't leave me..."

Rileys heart broke. "I could never leave you, I care too much." Maya looked back down, but Riley took her by the chin and made her look at her. "Hey, I'll always love you," Riley whispered as she touched their foreheads together again.

Maya lifted her hand to Riley's cheek and ran her fingers down the side of it. Doing so made Riley touch their noses together as well. They stared into each other's eyes for a while, taking in the love from the other person. They won't lose each other, not now.