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"So, did you want to do anything today?"

"Mmm?"

"I asked if you wanted to do anything?"

Sissi offered a small sound of contentment as she snuggled against her boyfriend a bit tighter. "I'm alright with this for now."

Next to her, Odd Della Robbia responded with a gentle squeeze of his girlfriend's hand and a slight tightening of the embrace he had her wrapped in. The two were laying back on Odd's bed in the room he shared with Ulrich in the Kadic dormitories.

It was the same as it had been the first time. Nothing had changed. There was no sign of anything being any different. It was like the past two days hadn't even happened.

Because they hadn't.

Sissi turned on her side and frowned, thinking. "Hey, Odd?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you think I made the right choice?"

Odd looked down at her, kissing the top of her head.

"Only you could have made it."

She smiled a bit, looking up at her boyfriend, before leaning in and kissing his lips lovingly. He held her close and returned it with gentle care.

After a few moments, they separated again and she lay back on his chest.

"Well, I guess there's one upside to the whole time travel thing," Sissi mused. "At least I won't have to replace all the shoes I lost in the last few days."

Odd kept silent. After a moment, Sissi pushed up to look down at him.

"Is something wrong?"

He looked up at her, and abruptly his face broke into a goofy grin.

"I'm curious. Do you really prefer being the 'big spoon'? Or is that just when you're nuzzling up to Aelita?"

"OOODD!"

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~fin~

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