Songbird watched the two from the window. He had heard them push Ian downstairs, he had seen the car leave and heard Sky and Ty run through the house to turn the TV on. He had flown out of the window and down to the other window that looked into the lounge room. Now, here he was, sitting on the window sill outside of the lounge room. He eventually grew bored and decided to do something else. He turned around and flew off towards the garden. He landed and walked around through the stems of tulips. To his small stature, the tulip stems were more like trees, stretching up towards the heavens above, reaching for the elusive sun. A race against time to gather all the light they could before they died. Songbird made his way through the jungle and came to the edge of the planning box. He jumped down to the daisy bed bellow. He kept walking around and eventually ended up in the cornflowers. Their blue heads held high and fragrance heightened in the setting sun. Songbird lay there for a while before he saw something. A small bug lit at the end. It disappeared as its light went out. That's when Songbird had an idea.
Sky heard the tapping before Ty. He looked towards the window and got up to let the erratically tapping bird in through the window. When he opened the window the bird flew in and its beak clamped down on Sky's shirt. At first, Sky didn't know what to think, but when he felt the pulling he followed the bird's actions. Sky walked through the kitchen and out the back door. Ty, who had seen the strange behaviour, followed. When he got outside he saw Songbird fly off Sky and hover over a big patch of flowers. They were confused until the bird flew down and raced over the flowers, spiralling outwards. The two looked in awe as fireflies flew up from their positions and into the air. Once Songbird was sure there were enough his claws grabbed Sky's arm and pulled him harshly. This caused Sky to become unbalanced and grab Ty's arm. The two stumbled into the centre of the spiralling creatures. Songbird let go and watched as the pair looked at him. He landed on a branch a little way off from the two and began to chirp out a melody. Sky thought and eventually got what Songbird was trying to do. He stepped back from Ty and bowed slightly, he lifted his head to smile. Ty blushed when he realised what was going on. He curtseyed, as best he could, and smiled politely back at Sky. Sky held out his hand and Ty took it. Sky looked up and kissed Ty's hand before moving his other hand to hold Ty's waist, blushing madly at the position of his hand. Ty moved his other hand and placed it gently on Sky's shoulder. Songbird watched as the two began to waltz, slow, but precise and delicate. He remembered back to when he had taught Ty to waltz in the Aether.
"And if you have to play the female role, you put your hand on my shoulder. You got it?"
Ty straightened his back and put his hand on Songbird's shoulder.
"Yeah I think I've got it. How do you know how to waltz anyway?"
Songbird started to dance, humming the tune of the waltz with Ty following his steps.
"Well, I've ben watching the humans on Terra. They're quite fond of dancing at big parties. It's regal and I thought you might like to learn before you left."
Ty smiled as Songbird stopped dancing and let his hand wander from Songbird's shoulder to the back of Songbird's head.
"You're so considerate. Or you were just trying to get close to me."
Songbird laughed and looked at Ty.
"Well, a bit of both actually. Did you enjoy it?"
Ty thought for a while.
"Yes, it was pleasant…nice, to be dancing with you."
Songbird chuckled and stepped back from Ty.
"And now we do what we did at the start of the dance. Bow and walk away."
Songbird bowed as Ty curtseyed. They looked up at each other and smiled.
Sky looked at Ty as the waltz began to slow. They stared at each other until they came to a complete stop. Their eyes half-lidded and unfocused. They leaned forward slightly and their foreheads bumped each other. They blinked and smiled at each other. Their lips so close they could feel each others breath. Sky leaned in a little bit more and gently brought his hand up to tip Ty's head up a little. Sky gently pecked Ty's nose and stared at his lips. Songbird waited with baited breath, his prince was about to have his first kiss, well, at least his first kiss on Terra. They both moved to close the gap, but just as they were about to kiss a shadowy figure with glowing gold eyes darted out of the darkness and leapt toward an unsuspecting Ty.