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Chapter Twelve: The Feeling of Love and Freedom

Moments after Rafi and Eva appeared and disturbed Blu and Jewel...they stood up, looking away from each other, pretending nothing happened, despite them still blushing. The two toucans just laughed, and Blu changed the subject. "Uh...hello again. Rafael, right?"

"Yeah, and I see you're having a good time." Rafael laughed, and Eva with him. Blu and Jewel felt mondo embarrassed, but then Jewel turned her back in annoyance, and placed her wing around Blu, gesturing him to just ignore them, and he did the same.

"Oh lighten up, amigos." Rafi said, and the two just walked away ignoring them. "Are they always like this?"

"They'll get over it. But in the meantime, what do you wanna do now?" Eva held his wings, and Rafael felt heat going up since his first crush was standing close to him. But Rafi had any idea. "How do you feel about tag again?"

"I love it, which means...tag your it!" Eva got him, and it was Rafael's turn to start catching her. So they played away while Blu and Jewel were finally at a spot where they could have some privacy. Then when they watched the toucans together, they just chuckled.

"What were they teasing us for?" Blu rhetorically asked. Jewel agreed since she knew what he was talking about, and sat down still watching them.

So for the rest of the day, the four birds eventually stopped teasing each other, and enjoyed their time playing, and soon Linda and Tulio came in to check on Blu and Jewel but noticed Rafael.

"Hey little buddy, what are you doing out? Come on." Tulio was about to gently pick him up since he still had his wound (which made others wonder why he could still fly), but Eva got in front of Rafael. Linda noticed and smiled, "Aw, I think we got another pair of lovebirds." Hearing that made Rafi and Eva know how Blu and Jewel felt when they were teased. To which they chuckled. Rafael and Eva both had feelings for each other, but they knew that even though the rules worked differently, they couldn't reveal it on the day they first met.

"Cute. Tulio, is there something wrong with letting him stay in here, just for the day?" Linda asked.

"Oh I don't know, my dad might not-" Tulio was unsure until Linda took his hand and begged, and from that Tulio seemed nervous, giving the four birds the chance to chuckle and see what was going on. "W-Well, maybe this once."

"Great, and…oh. Guys, I have some bad news. For you and the birds."

"What's wrong?"

"Today...is the last day of my field trip. So tonight I'm going back home to Minnesota."

"Oh."

Blu and Jewel were indeed shocked. Aside from Tulio and his dad, Linda was the nicest human the two have met, and were sad to hear that she was leaving. Blu walked up, and cuddled his head to Linda's knee (since she and Tulio always knelt when they interacted with the birds). She felt touched seeing that Blu was going to miss her, and soon Jewel did the same thing. "Aw, I'm gonna miss you guys too." She stroked their heads to their enjoyment. "And that's why I wanna make this day as fun as I can with you guys." They all agreed, and enjoyed their day together.

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