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has to physically restrain himself from slinging her leg back over his thigh. it's a little ridiculous, how just her leg on his can have heat radiating through his entire body. " now. the birthday prince commands the unveiling. " he shifts in his seat to face her, bracelet clutched in his fist, still hidden from her view. " okay. one, two... " before three can be blurted out he's unveiling his creation, the text reading my lani on full view for her. he regrets it instantly. wants to go back and just put an l or something. afraid it'd be too much, that she'd start frowning instead of that pretty smile she gets when she likes something. he clears his throat. " i know, not my best work. "
could say fifty million remarks about the prince commanding anything statement, but she lets the birthday prince have his fun. maybe only because she remembers that cute little dance mere minutes ago. following him, she shifts so that they're both facing each other, bracelet hidden in her fist. knowing rhys for more than a decade meant she was well aware he never said the number three in a countdown. opens the palm of her hand to show off her own creation at the same time, the pairing of beads that held both his and her favorite color highlighted against a black elastic string and the text reading cucciolo with a heart emoticon at the beginning and end of the word. “ shut up, ” holds the bracelet up, unable to hold back the smile at his work. his first ever friendship bracelet. “ i love it, ” traces the text, the letters spelling out her name and a term of possession. she was sure it wasn't intended to hold a claim on her, but still. straightens, handing him his creation and stretching out her arm so that her hand dangles in his face. “ well? the prince isn't going to put it on his knight? ”
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shouldn't have even come here, he realizes too late. it's a couple spot, made obvious by the pairs making googly eyes at each other, if they could even see each other's eyes and didn't already have faces pressed already. god forbid a man want to look at some flowers. he finds a quiet spot soon enough, after much awkward shuffling, and is just about to take a large swig of his dark ‘n’ stormy when he runs into the last person he wants to see. of course, felix laurent is probably the only person who thinks that, considering how much everyone on this island seems to love jahlani swaby, but it's fine being the odd man out. he keeps his gaze on her as he tilts his drink back, practically daring her to leave. when she doesn't, he straightens his back instead, biting the inside of his cheek to keep from saying anything too nasty. he finally gets out, “ no date tonight? or did you block them already? ” okay, fine. so he was a little nasty. so be it.
perpetually single, but that's never once stopped her from strolling down the flower garden despite it's reputation of being a couple spot. there wasn't a single flower she could name, except maybe a rose, but there was still an admiration for the beauty of the arrangements. finger runs over the petals, letting it trail down further until a thorn is pricking skin. pivots, thumb at the center of her lips, catching the drop of blood, ready to move on until her gaze catches onto another. raises an eyebrow at the challenge in his eyes, letting her smirk show as she drops her hand from her mouth. nods, slowly, as if expecting those words from him. she doesn't move away. but she also doesn't move closer. “ you should be careful, ” gestures towards the drink in his hand, condescending when she reminds him, “ you know how you are when you're drunk, right? you remember? ” she did. he couldn't hide his true self from showing.
he lets out an exaggerated whine, clutching his shoulder when she flicks it. " on my birthday, too. that's another tick against you. one day i'm going to release the lani expose. " his expression is more than pleased at the confirmation, though, a little shake in his shoulders for a celebratory dance as he starts arranging the letter beads until he's got the bracelet done. he almost wants to try it on himself to test how sturdy it is but he's afraid it'll make hers instantly shatter. " but i'll believe you since you promised on the birthday spirits. are we doing a grand reveal ? "
ignores the show he puts on beside her completely, read something once about letting babies just throw their tantrums. does glance at his little dance though, a smile permanent on her face at the sight of it while she adds the finishing touches to the bracelet. “ you should believe me, ‘cause i’m not a liar, ” frowns at him, leg sliding off his thigh, readjusting herself in her seat. she shrugs, “ sure, if you want to. now? ” there were some bodies around them but for the most part it was private, glancing down at the bracelet she created and second guessing it as she does many things that are in connection with the male.
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he is about ninety percent sure he’s standing exactly where lani told him to stay … the other ten percent are between him and god. it started with leaving for two minutes because there was no line for a lemonade stand, but someone recognized him from yesterday and then he heard jade doing soundcheck so naturally, he had to investigate. there are priorities. except now he’s standing in the middle of solemare, phone pressed to his year and all he hears is basically, he’s getting his ass beaten up. “ no, you are confusing me, ” he argues. “ i said west because that’s where i walked … how am i supposed to know where festival west is ?! ” somehow this is her fault. “ the fuck you mean ‘i’m wearing clothes’ ? that’s not helping, eight thousand people on this beach wear clothes ! ” but yet, his eyes scan over hundreds of festival goers dressed in loud prints and sunglasses. overall, it takes like five minutes of weaving through people and walking in circles, maybe getting distracted by food stands too, until he finally spots her and when he does, his arms are folded across his chest, slowing just a few feet behind her. “ well, ” he waits til she turns around. “ this has been incredibly inconvenient for me, ” because of course, he’s the victim ! isn’t the rule #1 of solemare is to never leave your friends ?! “ ‘go west’, ‘turn by the drinks’, ” he air quotes, taking up possibly the worst feminine voice he could ever pull. “ you suck at directions. and this whole thing cost me at least two points, i was this close to accidentally running into alana ! i'm firing you as my wingwoman, ”
the problem with someone like ace was that it didn't matter how many times something was repeated to him, he didn't listen the first time and he wouldn't listen the next fifty times either. “ why the fuck would i be saying i'm wearing clothes, you fucking idiot? does that make sense to your stupid ass? ” hand against her temple, she feels the rise of her blood pressure and prays it goes down by the time she sees him or she won't be responsible for what happens to him. “ i said, i'm by the girls with the huge fake boobs! ” raises an eyebrow at the girls with said fake boobs who look back at her. “ what? they are fake, i can see the scar under your bra, ” turns her back on them because if they say something stupid too, they'll be the ones receiving the wrath ace deserves. she hadn't even said the boob job was bad! gives up on giving actual directions, scrolling through instagram to see what pictures rhys has been tagged today, when she feels the presence of annoyance. “ i do not sound like that! and you're not firing me as shit, ” grabs skin to twist in her hold, “ you're the reason you couldn't see alana! i literally said oh my god, alana! you wanted me to draw you a map to the treasure? men never want to put any work in! ” and because she's that worked up, she pinches him again. “ you're also the reason i have a fucking migraine right now! why can't you follow simple directions? and all this anger has me hungry now! ” they were attracting eyes, but they always did when they were together. that's what happens when two bad bitches are best friends.
" i mean... i guess not. " he's seen every iteration of her outfit through instagram coachella posts, but he wasn't going to tell her that, obviously. he's a man wearing a fake diesel belt he bought off aliexpress, what the fuck does he know about fashion! he raises a brow. " ace? rebellious? he acts more straight edge than me! being promiscuous doesn't equate to being rebellious. " they're supposed to be allies! why is this being flipped back to him! " why the fuck are you singling me out? did you dress kwame? or romeo? yeah, that's what i thought. "
doesn't like the hesitance in his response but lets it go out of the kindness of her heart because she knows he's been going through a lot lately. eyebrow raises to match him. straight edge? the man who constantly called himself a diva and dramatically announced that he was hated every two hours? she now understands when people say everyone gets a different version of someone. “ no, he acts like a big smart ass child in an adults body. you need to stop worrying ‘bout his shit, ” waves off any concern he seems to have that is wrongly placed. gasps, “ why the fuck are you cursing at me?! ” this was the problem. people got jobs and suddenly had attitude problems. “ i don't need to dress kwame! and romeo wouldn't even let god himself dress him, don't insult me! i'm sorry i had faith in you to come to me for a fun dress up time! ”
she listens to her talking, and although she's trying to keep up, she can't. the other is running at a pace elodie doesn't even know existed, and she doesn't know yet if she finds it incredibly charming or annoying. she blinks a few times as she looks at the other, trying to take it in. " i am not quite sure it's a good idea, darling. " the brit finally says, trying not to come off judgy. " i know what a capella is. " she says firmly with arms crossed over her chest, as she makes a point. she was kept from things that were considered fun, but she wasn't uncultured. " i just never watched glee, so i have no clue what a glee version is. " tone is cold, as she is slightly offended by the other's assumptions.
clearly the belief that the idea wasn't actually a smart one didn't deter her from sending it out, and she doesn't think much of the comment since most people didn't believe any of her ideas were good, until the stranger is crossing her arms at her. uh oh, she knows that look well. she's probably offended her. “ ah, ” the right course of action would be to apologize, but, truthfully, there will probably be more instances in this same conversation where she'll offend her again. “ well, the glee version just means the way they sang it in the show. a lot of the glee versions of songs are popular, ‘cause the show had some great ass singers. some annoying ass teachers though. ” offers up the plate she’s munching from, “ want some? ” that's the closest the girl will get to a my bad from her.
she should go with what lani was offering. she shouldn't offer her crazy idea, but what's there to lose anyway ? it's been a while since ivy felt the urge to do something reckless and possibly stupid, so she was going to use it to the best of her abilities. " okay good. " she nods as she inches closer to her friend. " i was thinking we get on stage during one of the sets in limone stage. " the cheeky grin forms on her lips as she hopes her friend will be just as willing to do that. as she is.
unfortunately for all of capri, jahlani had no qualms about partaking in anything that was offered to her. most days, the swaby sibling group chat affectionately texted to not do anything jahlani would do. “ oh that's easy money! who'd you want to get on stage with? alfa, ariete, fulminacci, emma, or damiano david? ” starts listing off the artists that would be performing at the limone stage today, memorized after hours of creating a perfect timeline for every set she wanted to see. “ i think tomasso, the security guard i made friends with yesterday, will be at fulminacci's set. should i text him and find out? ”
the blank look he gives when she asks if he's ever made a friendship bracelet answers the question wordlessly. he reaches for the blue string and then a box of beads, starting to pick out a color scheme slowly. not before he places the box between her and his bracelets, covering his own so she can't peek before he's done. " ooookay .. i've got this. i'm the man. " said as he's attempting to thread a bead through the tiny string, missing the hole three times before he gets it... and then the bead falls out of the other end. " wait, shit, i have to tie it up... " he's muttering to himself at this point. deft fingers work the string best as he can until he gets a knot at the end and starts over with the beads. " i can spell out anything ? and you won't beat me up ? " pauses from the bracelet to turn towards her, hand lowering to squeeze her thigh under the table. " promise it right now. "
something to be said about the fact both can start on their bracelets, no need to measure each others wrist or question each other about favorite color schemes, enough faith in the knowledge they have of the other to get it done. lets out a scoff at the box he puts between them, turning just slightly that the length of her hair covers her side from him. it also hides the endearment on her expression as she listens to him mutter to himself. works on her own bracelet in complete silence, the only movement from her is the slight jitter of the leg planted on the ground and her hands threading beads through string. nods at his question without looking his way, thinking that would be the end of it, until his touch is firm against her thigh. “ i don't always beat you up, ” grumbled, and proven wrong by a flick against his shoulder, “ but, yeah, you can spell out anything and i won't beat you up. i pinky promise it on the birthday spirits! ”
" excuse you, it absolutely counts. i'm the royal of candy land. what word is in royalty ? ROYAL. " he considers grabbing her by the shoulders and shaking her a little to see if that'll reset her into the brief 'agrees with what he says' lani that shows up for five seconds on each of his birthdays. lets out an offended gasp just as they reach the tent. " are you trying to offend me today ? i'll have you know i'm one of the top feminists on this island. 'you men' is just cruel and unusual. " though he's not sure the workers around them will believe that, given his discourse about butts and photoshoots. he shoots the worker a look when the man stares too long at lani, inching closer to her, gets rewarded with her tugging on his sash like a leash. has to glare again when a worker distracts them in the middle of the pose practice. can these people not see he's having the time of his life ? " you know, for the picture, i'm gonna need a more demanding tongue - on - cheek. really go for it. i want to feel the imprint of your tongue follicles on my cheek. " calls out with that last one to make sure he's heard. " wait, how do these work ? are we picking the charms or are they pre made ? can you pre-make a friendship bracelet ? "
can't stop the round of laughter that comes from the amount of looks he receives behind her, can see the trail people make from the tiara on his head to the words tongue follicles coming out of his mouth. wishes there was some part of her that wasn't charmed by the ridiculousness of that sentence from him, only hates herself a little for the fact that there isn't. softly thanks the worker for pulling out her chair, rolling her eyes when she catches the end of the look rhys spits his way. “ have you never made a friendship bracelet before? ” all the materials are on the table, adjusted for only two. she points towards the options of elastic string, “ first, you pick out whatever color you want for the string, ” face scrunching in concentration as she battles between two different colors. “ after that, there's boxes of beads. some people do simple colors, others do colors and letters to spell something out. then, at the end, there's the boxes of charms if you wanna add one. ” hand gestures around the three clear boxes that were neat and orderly. “ ours don't have to be the same, but we're making them for each other! so make mine cute, or else, ” decision set on the black string, she plucks it from the table, glancing up at him with half a smile as she lets one leg land over his under the table.
she pulls a little claw clip from her bag, putting her hair in the clip as she takes off the suit, bare skin touched by the warm sun of capri. a feeling that just can't compare. " i think you're thinking too small, babe. " ivy admits, the devilish grin only grows bigger and bigger. " i mean, my boobs would like incredible as a sculpture, but i want something more chaotic. " the tattoo artist admits as she looks at her best friend. she listens to all of her ideas and really takes them all in. but none of them quite hit. " i have an idea, but we have to be extremely charming to get out of it without any issue. " a phrase that nothing good can come out of.
seems that, for once, the two girls aren't on the same wave length. one eyebrow raises at the spirit in her voice, hands mimicking the others actions at ridding herself of the suit, nods so that she knows she's keeping up. “ i'm not worried about being extremely charming, ” as if a dare was drawn out, “ i could charm anyone with my eyes closed. ” not exactly a lie considering she'd done so various times in spain and france, the same energy even countries away from home. had planned to be on her best behavior today, though she could be easily persuaded to the other side. “ c'mon, out with it, i'm really bad with delayed gratification! ”
she's got a smile on her face that means she's thinking about something she shouldn't be. eyes narrow as he preps himself to question her, sure that she's daydreaming about some embarrassing moment where he almost chipped a tooth when she speaks again. " i guess that's true. birthday privileges in all areas. " the look on her face makes him think he's right on the money. perks up like that zootopia sloth, ready to gloat about finally guessing the birthday theme only to immediately deflate when she says it's candy land. " y'know what ? close enough. that definitely counts as my first on - theme win, and before thirty too. " not that he'd ever minded not being able to guess. every theme of hers was a show of effort that she'd chosen to place on him, no matter how ridiculous. " nope. i wouldn't even have said happy birthday to you if you hadn't brought the sash. " a tease to distract from the fact that he's always wanted to go all out for her birthday, to shower her in presents and over a dozen candles and everything else, if only she'd let him. maybe she knew: he'd tried to sing happy birthday last year but had only gotten as far as breathing in and a 'h' before she'd smacked a hand on his windpipe. " oh, so now you care about limits ? " he clicks his tongue. " okay, envision this. first pic, just us next to each other. second pic, you lick my face. third pic, booty grab. me to you because i'm afraid if i show my butt off to the camera it might overheat. fourth pic, a romantic embrace between the king and his knight. "
unable to give him an inch, she shakes her head, “ no, the hell it doesn't, royalty is no - where near candy land. doesn't count. you're still on a losing streak. ” was almost willing to give it to him on a technicality but the tone in his voice seemed too happy about it. warmth of the sun disappears as she tows him underneath the pop up tent. “ that's the problem with you men! always take, take, without wanting to give, ” smiles at the stranger who turns at the sound of their conversation. tent was a generous description of the place that held various activities in air conditioned walls, people already surrounding tables as they wait for the sets later in the day. not a lie spoken and still she responds with, “ i always care about limits, ” proves her point by using the back of her hand with the pinky that still held tight to his to land a hit on his pelvis. doesn't blink as he details the poses they'll be doing later, not even when he doesn't stop in the presence of the worker and instead shares the last two poses with them. “ table for two for the friendship bracelets, please, ” lips pull upward in a friendly smile, transforming into a smirk when they walk away and she turns to the blonde. “ seems like you put a lot of thought into those poses, ” leans against the sign - in podium, yanking him forward by his sash. “ let's practice one of them now, ” brings his face down and toward her, sticking her tongue out and lightly hitting his cheekbone. clearing of a throat has her righting herself, pushing him back, so they can follow her to the set - up. “ we can go do your poses after our friendship bracelets, m'kay? ”
familiar hands run over his chest and he contemplates asking to leave for two hours. keeps himself from it lest he get a smack in the back of his head instead of a makeout session, instead trailing blues down to the sash, running a thumb over the little shark. " don't know why it wouldn't be more popular. people just don't have pizzazz anymore. everyone wants capybaras instead of sharks. capybaras aren't even that cute... " cuts the rant off there before he drones on and on, words she's already heard a thousand times. goes easily as lani leads him away. he's sure that, with the way he trusts her without question, if this were a fairytale he'd be her witch spell victim in seconds. " ideally the roles end with us getting the same thing. just depends which one of us ends up on their knees. " his toothy grin grows even wider. that last birthday had been very fun, even if it'd ended with his mother begging him to cut lani off and him having to pay property damages because he wouldn't let her do it. " is this year's theme royalty or is that a surprise, too ? between this and the sash i'm realizing i have to go all the way out for your birthday. you think they'll let us go to the moon and back like katy perry did that one time ? " or did he imagine that ? she at least had that extraterrestrial song. maybe he'd play that for her while they rose up towards the moon. " special birthday photobooth today. are you prepared ? are you ready ? i have an intensive list of poses and we're doing each one. "
words go through one ear and immediately out the other, same tangent she hears anytime they're somewhere that doesn't prioritize sharks. a tirade that went on for ten minutes at his jaws themed party before she put a stop to it. not that it wasn't a good speech, but everyone present had already heard it fifty million times, and there was a time limit on the mechanical shark she had ordered. smile that she attempts to keep to herself at the memory and his response. “ well, since it is your birthday, i don't have any issues getting on mine. ” eyebrows furrow at the guess. maybe she should've been more discreet with the birthday attire. he usually always gets the theme wrong, even when it's spelled out in front of him. “ something like that, ” it wasn't right on the money, but close enough that she's a little shocked, “ this year the theme is candy land, orange edition, with you as the land's prince. obviously. ” those closest to her have always joked she should've been an event planner with the way she comes up with shit, even when she explains that the ideas come to her at the most random times. this idea had come to her mid yell at her brother about ridiculous his outfit looked and that he was going to leave the house embarrassing the family name. “ so you wouldn't wanna go all out for my birthday if i hadn't done this? ” eyebrow raises at him, though the answer wouldn't make much of a difference. weaves them through the crowd that grows by the second, ignoring anyone who sends him wishes a little too eagerly. “ doesn't matter, we're doing the same thing we do every year on my birthday. ” never one to celebrate her birthday, not the way she celebrated everyone else, and with a birth too close to the holiday of christmas, all she ever allowed as a celebration was a feast cooked by her grandfather and all types of games and karaoke. she didn't even let people wish her a happy birthday more than once. and no presents. “ intensive, huh? you do remember that the booth only lets us take four pictures, right? let me hear these poses. ”
she watches the other working on something, quite an interesting choice. she didn't really think this was an area or time to work at, but perhaps it was because she could only work in the studio. " did not mean to be a bother. " elodie offers a genuine, apologetic smile. " oh that's wonderful. " she says, a slight excitement in her tone, not too much, though. still as mannered as she was when she lived in london. " a what version ? " a rather confused look on her features. she heard of glee, but back in the whitmore household, anything that wasn't considered educational was prohibited. depressing, it was. but only made things more interesting for her now.
sends off the finished poster to the freshly new contact in her phone before leaving it on the table. “ hey, you're not bothering me! i was just making a poster for this artist who is going to perform here later! told him if he heads to the pop up experiences they could probably print it for him, ” unless they wanted to be nasty. “ i should give him a plan b! maybe if he holds up his phone in the photobooth, with the poster on his screen, a few hundred times, he can pass them around the festival! that's a good idea, let me text him the suggestion! ” fingers snatch up the phone and before the other can blink, she's sent the message and locked up her phone again. “ a capella, ” answered between a bite of taralli, “ it's like karaoke without the music! ” she'd never met someone who didn't know of a capella. maybe she was from somewhere that didn't believe in the concept. she definitely wasn't a local. “ and i know it was the glee version because he tried to make his voice sound exactly like will. which was a mistake. will is not italian. ”
he doesn't have the slightest clue what lani is listening to. this slight disadvantage doesn't stop him from rolling his body against her own to some silent beat. " i like this entrance. think you should've let another song play, you know, for it being my birthday and all. " said shamelessly, hands still on her hips from the uncoordinated dance until she tries to raise a middle finger at the guard. flashbacks to the last time they got banned somewhere because she'd started trying to pummel security, he takes her hand in his, though the touch lasts a few fleeting seconds before she turns to face him. " holy shit. you're insane. is that a shark with confetti ? " the sash gets grabbed first, him sliding it and adjusting until the text is in perfect view, criss - crossed over the front of his body. the tiara remains untouched as he lowers himself a little, waiting for her to crown him. he looks up at her, eyes gleaming, expression unusually soft. " so what're you supposed to be, then ? my knight in shining armor or my birthday princess ? " sparkly tiara safely settled on blonde locks, he rises to his full height again, reaching once more for her hand. pinky locks around her own. was this a corny move ? he'd have to discuss with niya after. " do i need to have the fire department on speed dial again ? your last gift was real explosive. "
hands have no reason to trail over body, ghosting after his own to readjust the sash that sat on shoulders perfectly, chasing the same heat that came from his body behind hers during their little shuffle. “ sure is! i had to commission that shit off etsy! apparently shark with confetti stickers for birthdays isn't a popular request? ” pride lights her eyes at the elation on his face as he looks down at the sash. birthday attire was mandatory, a little tradition they'd started from the first solemare they attended on his birthday. this year she wanted to keep it cute, especially after last years attention. she didn't realize making rhys walk around in a shirt that showed off a print out of his bare chest with birthday boy painted on it would garner all those eyes. and pictures. and bodies near him. “ depends, ” uses their linked pinkies to lead them away from the front entrance, keeping that tether between them, “ what do i get in each role? ” glares at him from the corner of her eye. “ hey! that was not my fault! ” it was entirely her fault. “ how was i supposed to know the sparklers i put inside the human size volcano for your humuhumunukunukuapua themed party was going to get set off by the sparklers i put on your birthday cake? ” the fire department had multiple words for her that night. none that mentioned what a creative, thoughtful, visionary person she was. which she was! every year she came up with a new theme for his not - so - surprise parties and gifts! the met gala couldn't even come up with themes as good as hers. “ let's just try to remember no birthday photos near possible explosives this year! ”
she didn't get to surf much ever, because tattooing became her number one priority, causing her to put a lot of things aside. so ivy took solemare as an excuse to do all of the things she hasn't done in a long time. feeling refreshed after the lesson and after the water touched her hair and face, ivy was rather prepared to take on anything today. " i don't know girl, but i need to do something. " she says with a slight craving in her tone. " i am so energized and hyped, i need chaos to feel fulfilled. " a devilish grin forms on her face.
laugh crashes against the shore with the waves, hands gently squeezing the saltwater out her hair. restlessness in her friend doesn't amaze her, she had sort of expected that would be the case this weekend. after all, ivy was busy these days being responsible and the island's best tattoo artist to even go out at night with jahlani. “ you think if we go over to the pottery painting they'll let us paint molds of our boobs or somethin'? ” already thinking up the response she'd give back to any rebuttal. they don't even have to get topless, they can do it over their tops! the beads would cause a little pattern on her mold but that was fine, she'd just call them her mystique boobs. “ oh! should we do a two on two beach volleyball match? ” there was a current match going on some feet away from them but with what she could see, it'd end shortly. “ or we could hit up the wish wall and ask everyone what their wishes are! even make some come true! ”
"Trust me, I'd have felt the same," she laughs lightly, imagining the sad scenario where she tries to get through this set on her own, with not nearly enough courage to dance along, and without the memories she's sure to be making with Lani tonight. God, it's been ages since she let loose with friends, not since before she'd lost her mother, and Shae feels herself missing the spontaneity of her more adventurous socialite days, grateful to have found it tonight. "I'm guessing you're gonna say it doesn't count if it's just with the bartender," she answers with a sheepish smile, but she'd stick by the fact that Luca at Sabbia makes for great company; granted, it's his job, but that doesn't endear him to her any less. She listens intently to Jahlani's instructions, trying to commit each word and rule to memory on the spot, sure that she'll somehow be quizzed on it later. "Clink, eye contact, full glass— got it," she nods, hoping that the recitation will help it stick. The last thing she needs is to be cursed by a local. "Salut!" Knocking her little cup with Lani's, she keeps her green-eyed gaze on her friend's deep brown eyes as she downs the sour shot in one go, maintaining the eye contact and feeling for one fleeting moment like there really is no other point in the whole wide world but having fun with your friends. Lips pucker as her brow crinkles shortly after, checking to see if Lani is at all as affected, but she's sure she's dealing with a seasoned professional here. "Jesus, that's stronger than they make at Lido."
now on solid ground, body begins to move rhythmically without instruction from the brain. nothing that exerts all her energy, after all she's been saving it for this set all day. “ depends on the bartender, ” though she can't recall a single one on the island that knows how to have a good time. ale doesn't even smile! the people have lost the value of customer service so she knows there's none that would've taught shae the tradition. no skin off her back, it was an honor to introduce it to her friend. “ salute! ” visual contact not leaving the others until she catches her reaction to the shot, neck thrown back in laughter. that alone told jahlani that her friend had never experienced eleven shots, one after another, until mastery of no reaction was held. it was a great bonding experience with her brother, maybe she could convince him to do it with her friend as well. “ oh, yeah, ” the only way to get a non - heavy pour at solemare was to beg for it. even then, the bartenders wouldn't honor the wish. “ 'm pretty sure they get like the cheapest alcohol on the entire island, that's why the after taste resembles battery acid. tourists usually just think it's some fun little sour ending to the drink! ” maybe because that's the story she tells them every year. grabs hold of the brunette's hand, encouraging her to dance alongside her with a tug, raising their hands in the air to the background music. “ which other sets have you been to today? oh, have you visited the film booth? we need to do a strip together! ” thinks back to the strict set schedule she'd made for herself and shakes her head. it's fine, if they don't get to the film booth today, she'll make sure they do it tomorrow.