"can you just... stay a little longer?" :(
IN A LATE NIGHT HUMIDITY THAT SOFIA IS MORE THAN USED TO CHATTER REIGNS — or did, at the very least. the humidity in singapore was heavier than this, a mild night to her, and the late hour, well — she's never slept well or long anyhow. the chatter, though, of which she can't recall most details through light-headedness and pattering heart? that's different. not so used to having company. period, she guesses, but bitter memory doesn't make an impact when becca, to her, is sweeter than cendol. she'd stay all-night, listening, dancing ( just for a minute though, just the one, where she's good enough to be her partner ), anything — but it's only her that doesn't really need sleep, and so focused in as she's been — hard not to be drawn in, strands of blonde that've knocked loose, fingers of each hand held tight to one another in efforts to not overstep — she's caught a yawn or two.
so it's not for her, certainly not when following actions are against the want to stop sinking heart. which is silly, probably, because they'll see each other in the morning, but that's the morning, and until then … well. something more familiar in nights like this one: the quiet, time that just drags on and on and on; sofia's learned that minutes only go on long when you don't need them to. they're out of them now, she thinks, and so when sofia pushes herself up from the dirt floor, knocking off stray straw it's with a smile for the other, farewells on the tip of her tongue to follow — would've followed. one-hundred percent, absolutely would've. if it weren't for becca asking her to stay. how can she say no?
any intent to leave dies out like it was never even there, readily given up with a maybe too eager nod, an answer given without hesitation, ❝ i can sstay. ❞ sofia returns to her spot on the ground so quickly as she'd stood from it, resuming her previous position of knees to her chest and arms folded around them. this time, however, heart beating hard with something like courage, she does push a boundary — a little scoot closer to becca, arm a barely there brush against the other. the offer, too, is ambitious, but she wants her to stay, right? she thinks so. she said so. sofia wants to, if nothing else just to make sure she's okay. so maybe, then …? maybe. she tries, quieter now than any time previously this night, ❝ um. u-until you fall asssleep. i don't miind. ❞
@embersteed , where it hurts.













