“Watch it, Vito. Just because I’m driving doesn’t mean I can’t reach over and smack that little grin off your face.” Not that she’d ACTUALLY do that. More like she’d stop the car, find a way to fluster them, and then proceed to tease the shit out of them because it wasn’t fair she was the only one suffering here. “Hehe. I love youse…” Stomach flutters when she turns to look at them, steely gaze settling on her own oaken one as they came to a stop at a light. “I like that… Cheesy as it is it’s like love ties us together. We’re two very different people from different world’s and culture’s, but at the end of the day that simple phrase is what brings us together like this.”
The old her would have gagged at such a line, but then again the old her hadn’t enamored with the being currently sitting beside her. “Hah, it’s almost funny to think back on how we used to be. Remember that one time we ran into each other in the forest while youse were looking for- I don’t even remember what it was- and I ended up getting roped into helping youse? God, youse got under my skin so badly that day.”
She squeezes their hand some as she chuckles, reluctantly turning her eyes away from them as a green flash caught her attention signaling her to put her foot on the gas. “Or that time I was dumb and listened to youse about that house and that it wasn’t really haunted. I froze up in that basement! That was absolutely horrifying. I couldn’t sleep for weeks after that and even now when I’m alone I sometimes remember it and panic.”
“ YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO help me, but you definitely made the entire trip far more fun than it would have been. ” although, it was probably infinitely more fun for iovita than it was for her, considering that they really had spent the entire time getting under her skin. “ I was looking for snakeroot. I still have the seedling I found when we were out there, albeit much more grown, now. ” they also distinctly remember throwing a stick, too, just to be an asshole; no regrets on their part either, and, to be perfectly honest, they’d probably do the same thing again.
they do wince at the haunted house mention. “ I’m sorry that is stuck with you so much. I honestly didn’t really think it was haunted. I didn’t feel anything up until we got close to the basement. it gave me a bit of a fright, too, if I’m being honest. ” especially considering the thing had been powerful. they turn their own attention back to the road briefly, watching the passing scenery but not absorbing it, and then back at her. “ I’ll keep the ghosts away from you, catella. just say the word and I’ll see them out. ”
“ I’m... ” they start to say, then trail off, free hand playing with a pottery shard at their neck. “ I’m very glad you gave me a second chance. if I had the chance to go back I wouldn’t have it any other way. well --- ” a strained chuckle “ --- maybe I’d change some things. ” be a little smarter, maybe. “ I love you, and I trust you. I would never change the fact that I met you. ”
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