forum "Happy Hallowee- why is there a bow on your forehead?" "I'm going as God's gift to humankind." // One-on-One // Closed, unless I let you join // Stalkers, come hither //

Started October 19, 2020 by @murphysgirl

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Ayala, who had lost spectacularly, smiled and led the way to the buffet table.

Apollo kept his hands in his pocket, looking up at her. "Mm, I'm starting to get hungry. What should I get?"

"Whatever you want, silly." She nudged his shoulder and began filling up her plate again with chicken salad sandwiches and cantaloupe cubes. "I know Mira's chili is very good" - she nodded at a CrockPot further down the table - "but it's really spicy."

"I know I'm allowed to get anything, but I wanted your suggestion." Apollo laughed, grabbing a plate. When pointed to the chili, he nodded and went to get a bowl. "Alright, sounds like a plan."

"I'm warning you, it'll burn your face off," Ayala cautioned. "I think only Mira and Forrest can stand it. I took one spoonful and it nearly melted my eyeballs."

"You must not know my tolerance to heat, then." Apollo laughed, grabbing a fork. Pouring himself a drink, he glanced over to her. "Where are we headed?"

Ayala shrugged. "Dunno. The living room? Where do you want to go? I could go chase Forrest again."

"Nah, leave the poor girl alone." Apollo laughed, starting towards the living room. "Living room sounds fine to me. We can hang out in there."

"All right."

As the two of them made their way into the living room, Apollo laughed as he saw a movie on the tv. "Gosh, I haven't watched this in forever." He hummed, smiling as The Nightmare Before Christmas played. "Yet I practically have it memorized."

"This is the Tim Burton one, right?" Ayala asked, peering curiously at the TV.

"Yup. A beloved Halloween movie." Apollo hummed, starting to eat slowly. He hummed quietly, eyes glued to the tv.

"I've never seen it. Is it good?"

"It's a bit long, and slow moving," Apollo mentioned, breaking to take a drink of his water. "But enjoyable none the less. The music is good, and characters are likable. That's really all that matters, right?"

"I guess so." She shrugged.

As the movie played, Apollo seemed to have gotten sucked in. Yet not too long after finishing his food, he glanced over to Ayala. "Mm… you don't have to sit with me. You can make me do something you wanna do instead of watching this."

Ayala laughed. She, too, had gotten sucked in by the movie. "Nah, we'll finish it."

"M'kay, maybe after we can find something else to do?" Apollo asked, starting to get sucked back in.

"Yeah."

The two just sat there for a while, until the movie came to an end. When it was over, Apollo stood and stretched with a slight yawn. "Mmm… what now? We can so whatever you wanna do."

"I dunno, you choose." Ayala was feeling sleepy.

"But I'm bad at choosing. C'mon, I've picked a lot tonight. It's your turn." Apollo insisted, throwing his trash away as he looked over to her. "No buts."

Ayala raised her eyebrows. "Um, okay then. Well, I think Mira might have set up some, you know, Halloween kiddie games or something like that."

"Then lead the way. We can play whatever you want to." Apollo grinned, offering a hand to her from where she sat.

Ayala took his hand and got up.

The two of them walked towards the direction of the games, smiling softly. "What do you wanna play first?"

"Well, let's see what there is first, you big hurrier." Ayala grinned and nudged him playfully.

Apollo huffed, scrunching his nose up at the nudging. "Fine, fine… but don't dawdle." He mumbled, following her as they looked around.

Ayala laughed. "Here, there's cookie decorating. You wanna do that?"

Apollo smiled, nodding a little. "Sure! I'm not the best, but that's fine." He shrugged, leading her over to the table.