forum "As long as I don't fall in Love..." // OxO // Romance // OPEN

Started July 31, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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"…Didn't he say something about me breaking you?" She leaned down, coming face to face with him.

He looked at her impassively. "Maybe." He replied.

"He did." She squinted her eyes at him. "…Is he why you act so careful all the time?" Astra would always jump to conclusions. Most of the time, they were at least half correct.

He looked away. "Maybe."

She rolled her eyes. "Hiding secrets from me doesn't exactly bode well for our friendship." She returned to her original stance and walked to the bathroom, not caring what he did while she was in there.

He shrugged. "Okay." He replied simply, stretching.

Astra had taken a quick shower and gotten ready for the day, and she walked out to see if Winter had stayed or left.

Winter was on the couch, on his phone.

She was tempted to peek around his shoulder. Very tempted. But she decided that would be a bad idea. "Did- did you want to take a shower or something?"

Winter looked up, turning his phone off. "Hmm? Oh, no, I'm fine." He said with a small smile.

She clasped her hands together, not sure what to say. "Um," she felt awkward the more she thought about the situation. I can't believe my house is so messy. What possessed me to let him in?! "Sh-should we do something?"

He shrugged. "Sure." He replied, looking at her. "What do you want to do?"

God, I don't know! All I do is drink! She scratched her head with a mindless gaze, trying to think of something. "We could go to um…" she trailed off and sighed. "I don't know. An aquarium?" She suggested with no confidence behind it.

Winter shrugged. "Sure. Sounds interesting." He replied, standing.

She smiled. "Cool! Let me just-" she grabbed a sweater and started to walk out the door.

He put his shoes on, and followed her after a moment.

"Have you ever been to an aquarium before?" She asked, locking the door behind them.

He hesitated, then shrugged. "I don't know." he replied. "Maybe." Depends on your definition of "aquarium". he thought wryly.

"Right, you have amnesia." She shook her head, completely forgetting that. "Do you remember how you even got amnesia?"

He shook his head. "Nope." Amnesia is a good cover story. Let's keep it.

She shrugged. "Maybe I can help you get it back?" She asked hesitantly and looked at him. "Just an idea…"

He shook his head. "No, it's alright." He said.

Astra raised an eyebrow. "I mean… I guess it's your call." She shrugged and linked arms with him again.

He pulled his arm out of hers quickly.

"What are you doing?" She put her arm through his again and continued walking.