high_seas | Supply Stop at Serenes

Not being much of an animal person, Aya stayed back while Selphie approached the foxes. He was just fine with where he was, smiling at her interacting with them.

"Have you met them before?"

Selphie turned back again and waved Aya over with one hand, her other one being licked by a fox, causing her to giggle. "Nopes!" She laughed some more and nodded towards the foxes, "You don't wanna come say hi?"

"Not really." Aya noticed a movement from the corner of his eyes and spots an owl on a tree branch. It was staring back at him, reminding him of Ace.

As long as it didn't come down, Aya is fine with it.

Selphie shook her head slightly at Aya's answer, then scooped up one of the tiny fox cubs in her hands. She made kissy noises at it, deciding not to actually kiss it in case Aya decides that he doesn't want to kiss her after she's kissed a fox. Then she pet each of the animals in turn before standing back up and walking over to Aya.

"Aww, look at the funky owl! He's staring at you."

Aya chuckled at her antics before she came over. "They might miss you." She would have been right if she started kissing some fox she just met. He took her hand and lead them away from the owl, keeping an eye on it.

"I noticed. Let's just keep walking."

"You think so? I think I'll miss them too." She laughed as he moved them away from the owl, and she turned her head to look back at it. "I think the owl will miss you too. It's still staring. It must really like you." She nudged herself into him gently as they continued to walk along.

Nope, not even going to bother with looking back. Aya kept his eyes forward as they walked. "It'll live, I'm sure."

Selphie looked at Aya with an amused smile, then focused on the beautiful surroundings of the forest, "You don't really like animals too much, huh?"

He gave a light shrug with one shoulder. "I don't mind them, but I'm not really all that interested in them."

"What are you interested in?" Still holding his hand, Selphie glanced up at him before resting her head on the shoulder he had just shrugged. It's peaceful in the forest, after all. Her question wasn't rude, just genuine interest. She knew some things about Aya, but there were still things she didn't know.

It was a good question, one which took him a moment to answer. He looked to her as she leaned against him.

"For a long time, it was vengeance. But now...I'm not sure." The environment around them was calming, even with remembering all that he had gone through until this point. "It's been a while since I had this much time for myself to even think about something like that."

"Vengeance..." It sounded strange to repeat the word when they were surrounded by the softly glowing forest, feeling so at peace. "There's plenty space round here to think. Or to talk about it, if that'll help."

"Are you going to help me find a hobby?" Aya gave her a gentle smile. He wasn't really in the mood to talk about his past, but maybe finding something to do in his new free time will work.

"A hobby? Hmm... Well, let's see. You don't like animals, so a pet isn't a good idea. You could take up baking, or making cocktails. Those are really useful hobbies too. Or... what about a musical instrument? You could start a band! I bet you'd look real good with a guitar. I'd be your biggest fan!" Sorry, Aya, but asking Selphie help for ideas is always going to have her imagination running away somewhat.

"Uh...maybe we shouldn't talk about hobbies, since I'm not going to be doing any of those things." He did appreciate her...interesting ideas. "I'd rather do something more...quiet."

He spotted a small group of flowers and slowed his pace. "Maybe I could go back to flower arrangement."

"Oh..." Personally, she thought her ideas had been pretty good. She looked over to the group of flowers that Aya had seen - they were quite beautiful in the glow of the forest. She smiled and nodded, pleased to hear that there was something that he'd thought of, "That's a good idea."

The flower was a a blue hue, which was enhanced by the glow of the forest. He walked to it and bends down once he was near enough. It may be poisonous, so he doesn't touch it at first.

"Or study plants more. Most of the ones I know are only a drop in the bucket."

Selphie stood and watched him as he kneeled by the flowers, looking at him and hearing how he spoke about flowers. It was nice to hear him talking about something he liked, and it still amused her that he was interested in flowers and plants. So she just stood there, smiling fondly at him, "You could study on the ship, then check out the plants when we get to a new island."

When he noticed that Selphie wasn't next to him, Aya turned and gave her a sheepish smile at first before standing. "Good idea. Maybe I'll start with this one. If we can find more, I can take it on board and study it."

And since Naesala knew about this place, he might know more about the plants.

As soon as Aya stood, Selphie was there right in front of him. She reached her arms around hin in a hug, then leaned up to kiss him lightly a couple of times on the lips, "That's a great idea! We just need to find more flowers!"

Aya wrapped his arms about her waist, enjoying the kiss and affection.

"Maybe I've found one already." He smiled and leaned down for a more lingering kiss.

Selphie giggled at his comment, and at just how generally adorable he could be. She seemed pleased, too, that her affection isn't disliked or ignored. "If you've found yourself a Selphie flower, I should hope that it's your favourite!"

She closed her eyes at the kiss, her hands holding onto his back as she returned the gesture tenderly.

The kiss became what he had hoped: not full of awkward teeth clashing, and very much reciprocated warmly. Eventually, he did pull away, but kept close, chuckling.

"It is. Not just because it's nice to look at."

That's a good thing! Selphie was certainly getting more used to the fact that Aya wasn't going to push her away from a kiss. In fact, he seemed to actually enjoy them.

"Not just because, hmm? Well, at least being nice to look at is one reason! Just so long as you don't go around kissing all of the flowers that you like..."

Aya laughed softly and glanced back to the flower he found earlier briefly. "I can guarantee that I won't." He gave her forehead a light kiss. "Want to keep walking?"

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YOU SAW NOTHING

You can't prove that!

It was just Aya's mind - wishing he was with Faye instead! :o

Yes, because he needs more questionable women in his life... :|

Aya, you stud!!

He's an unwilling participant, not a stud!!

Suuuuure.

-_-;;

Hush, now, Aya. The ladies will look after you.

He only really needs just one of them, not all.

That's very thoughtful of him!

He...has his moments?? :|

/pets him

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