Because as they set off in search of more flower petals once more, the sun finally fully setting on the horizon to make way for the night sky, a few cherubic troublemakers are keeping a close watch on the two...
Ayaka can very much feel the way Thoma trembles against her all the more, and a quick sidelong glance to peer at his expression tells her that he's doing his best to conceal his worry. She's never known him to be such an anxious man, and he's been acting strangely ever since it started getting dark, but silently she promises to lend him her strength as they continue on.
There's no sound, when it happens. Nothing to suggest that an arrow has soared through the air and struck Ayaka in her chest. And yet she feels the sensation all the same as she suddenly stops in her tracks, dropping their basket of petals to the ground as her hand comes up to clutch at her chest. She feels as if the wind's just been knocked out of her. ]
—!
[ But soon the discomfort passes, only to be replaced by... a very loud, strong hiccup. ]
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Because as they set off in search of more flower petals once more, the sun finally fully setting on the horizon to make way for the night sky, a few cherubic troublemakers are keeping a close watch on the two...
Ayaka can very much feel the way Thoma trembles against her all the more, and a quick sidelong glance to peer at his expression tells her that he's doing his best to conceal his worry. She's never known him to be such an anxious man, and he's been acting strangely ever since it started getting dark, but silently she promises to lend him her strength as they continue on.
There's no sound, when it happens. Nothing to suggest that an arrow has soared through the air and struck Ayaka in her chest. And yet she feels the sensation all the same as she suddenly stops in her tracks, dropping their basket of petals to the ground as her hand comes up to clutch at her chest. She feels as if the wind's just been knocked out of her. ]
—!
[ But soon the discomfort passes, only to be replaced by... a very loud, strong hiccup. ]
Hic! ...Oh, dear.