“You have a fiancée?” She gasped, why hadn’t Neo told her? Why was she only just finding out now? She’d missed so much. How did his parents react to that news? She couldn’t imagine at his young age they took it well. Besides wasn’t she supposed to be his wife? And then it dawned on her, a slow burst of understanding centred at her mouth which had formed an ‘O’, reaching her cheeks that turned a bright red and up to her eyes which were wide and shone with embarrassment. She giggled quietly and looked out the window to hide her face, “I didn’t think you’d remember that.” She explained quietly. It had always made her feel special when they were little but it had just been a game and most people’s memories of childhood faded after a while. 

When they pulled up outside a Mexican restaurant she took in the store front with a small smile, as Rayne grabbed her wrist she turned back to him. His touch was odd, they’d held hands so often but this was different. Her eyes followed his fingers as they went from circling her wrist to putting their hands against one another. She giggled softly, “Well I’d hope so, I think I’d look very strange with large man hands don’t you?” It was strange to see the difference, their hands had never been so vastly different in size, when they were kids they were very similar. When he dropped a kiss to her ring finger she felt her chest thud heavily in her chest. For a moment she was confused and overwhelmed, what was that feeling in her chest? Why was she scared to move or breathe? 

She broke from her mesmerisation when he opened the driver’s door, her eyes following him as he walked around the car and she shook her head so gather her thoughts. It was just nervousness right? She’d not seen him in a long while, that was why she was confused and worried about his reaction. When he opened the door to help her out she was ready, her bag back on her arm and a smile back on her face. “Are you sure?” She asked, though there was no hiding her excitement, she wasn’t sure that anyone would want to welcome her back so she hadn’t organised a party. A nice little private party with Rayne seemed much better though. Taking his hand she carefully slipped out of the car, making sure her bag didn’t bash into the door as she slipped away from it. “Alright...but can we get dessert too? I can pay for that if you want.”

As they stepped into the restaurant and made their way to the counter she was oblivious to anyone that may have looked their way. Too busy taking in the general appearance of the restaurant, hearing the music and chit chat of staff. She took a look at the menu as it was written near the door and looked up as a waitress approached, growing shy she dipped partly behind Rayne’s shoulder and looked back to the menu what would she order? Were they staying? She’d follow Rayne’s lead of course but it still meant she needed to choose something to eat, something that wouldn’t get her messy or be knocked out of her hand if they went back to school. 

When they were alone and had made their orders she sighed lightly, “School... it isn’t like I remember it.” She finally said, “People are... mean.” She picked at a napkin lightly, starting to fold it, her concentration fully on it. While waiting for their food she folded the napkin into a cherry blossom and offered it to Rayne. “Thank you for being nice to me Rayne.” She said shyly. “I felt a bit lonely.”