Wake up call
Amity POV:
"Amity, bit of a problem!" Boscha's voice pulled my attention away from my siblings, bringing it back down to her and Luz. I watched as Luz's eyes rolled back, then despite Boscha holding her up, she fell on her side, out cold.
"Luz...?" I managed to choke out, feeling the color drain from my face as my eyes widened in surprise.
It took only a second, then my brain kicked into overdrive.
"Luz!" I yelled, the panic quickly rising in my voice. Nearly shoving Boscha out of the way, I carefully positioned Luz so that she was lying on her back. Her face was pale, her lips barely parted as low shallow breaths brushed past. "No no no no no, no please! Luz!" Hot tears pricked the sides of my eyes, blurring my vision.
I could hear my siblings talking behind me, but all their words sounded like mush to me. "Amity, give her some space to breathe..." I could hear Skara say to me, clearly trying to cover the panic in her voice as she rested a hand on my shoulder. I quickly shrugged her off, not even turning to face the silver haired witch.
Luz's body was limp, and through my tears I could barely see her chest rising and falling. Almost completely still, just like last time. "This isn't happening again, please not again..." I managed to choke out, grabbing onto her shoulders.
I wanted to shake her, do something, anything to wake her up. My breathing was quick, almost on the brink of hyperventilating. Suddenly, I felt two hands on my shoulders, trying to pull me away. "Mittens don't-" Edric started, probably realizing what I was going to do, however he cut off when I pulled away again. "Amity if you want us to help you need back up!" He finally snapped, making me whirl around to look at him.
He was afraid, I could see it in his eyes, but that didn't stop me from snapping back at him. "Edric! Don't pull me away..." I snarled, watching his expression flicker for a moment. "I..." My voice died out as my breathing hitched, escaping as a weak sob.
Emira reached out again, but I quickly smacked her hand away. I could hear her let out a few low curses, then she turned to look at Boscha, giving her a solemn nod. "Look Amity, I know you're gonna want to kill us, but this is to help Luz, so I'm sorry." I heard her say, making my eyes widen.
Before I could get a word out, Emira cast a spell that pushed me far enough away from Luz so they could move in my place. I scrambled to get on my feet, only for Boscha to hook her arms under mine, holding me in place.
I tried to fight against the three eyed witch, struggling to rip my arms from her grasp. "Let me go! Boscha let go of me!" The witch gave me a somber look as she shook her head, grunting when I nearly broke free of her grasp. "Please, you can't just make me stand here while she's like that!"
"Shit..." She readjusted her grip when I tried to pull away again. "Skara can you give me a hand here?" Skara perked up at the mentioning of her name, looking between me and Luz. I didn't look at her, rather I paid attention to my siblings in the background.
"What exactly are we supposed to do?" I could hear Edric hiss, making my sister's ears twitch.
"Just give me a minute alright! Let me remember that spell Viney was telling me..." Edric leaned back from my sister for a minute, his eyes flicking up to me, then back down to Luz. I could see Emira gently place two fingers against Luz's neck before sucking in a small breath through her teeth. "Weak pulse, but it's still there..."
"Again, what exactly are we supposed to do?" Edric asked, this time more desperate than the first time. Then, he glanced over at me before dropping his voice to a point where I could barely hear him. "We aren't exactly healers Em..."
"No really Ed? I had no idea." Emira's voice dripped with sarcasm and a hint of panic. I tried to yank away from Boscha again, struggling to get back to Luz's side. Boscha made sure to tighten her grip.
"So then we need to take her to somebody! The healers, the owl lady, fuck we could even take her back to the human realm if we have to!" Edric hissed, making Emira's eyebrows furrow together.
"Ed, the healers here know practically nothing about humans..." Emira's eyes darted towards me for a moment, then she lowered her voice down, almost low enough for me to miss. "She's lucky she survived back at the healers last time."
"Then we take her to the human realm!" He said, motioning towards Luz. "At least the healers there would know what to do to take care of her! It's better than us wasting time by trying to figure out what to do!"
Emira let out a frustrated sigh, rubbing her temples. "Not only do we have no way to get her back to the human realm, but how would we explain this to them if we did? It'd look like we cause this!"
I could see Edric frown, trying to think of anything else that might work, snapping his fingers a few times in an attempt to distract himself. "Okay, maybe not them. I... we... we could take her to her mom maybe? Her mom knows about witches right?" His voice going a bit higher with emotion.
My sister let out a low growl, her hands clenching in tight fists. "We. Can't. Get. To. The. Human. Realm. Dumbass." Emira made sure to emphasize each word, my brother's eyebrows furrowing tighter together with each word. "And we're just wasting time arguing like this!"
"Then why are we?!" He finally asked, his teeth bared in a mix of anger and panic. His eyes were glossy with frustration, a tear slipping down his cheek that he was quick to wipe away. "Knowing our luck, we've spent too long arguing and Luz could be-" Emira gave him a sharp punch to the arm, shutting him up.
Panic kept rising in my chest, making me squirm and try to break free of Boscha's grasp again. Skara then stepped in front of me, blocking my view of my siblings and Luz. She held her hands up, saying something to me in an attempt to calm me down that I blocked out.
In fact, all of their voices were only muffled gibberish by now, overshadowed by how hard my heart was beating in my ears. All I could focus on was Luz, how her body was lying there limp, her shallow breathing and pale face. It was all too similar to last time, and it wasn't helping my nerves in the slightest.
I needed to be by her side, I couldn't just stand here and watch everything slip away like this. Raising one of my hands, I started to draw out a spell circle, something to push Boscha away from me long enough to do what I needed. But, because of how hard my hand was shaking, I couldn't complete the circle.
"She can't..." I started, my voice so weak and vulnerable sounding that I struggled to make it louder than a whisper. "She can't be like this again. Please I can't just watch her be like this again Boscha!" I yelled, feeling the hot tears clinging to my cheeks as they dripped coldly down my neck.
"But you freaking out at her side isn't going to help her any Am!" She said to me, tightening her grip slightly around my arms. I could hear her mutter a sorry, her gaze more focused on Skara as the silver haired witch turned to my siblings.
"I just got her back! I can't-" A sob interrupted my sentence, turning it into a choked squeak. "I can't lose her again! I don't have the heart to watch all this play out for a second time!" Boscha unhooked her arms from under me, quickly spinning around before grabbing both of my wrists, holding them tightly together so I couldn't move.
"Amity look at me." She hissed, hiding the panic in her voice surprisingly well. I tried, but I couldn't meet her eyes. Skara appeared by Boscha's side, looking between me and the three eyed witch, trying to figure out what to do. I was trembling in the witch's grasp, my knees nearly buckling from under me. Behind me, I could hear my siblings still frantically mumbling, both their voices getting higher by the minute.
I turned my head to face the three of them, another sharp shot of panic and adrenaline going through me when I saw how ghostly pale Luz was. She was still breathing, but you could only tell if you looked hard enough. "Luz!" I barely managed to say, both my siblings falling quiet to look up at me, panic etched clear on their faces, which only got worse when they looked back down at Luz.
Emira paled, looking between me and our drummer, a glint flashing in her eyes for a moment as an idea went off in her head. She then turned to Edric, who's eyes darted across her face as he tried to read her expression.
"Fuck it, we've still got one last resort." She finally said, turning away from her twin as she raised a hand in the air, preparing herself to cast a spell. Edric moved back a smidge, his eyes widening before he stood up and moved towards Boscha and I.
"What-" I started, feeling myself freeze in place when Emira placed her free hand on Luz's shoulder, drawing out the spell with her other hand. "No, no Em don't!" I cried out, struggling in Boscha's grasp again.
This time, I managed to pull my wrists out of her tight grasp, the witch letting out a sharp sound of surprise as I did. But, as I did, I slammed into Edric, who quickly wrapped his arms around me to hold me in place. Skara took a step back towards Boscha, both of them watching Emira.
"Amity it's the only thing we've got..." Emira said as she gritted her teeth in concentration.
I struggled to push Edric away, who only squeezed me tighter in response. "You could kill her! Stop! Emira!" I tried to punch Edric's sides to free myself, but all they became were weak taps against his sides. "Emira don't!"
"You'll thank me for this." She said to me before connecting the spell. I reached out for them, some kind of sound escaping my mouth before I felt my throat tighten, going so tight that it cut off my cry. Tears still rolled freely down my cheeks, dripping onto my shirt and leaving little wet spots all over it.
There were a few uncomfortably long seconds of silence, none of us daring to make a sound. I could see the longer the silence went on, the more the panic started to rise in Emira's eyes.
Then, Luz took in a deep, albeit sharp inhale of air. Her breathing slowly steadied out so it wasn't as shallow and the color was quickly returning to her face. The panic was instantly washed away from my sister's face, replaced with a look of relief.
Edric's grip around me loosened, allowing me to finally break free of his grasp and move back over by Luz's side. Emira moved back a bit, not saying anything to me.
Luz took another deep breath, stirring for a moment before letting out a soft groan and opening her eyes. My breathing hitched, watching as she looked around for a moment before her eyes landed on me.
A faint smile rose to her lips as she turned her head so that she was facing me. "Hey Amity..." She mumbled.
I let out a shaky chuckle, wiping away some of the tears. "Oh thank gods..." I managed to say, making her grimace. She scrunched her eyes shut, then slowly started to shift up to her elbows, mumbling a few phrases under her breath.
She managed to barely sit up, then her eyes widened before she started to slightly sway. "And sitting up does not make me feel so good..." She mumbled, slowly slumping back down.
"Just relax Luz." Emira said before standing up, rubbing her hands over her eyes. "I'm gonna give Viney a call, have her come look at you to see if she can find anything wrong, then Mittens will take you home."
Luz waved Emira off, letting out a tired chuckle. "I'm fine! You don't need to go bug Viney." Boscha scoffed, catching Luz's attention. She folded her arms over her chest, glaring at the drummer.
"You just passed out and probably nearly died for a second time." The three eyed witch hissed, Skara nodding her head in agreement. "So you're either gonna have Viney see if she can find anything wrong or so help me I will brainwash you into doing it."
I watched Luz put on a nervous smile, letting out a bit of a chuckle before nodding her head. Boscha gave her a look that said 'that's what I thought' then spun around on her heel, leaving the room without another word. Emira soon followed after her, her scroll already out in her hand as she went to call Viney.
Skara moved a little closer to us, clasping her hands together as she rocked slightly on her heels. "You want me to get you a water or something?" She asked Luz, making her nod her head. The silver haired witch gave her a smile, then a salute before she left the room as well.
Edric was the only one that stayed, taking a seat by the sound board, quietly staring at the two of us for a moment. Luz let out another low groan, running her hand through her hair before pausing to look at me.
She started to sit up again, this time not flopping back down. "You okay Amity? You've been quiet." She asked me, reaching up with her hand to cup my cheek, using her thumb to wipe away some of my tears. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.
"Am I okay?" I pointed to myself, noticing how my hands were still shaking. Then, before I thought about what I was doing, I threw my arms around Luz, resting my head on her shoulder. "You may have just given me a heart attack, but I'm not worried about me! I'm more worried about you!"
"Pretty sure I gave myself a heart attack too..." The drummer let out a dry laugh before falling quiet, trying to find the words to say. Instead, she said nothing and just wrapped her arms around me to hold me close. I could feel her nuzzle her head into my shoulder, letting out a low sigh.
"How are you feeling now?" Edric suddenly asked, making Luz perk up. I could still hear the waver in his voice, but he was doing a great job at covering it. Luz let go of me, rubbing her hands under her eyes.
"Besides the slight nausea and dull throbbing in my side, I'm fine!" Luz chirped, making me roll my eyes. She placed her hand against her chest again, her eyes lighting up a little. "And hey! The chest pain's gone." She faltered for a moment, putting her hand back down at her side. "At least, it is for now."
"And you need to tell me if it comes back." I said quickly, taking her attention off of my brother. "Like, tell me the second it comes back. This last time made you pass out and..." I paused, my mind flashing with the image of Luz from earlier. I shook my head a couple of times, placing a hand on her shoulder. "And there's no telling what will happen if it got worse than that."
Skara walked back into the room, quickly walking over to Luz and handing her the water. Luz gave the sound director a smile. "Thanks Skara."
"Anytime!" Skara responded, moving over towards Edric. I could hear her ask where Boscha went, which Edric responded with a jab of his thumb. The witch nodded, turned back to us and gave us a smile before leaving the room.
Emira walked back into the room shortly after, moving over towards the sound board and flipping a few switches. "Viney will be here soon, just chill out till then." Luz nodded her head, then all of us went quiet. My sister tweaked a few more dials, then spun around, motioning towards the door. "I'll go wait out in the main for her, give a call if you need anything."
The three of us nodded our heads, then Emira left. I turned to Edric, noticing how he was still in the chair. "You leaving too?" I asked him, watching as he surprisingly shook his head.
"I'm not just gonna leave after something like this." He said, leaning back in his chair a bit to seem more relaxed. "I mean, the others do have a good reason for leaving, since Em's waiting for Viney and Skara's making sure Boscha's okay, but still, I'm staying here."
"Fine by me." I muttered, tensing up when I suddenly felt Luz's hand overlap mine. She started drawing small circles on the top of my hand with her finger, and looking over at her, I noticed she was just staring down at our hands.
She looked tired, the usual spark in her eyes missing. I couldn't tell if it was because of the angle I was looking at, or some other reason. Her eyes flicked up to mine, a low smirk rising on her lips. "Are you just gonna keep staring at me Blight or are you gonna say something?" Luz asked, making my ears go down.
I didn't say anything, rather, I just shook my head. Luz let out a sigh, looking back down at our hands for a moment before back up at me again. She motioned for me to move closer, and once I did, she pulled me into another hug. Her actions made me tense up for a moment, but I was quick to relax.
Her head rested on my shoulder, her arms wrapped loosely around my waist. I didn't move from my position, instead, I just let Luz do whatever she wanted. "Your heart's pounding pretty hard..." I heard her say.
Was my heart really still that loud? The adrenaline of the moment was over, if anything it should be at least starting to calm down. I let out a little laugh, slowly bringing my hands up to wrap around her. "It's because you're hugging me." I said, but Luz shook her head.
"No, when I hug you it's different than this." She mumbled, squeezing me a bit tighter. "When you're flustered, I've noticed your heartbeat gets this specific rhythm. Right now though, it's all over the place... I really scared you, didn't I?"
"What makes you think you didn't?" I asked, my voice shaky. "You just passed out because of some extreme pain and looked like you were about to die! Do you really think I wouldn't be terrified?" I paused for a moment, giving Luz a little squeeze. "I almost thought I'd lose you for a second time..." I whispered, soft enough I hoped Luz wouldn't hear it.
Luz let out a laugh, pulling away from me with a smile on her face. "C'mon, it takes a lot more than some sharp pain to put me six feet under!" She told me, placing her hand back on my cheek. "And even if it did, I have a feeling you'd somehow bring me back to life."
I rolled my eyes, leaning slightly into Luz's touch. "Necromancy is illegal Luz." I told her, hearing Edric scoff behind me before I turned around to face him.
"But knowing you Mittens, you would still do it." He said, leaning back in his chair. "After all, having a ghost version of Luz for your girlfriend isn't really your thing, is it? You prefer your Luz to be warm." I could feel my cheeks warm up at his statement, a low growl rising up from my throat. However, Luz chuckled.
"Yeah, I doubt you'd like the cold cuddles." Luz wrapped her arms around my neck, resting her head on my shoulder. "And I don't think I'd like them either." I nodded my head, my ears twitching when I heard the sound of voices slowly getting louder from the hallway.
Viney popped her head in, giving the three of us a smile. "Hey guys!" She chirped as she walked in, my sister trailing not too far behind her. We all gave her a collect hi as she moved over towards Luz and I.
Slowly, I stood up, hesitating for a moment before moving over towards Edric. Viney and Luz started talking, the beastkeeper seeing what she could find out about what happened. I leaned against part of the wall, folding my arms over my chest and nervously tapping my fingers against my arms.
I turned to look at my sister, shooting her a glare when her eyes met mine. "You're so lucky I don't kill you for what you just did." I said, making her eyes widen a little before she looked away from me.
Once she turned away, I unfolded my arms and tapped them against my thighs, turning my gaze back to Luz and Viney. Then, I brought a hand up to my chest, feeling my heart still pounding against my ribs, though now it was starting to slow down. I folded my arms again, starting to tap my fingers again.
Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Edric look up at me, his ears twitching for a moment before he looked away. "You good Mittens?" He kept his voice low, making sure Luz couldn't hear him.
"Not really..." I mumbled back, not looking over at him. I stopped tapping my fingers and just tightly gripped onto my arms, staring at Viney and Luz. Luz was explaining to Viney what happened, but I didn't pay attention to a word she was saying.
"Didn't think you were." I heard him say as he stood up, wrapping his arm around my shoulders before pulling me into a side hug. "Wanna talk about it?" I hesitated, and I knew he could tell that I was. My ears slowly pinned themselves down, my grip getting a little tighter on my arms.
Finally, I sucked in a breath, turning my gaze down to the ground. "It just... reminded me of last time..." Edric gave my shoulder a squeeze, and my vision blurred with more tears.
"I'm not surprised that it did." I looked up at him, seeing the sympathetic look on his face. "Wanna take a minute? Go outside and get some air? I'll stay here with these guys if you want."
"No!" I said, a little louder than I should have. Both Viney and Luz paused, looking over at the two of us. They went quiet for a moment, then started up their conversation again. "I don't want to leave, I don't want to go outside, I just want to be here. I'm fine."
Edric's eyes darted across my face for a moment, his mouth opening to say something before he stopped. Biting his lip to hold back his words, he gave me a nod, then turned his gaze back over to Viney and Luz.
He lightly cleared his throat with a soft cough, then put on his usual smirk. "So doc, whaddya think's going on?" Viney perked up, turning towards my brother with a focused look on her face.
"Honestly, not too sure..." She tapped her finger against her chin, then turned to Emira. "What kind of spell did you use?" Emira glanced down at Luz for a moment, then back up at the beastkeeper.
"One of those healing spells you taught me. The pain targeting one or something like that?" Viney nodded her head, her eyebrows tightly knitted together in concentration. "Honestly I thought it'd be better to do rather than just a plain healing spell, since it'd target the source and not just try to fix her side." The beastkeeper nodded again, squinting her eyes a little.
"It could be a mix of things..." I could hear her mumble as she slowly started to pace the room. She continued to mumble things under her breath, her eyes glued to the floor. I could hear Luz sigh, sinking back into her chair a bit.
"Hey, it's probably just from me being up too soon." Luz said with a shrug, snapping her fingers into her signature finger guns before pointing them in my direction. "Guess you were right Amity, should've just stayed home!"
Viney paused in her pacing, her ears twitching. "The only thing that I can think of that's similar to this is when a witch uses up too much of their magic... the severe chest pains, the inability to breathe, the pressure, it would all make sense if you weren't human."
"So what happened could just be a human thing." Emira said with a shrug, folding her arms over her chest. Viney gave a quick nod before turning to Luz.
"Just to check, you haven't done any kind of magic recently right?" Luz shook her head. "Okay then..."
Luz smiled, giving out a little chuckle. "Why do you ask?"
"I don't exactly know how your glyphs work, so I thought that maybe there was a possibility that it had some kind of effect, but since you haven't done one in awhile that can't be it."
The drummer nodded her head, lightly tapping her fingers against her seat. "Even if I had, I don't think that would be it either. I mean, last I checked, my glyphs don't really pull from anything in me like you guys. They just kinda..." Luz put her hands together, then made a soft explosion sound. "Work."
The beastkeeper let out a bit of a sigh, slumping over slightly. "Well then, Emira might be right about it being just a human thing, which means I don't have an answer. Sorry Luz."
Luz gave a shrug. "No need to be sorry Viney." Emira moved over to Viney, placing a hand on her shoulder. I moved away from Edric, who didn't protest against me moving.
"So that means, we're heading back to Earth to find somebody who can figure out what happened." I said, making Luz's eyes widen a little. She let out a bit of a nervous chuckle, pulling slightly at the collar of her shirt.
"One problem with that, how exactly are we gonna explain this?" She motioned to her side, letting out another tight chuckle. "I mean, they'll probably lock me up somewhere if I said I was in another dimension when I got shot, then got patched up by the healers here."
I went to argue, but then stopped. "She does have a point." Edric said, Emira nodding her head in agreement. "But, Mittens does have a point too."
"So then what?" Luz paused, trying to think of what to do for a moment before her eyes widened. "Actually... my mom works at the hospital back at home. I could just ask her." She then froze up, drumming her fingers against her chair. "I can't tell if that's more terrifying than actually going to the hospital or not."
"Great, so that's what we'll do." I said, ignoring her last statement as I walked over. "We should probably get going now, just in case anything happens again."
"I'm either gonna get scolded, or I'm gonna watch her fly into a panic..." I heard Luz say under her breath as I grabbed Owlbert off of the floor, passing him to the drummer. Surprisingly, the staff still wasn't damaged in any way.
Luz grabbed the staff, placing one of her hands towards the top, then grabbing my hand with the other. I carefully pulled her up, my ears twitching when I heard her let out a low hiss. "You okay?" I asked quickly, feeling the panic snag my heart again. Luz nodded her head, grabbing onto the staff with both hands.
"I'm fine, it's just my side." She mumbled, giving me a small smile. "Now, let's get going and get this over with." We started to walk out of the room, but then Luz paused, turning back to everyone else. "I'll see you guys later!"
They all gave Luz a smile and a wave before we both left the room, the two of us slowly walking down the hallway. We didn't say anything at first, which allowed me to hear Boscha and Skara's voices floating out from her room.
"And holding her back like that? Just... gods!" I heard the three eyed witch say. "I shouldn't have held her back like that, maybe I should've used a binding spell or something..."
"Honestly, that'd probably be worse than you holding her back." Skara piped up, their voices getting louder as we approached Boscha's room. The two of us slowed down a little when we got closer to the door, wanting to hear the conversation.
"But what am I supposed to say to her now? Hey Am, sorry for holding you back from your girlfriend while you were having a breakdown!" I could hear her put on a sarcastically cheery tone. "That just sounds... gods I can't even tell."
"Well when you phase it like that of course it's gonna sound bad!" Skara said. I slowly peered into the doorway, seeing Boscha leaning over her desk while Skara had her back against the wall, her arms folded across her chest.
"There had to be some better way to handle that." I could hear Boscha mumble, Skara pushing herself off the wall and walking over to the three eyed witch's side, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"We were all panicking, there was no way to think clearly." She said, making the pink haired witch look over at her. I decided that now would be a good time to let them know we were here. I gently knocked on the door frame, making the two of them jump before facing me.
"Luz and I are heading out." I said, Skara giving me a nod. "Thought I'd let you guys know."
"Yeah..." Boscha said, her eyes flickering with some kind of emotion for a second before it disappeared. "See you guys later then."
"See you guys!" Luz yelled, making me flinch. Boscha chuckled a little as Skara gave the two of us an enthusiastic wave. I backed up from the doorway, getting ready to leave before I paused.
"And Boscha?" The witch perked up at the sound of her name. "Text me later, okay?" It looked like she hesitated for a minute, then she nodded her head.
I spun on my heel a little, then Luz and I started to leave again. We went out the studio's front door, a low breeze coming in and ruffling our hair. "So, looks like you'll get to see my mom again!" Luz suddenly chirped, making me chuckle.
"Guess so." I could see Luz's smile falter for a moment, her grip readjusting on the staff. "What's up?"
"Nothing!" She quickly said, turning her gaze in front of us. "Just... I'm sorry about scaring you so badly. I should've said something earlier, but I thought it was just going to pass like all the rest."
"You don't have to keep apologizing." I muttered, my ears moving down slightly. "It's not like you knew it was going to happen, I just... overreacted." I folded my arms, giving them a bit of a rub as another breeze rolled in.
"I doubt you did." Luz said, making me turn to look at her. Her brown eyes met mine, the concern in her eyes clear. "I mean, after everything that's happened, me randomly passing out like that isn't going to go over so well in your head."
"It didn't..." I muttered, making Luz tilt her head.
"What'd you say?" I quickly tensed up, shaking my head.
"I said it wouldn't." Luz stared at me for a moment, her eyes moving across my face for a moment before she nodded her head. We both looked forward, and based on our surroundings I knew we were almost halfway to my house.
We went quiet again for a moment, Luz glancing around at the trees that swayed slightly when another breeze came in. "Hey Ammy?" She finally asked, making me perk up.
I hummed in response, turning towards the drummer, who quickly turned to look at me. "What's up?"
"Once we're done back on Earth, can we just go back to your place and cuddle in your room? I feel like I should make it up to you for nearly giving you a heart attack." She gave me a bit of a smile, which only grew wider when my face started to heat up.
Blinking a few times, I let out a nervous chuckle. "You don't need to make anything up to me." I told her, rubbing the back of my neck. "But the cuddles do sound pretty nice..."
"Well then it's settled!" Luz said tilting her head slightly. Then, she picked up her pace a little, making me walk faster to keep up. "Let's go get this over quick so we can just cuddle for the rest of the day!"
Despite what happened before this, I couldn't stop the smile that rose to my face. "Sure Luz, that sounds like a plan."