closed 🌠⚡ only you can be my light

[starshower]

Who: Eustace & Tifa Lockhart.
Status: Closed.
Where: Eltrut.
What: Eustace and Tifa paint the town ROYGBIV.
Warnings: idk more fluff??

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[starshower]

[She glances sideways at him, their faces closer now that he's peering over her shoulder, and she smiles at him.]

Me, too. And I'm glad we could do this together. I had fun...

[flamekthunder]

Me, too.

[He echoes her words before smiling softly at her.]

We should do something like this more often.

[starshower]

I agree. I'll keep my eyes and ears out for more things like this.

[She shuts her phone off and slides it into her pocket to free up her hands, and so that she can turn around and wrap her arms around him.]

But don't forget about that date.

[flamekthunder]

[A quiet laugh as his own wraps around her, eyes closing briefly as he relishes in that warmth and joy she brings so easily to him.]

Of course.

But for now... Should we clean up and grab some lunch? Might not be a "formal date," but could be sort of one.

[starshower]

Yeah. I think that sounds like a good plan.

[They can head to the ship and clean up there before heading out for lunch, but...]

Ah—! Before we go.

[She pulls her phone out again, cursing herself for almost forgetting, and she turns the camera on.]

Let's take a couple more. You and me together.

[flamekthunder]

More?

[A slight arch of the brow before he smiles, his arm naturally going around her.]

Do I need to pose here, too?

[starshower]

Only if you want to, but...

[With her arm around him as well, she pulls him down closer so that they are at the same level, and stretches out her other arm to point the camera at them.]

But this is good enough.

[flamekthunder]

[Good thing he doesn't have to pose or that she's doing this half body because he is definitely having to bend down a lot— Why is his girlfriend so tiny.

But he just laughs and with his head resting against hers, he'll smile into the camera, all those splotches of paint clearly visible but adding to the charm.]

[starshower]

[She smiles and takes a photo, and just when he might think she's done, he'll feel her lips press to his cheek with a kiss as she takes another. And then a few more in succession, hoping to catch whatever reaction he has.]

There. Now we can go grab lunch.

1/2

[flamekthunder]

[She will catch him by surprise with those sudden kisses, that's what. It's more that she did it while still taking those selfies that surprises him than the actual act itself.]

2/2

[flamekthunder]

...No.

[So he will return that favor by snatching a kiss, making sure to grab her hand that's holding the camera to keep it still and take a picture as he does before pulling away with a smirk...and one last picture.]

Now we can.

💛❤️ fin.

[starshower]

[That is the exact reaction that she was hoping for, and she bursts into a fit of giggles that are quickly dissolved by her own surprise when he moves in to kiss her. And now, as she hears the click of her camera, it's her turn to pull away with flushed cheeks and wide eyes.]

... You got me.

[She breaks into a smile, looks at the photo that he'd taken, and slides the phone away.

Of course, they will clean up after themselves before they leave, but it's quick—a simple matter of folding up the plastic tarp with all of the paint and carrying it away. Only then will she take his hand and allow him to lead her away, first to the ship to get themselves cleaned up and changed into some different clothes, and then to Tifa's favourite café on Eltrut for lunch, but not before she casts one last lingering glance back at the wall first, her heart teeming and her smile beaming with pride.

It's not something that they get to do often, especially together, so she wants to memorize every detail so that she can treasure it for the many days to come. Commit it so that she might never forget it, even if she were pulled through the rifts and sent back home...

Together, they enjoy a nice lunch on the patio, taking in the sun and watching as another couple do the same thing they did across the street, their laughter ringing out as they fling paint at each other, their smiles infectious.

And after that, hand in hand, they wander the main streets of Eltrut to see the other things that people have painted, Tifa stopping to take pictures of some of her favourite murals, before heading back...]