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"Ruto..." Rikku begins breathlessly, getting a little excited. "That'd be perfect."


The artist lets Keme remove her hand, but she clutches quickly at his fingers. "You're not upsetting anyone, Keme!" She shook her head, flinging droplets of moisture from eyes she had not realized were moist into the night. Again, Relm did not notice the shift to using his given name, not her given nickname for him. "If anything is upsetting me, it's me! That I can't seem to find the right things to say to make you feel better, that I keep managing to say the utterly worst things to say, that I have this need to speak with you tonight... to discover if we can really help each other... to make certain you will be safe & not hide for weeks on end like I did... and I don't know why!"

Grief, painstakingly etched on her face clung to her voice as well. She let out a raspy half-sob, despising herself for this weakness. "I'm afraid if I let you go now I'll never see you again. And I don't want that." She lowered her head, terrified Keme or anyone else might see the tears in her eyes.

Naruto sees how close they are to the shop, and he tugs on Rikku's hand, looking over his shoulder. He is a little worried when he sees Relm and Keme had stopped in the middle of the path, but he figures Keme really needed to talk with someone about whatever was plaguing him. He also sees Miranda and Kaleb are preoccupied with one another and he knew he could trust the shorter Audio to look after his sister. With a nod, he leads Rikku towards the pond they usually hung out at, anxious for some alone time.

Miranda smiles and nods, "Sure thing, not too far from here really!" she says, noticing that Naruto and Rikku had gone off together. She continues to swing her bag lightly as she leads the way back to her home, humming her song gently.

Keme looks down at the hand that clutched at his fingers, his ears flicking as he hears Relm speak. But he never expected her voice to be filled with so much pain. He lifts his head to see her own head lowered and he can tells he looks like she is ready to cry. Hoping he wasn't pushing it, he takes his fingers from her grasp, but slowly wraps his arms around her, whispering, "I won't leave...I promise...."

Naruto leans his head on Rikku's lightly, a soft smile on his face as he can see the water of the pond as they draw closer. He frees his hand from Rikku's but wraps his arm around her waist, his tail swinging over and brushing against her tail.

Keme lays his head on top of Relms, just letting her cry, a few of his own tears leaking out and dropping onto the top of the beret. And finally, he starts to hum. He hums a soothing song, rocking her gently back and forth.

Naruto finally stops in front of the pond, the water sparkling and reflecting the moon above. He knew this would always be his favorite place to be. Feeling a little stuffy, he extracts himself from Rikku to unzip his jacket, and he lays it on the ground, untucking his black shirt front his pants in the process.

Hearing her crying had went away, his humming stops for the moment and he smiles a little. Pulling back, he kneels down to pick up the book containing the back, holding it out to her, "Feeling better?" he whispers. He really did not want to hear the pain in her voice again, but he knew that she held probably just as much pain as himself.

Naruto is a little surprised when Rikku's hands are suddenly on his stomach, but he quickly welcomes it, that hot, strange feeling coming back in full force again. When she rubs his chest, his hands move down to her waist and he moves head down to lay his lips over hers, closing his eyes as he pulls her closer.

Keme stands up, hearing his knees pop and he winces, but he is quite surprised when Relm suddenly apoligizes. Shaking his head, he looks down, "Relm you have no reason to say you're sorry, not for anything. Besides, it looked like you really need to let that out." he says softly, rubbing his arm with his free hand.

He isn't sure what possessed him to do it, but he pulls away from the kiss and from Rikku for a moment to take his black shirt off completely, laying it down on his jacket. Soon he has his arms back around her and his lips pressed back against hers in a kiss, murring softly.

Keme blinks when he is suddenly looking down at Relm and he gives a thankful smile to her, "No problem." he whispers. He then lifts his head and looks around, finally realizing that everone else is gone.

Naruto opens his lips and slowly slips his tongue out to flick against hers, his hands running up and down her back as he tries to pull her closer, groaning softly into the kiss. His tail swings between their legs and wraps around her tail.

Keme looks a little unsure, he wasn't sure on what to say and he was scared his problems might seem trivial and stupid to her. But he figure it might be good to get them off his chest, so he nods. Turning, he makes his way off the path and into the forest, knowing a little spot where they could sit and talk. Finally he pushes his way through to where a large tree is standing, the moonlight bathing the field in a silvery hue. He pads over to the tree and sits underneath it, letting out a sigh as he leans his head back and looks up into the sky, a troubled look in his eyes.