Aventine's face was almost as pink as her outfit by the time Hopeite finished shouting at her. "Yeah?" she demanded. "Go ahead. I'd like to see you try!" she snapped back. Hopeite seemed like she had grown tired of the chase, and that meant that she could breathe a sigh of relief. With Hopeite turning in one direction, Aventine turned in another. She wasn't going to hightail it out of there, but she sure as hell wasn't going to stick around if she had an opening to get away.

Besides—if Hopeite was leaving too, that meant she hadn’t really lost this one, right? And that meant that she could head home still feeling proud of herself for putting up a good fight.

bunnyilove
[[That sounds excellent to me! We can talk more about it AIM, but I would love that! <3]]