[She melts under the kiss, and when he pulls back, she swears that she can see the entire sunrise in his eyes. How the yellow streaks in the sky reflect in the blue the way they are over the horizon, and she's taken by the sight, until she can't help herself and steals another, deeper kiss from him in turn.
What's a little more chaos in their lives when they can have peace like this too? For all the madness that happens in this place and for all the disorder all the dogs can bring sometimes, it's these little moments in between that make it all worth it in the end. These small reminders that they're a family, and that's just how it is, and how much she treasures it all.
Tifa's arms fold around his neck and she holds him close, and the air around them flutters and buzzes as the sun creeps up towards them, its rays bright and warm against her skin. The two of them sit there for what feels like forever, the rest of the world seemingly stopped around them again—just Tifa, Eustace, and the most beautiful sunrise she's ever set her eyes on.
The rest of the trip is exactly as they imagined it would be. The day is spent hiking through the woods, Eustace giving her tips on how to hunt and forage, and at night after a satisfying dinner, they head back down the winding path to dip beneath the cascading waterfall again, just as Eustace had said. The flowers and vines are still there waiting for them, though they've bloomed bigger and glow brighter than the night before as they spread throughout the cave and spreading outward to the rocks lining the water. It's there, beneath the light of the moons that they reaffirm the same things they had the night before in ways that only the trees will ever know.
The third day is their last, and much of their morning is spent curled up together in the tent before it's time to rise—much to Tifa's dismay—and pack up to leave, with her reminding him again that they'll need to come back another time, perhaps a little longer. As much as she misses the dogs and their own bed, she's enjoyed having this time with him, where they can truly be alone with only each other. It's a tall order with twelve, soon to be thirteen, dogs and then a cat, but there's also no shortage of people who would be willing to step in while they were gone!
The trip to Reverein on horseback doesn't take very long, and even the horses seem more relaxed around one another, and Tifa notices that her mare keeps looking back at Eustace's stallion as she rides a step or two ahead of him, and all she can do is raise a brow and exchange a confused look with Eustace...
Picking up the baubles is simple enough—Tifa remains at the base of their tree with their horses while he climbs up to fetch them, and then it's back to the well, where they can drop the horses off at the stables on the way.
It's there that she pulls them free from her pocket and clutches them together in a fist.]
... I really hope this works.
[And that Clover and Eria don't end up being called halfway and then end up in some strange void??? Hopefully if it doesn't, they'll at least remain in Avalon where they belong.]
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What's a little more chaos in their lives when they can have peace like this too? For all the madness that happens in this place and for all the disorder all the dogs can bring sometimes, it's these little moments in between that make it all worth it in the end. These small reminders that they're a family, and that's just how it is, and how much she treasures it all.
Tifa's arms fold around his neck and she holds him close, and the air around them flutters and buzzes as the sun creeps up towards them, its rays bright and warm against her skin. The two of them sit there for what feels like forever, the rest of the world seemingly stopped around them again—just Tifa, Eustace, and the most beautiful sunrise she's ever set her eyes on.
The rest of the trip is exactly as they imagined it would be. The day is spent hiking through the woods, Eustace giving her tips on how to hunt and forage, and at night after a satisfying dinner, they head back down the winding path to dip beneath the cascading waterfall again, just as Eustace had said. The flowers and vines are still there waiting for them, though they've bloomed bigger and glow brighter than the night before as they spread throughout the cave and spreading outward to the rocks lining the water. It's there, beneath the light of the moons that they reaffirm the same things they had the night before in ways that only the trees will ever know.
The third day is their last, and much of their morning is spent curled up together in the tent before it's time to rise—much to Tifa's dismay—and pack up to leave, with her reminding him again that they'll need to come back another time, perhaps a little longer. As much as she misses the dogs and their own bed, she's enjoyed having this time with him, where they can truly be alone with only each other. It's a tall order with twelve, soon to be thirteen, dogs and then a cat, but there's also no shortage of people who would be willing to step in while they were gone!
The trip to Reverein on horseback doesn't take very long, and even the horses seem more relaxed around one another, and Tifa notices that her mare keeps looking back at Eustace's stallion as she rides a step or two ahead of him, and all she can do is raise a brow and exchange a confused look with Eustace...
Picking up the baubles is simple enough—Tifa remains at the base of their tree with their horses while he climbs up to fetch them, and then it's back to the well, where they can drop the horses off at the stables on the way.
It's there that she pulls them free from her pocket and clutches them together in a fist.]
... I really hope this works.
[And that Clover and Eria don't end up being called halfway and then end up in some strange void??? Hopefully if it doesn't, they'll at least remain in Avalon where they belong.]