a walk in the park -- OPEN

[Riku Ichihara]

Riku was happy,a lot happier than he'd been in a while. It certainly helped that tears no longer made their way down Addie's face. If there was one thing that didn't belong on her face it was tears. So the fact that she was a little better made him feel much better. He couldn't stand when she was hurting. While Addie never showed her emotions Riku could usually always read them and rarely was she ever sad around him. This experience had opened his eyes to a whole new world that he was letting himself into.

At her confirmation for being his girlfriend he let out a little whoop of happiness and hugged her. He was happy, happier than he'd been in the last few days. All thanks to her and he hoped he made her happy to. They deserved that. They deserved to be happy. He chuckled and said, “You have no idea how happy, you've made me. I hope i can make you just as happy."

This was a side of him few rarely ever saw but he didn't mind showing Addie, didn't mind showing his girlfriend. His mind finally caught up to what had originally led to the confession and his stomach dropped. He didn't want to ask...He didn't want to ruin this moment. However, he was here for her and they'd get through this together. "How are you feeling? You want to call your mom back later?

[Adelaide Phoenyx Rae]

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[atrb=width,320] addie felt her face turning red. she was definitely not used to physical contact beyond the random times when riku would grab her hand or wrist to pull her around. it had been different, moments ago, when she'd been crying. she hadn't been able to think about it so much then but now, especially with the shift that had just happened in their relationship, it was all she could think about. he was too close to not think about right now. and he'd looked so happy about the recent development, too. like he'd been hoping for it to happen for as long as she had. and maybe that was it, maybe he just hadn't realized it until now? that would have been nice, that was for sure. but regardless of that, this moment was perfect. wrapped up in his arms. she felt like she'd always hoped to be there. maybe, in some corner of her mind, she really had always wished for this. "you've already made my happier than anyone, riku." happier than she'd ever been before. happier than she could possibly ever be. just being his friend had been enough to make her happy but now, well, this was even better. but there had been a reason behind the confession, behind the tears. and while she was still immensely happy about finally telling riku how she felt (and even more so about him returning the sentiment), she felt that wave of sadness come rushing back. it wasn't quite the same as before, since riku had knocked some sense into her, but it still hurt. losing someone you loved always did, though. she was sure of that. she didn't really want to talk about it right now, didn't want to hear about what had happened. she needed a little time to let it really sink in that her cousin was gone. it would be better that way, less likely that she would crumble again. of course, she always appeared stronger when she was around other people but that was part of the problem. sometimes, it was better to let things out rather than to keep bottling them up. "i'll go and see her later, so i'll just send a message for now. she'll be busy anyway."	[atrb=width,90] [style=color:BF0060; font-size: 26px; font-family: georgia; text-shadow: #000000 1px 1px 2px; font-style: italic;]tag; riku notes; none~ words; 376 [/style]
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