Fragility of the Mind

"I was wishing her a good rest, she deserves it."
Alevon proceeds to walk back to his room

Yia looks up at Alloy and the smile returns to his face. "Alright, sorry for making you stay up so late, especially since you've been traveling for so long..."

"Take? Take what?!"
He yells to the air

Yia shook his head. "No. But now that I'm looking at where you are..." He looks around then turns around and smiles at the door on the opposite side. "Your near me~!"

Alevon goes to his room, presumably asleep

Yia looked back at the now shut door and sighed.

I want to get stronger, I want to be able to rely on my own strength not the strength of others.

He closes his eyes and balls his hands into a fist.

I'm so weak... A weakling...

He opens his eyes and sighs once more before opening the door to his room and closing it behind him. He sits down on the bed and pulls off his shirt, shoes, socks, and pants and gets under the sheets. After yawning he closes his eyes and nods off to sleep.

(Lol, we're gonna fast-forward this a little.)

After a couple of of songs, Gabrielle sat down on the nearest chair and grinned widely. "Alright, this was the most fun I've had in a long time. It beats strangers any day." She tilted her head a little at Ariel, inviting the woman to sit next to her.

Ariel grinned at Gabrielle and nodded in agreement, sitting beside her.

"Yeah, I have to say, I haven't done anything like that in a long time!" she exclaimed in a happy tone. She looked at her friend, or crush rather, and smiled at her. She almost went to grab her hand, but thought better of it. Instead she said, "I'm glad you had fun with me, Gabrielle."

"Yeah. I'm rather tired, though. I think it's about time I went to bed." Gabrielle hadn't been so relaxed in a long time, even when she smoked the good stuff. Making a note to herself to question why she always thought about drugs when good times came into mind, she got up again and took Ariel's hand, rather unsure of her action at first.

She was waiting to tell her this ever since they were left alone in the room. "Ariel, I really... I really like you. Do you feel the same way?"

When Gabrielle took Ariel's hand in hers, Ariel blushed as she revelled in the contact. She had wanted to do that for a while. Then her heart skipped a beat when she heard what Gabrielle had said to her. She swallowed and looked up at the beautiful woman before her. She stood up and stepped closer to her, bringing her hand up to slowly caress her cheek, hoping that that wasn't too forward.

"Of course I do, Gabrielle," she said softly. "I thought about you a lot the past few years, and I really wanted to see you. I'm glad to be with you like this," she finished in a quiet tone, looking straight into Gabrielle's eyes with her darker ones.

Gabrielle's cheeks also flushed, realizing she was having a genuinely intimate moment there. "I'm... I'm glad to hear that." she smiled an embarassed smile. "It makes me so happy..." She shut her mouth before she said something very awkward, and looked down instead, enjoying the touch of her hand.

Ariel smiled, noticing how Gabrielle reacted to her. She wrapped her arm around her waist and brought the other woman close to her, stroking her hair. She placed a light kiss on the top of her head and murmured, "You know that no matter what happens, I'll always be here for you, right?"

"Yeah..." Gabrielle closed her eyes and put hands around Ariel's back. For some reason it seemed just talking took all the energy she had away from her. While she enjoyed Ariel's company greatly, Gabrielle wasn't feeling like making out or having sex. That was a first.

"We should... we should get going."

Ariel sighed quietly, reluctantly letting go of Gabrielle. She looked at her for a few moments before nodding.

"Yeah, you're right," she said in agreement. "Here, I'll walk you to your room." Then she took Gabrielle's hand in hers, ready to leave.

Gabrielle also sighed lightly, now regretting having chickened out. She squeezed Ariel's hand a little, as if to tell her that was not the end of it. She also leaned her shoulder to hers just a little bit. "Okay, let's go."

Ariel smiled and stroked Gabrielle's hand with her fingers lightly, leading them towards the door. Remembering what Tia said, she typed in the code, 395, and when the door opened they walked out together. She tried to walk slowly on purpose, attempting to make this moment with Gabrielle last as long as possible.

Though all good things come to an end and they arrived at her room. Ariel didn't want to say bye, but the night had to end eventually, no matter how fun it was.

"So...I guess this is where I leave you," she said, a sad tone in her voice.

Gabrielle tried to force a smile. she didn't want to leave Ariel either. "Yeah... I'll see you tomorrow." She bowed her head slightly, but then retracted her gesture. She stared at Ariel for a bit, then motioned with her hand for her to come a little closer. She took one step forward, and planted a kiss on Ariel's lips.

Two seconds later, she took her head away, a little surprised by her own actions. Gabrielle touched her own cheek and said, with a little smile on the side, "Goodnight."

Ariel's eyes widened slightly as Gabrielle kissed her, reminding her of the time when she was the one who kissed Gabrielle. She had that "lighter than air" feeling once again and smiled at her companion.

"Good night, Gabrielle," she replied, grazing her fingertips against her arm as she turned to walk to her room. When she entered it, she flopped onto her bed, looking at the ceiling, a dreamy look on her face.

'Tonight was a good night.'