“Az, i was pulling your leg.” He sighs, knowing he screwed up. He props himself against a tree and just sits there for a bit, hoping she’d cool off and this could be fixed
She continued walking a bit she didn’t respond. After a while she found a tree and sat down leaning against it. She crawled up into a ball “Oh… I’m way cooler than Bernard.” She thought to herself.
Echo sits agasint the tree and pulls zout his notebook, then begins drawing to pass the time. He hums " Here comes the sun", the ghost cover specifically
Azure continues sitting against her tree it was visible from were Echo sat she looked up just to quickly look back down again. “How could I’ve been so foolish, telling him about my life like that.” she thought for herself
Echo gets up and walks. To her it would looks like he walked off probably
“How typical of me rushing into things,” she thinks, “Why would someone like him feel the same way.” she continues contemplating think to herself she shed a tear then another one fell and so on.
Little to her knowledge, echo had made a loop and she feels someone hug her from behind “hey, dork, can’t believe I have to say it but you aren’t lame. Jeez.”
He pauses “also don’t cry. Remember our little deal? Neither of us cry”
She looks up to her surprise Echo was there hugging her. She had no idea of how it happened she looks at him and hugs back, “Please don’t do that again.” she said still crying. She took a tighter grip on him and hugs him some more.
“I won’t” he frowns “just don’t cry, mmkay?”
She stopped crying wiping her eyes while still hugging Echo. she could not make a sound at the moment she was a bit startled and she felt it wasn’t needed.
“Good” he decides to not bring up the one thing she had said. Not now, at least
The hugging continued a little while before Azure loosen her grip, “We can’t stand here all day, Now can we?” She says her voice still a bit raspy from the crying.
“No, sensei, i dont think we can. Wanna walk to the scrapyard?”
“Why not!” she said grabbing Echo’s hand walking towards the scrapyard.
Echo hums on their way to the scrapyard. “So. Question”
“Yeah, go ahead,” she said her voice almost back to normal.
“Why are you holding my hand? I dont mind of course, just curious”
“Nothing, just need to know that you don’t fall behind!” she lied but it wouldn’t be apparent to Echo
Echo does his little kid voice “I’m not a kid mommm”
Azure laughs “Well, of course, you aren’t.” she says “your something else.” she thought to herself continuing walking in the direction of the scrapyard.