Lift Me Up

He didn't know why, but something about Vanille agreeing that she had fun on their hunt made him really happy. It had been kind of hard to tell at the time if she had since she had gotten so worn out by the end of it, but it was nice to know that she had liked hunting with him at least. He was still so unsure of himself when it came to social situations—or really most things, if he was being honest—so it felt like a nice reassurance that he hadn't messed it all up. As they pulled on the net he glanced up just to make sure she had a good hold on it before he pulled back on his side as well and his sapphire gaze met with her pale pink one for a moment and it made this weird flutter in his stomach catch him off guard and he quickly looked down again, but the corners of his mouth pulled up into a smile all the same.

Once she gave the okay for the net they had been working on he nodded and moved around to his corner of the net, picking it up and walking with her to the edge of the river. Since he was taller, he waded through the water easily enough to the other side and helped toss the weighted corners down to the bottom of the river. Once she was in place on the other side he started walking in tandem with her, making sure he matched her pace as they combed through the water with the net to hopefully end up with some fish at the end of it.

"Arcturus Fatalis"