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Reliving your past through innocent eyes. [Open]

Now that everything was over, and people regained their memories and appropriate ages, Ronnae found herself staring at the sketchpad her younger self was carrying around. She was somehow scared of opening it. Fearful that the memories would be too painful. She had, after all, done her best to not think about things while on the ship. She knew it would only bring her heartache knowing that they might or might not be in the pods and even then, would they be the same?

She sighed as she settled under the large tree that made up Nokosi's house, slumping down till she sat on the grassy floor, relaxing against the smooth bark of the tree. Placing the sketchpad on her lap, she looked at it with hesitation, maybe she'll take a peak.

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It was one of the few things that made being without Matt bearable: there were still her friends here, lending her strength just as easily as she would give them her own.

"It's no problem, Ronnae. I know you'd do the same for me: you already are, by letting me stay with you guys for a little while."

"You know our doors will always be open to you Kaya. You should never doubt that." she said with a warm smile, taking her friend's hand into her own and giving it a gentle squeeze.

Kaya squeezed back, and it would be clear that Kaya's sadness at her recent lost was offset because her friends were lending a hang, watching over her and making sure that she would be all right.

"So what about that sketchpad?"

"You can go through it if you'd like, I'm not at all opposed to it." she replied warmly.

Being with Kaya at the moment was making her feel more at ease. Having close friends was a blessing, much akin to the happiness she felt when around them.

Kaya returned the look. If anything had relaxed her and made her feel better about recent events, it was Ronnae and Billy. Giving one more hug, she picked up the sketchbook and opened it up.

"Wow..."

She'd find drawings and doodles, small scribbles and stickers her younger self made of many things. There was a vast amount of family pictures and she could tell that Ronnae came from an immense family, and a very varied one at that.

Many different races decorated the pages of the book, some extremely beautiful, others very imposing or stoic, and the wide assortment of goofy or trouble making types was also apparent.

Kaya looked over at Ronnae, smiling. "It looks like you were quite the artist, Ronnae. I can see that you even drew some of your family. Who are they? I usually just heard you talk about them, but I could never put faces to the names."

She wanted to know about the other races too of course, but one thing at a time.

Ronnae laughed, the color of her cheeks now very red as she twiddled her fingers embarrassed. "You know it would take me forever to go through the extensive and... ummm... very weird extent of my family considering that I think we may have almost all the races in it..." Something that had caused both turnmoil and much happiness. Much more happiness than turnmoil of course, which was the purpose of the head of the family from the beginning... Unification of races through affection and love.

Kaya nodded "Well I think that's great: I can't even imagine something like that happening in my world. It's not like here, where color tone matters, but you wouldn't have something like, say, an earthbender and a firebender getting married, it just doesn't happen. Well...maybe with the exception of the Avatar Obviously, Katara and Aang were pretty much destined to be together. How did your parents meet again?"

"I don't think love has boundaries and it'll flourish where it pleases." she said idly with a smile, knowing all too well the teachings of one of her mothers.

"Papa had to come for her again and again for a months, I think even more than a year he kept showing up, trying to talk to her and asking for a date and such. Finally mama caved in and gave him a shot and a challenge. Seems that all his persistence paid off in the end as you can see me here~" she mused with a smile.

"I agree," Kaya said. "I think that love comes in many forms, and whoever you love that deeply you should be free to be with! I'd never heard of two girls being with each other before, yet I can't imagine, say, Nanoha and Fate with anyone else, could you?"

Kaya giggled. "Yes, I can see that! It just goes to show what happens when you're persistent and willing to do whatever it takes."

There was a slight pang in her chest at this, of course, having lost the person she cared abut so recently.

"And you're lucky too: look at you and Billy!"

Ronnae nodded with a small giggle, "True, it just goes to show you indeed."

She knew all too well of Kaya's pain, that's why her smile was a bit bittersweet.

"Yes, I'm extremely lucky, something I'm grateful for on a daily basis."

"He's just as lucky too, you know. Billy needs balance, someone to watch over him that even I can't do. In some ways I am close to Billy, but in others, you definitely are at the forefront of his mind always."

She gently cuffed Ronnae "Which is why you need to put him in his place if he ever gets too stubborn about dumb things, ok? Billy can be as self sacrificing as me, but with more disastrous results."

"I...." That, was something that had been on her mind ever since Lash had spoken to her about them in that way. But Billy hadn't said anything, not that she had the guts to inquire...

"Y-yeah, I'll d-d-do my best. It's hard at times."

Kaya was completely oblivious to what Lash had told Ronnae, and for that reason she was still looking enviously at Ronnae

"I know: he likes to help others, just as you or I would. It's just...Billy is still fragile at the moment, so he can get hurt much more easily than we can."

And she most certainly couldn't lose Billy too.

"Y-yeah... I'll... I'll do my best Kaya, you know I w-will." she said a bit embarrassed. She'd just keep her insecurities to herself.

And it was just about now that she noticed that Ronnae was getting that look when she had something she wanted to say that she wasn't.

"Are you Ok Ronnae?" Kaya said. "You know you can talk to me about anything, right?"

"I know, and really, it's nothing. I'm just feeling a bit dazed is all..." She smiled weakly, and now that she thought about it... when was the last time she ate?

Her face seemed paler than usual, and her breathing had slowed down, and still she relaxed, laying down and resting her head on Kaya's. "Maybe I jus' need to rest is all."

Kaya DID notice the paleness, and was all alarmed now: after all, it was Ronnae, and she would definitely make sure that her friend was taken care of. She wasn't going to move just now, not when Ronnae was resting her head on hers, but she did make a note to herself to watch out for her too, while she was here.

"Ronnae, let me fix you something to eat soon, ok? As long as I'm here, I should at least do something for the both of you: a little fussing over hurts no one!"

Ronnae blushed slightly and nodded.

"T-thanks Kaya... That'd be actually a really nice idea. We can have a nice meal together." She snuggled up to her, closing her eyes for a moment.

Kay was still wondering what had brought that flicker of doubt in Ronnae's eyes a few minutes before, but figured it was simply something she had to deal with all her own. She was sure she would find out what it was later.

"Hey, that's what I'm here for!" Kaya said, offering the girl a smile. Yes, there was still that ache of not having Matt, of wondering if any of her good friends would be taken from her similarly, but she was sure that was a question for another day.

"Did you have something in mind?"

~~Ronnae get's instantly taken by GLaDOS!~~

Ronnae shook her head, "Not that I can recall, I think I just need to eat something.... I don't remember the last time I ate... Or slept for that matter..." And it was apparent from how pale the girl looked at the moment.

And here is one of those times where it helped that Kaya was taller than Ronnae and very muscular with all of her training. Her growing concern was instantly replaced by a no nonsense look, and she scooped the shorter girl in her arms, taking her back over to their place

"Ok, you are definitely going to have to put up with me spoiling you for a little bit, Ronnae. I get you may have gotten tired, but there is no way you're going to stay looking like that while I'm around. Come on, I'll get you resting on the bed, so you can at least eat before you get some rest, ok?"

Ronnae didn't have much strength to fuzz so she obliged, holding on to Kaya closely as she was taken to the house.

"S-sorry to have bothered you K-kaya... You d-didn't have to do this you k-know..."

Kaya rolled her eyes, looking more than a little motherly here. "Oh come on, the two of you were kind enough to put up with me for a little while. I know you must want to spend some time with him right now, but you let me come here. I'm grateful for that, and to have you as a friend. So let me help you."

She smiled, lightly kissing the girl's cheek. "Now go lay down a moment, and tell me what I can make you, ok?"

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