To Fly You Must Fall

Maea Big dreamers shoot for open skies It was the first time in her life Maea turned anyone down, and Hotaru's reaction made it feel like it wasn't the end of the world. Warm, kind and understanding, the woman backed off with a smile and a wink, and it wasn't hard at all to smile back. "I'll... keep it in mind," she replied, embarrassed and grateful and... perhaps a bit flattered too, that someone as beautiful as this woman would even look twice at her. "Thank you, for... well, everything. Talk to you later!" The way she stood wasn't quite hasty, but there was an eagerness to the motion just the same. Maybe she should go see who was at the bar after all... perhaps he had just ducked out of sight for a moment. And it could hardly hurt, to stroll by, just once. She lived here, after all... Ah, the mind of a girl caught in her first real spring. ----- - FIN