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“Want to have a look around first? We both are here for the first time so we could get some insight on what they prepared here! But on the other hand..maybe taking a small break first would be good. We had a long way until we came here. What do you think Flamma?” He noticed her having some longer looks at other ninetales, so he kept having an eye on her. If he’d noticesmething being odd with how she behaved he wanted to be there and cheer her up. But even though the arcanine was prepared for anything it didn’t look like she was feeling bad at all. This made Hak really happy.
She closed her eyes, trying to think of what they should do. “Hmm.. let’s rest first. I’m sure we can explore the ball later.” She says finally. She made her way to one of the cushiony mats payed out for the quadruped Pokémon to use and lasted down. Admittedly she had a few other reasons for her decision, mainly because she wasn’t sure how to approach any of the fellow attendees of the ball. It had been quite a few years since she had had any real, lasting interaction and she was definitely out of practice. She looked over at Hak, trying to put into words the question she had thought of. “Why are you doing this? I mean, what do you gain from helping me? I haven’t done anything to earn your respect, yet you’re being so kind and caring..” she asked softly, having lost most of her pride with the whirlwind of events now taking place in such a short timespan. { @ask-mirai-and-friends }
Nodding at her suggestion, Hak followed her to the mats, resting his body besides Flamma. Now he was watching over what everyone else was doing in the huge ballroom, when her sudden question moved his attention towards the unsecure ninetales.
At first the arcanine just gave her a soft smile, then he even lay down a paw onto one of hers. “I don’t need to gain anything from helping others. I just can’t ignore someone being all alone when they don’t even want to life like that. The moment you said that being alone is the only way..you remembered me of my past self, back then before I got to meet my daughter Lilly. I suddenly understood how you must feel..and the simple fact that you had to go through this for such a long time while I couldn’t stand it after just a few years…I knew that I could help you, so I tried my best to do so.. Hopefully I don’t seem like a coward to you because of my simple reasoning.” Hak chuckled, being slightly embarressed to tell her about his thoughts.
She listened to the answer, closing her eyes midway through. She leaned forward and pressed her head against Hal's neck, her eyes wet as she cried silently and stilly into his shoulder. After a while she stopped and pulled away, staying close. "Thank you." She said quietly. "Thank you for helping me. I didn't think that kindness like that existed anymore." She smiled, moving her muzzle under his paw and gently pushing upwards. "Let's dance." She said, moving away as she stood upwards, her tails falling, relaxed. "We're supposed to after all, aren't we?" She was adorned with all the flowers she'd been given throughout the night. Two pink tulips adorned the top of her mask, given to her by Sparrow and Azzy, the gardenia, given to her by Blythe and with one dot darkened from a stray tear, was tucked behind one of her ears, and the Amaryllis from Excalibur tucked in a groove on the top of the right side of the mask. The scents surrounded her, filling her nostrils and causing her eyes to sparkle happily. She remembered being much younger, wandering the forests as a Vulpix and experiencing what nature had to offer. When was the last time she had done that? Surely it hadn't been that long... She couldn't recall. One forgets to do what they love when their mind is occupied. Cyrian had distracted her, both in life and death. She'd forgotten to have fun. She promised, as the music played and she began dancing slowly with Hak, to remember to frolic and laugh and enjoy what she could. She would fight the loneliness and have friends and not just survive but live.