Green eyes brightening, he nods. "Of course." He removes his shoes, dipping his feet in the water as well. The action creates little ripples, blurring their reflection, streams of sunlight sparkling over certain areas. Maverick analyzes the picture before his eyes. CC and him, it looks right. Feels right.
(do we wanna time skip to the touring?)
(Yeah)
(okie dokie ill do that then)
All of the students and teachers walking down the streets, covered with trees, shops, and restaurants lined up. Parks and some tourist sites. Walking down the street, CC stopping at every single shop, looking at everything there. Her eyes sparkling at every shiny object she picked up. After exchanging money with the owner of the shop, she looked at a bracelet made of tiny brown and black ropes, with a little silver chain intertwined into a braid. She twirled around to Maverick with a big smile on her face.
"Give me your hand.. oh and close your eyes!"
She says, hiding the bracelet behind her back. She hoped he would like it…. he didnt seem like much of a bracelt guy, but this one reminded her of him a little to much.
"Okay…" Maverick acquiesced, feeling slightly foolish as he extended his arm and shut his eyes. The people were fairly dispersed, but the bustling streets were still busy.
CC with a big stupid smile on her face, pulls out the bracelet, unhooking it, and clipping it around his wrist.
Holding his hand, she giggles a little.
"Okay open!"
His warm hand in hers, for some reason she felt the blood rush to her cheeks. Her face turning a little red as he opens his eyes.
Hesitantly, Maverick’s eyes trace down his arm to wrist. A weird expression crosses over his face, and he angles his head in consideration. His eyes snap back to CC, smirking at her blush. “I- thank you,” he says, relishing more in the fact that she considered to buy him something, rather than the bracelet.
"now we both have bracelets!"
She says still smiling at him, letting go of his hand, twirling around and running to the front of the group. Passing all of the shops and buildings, It should be a little bit longer until they went back to the houses. This was the only day it was going to be super organized with an actual schedule, the other days, for the rest of the summer, it was a free for all.
Laughing, Maverick jogs up to CC, the encounter with Ryuu now shining at the top of his mind. “Hey…” he begins, fidgeting with the bracelet. “Is Ryuu still mad at me? After an entire school term?”
She stops sighs, then looks at his eyes.
"No? He's interested in someone else"
She turns back around, acting as he didn't even talk to her in the first place.
what did Ryuu do this time….
“Beatriz, right?” It still didn’t make sense though. Why would he be mad at me if he’s over CC? Maverick ponders on this thought while strolling past shops, clustered together with all sorts of items. I should get her something - she got me a bracelet. He eagerly seeks out any objects tied to nature, or perhaps more specifically, flowers.
"Yeah! I think so…. they've been talking quite a bit, but i could be wrong. And he's a nice guy, he wouldn't be mad at you unless you hurt me… even if his feelings were being crushed in the process. Again… he wouldn't do anything unless you hurt me…. which you didn't."
She smiles at him, she notices him looking at the items in the shop at the group walks. She twirls around, smiling to herself, trying not to step on the cracks of the ground.
Despite himself, he can't help but smile at her words. He tugs his eyes away from the glass to CC, watching as she meticulously studies the ground. "Are the cracks in the road more important than me?" Maverick feigns offense, pretending to drag the girl away from the street, into a cozy shop on the corner.
An elderly woman greets them with a warm smile. The shop is slightly unorganized, shelves propped against seemingly random artifacts, objects of all sorts displayed. Perfect. He lets CC flit around, as his eyes roam the items.
CC turns around to face him, only to be led into a shop.
"Pfft n-"
She stopped talking once she was met with all of the shiny things in the shop.
"woah! What is this?"
She turns her head back to Mave excited
"I have no idea," he admits, chuckling. There. A small necklace, composed of a forest green chain and wooden rose carved into the pendent. Quickly, not giving himself time to think, he pockets the necklace. Maverick strolls up to the women while CC is admiring other items. Wordlessly, he hands her money and flashes the necklace.
CC looking around, she quickly gets a flower, from seemingly thin air, and alot of them, making a flower crown, sneaking up behind maverick, setting it on his head. She then runs over the other side of the shop to admire some of the other things. In the end, she ended up buying a single ring. It was crystal clear, she assumed it was glass, with a tiny, real flower melted into the center. Standing by the outside of the shop, admiring the ring, she sees maverick walk out of the shop, stepping to him
"Whtd you get?"
She says with a bright face, happily bouncing her heels up and down.
He winks, pulling out the necklace with as much confidence as he could muster. All this bravado could be amounted, but inside Maverick was writhing with insecurity. Tenderly, the boy hooks the chain around her head, finally daring to glance at CC for approval.
CC looking down at the necklace, filled with joy, she held the rose up to her face gently with just her two fingers.
Admiring how beautiful it was, she couldnt even think about holding back a smile. she was truley happy.
"This is so pretty!"
A mischevious grin creeped upon her face as she dramatically went it to a silly pose, running her fingers throguh her hiar, smiling.
"Now do i look fabulous or what?"
“You always look fabulous,” he breathes out, not thinking. A violent shade of crimson blotches his cheeks, and Maverick averts his eyes. “I mean- well- I guess I said what I meant.”
Before she could even say something back, trying to stand up and losing her balance, she falls on the ground. Her hand covering a crack in the sidewalk. Looking down, she sighs.
"Well i guess im dead"
She says to herself, looking at her hand covering the carrack, trying not to blush by ignoring what maverick had said, that was what made her lose her balance in the first place.
“You’re… dead?” His eyebrows scrunch together, a hint of red still present on his cheeks. A crooked grin spreads on his face as Maverick remarks, “We’ve been in a lot of situations where you’re on the ground.” He reaches out his right hand - the bracelet dangling from his wrist.
Taking his hand, she laughs a little,
"Well don't you know!? You touch the crack you die!"
She looks down at Mavericks feet, which are standing right on the cracks to.
"Well, goodness Mave…. you're dead too!"
She grabs his hand pulling him forwards whilst laughing. She truly was having a good time, she hadn't had such a good time in a while.
"I…" he struggles for words, pulling CC up with ease. Nudging his feet off the cracks, he meets her eyes. "Have I revived?" Confusion mingles in his eyes, along with an edge of amusement.
She leans a tad bit close to his face and smiles,
"OH well, I guess so!"
She turns around, they walk past a little bar, halfway tempted to go in there. She ignores it, walking along, when the group stops.
The teachers explaining how they were going to go back and that now its techincally a free for all, meaning she could swim. Well that's what CC got out of it.
Once everyone was nearing the beach houses CC looks at Maverick, smiling.
"You gonna swim or what?"
She asks through the stupid grin of hers.
"Swim?" Maverick chokes out, coughing slightly. "Hell. No. I am terrified of water. No. Not happening." A small pout emerges on his lips, as he crosses his arms. Winking, he mentions, "I'm okay with watching though." For some reason, the thought of Ryuu seeing CC at the beach didn't sit well with Maverick, but he shook it off.
(Beach lol)
CCs smile fades, then quickly returns
"Oh okay! Well…. I'm gonna go then."
She was really looking forward to swimming with him, but if he was scared of water…. There was nothing she could really do. She runs to her house, looking back at maverick still on the wooden bridge leading from the houses to the land. Walking into her own little bedroom, waving to Beatriz on the way in, sitting on her bed, for a few minutes. She just needed to get all straight before she went back outside.
ill figure out a way…
"Hey, CC," Beatriz calls, "what are we supposed to be doing?" She asks uncertainly, walking over to CC's door to lean delicately against the doorframe.
CC stands up, opening the door, shocked to see Beatriz so close.
"Oh hi, um well… It's like a free for all, but mostly everyone is either taking a nap or swimming. I'm swimming, what about you?"
She smiles at her, hoping she would at least swim. But if she doesn't, she's going to find out how to get Maverick to swim.