The Glyph Monado

Ch. 44: Second Date, Hopes

As they headed through town, multiple witches and demons greeted them with smiles in support of their relationship. A few even commented on Boscha's new look. It was met with compliments.

"Looking good, grudgby star!"

"The brown brings out your eyes."

"Killer glasses!"

"Looks like everyone's taking a liking to the new you." Luz whispered to her.

"And I have you two to thank." Boscha said.

Boscha kissed both of their cheeks as they made it to the town park.

"How have I never been here?" Luz asked, "This place looks nice."

"Well now you do. Maybe we could come here again in the summer?" Amity suggested.

Luz was reminded that camp was over and her mom was alone.

"Yeah." Luz said, "In the summer."

It had been such a wild ride since she got the Monado, that Luz completely forgot about her goal of creating a new portal home back to her mother but that would also mean leaving behind her friends and girlfriends.

'I could always go back and forth when it's done but what if one side wants me to stay for good?'

"Babe, are you okay?" Boscha asked.

Luz quickly snapped out of her thought and looked towards her girlfriends, Amity and Boscha, seeing them ahead of her and waiting with concern looks.

"Sorry, I'm fine. Just thinking is all." Luz said as she caught up with them.

"You were thinking about your mom, weren't you?"

"How did you know?" Luz asked.

"I get the same look when worrying about what she'll think of my report cards, I don't get straight A's all the time." Boscha said to her.

"Now can you please tell us what's wrong?" Amity asked.

"With all the... excitement, I forgot that I actually don't belong here. I completely forgot that I'm stuck here." Luz said, "I'm probably a horrible daughter, I'm having fun while she's alone in the Human World."

"Don't you dare even THINK you're horrible. You are far from horrible, Luz." Amity said as she brings Luz over to Boscha.

"But just think of how my mom is reacting. Camp is over by now and she must be worried about why I didn't come home from camps." Luz said to them.

"And she probably thinks she's a horrible parent for putting you in that position." Boscha said, "You both feel horrible, but you both did what you thought was best."

"But-" Luz said before Amity put a hand on her lips.

"No buts. I know you feel guilty about coming here but you can't feel guilty about all you've accomplished and all the friends you made. I'm sure once you have a working portal and see your mom again, you can explain it all." Amity said to her.

"You think so?"

"We know so." They both said with smiles, comforting Luz.

"And if you want, we can be there with you." Boscha added.

"I... I would like that."

Feeling her worries fade away, Luz continued through the park with Boscha and Amity until they found the perfect spot for their picnic.

"This will be good, don't you think?" Boscha asked.

"I believe so. We picked out the right ingredients that won't make Luz sick or poison her for lunch." Amity said, recalling all of the ingredients they used to make lunch along with the snacks.