Flowers blooms

Five.

Mountain was the first out, seeming quite shocked Terre actually showed up for some reason. Either way, his joy was barely staying inside of him.

He radiated happiness, causing the others to chuckle.

"You two better be off now!" Copia said in his gentle Italian accent.

"We are! Ciao!" Terre waved with a smile to Copia but also the others.

Mountain looked at the ghuleh, feeling his cheeks heat up a bit just from looking at her being.. her. It was so cute.. so natural.

He noticed small details like how she tried to keep her back slightly straightened to come off more confident. It sure fooled him..

"So how was practice?" The ghuleh smiled.

"It was like usual, just more teasing this time around" Mountain responded.

A silence fell over the two, slightly awkward silence to be exact.

"Err.. what were you up to— I mean what did you pack in your basket this time?" He asked.

Cute. "You'll see" she hummed.

The two walked side by side, both radiating a mass amount of joy, one just more visible than the other. Terre was almost skipping, while Mountain just had a wide smile plastered on his face.

Terre had noticed his smile a while back, making her all giggly with billions of butterflies in her stomach.

"Are you excited?" Mountain chuckled, keeping his hands in his pockets.

"Very" The ghuleh hummed, holding her basket behind her back.

"It's nothing special.. we went out yesterday too didn't we?" He asked.

"Well.. its my first date with a sane being!" She joked.

Mountain rolled his eyes, looking ahead of him. His eyes landed on the walls before slowly drifting back to the ghuleh walking next to him.

"Plus your eyes don't say that it's nothing special!" She teased, pointing a finger at him.

"I— Is it that obvious?!" He blushed, putting a hand over his mouth.

Terre shrugged, looking at the ghoul. "You're just very predictable"

And that he sure was. Once you knew the ghoul, nothing became more predictable than his emotions. Just by his reactions alone, you could guess what he thought of a situation. No matter how hard he tried to hide it.

"I'm not that predictable" he chuckled, giving her a slight push to the shoulder.

"You so are!" The ghuleh responded. "You're literally covering your blush to make it seem otherwise!"

"What if I just had something stuck in my teeth?" He laughed.

They continued laughing and joking like this all the way to the entrance of the forest. Stopping for a second to say hi to some of the people stood there.
..or well it was just an awkward hi, which neither Terre or Mountain enjoyed.

This interaction did make for some more funny topics to come up in their conversation.

The environment changed as they travelled further into the forest. The Italian Satanic church was barely even visible from where they stood, just a blur. On the other hand the green surrounded them in almost every direction.

The grass which got crushed under the two's shoes combined with the light breeze made this just the perfect atmosphere to be in at that exact moment.

"Phew, we're almost there already!" Terre exhaled, using her free hand to wipe her forehead.