Bonded by Moonlight.

Picture.

Aire was an ordinary person living in Buffalo, NY. He has just finished his first major Veterinary Exam and is walking home along the Niagara when he decides to just stand along the railing and stare into the amazing view. The moon was out and was shining so bright. The beautiful lights from the Niagara Falls and the moon shining above were so beautiful. He really wanted to capture this moment. He pulls out his phone to take a picture, but having a very sucky camera, he isn't very successful. "I hate my phone so damn much!" He exclaimed. As he tucks his phone back in his pocket, he notices a guy with a way better camera than his. "Fuck man, what phone is that? The camera is amazing..." He says with a sigh. He wants to work up the courage to ask him if he could possibly get the picture, but panics. He's really bad at starting conversations and just small talk in general. He starts reciting things in his head "Hi! I- wondering.. you-... Satan fuck me. I can't word. Hi! I'm Aire..! I noticed your picture.. and I think it's perfect and beautiful. Eh, I guess that could work." He takes a deep breath, and starts walking towards him. "Shit. Shit. Ok. I can do this, you're only asking for a picture. Pull your shit together!" He thinks to himself. He approaches the guy, and lightly taps on his shoulder. "Excuse me?-" he says. "Hi there!" The guy says happily in response. "Hi..! I'm Aire! I was trying to take a picture, and my camera sucks ass" he says with a nervous laugh. "I noticed your picture while I was a bit back that way... And I was wondering if you could send it to me someway..?" He finally gets out between a couple studders. "Hi Aire! I'm Douglas! I tend to take lots of pictures of nature and just the outside in general. I am so thankful for the camera this phone has! But yeah! If you would like, I can send it to you! Where can I send it to you?" He says with a soft smile. "Oh! Uhm- do you have Discord?- I use that quite a lot-" he says nervously, not actually expecting him to want to send it to him. "Yeah! That works! Here put in your information." He says, handing Aire his phone. Aire entered his information to Douglas and thanked him very much. Aire checks the time "21:04" "Ah- I should be getting back home. I have to feed my dog." Aire says with a hurried tone. "Oh! Ok! I'll send you the pictures when I take some more!" Douglas says with a friendly smile. "Ok then! I really do appreciate this, I know I'm just some stranger, but I really do appreciate this. A whole lot." He says. "It doesn't bother me at all! I'm glad you like it and came up and asked. If I were in your position, I would be terrified out of my mind and probably wouldn't even ask." Douglas says with a laugh. "Yeah, I just have a strong love for the moon, and your picture captures it perfectly." Aire says looking back up at the moon. "Well, I'll talk to you later?" He asks. "Yup! I'm gonna get these pictures and probably head home myself. It was amazing meeting you Aire!!" Douglas says in a joyful tone. "It was nice meeting you too Douglas. Talk later!" Aire responds in a more relaxed tone. Aire walks away, stopping once to glance back at Douglas taking more photos.

Aire arrives back home around 22:00 and feeds his dog Moose. He changes out of his scrubs, and throws on pajama pants and a hoodie. After taking Moose outside one last time, he shuts up the house and heads to bed with Moose. He gets comfortable under the blanket with Moose curled up in his legs and scrolls on Instagram for a while. After about an hour, he gets a Discord notification, "Friend request from: *username*" he kind of just sits there in disbelief for a second. "Oh- he actually added me..!" Aire adds him back and sends the wave gif.

Aire: *wave gif*
Douglas: *wave gif*
Aire: You actually added me back!
Douglas: Of course I did! Why wouldn't I?
Aire: Uh- because I'm a complete stranger to you?
Douglas: And? That's how you meet new people! You go up and start small talk! And it just so happened to be a picture of a moon!
Aire: Yeah- I guess that's true.
Douglas: So! Here's the pictures! *4 attachments*
Aire: I- Those are fucking gorgeous..-
Douglas: Mhm! I love my camera dude
Aire: I do too it's amazing

They talk for a while, sharing interests and hobbies.

Aire: Oh shit- it's 02:37 lmao
Douglas: I- we talked for that long?
Aire: Apparently so! I'm a bit tired to be honest-
Douglas: Me too- I think I'm gonna head to bed
Aire: yeah me too lmao
Douglas: Nightttt!!
Aire: Night!

After that, Aire felt very accomplished in life. He worked up the courage to talk to a stranger, got beautiful pictures, and made a friend. All in one night.