The girl was surprised just how much Hell lacked anything interesting. They walked the first few minutes, being amazed at how gray and boring it was. She couldn't even believe it. She was expecting something magical and fantastic, not just a bunch of gray apartments stuffed together in a very claustrophobic way.
"It's so dull here." She commented out loud, her pink eyes shifting through the boring streets to the two males next to her.
"The Judgers are against much brightness." Adrien told her, looking not amused by the dullness, but in a way that indicated he was very much used to it.
"Apparently we need to go away from all the earthly things as possible." Alex said as he rolled his eyes.
"That's really dumb." She told to that, not understanding their reasoning.
"But that's why we're taking you to one of the brighter sides of the district!" Alex said in excitement, smiling at her in enthusiasm.
She couldn't help but smile back.
"You'll see tons of interesting shops and people. So try not to get lost." Adrien told them a warning.
Somehow, that didn't quite strike the girl as a warning. More like an opportunity. An opportunity for some adventure. She knew she'd piss him off if she ran away, but she was sure Adrien would get over it quickly. It would be only for a short while. Nothing bad would happen if she took a chance to run away for a short while. She missed running around and walking freely.
Adrien walked in front of them, as if to guide the way. The girl took the opportunity to whisper something into Alex's ear.
"You think we could run away for a bit?" She questioned him with a small giggle.
He looked at her with a confused and a bit scared face. He didn't quite understand.
"I don't get what you're trying to say..." Alex told her in confusion, scratching his dark blue hair.
"Run away. From Adrien. Just a little bit to run away around by ourselves." She told him with an excited smile, somehow knowing he'd agree to her temptation.
Alex looked at Adrien, who wasn't paying much attention at all. Well, it would be easy, but he didn't want to do this to his idol. And lots of bad things could happen if he strayed away from him even in the slightest.
"I really don't like that idea." Alex said in an unsure tone.
"Aw, come on Alex. It'll be fun. Just this one time." She tried being persuasive.
"I don't really know.." He was starting to falter, only due to her cute and sweet voice.
"Please? For me?" And when she said that, he really couldn't help but agree.
He did like her for some time, he didn't know exactly why. Maybe because she was so shy and cute, but he knew he was easy to manipulate. And she did exactly that, even if she didn't know she did it.
"Fine." He agreed.
She squealed in happiness, hugging him. And he was only happy he managed to do that, that he was the one that made her smile. He took pride in making her smile. Although he already felt bad for what they were about to do, but he still wanted to make her happy after all of the things that happened. She deserved at least a little bit of happiness.
As they went into the colorful street, they talked to Adrien a little bit, before he got into his head again and stopped talking. She pulled Alex by the hand and he followed a bit hesitantly. Even if it was hesitant, he started feeling happy from all the adrenaline. It was oddly romantic and movie like, running away together and being rebelliously adventurous.
He didn't know when Adrien noticed they were missing, but he didn't even think about it much. He decided to ignore the feeling of guilt for her smile. He'd regret it, he knew, but he couldn't help himself.
They went everywhere. Every shop, every food place, every arcade or similar. Her energy reminded him of Mia, but the key difference was that she didn't get bored as quickly. She could do some things for longer periods of time, which made him remember them more. He appreciated it more, but it did make him feel a bit nostalgic for Mia.
She wasn't a big eater, but she did try everything once. She was oddly good at arcade games, and her excitement at the vinyl store was the most noticeable, along with the book shops. He didn't know why, but she just felt and looked different. Like she had different hobbies than most people he met. She'd buy random stuff from the store with Adrien's money, claiming they were collectibles. He noticed all of the items she'd buy had to start with the letter N, which was quite unusual but he felt like it was new and original.
At the end, once the day started to end, according to his clock, he decided to buy plastic grass and some blankets. Going away to a isolated place seemed like a nice idea. Pretending to have a picnic in the wilderness sounded like an idea that was just right. Laying down the fake grass of a couple of meters, which he decided to carry just out of courtship and to impress her, putting down a blanket and pulling out a bunch of sandwiches. He knew Mia would eat all of them, it was just normal to buy a lot of food, he forgot not everyone ate as much as her.
Even if everything was dead in the sky, just pure black, they still pretended to see the stars, just like in those shitty movies they both saw. Even if there was no grass around them, she still said she could smell the grass, and even if there was no nature around them or animals, Alex would still say he loved the noises the crickets made. It was almost perfect, if it wasn't that fake. But it didn't even bother them.
But it had to come to an end soon. It ended once she started crying out of nowhere.
