Limelight

Roz: Language

(Limelight #2 for today~ The next installment of the Rozeira storyline!)

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The members of BFZ met up at the end of the day and were busy discussing the plans for that afternoon's band practice when they were interrupted.

"Hey, Roz...?" a familiar voice came from behind them and they all fell silent and slowly turned around.

Keira was standing there with a hopeful expression and her eyes on Roz like the boys weren't even there. The three of them exchanged knowing looks and Zephyr nudged Roz's shoulder before motioning to the others to follow him.

"C'mon, guys," he started to walk away, discreetly winking at Roz when Keira couldn't see it, "See ya around, Roz."

Al frowned, "Wait, I thought we had band pra- Ow!" his hand flew to the back of his head where Zach had just smacked him and he scowled, "There's better ways to tell me to shut up, you know," he whined as he trailed along after them, until Zephyr took his hand and he instantly cheered up.

Keira chuckled lightly as she watched them go then turned her attention back to Roz, who was once again trying to hide her nervousness.

"So, I guess that means you're free now?"

"I..." Roz shrugged, "... Guess it does, yeah." She smiled, feeling awkward, but Keira didn't seem to notice. In fact, she looked a little shy herself, bouncing on her heels.

"Great, 'cause I kinda have a favour to ask?"

Now they were curious, "Yeah, anything! What do you need?"

"So, you know how they've just introduced the Zombie-tongue class for all the humans students?" she asked and Roz nodded, "Well, I was thinking maybe you could help me out a little?" she bit her lip, swaying ever so slightly.

Somehow, it felt like she was just making an excuse, but Roz didn't care. She would take any excuse to spend some time alone with Keira.

And that's how they ended up in the school library not too long after. They had started off actually going over some basic Zombie-tongue but that quickly gave way to more interesting things.

"So... how would you say 'I like you'?"

Roz saw the slight smirk on her face and returned it, "Gar-ziga."

"Gar-ziga."

OK, that sounded real. That definitely sounded real. Was that real...? Roz felt herself blush and looked down for a minute to try and calm her raging 3-beats-per-minute heartrate. When she lifted her head back up, she was met with Keira's eyes staring straight into hers, her chin in her hand and a soft smile on her lips.

"How about..." she quickly glanced around, making sure nobody was watching, then pretended, very obviously, to think, "How d'you say 'kiss me'?"

Roz couldn't help the grin spreading across her face. She licked her lips and took a breath, never breaking eye contact, "Ag kiss-ga."

Keira leaned in a little closer, "Ag kiss-ga, Rozka?"

Before she obliged, Roz narrowed her eyes, acting suspicious, but still smiling, "Was this your plan all along?"

Keira just shrugged, feigning innocence, "Maybe?"

With a short laugh, Roz finally kissed her. It was just a small peck but she still kissed her, and it left the human girl giggling happily. For a little while after that, neither of them could find their voice, instead they could only make brief eye contact and dissolve into giggles again. Eventually, they were both (mostly) calm and composed enough to speak.

"Um..." Keira started, "I honestly do need help with this class, though. Not just for school, I'd... really like to know your language. And I think I need to work on it..."

"You're already doing pretty good, actually."

"Am I?"

"Yeah! Seriously, you are, so maybe," Roz paused, getting nervous again, "next time, instead of the tutoring, we could, like, go on a real date...? There's a Christmas party in Zombie Town coming up."

"Sounds like fun!"