✩ Starfish & Kelly ✩

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{Kelly}
Kelly absolutely adored the room the moment he walked in, his favorite decorative piece being the driftwood. He led Starfish to the couch, urging her to sit. He got a napkin from the kitchen, checking it for cleanliness. "Here, put this over your eyes." He asked, unsure of what she would think.

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S t a r f i s h
Unsure of what he wanted, she took the napkin and laid it over her eyes gently. Through the thin material, she could make out the faint glow of the large lamp in the corner. She placed one paw on one of the small, square cushions and laid her tail neatly on her lap. /What's he going to do?/

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{Kelly}
As soon as Starfish's eyes were covered, he got to work. Kelly took a large tan blanket off the back of the couch, laying it out in the center of the floor. He took a large blue blanket and hung it on the wall between two windows on the dowels. he took several blue pillows, scrunching them between the two blankets on the ground. He ever so gently lifted the piece of driftwood from it's resting place, sitting it on the tan blanket. He took several shells, memorizing where each one was with his photographic memory, and spreading them out on the blanket and peeping out from under the pillows. He put two pillows on the driftwood, and grabbed the cookies and lemonade from the other room. He opened a curtain behind the hung blanket, letting beautiful light stream in, but none of the outside actually showed. What he was left with was an imaginary beach scene to sit in and picnic, so he then uncovered Starfish's eyes.

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S t a r f i s h
Starfish kept her eyes closed for a moment more after the napkin had been pulled away, aware of a much brighter, purer light flooding into the room than before. She had heard small rattling and clunking sounds, so Kelly must have been moving her shells and things around, but it didn't sound like anything had broken. She slowly opened her eyes and winced at the bright light, blinking and focusing on the scene before her. For a second, it felt like she was back in one of her old childhood pre-Crack memories, before her vision adjusted to the sunlight and she could see what Kelly had done.

"Oh," she breathed softly. "Is this...?"

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{ Kelly }
Kelly sat hesitantly, unsure of quite what the look on Starfish's face was. Terror, happiness, sadness, he wasn't sure how she felt. He was hoping she would like it, but now he was unsure about moving around her shells. Maybe she didn't want them to be moved. "I'm sorry, I'll put them back," He said quietly, reaching for a petite conch near his foot.

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S t a r f i s h
Starfish slid off of the couch and sat on the floor, her feet tucked underneath her.

"No, don't do that," she said suddenly. "This is... this is so sweet..." She was surprised to find tears welling up in her eyes. /What? Is this such a big deal?/ "This is one of the sweetest things anyone's ever done for me," she said honestly, picking up a small clam shell and running her paw pads across the smooth surface. She looked up at Kelly and finally smiled.

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{Kelly}
Kelly's eyes welled up with happiness and and sat gently onto the floor next to Starfish. "I'm so glad you like it, I just felt like I needed to do something special for you." Kelly smiled back at Starfish. /She's impossibly more beautiful she she smiles./

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S t a r f i s h
Starfish let herself bask in the happiness for a moment, and then picked up a cookie.

"You're already doing something special by being here," she said softly, breaking it in two and then catching herself. /No more cookie crumbling./ Her paws moved restlessly. /Can't you relax for once?/ She picked up her tail and ran the fluff through her paws while gazing at Kelly.

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{Kelly}
Kelly saw Starfish fidgeting with those delicious cookies, and couldn't stand to watch her be so uncomfortable. He reached into his pouch and pulled out a small plush lizard, keeping it close in his hands."Im really glad I came, and I'm so glad I can make you happy." He took her paw in his and handed her the lizard. "I used to fidget, I used this lizard to calm me down, and I want you to have it."

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S t a r f i s h
Starfish looked down and immediately stopped fidgeting.

"It's an unconscious habit," she apologized, smiling sheepishly and taking the lizard, running her paws down its back like she was giving it a massage. "Thank you," she said, looking up at Kelly and smiling. "It's such a sweet gift." /You're such a sweet bean.../ "Does he have a name?" she asked, squishing the plush animal gratefully.