#ㅤㅤ⁰⁶. bright eyes and a stupid blush

𝐂𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝗑ㅤㅤㅤ───ㅤㅤㅤ𝖻𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗉𝗂𝖽 𝖻𝗅𝗎𝗌𝗁.










▬▬▬▬▬ㅤ 𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐌𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐀'𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑, she decided.

ㅤㅤShe had completely forgotten how much Burgess liked him, it was so easy for him to get everyone to lie for Aura in order to keep her presence hidden from her mother that she even went as far as saying she admired him.

ㅤㅤShe supposed connections were important, Aura should have known to get Burgess' people to like her aswell, maybe then she wouldn't have to be so cautious all the time when visiting Jack━

ㅤJack, Jack, Jack. It seemed as he was all she thought about recently. It was a bit infuriating, but good.

ㅤㅤAura really wanted to stop thinking of him sometimes, though.

ㅤㅤShe almost called mister Oxygen 'Jack' multiple times, it was very embarrassing.

ㅤㅤBut, for now, she was okay with thinking of the boy, Aura never knew she was able to have such pure thoughts about anything.

ㅤㅤ"Do you want to skate in the ice again sometime?" he told her one day while fixing his coat━ she quietly admired the button's strong will to remain there, even if hanging by a single thread.

ㅤㅤ"I don't know, depends on when." she shrugged, simply.

ㅤㅤ"Not today, obviously." he chuckled. Unfortunately Jack couldn't spend a lot of time with Aura that day, as he had a lot of work to do. "But maybe next week?"

ㅤㅤThe girl thought for a long minute, then frowned in disappointment when she recalled her busy schedule.

ㅤㅤ"I guess not." he read her face.

ㅤㅤAura felt the urge to apologize.

ㅤㅤ"I'm a wife-in-training now, I don't think I'd have time for that kind of stuff." Aura shrugged as she sat on her heels by Jack's side.

ㅤㅤ"Wife-in-training?" the words sounded unnatural to him, Jack frowned as he spoke, not liking the title so much. "You're engaged?"

ㅤㅤ"Not yet, and I don't think I am to be." she shrugged, staring at her reflection in the frozen lake with hardened eyes, Aura didn't like the title either. "Mister Oxygenated or whatever his name was looked spooked by the end of our first date."

ㅤㅤJack tried to suppress it ━not really━, but he couldn't help but to throw his head back in laughter.

ㅤㅤ"Why is that?" Jack calmed down, tilting his head to the side as he looked at her with an amused smile.

ㅤㅤ"I think I spoke too much, I started talking about philosophical beliefs on love and tea seconds and he looked at me just like this," she looked at Jack and copied mister Ox-blablabla's widened eyes and open smile. The Overland boy laughed again, making Aura giggle as she looked back at the water with softer eyes.

ㅤㅤ"And what if he liked all your nonsense?"

ㅤㅤ"Then he must be out of his mind. Only a crazed man would enjoy all that talk." the youngest Mori rolled her eyes. "Althought he did kiss my hand after all of that, it must mean something, right?"

ㅤㅤJack wasn't smiling anymore.

ㅤㅤ"Really?" he didn't seem as amused as his tone gave out.

ㅤㅤ"Yes, his mustache made my fingers tickle, I think it was the best part of the whole date just for that." she ran her thumb through her knuckles, remembering the funny feeling of the man's mustache running through them.

ㅤㅤ"I see." he nodded, then went silent.

ㅤㅤAura worried she had said something that upset him. She wondered for a minute.

ㅤㅤJack didn't say anything else, only goodbye when he had to go.

ㅤㅤIt was a little hard to meet with him after that day, and Aura worried she had done something wrong, even when she couldn't exactly point out what.

ㅤㅤThe time she spent without meeting Jack at the lake was torturous. Aura's dark thoughts haunted her again.

ㅤㅤNonstop, all day, she thought about Jack, but not the pure thoughts she used to have.

ㅤㅤShe really wanted him to come by her house and catch her in his arms like he'd done to help her climb out of her window before. She wanted to stay in his arms for eternity.

ㅤㅤBut it was not love she felt.

ㅤㅤSure, she wouldn't mind switching Jack's and mister Oxytocin's places, the boy as her husband and the man as a nobody ━not that she saw Jack as a nobody, but Aura thought that if it were anyone else in his position they'd be one━, and sure, the thought of having a family with him in any far future brought butterflies to her stomach, but it was not love.

ㅤㅤAura felt that her emotions were not intense enough to be called that.

ㅤIntensity is a key word, the note on top of her study pile said.

ㅤㅤIt had been a while since Aura thought of her research, but it was good to revisit it.

ㅤㅤ"How to know if you're in love." Aura read out loud when she found the paper.

ㅤㅤNo. She didn't need that. She was not in love.

ㅤㅤIt was strange how long it took for Aura to even begin to believe that phrase.

ㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤ"𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐄?" Aura did not hide her anger as she crossed her arms, not faltering even when Jack gulped and looked down in regret.

ㅤㅤHe sat on the grass ━finally! Winter was over and Jack gave her his coat's button with the promise that she'd find another better one to be a substitute━ and fidgeted with some flowers that grew by the lake to distract himself.

ㅤㅤ"I'm not." he mumbled the lie, not able to look Aura in the eye.

ㅤㅤ"Why are you avoiding me." she repeated this question, now making sure it sounded more like a demand.

ㅤㅤ"Ah, well..." he scratched the back of his own neck. "I just... you're..."

ㅤㅤ"Did I do something wrong again?" Jack turned to look at her in surprise as soon as he heard her voice wavering. Her face was hardened, but he could see worry starting to creep out from her eyes.

ㅤㅤ"No!" he stood up immediately, standing in front of her while waving his hands around, not really sure where to put them. "No, never!"

ㅤㅤ"Then what is it?!" she frowned again, this time stomping her foot to show how impatient she was already.

ㅤㅤ"It's━ well, you're engaged now." he went red. "I guess it just━ well, it's not common for women and men to be friends when the other is engaged."

ㅤㅤ"I am not engaged." Aura frowned. "And, as I said, I don't think I am to be. Jack, I don't want to lose you..."

ㅤㅤShe stopped talking. Jack's face took an even deeper shade of red.

ㅤㅤ"You..r friendship, I mean." Aura ignored the heat in her cheeks.

ㅤㅤ"Right." he breathed out.

ㅤㅤ"I don't see how it's indecent to be friends." the girl mumbled, more to herself than anything.

ㅤㅤ"Right." Jack sat back down.

ㅤㅤShe sat by his side, it felt uncomfortable to sit farther than a few inches from him. Aura felt the boy tense up as soon as her leg brushed on his.

ㅤㅤ"Well..." Jack went back to fidgeting with the flowers. "I think it's okay. As long as we don't... Ah, well, I know we won't, but━ you know?"

ㅤㅤ"Mhmm." she found herself watching him for longer than what felt appropriate. Aura reminded herself that she was not engaged, not really, so it was okay to look.

ㅤㅤ"I mean, you don't..." he turned to face her, his eyes going a little wide when he noticed how close she was to his face. Aura's did the same, she surprised even herself. But it was okay, she was just looking; and she was not really engaged. "want... to... r-right?"

ㅤㅤ"I... no." she shook her head, but still kept her eyes on his face. Aura looked from his eyes, to his cheeks, to his lips, to his neck... she watched him swallow, bit her lower lip and went back to his eyes.

ㅤㅤPure thoughts. She wanted pure thoughts.

ㅤㅤAura convinced herself that it was okay because no one was looking rather than she was just looking.

ㅤㅤ"Okay." Jack sighed, she saw his eyebrows furrow softly. "I'm so sorry if this doesn't sound appropriate, but hearing that makes me a little disappointed."

ㅤㅤThe little string that held Aura's composure together broke. It was already thin to begin with.

ㅤㅤShe got too close━ she didn't want just to look anymore. Aura wanted more than that, she wanted touch. Even if only a small amount. She hesitated, not knowing how to process the moment just enough to know if any of it was a good idea or not.

ㅤㅤBut he closed his eyes. Closed them and sighed so peacefully that Aura felt herself tremble as her lips brushed with his.

ㅤㅤShe was not engaged.

ㅤㅤ"But she is almost." a little annoying voice said inside her head.

ㅤㅤAura moved away from him, covering her mouth with both hands.

ㅤㅤ"No! Jack, you have to tell me to stop when things like this happen!" she exclaimed, embarrassed as her cheeks went bright red.

ㅤㅤ"W-Why do I have to tell you?" he frowned, giggling in confusion and awkwardness.

ㅤㅤ"Because I listen to no one, not even myself, but I listen to you!" she shook her head aggressively, forcing her eyes closed. "Tell me to stop!"

ㅤㅤ"But I don't want you to stop!" he argued, pulling Aura's hands away from her mouth and holding them to keep them in place.

ㅤㅤThe blonde stared at him for enough time to Jack slowly feel the tip of his ears go red to go along with his burning cheeks.

ㅤㅤ"Really?" she asked, a serious look on her face.

ㅤㅤ"Really." he nodded, his eyebrows raised.

ㅤㅤAura took a deep breath and nodded once.

ㅤㅤ"Then I won't." Aura pushed him by his hands to the grass until he was laying down and got over him to connect his lips with her own.

ㅤㅤIt didn't feel as wrong as Aura wished it did. She really wanted the embarrassment of committing such a sin to be enough to stop her, but she was too far gone now.

ㅤㅤJack's hands went to her cheeks, then to her neck, then to her back and finally to her waist, but it didn't feel wrong.

ㅤㅤThe boy's heated face warmed her inside and out, her hands now on each side of him as if to keep him from the outside world, to keep him on her own, too scared that he might slip away.

ㅤㅤAnd his lips━ god, Aura should've done that sooner. Jack's lips were chapped from the cold, but even in the roughness somehow made it all better. He would move with caution as to not hurt her own lips, but after a few seconds her lip balm had already passed on to his and the roughness was gone.

ㅤㅤAura paused the kiss to let him breathe, to get a glance of his face. And it was a mess, his eyes barely open at all and his cheeks a red so bright from the heat that he looked as if he'd just eaten a pepper. Her face wasn't much better, she supposed.

ㅤㅤAs soon as Jack's breathing started to go back to normal, she kissed him again. It felt too good to be decent, her mind started to get paranoid.

ㅤㅤShe heard a sound ━either if it was actually real or just made up by her own paranoid mind, Aura did not know━ and snapped back to reality. She distanced herself from the boy, standing in her knees to get a look of the path behind them.

ㅤㅤMost of it was hidden from the view by the lake because of the trees around, and so Aura couldn't see if there was actually someone near.

ㅤㅤ"What? What's wrong?" Jack looked back aswell, but saw even less than the girl from his position on the ground, only keeping himself up by his elbows.

ㅤㅤThe young Mori shook her head.

ㅤㅤ"This... this wasn't a good idea. I don't want this." she couldn't afford the possibility of getting caught by her mother, the last thing Aura wanted was to get Jack in trouble because of her own indecency.

ㅤㅤShe felt the urge to apologize.

ㅤㅤ"You... you don't want this." he frowned, confused. "But you did it anyway."

ㅤㅤJack tried to understand, but, having no context as to why Aura would even say such a thing, the first thing he thought was of Aura's intentions when she first tried to get close to him like that.

ㅤㅤ"Are you... still doing that research?" he didn't wait for her to answer as he stood up. "Am I still a lab rat? Is that what this is?"

ㅤㅤ"What?" her disbelief kept her from explaining herself correctly.

ㅤㅤJack's angry expression was scary, Aura found out just then.

ㅤㅤ"I can't believe I fell for this again." he scoffed. "And this time you went as far as..."

ㅤㅤHe went red, but not like before━ now out of embarrasment for being such a fool. Again.

ㅤㅤ"N..." Aura's voice would work, all of a sudden. "No, wait."

ㅤㅤ"Damnit, Aura, why do you keep doing this?!" Jack shook his head and turned around, hiding his eyes from her view just as they were starting to tear up. "I'm trying so hard to be your friend!"

ㅤㅤ"But... No, no, Jack!" she stood up when he started to leave, but was way too quick with it and immediately tripped.

ㅤㅤAura held onto his hand to both try to balance herself and to stop Jack from walking away.

ㅤㅤ"Please, wait!" Aura felt a tug in her heart, it so quickly became a spark that went to her hand that she had no time to react when it caused a shock so strong that shone between her hand and Jack's.

ㅤㅤHe stopped.

ㅤㅤHow would Aura fix this now? Her powers didn't work on herself.

ㅤㅤMaybe after a minute or two the effects would wear out, Aura just had to make sure Jack wouldn't see anyone until━

ㅤㅤ"Sorry..." a voice called from the path ahead, Aura couldn't see who it was, as she was still behind Jack. "Am I interrupting something?"

ㅤㅤAura's heart stopped for a long minute. She glanced at the person from behind Jack and sighed in distress when she saw he was already staring at Amanda Rose with bright eyes and a stupid blush.




DAY ONE OF THE CHRISTMAS MARATHON!

it will only last five days, just until christmas, so beware!!!!!

I don't even know if I can accomplish this buT I'M STILL GONNA TRY

anyway, I'm so sorry this chapter is so small, I promise I'll try to write bigger chapters for this marathon :"]

in this chapter there isn't much to read into, but I purposefully didn't include Jack's thought process to the final conclusion that Aura was using him again just so that it came as a shock to both Aura AND the readers (you guys <3)

be honest, do you remember who Amanda Rose is? LMAO

when I mention Aura's insistence in having 'pure thoughts' I don't mean as just 'non-sexual thoughts' but rather the thoughts you have when you're just a little kid with a crush, like "I wanna hold hands with them!" and "I really wanna look at them all the time!!!"

I refer to the others as 'impure thoughts' because this is all very new to Aura and the simple thought of wanting to kiss someone or to just hug them for a very long time already feels lewd to her, I hope that's clear

first kiss AND heartbreak in the same chapter?!?!?!?!?! I feel like this chapter wasn't long enough to fit it all in correctly, I might rewrite it from scratch later

anyway, I hope you guys liked it anyway :D WISH ME LUCK FOR THIS MARATHON HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA (<-- this is the sound of me preparing myself in case I go insane doing this)

ANYWAY

have a great day/evening/night!!!!! I love u all

byeeeeee

- beex

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