Sunshine & bumblebees.

[The.Lady.Inky]

Milly looked at his hand when he dropped hers, feeling just the slightest pang in her stomach. She looked around where they were standing and laughed a tiny bit. The grass beneath they was plush, and looked completely inviting.

"Well we can sit here, really, its just grass." She said, a smile in her voice. She continued to stare at his hand a moment longer but looked up at his face once again. His smile was brilliant and made her own smile grow wider. She examined his face for anything that would let her know that he was really actually happy to be there with her, on top of this hill, that no one really ever came to.

"Its a hill top about a block from my house. No one ever really comes here. Just me..." She trailed off, remembering how many times she had come here in the past month since she moved to the small little town. She let out a sigh and began to sit. She reached up for Max's hand and took it in hers to guide him where to sit.

"You can sit..." She murmured lightly and waited for him to sit beside her. She looked around at the flowers that grew on the hill and the trees that surrounded them.

[Devilwing~]

Max looks towards where her voice comes from, smiling nervously as she indicates that they can sit. He blushes more when she catches his hand again and rather quickly sits down, his long legs folding up akwardly as he tries to arrange himself on the slightly damp grass.

This time, he doesn't let go of her hand and instead starts tracing patterns on her palm with one finger, smiling to himself as his face turns back into the wind, enjoying the slight breeze against his warm cheeks.

"I see. I suppose that means you don't live too far away from me, then. Good. I'd quite like to see you again, Milly. You're one of the few people that treats me as if I'm actually human. The rest either hate me or think I'm made of glass. Like I'll break if they talk to me."

A cynical smile taints the happy look on his face, but it disappears in the place of a sheepish grin a second later, having only lasted a moment.

"Sorry. Told you that I'm bitter. I'm just unused to people being nice to me, really."

[The.Lady.Inky]

Milly just stared at Max for the longest time. She was so shocked at what he said about wanting to see her again. Her first friend in town, and he had to be one of the sweetest people she could have met. She looked at there hands again and smiled at it. Butterflies filled her stomach as he began to trace unknown images on her palm with a finger.

"I think you are bitter, to try and keep people away. Sorry, but I am not going anywhere." She chuckled lightly. When she let go of his hand to lay down on the grass, she let the sun warm her face. She intertwined their fingers again and just laid there.

"I love this place. Its the only place I can get away and not worry about anything." She closed her eyes and hoped Max would lay down beside her. She opened her eyes quickly and shielded her eyes with her free hand.

"I am sorry, I am being a bit..." She trailed off as the plush filled her face and she lost her words in her throat. She felt like she was being pushy, and flirty. When she regained her composure she cleared her throat lightly and closed her eyes again.

"I don't mean to be flirty or anything.. I just... normally don't have someone with me here, and I have to say, I wouldn't want anyone else." She almost whispered, not sure how he would take it. In all reality, Milly didn't have many friends. She moved a lot, and being here for only a short time so far, she didn't know anyone yet, except for old family friends. And they were OLD. She was silent for a long time and then sighed again, lightly.

"I don't know why people don't treat you like normal. Being blind doesn't make you not human..." She stopped and looked at him again. "Talking to me isn't bad is it?" She smiled at him.

[Devilwing~]

Max's face flushes as she lets go of his hand, feeling her lay down on the grass quite near him. He debates staying sat up, but some little part of his mind says; damnit lad, there's a nice, sweet young girl laid on the grass beside you. Play along with it?

Of course, he's not about to do anything weird. They've only just met, and he's something of a romantic, at-least-two-dates-before-you-touch-the-darned-girl kind of boy, in his head, secretly. When he thinks about dating, that is.

"Heh, usually it works. I'm suprised you haven't run screaming for the hills yet." With that, he flops down on the ground beside her, laying on his back as his fingers twine around hers once more.

"It's ok. I understand. I'm not being flirty either. I just feel more comfortable in your presence than I usually would around anybody. Even my parents..." He trails off as he looks for a word to describe his parents that isn't a swearword. Eventually he gives up. "Well, I don't get along with them."

Rolling onto his side, he faces her (or at least her general direction, being unable to focus correctly) and smiles at her again, his face more handsome when he's happy. His messy hair is falling into his eyes, though he can't tell and his mouth is wrinkling around the edges in a quite cute expression, actually.

"Handicaps scare people. They don't know what to think when they look at me; they fear me, because they're afraid of what it's like to be me. They're afraid because they pity me, and they don't know what to do to help me."

Shrugging that slim shoulder in his usual gesture, he blinks, though his view of the constant darkness is not interrupted.

"Talking to you isn't bad. It's good."

[The.Lady.Inky]

Milly smiled when she felt him lay beside her. She didn't open her eyes to look at him, but rather just listened and felt. She let his scent fill her nose and mind, making her dizzy.

"I am not afraid of you.. or scared because you are blind." She said simply. It really didn't scare her at all, he seemed sweeter then any guy that could see the world in front of him. She turned on her side to face him and almost smacked into him. She could feel his breathe on her face and leaned away, afraid she was to close for comfort. She cleared her throat and laid back down, unsure now of what to say. She knew he could feel her that close. You stupid girl, you act like you are making moves on him!

"I am... sorry about that.. I had my eyes closed.. I was going to ask you something but have seemed to forget..." She apologized quietly. She looked over at him to see what his expression was and couldn't tell what he was thinking. She looked away again and slowly started to let go of his hand. She was being ridiculous, flaunting around like this. She knew better, and he was a friend, and on top of that they just met!

[Devilwing~]

Max is currently occupied with continuing his tracing of patterns across the palm of her hand, his blind eyes staring through her into the distance. If only he knew what she looked like...

"Good. It's nice to know that there's someone with a little sense, and no pity for me, out there." Another smile lights his face for a moment, before he returns to looking thoughtful. He knows how close she is and doesn't mind; her warm breath blows across his face for a moment, smelling of coffee and he grins vaguely.

"It's alright. I don't mind you being close. It's not like I'm afraid of being touched or anything." He's still shaking, though. So maybe it's best she doesn't get too close. He doesn't want her feeling his constant shivering. He clings to her hand anyway, when she goes to pull it away.

"Hey... don't worry about it. I was just... thinking. I want to see you. The only way I can do that is by touching your face... erm... Would you mind if I did that? I just want to know what you look like."

He's used to his parents; he remembers as a small child, being encouraged to gently run his hands across his mother's face, feeling the curve of her cheeks and the swell of her nose, slowly learning the shape of her features. He's been blind since before he can remember.

[The.Lady.Inky]

Milly looked at him once more when his grip held on her hand and saw his grin. She smiled back, even though he couldn't see it. She wanted to laugh at his comment, of course she didn't pity someone as normal as anyone else. Sure being blind was probably a lot harder then she could imagine, but it doesn't mean you are not human.

"I don't pity you, because you are no different then anyone else." She said. She looked up at the sky again, the sun in her eyes. She didn't know how to respond about no one being close to him usually. It made her feel special that he let you, that he wanted her to be close.

"Believe it or not, but I don't have many friends myself, and am not really close to anyone." She said simply, and bluntly. "Its nice to have someone that doesn't mind having me around that isn't older then dirt, and is best friends with some relative of mine." She laughed now. Milly looked over at max when he asked if he could touch her face, to see her. She didn't know if he was serious at first, but didn't hesitate. She scooted closer until she was right next to his chest. Lightly she grabbed his other hand and put it up to her face.

"I don't mind at all." Her voice was shaking, nervousness seeping through her whole body. She had never been this close to a man before, and quite frankly, it scared the piss out of her. She closed her eyes and waited for him to be able to see her.

[Devilwing~]

Max's smile grows wider as she continues to tell him that she doesn't pity him. He knows that he's different from other people, simply because of his views on the world. Or lack of them, hah.

"I don't have any friends. Not real friends, anyway. They hang around me to look good, because oh look, they're being kind to the poor little blind kid. Eh. It gets them girls." Speaking of girls... she'd somehow ended up almost pressed up against his chest and a blush rises in his cheeks, being embarrassed right to the core of his very gentleman-like soul.

He does, however, very hesistantly start to touch her face; as he gets an idea of her features, he smiles faintly down in her direction, his wide, sensitive hands still coasting as gently as he can manage over the swell of her cheeks, the line of her jaw, down the slope of her nose.

"You're pretty. Your skin is really soft, you know."

He's never really been this close to anybody.. he can feel her body pressing gently up against his chest, his every breath causing his body to brush against hers. The heat in his cheeks becomes more intense, wondering if she's noticed that he's blushing yet. Apparently people go red when they blush. Not that he'd know what 'red' is.

[The.Lady.Inky]

As Max ran his hand gently over her face, Milly could feel the heat rise to her cheeks. She kept her eyes closed. He body still trembled and she hoped he could not feel or sense that she was nervous. She felt the heat intensify as he told her she was pretty.

"Thank you, I try to take good care of my skin." She said quietly, a stammer in her voice. She cursed herself silently for acting so nervous around him, it was nothing more then him just wanting to know what she looked like. Milly, you are making this something, when its not, now knock it off! She yelled silently at herself. Whilst her breathing was still uneven, she opened her eyes too look at his face. His cheeks were flushed with red and she couldn't help but reach a hand up to his cheek.

"You're blushing.." She didn't realize she had said it out loud and ran her small fingers down his cheek before pulling her hand away gently. She began to fidget lightly, still nervous. "Sorry I am so nervous.. I uhm... have never really been this close to someone before.." She stumbled along her words as his fingers traced over her face still, lightly.

[Devilwing~]

Max knows darned well that she's nervous. He's shaking in his size seven converse shoes, if he's honest with himself. When her hand lifts to his cheek, his own larger hand moves away from her face to follow it, his fingers twining between hers as he takes her hand once more.

"You're very pretty. And well, I'm not used to being this close to anybody either. I suppose it's natural to blush, when one ends up on top of a hill, with a pretty girl pressed up against one's chest."

The faintest hint of a smirk graces his features, before his constantly sad eyes finally manage to find her face. Not that he knows, though. Scooting back a little, to make her more comfortable, he goes back to tracing his fingers along the palm of her hand.

"But since me being close seems to make you at least a little uncomfortable, I'll stay at this distance for now. I don't mind."

[The.Lady.Inky]

Milly wanted to object to him moving away, but held her tongue. She looked at him and then there hands. Him tracing lines a long her palm was soothing and she closed her eyes once more.

"You are very handsome yourself, Max. Especially when you smile." She smiled at the comment. He thought she was pretty, and honestly, that made her feel like a newly bloomed flower in spring. He was right, one was permitted to blush at a time like this, with them being so close, and touching. The heat rose to her ears, and she was thankful at that moment he could not see the bright pink of her cheeks, and the giddy grin on her face. She turned on her side to face him, a bit more careful this time not to almost smack his head with hers.

"I really didn't mind us being close.. just so you know." She paused and looked at his face; "I was just nervous." She said shyly. Her pale skin was getting warm under the sun and it made her feel all fuzzy inside. Or was that laying on top of a hill with a boy sweeter then honeysuckle holding her hand? Maybe both? Whatever it was, it felt amazing. She brought her hand that was holding his to her face. letting the back of his hand skim across her face.

"My face is really warm from the sun..." She said. Milly looked at Max's face again, to see he is reaction to her action she just pulled.

[Devilwing~]

Max chuckles softly again as she compliments him and tries to give her a big, sweet smile. Unfortunately, he's looking slightly to the left of her shoulder without knowing. Oh well. It's the thought that counts, right?

"Thank you.. I've never really thought about what I look like."

With that, he shuffles a tiny bit closer again, not worried about her being comfortable with it anymore. He flinches slightly as a bee flies close to his head and frowns for a moment, unable to see whether it is gone; it has, and his expression smooths out into a smile once more as she raises their hands to her face.

He's blushing again, biting his lower lip between his teeth as he smiles. His fingers slowly unwind from hers to stroke her cheek, feeling the heated skin beneath them. "Sure you're not just blushing? I can't tell, you know."

Another soft laugh escapes him as his fingers catch hers once more, firmly holding her hand again.

"I think I'll have to come up here more often. It seems like a nice place."

[The.Lady.Inky]

Milly began to blush when he asked her if she was. She hadn't been, but the heat rose to her face. She smiled at him when she noticed him get closer to her. She didn't mind so much this time, being a bit more comfortable to him. She turned he body closer to him without really realizing it.

"Well.. I wasn't blushing at first.." She replied shyly. Her face felt extremely hot, not only from blushing, but the sun was getting warmer. She shielded her face with her free hand from the sun. She thought about burying her face in Max's shirt, but figured that would be a little to awkward.

"You should come here more often." She mused. She would enjoy his company a lot. She smiled and ran her fingertips across the top of his hand lightly, soothingly. She looked around a bit and saw someone coming up the hill not far from them. She let out a small groan and closed her eyes. Why now? Of all the times, why NOW?? She let out a sigh and opened her eyes again, to watch the person, trying to figure out what their plan of action was.

[Devilwing~]

Max nods a little when she says that, shuffling closer again. He probably wouldn't mind her burying her face his shirt, though a warning would be good. Since you know, he jumps when people touch him.

"I'll come here as often as I can, then."

The smile on his face falters when she groans and he lifts his head, trying to hear what she can see. Of course he can't, but he tries. Another bee investigates the golden dragon on the front of his nerdy t-shirt and he bats it away with one pale hand, wrinkling his nose up.

"What's wrong? Is somebody you know coming up here, or something?"

[The.Lady.Inky]

Milly felt Max move closer. She smiled and slowly put a hand on his chest. The person that had been coming up the hill towards them had turned the other way. She smiled and sighed with relief.

"Its no one, well it was someone, but they are going a different way." She said quietly. she could smell him, the soft smell lingered in her nose as she stayed so close to him as she felt he would be comfortable. A bee flew at his shirt, by her hand and she quickly pulled away. She chuckled lightly and watched him bat at the bee. When it flew off she grabbed his hand. She brought there hands close to her chest.

"I would very much like if you came here a lot. If I am not here, wait, I will come." She said lightly. She smiled and closed her eyes. A soft breeze picked up, causing her to shake lightly. She tried to control it, but couldn't will them to stop. Automatically she moved closer to him, without really thinking about it.