✦ — Ariel. He loved everything about her. The sound of her voice. the way she – albeit very awkwardly – moved on land… the way she grinned… It was kind of love sick, he was sure, but he didn’t really mind all too much, when he really thought about it.
Eric moved forward in quick strides, pulling her close, thinking about the time when he had cared about her so deeply but had been conflicted because he was so caught up in the feeling that she wasn’t the same ‘one’ who had saved her.
Today, he had no doubt in his mind that even if she hadn’t been, he would have chosen her.
“I’ve missed you! Are you okay?”
╰ ✦ She couldn’t suppress her giggle as his arms folded around her. She was happy, blissfully so. Her life with him was the best decision she could have ever made. While she missed her family, there was no part of her that had any ounce of regret. Two slender arms moved to wrap themselves around his neck. She was beaming, there was absolutely no questioning that. Lifting herself onto the tips of her toes, she pressed a gentle kiss to his cheek, head tilting to the side as her eyes took in the features of his face.
❝I’ve missed you too, terribly. I’m okay, absolutely. I’m wonderful. How about you? Are you okay?❞
""Hello there, dearie! Here's your picnic basket. Be sure not to lose it." Within the lace-trimmed picnic basket one would find: a seaweed salad, Ableskiver (Danish doughnuts), a sea foam green picnic blanket, and a pearl necklace. With a pink poof the fairies disappeared. "
╰ ✦ The young woman smiled brightly at the fairies, fingertips running over the lace trim of her basket. Perhaps she was still a bit naive, accepting gifts from strangers. But fairies were kind, weren’t they? Most of them, certainly. Although she had heard rumors of unkind fairies. Still, Ariel held an adventurous spirit.
”Thank you !”
Lifting the lid of the basket, she began inspecting the contents of her basket. Looking back up, she realized that the kind benefactors had disappeared before she could ask one of the many questions racing through her head. Light eyes returned to the inside of the picnic basket, and in less than a blink… she disappeared
""Ariel's arrived. Now it seems as if the party's /actually/ begun." "
╰ ✦ Upon hearing the voice of Eric, a bright grin spread across the features of the petite female. She rushed towards him, careful not to trip over her own two feet. Human legs were still quite difficult at times.
"Melody lifted an eyebrow when she caught sight of the red-haired woman. "Mom? What are you doing here?""
Shaking her head, Ariel lifted her shoulders. A small chuckle came forward as she gave her daughter a long look. ❝Well, where else would I be? Would you rather I left?❞
