Louis gasped dramatically at Lux’s horribly inaccurate but playful guess. “Are you saying I sound like girl, Merpuff?!” he asked with mock offense, pulling his hands from her eyes and laughing. The girl didn’t even need to invite him to sit, as just a second later he was sitting beside her on the bench. Lou sighed softly into his hands to gather warmth and hid them in his pockets once again. This had to be one of the coldest winters he’d experienced in a while.

“How’ve you been, m’lady?” asked the boy, turning to Lux with a smile. He’d really missed her, it felt like ages since they had last spent time together. And it was especially sad due to the fact that they hung out so often just the term before.