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Ameh 
Apparently she hadn't noticed him walking around in circles, because upon closer scrutiny, the look on Kiri's face was of slight shock. Oops?
"Hi," he repeated, slightly awkwardly now. He folded his legs beneath him and sat on the ground next to her, staring at his hands. His face felt warm now. Kiri seemed... like she didn't want to ask him to sit down. "Ariga- er, thank you. Smores are good, they have... chocolate."
Obviously. Raiden kicked himself mentally. A moment ago, he'd been able to think clearly, but... as soon as he'd sat down, his brain had halted completely and gone all muddled. Absently he took the offered smore and bit into it; the marshmallow was all melty and it immediately stringed out over his bottom lip. MESSY. Chewing the bit in his mouth quickly, he swallowed and smudged at his bottom lip with his thumb. The problem with marshmallow was... it was really sticky.
"Er... okay, too," he managed to said as he continued smudging. Stubborn... marshmallow... mess. "I was just... I dunno. Wandering around thinking. I could ask you the same."
Kiri continued chewing on her own s'more. "They have chocolate," she confirmed. "Not sure what kind, but it's good. Oh, you, er..." She pointed at his mouth, but Raiden had already noticed the... spillage, and he was busy cleaning it up. Kiri swallowed the rest of the s'more quickly.
Why, she thought,
does he have to play around with his lips like that?
She told herself to knock it off. Luckily, the darkness hid any sign of blushing. An electric tingling, reminiscent of the ones she'd experienced months ago when they'd been at the Lake together, or out in the Grounds, pulsed through her.
She smiled again. "I've just... come here to watch the stars for a bit. And it was getting kind of warm next to the fire. My sleeping bag and everything is close to it, too. What, um," she added gently, "were you thinking about? 's something wrong?"