Aolani
"I love you too, Aolani."
Aolani gave a slow, languid blink at that....almost not quite certain she'd heard Chiyo right.
But she had. There...there was no mistaking it. Chiyo, she'd really....s-she'd said that....that....
Aolani felt her face flush again, though more from excitement and pure glee rather than embarrassment. She gave Chiyo a rather bashful little smile, the blonde feeling incredibly nervous and unsure, all of a sudden. Her usual confidence still eluding her at the moment.
"R-Really? You do?" Aolani questioned, looking over at Chiyo....staring at her best friend (and soon to be girlfriend?) with a shy smile. Though the query was more rhetorical than anything else.
The biracial girl felt an immense amount of relief go through her, as if a massive burden was suddenly lifted off of her shoulders. And in a sense, it was, wasn't it? She'd...finally come clean, and to her absolute joy, Chiyo accepted her confession. Moreover, her friend returned her feelings!
Aolani gave a nervous little giggle, the blonde still looking around, her eyes not quite wanting to fixate on Chiyo just yet. Her heart fluttered rapidly in her chest, and she felt almost...lightheaded, in a sense. W-Was this what it felt like? Pure joy? It'd been such a long, long time since Aolani had felt anything coming close to this!
"Can I, um...." Aolani suddenly spoke up, giving the purplette a nervous little smile. Her throat felt incredibly dry all of a sudden, forcing her to swallow....but Aolani did not continue on; her words trailing off as she lost the courage to speak.
Her usual demeanor still failed her...leaving her in perhaps her most vulnerable time. Aolani almost felt like a whole new girl, in a sense. S-She was never this nervous! Never this...emotional! Feeling this way was so...weird. But, well, really nice too, of course.
It might be awhile yet before she regained her usual confidence, though. This day....yesterday, as well....Aolani had been on one emotional roller-coaster to another. Discovering magic was real, telling Chiyo the whole story of her parents' murder, and now, this....i-it was hard to believe she'd ever feel normal again!
But, well, maybe that wasn't so bad. And even if it was....she'd adjust, given time. She might be shy and bashful now, but soon enough, Aolani felt confident her usual personality would assert itself.
Not before she made an utter fool of herself in front of Chiyo, though.
"C-Can I...." Aolani bashfully looked away, fiddling with a lock of her hair. Inwardly berating herself for acting so oddly, especially in front of Chiyo! She was totally embarrassing herself with this....moe-girl act! B-but, she just couldn't help it! Besides...she hadn't asked permission the last time. It'd be...b-better, if she did this time around.
"Can I kiss you again, Chiyo?" Aolani finally managed to get the words out, fully looking over at her longtime friend, a small smile spread across her face. "I-I"d really like to....y-you know. Kiss you....again. If, um, th-that's okay."