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Freddie looked between Reese, Kinera, Silvia, and Justice. Her face was entirely placid amidst the former two’s flustered reactions, staring straight through Justice’s proud display with a slack-jawed ‘o’ on her lips.
"You have a pale complexion like me… "Don't ruin it. You know how many people wish they looked like me?"
Freddie’s eyes lit up, her hands clasped underneath her chin. ”Oh… you think… I’m pretty?” She glanced aside and tapped her fingers. ”I never really… put much stock in my looks…”
Freddie blinked as Justice told her story. She didn’t laugh or smile, judge or condemn. She merely nodded along. She then leaned close and whispered to Justice in return, ”Back in highschool, I was… fat. Like… really… chubby. A certified chonker.” She stepped back and made a circular gesture around her torso for emphasis. Still, Freddie couldn’t help but be curious. ”You’ve never had a crush… on a boy, Luce…?” She tilted her head, and wondered. ”...Or a girl?”
Freddie's eyes glanced from Kinera, to Reese, then back at Justice. And back to Kinera. ”Cause Reese knew this girl called Vera..."
Zuri shrunk as Tovenaar flew around her. Her eyes were wide, blue, and glossy. The very air seemed to glitter with his fairy dust. She looked up, quivering, the pink on her cheeks warming her entire body. Her wings flapped and flapped and flapped, slow and weightless, as she floated after him, drawn by his… his... Effortless coolness!”
”Tovenaaar!... zWaiiiiiiiiit...” She meowed, reaching out with tiny, grabby hands.
Zuri soon saw him talking with Nut. Nut had barely finished yawning, when the very air shook, and Zuri appeared between them, her puffed-up, furiously blushing cheeks dangerously close to Tovenaar. ”FORGET HER, I CAN ZHELP YOU!” She backed away and slapped her hands over her mouth instantly. Her brows knit together, and she forced her eyes into an annoyed glare to hide her embarrassment.
”E-Eowyn and Lilth zmust be waiting for them. We- we can’t rely on zSnooze-Nut over here!” Zuri folded her arms with a huff and pouted away from Tovenaar. ”I’ll get some ztowels!” Without missing a beat, Zuri had zipped off again, leaving a heart-shaped hole in the bushes next to Tovenaar.
Before Freddie could continue, a loud scream shook her stiff and sent a chill down her spine. She looked around, but quickly realised that voice didn't belong to anyone present there. "What... was that..." She looked towards Justice, then Reese, her face paler than usual. "We should get back soon..."
"HELLO ZGIRLS!"
A fluffy white bathrobe was plopped over Justice. When Freddie looked up, Zuri was already on the way to Silvia and Kinera, another, bathrobe dangling from her tiny paws. "Come, come, zcome!" She beckoned them, dropping the bathrobe on Kinera. She put her hands on her hips and shook her head. "Zcome before you catch your zdeath!"