Up on the Roof: Saturday

Twilight found Nell on the roof again, relaxed, tea in hand, one leg curled up underneath her as she watched the sunset, but tonight was even better. Gladio was in the chair next to her.

They'd had a delightful dinner and now they were sitting companionably there up on the roof, waiting for the stars to come out. Or, well, supposedly that was what they were doing. Nell would have been happy to sit in a mole hole watching paint dry as long as Gladio was there with her

Sometimes she wondered if she should be worried that he'd come to mean so much to her so quickly, but mostly she decided that she didn't care about any of that nonsense. Happiness was far too precious in her life to waste time over shoulds.

This was a gift of joy in a life that had had far too little of it and she wasn't going to fritter it away with worry.

"I know why you're here," she said with a teasing smile on her face.