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Noah had gone off with Erza and Aurelia. Again.
It wasn't that I didn't like being left behind. Honestly, it was a relief.
But being paired with him…Dario, always made something flutter in my chest.
Dario had this strange kind of warmth. Loud, chaotic, annoying sometimes, yes—but warm. We used to play in the gardens when we were kids.
I was the quiet, shy girl who followed him around, and he was the boy who always had dirt on his clothes and some wild story in his head.
Even now, as he blinked beside me, teleporting up to a tree and then back down, panting like a dog, I couldn't help but smile a little.
"Did you see that? I nearly smacked my face into a branch," he said, laughing.
I shook my head, hiding my smile. "You always do that."
"Hey, I've gotten better," he said proudly, hands on his hips.
