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Around the Grounds; Monday Evening.

After much consideration, the best way to deal with the ache in her back from putting her wings back in was to let them out again. Even better, she could let them out and spend some time with a good friend who had been spending too much time in his room with his book and not enough time talking with her. Especially since the last time they talked, there was...gulp...Pactio talk.

Her wings unfurled from her back the moment the stepped out of the dormitory and began their idly stroll. As they stretched out and got comfortable, Setsuna turned to Alphonse with a small smile. "You sure you don't mind?"

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"It's no bother, honest," Alphonse assured. "It never has been, you know that."

Setsuna chuckled a little. "Yeah, I know. But I always worry that they'll make people awkward." One of the wings tucked up close to her, and she plumed a feather a little. "I spoiled yesterday, after keeping them under for so long, and now they can't get enough of being out, it seem. They've been giving my back hell all day..."

"Around here, I would guess it'd be one of the least awkward things to come across." Alphonse made an uncommitted shrug. "Must've been rough if you never brought them out much before coming here."

"I did occationally; they were really handy in jobs, but, for the most part, I was trying to keep them hidden from Konoka-Ojou-sama..." Setsuna's head drooped a little; she did feel ashamed for all the stuff she had kept...still kept from her.

Alphonse turned his head a little more towards Setsuna with a barely noticable puzzled look. "She doesn't know?"

"Ahhh, she, um, knows about the wings." A small smile crept onto Setsuna's face, a proud one. "I had to use them to save her. I was so worried when I realized that she'd see them, but, of course, she said the same thing everyone else does. 'You look like an angel, Se-chan.'" Yes, Setsuna's cheeks were glowing quite red and she shook her head, chuckling a moment before turning serious again. "But she doesn't know about the demon stuff. I...I really do worry about how she''ll respond to all that. It will frighten her, I think..."

"Oh." Alphonse clasped his hands behind his back, strolling along as he was before. "That's understandable." Sort of, to him, anyway. Coming from a world where you'd be called crazy for worrying about such things made it difficult to fully see both standpoints. "It seemed like she really admired you last weekend when we talked."

Setsuna blushed, lowering her head a bit. How did they get talking about this anyway? And how could she change the topic?

"Heh, yeah, I suppose. I think she was just excited to finally be here and meet everyone, is all..."

Alphonse's face scrunched up into a thoughtful one. "Maybe it wouldn't frighten her?" he mused. "I mean, if she knows about your wings... Then perhaps she knows there's a lot more to you, as well."

"Well. I think she might actually think I'm an angel of some sorts. Guardian angel thing, you know? People don't usually have guardian demons..."

Alphonse shifted his eyes towards Setsuna's back; well, she might've been right about that, since he did remember thinking they hardly looked demonic. He tried putting on a lighthearted smile, turning his head back in front of him. "There's a first time for everything."

"Heh. Perhaps. I will tell her, eventually. I will. When we're ready..."

Alphonse blinked before the lightbulb came on. "Oh. You mean the, um--" He paused, looking for the term Konoka used for it. "Contract thing?"

"Ack!" There was a flail, which was interesting, because the wings flailed a bit, too, as much as wings could, which was mostly just a flapping. "Uhhh, no, that...that wasn't quite what I meant..."

And beside her came a small 'eep!' sound emitting from Alphonse; the wing-twitching was something he definitely wasn't expecting. "Ahh-- right, right," he said quickly. "My mistake. It just sounded kind of, um, important, that's all."

"It is important," she said, eyes a little wide, head shaking furiously. "I still can't believe she...she...."

Setsuna really had no intention to finish that sentence.

"I guess it'd make a lot of people hesitant," Alphonse said. "Are you going to go through with it eventually?"

"O..Of course I am." While it still lingered, Setsuna's distress disappeared enough to make her grave nod quite clear. "I have made a promise to her. I intend to keep it."

Alphonse made a smile. "I think you'll do fine."

Setsuna was really grateful for the encouragement, and the smile, and she returned it. "Thank you, Alphonse."

She wanted to hug him at that moment. And, thinking about glad she was to have him as a friend, she did, the wings arching around him a bit as if joining in on the gesture.

It wasn't the first time that they had hugged-- or the second or even the third-- but usually Setsuna wasn't the one who made the first move, which made the moment even more so unexpected. That feeling was quickly shoved aside by the warm, fuzzy feeling one usually gets from a genuine hug, and of course Alphonse returned a quick hug, as well. "You sound nervous about it," he added.

Setsuna smiled, blushing a little bit at her little burst of adoration, and slipped her arms back to her side and continued walking. "Of course I am," she admitted. "It's a very big thing. Thankfully, because Ojou-sama is so behind in her magic, she's not ready yet, and that sort of buys me some time before I have to really buckle down and do this thing...."

She paused, hoping that didn't sound to horrible. "I've been doing a lot of thinking about it. While I know that I want to be Ojou-sama's Partner, there's still the fact that I'm only fifteen, you know? And I never really had a childhood or any of that stuff, so...you know...I want to take my time. Enjoy just being a normal girl for a little bit before I have to go back to all the seriousness..."

She laughed a little, shaking her head. "I, Setsuna Sakurazaki, want to take a break from seriousness. Man, Fandom really has changed me...But I think it's a good change, definately."

Alphonse had heard that one before-- to enjoy the simple, carefree life of highschool before having to shove yourself into the real world. Not that he ever thought about what sort of thing he should do in the future, and if anyone decided to ask him now, he'd draw a huge blank. Alphonse didn't really want it to stay that way however, so at least he knew in the future he'd be swimming in a lot more responsibility.

So he nodded again and slipped a chuckle. "I don't think anyone can blame you," Alphonse said. "I'm in no real rush to get my life over with, at least." He looked around his surroundings briefly. "I think it is, too," he agreed afterwards.

Setsuna beamed at him. "I was never really supposed to have any of this...but...I'm really glad I do now."

"Good," Alphonse said simply, still displaying his smile. "Me too." He wasn't really sure how he could elaborate on that further, so he was hoping that a simple statement could get the point across just as well. Alphonse fell silent, striding along quietly and offhandedly thinking how glad he was to bring his coat along. The weather was making itself apparent that fall was pretty much there already and winter was approaching again. "Speaking of this," he ventured into the silence. "I have a question..."

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