Saria's steps, light on the snow-trailing road, drummed into Mel's thundering heart.
Fidgeting, Mel hung her head as she pursed her lips, mulling over the words she should say.
Yet as Saria's shadow loomed over, she merely squinted her eyes further before-
She jolted; as a hug, trembling and filled with relief, wrapped around her and Lila.
"Never," Saria breathed, her arms tightening over their necks. "Never scare me like that, would you?"
A breath hitched in Mel's throat as she merely tapped Saria's arm.
"Of course," Mel whispered, her gaze softening as she pulled back to meet Saria's. "Were you waiting for us all night here?"
Saria's brows knitted together as a sigh escaped her lips. "What do you think?"
Glancing at Saria's robes and the shoulder blades that caught bundles of snow, Mel chuckled a little.
She muttered a
