We're All a Little Mad // OxO // Closed

Hatta began to whistle along, smiling a little.

Aliana glanced at Hatta whistling along and felt her smile geow a little bit bigger her earlier worries shelved away.

Hatta kept whistling as they walked. He hoped that whatever had happened wouldn't happen again.

Aliana's humming quieted as they walked up to another fork in the road. She looked to Hatta to see which way he went.

Hatta examined the forks. "You feel anything from any of them?" he asked, raising his eyebrows.

"I," Aliana paused for a moment trying to see if she could feel anything, "I don't know. I don't know how I did it in the first place."

Hatta nodded. "Then we go this way. This time, tell me before it's making you cry, okay?" he began walking down the right hand side.

"Okay," Aliana gave a slight nod and followed after him, "I, I can do that."

Hatta nodded. "Alright. Thanks." he said as they walked.

"No problem," Aliana responded a bit curiously. She didn't understand why he was thanking her.

Hatta glanced over at her, then returned his eyes back to the front.

Aliana was fine for the first few steps. Then she started to stumble feeling something heavy weigh down on her body. She didn't know what was happenning since it was so different from the first time. She opened her mouth to call oit to Hatta only to find herself unable to speak becuase her tongue was heavy as well.

Hatta, not noticing that there was something wrong, continued to walk along, his hands in his pockets.

Aliana stumbled again and she ended up on the ground. She opened her mouth to call out again only to make a whimpering sound since that was all she could muster.

Hatta turned, and his eyes widened. He crouched by her. "Aliana? What's wrong?"

Aliana looked up helplessly to Hatta and tried to force herself up. She didn't know what was going. She was terrified of what this meant anyways.

Hatta sighed. "The feeling again?" he asked softly. He picked her up with a soft grunt, and started walking back the way they had come.

Aliana nodded sheepishly her cheeks gaining a dusting of pink. She tried to force herself to say something, "D-different."

Hatta nodded, and kept heading back the way they had come, frowning a little.

Aliana finally felt the pressure dissipate when they had arrived back at the fork. She glanced at the ground, "I, can we call it a day?"

Hatta nodded. "Yeah, we can." he replied, taking off his hat and pulling their supplies out.

Aliana sat down on the ground shaking slightly. She had no idea what was going on with her first the fear and then the strange pressure. She hated not being able to explain it.

Hatta watched her out the corner of his eye, frowning a little.

Aliana looked up at Hatta. She was near silent as she asked almost ashamedly, "Can, can you hug me?"

Hatta blinked in surprise, then nodded, wrapping his arms around her gently.

Aliana leaned into the hug letting out a sigh as she enjoyed the physical connection. She felt more grounded now than before hand.

Hatta held her gently, if a little awkwardly. He didn't hug people all that often.

Aliana leaned away after a few moments realizing Hatta was a little awkward in the hug. She looked at him holding herself, "Thank you."

Hatta nodded, dropping his arms away. "Yeah, uhh…you're welcome." he replied with a quick smile.

"Um, need any help setting up?" Aliana offered after a few beats of silence.