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valentine's day dance!

[Night has fallen on Balamb Garden; the halls of Garden are mostly deserted besides the stray student walking about, and even the usual faculty members are missing from their posts around the school. There's a certain festive energy through the air, the source coming from the Ballroom cheerily decorated located on the second floor.

At exactly 2100, as soon as the dinner rush ends, the Garden chime sounds and the intercom clicks on. The Headmaster speaks to the Garden.]

The Valentine's Day dance is now beginning. Your attendance is requested at [2F] Ballroom.

I repeat, the Valentine's Day dance is now beginning. Your attendance is requested at [2F] Ballroom. The dance will run until 2400. Students leaving the ball after curfew are to return to their dorms immediately.

The dance and its festivities tonight are being sponsored very generously by the Garden Festival Committee.

[After the announcement, the intercom falls silent. The faint sound of music can be heard from the second floor of the building.]

( Mod note: You may participate in the dance in comments to this post, or opt to make your own new post/log.

The dance isn't mandatory, so students that choose not to attend won't be punished. The Headmaster, Garden faculty and even some of the instructors are all present at the dance, so troublemakers are free to roam until 2400. The dance itself will last from 2100-2400 in the second floor ballroom and the music will be the same kind of upbeat peppy orchestrated pieces that the game used. Caterers will roam offering drinks and refreshments to attendants, as well a stationary stand for punch and food is offered.

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[He lifts one hand to cup her cheek with exquisite tenderness.]

They can't compete with you.

[Loveblind as the saying goes, but really she's not about to complain. There are worse things in the world than someone thinking you're the prettiest girl in existence after all.]

No one can compete with you either. [Serah smiles and then tuns her head slightly to press a kiss to his palm. Valentine's day is, from now on, going to be one of her favorite days of the year.]

[Snow won't be satisfied until every day is her favorite day of the year, because every day will carry all the good memories of the previous years and all the new memories they make afresh.]

So. Want to make me look good on the dance floor just by being with you?

[So long as he's near she'll try to think of everyday as her favorite day of the year and that's a promise.]

If that's what it takes to get you to dance with me, then of course. [Serah smiles and takes his hand, heading for the dance floor.]

[That girl can lead Snow about like a puppy. He's got no ability in him to resist. Though once they reach their spot on the dance floor, he draws her into his arms, one hand linked with hers and the other on her waist. Guess who learned to dance, just a little, as part of becoming an Instructor?]

[Well then, looks like this puppy can impress his girl by showing her just how good he's gotten at dancing then. Smiling, she she looks up at him and waits for his lead.

~~In the background a teapot can be heard singing about tales as old as time.~~]

[Good enough to not take out a dozen other couples on the first move. For someone Snow's size, that's reasonably impressive. For someone Snow's size who has completely forgotten everything of the outside world save the girl he's holding, it might be nothing short of miraculous.]

[Then that's pretty good considering. Though she's naturally picked a quiet part on the edge of the dance floor for this reason. Serah really isn't fond of the idea of crashing into a bunch of people after all.

Though right now she's more concerned with the fact that this is actually really fun. She'll have to find excuses for them to dance more often. Maybe without the crowd around.]

[It IS fun. Fun and pleasant to be holding her, moving with her. Their world is the other.]

[After a long, long dance that seemed entirely too short, Snow smiled slightly.]

Wonder how many people are hoping to see Light here.

[She'd always thought dancing was okay, she'd just never really seen the appeal until now. Now dancing seemed pretty special, but that's probably because her dance partner was super special.]

Hopefully not too many otherwise they'll be a lot of disappointed people around here.

[Serah smiles.] So what now? Something to drink maybe? What do you think?

Isn't that what I have your eyes, for?

[He lifts one hand to cup her cheek, smiling, before he escorts her off the dance floor. She said something to drink; what could he possible do but make sure she got what she wanted?]

[She laughs at that, nuzzling against his hand fondly.]

I think we'd better get some of the punch just the same. I think it's a little better at thirst quenching than I am.

No, it isn't.

[But he moves to the side anyway, escorting her off like a vague approximation of a gentleman. He may have picked up a dance move or two, but he still doesn't quite have a sophisticated level of polish.]

[For which Serah is probably glad.]

Better at keeping you hydrated at least?

[She wraps her arms around his arm, pretty much hugging it as they walk. So maybe they did treat every day like Valentine's day between the two of them, but she didn't care.]

[Glad that he hasn't changed too much? You bet she is. She wouldn't know what to do if he'd managed to turn into a completely different person in that time she'd missed after all.

Well, maybe.

[Hadn't changed? Oh, Serah... he'd changed a lot. Just for the better... so of course you wouldn't notice. You thought so highly of him already.]

Can't have you getting thirsty, anyway.

I'm positive.

[Hadn't changed in the important ways. Little things aren't so bad, but he's still at his core the same Snow she fell in love with. Now if they'd turned him into a fancy polished gentleman, she probably wouldn't have known what to think just because he wouldn't have felt like himself any more.]

I'm not even that thirsty yet, I just wasn't sure what we should do next.

So long as it's with you, anything we do is special.

But I want to know... how's school going? How's classes? Made any friends here yet?

Really? That's funny. I could say the same about you.

[She smiles, walking along next to him contentedly.]

Classes aren't so bad. I tried to balance classes I'm familiar with and classes I don't know anything about like self defense. It's a lot of fun really. The history here is fascinating!

I went shopping with Mikuru and Gabriella for the dance; They helped me pick out my dress.

They advised you well. [Of course he would have said that no matter what she wore. Anything and everything would look beautiful on her, because she gives it all her poise, grace, and beauty herself.]

Is it... bad that I feel bad, in a way, that you're learning self-defense and all that? Or really, that you have to learn it, as part of the curriculum here. It'd be different if you had more of a choice in it.

I'm glad you like it. [She knows he'd say the same thing if she was wearing a paper bag, but that's not the point.]

I don't mind. This way Lightning might worry about me less and when I learn more about magic maybe I'll be able to help both of you. So there's no reason to feel bad, I'm happy to get the chance to learn stuff like this.

Light and I will both go out of our heads worrying, but I'll try not to show it too much. [But oh boy, did he never want Serah to be hurt or harmed in any way,]

I'll be okay. The instructor's been showing me how to use my size as an advantage you know. It's actually really neat. [Looking up she watches him closely.] I was thinking about taking martial arts as my combat, but you have to promise not to treat me any different than the other cadets when we're in class.

I wouldn't be doing either of us any favors if I treated you special. I'd get in trouble, you wouldn't learn... I can't give you special favors no matter what. So I just won't start.

[She smiles, knowing he'd say something of the sort. Snow was anything if not fair about this sort of thing.]

I wouldn't say no to extra training outside of class though.

[Snow quickly puts a hand over his mouth to hide a grin as he looks away. Yes, his mind had gone... elsewhere.]

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