I LIKE FLYING KITES [C]

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don't ask me to fix you. I'm just a band aid for your heart.

'click, click'

Since this was a virtual reality game, Liatris' annoying nervous habit was visible as she approached the little girl asking for a quest. It was apparently insanely easy so she decided she didn't NEED her normal entourage. She'd do this all alone. As she looked at the little girl. Once again she clicked her tongue against the side of her mouth.

'click, click'

Liatris had to be honest with herself. She HAD to, she played games so that she wasn't lonely. What was so hard about this is.. games became her new reality. She didn't know how to adjust to it. So, when she saw a boy seeming to wait for someone to do the quest with her gamer instincts kicked in. But her soft social anxiety in real life was also there. When everyone ditched her, it was hard for her. But, she pushed though and walked over.

Liatris looked nervously, trying to get her cute on in hopes that maybe that will help. "H-Hey. I'm wanting to do this quest but all my friends ditched me. Would you be willing to do it with me?"

Her arms were clasped in front of her, pushing up her breasts a little and she was giving the man puppy dog eyes. He seemed to be the kind that was more for the adorable type. Though, since no one made their avatars anymore personality was hard to tell as easy. But, maybe she could still get this flirting thing down.

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don't ask me to fix you. I'm just a band aid for your heart.

Oh man, this guy was easy. He already was staring where he shouldn't be. Of course, Liatris liked that he was looking at her. She was still pretty in real life, despite being uncomfortable around people. She just didn't understand how normal people worked, or how to keep friendships.

Online was just.. easier.

Watching him nervously go through the menu made Liatris giggle. "You're cute~" She teased walking over as she accepted the invitation. She smiled and grabbed his arm, pushing herself against him. "That's okay, you can be my new friend cutie~" She said with a small wink at him. "They never really cared about me anyway." She sighed losing her smile for a moment, before placing it right back.

"Yep, I think I'm ready! This is my first quest so be gentle with me~" She giggled, before pulling away from him, deciding to give him a small breather from her teasing. Honestly, this made her feel a lot better. That she could still be the person she liked in herself. Maybe being stuck here wouldn't be so bad.

She hated reality anyway.

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don't ask me to fix you. I'm just a band aid for your heart.

It was her instinct to reply 'I know' to him calling her cute. But instead, she replied. "Aw, thanks." Not at all offended or put off by him calling her cute, it was her goal with every conversation anyway.

His sincerity almost made Liatris feel bad for her being.. herself. She looked into his eyes and the gesture was so.. so sweet. Oh man! She liked this one, that's such a shame. That typically means they wont stick around long. Liatris was already ready to put walls up around her heart so that she didn't feel bad for hurting his feelings in the future.

She was glad that he confirmed that this quest would be easy enough for her. Really though, now that he was there to help her out she was fully confident she could do it. When they came up to the tree she looked at it, and the kite lost into it.

When he said one of them would have to climb Liatris decided she'd take this one since it was probably the easiest. "Okay! I'll give it a shot if you boost me up!" She spoke cheerfully, and not really asking his permission, she forced herself onto his back, his shoulders, and then onto the tree, making sure he had a real nice view of her butt from up there.

Afterwards, she easily climbed up the other branches. She used to play in the woods as a kid so this was nothing weird or difficult for her. Eventually, she grabbed the kite with her hands and dropped it down to Farm.

She then dropped a few branches where if he fucked up she'd only take a little damage before saying. "Alright! Get ready to catch me!" and dropped from the tree, hopefully into his arms.

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don't ask me to fix you. I'm just a band aid for your heart.

To be honest, Liatris had a moment of panic after she dropped down. A small realization that she could easily die here and that this wasn't just a game. But, sure enough, he caught her and she smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck. "I knew you'd catch me~" Her words finished with a soft giggle, if she knew him a little better a small peck on the cheek would of came. But, she'd save that for next time.

In reality, she wouldn't of been surprised if he dropped her but it wasn't a huge deal to her either. She would of just laughed it off and apologized for doing something so reckless, but Farm seemed to have a bit of fun with it. "I mean honestly, this quest was a little boring so I decided to liven it up a little." She spoke, not leaving his arms. "So if you'd like to try me on the next one, feel free!"

Still in his arms she pointed to where she clearly saw a kite wrapped around a sign of a store. "Onward!" She was having fun, and decided she'd have him carry her, that was of course if he didn't just drop her, or ask her to get down. Mostly to see if he'd do it, but also because it'd been awhile since anyone had held her... and in this game it felt real which was scary and exciting at the same time.

Once they reached the sign she simply stated. "Okay, this one's yours!" and she stepped back to watch him attempt to get this one down somehow.

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don't ask me to fix you. I'm just a band aid for your heart.

Liatris watched him climb up the boxes expertly and she took a moment to admire the male form. The way his arms moved, the muscle in them. His facial expressions, really no one had better facial expressions then guys. They were so much more subtle then girls, it was probably her favorite thing about guys. That or when they do that soft little grunt when they're working or nervous. Or maybe it's... Well, let's be honest boys were just the best.

Liatris was so lost in thought that she totally missed Farms getting the kite and everything. She just had such a thing for boys that she sometimes lost herself in her gushing. But, once he got back down she blushed realizing she had spaced out. She looked at him, finally coming back to virtual reality.

He asked if she wanted him to carry her again. She knew that it had made him uncomfortable so that was quite the surprise. She couldn't figure out what he was playing at or if he was trying to challenge her. She looked at him and put on her trademark puppy dog eyes and soft smile. "Why? it didn't seem you liked it that much." Then her expression turned sly and teasing. "Unless you liked the feeling of my body on yours?"

After giving him a moment to process she laughed at him. "I'm sorry, you're to much fun. No, it's okay.. but thanks. This is making me feel a lot better."

Liatris gave him a genuine smile, if there was one honest thing she'd say today it was that. She felt A LOT better. She wanted to stay and play with Farms for a long while. But that'd require commitment and everyone knew how scared of that she was. So instead she took his hand and asked, "Shall we continue?"

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don't ask me to fix you. I'm just a band aid for your heart.

Once again Liatris almost felt bad for him. It made her not want to add him to her friends list, and avoid what she was going to end up doing to him. But, her survival was more important to her so she'd take what she could get. Looking at the kite, she wondered if she should just go for it, honestly it was more fun with her doing it with him rather then alone.

So she pulled her hand away from his and rubbed them together. There was obviously a better way for this, but she kind of felt like it'd worry Farms a little. So she stepped back a few steps before jumping onto the awning. She was able to grab it by one arm but missed by the other, making her other arm slip and she went flying into the shop.

Without blinking an eye she popped right back up and ran back over. "No wait, I can do this." if anything, Liatris was competitive. So when she saw a challenge for herself she went for it. So, she backed up and ran again, this time clasping it with both hands and pulled herself up. Really, it would of been impossible if not in the game.

She then went and grabbed the kite, and had a very annoyed NPC yelling at her. But she simply ignored him and jumped off the awning. She jumped up and down and handed it to Farms. "I did a good job!" She giggled. "You did really well on the last one by the way! I forgot to mention."

Something about coming out of a failure and proving to herself that she could do something that she wouldn't normally be able to do gave her a massive adrenaline rush. She grabbed his arm. "Let's go get the next one!~"

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don't ask me to fix you. I'm just a band aid for your heart.

Man, honestly Lia was really impressed with him. She realized that things were easier in the game and it gave you some forgiveness but he seemed to know exactly what he was doing. She loved watching him do this, and was slightly disappointing that she wouldn't be able to do this quest with him again. Something about watching him was just so much fun. Maybe there was another like this.

When he came back she threw her arms around him and gave him a victory hug "That was awesome!" She spoke, before pulling herself way she looked at him with a sparkle in her eyes. "I'm super proud of you!" There was something about complementing people for Lia, yes some of it was so that she'd look better as she manipulated people, but it also felt nice to let people know they were as amazing as they were.

In all honesty, maybe she just had a deep love for people she didn't realize.

Either way she felt awesome when he offered his arm and she grabbed it tightly. "Yes, lets!" She almost shouted, still pumped from the whole experience. But as they walked the small disappointment from realizing it was almost over filled her a little bit. Pride for finishing a task, and sadness from not knowing if Farms would actually talk to her again. Sometimes she was to much for them and they avoided her the second they could.

But such a nice guy wouldn't do that to her! She hoped anyway.

When they reached the next area they were supposed to go Liatris was confused for a moment, not seeing the kite. That was until she looked down the well near by and it was there floating around at the bottom. Now, when it came to wells this one was rather small so it wasn't terribly scary. But it was for sure going to be a problem.

"I guess I gotta go huh?" She asked, deciding to grab onto the rope of the bucket that went into the well. But as she slid down, it broke as if it was meant too so that it'd be harder to get out of there. But, it made her scream never-the-less. And when she hit the cold water, once again another scream came out.

Now, as she sat at the bottom of the well dripping wet she wanted to scream and have Farms come to help her. Which, she almost did. But.. if she wanted to be able to do this she would have too. Plus, she'd still have to climb out even if he came to her rescue. She picked up the kite, and even though it was wet it seemed fine. Video game logic.

She sighed and put it in her inventory so that she wasn't carrying it. She saw the obvious path that she was supposed to take, well there were a few choices but you could tell which stones were meant to fall and which weren't if you paid attention. So, she began climbing out, being careful to place her hands and feet where they were supposed to go.

She slipped a few times, but after a couple of tries she got the hang of it, and stuck her hand out in hopes that Farms would help pull her out the last minute, and she laid on the ground, clearly tired.

"Shit man, that sucked." She said, pulling out the kite from her inventory, and handing it to him so that they were all in his inventory.

"I guess we gotta go turn it in huh?" She asked, sitting up and stretching before looking at him, clearly wanting to hold his arm again but she was wet so she would give him a break. "Ready to check out?"