he should help her get them down.

is too busy spazzing to even notice Matthew.

gently puts a hand on her shoulder. "Umm... do you need some help?

"*

is a little startled, and looks up at him quickly. "Um. Yes. Maybe."

smiles and apologizes for startling her. "Maybe we can climb the tree up to the roof?" he motions to said tree.

waves off his apology and looks over at the tree. "Oh! We could. I'm good at tree climbing."

nods and laughs. "Better than Francis so I heard."

scoffs a little. "Way better. He's always trying to keep me from climbing trees though." she shrugs, and runs to the foot of the tree.

follows after her. "I can't see why he'd stop you. It's fun climbing trees." He hadn't spoken to Sey in a while now that he thought about it

.

laughs, finding a foothold and pulling herself up into the tree branches, not taking notice of the fact she was in a skirt. "It's because

I'm clumsy, he thinks I'll fall."

finds that funny and follows her up, climbing onto a different branch. "I'm clumsy too though. So if we both fall we'll just blame him, eh?"

laughs. "Okay! Try not to fall though, he'll get all fussy if we get hurt." she rolls her eyes and climbs up the tree more.

nods. "He would wouldn't he?" He hasn't even noticed the fact that she's in a skirt as he climbs up higher. Making sure he can catch her if_

she did fall.

nods, stopping a moment as she loses her footing and regains it again. "Yup. But he's fussy most of the time."

to agree with her there as he watches her regain her footing. "So how are you anyway?"

climbs up a little higher, than jumps onto the rooftop. "I've been fine. Busier than I'm used to though, with all the pirates and tourists."

blinks a few times at the mention of pirates, climbing onto the roof with her. "Pirates?

"*

crinkles up her nose, looking around for her shoes. "Yeah. From Somalia's place."

shrugs. "Oh..." He glances around and spots one of her shoes, going to grab it.

grabs for the other one, but starts to lose her balance.

manages to safely grab the first one before noticing Sey. He stumbles and reaches out for her, grabbing her hand.

manages to steady herself, clinging onto his hand. "O-okay, I'm fine!". she gives him a frazzled smile.

thought he was going to have a heart attack as he pulls her away from the edge of the roof and hands her her other shoe. "I'm glad."

laughs and lets go of his hand. "Thank you~" she says, then sits down on the roof for a quick break. "How have you been?"

sits down next to her. "I've been pretty good..."

smiles, stretching out a little, enjoying the sun. "Well, that's good~. What have you been doing?"

he leans back on the roof. "Not much... I've been sick the last couple days." He looks over at her. "You?"

looks a little concerned, she glances down at him. "Do you feel better? And, nothing really. Cleaning and playing with the turtles. They're

happy to have me home."

nods quickly. "Yeah I'm feeling better." He blinks at the comment about being home. "Oh you're not living with Francis anymore?"

nods. "Yeah. I don't think he's very happy about it either." she frowns and looks up at the sky.

shuffled closer to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "I don't think that's the case. Besides, he'll get over it."

looks over at him. "No, really. I think he wants me to come back again. But, yeah. He'll get over it."

shrugs. "He always gets over it. The other day he said to me "Sey Sey is a grown woman." I think he's accepted it."

feels a little pleased to hear that, and smiles. "Yeah? He really said that~?" she asks, trying not to sound too excited.

nods. "Yeah he did. He was telling me how he... umm... well told you about ... us. You're really okay with it?"

tries not to, but ends up looking away from him. "Well, yeah! As long as you two are happy, that's all that matters, I guess."

pauses before shifting to sit in front of her. Balancing precariously. "You're sure? You don't seem so sure. We don't have to be together."_

Even if he wanted to be, he didn't want their relationship to hurt anyone else.

frowns, looking up at him. "Yeah, Matthew. I'm sure. It's not my decision."

looks down at his feet, trying to keep his balance with his hands. "It's kind of weird isn't it?"

smiles slightly. "Yeah, it's really weird."

frowns and leans back, before catching himself realizing that was a bad idea. "I don't know..."

watches him, looking a little worried. "Don't fall. And it's okay if it's a little weird. I just... don't want you to get hurt."

smiles up at her before looking a little confused. "I'm used to being forgotten, so really I don't think he can hurt me."

scowls. "I'm used to it too. That's no excuse, Matt."

blinks a few times. "No matter who I get into a relationship with there's always a chance of it ending badly. I'm just willing to take that_

chance with him."

shrugs. "I guess that's right. I'm just worried about you."

moves to sit next to her again. "Don't be, I'll be fine. I'm as tough as you are. So how are you and... umm..."

nods, and beams as he moves next to her again. "Me and Iceland? Is that what you meant?"

rubs the back of his head a bit embarrassed at having forgotten. "Yes... Sorry..."

laughs, folding her hands on her lap. "It's fine. We're good, I guess. Haven't really seen each other a lot recently."

lays back on the roof again. "Hmm... Maybe you should go see him then?"

frowns, not sure. "...Should I do that? I've been trying not to bother him, because he's been sick."

looks over at her. "I think you should. Bring him soup or something."

giggles nervously. "Um, I'm not very good at making soup."

laughs softly. "How about cake? I can help you if you want."

perks up a bit at that offer. "Could you really? That would be great!"

sits up and smiles. "Of course. I'd be glad to help you. We just need to get off this roof first."

"Oh! Well, that's easy!" she stands up and holds her arms out to balance herself.

follows suit. "Just don't fall okay?"

"I'm not going to~" she chimes, standing on the edge of the roof, before climbing back into the tree.

nods and waits for her to get down a few branches before reaching for the first one.

gets down a few branches, before she decides she's low enough, and drops down out of the tree.

's grip on the branch slips and stumbles, quickly catching himself on another branch though. It takes him a few minutes to get down.

stares up at him, hoping he doesn't fall. She laughs, half out of relief when he gets down. "Good job~" she teases.

flushes and looks away from her. "Eh... I'm not graceful... you know that."

laughs again, taking hold of his arm and tugging on it gently. "I do! It's okay, I'm not really either."

laughs and nods. "Right that cake, you're house or mine?"

"You haven't been to my house in forever, let's go there!"

grins. "Alright that sounds like a plan."

nods! "Let's go then~" she says, starting to lead the way without bothering to put her shoes back on.

catches up to her, falling in beside her. "Shouldn't you put your shoes back on?"

shakes her head. "No, it's fine! I don't really like wearing them."

her a confused look before nodding. "Alright... Hey Sey... If I wanted to do something nice for Francis... what would be best?"

hums in thought. "For Francis? I don't know, it's not very hard to make him happy, is it?"

sighs. "No I guess it's not."

smiles and looks at him. "I think if you wanted to do something nice for him, I think you should just spend some time with him!"

nods agreeing with her. "I think that's what I'll do." He looks up as they reach her house.

skips in through the doorframe, the front doors still gone. "That's good~ He'll be happy with just about anything."

blinks and stares at the missing door. "Umm... Sey... what happened?"

stops and looks back at him. "Oh! A tortoise did that!" she says, acting as if it were totally normal for a tortoise to knock your door off

stares at her wide eyed. "A... turtle did this?"

nods. "Yup. When I stayed away for too long."

frowns before shrugging it off. It was to weird. "Alright... I can help fix it if you want..."

shrugs too. "If you want. I don't mind it right now."

decides the cake is more important. "How about we make the cake first."

nods, walking off into the kitchen. "What do we need to make a cake?"

hurries after her, leaving his shoes by the door. "Well... what kind of cake would you like to make?"

scrunches her face up in thought. "A chocolate cake, maybe?"

nods. "Alright we'll need chocolate, flour, eggs, baking powder, salt... water... butter..."

starts running around the kitchen, trying to gather everything up.

helps her by getting out the mixing bowls, cake pans, spoons and measuring cups.

sets everything down on the counter once she's found it. "Is that it?"

looks over everything and nods. "I think so." He hands her a mixing bowl. "Now we measure it out, starting with the dry ingredients."

picks up a measuring cup, looking enthusiastic. "Okay!" she starts to measure things out, being super careful.

decides to let her do it on her own, hanging back and watching her intently. "I miss doing stuff like this with you."

smiles, still trying to not be sloppy with the measurements. "Me too! You should come over more often, it's too quiet around here."

thrilled with the idea and nods. "If you'll have me over I'd be glad to come more often. You can come over to my place anytime as well."

beams and nods. "Okay! I will! Can we have a slumber party, Matt? It'll be like we're little again!" she finishes measuring.

gets out a wooden spoon and holds it out to her. "Hmm... That would be fun! Best part, no Francis. We can watch a movie and catch up."

takes the spoon from him and starts to mix it all up. "Yeah! It would be great! Let's do that!"

grabs the eggs and cracks them into the bowl as she's mixing. "What movie?"