Brought to Life

"We have to eat," Sakura tried to rationalize, even though she wanted to go and return everything in her bag. "We never really thought about money till now, so... let's eat?" She made sure to end her sentence with a bit of a question.

 

Grace tried to think of a way to say no but they hadn't eaten in a long time and she knew Sakura was right. "Okay... lets sit over there." she suggested, pointing out a small table and benches at the near by park.

 

"Okay!" Sakura said, very relieved that Grace had agreed; it made her feel a lot better about herself. She rushed over to a bench under a tree and set her bag next to her. "Oh, want to know the best part?" she added happily. "I got candy, too!"

 

Grace sat next to her and looked into the bag to see what they were going to eat. "Wow, it looks so exotic!" she exclaimed, seeing the fruit and bread. She unwrapped a peice of hard candy and tasted it. It was sweeter than anything she'd had before. "yum!"

 

Sakura giggled. "I've only had candy once before, but I heard it's made of this stuff called sugar and that's what makes it so sweet." She pulled a sandwich out of the bag and examined it. "But I heard sugar isn't good for you... even if it's really yummy!"

 

"I hope it's not dangerous because i like it a lot." Grace laughed lightly. After the candy had melted away in her mouth she took an apple out and bit into it. "oh! this is like candy too. it's so sweet. Do you think it's also bad for you?"

 

"Something tells me we can eat whatever we want and it won't hurt our bodies," Sakura said, and then giggled loudly. "It's like everything is candy for us!"

 

Grace giggled as well. "I like it up here." she admitted. "Everything is so new..." she looked up at the tree over them. "And so beautiful."

 

Sakura nodded. "Though," she said, even though she really wanted to keep it to herself, "it's kind of hard to love it at after what's happened to everyone..." She quickly unwrapped her sandwich and stuff half of it in her mouth to hide the rest of her emotions.

 

Grace looked down at her lap as she ate. "I know what you mean..." she agreed, her mood taking a dip at the thoughts she'd been keeping from herself as well. "I hope that lady can help us find the others..." as always, though, she tried to put a positve spin on things. "But... well we have each other! And that's a good thing."

 

"True," Sakura agreed. "Hey..." she added after she swallowed. "Can I... ask you something?"

 

"Of course you can." Grace answered, looking up at Sakura again.

 

"Who do you miss the most?" Sakura asked as quickly as she could. "Out of... everyone?"

 

Grace tapped a finger to her chin in thought. She was close to everyone. "I don't know..." she began quietly. "The Purple Pearl Prince probably." *i'll change that later when he's got a name haha* "Who do you miss most?"

 

"Hmm," Sakura began slowly. "I'm not sure... probably the princes."

 

"It's weird not to have them around." Grace agreed. "I like being independent, but this isn't independent, this is lonely without them."

 

"Yeah..." Sakura sighed, picking up several little bars of chocolate and shoving them all in her mouth. She sniffed and blinked her eyes quickly.

 

Grace felt her own eyes water alittle as she finished her apple and took another peice of hard candy. hearing Sakura sniffing she hugged her friend tightly and closed her eyes.

 

Sakura smiled and looked at the ground. "We should..." she began a moment later. "We should go back to that shop now."

 

Grace nodded agianst Sakura's shoulder before letting go and wiping away her tears. "Okay." she agreed, standing up and smiling agian.