"It's still a new idea to us too," Aqua added. "We didn't really even recognize it until a while after we got here." Long after really, and if it hadn't been for their friends pushing them in the right direction they still might not have recognized there was anything between the two of them, apart from simple friendship. Sure, Aqua might have forever wondered, but that wasn't conducive to anything.

"Really, we weren't trying to hide it from you. It was just, well..." there was a shrug as her voice trailed off in realization of the fact that none of the reasons she could offer would sound like they weren't just excuses. Instead, she simply took a deep breath, and whether she'd intended to or not, the next time she opened her mouth it wasn't to speak but to sing.

"Lost in darkest blue. Endless labyrinths weaving through. Will you stagger on, with no star to light your way? Share with me your tears, all your troubles and deepest fears."