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It was a pretty night, Clover had never been a fan of the darkness, it made her a bit uneasy, but she did enjoy how things outside looked at night. And besides all of that, there could be fireflies, and that was the reason she was outside at such hour.
Her dad had promised that he would take her to see some during the night, and he never broke a promise to her, plus, he was interested in seeing them as well. While her mom wasn’t as big of a fan of this sort of thing, seeing them be happy was something that she wouldn’t change for anything.
"Be careful where you step, okay?"
She nodded as she spoke softly: "Okay!"
Slowly she made her way carefully, trying to keep up the pace, until something else caught her attention. Lifting her sight to something bright, then another, and another.
"Do you like it Clover?" Amitie asked, while getting near her.
The little girl took her hand, and pointed at the small bright creatures flying around, her face lit up with happiness.
Looking around the lake, a few flew near where the lake started, some far away, others rested on the trees and high grass around. It was a very pretty sight.
Sig went ahead, and got close to a few, and spoke. "Come here, look."
"Go," Amitie smiled. "I'll be right behind you!"
Upon hearing her, she let go and tried to get beside him as quickly as she could, being very careful of not tripping or hurting any small critter on the floor.
When she was beside him, he crouched to get closer to her, and continued. "Look carefully..."
She was a bit confused, what? See what, what would be better than seeing them a bit more closer. Until it wasn't long until a small firefly got closer and closer, landing in one of her dad's hands.
"It's pretty cool, don't you think?"
She let out a small gasp in surprise, she wants to hold them too! She thought they were so pretty before, specially now seeing them closely. "Yes...!" She softly muttered.
He smiled upon noticing her happiness. "Here, stay calm, okay?"
"Okay...!" She stood still and got a bit closer.
He carefully got the small near her, and tried to place them in one of her hands.
"Be careful so it doesn't-"
Before he finished, it had already took fight.
"-fly away..."
"O-Oops...!" She looked up to where it flew. "I'm sorry...!"
"It's okay, don't worry." He ruffled her hair softly. "We can stay for a bit longer."
Clover was going to try her best to get to hold one, just once at least!
She took her time getting closer to some, attempting and attempting to catch one with her own hands, scaring them away half of the time.
"Be carefu-"
"Shh, I wanna see what happens."
"Ami."
"What~?" She giggled a bit. "I just want to see what she does!"
He shook his head. "It'll take her a lot more time though."
Clover didn't really hear them, she was a bit too busy focused on this. And while she was a very quiet and calm kid, she was slowly getting a bit frustrated or even upset. She turned around to see her parents, who were sitting on the grass, and then tried to once again try.
She got closer, and closer...
Almost there, almost there...
And then...
It flew away, again.
She was tired, she only wanted to hold one, just once, only once!
Then she started yelling a bit to the fireflies, she never had done something like that, but she was starting to feel sleepy too, and didn't want to leave without getting to hold one!
"Can I help her?"
"Wait, look."
Clover felt something a bit itchy on her hand, stopped yelling, and looked at it to see what it was, and saw a small firefly resting. Her mood did a complete change, and she was
so happy
.
"Look, look...!" She spoke, as she quickly went with her parents, with a big smile on her face.
"Mmhm! You did it!" Amitie spoke and hugged the girl.
Clover just giggled happily, without saying anything else.
"Now we should go home, alright?"
She looked down a bit, but nodded. It was quite late, something she hadn't really minded, until the sleepiness started winning over her.
"Okay, say goodbye to your friend!"
Clover yawned, before saying: "...bye bye!"