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Cerice wasn't sure why she was so nervous it's not like Cerice will cease to exist, I mean the worst that can happen is she get's rejected.
and despite that Cerice stood by one of the tables at the true hearts party that Cupid, Briar, and Hopper had put together, she held the little bunch of blue flowers Cerice had picked that morning with the intent of giving them to Briar.
The only problem was Cerice could not bring herself to talk to Briar. It didn't help that Briar was always with someone whenever Cerice tried to get close to Briar.
Cerice looks down at the flowers she has in her grasp and looks up to where Briar is and decides to give it one more go. slowly Cerice makes her way over to Briar weaving between groups of people till she made it to Briar who for the first time that whole night is alone.
"Hey Briar." Cerice tries leaning against the table next to her but she wasn't as close as she thought she was and her elbow missed the table she stumbled slightly but didn't fall over (thankfully!) "are you ok?" Briar tits her head slightly with a concerned look on her face. "Yeah I'm fine!" Cerice looks away from Briar and holds out the flowers.
"Umm I um..picked these for you earlier because they reminded me of you."
Briar takes the flowers from Cerice "aww that's actually really sweet of you Cerice."
Briar smiles and Cerice tries to hide her face with the hood of her red cloak "you look really pretty tonight. well I mean you always look pretty but you know what I mean..!" Briar laughs "yeah I know what you mean."
Cerice's face heats up "I'm gonna go um bye..!" Cerice ran off without confessing her fellings to Briar like she had planed on doing.
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Briar lays in her bed staring at the forget-me-nots Cerice had given her at the true hearts day party.
the small flowers felt like a quite request from Cerice to not be forgotten by Briar in a hundred years when Cerice is long dead and Briar has to marry a random man she doesn't know. Briar is current that wasn't the intent behind the small gift from Cerice. despite that Briar softly kisses the flowers "I promise I won't forget you.."
Briar whispers the quite promise out for someone who will never hear it.