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Live pushed open the door to Kaya's shop with an exasperated huff. She strode in heading straight for her work corner, dropped her bag on the floor with a thud, and then dropped herself into the nearest chair. She leaned back, legs and arms sprawling out as she let out a heavy sigh.

"Ughhhh." She groaned as she spun her chair in a circle, using the shadows to do so, her black skirt swirling around. "Just kill me now.. Take my soul, put it in a blender and send my body straight to hell." She stopped the chair from spinning for a moment to kick off her shoes and then returned to spinning the chair, her fingers twirling as she manipulated the darkness beneath the chair.

This was how Live began most of her days at work. She would gripe about her senior year of high school for as long as Kaya would tolerate and then attend to whatever tasks needed attending to for the day.

@Kaya and Gang

Live had really come to enjoy her job with Kaya. At first she had been a bit concerned that working for her only real friend would turn out to be trouble but it had actually been just the opposite; it was probably the second best thing that had happened in her life. The first was coming to Manta Carlos island a little less than a year and a half ago.

It was amazing that the best moments in her life had all occurred within two years of her 17 years. Kaya was a big part of that. She was the first person that Live actually felt a genuine connection to and didn't feel like she had to force her self to be anything or act in any certain way. However, Live had definitely changed greatly throughout the course of their friendship. When they first began hanging out, Live had felt very awkward. After the events at last years Masquerade though, the two had grown much closer as they connected further over their shared shadow manipulation abilities. Of course, it took Live getting her eyes cursed by a demon and having a bit of a breakdown in Kaya's shop for her to finally begin to accept the demon as more than just a friendly acquaintance. It was after that little event that Live had begun working for Kaya as well. It was six months later now, and Live was now comfortable calling Kaya her friend. If really pushed she might even say best friend but that wasn't something she was about to tell Kaya.

Despite all this though, Live still wasn't great at positive social interactions, even with Kaya. Her disposition was so negative and/or stoic that she had a hard time breaking herself out of that box. Life was something to wallow in self pity about, not take like a light hearted joke.

"How did you guess?" Live groaned sarcastically, as she continued to spin herself. She wasn't really sure how she felt yet about being a senior. She had thought she would have failed out at this point. Part of her was impressed (and slightly proud) that she hadn't while part of her was horribly terrified. Making it to senior year meant graduation was just around the corner and that was something Live didn't even want to think about.

"As long as I'm not stuck on Earth anymore, it's fine by me." There was literally nothing Live wanted more than to be free of her current human existence. She just hadn't figured out how to do that yet..

She huffed slightly as she finally stopped spinning. "Don't worry.. It's still plenty boring. It's just also a pain in my ass."

Live shrugged at Kaya's question. Halloween was one of those holidays that Live never quite knew what to do about. On the one hand, it was an important time of the year for magical purposes but was also so over loaded with holiday bullshit that she just couldn't bring herself to care that much about it, no matter how magical or whatever it was. She usually just spent her time meditating and would on occasion summon something to keep her company. But she tried to avoid any big celebrations, majorly because she never really had anyone to celebrate with.

She was about to respond when Kaya pulled her dress out from the back room. It was an amazing piece. Live still couldn't get over the things Kaya was able to do with shadows. She had learned quite a bit since beginning work at the fashion studio but was still no where near Kaya's level. She honestly doubted she ever would be on an evening playing field with her friend..she tried not to think about that too much.

Live's stoic expression broke slightly as she chuckled a bit under her breath at Kaya's words. Live? Actually go to a dance? With other people? What would she even do there? Instead of being a shadow on the wall she would just be another wall flower.

She regained her composure before responding, "Yeah sure. 'Cause me at a dance sounds like a great idea. I would literally know no one except you and I mean.." She paused, looking at her friends dress, "What would I even wear?" A shiver ran up her spine as she realized how basic she sounded asking that question.

Even if everyone on the island went, there were very, very few people that Live actually cared to see. The main one was Kaya and she didn't need to go to a dance just to see her. There would probably be more people there that she didn't want to see than she would want to see.

"You're basically the only person I actually like on this island.." Live said under her breath, as if this was something Kaya should have been well aware of.

Live remembered how all the shops were suppose to hand out candy on Halloween. She had only been trick-or-treating a few times before her family started falling apart. She honestly tried not to think too much of those times, even though they were happy memories. Happy things were just reminders of much she had lost.

Kaya's next line of questioning made Live a bit more uncomfortable. She had thought often about making her own clothes but..shadow clothes tended to be a bit more flashy just because of the nature of their material. Live didn't really like to stand out or draw attention to herself. But, even though she did find the shadow material to be a bit flashy, she did have a hoodie that Kaya had made for her and she wore that quite frequently. After a bit of silence she let out a sigh, unable to come up with anything to say besides the truth.

"Because I'd feel awkward wearing something I made.. I get a lot of comments on the hoodie you made for me which is fine because then I just tell them about your business and get you more clients but...if I made I'd have to tell them I did it and then I'd get a bunch of attention and it just be...I don't want all that."

I don't deserve all that... Live thought to herself as she stood up and moved towards the Shadow Loom. There was a piece she had been working on from other day still on it. She began to touch the fabric, checking to make sure nothing had come apart since she had left it.

Having lots of friends was not something Live wanted in any way. Before meeting Kaya she didn't really want any friends. She was pretty content with life involving just herself and the demons she summoned. Kaya was a step up from that. Even though she was still a demon from the Shadow Realm at least Kaya hung out with Live of her own free will.

As set as Live had been about not going to this dance, she found Kaya's argument to unfortunately compelling. Majorly because she was her boss and it made sense for her business for Live to be at the ball with Kaya in a dress she made. Ugh..

Also, there was the whole event of last year that actually brought them together as friends. She supposed that if she was going to be a good friend she wouldn't let Kaya go to a dance alone again that had ended in such disaster for her.

Live let out a heavy sigh, "Fiiiine... I'll make a dress and go to this freakin' Masquerade Ball with you but I make no promises to actually enjoy myself." Anything that got as much hype as a dance could only be completely lame.