Innocence (Lukesse)

"Hey, Lukas!" Jesse went puffing up the very large hill.

The little blonde boy looked over at his black-haired friend, a broad grin practically splitting his face. "Hey, Jesse!" he called, waving to the girl wildly as she reached the crest of the hill.

She proceeded to flop forward and sprawl facefirst in the sun-warmed grass. "Awww!" she said, rather loudly, although her voice was muffled from being smothered in grass, "this hill's too tall!"

"Heehee," and Lukas grinned mischievously at the little girl, blue eyes glinting with more than a hint of mischief, "maybe you're just too short."

"Take that back!" And she jumped back up with no hint of the fatigue she'd just shown and started chasing the blonde boy around the base of the huge oak tree wildly, swinging at him jokingly as the taller blonde boy dodged just in time. "Meanie!"

"Shorty!"

"Sky!"

"Hey, that's a girl's name!"

"Well you're a meanie!"

Finally, the two children really were too tired to continue their joking game of Tag, and Lukas flopped backwards into the grass. Jesse giggled and landed right next to him, black hair tickling his fingers as she shifted her head. "I see a chickie."

Lukas looked at the cloud that Jesse was pointing at. "That chickie is a cat," he told her.

"No it's- oh... actually if I tilt my head the way you have it, yeah, it's a cat."

"Heehee."

"Don't laugh at me, you meanie!"

Lukas giggled again and then had to roll away to avoid the swat Jesse tried to deliver. "Shortie."

"Sky, don't be mean!"

"My name's not Sky!"

Lukas climbed the hill, adjusting his armor straps. He hadn't been up here in the longest time, but he was distracted from that thought by the sight of Jesse leaning against the tree trunk and looking at the sky aimlessly. Her armor was still on, as well, and Lukas had the feeling she hadn't even bothered to take it off but had just flopped down against the tree.

"Hey, Jesse."

Jesse's head lowered to see him, big green eyes blinking. "Oh, hey Lukas. Funny seeing you here," and she smiled slightly.

He plopped down next to her with a relieved sigh. Jesse had been right back then; this hill was way too tall. "Yeah, we haven't been here since we were kids," he agreed, leaning his head against the thick oak trunk of the tree.

"Speak for yourself," Jesse teased him gently, making the blonde scowl at her jokingly. And then she smiled and he chuckled a bit as they looked up at the clouds.

Jesse tilted her head to one side thoughtfully, making Lukas wonder what she was talking about, before realizing he could see some clouds reflected in her eyes. He watched her for a few more minutes before realizing he'd kind of been staring and quickly looking away, cheeks turning a tint of red. "I see a chick," she said at length.

Lukas leaned to one side to see which cloud Jesse was talking about, his head right next to hers, ignoring the close proximity in which they were now in. Although Jesse certainly noticed and her cheeks began to slowly turn pink"... that chick looks like a cat."

"Ha-ha." And Jesse swatted him gently with a soft laugh, "you really haven't changed, Sky."

Lukas's face instantly turned six shades of red as he started spluttering in protest. "Th-that's-!"

Jesse burst into laughter as the blonde punched her on the shoulder, to no effect; Jesse just kept on laughing. Lukas scowled at her playfully again, but a small smile was slowly forming on his face as he looked at the giggling black-haired female.

Even though years had passed since that sunny day on the hill, Jesse still had that faint glow of innocence.

A/N: Hey guys! Yes, I'm publishing another story. It's how I'm going to deal with fluff and stuff (hey that rhymed). At least it's more like a oneshot book. I hope you know the drill with these!

If you don't, look it up, I'm not sure how to explain it.

The pairings (yes, I'm using more than one pairing, deal with it) in this fic are Lukesse (female Jesse), Luktra, Jetra, Jesskas (male Jesse), Harvor, Ivoren, and Magnugaard. Obviously this one was Lukesse xD I'll be cycling through and doing the ones that fit the characters most, so towards the end we might have some odd ones.

And yes, this was a short one. Deal with it. xD

Welp, see you next oneshot. Please go vote on the poll on my profile, by the way.

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