"Only in your mind," came Hannah's playful reply.

A trace of a smile was forming on her face, if only for a fleeting moment. She felt much like herself around Ernie again, something that she felt as though she couldn't have around most people, in most parts of the castle. But Ernie was starting to be her light again, where she was realizing other people were lacking.

"I wasn't sure who was coming back, but I was hoping that you would..." she began to say.

Before either one of them knew it, they were in a close, intimate embrace, dancing slowly as though time had stopped just for them.

"...So what made you come back?"

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He shrugged, careful not too move too much, settling his chin on her shoulder. "Last year was a waste of time," Ernie said quietly.

Biting her lip, he continued, "I had no bloody idea what I wanted to do after this, either. I panicked. After everything that happened, I suddenly didn't know what to do with myself. I spent so much time worrying that I forgot to focus on anything except for keeping myself alive." Ernie frowned. "So I came back."

"Why'd you come back?" he asked quietly, once he had finished his little speech.

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