⋆𝓗𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘𝐍

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀I don’t need to 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 when *𝒚𝒐𝒖 look at me, all i see is 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏.

she shook her head a little in dismissal of the question, before a short laugh of amusement pulled from her instead. “hallyn blake spotted with mystery woman.” she mused with a wave of her hand in the air, poised to tease. “do you think I could be a mystery woman?”

eyes narrowing, she shifted her weight onto one hand so she could lift the other the shield her face from the sun, playing it off as something other than staring someone down. “over there by the trees, i'm pretty sure that girl just took a bunch of photos of us. or— well, +

“oh my god, no. you don't owe me. and that one doesn't count.” she was quick to clarify, shaking her head with a brief flash of a frown. “I meant for next time. I don't preemptively pay for favours, hallyn. I just ... like hanging out with you.” she paused to +

“I'll give you a free coffee next time you come see me at work. if you— if you want to come.” she tried to playfully remark, gaze still settled on the singer. “did you want to leave now? is that why you're asking?”

“it's not that far, I usually just walk.” robin's first instinct was always to deny offers of help, before even thinking it over. a need to grasp some sort of control or independence. but then she dared to look over at hallyn again, and considered the fact it wasn't just +

even if nothing more was said, she could feel the air between them shift, knowing she'd messed up. why did she laugh? why did she react like *that? fuck. “yeah, it's a nice area. less cheap touristy and more of the rich housewives types. which ... they do tend to +

robin didn't know what kind of response she'd been expecting, but somehow it wasn't that. “oh.” was all she could get out, a quiet whisper as her thoughts grew foggy. she could feel her heart thumping in her chest at the mere suggestion, the rising panic of it leading to +

she let the silence sit between them for a while, under the guise of simply enjoying the sunshine in peace and quiet. but her hand stayed right where it was, not even daring to flinch a muscle. “maybe one day i'll get famous, then you can date me.” she tried to joke, +

“I .. I don't think .. ” she stuttered over her words, distracted by that tiny upgrade to her affection. “I don't think I can have an opinion on that. I've never been famous, I don't know what that's like for you.”

“yeah, if that's something you'd want to explore.” shoulders moved in a sort of shrug with her answer, meeting hallyn's gaze in that moment. without even looking, she found hallyn's closest hand to loosely hold between them, giving it a gentle squeeze. “I think +

it was a side that robin didn't even consider, given she'd never experienced anything close to fame, so she couldn't help but feel a little bad for just assuming. “I kinda forget you're a celebrity.” she whispered, moving her arm just enough to nudge her with an elbow. +