Alyssa giggled then quickly hopped up onto Daniel, grabbing hold of his shoulder while using her staff to keep her lifted off the ground as she pulled the boy into a kiss. Daniel watched with surprise as the witch pushed her tongue into his mouth and played around with his, with the other girls watching with wide eyes as the witch let out a playful murmur before breaking the kiss and smiling seductively at the boy.

“Goodnight, Daniel,” she said with a wink before slowly lowering herself down onto the ground, keeping eye contact with the boy who stared at her with a stunned smile.

“Um, goodnight… Alyssa,” he managed to get out while regaining his senses. Triska tried to hold in her growl of annoyance while watching Alyssa with discontent. Specca smiled then quickly jumped to her feet and rushed over to Daniel, wrapping her arms around his neck as she pulled him into a kiss as well. Triska’s eyebrow twitched as she watched the nixie kissing Daniel while her tail coiled around his leg. The boy held his hands over her hips, not sure whether to hold the girl or not while he watched her with a bit of surprise as well. After a moment she broke her kiss and smiled bashfully at the boy while her tail slowly unraveled while moving up along his thigh.

“Sleep well, Daniel,” she said softly. Daniel paused for a moment before nodding with a small smile.

“You as well, Specca,” he replied. Specca let go and backed before Squeak quickly raced towards the boy with a bright smile.

“Hold it!” Triska yelled out. Everyone stopped and looked to her as she was giving Squeak a dull glare while shaking her head.

“I’m tolerating all of you kissing Daniel before my turn with him, not to mention right in front of me, but I’m drawing the line with you, Squeak. I don’t want your saliva taking Daniel’s thoughts away from me tonight,” she stated firmly. Squeak looked at her curiously then to Daniel as the boy gently held her by the cheeks with a small smile. He gave a small chuckle then lowered Squeak’s head so he could kiss her forehead, the ant girl smiling bashfully while she wiggled her abdomen a bit from the gesture.

“Tomorrow’s your turn, Squeak, I promise you’ll get a kiss then,” Daniel reassured. Squeak nodded and squeaked something before backing up while blushing a bit. Triska sighed then looked around at the girls with a dull stare.

“Alright, you’ve gotten kisses from him, that’s enough for tonight,” she said expectedly.

“I suppose so,” Specca agreed, looking down while holding a hand to her cheek. Squeak glanced to Daniel then away while nodding as well. Alyssa walked over and sat down on her seat near the fire, setting her staff next to her while watching the fires burn and crackle.

“Fine then, take your turn and get it over with,” she reluctantly agreed.

“Were you going to turn in for the night?” Daniel asked. Alyssa shook her head and glanced to Triska.

“Not yet, I’m not tired, I’ll wait a while before coming in,” she said with a shrug. Triska looked around at seeing Squeak and Specca sitting back down as well on their seats around the fire.

“We’ll be in shortly. Goodnight, Triska,” Specca said politely while watching the fires burn as well. Squeak nodded while remaining silent, looking down at the dirt as she nudged a small stone with her boot.

“Um, alright then. Goodnight,” Triska said before turning to walk to the caravan, her eyes looking to Daniel as the boy nodded and walked off with her while the other three girls waited by the campfire. Alyssa glanced over to see Daniel and Triska boarding the ride and entering the cabin, with Squeak and Specca looking over to seeing them vanish then back to Alyssa with curious eyes.

“What happened with you two just now?” Specca inquired. Alyssa just eyed the caravan for a moment then looked back to the fire.

“Nothing, just needed to go for a walk is all,” she replied with a shrug. Specca and Squeak looked to each other then over to the caravan while Alyssa just stared at the fire, the witch lightly drumming her fingers on her seat while in thought.

Inside the caravan Triska pulled the black curtain over to section off their sleeping space for the night, with Daniel hanging the lit lantern next to the window in back. Triska set her duffel bag back down against the wall, looking down to it while facing away from Daniel as the boy rolled out their sleeping mats for the night. As he pulled a blanket over their sleeping area and brought over two pillows he started to notice that Triska wasn’t moving, his eyes then glancing over to see her on her knees in front of her duffel bag while seeming to stare down at it.

“Triska?” he asked as he sat upright.

“Daniel, can I ask you a question?” she asked softly.

“Of course, what’s on your mind?” Daniel asked as he sat down on the mat. Triska hesitated for a moment then held her hands together while closing her eyes.

“What do you really think of me?” she asked.

“What do I really think of you?” Daniel repeated curiously.

“Yeah. I mean, we grew up together, we were always around each other back home, we spent so much time together, I’m just curious… what you really think about me,” Triska asked.

“Well, I’ve always thought of you to be my closest friend, you’ve always been there for me and watched over me. I feel like I can talk to you about anything, I trust you with my life,” Daniel answered with a smile.

“A friend…” Triska repeated softly.