It was some time later, but I found my way to the housing in which Ynos, and his siblings were granted. Knocking on the door, and being let in, I was greeted by Essie.

“Oh! Lost hello!” She greeted me excitedly.

“Oh hello dear Essie.” I greeted her before asking, “Is Ynos here?”

“Ya! Are you going to take him around with you?” She asked.

“Well, ya. I wanted to show him some things.” I admitted.

Her eyes got big as she got excited. She hopped around a little bit, before darting inside the building.

“Who’s there?” I hear Aether ask.

I walked inside before greeting everyone, “Hello, I am here for a moment.”

“Lost.” Ynos said, getting up from where he was resting and coming over to greet me.

“Ynos.” I greeted him, seeing him come over as we greeted each other.

“I hope meeting with the old lizard and the goddess wasn't too bad. They can be a bit much.” I admitted.

He shook his head, “It’s fine. I am just happy to see you.”

He looked at me, and I was looking back. I just wanted to get closer to him and nuzzle into chest, but knowing we were being watched made me blush and shake the thought out of my head. Looking back up at him, I could tell that I wasn't the only one with the same idea.

“Ah, maybe, we, ah take a… Ah A walk?” I stammered out, the more I struggled the more embarrassed I became, curling my tail around myself out of embarrassment.

Ynos reached over and raised my head to make our eyes meet, as he smiled, “That sounds like a great idea.”

Before I could stop myself, I felt a small whimper leave my throat. It was unfair how collected he seemed.

“Y-ya, lets ah go.” I confirmed and turned and started walking outside.

“I wanna co-!” Essie started but she seemed to have been stopped by Immy.

I smiled a little bit as we both stepped out onto the street. My mind is trying to find where we should go.

“Hey, you mentioned chocolate being your favorite before, where would we be able to get some of those?” Ynos asked, following me out onto the street.

“Oh. Ya! I bet her shop would have something you would love!” I exclaimed, glad to have a goal of somewhere to go.

Leading the way, somehow I ended up getting lost and found our way to the shop. Which was open and the two goddesses seemed to be busy making new chocolate treats inside.

“This is my favorite shop. The goddess Saccharum is the best at making sweets and treats!” I exclaimed, before storming inside.

“Ah welcome to the shop we will be right with y- Oh! Lost! Oh? Who is this dragon with you?” Saccharum asked curiously.

“Ah this Ynos, he is ahh..” I felt my face getting flustered.

‘I was gonna say friend, but would that be okay to say that? What if he thinks I don't like him I cou-’ I was thinking, but my thoughts got interrupted by Ynos speaking up.

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“Lost brought me here to try these chocolates.” Ynos stated, not alluding to the previous question.

“Ohh! Yes, quite the interesting new treat indeed! We haven't sold any yet. Let us know what you think of them.” The goddess shared, excited for a new customer.

Before Ynos could prepare himself, the goddess had piled a different variety of chocolates up on the counter for us. The pile had a lot of interesting treats, some are just other treats coated in chocolate.

“I see you have already discovered chocolate dipping!” I exclaimed excitedly about the treats.

“Yes! Oh there are so many foods that are now even better in chocolate! Strawberries especially!” She exclaimed.

“Oh! Ynos! I know where we can try these!” I exclaimed, and gathered up as much of the chocolate as I could.

Ynos followed my lead, and gathered up the rest, as we took our leave of the wonderful shop. As we proceeded to walk out on the seemingly endless streets, we walked until we were very lost.

***

We somehow ended up out of the city, and to the one place my mom loved. It was on the very edge of the plane itself. A small place which held grass, and dirt, with a small hill that ended abruptly on the cliff edge. At the top of which is a very large and old oak tree.

“You know it's said this tree was here before the land was. That the one who made this plane, had planted it themself. There are many rumors as to who that was though.” I explained, as we walked up the hill.

“Oh? Seems like a strong opponent.” Ynos said thoughtfully.

“Oh well if it was a single person who built an entire plane by themselves, then I suppose they would be very strong.” I mused.

We walked up to the top of the hill before sitting down under the tree together side by side. I put some chocolate into my mouth, and watching the sky, I wasn’t sure when it happened but at some point I ended up being wrapped up in his wing and leaning against him.

“You guys probably are not going to stay here huh?” I asked Ynos.

“No. We will leave at some point.” He confirmed.

“Would you mind if I showed you as much of my home as possible before we leave?” I asked him.

Now it was his turn to be surprised. I didn’t see his face, as my head was against his chest listening to his heart. The sound was something that was comforting at the same time embarrassing.

“You're not going to stay? After all of that time away?” He asked me.

I shook my head, “I would love to stay here, but as mom had once told me, ‘This is your home, not your prison. You should use your wings and explore.’ Ever since then, I have wanted to see what the stars in the sky look like close up. Worlds with fascinating life.” I mused.

I felt his head nuzzle the top of mine. I felt my tail wrap around his as I squeezed him for reassurance.

“Do you think that’s what I should do?” I asked him, I couldn't look up at him.

“I think you should listen to your mom.” He assured me, while holding me tighter.

I nodded and put my head against his chest, which then he used his own to hold mine close. As we stayed there for hours, under that tree.