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Aira
[Closing her sketchpad] Done
Violet
[Glancing at her] That fast? I thought you’d take longer with someone so… complicated.
Aira
[Smiles, hugging the sketchpad to her chest] It’s not about time. It’s about feeling.
Violet
[Leaning closer, voice low and slow] So… what did you feel?
Aira
[Looks up, eyes meeting Violet’s] That you're not as untouchable as you act. That maybe… you're tired of hiding behind smoke and whiskey.
Aira
[Quietly] Then you’ll let someone in.
(A long pause. Rain taps louder outside. Violet slowly reaches out and places two fingers on Aira’s sketchpad.)
Violet
[Voice soft, almost a whisper] Show me.
Aira
[Hesitates, then gently opens the page and turns it toward Violet] This… is how I see you.
(Violet stares at the drawing. It's raw—messy hair, guarded eyes, but soft lips and quiet pain. Not beautiful in the perfect sense, but real.)
Violet
[After a long silence] You drew the part of me I forgot existed.
Aira
[Softly] I noticed it the moment you looked at me.
[Violet turns to her slowly. She reaches out—this time not teasing—and gently takes Aira’s hand.]
Violet
You don’t know me. You really don’t. But I want you to.
Aira
[Tightens her fingers around Violet’s] Then don’t push me away when I try.
Violet
[Voice low] Come with me.
Violet
Not far. Just... somewhere quieter.
(She walks toward the back hallway of the bar, guiding Aira with her. Aira follows silently. They reach Violet’s small private lounge behind the bar—dimly lit, cozy, with books, records, and a worn couch.)
Violet
[Closing the door gently behind them] I don’t bring people here.
Aira
[Looking around in awe] It feels like you.
Violet
[Turning to face her] That’s because it is me.
Violet
No noise. No crowd. Just… quiet and truth
(They stand close. Violet lifts her hand and lightly brushes her fingers against Aira’s cheek, hesitant.)
(Violet leans in, pausing just an inch from Aira’s lips, eyes asking silently. Aira closes the distance. Their lips meet—gentle at first, almost trembling. Then deeper, they kissed]
Violet
(pulls back slowly, eyes flickering open, voice husky) You kiss like you mean it.
Aira
[Breathless] That’s because I do.
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