Lanthra's sobbing had subdued as she felt the slender hands of her child-hood friend comb soothingly through her hair. She couldn't smile yet, but inwardly she felt better about the notion that the bottles have always been meant to be for her. Although when Kali mentioned her birthday, she remembered the whole reason why she had been upset as well. Without crashing into crying again, she looked at how Kali was gazing upon her spiced liqour. Lanthra thought for a second about her birthday and all that it meant for her now her brother had died. But those thoughts soon disappeared into mirth as she chuckled about the way the dark beauty was crunching her nose and making a sour face after taking a fierce swig of the booze.<br/><br/>Lanthra could not help but burst out into laughter, it was all too hilarious and funny despite the horrible situation she was in. It felt like a weight was lifted up, if only for those short precious moments, and she could be herself again. When her friend coughed, she leaned forward and rubbed her hand over Kali's back to soothe her whilst still chuckling about the whole ordeal.<br/><span style="color: DarkOrange"><b><br/>
''I guess so, I guess so.. But perhaps you are just not cut out for the whole drinking part of this merry meeting, my friend.''</b></span><br/><br/>She winked at her friend as she uncorked her own bottle of booze, and took a swig from it. Unlike Lanthra she wasn't coughing nor wheezing, but her already teared up eyes began to water some more. This time they were not tears of grief. She was desperately trying to keep herself together after feeling the burning hot liquid glide past her tonsils and setting her heart and throat on fire. Nevertheless, she swallowed it painfully and bumbed herself on the chest as she cleared her throat again.<br/><br/><b><span style="color: DarkOrange">''It is indeed quite something else...''</span></b><br/><br/>But then her friend interrupted her, as Lanthra smiled and looked lovingly at the dark haired beauty before her.<br/><br/><i>“Not to make your brother forgotten, Lanthra but I think I need to tell you something.”</i><br/><br/>She could see her friend sigh and avoiding her curious looks upon her face. A sudden strange feeling warmed her from inside, turning her stomach upside down and making her heart almost jump out of her chest. She noticed Kali's hands fretting and fiddling with the hem of her blouse, and without hesitation Lanthra leaned forward. The young princess kept smiling as she moved a lock of hair behind Kali's ear, making her look directly into her eyes. Her free hand closed around the fiddling fingers of her friend, warming them with her own slender digits. She sighed of the beauty and love that laid beyond those deep dark pools of colour, and suddenly she had made the decision she should have made a long time ago.<br/><br/>She leaned in, and pressed her soft pink lips upon the dark mouth of her best friend, her solace and what she knew to be at that very moment,<i>her soulmate</i>.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>