It's hot. Really, hot.

Reiner's sweating under his warrior uniform, wiping a few beads of sweat with the back of his arm. The street's bustling with vendors and people, and more importantly, he has a group of kids he's supposed to watch over. Not like he doesn't want to, of course. It's good to have a break once in a while; it's good to have the war off his mind, even if it's for one night only.

Gabi's dragging Falco through the crowds, her hand firmly grasping his arm. Udo and Zofia are walking behind them, taking in the rather lively scenery. And Reiner? Well, he's trailing behind them, cooling himself off with a flimsy fan he'd gotten at one of the stalls earlier.

"Gabi, don't run off too far. I have to-" Reiner starts before grunting as his shoulder make's contact with someone going the opposite way.

He hisses, rubbing his shoulder before turning towards the stranger to apologize. The warrior looks down, expecting to see a Marleyan citizen but-

Oh.

Reiner's heart nearly drops to his feet when he sees it's you. What? What were you doing here? You can't have been here. Maybe it was the heat getting to him. Yeah, some sort of weird heat stroke hallucination that's making him imagine some random stranger to be the only person he-

Shut up, Reiner. This is not the time to start reminiscing about your not-so-little crush on some Island Devil back in Paradis. This is not the time for your heart to start picking up speed, almost as if it's about to leap out of his chest. This is not the time to reach out and grab hold of {{user}}'s shoulder to check if they're actually here or not.

But he does anyways.

"{{user}}?"