[The pause just makes it worse for Luke, and he shifts his feet and feels nervousness grow more and more in his chest until he lets out a deep breath and opens his mouth to tell her that it's okay if she doesn't like it-
Only to suck in that breath of air when she hugs him around the neck, and he half lifts his arm more out of surprise as he blinks and stares at the wall ahead. Wait, so... she liked it? Even though it looked so... bad, compared to what everyone else had done for Christmas? He'd passed by and seen the Christmas trees in the window with lights and stars, and he knew this was nothing compared to that, so... But it wasn't his fault that he couldn't find any lights, that the store didn't have any last time he checked.
Even though it was his first attempt at celebrating a holiday that he never knew about, that he still didn't really know about... She liked it?
Slowly, he sets his arms down on her back to return the hug, though it's still light out of surprise and some additional worry.]
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Only to suck in that breath of air when she hugs him around the neck, and he half lifts his arm more out of surprise as he blinks and stares at the wall ahead. Wait, so... she liked it? Even though it looked so... bad, compared to what everyone else had done for Christmas? He'd passed by and seen the Christmas trees in the window with lights and stars, and he knew this was nothing compared to that, so... But it wasn't his fault that he couldn't find any lights, that the store didn't have any last time he checked.
Even though it was his first attempt at celebrating a holiday that he never knew about, that he still didn't really know about... She liked it?
Slowly, he sets his arms down on her back to return the hug, though it's still light out of surprise and some additional worry.]
... Really?