・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢

˗ˏˋ꒰ 🔪꒱ ― ❝ 𝙐𝙢… 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘭?❞

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

➤ 𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖 𝙆𝙖𝙮𝙤𝙠𝙤

❝𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘱 𝘥𝘶𝘥𝘦 … ❞

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

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Anika shakes her head.
“My bad.” Anika’s eyes lock onto Tara’s, before quickly darting to the side. A slight red hue taking over her features.

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

Anika follows Tara’s swaying, moving along to the song in sync with her.
“ You’re not too bad Carpenter !”

“ I thought you said you were bad at this ?” Anika laughed softly. And there goes her stepping in Tara’s toes. “ There’s the 1st time.” +

[‍ ‍‍ 𝓽𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙧 .ᐟ @SlashedToPieces]

— her arms gingerly around
anika’s neck. as the song peels
onward, tara rocks back and forth
slowly, looking up at and into
anika’s wondrous orbs directly.

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

Yes !

You look very sophisticated in it.

[‍ ‍‍ 𝓽𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙧 .ᐟ @SlashedToPieces]

!!!!

doyoulikeit?

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

Aww, look at you in your suit !

[‍ ‍‍ 𝓽𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙧 .ᐟ @SlashedToPieces]

what a day …-

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

Anika smirked, before grabbing her phone and playing the first slow song that came up.
“Of course!” Anika sparked up, grabbing Tara’s waist pulling her closer.

“As long as you don’t mind me stepping on your toes, we’re good.” Anika laughed, gazing down at Tara.

[‍ ‍‍ 𝓽𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙧 .ᐟ @SlashedToPieces]

— this field as tara is. err.
inexperienced, rather. tara’s smile
shifts to a soft sort of expression,

❝would you want to dance with me?
s-slow dance… that is.❞

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

“ Thanks ! Yours is pretty cool also.”

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

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Anika’s eyes widened at Tara’s question. “ Once before. I’m really bad at it.”

“ I stepped all over the girls toes”

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

Anika, now beside Tara. Letting out a hug sigh of relief that Tara wasn’t about to pass out on her.

A hand on Tara’s shoulder. “ Thank god” She lets a soft smile takeover her features.
“You scared me for a second!” She laughs nervously. +

[‍ ‍‍ 𝓽𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙧 .ᐟ @SlashedToPieces]

— normally, but now? now it’s
becoming something she
cautiously does … on occasion.

❝have you ever .. slow danced ?❞

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

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She totally forgot that Tara had asthma.

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

Anika didn’t notice Tara slowing down at first, she was still twisting and twirling around. Until she finally caught her out the corner of her eye.

Anika comes to a complete stop, worry filling her face instantly. “ Tara ..are you good ?” +

[‍ ‍‍ 𝓽𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙧 .ᐟ @SlashedToPieces]

not knowing how to dance is
seemingly an addicting thing.
tara might be able to dance
on her own, but with someone
else? she can’t even step forward.

although she’s completely content
with listening to anika sing,
tara absolutely has zero shame in
joining in with her and —

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

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“ This is a duet by the way!”
Anika let’s go if Tara’s hands, spinning around in a circle pointing at Tara. Gesturing her to start singing along.

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

Anika pulls tara in, taking her other hand. She’s basically just jumping around bringing Tara along with her, she may have forgotten to say she can’t dance.

She picks up a spoon using it as a microphone , singing along to ‘Karma’ by Taylor swift playing.

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[‍ ‍‍ 𝓽𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙧 .ᐟ @SlashedToPieces]

— ice skates. when she comes
back to tara with the offer, tara
blushes and nods her head quickly,

❝you absolutely may.❞

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

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“ Can I have this dance, m’lady?”

Inserts a very bad attempt at an accent.

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

Anika just watched as Tara did her setup, and once
she was finally done she perked up. “ That was such a journey.” Anika nods, doing a little jog over towards the speaker, clicking the volume up a little bit.

She slides back over towards tara, grabbing her by the hand +

[‍ ‍‍ 𝓽𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙧 .ᐟ @SlashedToPieces]

the setup is the longest part.

❝bet i will!❞ tara playfully
glares at anika. ❝okay so,
first thing we gotta do..
after my horribly long prep
stage.. isssss..❞

*insert baking instructions
and commentary here. pls.*

— some time later —

the oven door closes
and tara—

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

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Her trust.

She sits back and watches Tara as she starts the process of baking.

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

Anika’s features soften, a warm smile taking over her face. She catches Tara’s face turning red, was she blushing ?

“ oh really? You better live up to your word.” Anika teases playfully, She already knew whatever she made was gonna be good, Tara had all of +

[‍ ‍‍ 𝓽𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙧 .ᐟ @SlashedToPieces]

tara claps a few times as the
music fills the room. DJ Anika..
that’s unbelievably cute and
tara can’t help but grin from
ear to ear.

❝oh heck yeah. honestly i think
it’ll be impossible for you to not
be a regular in kitchen-tara once
i whip this up.❞ she doesn’t notice—

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

Me when I subtly say it’s a 4…

[‍ ‍‍ 𝓽𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙧 .ᐟ @SlashedToPieces]

now if i can only subtly find
out what your ring size is …

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

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She places her elbow on the countertop, leaning over to rest her chin on her hand. Looking over at Tara. “ I’m so ready to see you’re awesome baking skills right now”

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

Anika clicks on a trending playlist and turns the volume up, not too loud though.

“DJ Anika at your service!” Anika says tossing her phone onto the counter, walking up behind tara. Moving right beside her, watching her get everything ready.

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[‍ ‍‍ 𝓽𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙧 .ᐟ @SlashedToPieces]

— shoulders and flashes a
quick little smile,

❝i’ll leave the music
up to you, DJ Anika!❞

tara winks playfully and giggles.

[・❥・𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘬𝘢 @AnikaKay0k0]

👰‍♀️💒👰‍♀️💍 Us

[‍ ‍‍ 𝓽𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙧 .ᐟ @SlashedToPieces]

ANIKA.