Together, the two slowly moved around the ice rink, Nytin guiding Avery through any problem she had while skating. Eventually, Avery was skating on her own, albeit slowly and carefully, still very close to Nytin. Nytin kept a close eye on her and helped if he felt that Avery would fall. 

Nytin watched her for a while, and a small idea formed in his head. He moved forward and put his hand on Avery's arm, "Would you like to skate with me now that you have your balance? I could show you a few tricks."

Avery looked up at him. She felt a lot more comfortable now that she could maintain her balance and had some control over her movements. "Sure—just don't go too fast, " she said with a small laugh, “I might fall."

Nytin held out his hand, "Don't worry. I've been doing this for a long time. Just move with me, and you'll get the hang of it. Just take my hand." 

Avery put her hand in Nytin's, smiling at him. "Alright, don't make fun of me for messing up though." 

Nytin took her hand and chuckled, "I won't, don't worry."

He used his other hand to place Averys’ hand on his shoulder and moved his hand down to Avery's waist. With a swift movement, he and Avery were both gracefully moving along the large rink. Nytin began guiding Avery into a dance, helping her move along the ice with ease. Avery was in awe. She was swept away in the moment and moved along with Nytin happily. 

Nytin smiled as he saw Avery was having fun, "I take it you've never danced before? You seem nervous."

Avery laughed sheepishly, "It's a little nerve-wracking...but... this is fun! I didn't know you were a man of so many talents..first you make clothes, now you can ice skate- and dance!" Her lips parted in a large smile, "You're honestly pretty amazing...do you have any other skills you've been hiding from me?"

Nytin's cheeks felt hot, and he almost faltered in his movements, he cleared his throat and maintained his composure, "You'll just have to get to know me more, you'll find out sooner or later." He suddenly moved Avery away from himself, "But I suppose I could show you some…other moves...while we're here."

He didn't let Avery answer and suddenly his movements quickened and his grip on Avery increased ever so slightly, he took Avery's hand and moved it above her head hinting at what he was going to do. He let her brace and then he spun Avery around and dipped her downwards holding her by her waist, and lifted her back up again, and continued to dance with her for a while, teaching her basic dance moves and helping her skate. The two had a lot of fun, even attracting the attention of a few other skaters who watched the two dance around and laugh, seemingly in their own little world.

Eventually, though, they had to get off the ice due to Avery getting tired, she hadn't wanted to stop but felt as if she were going to fall asleep if she remained on the ice any longer. She felt guilty, as Nytin seemed disappointed that they couldn't continue skating, but hadn't voiced wanting to stay, he still seemed to be in a very bright and happy mood. They returned the skates and began walking again, this time without a clear destination.

Nytin hummed quietly as they walked, after a few minutes he glanced at Avery who stumbled and shook her head before she started walking again. He watched Avery do this a few times before he suddenly stopped walking and watched as Avery continued walking for a few seconds, she quickly got confused and began looking around. Nytin snickered a little and walked back to Avery who yawned and stretched.

"Sorry...I didn't see you stopped, was there something over there?" Avery asked softly, clearly fighting to keep her eyes open. 

Nytin laughed a little more, and set the bag of stuffed animals down, "No...but there is something here that I should probably attend to."

Avery was confused but suddenly felt her feet leave the ground, and in the blink of an eye she was on Nytin's back, out of fear of falling backwards she grabbed onto Nytins shoulders with her hands, "Um…"

Nytin picked the bag back up, "You look so tired and keep stumbling about, you're going to run into something so don't worry, I can carry you for a little while."

Avery hesitated. It was true, she was exhausted. She slowly relaxed and loosely put her arms around Nytin's shoulders. "Mm...okay…just...put me down if you—" her sentence was cut off by a small yawn, “Mmn...get tired."

Nytin snickered a little, "Alright, Starshine."

He felt Avery relax a lot more and adjusted her into a better position. He headed towards an area that he saw wasn’t full of too many people and as he walked he felt more weight on his back and quickly deduced that Avery had fallen asleep. Nytin went back to humming softly, seemingly unbothered by the situation, he resumed walking without a destination for a long while, enjoying the scenery, failing to notice Avery had woken up after a while of walking, until he had felt her grip onto him tighter, before drifting off to sleep again. Nytin chuckled and smiled at this, and happily kept walking, glad that Avery felt comfortable.

While he strolled around, he noticed that he had been receiving quite a few odd looks from others, and had also attracted the attention of quite a few young children who immediately asked their parents for a piggy back ride as well, much to their dismay. Eventually Nytin found himself at a park, he spotted an empty pavillion and walked over to it. He placed Avery down and made sure she was safe before walking away again. 

When Nytin returned he had two cups of hot chocolate in his hands, he sat down and tapped Avery's shoulder.

"Starshine…It's time to wake up." He said softly, as to not scare her. 

Avery stirred and slowly opened her eyes, "Sorry...I fell asleep…again..." Her voice was quiet, and laced with exhaustion, but she sat up and stretched but ended up leaning against Nytin, fully prepared to fall asleep again.  Nytin snapped his fingers in Averys face and when she opened her eyes she was met with a cup of steaming hot chocolate in front of her.

Nytin couldn't help but smile, "While I was walking there was a stand...so I bought something for you to drink, here."

Avery slowly took it and sat up, "Oh..thank you." She sipped it quietly, slowly waking up more and more due to the warmth spreading throughout her body, that's when her thoughts got more collected and she pieced a few things together, she looked up at Nytin nervously, "How long have you been carrying me for..?"

"Your usual nap time..about an hour, I went sightseeing." He had said it in such a casual manner, that Avery felt as if she didn't have to worry about it, but she was still confused.

"My usual..? Wait- You just..carried me around town, on your back..for an hour..?" 

Nytin hummed, "Mhm…but I covered your face, so nobody saw you...I was going to take you home, but I know you like to sleep in the cold so I kept walking." 

Avery was embarrassed, but felt better knowing her face had been covered, "You probably looked weird with me on your back though…"

Nytin simply shrugged, "Eh..I found it humorous, there were a lot of children asking for piggy back rides when they saw us." He said with a small chuckle, "Watching their parents try and pick them up was rather entertaining…one of them ended up falling forward right into a pile of snow." 

Avery laughed a little and leaned against Nytin, she paused and looked up at him, "...Is…this okay..? I- um…forgot to ask earlier." She felt Nytins body move a little as he let out a quiet chuckle.

"Of course, it's not as if you weren't drooling on my shoulder earlier." He laughed a little more as Avery put more weight onto him, pouting.

"I was not!" 

"Sure, Sure, we can say that if it makes you feel better."

Avery went silent for a few seconds, "...Did I really?" 

Nytin had to hold back his laughter at Avery's distressed tone, he put an arm around Avery to try and reassure her, "No..I was just joking with you." He didn't expect Avery to retaliate and shove him back, he quickly moved his cup out of the way laughing.

Avery crossed her arms but couldn't help smiling, she kicked her legs and hummed, "How do you even know how long I 'usually' nap for?" 

Nytin raised a brow, "Starshine, how many times have you gone to the clearing, and dozed off? Each time you'd wake up after exactly an hour or so, besides the rare occurrence of a little longer."

Avery looked flabbergasted, and her face turned red, "Oh…I never thought about that before…" She laughed a little, “Seems like you know me pretty well now, hmm?”

Nytin smiled and put his arm around Avery, “I suppose so…” He felt Avery put her head on his shoulder quietly, humming in acknowledgement.

It went silent and the two drank their hot chocolate peacefully, though Nytin seemed troubled each time he took a small sip of it, he held it between his legs and stared at it for a long while before speaking. 

"This hot chocolate..is awful.."

Averys answer was almost immediate, "Yeah it is."

Nytin smiled at her, "Would you like to get some from a cafe? Surely it would be better from there."

Avery looked up at him, "Of course I do!"

The two stood up and threw their hot chocolates away. Avery yawned and stretched and felt her feet leave the ground, and she was once again flipped onto Nytins back, she instinctively grabbed on and was clearly confused, "Nytin, what-"

Nytins lazy smile widened slightly, "I told you I would carry you, remember?"

"Pfft.." She tried to hold back her laughter, "Okay, I'll be your guide then, onwards!"

Nytin let out a soft laugh, he picked up their bag of stuffed animals and began walking, his heart beating a little faster than it had been just a few moments ago.