No reason to act like it doesn't exist - Karmena

@Karmena
Time: April 2033
Outfit:Link
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She followed straight after her girlfriend as they entered the store. She looked around as they entered and was surprised that there was still a lot of things around even though it had been robbed over and over. Mostly it was just cheap things but it was still a lot. They had kept their relationship a secret, since none of them really wanted to make their comfort and safespace into something that the whole group wanted them to share. It was odd for Karmena in a way, but knowing that someone cared for her in another way than in a friendly way, that was somewhat fullfilling.
She walked around the store till she found a pack of canned beans and sat on the disk as she saw something. She bit back a smirk and looked in Mariella’s direction as she snatched it before Marie could see what it was. “Mariella, come over for a second,” she called and waited. When Mariella came, she grabbed her shoulders and turned her around, pressing her into her back up against her body. “Close your eyes,” she asked as she found the thing she had taken. She moved some of Mariella’s hair before she pulled the locket around her neck and closed it. A cheap necklace with a heart on, which might have seemed silly but it seemed to mean much more to Karmena. “Alright you can open them,” she then said and turned Mariella around again, looking into her eyes. She had another necklace that she placed in Mariella’s hand. “They’re cheap and fragile, but they can be our little reassurance to one another. Call it a promise necklace,” she then said and smiled a bit softly, before she jumped down and crouched a bit for Mariella to reach her neck.

She felt the kiss on her lips, the tender kisses that the siren always seemed to captivate her in. She pulled her arms around her and let her pull her closer as she deepened the kiss for a while, completely forgetting the world around them. She pulled away slowly as she bit back a smirk and stood there with Mariella in her arms, "Let it be our safety and comfort around our necks forever," she said lowly, not realizing that she would never take this jewelry off ever again.
An idea popped into her mind as she let go of Mariella, as she walked over to the kids' aisle. She picked up a cowboy hat and grabbed a horsehead on a stick as she used her feet to gallop around the store, "Howdy partner!" she greeted Mariella as she passed her and tipped the hat. She moved around the store as she started singing a song, "I'm gonna take my horseee to the oooold tooown roooad!" - "I'm gonna.... rideeeeeeeee, till I cant no more!" she sang loudly and made a movement with her hand above her head, like she was holding a lasso. The song was over 20 years old, but Karmena liked it a lot. Though she had never sang in front of everyone, she didnt mind doing it in front of Mariella, no matter how goofy she seemed.