Vianna chuckled softly at Ferris's thoughtful expression before he snapped back to reality and reminded her that she liked it when he distracted her, that he didn't shove her into pond water. The girl listened quietly and her smile faded, that look of pure mischief and amusement quickly replaced by worry and a creased forehead. Now that he mentioned it like that, shoving people into water wasn't exactly the kindest most gentle way to distract someone, whereas distracting them from breakfast or from reading a book was really completely harmless. "I'm sorry," she muttered, her gaze leaving his to look guiltily at the water instead, suddenly feeling rather ashamed.

ooc: :lol: Okay, Ruthers!

Vianna's crystal blue eyes went from guilty to surprised as Ferris's lips suddenly met hers, just after the boy had told her not to be sorry. Her eyes closed for the short but sweet moment that their kiss lasted, and fluttered back open when he pulled away, telling her that he actually liked her mischief. The girl smiled at this, beaming in that childlike way she so often did. "I'm glad," she told him. Her sparkling eyes watched the boy admiringly for a moment before slipping away from his grip and taking a couple of steps back. "I guess this means it's okay for me to continue causing mischief, then!" she said with a mischievous smile before splashing the boy and quickly turning away, disappearing under the water.

Vianna resurfaced a few yards away, wiping the water off her face and pulling her long brown hair back. She looked around the pond but saw no sign of Ferris, so her eyes immediately moved to the water, searching for a pale fish beneath. She soon caught sight of him and grinned, moving as quickly as water would allow in the opposite direction from him, nearing the shore.

Vianna usually swam with her eyes closed, only opening them every now and then to check that her path was clear (especially in salty water), but as something got a hold of her ankle, the girl's eyes opened large and wide, immediately assuming the worst. Some giant, evil octopus had caught her (she was too horrified to realize there were no octopi in ponds). But as she was pulled back and Ferris's pale skin came to sight, Vianna's heart took a break from trying to break through her chest, and instead relief washed over her. As he placed a kiss on her cheek, Vianna giggled, which caused her to lose the bit of air she was still holding. She quickly returned the boy's kiss, placing one on his own cheek, before making her way back up to the surface and catching her breath.

Vianna turned to Ferris as he resurfaced and she chuckled softly as he stated the fact that she was very mischievous girl. "Thank you, I do try," she replied jokingly, as if this was a great effort she was making. But the chuckles soon died down and there was only a smile left on her face as she looked up at the boy before her, examining his features with almost sparkling eyes for a few moments before abruptly snapping out of her trance. She shook her head very slightly to herself and asked, "Would you like to head out for a bit?"

Vianna chuckled softly as Ferris suggested they get some marshmallows before her precious squirrel ate them all, and she nodded her head in agreement, then following the boy's lead out of the water and over to the green grass. Fluffy was laying down beside the bag of marshmallows Vianna had given him, his large, round belly facing up and his tiny arms stretched out. Apparently, devouring half the bag of marshmallows had worn him out. Vianna's jaw dropped and she sat down near the squirrel, looking at it with wide eyes for a moment before speaking in a tone that almost sounded like she was conducting a funeral. "This is bad, Professor... I'm really starting to worry about Fluffy. He eats so much and he barely exercises! My squirrel... my precious squirrel is suffering from obesity!" she went on dramatically, her forehead creasing.

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Vianna listened to as Ferris told her they would have to take Fluffy to the park more often and feed him less marshmallows, her eyes still glued on the fat little squirrel. She nodded her head slightly. "You're right," she said quietly. But how was she supposed to deny Fluffy the marshmallows he wanted? He was a great little squirrel, he deserved everything and anything he wanted (or at least that's the way Vianna saw it, she didn't realize that her squirrel was actually a spoiled little brat). She remained silent for a few moments, merely staring at Fluffy before her eyes widened slightly and she looked up at Ferris. "I've got an idea - we'll replace Fluffy's addiction to marshmallows for something more... appropriate. For squirrel food! Like nuts and things like that. I don't think Fluffy's ever even eaten anything like that," she said, feeling a little more positive now that she had an idea of how to control Fluffy's diet.

Vianna's brows furrowed slightly as Ferris spoke and she turned thoughtful for a moment, her gaze returning to her fat little squirrel who was trying to sit up now, but his belly was too large and he was forced to return to laying on his back. "Well, it should be in his nature to like nuts, I mean... he's a squirrel," she muttered thoughtfully. "Either way, I'm going to give it a try and see how it goes. I really don't want Fluffy to be an unhealthy squirrel... and eating like this can't possibly be good for his scar," she added, a bit more worriedly now.

Vianna remained silent for the next minute, merely watching her squirrel close its dark eyes as Ferris rubbed his fat little belly. "You know what else might help encourage Fluffy to exercise more?" she asked suddenly, her mind obviously still on this issue about Fluffy's health. "A friend squirrel!" she went on with a grin. "I should get another squirrel! And then Fluffy can have a little friend to chase around and play with!" she added, almost bouncing at the idea of having another little squirrel to spoil and take care of.

Vianna's forehead creased slightly at Ferris's response, it was obviously not what she was hoping to hear. "But why not?" she asked, almost pouting as her eyes left his to look down at Fluffy who gave sitting up another try and succeeded at it, his belly so large he could almost just lean his head over and use it as a pillow. "It will make Fluffy happy, I bet he gets lonely being the only squirrel around, always surrounded by a bunch of humans who don't understand him and he doesn't understand," she went on dramatically, as if her precious squirrel had suffered a terrible life.

Vianna's brows furrowed slightly as Ferris began listing all the many reasons why Fluffy didn't need another little squirrel friend. She couldn't disagree with the listed reasons, as she was very well aware that Fluffy always got what he wanted and she rarely ever denied him anything. However, to her, this didn't mean Fluffy was necessarily happy with his lifestyle, but it was Ferris's last words - 'he's spoiled enough' - that caused Vianna to look away from the squirrel and up at him. "Fluffy's not spoiled!" she said immediately. "I give him all the things he wants because he deserves them, he works hard for them and earns them," she added in her squirrel's defense, not really realizing that the only hard work Fluffy ever did to earn her admiration was to be born a squirrel.

Vianna's eyes turned a bit unfriendly, but as Ferris asked her what Fluffy had done to deserve being so spoiled, she looked away and down at the squirrel. She was silent for a moment, trying to think of some heroic feat Fluffy had performed, but nothing came to mind. But then her eyebrows rose slightly as she thought of something she believed made Fluffy deserving of all the spoiling he received. "He's smart! He-- he's really clever! Like that time he tried to tell us he wanted roasted marshmallows, remember?" said the girl. "I think being smart deserves recognition, you should know, Professor."