"Now don't you make this all about me, I don't know if I could handle the pressure!" she joked. She needed to write a song or two in a hurry, no more than three or four, total. This was a talent show, after all, she was not about to make herself the lone star.

"I should be heading back myself, before it gets too dark. It's still too easy for me to get lost here," she admitted, a bit embarrassed. She didn't want to leave, but she could hardly force him to stay. She knew they'd connected, and that she would definitely see him again. That made her happy, and on that note, she could leave with a smile.

She leaned into him and placed a feather-light kiss to his cheek, nothing more, and winked. "See you later, Tidus," she said in parting, and began to walk gracefully back out the way she came, through the side stage entrance, praying to gods she wouldn't trip and ruin a perfect exit.