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Title comes from the song by The Platters.

With training days and chores keeps both of you busy, there is only one time both of you can spend before the cadet graduation day comes.
Disclaimer in the description below.

      Most cadets know your relationship with Bertholdt is blossoming. There was a significant change in Bertholdt ever since he got that boost of confidence in defeating Reiner on a... new way of wrestling. It’s a good thing to see him smile whenever you’re around, and also strange to see him alone with you and not with Reiner.

      Sometimes Bertholdt may go with Reiner and sometimes he may go with you. It’s a balanced life. But, lately Keith Sadies has been quite sadistic with the training and chores – knowing the time for them to graduate is closing by, he can’t let his guard down.

      Not many has the time to rest and are pushing forward with determination put to the test. Many dropped out from the sudden harsh training and risen chores. But, some stayed and move forward to become a real soldier.

      The sudden change of schedule did impacted your time spending with him. The only time you have to see him was when either of you glanced each other from across the field. Both of you exchanged sad eyes of longing for each other as each time either of you pass by. You wish you can go meet him, but the training and chores exhaust your body. You wanted to meet and talk to him so badly, you decided to slip a note to him one chore day.

‘When is your free time? –{F/N}’

      You slip that note right into Bert’s pocket out of sight and notice. He only found that note a day after when he was about to wash his own clothes. He wrote down a reply and asked Mina to hand it over to you during lunch time.

‘I have free time this evening on 5 pm. Meet me in the outskirts.’

      He told you on that note, but sadly you have a chore to cook dinner today. You wanted to see him so badly and that is the only free time he has.

      “What are you doing, {F/N}?” Christa showed up right behind you.

      “Oh... Christa. It’s...” you showed her the note Bertholdt gave you.

      “5 pm? Are you meeting someone? Is it Bertholdt?” she asks and you nod. “Oh poor you... You’ve been working so hard and little time to spend together. I’m not sure you’ll be able to find free time with him after graduation... Maybe i can help you!” she then offered.

      “Oi, oi! Christa! Don’t go helping her out just like that out of the blue! That’s her problem to deal with!”

      Like a cliched knight, Ymir pops out from the side and pulled her precious Christa into a hug. “Ymir! {F/N} is sad! At least help cheer her up!” she protested.

      “Why? That ain’t my problem.”

      “Of course it is! She’s our comrade!”

      The two began to argue about help or not to help you out. You felt burdened with the thought and don’t want to risk their time for something so simple as this. “I-It’s okay, i’ll find a way out to meet him...” you told them in a depressing tone.

      “Oh no, {F/N}, don’t cry. We’ll help!” Christa soothes you.

      “We?” Ymir frowned, but got a glare from Christa instead. “Ooookay~ I guess i’ll help. Just this once and you owe me, okay?” she gave up.

      “Really!?” you glimmer with hope.

      “For sure! You can do my chores next while i go on a date with Christa~”

      “Oh you!” Christa puffed her cheeks in protest. She then turn to you with a big smile, “But, we’ll take the chores for you, {F/N}! You go meet him and have fun!”.

      “Oh, Christa! You’re an angel! Thank you! I’ll go meet him as soon as i finish my last training for the day!” you then ran out towards the field – enthusiastic to finish your hand-in-hand combat, even if it’s not that good.

      Christa saw you left and waved before turning towards Ymir who is shaking her head with a clicking tongue. “You do know we have stable chores at 5.” she reminded her.

      “Ah...” Christa finally realized, “Then we’ll have to finish stable chores right now and skip training! Let’s go, Ymir!”.

      “Huh!?”

      “I mean it! We won’t finish and help {F/N} if we dally around! Come on, let’s go!” she then dragged her across the barracks towards the stable – possibly to thunder work the chores so they can move on to kitchen duty.

      You move on with your training and finally when the time reaches 5 pm, you rush out from the field towards the girls dorm to pick up clothes for your shower. You did a quick shower and change, then sneak out from the bathroom towards the mentioned outskirts.

      It was a vague description, but you know which place it is since you and him always go to that same spot after training.

      As the gloom dusk grew darker and the light is just barely lighting your path, you arrived at that same spot and found him sitting by the giant tree root with his uniform still on. He heard your footsteps and turned his head to greet you with a smile.

      “You finally came!” his bright greeting lighten the dusk evening.

      “Yeah! I sneaked out actually. Christa and Ymir took over my chores!” you explained to him.

      “I... actually did the same thing as you. Reiner filled my supposed chores. Hehe...” he laughed nervously.

      “So... we’re two peas in a pod?”

      “Seems like it.”

      The two of you smile from that statement. He then held his hand, beckoning for you to come and you did so. You held his hand as he guides you towards the hill right behind the barracks. You could see the dusk light seeping from the end of the path. The light grew brighter and brighter as both of you got closer, until finally both of you reached the top hill and see the view of evening nature.

      The orange sky, the hills that casted shadow to the foot beneath, and the forests glimmer with the light seeping through the rocks as if it was a masterpiece painting. It was a beautiful scenery of twilight time.

      “I know it’s not much, but i wanted to show you this.” Bertholdt said, “Do you... like it?”.

      “Like?” you frowned, “I love it!”.

      “Hahah! You almost scared me that second!” he smiled, then lift your hand to kiss the back of your palm, “I missed you. I know we’ve been busy lately. I want to spend some time with you as much as possible. That is... if you want it.”.

      “Of course i want it, Bert! I’ve been waiting for this moment to spend some time with you!” you pouted and he laughed.

      “S-Sorry, sorry! Well, here we are now. What do you want to do next?” he then asked.

      You thought for a brief moment while gazing at the sun setting in the distance. There were lots of ideas you can come up with, but you came here without bringing anything. Maybe you can celebrate the dusk with something romantic? You could try and he could learn something new.

      “Why don’t we slow dance as we say farewell to the sunset?”

      “S-Slow dance?” he raised an eyebrow in inquiry. “I’m not sure i can dance, let alone a slow one.”

      “You don’t have to be perfect at dance. Here! I’ll show you!”

      You held both of his hand and stood right in front of him. You then took a step forward and he somehow synchronized with your movement by taking a step back. Same thing when you take a step back, he steps forward. You repeated this movement until he could grasp the basics of the movement. Slowly, his movement began to relax and smooths with your flow.

      One step forward, one step back. You then improvised by letting his left hand go and lift his right hand up to twirl yourself around. He smiled when he saw you twirl so happily. He quickly grab your elbow and began to move closer. Each step and improvised slow dance, the time flows with the sun setting in the distance. It feels as if the sun is singing the song for their dance as well.

      A beautiful song of two people meeting each other in this twilight time.

Heavenly shades of night are falling, it’s twilight time.

Out of the mist your voice is calling, it’s twilight time.

When purple colored curtains mark the end of day

I’ll hear you, my dear, at twilight time

      Bertholdt suddenly pulled you close – your head bumped to his chest and you playfully laughed along with him. He is tall, but a gentle despite the height. He held you close and spin you slow, following the dark cloak of night with each second it engulf the dusk.

      He breathed the flowery scent of your after shower – reminiscing the first time he met you. A confident and cheerful girl, adored by many. He admired you for once. That admiration turn into a blossoming feeling. That feeling has the same flowery scent on you today.

Deepening shadows gather splendor as day is done

Fingers of night will soon surrender the setting sun

I count the moments darling ‘till you’re here with me

Together at last at twilight time

      The two of you finished the dance and gaze the sunset just barely setting it’s tip. The darkness surrounding the setting sun creeps and engulf the sky. When the sun is finally gone, the world turned to sudden cold with embers of red still lingering in the next minute before nightfall.

      You start to feel a freezing breeze when the sunlight was gone, and shiver as you hug yourself from the cold breeze. Bertholdt smiled gently and took off his uniform jacket – draping it over you for protection. “Let’s sit over there.” he said while guiding you towards a spot perfect to sit down.

      He sat down first, then you right in front of him – back pressing to his chest. He then circle his arms around you – warming you from the cold early night.

      “You danced better than i thought. Or maybe... you followed up pretty well.” you praised him.

      “I learned a lot from you, {F/N}. You are inspiring and motivating me to learn something new.” he exclaimed – pressing his nose to your hair.

      “Hahaha! So the next thing to do is to forget dinner and watch the stars instead?” you asked and he held you tighter – confirming his answer as a ‘yes’. “Well... We can always sneak into the kitchen and make something for ourselves. Make sure to hide your body in the shadows or Instructor Sadies will find us.” you warned him afterwards.

      “I’m actually pretty good at hiding.” he said as you felt his lips curve into a grin from pressing himself to you. “I can be a good pillar imitation.” he then joked.

      “Haha, good joke on that big guy~”

      “I can show you if you let me.”

      “Let’s keep that in mind. For now... i want to spend more time with you.”

      The two of you stayed silent – listening to the crickets singing and the wind grazing the tree branches. The night grew and showed a single star in the far distance. When the night grew high, thousands of star would shine with the flow of aurora. It might be a beautiful view, but sadly both of you can’t stay longer than wanted.

      “{F/N}?” Bertholdt suddenly spoke, “...Can i... kiss you?”.

      You turn in confusion. “Why do you have to ask that? Of course you can!”

      “B-B-Because... I... thought you don’t want to, but... now i know you want to so...” he pursed his lips – gulping down his hesitance before leaning to kiss your lips. The kiss was warm... warm enough to pull away the cold breeze blowing from the corners. When was the last time either of you shared a romantic moment such as a simple kiss? A simple peck? No. A passionate kiss? Don’t have time to do that either. Only in this after twilight time, both of you finally shared this kiss, beginning with a gentle touch.

Deep in the dark your kiss will thrill me like days of old

Lighting the spark of love that fills me with dreams untold

Each day i pray for evening just to be with you

Together at last at twilight time

      From a gentle kiss to a warming romantic kiss, you pulled away first before he starts to feel a little frisky. You did saw his cheeks flush and eyes glimmer with such longing. However, you see something else is hidden underneath that glimmering eyes of longing.

      Something that sparks your curiosity... Some part that you still don’t know about him.

      It is through your observing eye and instincts that you felt something odd is wafting within him. You decided to ask him why: “Bertholdt? Is... something wrong?”.

      “What do you mean?”

      “You look like you have something to say to me, but don’t want to. It’s alright to say it and i won’t judge anything. I’ll help you if you have something you worried about.” you assured him, but he is hesitant with the way his lips quiver.

      It was as if something was battling within him and you could see the struggle in his eyes – the battle between two wills of self... ‘Tell or don’t tell’. It’s not that he doesn’t want to, but he feared what he’ll say would break you apart.

      “It’s alright, Bert. You can tell me.” you encouraged him.

      “N-No... Please, don’t ask about that. Let me... be with you just for a moment.” he refused while still holding you tightly in his arms.

      “Bertholdt, you’re worrying me.”

      “Sorry, {F/N}...”

      “What?”

      “I’m so sorry... I want to be with you. You’re so innocent, i can’t bear to let anything happen to you.”

      You’re getting more confused on what he just said. “W-What do you mean by that? Bert, i don’t understand.” you pleaded for him to explain the truth, but all he gave you was a sad expression. “I-I’m sorry, i shouldn’t push you to answer... Alright, i won’t ask about it anymore. But, if anything happens... i want to know. Maybe i can help.” you told him – pressing your palm to his cheek and he accepted the touch.

      “You’re too kind, {F/N}... Too kind to love you this way...” he said those cryptic words again, but you let it slide this time and let him embrace you further. “{F/N}... I promise when the time comes, i’ll tell you everything. But to do that, i need you to do me a favor...”

      “Anything, Bert.”

      Bertholdt let go and spun your shoulder around. “{F/N}... i need you to keep your distance with Reiner. Keep everything to yourself and i promise you, nothing will ever happen to you.” he explained, to which raise even more confusion. “I’m being serious, {F/N}. I’m not joking about him liking you or anything. I need you to trust me on this... please.” he pleaded.

      “O-Okay... Okay. I’ll keep my distance from him. But, promise me you’ll tell me what’s going on later.”

      “Promise.” he then pressed his forehead to yours, “I love you... and i’ll keep you safe.”.

      You don’t know what’s going on in him ever since that day when Bertholdt got called by Reiner out of the blue. Supposedly to talk, but... it felt different than just a buddy talk with him. Still, you trusted him more because of your deep feelings towards him.

      You’ll never know what comes next after this, but have come to mentally prepare for what he has in plan. Whatever comes... and when the time comes, you’ll be prepared.

      For now... you and him return to silence – listening to the after twilight orchestra of singing crickets and the breezing wind...

Description
body div#devskin0 hr { }

Title comes from the song by The Platters.

With training days and chores keeps both of you busy, there is only one time both of you can spend before the cadet graduation day comes.
Disclaimer in the description below.

      Most cadets know your relationship with Bertholdt is blossoming. There was a significant change in Bertholdt ever since he got that boost of confidence in defeating Reiner on a... new way of wrestling. It’s a good thing to see him smile whenever you’re around, and also strange to see him alone with you and not with Reiner.

      Sometimes Bertholdt may go with Reiner and sometimes he may go with you. It’s a balanced life. But, lately Keith Sadies has been quite sadistic with the training and chores – knowing the time for them to graduate is closing by, he can’t let his guard down.

      Not many has the time to rest and are pushing forward with determination put to the test. Many dropped out from the sudden harsh training and risen chores. But, some stayed and move forward to become a real soldier.

      The sudden change of schedule did impacted your time spending with him. The only time you have to see him was when either of you glanced each other from across the field. Both of you exchanged sad eyes of longing for each other as each time either of you pass by. You wish you can go meet him, but the training and chores exhaust your body. You wanted to meet and talk to him so badly, you decided to slip a note to him one chore day.

‘When is your free time? –{F/N}’

      You slip that note right into Bert’s pocket out of sight and notice. He only found that note a day after when he was about to wash his own clothes. He wrote down a reply and asked Mina to hand it over to you during lunch time.

‘I have free time this evening on 5 pm. Meet me in the outskirts.’

      He told you on that note, but sadly you have a chore to cook dinner today. You wanted to see him so badly and that is the only free time he has.

      “What are you doing, {F/N}?” Christa showed up right behind you.

      “Oh... Christa. It’s...” you showed her the note Bertholdt gave you.

      “5 pm? Are you meeting someone? Is it Bertholdt?” she asks and you nod. “Oh poor you... You’ve been working so hard and little time to spend together. I’m not sure you’ll be able to find free time with him after graduation... Maybe i can help you!” she then offered.

      “Oi, oi! Christa! Don’t go helping her out just like that out of the blue! That’s her problem to deal with!”

      Like a cliched knight, Ymir pops out from the side and pulled her precious Christa into a hug. “Ymir! {F/N} is sad! At least help cheer her up!” she protested.

      “Why? That ain’t my problem.”

      “Of course it is! She’s our comrade!”

      The two began to argue about help or not to help you out. You felt burdened with the thought and don’t want to risk their time for something so simple as this. “I-It’s okay, i’ll find a way out to meet him...” you told them in a depressing tone.

      “Oh no, {F/N}, don’t cry. We’ll help!” Christa soothes you.

      “We?” Ymir frowned, but got a glare from Christa instead. “Ooookay~ I guess i’ll help. Just this once and you owe me, okay?” she gave up.

      “Really!?” you glimmer with hope.

      “For sure! You can do my chores next while i go on a date with Christa~”

      “Oh you!” Christa puffed her cheeks in protest. She then turn to you with a big smile, “But, we’ll take the chores for you, {F/N}! You go meet him and have fun!”.

      “Oh, Christa! You’re an angel! Thank you! I’ll go meet him as soon as i finish my last training for the day!” you then ran out towards the field – enthusiastic to finish your hand-in-hand combat, even if it’s not that good.

      Christa saw you left and waved before turning towards Ymir who is shaking her head with a clicking tongue. “You do know we have stable chores at 5.” she reminded her.

      “Ah...” Christa finally realized, “Then we’ll have to finish stable chores right now and skip training! Let’s go, Ymir!”.

      “Huh!?”

      “I mean it! We won’t finish and help {F/N} if we dally around! Come on, let’s go!” she then dragged her across the barracks towards the stable – possibly to thunder work the chores so they can move on to kitchen duty.

      You move on with your training and finally when the time reaches 5 pm, you rush out from the field towards the girls dorm to pick up clothes for your shower. You did a quick shower and change, then sneak out from the bathroom towards the mentioned outskirts.

      It was a vague description, but you know which place it is since you and him always go to that same spot after training.

      As the gloom dusk grew darker and the light is just barely lighting your path, you arrived at that same spot and found him sitting by the giant tree root with his uniform still on. He heard your footsteps and turned his head to greet you with a smile.

      “You finally came!” his bright greeting lighten the dusk evening.

      “Yeah! I sneaked out actually. Christa and Ymir took over my chores!” you explained to him.

      “I... actually did the same thing as you. Reiner filled my supposed chores. Hehe...” he laughed nervously.

      “So... we’re two peas in a pod?”

      “Seems like it.”

      The two of you smile from that statement. He then held his hand, beckoning for you to come and you did so. You held his hand as he guides you towards the hill right behind the barracks. You could see the dusk light seeping from the end of the path. The light grew brighter and brighter as both of you got closer, until finally both of you reached the top hill and see the view of evening nature.

      The orange sky, the hills that casted shadow to the foot beneath, and the forests glimmer with the light seeping through the rocks as if it was a masterpiece painting. It was a beautiful scenery of twilight time.

      “I know it’s not much, but i wanted to show you this.” Bertholdt said, “Do you... like it?”.

      “Like?” you frowned, “I love it!”.

      “Hahah! You almost scared me that second!” he smiled, then lift your hand to kiss the back of your palm, “I missed you. I know we’ve been busy lately. I want to spend some time with you as much as possible. That is... if you want it.”.

      “Of course i want it, Bert! I’ve been waiting for this moment to spend some time with you!” you pouted and he laughed.

      “S-Sorry, sorry! Well, here we are now. What do you want to do next?” he then asked.

      You thought for a brief moment while gazing at the sun setting in the distance. There were lots of ideas you can come up with, but you came here without bringing anything. Maybe you can celebrate the dusk with something romantic? You could try and he could learn something new.

      “Why don’t we slow dance as we say farewell to the sunset?”

      “S-Slow dance?” he raised an eyebrow in inquiry. “I’m not sure i can dance, let alone a slow one.”

      “You don’t have to be perfect at dance. Here! I’ll show you!”

      You held both of his hand and stood right in front of him. You then took a step forward and he somehow synchronized with your movement by taking a step back. Same thing when you take a step back, he steps forward. You repeated this movement until he could grasp the basics of the movement. Slowly, his movement began to relax and smooths with your flow.

      One step forward, one step back. You then improvised by letting his left hand go and lift his right hand up to twirl yourself around. He smiled when he saw you twirl so happily. He quickly grab your elbow and began to move closer. Each step and improvised slow dance, the time flows with the sun setting in the distance. It feels as if the sun is singing the song for their dance as well.

      A beautiful song of two people meeting each other in this twilight time.

Heavenly shades of night are falling, it’s twilight time.

Out of the mist your voice is calling, it’s twilight time.

When purple colored curtains mark the end of day

I’ll hear you, my dear, at twilight time

      Bertholdt suddenly pulled you close – your head bumped to his chest and you playfully laughed along with him. He is tall, but a gentle despite the height. He held you close and spin you slow, following the dark cloak of night with each second it engulf the dusk.

      He breathed the flowery scent of your after shower – reminiscing the first time he met you. A confident and cheerful girl, adored by many. He admired you for once. That admiration turn into a blossoming feeling. That feeling has the same flowery scent on you today.

Deepening shadows gather splendor as day is done

Fingers of night will soon surrender the setting sun

I count the moments darling ‘till you’re here with me

Together at last at twilight time

      The two of you finished the dance and gaze the sunset just barely setting it’s tip. The darkness surrounding the setting sun creeps and engulf the sky. When the sun is finally gone, the world turned to sudden cold with embers of red still lingering in the next minute before nightfall.

      You start to feel a freezing breeze when the sunlight was gone, and shiver as you hug yourself from the cold breeze. Bertholdt smiled gently and took off his uniform jacket – draping it over you for protection. “Let’s sit over there.” he said while guiding you towards a spot perfect to sit down.

      He sat down first, then you right in front of him – back pressing to his chest. He then circle his arms around you – warming you from the cold early night.

      “You danced better than i thought. Or maybe... you followed up pretty well.” you praised him.

      “I learned a lot from you, {F/N}. You are inspiring and motivating me to learn something new.” he exclaimed – pressing his nose to your hair.

      “Hahaha! So the next thing to do is to forget dinner and watch the stars instead?” you asked and he held you tighter – confirming his answer as a ‘yes’. “Well... We can always sneak into the kitchen and make something for ourselves. Make sure to hide your body in the shadows or Instructor Sadies will find us.” you warned him afterwards.

      “I’m actually pretty good at hiding.” he said as you felt his lips curve into a grin from pressing himself to you. “I can be a good pillar imitation.” he then joked.

      “Haha, good joke on that big guy~”

      “I can show you if you let me.”

      “Let’s keep that in mind. For now... i want to spend more time with you.”

      The two of you stayed silent – listening to the crickets singing and the wind grazing the tree branches. The night grew and showed a single star in the far distance. When the night grew high, thousands of star would shine with the flow of aurora. It might be a beautiful view, but sadly both of you can’t stay longer than wanted.

      “{F/N}?” Bertholdt suddenly spoke, “...Can i... kiss you?”.

      You turn in confusion. “Why do you have to ask that? Of course you can!”

      “B-B-Because... I... thought you don’t want to, but... now i know you want to so...” he pursed his lips – gulping down his hesitance before leaning to kiss your lips. The kiss was warm... warm enough to pull away the cold breeze blowing from the corners. When was the last time either of you shared a romantic moment such as a simple kiss? A simple peck? No. A passionate kiss? Don’t have time to do that either. Only in this after twilight time, both of you finally shared this kiss, beginning with a gentle touch.

Deep in the dark your kiss will thrill me like days of old

Lighting the spark of love that fills me with dreams untold

Each day i pray for evening just to be with you

Together at last at twilight time

      From a gentle kiss to a warming romantic kiss, you pulled away first before he starts to feel a little frisky. You did saw his cheeks flush and eyes glimmer with such longing. However, you see something else is hidden underneath that glimmering eyes of longing.

      Something that sparks your curiosity... Some part that you still don’t know about him.

      It is through your observing eye and instincts that you felt something odd is wafting within him. You decided to ask him why: “Bertholdt? Is... something wrong?”.

      “What do you mean?”

      “You look like you have something to say to me, but don’t want to. It’s alright to say it and i won’t judge anything. I’ll help you if you have something you worried about.” you assured him, but he is hesitant with the way his lips quiver.

      It was as if something was battling within him and you could see the struggle in his eyes – the battle between two wills of self... ‘Tell or don’t tell’. It’s not that he doesn’t want to, but he feared what he’ll say would break you apart.

      “It’s alright, Bert. You can tell me.” you encouraged him.

      “N-No... Please, don’t ask about that. Let me... be with you just for a moment.” he refused while still holding you tightly in his arms.

      “Bertholdt, you’re worrying me.”

      “Sorry, {F/N}...”

      “What?”

      “I’m so sorry... I want to be with you. You’re so innocent, i can’t bear to let anything happen to you.”

      You’re getting more confused on what he just said. “W-What do you mean by that? Bert, i don’t understand.” you pleaded for him to explain the truth, but all he gave you was a sad expression. “I-I’m sorry, i shouldn’t push you to answer... Alright, i won’t ask about it anymore. But, if anything happens... i want to know. Maybe i can help.” you told him – pressing your palm to his cheek and he accepted the touch.

      “You’re too kind, {F/N}... Too kind to love you this way...” he said those cryptic words again, but you let it slide this time and let him embrace you further. “{F/N}... I promise when the time comes, i’ll tell you everything. But to do that, i need you to do me a favor...”

      “Anything, Bert.”

      Bertholdt let go and spun your shoulder around. “{F/N}... i need you to keep your distance with Reiner. Keep everything to yourself and i promise you, nothing will ever happen to you.” he explained, to which raise even more confusion. “I’m being serious, {F/N}. I’m not joking about him liking you or anything. I need you to trust me on this... please.” he pleaded.

      “O-Okay... Okay. I’ll keep my distance from him. But, promise me you’ll tell me what’s going on later.”

      “Promise.” he then pressed his forehead to yours, “I love you... and i’ll keep you safe.”.

      You don’t know what’s going on in him ever since that day when Bertholdt got called by Reiner out of the blue. Supposedly to talk, but... it felt different than just a buddy talk with him. Still, you trusted him more because of your deep feelings towards him.

      You’ll never know what comes next after this, but have come to mentally prepare for what he has in plan. Whatever comes... and when the time comes, you’ll be prepared.

      For now... you and him return to silence – listening to the after twilight orchestra of singing crickets and the breezing wind...