After that measly interaction, the atmosphere seemed to slightly shift just by a bit. As the process of Ekko being healed went by, he found himself, forced to go have a one-on-one gardening session with [Name].

He didn't understand why he would force himself to do this, with [Name] of all people. Maybe, he felt a sense of guilt for if he wasn't able to repay them in any other way for helping to practically bandage him up.

So, the sound of silence was drooped over him, as he found himself making way to the greenspace. Again.

...

"You've got to stop coming back here, O' Great Leader." [Name] perked up, glancing at Ekko and frowned deeply. "You're going to get more injured and the greatest person will have to heal you up again, me!"

Ekko rolled his eyes, looking at some of the potted plants and furrowed his brows. "I know, but I'm here now. I'll go back to rest later." Merely shrugging, he grabbed a spade and a pot full of dirt.

"Make sure to trough it properly, that needs to be good enough soil, so I can plant in some potatoes."

At this comment, Ekko let out an amused scoff. "Sure-Sure, I got this!" He seemed quite confident in himself, maybe his ego was to never be defeated.

...

Nevermind, it got defeated quickly. Ekko had managed to plant in the wrong type of flowers and [Name] was busy lecturing him. But, Ekko inputted back some comments and the situation escalated from there. 

"How did you manage to put the wrong type of flowers in, Frosty?"

"I don't know! You didn't put those little flower signs again."

"Yeah-- But, I thought, you'd memorise where they would be, O' Wise Leader." [Name] took this into opportunity to slightly mock him with the nickname, which caused Ekko to narrow his eyes and leaned towards [Name] dangerously in a demeanour meant to intimidate them.

"Drop it with the nickname, Firefly."

"Fine. Only if you drop that nickname you use on me." [Name] crossed their arms, frowning deeply and glared at Ekko.

The white-haired boy could only shrug, etching a coy smirk in response. "What nickname should I stop using on you, Firefly?"

"That-That nickname, Firefly!" They accusingly pointed at Ekko, as soon as the nickname was uttered out from his lips and in result, Ekko grabbed [Name's] outstretched wrist and moved the pointing finger away from himself.

He then leaned towards [Name's] ear to then whisper, "Why though? It actually suits you, besides; I think, you actually love the nickname."

At this, [Name] pushed Ekko away from them and let out a scoff. "That is not true!-- Just, don't call me that nickname again." Shaking their head, they went back onto their knees and started to plant potato seeds into some patches. "Now, if you'll excuse me; I'll be actually fixing this up."

Ekko could only watch on, a small rise in laughter of amusement arose from his lips and [Name] could only glance at him within confusion.

"Frosty, you either keep standing there and admire my amazing self, or you can head on back to rest."

The Firelights' Leader could only blink in surprise, his lips pressed within a thin line. "I'm not admiring you--... I'm just, looking around." That was all he could merely mutter out from being slightly off-guard.

This shocked [Name], a grin forming onto their face and nodded in resort to mock Ekko on the answer he gave to them. "Sure-Sure, whatever, Frosty."

Ekko walked over to grab a spade, sticking it into the root source of the ground and started to dig out the tulips. "So, Frosty is a nickname you thought up on giving me?" A brow was raised, as he asked this.

"Uh-- Yeah! Quite brilliant, isn't it?"

"What's brilliant, is how; you actually thought hard to give me such a lovely nickname for me. Thank you, my dear Firefly--"

"I am not yours, Ekko. Stop with this bullshit."

"At least, let me go on a date with you." Ekko wriggled his eyebrows, sending [Name] a shit-eating grin. This must be Ekko's way of trying to get back at [Name] for pissing him off earlier, it was a possibility.

[Name] widened their eyes within pure shock, mouth gaped and a flurry of incoherent words left their mouth. "What?! No-No, way!"

Ekko tapped his chin within a pondering train of thought and cleared his throat to say,

"Let's spar to settle it then, if I win: you go on a date with me, if you win: I'll do this gardening for a week--"

Though, it would seem obvious that Ekko might not even set out an actual date and might just do this to piss [Name] off, but the other side of the deal for the possibility on Ekko losing irked them within interest.

"Make that gardening for a month."

Ekko could only let out a sigh, hesitantly nodding in agreement. "Fine, Firely. Got ourselves a deal?" He put his hand out to shake [Name's] within agreeing in participation of the deal.

[Name] scoffed, pushing his hand away and nodded quickly. "Yeah-Yeah, we have a deal. Also, stop callin' me Firefly!"

"C'mon, I know you love it when I call you that nickname."

"Well, you should know that it pisses me off! Like, you and your attitude do!" Another accusing finger was being directed at Ekko, who could only suffice to roll his eyes and stare back at them in result. 

"Let's just get the sparring over with."