Awkward Meeting (for Raiye-san)

Masato knew a bit of Chinese, but the dialect Sindel used wasn't the one he knew. He did recognize her sudden frown and could have sworn he heard "Cerbera". "Are you sure?" he asked. "Maybe I can help you?"

Zera's interruption relieved Haruka to no mean end. "Ah," she stammered, still quite able to bite her tongue despite calming down a little, "It's just a minute away, straight ahead..." She pointed at the homey establishment across the street.

" Helping? Aren't we just friendly. "

Sindel chuckled teasingly at Masato and merely shook her head in refusal, bringing her arms up to stretch her arms out and releasing a very loud yawn, blushing just slightly as the feeling within her body rose to a pleasurable state as she stretches her arms and legs to an extend.

" Aaah.. Needed that. "

Zera nodded at Haruka and looked around for just a moment before towards the spot Haruka was pointing out.

" I'm glad you do not love my sister, it would only make it worse. "

He had to smile at that. "At least I tried," Masato told Sindel, not pushing it, impressed at how different the pale-haired girl was compared to when he first sighted her.

Zera's whisper confused Haruka. "What do you mean, Zera-san?" she asked. "What's wrong?"

Masato had also caught that shift in tone. He pleaded with Zera through his eyes to leave Haruka be. Just let her be happy...

Zera did capture Masato's gaze and looked back at Haruka and looked away with a smirk.

" She's too cute for you.. "

Zera didn't know what to say exactly but thought of something quick, which made SIndel blink and say out loudly.

" Whatcha mean? Haruka is VERY cute! Cuter then Cerbera.. Although Cerbera has that lolita kinda look. "

"Eh? What do you mean by that?" Haruka switched back instantly to embarrassed. "Cerbera-san is cute, but not that cute! I mean, she's cute! But not that way!"

Masato had intended to stay serious, but Zera's remark was just the first blow, followed up on by Haruka and then Sindel. Finally he was chuckling as Haruka defended her rival/friend.

"Cerbera-san doesn't look like a Lolita, Sindel-san! You're the one who looks like a Lolita!"

She blushed, realizing what she'd just sputtered.

" Oh really? You think so? "

Sinde spun around infront of Haruka and walked backwards, looking down at herself and gently tugged a few ribbons from her outfit, then back up to take Haruka's hand and gently forced her to stroked her stomach, side and chest, blushing slightly.

" Soft hand.. Anyway.. Isn't that cute! "

Zera immidiatly blushed darkly when she saw the two and almost stumbled from a rock, glaring away and walked forward quickly.

" I... Did not want to see that, lady Sindel. "

Steam shot out of Haruka's ears as her hand went where it had never gone before. She was so shocked, it took her seconds to recognize the dragooning, and pulled away too late. "S-Sindel-san!" she exclaimed. "W-we're in a public place!"

Right beside Zera, Masato had fallen flat on his face from the same rock, being similarly distracted. "Owww..."

Sindel giggled cutely and nodded at Haruka, patting her on the head teasingly.

" You're too alert in what people think of you. Hehe.. Fine.. We'll save it for later! "

Zera turned to look at Masato and offered him a hand to help him stand back up.

" You alright? "

"What do you mean, later?" Haruka was the type of volcano that kept blowing up at the slightest provocation. And she didn't even blow up properly. "Now!" she had yelled.

She meant 'apology now', of course. But...

Masato waved off Zera's aid. "I'm fine, I'm fine," he muttered. His right hand covered his nose and mouth. He winced. "I'm fine," he repeated weakly.

Zera was startled by Haruka's sudden outburst which made her step backwards before she quickly turned to walk forward again, then suddenly stopped when she thought she saw something. Narrowing her eyes for a moment before she took long steps towards the ice cream shop, clearly in a hurry all of a sudden.

Sindel would blush darkly when Haruka yelled out ' now ' taking a simple step back before she smirked and dug into her pocket for something, taking out her cellphone and looked through it before she turned and walked back besides Haruka again.

" Sorry, just never had this much fun since Zera didn't know how to swim. "