"I-I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to make you cry! Please don’t cry I’m sorry!"

     "No it's not your fault, please don't cry. I have just had a bad day is all, I can be quite rash with my own emotions. Don't apologize to me."

     Rui smiled, his eyelashes were still soaked with tears but his cheeks had dried up.

She was talking to a tablet that she didn’t even have with her? How did that make sense? Did it work wirelessly? Ah, he really didn’t know how this world truly functioned yet, only having revisted his hometown not hours ago to find everything demolished and something else rebuilt in its place.

"O-Oh, let me get that for you!"

With the temperatures dipping to be less comfortable than during the day, he hops over the railing of the bridge with no worries, not even noticing a temperature difference as he submerges himself under water and retrieves her sandals for her.

     "I'm sorry, you really didn't need to get those for me. And because of me, you've gotten soaked."

     Rui took the sandal from the other and proceeded to put them on, as his eyes scaled the stranger he noted that he'd never seen someone quite like Shintarou. He couldn't deny that Shintarou had peaked his curiosity.

     "I don't normally invite people back to my house, but it's my fault you're in this condition. I'm worried you might catch a cold, I have a shower and dry clothing you can borrow for now. My house isn't very far, do you mind walking a small distance like that to my house?"

        "Thank you, you really did not have to."     Rui went through all the trouble to get him a drink that he almost felt required to take one, so he did. He took the small red Gatorade, placing it silently in his lap and wrapping his hands around it. His hands were always warm, so the contoured coldness was enjoyable to him.

    Caelon was surprised to say the least. No one tried to sit with him unless he was the last one not partnered, so getting an offer like this was spectacular. Caelon smiled to himself, looking down still and gripping the bottle a bit tighter than before.

         "Yes," he said simply. He didn’t know what else to say, of course.

     "Thank you, please don't hesitate to call me Rui by the way."

     Rui poked his straw through the juice box and sipped at the fruit juice, his body language was almost nervous. Green hues met Caleon's eyes, of course he was still smiling even with his nervous body language. His voice was low as he spoke.

     "Sorry if I'm relying on you too much, I'm not good in crowds."

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"Excuse me. I’ve seen you wander around before. Who are you?"

     "Hello, I wish I could say the same but I don't believe I've ever seen you before. My name is LOAD."

     Being that they were stuck in some game, Rui wasn't quite up to telling strangers his real name yet.

     "May I ask your name?"

     Rui looked up, he had been staring into his blank tablet for some time, so long that it felt as even the voice of another person was foreign to him. His green hues traced her face, what did she say?

     "I'm..I'm fine, nothing that I should trouble you with."

     "X, please give me directions to the nearest food establishment."

     Within a few moments the tablet lit up with directions to a nearby restaurant, from the tablet came a feminine digitized voice that called out the name of the restaurant and regards to Rui on his evening. Rui turned away and began to find his way out of the area, following the directions on his tablet.

    "Are you hungry, I would like to buy you a meal. You can just call me Rui, is there something I can address you by?"