#statmannao

There were autumn colors all over, and plenty of leaves falling onto the ground. The moment Slaine looked up, he saw one straight above him, and he reflexively caught the orange leaf. It reminded him of a certain somebody—who he happened to be waiting on patiently. It wasn’t like Orange to be late on schedule, but well, Slaine wasn’t exactly looking at the clock either. When he pulled his leaf away from his line of sight, Slaine saw the exact Orange he had his mind on.

“What took you so long?” his thoughts exited his mind. It was clear he wasn’t patient as he hoped to be. Today was supposed to be a day of excitement—the one of the many days they get to do something eventful. Not that life wasn’t already eventful with him around, but it wouldn’t leave them both at home and bickering over almost anything one can think of.

It was still early and he wasn’t sure himself why they planned a silly event like today this early, but he knew better than to complain about it. He was the one who agreed to this time, after all. Besides, the only time that he remembers hanging out with Inaho was at school, or during a presentation. There was probably another event or two out there that had somehow made them friendlier towards another, but he couldn’t recall now. At least they were finding ways to hang out more now.

He looked at the schedule the two of them planned together (and argued over), seeing all the scratch outs that Slaine made because he refused to do such an adventure. He found most of the suggestions rather embarrassing to him, since he didn’t know how to be involved (how do you ride a horse anyway), even if there was Inaho there to support him.

And the one exception he decided to participate in was the aquarium. There were many aquatic creatures he did not know about that he would like to expand on, and somehow, Inaho also agreed. He wasn’t sure how it came down to this, but he was glad there was someone around willing to do these silly things with him.

That’s right, they were silly, and Slaine hoped for the day to turn out really well for them. He didn’t want today to turn upsidedown—bad luck seemed to follow them both. Now that he thought about it, he knew Inaho well, even though they barely hung out. It was a strange feeling.

His thoughts had come to an abrupt stop when he finally met up with Inaho at the meeting place. The aquarium was the first place they were going to. Slaine had chosen casual attire for once, and maybe something a little warmer for the season. He didn’t realize he was being self-conscious about his clothes until he saw that it was time to leave the house.