Innocence.

send 💃 for your muse to teach mine how to dance (or any other activity that involves a lot of touching)

“Leo-saaan!”

A nervous smile is displayed as she takes the other’s slender hand. She can’t even dance well, but she is being asked to teach him to dance?! 

“Here, follow my steps! “ she tries to lead him to follow her steps. “ ugh… I can’t dance well… why are you asking me to teach you??”

Bel chuckled as the girl’s mood instantly switched from worry to happy. She reminded Bel of herself, in a way.

“Well Naomi! Sit back and relax while I make the most amazing waffles you’ll ever have!”

With the essentials, Bel began to make the batter: the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder poured into the bowl. She mixed the ingredients with quick precision and just as fast, set out another bowl to mix the eggs and milk. With years of practice, one would think this looked easy!

Pouring in the eggs and milk into the batter, Bel began to hum a tune as she poured the batter into the waffle iron. “Are there any toppings you’d like Naomi?”

“Yaaay! I’ll wait, Bel-san!!” she can’t wait to taste Bel’s waffles! She loves sweet things, and she’ll kill for a waffle and an ice cream! Since usually she can’t afford eating that in daily basis.

This is her lucky day!

She looked at the other who is mixing the ingredients. Oh man, she wishes she dcan do the chores as fast as her. 

As he walked along with her, he gave her words some thought. Was he a bad person? Maybe not now, but there were some that considered him a villain years ago. ”I dunno! Am I a bad person!? No one has ever lived a life without doing some sort of evil. I guess that depends on the person and how others see them~”

 Seeing the girl’s happy face stirred inspiration in him and he started humming out his new melody. Before he knew it, he had already whipped out his notebook and pen again. Jotting down the first verse of his next masterpiece, he wasn’t paying attention to his surrounding again. Unsure if he was following the girl anymore, he continued walking in a straight path. Or what he thought to be one.

“♪~ ♪~ ♪~”

“Nope!” she doesn’t think Leo is an evil person. She thinks he’s friendly and fun! And his face somehow looks familiar, but she couldn’t remember where she sees him. 

“I don’t think Leo-san is evil! You’re fun!” 

she laughed.

“Huh? Leo-san?” Before she knew it, the older boy has vanished. Where did he go? Naomi looks around and tries to retrace her steps. The wprse thing is, she doesn’t know his number!

“Leo-saaan??!”

“Now, now, calm down. ‘Nee-chan isn’t underestimating you~”

As she tried to push him off, Arashi smiled fondly. Cute~ She looked like she was pouting~

“Here, here, we can compromise~ You can rest your head on ‘Nee-chan’s lap~”

Arashi punctuated his words by patting his lap with a hand. His lap probably wasn’t as comfortable as a girl’s lap would be since his legs were all muscle and hardly soft at all, put you could always put a pillow on his lap before lying down. Then it’d be perfectly comfortable.

“Then we can both use the couch, right?”

Onee - chan? Naomi is lost of words. She thought that this person is a boy! Why is he calling himself with ‘onee chan’? Naomi furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. 

“I can?”

She smiles brightly, beginning to accept the ‘bargain’. She is happy, now. At least she can be on the couch. 

“Yaay! Thanks onee-chan! I’m Naomi by the way!”

“Oh wow, they’re beautiful~” His purple arbs widen in surprise, it certainly was a lot. It made quite a large bouquet that Hajime gently cradled in his arms.

“Thank you so much, Naomi-chan. I’ll be sure to take good care of them~” Hajime give the girl a head pat once again. Being with her made him feel like he was his younger siblings again. It felt really nostalgic.

“I’m gonna go buy a vase for them. Would you like to join me? I’ll let you pick~”

“I’m glad you liked it, Shino-san!” to be quite honest, she loves being patted like this. it reminds her of her father. Since she can’t see her father as often as before, she is beginning to feel a bit lonely. 

“Hehehe, I’m happy!”

She is just glad that she is able to see his happy face. After all to celebrate birthday away from your family is pretty shitty. 

“Yes, I moved here from Korea to study.”

Vasco did guess that she was going to be a foreigner like himself, but he had no way of guessing the reason for why she’d moved here. He wasn’t sure how to answer that to be honest. He went quiet as he tried to think about how he wanted to go about answering that, if he could even come up with anything. He was drawing a mental blank, so he just did what he thought was best to do in this situation.

Pat pat. It certainly did sound very unfair. He didn’t know the full situation, so he really couldn’t say anything about it. He chose to just stay quiet in order to not say anything that may offend her and instead pat the top of her head.

The pat feels nostalgic. Her father is the type of father who would show affection to his children , no matter how old they are. To be quite honest, she had missed his touch. Naomi is daddy’s little girl after all. She is really grateful for what he had done for her.

“Thank you!”

she smiles brightly, glad that the other is comforting her. 

Ah, she was so crying. Def crying. 100% crying. Was she a cute lil’ sister type? he could oh so see it.

“Ok, ok~ then you aren’t crying” he conceded with a smile, moving back his hand when he noticed she was wiping her tears alone “I hope you didn’t got hurt either. If you did let me know, ok?”

She is just childish. Even when she is in the tenth grade already. Being spoiled after her parents’ divorce wasn’t helping. It just made her more spoiled and childish. That’s the reason why her father sent her away in the first place. 

A blink. 

Izumi rolled his eyes to the side at the sudden outburst from the girl. It was very stupid. If she wasn’t willing to admit that, then she was even more stupid than he would have thought.

Izumi blinked at the end of the sentence… slow. Blue eyes turning towards her. Was she actually considering bringing him something if he asked politely?

Ah. She was, without a doubt an absolute idiot. But an usable idiot.

“Hmn, so, if I do ask ‘nicely’ you’ll go get that water for me?” he asked, an arrogant tug on his lips forming some sort of sly smile.

This person is a meanie, she thought. But then again it must have been the hot weather as well. Pouting, she looked over the grey haired guy. Now that she had a good look of his face , he seems familiar. 

“Of course, I would! But since you were rude before, you have completely ruined my mood!” 

Not that she is planning to give him a glass of water. But Naomi had to make up of an excuse right?’

“Ehehe. Thank you very much, Naomi-chan~” He smiles, tenderly patting the younger girl on top of her head.

A grin is displayed as the other pats on her head. It was soft, it’s like getting a pat from an older sister, or more so a mother. He’s older than her, it must have been because of that. 

“Hehe, Shino-san look what I got for you!” she exclaimed happily, taking out a bunch of flowers. “ I hear that you like flowers, but I’m not sure what is your favorite one , so-!” 

Orion: Favourite month?

No, it wasn’t his real name but it was a nickname that he is most often referred to as, so he just got used to introducing himself as such.

“My real name is Lee EunTae, but most call me Vasco.        It’s a nickname of mine.        I’m from Korea, so yes, I’m a foreigner.        What about you? Have you always lived here?”

He recognized that her name was Japanese, so she may have been every bit of a foreigner as he was. Though he felt a bit relieved, he was still a bit nervous, so his usual pokerface was still displayed on his face. He wasn’t mad, he’d assure you.

“Ho!” she is taken back as he introduced himself. “Whoa from Korea!” she giggles. She always been fascinated with Korea.  “ Mmhm, nope! I’m a foreigner as well, just like you Vasco-san!”

“Papa just had to send me away to be with his new wife! It’s so unfaiiiir!”

Yoichi tutted and felt around his belt.  “That’s what happens when you daydream while walking.  It’s hazardous.”  He found the small pocket he kept a pack of tissues in and removed them, pulling one out of the pack to hand to her.  Placing them back into his pocket, he snapped it shut and folded his arms.

“Now what am I supposed to do with you?  Do you need me to take you to a, uh…doctor’s office.  Or…walk you home…?”  He didn’t deal with children often enough to know what to do.  She seemed no worse for wear overall, but he didn’t want to just leave her to fend for herself.  Especially if she ends up with a concussion.

“It’s my civic duty as an officer to help a citizen in need or something like that.  So whatever you need…I’m Yoichi by the way.  Officer Oshiro if anyone with any authority asks.”

“I-I’m not day dreaming!” she denies, once again. Embarrassed , she pouts. She doesnt want anyone to know her obsession with day dreaming and romance. 

She takes the tissue from him , whiping her tears and nose. 

“I can go home by myself!” though it is very dark, and she is not good with dark places. But she has her pride, and she ain’t gonna cast that pride away. 

Bel chuckled. “Of course! I make the best waffles in Bellevue! Here have a seat and you’ll see~” She led her to a small table, pulling out a chair and motioned her to sit down.

“I’m Bel by the way! I’d love to know your name petite dame.”

As she waited for the girl’s response, Bel made her way to the counter, gathering all the essentials. With the store now closed, she could focus on the girl in front of her. She looked like the type that likes strawberries, so that’s what Bel was going to put on her waffles.

“WAFFLES!” she almost jumped out of joy. It’s amazing how quick she is to change her mood from sad to hyper. 

Hearing her innocent answer, he felt some need to protect her. Maybe it was his brotherly instincts kicking in. “Hmmm~ You have a good papa, don’t ya? I’m happy you think that way~ But you should still be careful, even around people like me.” Luckily, this girl wasn’t his little sister, otherwise he’d make any guy that randomly talked to her regret he ever lived.

 Nodding at her proposal to lead the way, he was glad to have found someone so reliable. It wasn’t like he didn’t know how to use the GPS on his phone, nor has he lost it this time. Whenever he used it, he still ended up straying away from the designated route in favour of his inspiration. He mustfollow them! But this time, he was ready to follow the girl without straying.

“Alright! Lead the way Nao~ Let’s charge towards the shop and claim our icy treat! I’ll watch your back and destroy any obstacles in our way! Wahahaha☆”

“Why is that?? Is Leo-san a bad person?” she furrowed her eyebrows. And normally people wouldn’t reveal that they are a bad person to anybody. But this... Leo just implied that he isn’t a good person . 

Well he sure is lively. That’s one thing for sure! His hair is longer than average boys , and is taller than most of them too. She had an assumption that Leo is a university student. 

“Waai!” she grinned. Naomi is happy to find somebody who is as cheerful as her. Lately she only find people who are adults around here. And they are no fun!

((OOC: //Neo slides in bc she saw Kpop. Which group? ))