A Bit of Shopping (Sakuya)

[Setsuna Hanamori]

Normally, Setsuna would have been a little offended by the gesture. She wasn't so dainty that she couldn't stand up on her own, and anyone else would have had their hand slapped away. Of course, none of them were Sakuya. Pretty much the only reason she wasn't upset was because of how much she had already come to like her quite a bit. It had been a while since she had been able to simply relax and socialize like this...it's true, she did make some friends, but they didn't really have much in common. So, even though they were on good terms and hung out often, they weren't that close.

But Sakuya was a different story. Aside from being a fellow member of SEES, she too seems to have endured something harsh at some point in her life. Considering that it was so severe that she, as a result, hated all men, she could only imagine how horrible it must have been. Even then, she wasn't anywhere close to guessing how horrible the actual truth was. Regardless, it helped Setsuna to know that she wasn't the only one whose past had left a deep scar on her. And thus, she, her face beet red, accepted the hand

[Kyoudou Sakuya]

Sakuya had not imagined that Setsuna would actually take her hand, yet she did, and Sakuya too blushed, a little surprised upon the positive response of her somewhat knightly gesture - it was but a vestigial action done most commonly done in the olden times... It had very little place in a modern and contemporary society such as this one. Sakuya herself felt warm as she "helped" Setsuna up, the former was very well aware of how the latter was very much capable of getting up on her own, but she could not help but act in this manner. Fortunately, instead of being roughly "rejected" so to speak it was taken, albeit in a somewhat embarrassed manner. The black knight herself had felt something strange within her the entire time she was with Setsuna, and she was starting to feel that perhaps it was something more than just an itching urge to protect, an itching urge to be a close companion... Nevertheless, Sakuya tried to keep those thoughts in the recesses of her mind - she refused to let any of her own thoughts become corrupted into anything impure.

So, as Sakuya helped Setsuna stand up, still blushing, she said in quite a warm and friendly manner "so, shall we go?" Sakuya had a smile on her face that she did not give to most other people - it was a small one, one that did not immediately give off a feeling of happiness, though the observant could tell that she was in fact quite content and happy.

[Setsuna Hanamori]

Once she was up, she smiled and nodded quietly. She gathered all her bags and waited for Sakuya to pay the bill, then walked quietly out of the cafe, quite satisfied. Everything about this place had exceeded expectations, and she was definitely glad that Sakuya had spotted it when she did...she probably would have just settled on some fast food place. Once she was outside, she took a moment to look around and try to get a feel for where she was. After spotting a couple places she remembered going to the last time she came to Akihabara, she remembered exactly where she was.

"Ahh, I think know where we are. The game store I was planning on going to should be fairly close by." From there, Setsuna took off, making sure not to leave Sakuya behind. It was a bit of a walk, but, eventually, they did reach the game store in question. Once she was inside, she began slowly scanning the shelves for any games she might like. To be honest, she had expected to leave empty-handed. However, much to her delight and surprise, she actually found some games that she had been wanting to play but never got a chance to, at which point she was like a kid in a candy store.

If Sakuya was paying enough attention, she might have noticed that all of the games picked up had something to do with samurai. And the number of games she picked up made it clear that it wasn't just a coincidence, either. It definitely seemed as though the girl had a thing for samurai. Either way, when she paid for everything, she took a look at her watch, and her eyes widened. It was already a quarter past three...time flies when you're having fun. "Crap...it's already this late? I promised mom I'd be home in time to help with dinner, and it'll take at least an hour to get there from here." She then looked up to Sakuya, her cheeks red "I...um...I had a great time...and I hope we can do this again some time! Only...next time, I'll treat you to lunch!" And with that, she gathered her things and took off, with just enough time to catch the bus that would take her home.