The shopping could wait. Her break at the café had been cut short by her silly jumpiness, so when she reached the bus stop, her pace slowed and she stopped. The stop area itself was mostly left alone; Instead, she took up leaning against the outside of a nearby boutique, crossing her legs at the ankles as she set her bags down carefully at her side.
- Your friends wouldn't turn you down. It goes against the spirit of the holiday, I think. -
It was obvious that this person was no superior of hers. There was no logical reason for her not to ask who this person was -- there might have even been grounds to demand it, if her mood had been foul or if she had genuinely been busy. But everything was still fluttering in the realm of the harmless, and she'd been caught by her own inquisitiveness. Strangers spoke with one another over the device all of the time, she reasoned. Though ... communicating anonymously? ... Not so common. Why shouldn't she be intrigued?
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And what made Aqua so sure?
The shopping could wait. Her break at the café had been cut short by her silly jumpiness, so when she reached the bus stop, her pace slowed and she stopped. The stop area itself was mostly left alone; Instead, she took up leaning against the outside of a nearby boutique, crossing her legs at the ankles as she set her bags down carefully at her side.
- Your friends wouldn't turn you down. It goes against the spirit of the holiday, I think. -
It was obvious that this person was no superior of hers. There was no logical reason for her not to ask who this person was -- there might have even been grounds to demand it, if her mood had been foul or if she had genuinely been busy. But everything was still fluttering in the realm of the harmless, and she'd been caught by her own inquisitiveness. Strangers spoke with one another over the device all of the time, she reasoned. Though ... communicating anonymously? ... Not so common. Why shouldn't she be intrigued?