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Log; Ongoing

When; Today, August 18th
Rating; G
Characters; Rinali and Ren-fah (Others? It's a party!)
Summary; The two girls meet at Café Juliet for sundaes.
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Ren had been sure, at least before she left, to leave Akira a note telling him where she would be for most of the afternoon. An ice cream sundae was an excellent snack for a summer day, and something she hadn't had the chance to eat in a long time. It always made her feel better, so it would be an ideal aid in helping her to cheer Rinali up!

Or so Ren-logic told her.

The café almost looked like something out of a movie, maybe even a fairytale, or so she told herself as the said structure grew closer in the distance. Friendly, cozy, almost like a light in the dark for a place like the City. But enough about the café, there was someone more important there now, walking ahead of her.

"Rinali-san!" Beaming a smile, she lifted a hand and enthusiastically made an attempt to wave at the girl, who currently showed Ren her back, while she attempted to push herself into a jog. It worked, at least long enough to bring her to her goal, before she fell into a leisurely step to match Rinali's own.

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"Ah... hello, Ren!" Rinali greeted her with a small smile of her own, still clutching the tissue she'd been carrying with her. She figured that running around the city would clear up the stuffiness that she somehow managed to pick up; fresh air always seemed like the most reasonable cure to all her problems, right?

...well, a little interaction with people didn't hurt, either. She'd implicitly stated she wanted to be alone -- but in truth, she wanted the opposite right now, for reasons unknown.

"So~ now that we're here, I'd be more than happy to pay for your sundae, too," she offered politely, tucking the tissue back into her pants pocket. "If that's okay!"

"No deal!" Ren proclaimed before giving Rinali a chance to speak again, lifting a finger to emphasize her point. "The sundae is to help Rinali-san feel better, it's my treat." As she entered the café, she proceeded to fish around in her pockets for her wallet. Akira's pants were both too long and too baggy for her, with pockets whose depth she never quite could comprehend.

Why did boys need such big pockets?

"Mou, Akira's pockets ate my wallet." She fussed aloud, tongue poking out of the corner her mouth as if she were in a deep fit of concentration. "Ah," she proudly waggled the wallet at Rinali once she had secured it before opting to observe the menu.

"What kind of sundae, now? There are so many.."

"If you insist, then... still, that's awfully kind of you. I'd feel bad if I didn't repay you in some way, though," she admitted, nodding her head slightly. It was only fair, after all; why shouldn't she do something nice for a person when they'd done something nice for her, as well? She made a mental note to think of something later -- something, hopefully, that both Ren and Akira would like.

Looking up at the menu for herself, Rinali bit her lip in thought... there were a lot of choices! If Akito-nii-chan were here, he'd have a field day and want to eat all of them.

"Mm... oh, something with sprinkles, maybe? Ooh, and hot fudge! You can't have a sundae without hot fudge, it's like a law all over the world." She flashed Ren a big grin.

As if on perfect cue, Ren shot Rinali a grin of her own right back. Something with sparkles, something with hot fudge –- this was going to be a rather daring call. There was only so much ice cream she could eat before she got full. But, after all, it was a Rinali Feel Better party, it would have been silly to be modest.

With that thought in mind, she pointed to a sundae on the menu, the sundae that made all other sundaes look like child-sized ice cream cones. Triple scoops, double fudge, loads of sprinkles, it was the perfect sundae, even if it was bound to make a stomach or two ache later.

"Mm, that one! You don't have to repay me, you know? Rinali-san is my friend."

Rinali's eyes lit up at the sight of the sundae that Ren had pointed out -- it was huge, and all that chocolate--! "Then that one it shall be!" she chirped, asking the employee behind the counter for a couple. "I hope I'll be able to finish it all and still have room for dinner~!"

At the second part of Ren's statement, though, she blushed a little... and then felt a small pang of guilt ring through her; she'd been a bit wary of her when she'd arrived in the city, mostly because of her connection with Agito. But in her mind, he had no time for her nowadays -- and Ren was really sweet after all, not what she'd been expecting.

"Ah... thanks, Ren. I don't know you too well, but I think I can definitely call you a friend, huh?"

Before she could say anything more than that, though, she sneezed. "Eep! Oh, where's that tissue..."

"Mm, there is always room for dinner." Amused, Ren tilted her face off to one side and brought a finger up to tap at her chin. "I can make a mean stir fry, you know? Or spaghetti!" Then, after a short bit of laughter, she almost seemed to become thoughtful. "I cook for Akira a lot and, well, he eats a lot. So I learned a lot of recipes."

After a tiny pause, namely one to show her surprise for how large the sundaes seemed to be, she gave Rinali one of her sweeter smiles. "Rinali-san was worried, ne? That Agito and I were close? It's actually the opposite, or it used to be. We weren't friends for awhile. He's a difficult person to understand and," she winked, "He's so shy around girls."

"Ah, bless you! Here, you can have mine!"

"Oh, thanks~" she replied sheepishly, taking the tissue and wiping her nose delicately with it. "Err... I don't know why I've been so sick lately, really, I'm sorry!" Her attention was then diverted back to the sundaes, which had seemed to materialize out of nowhere -- they were huge, bigger than anything she'd seen in her own world! She eagerly took her spoon, placing the tissue aside.

After taking a few bites, she continued, "You really are a good cook. Akito-nii-chan and Agito really like my cooking, too... we should cook together one of these days! Throw a big feast for everyone~" She'd been looking forward to that much, at least, it would give her a welcome break from cooking eggs for nii-chan all the time. She had to show off her skills!

When Ren mentioned that she and Agito weren't friends, however, her eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Really? But the way you two were talking, it was like you two were friends for years... mm... but I agree. He's really quite stubborn, and sometimes the things he says are rather... confusing."

She sighed, taking another big bite of her sundae. "But as for the girl thing? If the way he squirms and screams at Simca for playing around with him all the time is any indication, then yes."

"Rinali-san can't help being sick, it's nothing you need to apologize for." Ren, too, turned her attention to a sundae before following Rinali's lead in delving in. They were certainly tasty, but it was something she doubted she could finish herself -- maybe with all of Behemoth's help.

"I'd like that very much, and I'm sure everyone else would too. Yoshitsune-san is having a sausage party soon, maybe we could ask him if he needs help?"

Ren laughed, eyes squinting a little as she peered at her reflection in her spoon. "Years? Mm, more like a couple of months, him and I almost had an AT battle, if that says anything about our previous relationship." It was still awkward, she inwardly mused, when Agito asked her to cook for him, or comforted her in his own, strange little way.

"Ah! That's because Simca-san is well-endowed! Agito's afraid of them."

"Hm... I dunno. That guy... he's kind of a jerk to Simca, and he sort of freaks me out a little." Rinali frowned a little before scooping up another spoonful of ice cream. "But I suppose it couldn't hurt to try~"

She ate the spoonful up, then went on, "Well, he and I have sort of gotten into fights before, too... and he had been training me a little when I first got my ATs, but having an actual battle with him must be scary, huh?" In her mind, she secretly hoped that she wouldn't ever make him that mad. "Er, so... I shouldn't ask, but who won?"

Tilting back in her chair, she giggled a little, amused by the fact that Simca's breasts scared him. "I think girls with big chests like that would scare a lot of people... now I guess I'm glad I'm not like that!"

"Ah? Is he really? Well, maybe another time then, but I still said I would go to his party. He doesn't seem like such a bad person, but I don't know him very well."

She knitted her brows a little, in mid-bite of chocolate ice cream, before she chose to answer. "Akira," she began, before removing the spoon from her mouth. "I wasn't scared, I told myself that I would win but--" Ren trailed off before shooting Rinali a smile. "I wouldn't have won, Akira knew that. He.. fought in my place."

Shaking off the past, she rested her chin against her hand and waggled her spoon at her. "They're Simca-san's dangerous weapons."

"I don't think I was invited, but maybe I'll pop in there for a minute or two, but only because I'm sure a few other friends of mine might be there... maybe," Rinali wondered, propping the spoon up smack-dab in the middle of the sundae for a second so she could wipe her nose again.

Afterwards, she set it back down and looked at Ren with a sympathetic gleam in her eye. "I see... that's actually a rather sweet thing of him to do," she said, nodding resolutely. "To have someone defend you like that... it's almost like the fairy tales that Komui used to read to me when I was younger, about the princess being rescued from the dragon by her brave knight." Smiling sweetly, she added, "I think every girl wants someone like that in their lives, whether they want to admit it or not."

Dangerous weapons, huh? Well, if Kazu's shouting about them attacking him when he least expected it was any indication... Rinali choked back a laugh at the thought, picking her spoon back up to dig back into the sundae.

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