Sugar & Spice

[shirobara]

Aya texts her brother as they leave the court to beg a ride off him. After taking a shower and rebraiding her freshly washed hair, she leads Flayn to his sports car where they squeeze into the back seat.

It's not long to the crepe shop with the help of a ride, and within a few minutes of being dropped off they have their orders and a cozy booth by a window.

"Ahh, this is the best!" She squeals after a bite of lychees, raspberries, and custard cream. "Have you had a Japanese crepe before? It's like heaven in a wrap!"

Comments

[shirobara]

Sounds like something happened, at any rate. Flayn was being very polite about it, and Aya had to resist the more childish side of her that wanted to poke for more details and threaten Flayn's tormentors with curses of mismatched socks and a lifetime of bad hair days. She frowns behind the last bit of her crepe.

"That's kinda rotten. Have there been other times you've felt a social retaliation for having his attention?"

[seems_fishy]

"No, quite luckily," she said. "It was uncomfortable very briefly, but... I think Yukimura-sam wanted to protect me from that, and he very ably did."

Her voice fluttered, and so did her heart, as she couldn't help smiling.

"I want to believe they were not trying to be rotten, but..."

[shirobara]

Aya would love to believe that herself, but she's a bit too seasoned in the school system and in adolescence through it to indulge. It sounds like Flayn recognizes the same. It's a little terrifying when being liked was so socially paramount to get any twigging that you weren't.

Of course, that didn't have to mean letting a couple of bad eggs take up free rent in your head, either. Jealous poo-heads were gonna be jealous poo-heads.

"Well, at any rate, it sounds like Yukimura-kun took care of it. I'm glad. But let me know if you get even a hint of more of that, okay?"

[seems_fishy]

"Oh, without a doubt," she said quickly. "I have not spoken to them since, so I think that's as good a place to leave it as any. But shall we perhaps get more crepes...? Yours looks so delicious...!"