"I'm not so sure I'm the motherly type," she shrugged. "Besides, Naria Delonce totally sounds like an old west saloon hooker name. They're not really known for their motherly instincts," she said, grinning widely. The grin was quickly replaced by a blush for a few moments as he complimented her giggle, causing her to shoot a hand up to cover her mouth as she looked away. He sure had a way of doing that out of the blue, it always caught her off guard. She wasn't used to being complimented. Luckily his eyes were shut, so he probably didn't see, and she was able to calm herself down enough for it to leave relatively quickly.<br/><br/>"I don't know if I should thank you for that or not, yet.. but it's kind of nice knowing there will always be somebody there to cheer you up. So as long as you don't start following me into the bathroom I think we'll be fine," she teased.<br/>"And I appreciate the thought, but I don't need self defense lessons. Ask the supposed bullies back at my school why that is, although I'm not sure any of them would be willing to detail it," she grinned. "You don't make it through years of school on your own without learning how to bring a person to their knees when you need to, guy<span style="font-style: italic">or</span>girl."<br/><br/>Yukiko jumped a little bit when Kenji touched her shoulder, largely because she wasn't expecting it and was actually starting to doze off a little bit. In her surprise she missed part of what Kenji said, but heard the last half of it just fine.<br/>"Yeah.. Friends, 'til.. the end.." That specific word choice brought her thoughts back to places she would rather they not go, and she quickly tried to shake them away. Apparently this place wasn't quite as impervious to feelings of sadness as she thought, and her efforts weren't working nearly as well as she wanted them to. She rolled onto her side, facing away from Kenji and pulling her legs up a bit, laying there in silence for a while.<br/>"We should just stay here. I don't really feel up to going home right now," she responded simply. "It's only Saturday, I don't have anywhere to be." She waited a few moments before talking again, as if deciding whether she should voice what was on her mind or not. "Are we.. sharing the blanket?" she asked, turning to face him.