For a second he thought he saw a twinkling in Hikari's eyes, countering when she said that she didn't have a plan. Deep down, he thought otherwise, that she had some sort of thing she wanted to do, but wouldn't say it out loud to him. He wondered why. Not that it really mattered, nor did he let the thought linger any longer, as she spoke up again, answering his question further, offering for them to dry out and then she mentioned she needed to go to the market to get some ingredients for dinner. And, almost as a shy after thought, she said that he could come too, and saw a tinge of pink begin to form on her cheeks. What was it that made her do that? Was going to the market that much trouble? Nah, that couldn't be it...<br/><br/>He knew it was out in the open, and there would be other people there, but like he knew, since Hikari would be there, he would be fine. All he had to do was focus on the task at hand, and ignore the others that would be there. It only mattered that she was there with him. Just the thought of this made him confused, why, after such a short time...was she so special to him? Something about her, something he couldn't quite pinpoint...made her different from all the rest of the other girls. Which made him think...was he...actually starting to like her...more than a friend? That realization made his eyes widen suddenly, before going back to normal and he quickly and deftly shoves the very thought from his mind. No. He couldn't do that. Not now.<br/><br/>For now, he just needed to focus on what was at hand. The offer to go to the market. It had been quite some time since he'd been there, in fact the last time he'd visited was when he was still in the Academy. It wouldn't hurt to go...right? "Yeah, I guess I could come with. It's been a while...I would like to come along, if you don't mind." He smiles a little at her, before turning to wade out of the water. Stepping on to land, his back to Hikari, he inwardly berates himself for letting himself think like the way he had. There was no way he could actually get into a relationship, even if it WAS with Hikari. He couldn't risk it.<br/><br/>With that last though, using his wind and fire chakra, forms a sort of small warm wind flurry around him, drying himself off in a flash. Now, no longer dripping wet from the water, his hair in a wild mess and sticking up still, but silky smooth and actually quite good looking, his eyes could be seen clearly without his bangs in his hair, and two bits of it fell forward, hiding the horns upon his skull, he pulls on his shirt, taking it down from the tree branch it had been on, along with gathering Hikari's clothing too. "Would you like me to dry you off too?" It was a little trick he'd come up with a while ago, combining the two chakra forms to make a sort of drier. He blushes at the offer he'd made, but stood fast with what he said, waiting for her answer. If she agreed, he promptly repeats what he'd just done to himself, though this time having the winds around Hikari instead, drying her off swiftly and quickly. When he'd finished, he hands her the clothing that was in his hand. "Ready to go?" He asks, a small smile on his lips. If she was, he walks next to her, allowing her to lead the way to the market.