<div class="floatleft">(http://oi67.tinypic.com/30rp8i0.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Shizuma Nori (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=257738.msg12729551#msg12729551)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Cafeteria<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Flashback - a few days before school starts, a little after 7am<br/><strong>With:</strong>Taro + Open<br/><hr/><br/>Shizuma shot Taro a pouty frown that was more cute then petulant when he explained the rules of the school. "I thought, since the kitchen is a common area it would be ok to host guests," she said with a hint of a whine in her voice. She sighed sadly but nodded as she accepted the truth of the situation, but wasn't at all happy about it. All sadness in her disappeared, replaced by surprise and a bashful kind of delight as Taro took hold of her and turned her to face him. It was a simple little gesture but it was also a physical expression of his strength and dominance over her that left her feeling small and weak, but in the nicest of ways.<br/><br/><br/>Shizuma was torn as she heard all Taro had to say. He was so sweet and concerned for her, his care and affection was written all over his face; how could she want him to go and at the same time, he was right. So how could she ask him to stay? The fact that she didn't want him to leave her made her feel so selfish and positively spoiled, but she couldn't find it in herself to feel bad about that. Instead, she just leaned a little into his hands so that his support was something she felt tangibly.<br/><br/>Shizuma sighed and nodded, knowing what the right thing to do was but hating it. "You're right, Taro. It makes sense," she said dutifully and added, "but I'll miss you," before she could stop herself. She blushed a bit and then giggled as he reminded her they would be seeing each other soon, a prospect that brought the smile back to her face. "I'm going to have to find out if us Red Card students can have cellphones. I'd give you my number, but I don't have one," she lamented plaintively. She then stopped being so focused on herself and said, "I remember you saying that, but you do need time to shop for yourself. I wouldn't want to gold you up from that," she admitted, biting her lower lip as an image played through her mind that she knew better then to share with her new friend.<br/><br/>Shizuma looked around, still not having stepped out of his hold of her, and said, "I think my dorm is that way..." Her tone had something dubious to it, she wasn't quite sure she'd memorized the school's layout properly, but this tour had definitely gone a long way to helping her with that. The a stray thought hit her and she asked out of the blue, "what's your favorite kind of Mochi?"